The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

hlnBnaIn makers.
"A war correspondent in the Soudan
states that new sun-bonnet, a sort of
poke Aeadgear, has been designed and tried
on 1000 camels Ont of these animals
which have marched all the way from
Assiout, only one animal died from the
effects of the sun. and that was camel
which had lost his hat
In Paris there are many societies for
preserving of landmarks from the vandal-
ism of the present generation. There are
the Old Paris commission, the Archaeo-
logical Society of Auteuu, the Friends of
the Louvre, and many other leagues,
which work together in the common task
OF preserving the lights of ia Vile Luz
miere" from latter-day Phillstines.
Java has been always the principal
producer of cinchona bark, but the manu-
facture of quinine in that country is of
only recent origin. So far there have been
shipped from Java to this country 49,
5OO ounces of quinine worth $l1 1876. The
single factory upon the island however, is
running steadily, and there is every indl-
cation that the industry will assume large
proportions.
switzerland continues to export the
larger number of complete watches to
Japan, but it has been badly beaten by
the United States in the expectation OF
watch parts to that country. The COM
petition has been fair, and the Americans
have won because they sell better goods
at cheaper prices. To offset this, the fac
tory at Osaka has discharged it's Ameri-
can foreman and all American workmen
replacing them with japanese who learn
ed their trade in Switzerland.
The latest innovation is a tramway
through a cathedral The idea halls from
Utrecht, where the faithful have been
much scandalized by the intrusion. The
cathedrai in question was built in the thir-
teenth century on the site of an older one.
founded by ST. Willebrodus, Bishop of
Utrecht. In 1914, after a terrible storm.
a portion of the nave gave way, leaving a
large space between the chanceI and the
tower. The tower is a beautiful piece of
architecture, and Is $50 feet high A new
nave has been built but it does not stretch
as far as the tower, and there is still a
fairly wide street between the two which
is considered as consecrated ground.
Hence the disgust of the congregation
when the municipality of Utrecht estab-
lished tramway lines there.
The Missouri River Commission is expe-
rimenting with a new system for keeping
open the channel of the river. which. If
successful, will take the place, TO a large
extent, of the very expensive system of re-
Vetments and may be adopted on all large
rivers having treacherous currents and
shifting channels. Revetments are made of
willow mattresses, and cost about 81 Der
loot. The bank heads to be substituted are
built of stone. They are placed at the
bends of the river, to keep the current
from cutting away the soil. The expecta-
ton is that the water will cut into tba
hal he ho., 4
tain distance, and then strike out across
the river again. The bank heads are from
90 TO LOCO feet in length, and the stretch
of river bank between them Is from 1000
to 5000 feet. Several of them have been
placed, and the results thus far noted have
been very encouraging.
Cocaine, which dentists hailed as a local
anaesthetic a few years ago, appears to
be losing favor in that profession. Much
sentiment against Its use was NANTES ted
at the recent national gathering of dentists
in Omaha, and the opinion was general
that the drug, if used at all, should be
handled with the greatest caution and
moderation Chicago dentists cited cases
of paralysis from its use, and many in
stances were related of the formation of
the cocaine habit, following its applica-
ton by a dentist The doses have been
very greatly reduced. Where a 10 per cent
solution was thought necessary a few
years ago, per cent. solution is now
considered strong enough, and even that is
used with great caution. Injection into the
tissues of the gums has been abandoned
altogether, and, in addition, some drug
gists recommended that the adminsstra-
ton should be without the knowledge of
the patient.
As plum trees have been taught, in
an arid section of Texas, to bore for
subterranean water supply so fruits.
grains and the like have learned to ac
commodate themselves to the climate of
Minnesota. A few years ago corn could
not be raised in that state. Now it is
matured all the way to the northern boun-
dary. The hardy varieties which were in
troduced have learned to do their growing
and ripenng within the seasons limits
In experiments in the same line made with
fruit trees. it has been observed that the
plum and apple trees brought from more
northern latitudes begin to make prepa-
Tations for winter about the middle of An
gust, while those from more southern lati-
tudes continue their fruitage until the cold
weather injuries or kills them. Success is
hoped for. from the northern stock. as
Of course, that is not injured by going into
winter conditions early, while in time 1t
may learn to accommodate itself more
closely to the changing seasons.
In Corea all men and women smoke.
They begin early. The pipe is a brass
bowl with a reed stem four feet long and
a brass. amber or glass mouthpiece. Ac-
cidents often occur from persons falling
with a long pipe in the mouth, the stem
of which is driven down the throat.
through the cheek or into the palate Dur
ing the reform period" after the Japan
China war, long pipes We're forbidden to
the common people, and they turned 10
cigarettes which have become rooted in
the popular affection. Native cigarettes.
which are of poor quality, sell for l cent
gold for twenty. Little cigars of cigarette
size sell for IA cents gold per 100. Amer
lean cigarettes are used exclusively in the
palace and thousands of them are smoked
there. This makes them popular with
the upper classes, and the consumption of
them is very great The best of them cost
cent gold apiece The import duty on
cigars and cigarettes is 20 per cent. ad
valorem but, in spite of this the Amer-
can manufacturers are gradually coming
into control of the market
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