The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-18
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years afterward an advertisement ap-
peared in the London papers stating that
the firm had so far recovered itself as to
now be able 10 pay of every obligation
due to the very cent. The original cred
itors, or their heirs or assigns, were
then paid the full amount of the respec-
tive debts. The creditors included all
sorts OF professions, taliors. shoemakers,
hatters, snuffmakers etc. and il required
no less than f5,500 to clear the books.
In The year 1882 a landslide in the Zen
skar range of the Himalayas laid bare a
deposit of brilliant blue stones, which the
native soldiery found very useful as gun
fiints, in addition to their ornamental quail
tiles The pretty stones were very plenti-
ful, one man having as much as hundred
pounds of them in his possession. one day
a trader came along who on seeing the
stones paid all sorts of ridiculous prices for
them. When they were taken 10 one of the
commercial centers it soon became known
that the stones were the finest kind of sap
phres. Thereupon the Maharajah of Cash
mere sent a regiment of Sepoys to seize the
mines, and il is from this deposit that
nearly all the fine sapphires of the past Is
years have come.
The Nihilists of Russia do not show
much activity since the present Car has
held the scepter. They gave the former
monarch enough trouble in his time. 1t is
said he never appeared outside his bed
room without fine suit of mail, which he
wore between his underclothes. The pres
ent Emperor also wears a shirt of nickel
and steel which protects his body from the
collarbone to the loins. He has also an at
tendant who accompanies him everywhere,
whether it be to the dinner table or to bed.
is also This ATTENDANTS b11GinaSc 10 ay-
anime the napkins, and turn over every
plate set before His Majesty. Another at
tendant tastes of every dish TO prevent poi,
soning, and whether at the table or in bed
Cossack guards are at every door day and
night.
-Danton was noted as a card player.
Charles II delighted in experiments in
chemistry. The great orator, Fox, was
fond of gambling. Peter the Great ems
joyed being pushed about in a wheel
barrow. Charlemagne was the cham
pion checker player Of his time. Ivan
the Great of Russia liked to see animals
tortured. Napoleon hungry took to eat
ing blood pudding. When Mrs. Radcliffe
was about to write an important chapter
Of a book she ate raw pork. William the
Conquerer was fond of "a dog fight.
Domitian put in his spare time catching
flies. Washington liked fox hunting
Socrates had children for his playmatts
Thunder was the favorite music of De
Moves. Spinoza found sport in the spec
tacle of two spiders fighting.
According to =, Industries and Iron,
American is leading the way in the matter
of Illuminating railway tunnels by means
of electricity. The Baltimore tunnel is
thus lighted, and arrangements are being
made to light the Hoosac tunnel in the
same way. Similarity, on the continent,
the great st. Gothard tunnel will shortly
be illuminated by means of arc lamps.
The advantages claimed for an electrical
ly illuminated railway tuniBel are many.
Among other things, it will presumably
greatly reduce the chances of an accident
happening either from collision or through
a broken rail- or an obstruction, as the
engineer will be enabled to see clearly a
long way ahead-far enough, at least, if
the lights are properly distributed, to stop
his train in time.
"A Berlin firm has found new clarifier
of beer. namely, glass to be used as "a
substitute for wood shavings, which are
difficult to clean and which affect the fla
vor of the beer Aluminium shavings have
been used for this purpose, but they are
too expensive, and pumice stone and
burned clay have also been resorted to as
substitute for wood, but have not been
successful. But, as a result of the discov-
cry of this Berlin firm, impervious sub
stances-with a rough surface the eff
cheney of which lies entirely in their sur
face, the inner substance being impermea-
ble--are suggested for clarifying beer
They are made of glass, with rough gran
ulated surfaces, can be furnished at a low
price, and are entirely neutral toward the
beer.
1t is sufficiently expensive to live in
the Riviera hotels, but to DIE there is wild
extravaganza, says the New York Times.
And many tourists do it, too despite the
Wanted gentleness of the climate. When-
ever travellers are guilty of this rash con-
duct the local underlakers and buriel
boards, as well as hotel proprietors, hasten
70 take somewhat ungenerous advantage
of the opportunity. The hotel proprietor
is round with your representatives in his
demands for redecoration and ready-money
compensation for your departure. The
burial board, ii appears, puts the tenancy
of perpetuity of grave to yourself at S125.
though 'perpetuity' may run to consider
ably less than twenty years. An under
taken has been known to ask 81, 900 for for
warding you to London; and though "un-
DER threats OF withdrawal of patronage
he was induced, in one instance, to SIT
down quickly and write $2S5, yet even then
he realized a substantial profit. From
Hyeres to Boulogne your freightage, as per
tariff, is about SIS. and from Boulogne 10
London another $50. This sum, it would
seem, includes all necessary attention en-
route, and executors and others will do
we'll to note.
-Spain's prowess in sea fighting has
scarcely been tested since Trafalgar, when
the Spaniards hardly covered themselves
with glory; indeed, it would be difficult to
point 10 a single brilliant naval achieve
ment in SPANS history since the battle of
Lepanto, when, aided by the VeneHans and
Genoese, she annihilated the sea power of
the Turks, says the Springfield Repub
lican. The destruction of the Armada. q,
course, was one of the monumental lisas-
tiers Of all time, ana during The long ma
rine duel with the English after the even,
down to the days of Horatio Nelson the
naval record of Spain was a record of hii-
initiation and defeat. A curious reminder
OF the Spanish Incompetence in naval war
fare is given by the Army and Navy jour
nal. which recalls Spain's punitive ex-
petition as late at 1866 against Peru on