The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Russian koumiss is made of mares
milk and kept in snoked-out leather bot
ties.
-Japan's two principal articles Of ex-
port-silk and tea-are produced chiefly by
women.
Zurich is to have new gas works which
will be the largest in Switzerland, at a cost
Of 100000 francs.
At the head of Germany's landed aris-
tocracy stands Prince Wittgenstein. He
owns 100000 acres. Fourteen other titled
landlords own between them 100000 acres.
Two members of British chess club
played tournament to see which should
be left free to WOO certain lady. Be-
fore the contest was decided she married
a third man.
The longest known telegraph circuit
made on this continent for actual bust
ness was the report from San Diego to
Boston recently. The line was cut out the
full 3, 400 miles.
arrangements have been made for the
simultaneous lighting of bonfires on every
prominent hight in Great Britain on the
night OF the anniversary of Queen Victo-
ria's coronation.
-Argentina's new census gives a total
population of about 4.O92 900, of whom 1,64S,
900 live in cities. The leading city, Buenos
Ayres, has population of 66S, S54, making
it the largest in South America.
Recent German experiments show that
bacteria flourish exceedingly in certain
building stones, and that even in those
not very porous the ubiquitous microbe
finds domici4e, and it is recommended
that only non-porous stones should be
used in the construction of hospitals, but
as even GRANTEES absorb water, such stone
will be difficult to find.
Telephones for the use of deaf people
are arranged with the transmitter mount
ed on a stand having folded feet capable
of being held in folded position by a slid
ing bag. The receiver is secured to a
support by bayonet fastening having
the necessary springs. A spring provided
with contacts closes the circuit when the
receiver is grasped for use.
The oldest solution yet offered for a
solution of the high theater hat problem,
is that rendered in a letter to a New York
paper, in which the writer suggests that
a portion Of every theater presumably
the besO, should be reserved for women
who are willing to remove their headgear,
says an exchange. The managers have
not been heard from on this simple plan.
The Journal of Hygeio-Therapy says:
'The swaying motion of a swing or rock
ing chair is inclined to produce congestion
of the head, and this is the reason of its
soothing effect. We consider it injurious
to older people as well as to children. Many
a woman rocks much vitality away. She
begins talking to her friends, and, almost
without consciousness, begins her cease
less nervous rock, violating both the rule
of good taste and the laws of her body"
st. Patrick's church, Galway, ireland,
a magnificent structure, has not been
opened for thirty-five years, says the Trib-
une, because plot of ground in front of
the building was owned by a man who
had bitter dislike to the form Of worship
carried on within, and he built high wall
directly in front of the church. preventing
access. The man, however, recently died,
and the bishop having bought the ground,
the church will soon be re-opened for the
first time since 1862.
"A Chicago man has invented a little
device for weighing liquids, as drawn, ir-
respective of foam, which, while not like
ly to become popular at Coney Island or
Atlantic City. will be appreciated by the
seller, who wishes to know whether his
beer key contains full weight, and with
his customers who rush the growler,"
says the Philadelphia Record. The de-
vice is a vessel provided with an indica-
tor, which marks off the pounds as drawn
upon the scale.
Germany has now definitely given no
tice to the Russian government, says the
New York Tribune, that it will refrain
from any kind of representation at the
forthcoming international congress OF
medicine al Moscow unless all restrictions
with regard to the passports of the Hebrew
members of the German delegation shall
be at once withdrawn 1t is insisted that
the Jewish members of the congress shall
receive from the Musocovite authorities
identically the same treatment as their
Christian colleagues.
1t is announced that a British com
pany has secured a franchise to build a
trolley car line from the city of Cairo to
the pyramids of Gizeh, says the Kansas
City Star. The immediate effect of such a
line, when completed, will be to render the
pyramids more accessible and to accom-
plish for visitors a saving of time and mon
ey. The good effect OF the Cairo and
Gizeh line will be the same as that of the
cog lines built up the Rigi in Switzerland
and Mount Washington in New Ham,
shire, and later up Pixies Peak in Colora-
do which have rendered the SUBMITS of
these eminences more commonly visited
than were their bases and foothills years
ago.
French criminals manage to escape the
detectives occasionally, says London Mail
A man who had been President of the
Chamber of Commerce at Rochefort ran
away nearly twenty years ago, after com
hitting frauds and forgeries involving
over half million francs, and was con-
demned to twenty years Imprisonment by
default. Just before the term was over
when, according to French law the SEN
tence could no longer be enforced through
prescription, he was arrested for another
swindle at Lyons. where he had been living
undisturbed all the time under another
name, and had established a number of
mutual benefit insurance companies
which did a business of 137,O0O,OOO francs
He has just been tried again and sent to
Jail for long term.
Howard Jelleme of Passaic is secre-
tary Of the gun detachment of the Second
regiment, n. G. n. j., says the New York
Herald. When the detachment was order
or EA 100 La