The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31
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times. and by the aid of puGeys and ninety
men the gigantic beast was strangled. Gu
riously enough, the rope used was Manila,
the lephant's name was Don, and Barnum
& Bailey come from America.
From Barcelona comes the account of
an accident, resulting in death to a bull
fighter. Juanerrilo by name The matador,
failing in his attempt to finish the bull,
was knocked down and horribly gored, be
ing almost disem bowe1led. The accident
put an end to the performance, all of the
spectators leaving the arena at once. Trib-
uteS to the dead bull fighter appeared in
the local papers, and his funeral was at
tended by hundreds of his former admir-
ers. 1t is difficult for any one not living in
Dull fighting country, and having a love
of fair play, to take a sympathetic view of
this accident The very infrequent inju-
rIes TO the men, in comparison with the
scores of bulls that are tortured and kill
ed, and the hundreds of unfortunate horses
who are blind folded and butched, makes
the whole brutal business, aside from any
ethical consideration, seem like a very I'M
fair and cowardly proceeding. The more
men killed, the more likelihood of the bet
ter class of the population rising against
the practice; SO the more men killed the
better.
The New York Sun of Tuesday says:
Since the Earl of Craven came to this
country to be married there is said to have
Deen no trOusseaus so elaborate as that
made for a young man who was married
last week. When the Duke of Mar.bor-
ouSh came to this country his supply of
ciot'es was limited to a very sensible out
tit. But the garments prepared for the
bridegroom of last weeks wedding were
viewed by a much larger circle Indeed
& h.a -fc-1 -x,f L.
well as number of clubmen who knew
neither him nor the young man for whom
the clothes were made, received invita-
tons to inspect them at a private view
given a few days before The wedding
Thirty suits of various kinds not includ-
ing such incidentals as fancy Waistcoats
and knickerbockers We're in the collec-
ton offered for the inspection of the men
10 whom cards had been sent with the
same formality that they might have been
issued for reception or a wedding In
spite of this formality and the opportu-
nifty of seeing d trousseau said 20 be the
most elaborate ever made in New York
the number of men who responded to the
invitation is said. to have been small
enough to disappoint the tailor griev-
ously."
Sulphur matches have now been al
most wholly supplanted by the more mod
ern odorless parlor matches, says the New
York Sun, but some are still sold. and,
Of those sold in this country. more are
sold IN the lOng-settled East than in the
west. Some people use sulphur matches
for safety's sake. Sulphur matches are
used ID some hotels for this reason, though
where parlor matches are not used safety
matches that have TO be scratched on the
box are more likely to be used; and such
matches are used also in sleeping cars and
elsewhere. Sulphur matches are still used
by some old-fashioned people who cling
TO old customs. Their use is not due to
reasons of economy, for parlor matches
are now as cheap as sulphur matches-if
anything, little cheaper. In this CITY
substantially no sulphur matches are usel
on the east side, where the bulk of the
foreign population is located. The sulphur
matches burned here are used on the west
side South America has still a demand
for some sulphur matches in combs. or
cards, IN which the matches are made in
little sheets, separated from one another
for three-quarters of their length like the
teeth of a comb, and joining in continuous
wood at the base; such matches are brok-
en- off one at a time fer use. Matches of
this sort We're once familiar in this conn
try, and few arc still used here But
while there is thus still some demand for
sulphur matches, it is extremely limited
and steadily diminishing.
As demonstration of the fact that an
accidental contact with a high voltage
circuit need not necessarily prove fatal
and an equal demonstration of the fact
mat powerful electric shock prODarlv
directed so as to pass through vital por-
tons of the body is undoubtedly fatal a
case recently reported in the New York
Medical Journal is conclusive. An cleo
tlclan employed in the electric plant of
the town of Little Albany, Indiana, which
furnishes power to the street RAILWAYS and
electric lights of that town, accidentally
brought his back into contact WITH the
positive and negative terminals on a
switchboard of an electric arc circuit car
rying So arc lamps, and consequently hav-
ing pressure of 4,GG0 volts. Obeying the
laws of physics electric current took the
shortest path between the two points Of
contact, and between these the tissues
was instantly destroyed, two pits being
burned in the mans back about three
inches in diameter, and down TO the bOnv
structure. The burn was pretty high I'D
on the back, just below the shoulder
blades. Medical attendance was summoned
and treatment for the burn began and al
though the entire mass of tissue between
the two points was dead and had to be re-
moved, the man eventually recovered. If
the same current had passed between his
two hands across the body aud thus
through the heart and lungs their activity
would have been instantly interrupted ard
death would have followed. Moreover.
when the contacts are properly made. as
in an electrocution, there is no burning Of
the flesh.
1t has been demonstrated that corrup-
ton in high official circles has had a dis
astrous effect upon the present efficiency
of the Spanish navy. Apparently there
are other foreign navies that might not
bear investigation, notably the Russian
if the following account be true A cor
respondent of the London Standard. writ
ing from Moscow, tells a very character
isttc story concerning the loss of the Rus
sian battleship Gangut, which. it will be
remembered, fOundered suddenly in the
Gulf of Finland last year, after firing
practice. The official report was that she
struck upon rock Tin place where no
rocks are) and that she sank because her
pumps We're inadequate or out of order
Ever since the disaster there has been an
effort, apparently, to throw the RESPONSE
bility for 1t upon the engine room staff
and an official inquiry, just ended blames
the chief engineer for letting water mo
the chambers on the port side of the shin
ito get her on an even ke9O Urithout oop