The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The royal crown of Persia, which dates
back to remote ages. is in the form Of a
pot Of flowers. surmounted by an uncut
ruby the size Of a hens egg.
-Prussia's expenditure for public schools
increased by 1898 per cent. from 1886 to
1896. In 1886 it was about $29,OoO,OO0. ana
in 1896 it was over 900.
The average yield from potato patch
farming in Philadelphia this year was $40
an acre. For each dollar expended from
$3.50 to s. worth of produce was real
lied.
The gold contained in the medals. YES
sells, chains and other objects preserved
in the vatican would make more gold coin
than the whole Of the present European
circulation.
One Of the best signs of the times as
regards the success of the motor carriage is
the fact that some of the English COM
panies We're compelled to decline to ex-
hibit at recent show, giving as their
reason that they were so rushed with
orders it was impossible to spare a ma
chine for exhibition purposes.
is there a mlcrobe of longevity? 1t
would really seem so from the diversity
of courses ascribed by aged people to ac-
count for their long lives Sir Isaac Hol-
den, an ancient man who lately died in
England, said he owed the prolongation of
his existence to his abstinence from bread.
Thomas Wilmington lived TO 1O1 years and
never drank any liquid except ardent
spirits. A centenarian smuggler said his
prescription for long life was wet feet
every day and drunk every night"
Bee culturiste, says the New York
Times, are now puzzling over new sub
ject. These are numerous enough TO have
a newspaper organ" of their own. and
are filing its columns with Incidents to
prove that bees will more quickly attack
a man with black hair or wearing q black
hat, a veil with black spots or black gloves
on his hands, than those who go to the
hives as blondes or wearing light colors.
Evidence seems to be pretty conclusive,
too, that bees have a color sense, to a GER
tain extent, at least.
Russia is pushing the Siberian railway
across the continent with all the energy
her immense resources permit. While the
larger purposes is to consummate the
policy steadily pursued for more than two
centuries of getting access to oceans, the
no less important purpose of filing the
great interior spaces with producers is not
lost sight of. Hand in hand with railway
extension goes land occupation. To over
come the obstacle raised by the poverty of
the pcasantry the government has made
extraordinary cheap rates Of transport.
The immigrant is carried 100 miles for
$50, 1000 miles 70, 800 and 4O0O miles for
$3.50. His household goods and implements
are carried 200 miles for % cents hun
dred, 1900 miles for 40 cents and 1000 miles
for SO cents. In addition land Is given and
sustenance granted until a crop can be
raised.
The removal from Havana of what are
supposed to be the ashes of Christopher
Columbus has brought forth the fact that
almost as many cities claim the honor of
being his birthplace as in the old couplet
claimed the Homer dead, through which
the living Homer begged his bread" His
torians say that the great navigator was
born in a village near Genoa but there
are many villages near Genoa. Among the
claimants for the honor of giving to the
New World a discoVerer are Pradello
Finale Onegelia, Nervi, Savone, Albissola,
Bogliasco, Cogoeto and a dozen others.
1t is not generally, however, known
that the Corslcans of the little town
of Calyi claim precedence over all
seekers for this particular fame.
They have preserved there a record
covering the years from 14S5 to 145O, which
is said to contain the birth register of
Columbus At this time Corsica was under
the administration of the Genoese. Not
only have the people of Calvi a Colombo
street, where they point out the ruins of
the navigator's birthplace, but they have
a tablet which was erected there with
great ceremony on May 80, 1886. The in
scription reads as follows: Here was
born in 14H Chrstoforo Colombo, immor-
tailed by the discovery of the New World
while Calvi was under the domination of
the Genoese; died in ValladOlid May 20,
1906"
A new slaughtering plant in New Jer-
sey illustrates the immense Improvement
that is being made in industrial methods
in the treatment of slaughtered cattle.
! The lower part of the building is used for
the hanging room, while the machinery
department and the whole process of scrap
| ing are in the higher part of the structure.
| The whole power, except that of the cleo
| trio plant is furnished by so horsepower
| automatic cutoff engine. With the
scraper, which is of the best known design,
600 hogs can be scraped in one hour, and
| il needs only one man To- serve 1t. Il both
pours in the water from the top and sprays
| all the way down from perforations in the
standpipe. There is also a drier of special
| make which has a dust trap attachment.
| This prevents the scattering to the winds
| and the loss in other ways Of the hght
| fertilizer, winch IN the OluSH udyS, Wine
| it enriched the land of the farmers around
| slaughtering establishments, nauseated the
| population Of the country for miles around
| Connected with this drier is a condenser
which prevents the escape of the foul odors
which have hitherto made slaughtering
| places a nuisance to the community
| This drier has capacity of 200 pounds OF
| dried stock per hour, and it does ais work
| thoroughly Attached to the rendering
| tanks there is also a new deodorizer, which
| prevents the escape of any offensive smells
| from that usually prolific quarter The
runways in the hanging room, instead OF
| being wooden, as they usually are, have
! iron rails The ventilation is perfect, and
| the atmosphere of the whole building is
! dry and clear. the steam being taken away
| so that the men are not smothered in a
drifting Cloud of moisture.
The growing of willows for weaving
/ has been most favorably reported on by
! the Department of Agriculture, and pro
misses TO become an important industry in
| the United States. 1t is stated that re-
turn Of not less than from 20 TO 80 per cent
| low -t,l ~, r,1a faA