The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


regiment was mustered OUT of service af-
ter the civil war he brought North witt,
mn virginia colt that he had ridden in
the army. TWENTY-FIVE years ago this horse
passed into the possession Of Alden G
hdseF' Whom ne served well until this sum-
iher' Whcn ne became sick, and the other
Gay at the age of &c. he was shot
With the first day of the new century
the ancient Austrian coin the
hLeutzer' drops officially out of
circulation, after cnrr.ro-
cy OF something like 400 years. 1t is re-
urea IN accordance with the convention es-
"a reS". sg copper currency of equal val
ue LOT al parts of The empire Ii used To
De circulated freely in north as wei ss
south Germany, but for the last quarter
u d century has not gone beyond the Aus
trian frontier -
So cheap and common an article &c
1000 as rice is aduFterated. The purnose is
to give the grains an attractive color ~
artcies used heing oil and paraln. bur The
erect on the rice is deleterious. Those civ,
SUBS ances, New Orleans paper saws soai,
ih,o the grain and make it hard The re-
SUIT is that more cooking is needed ana
even lheh the rice often remains hard and
~ iiat extent, IS made indigestble In
duu1'ioh the OH adds to the weight of The
gram and thus again is the buver cheatec
-Fhlladelphians have evolved a new in
dustry-falling off street cars and tbe, sa+
thng claims for damages for a rnoder,ta
sum Ihree experts at this Industry u1are
NJ ldst week, and in court on Mon
1Ic, oie auuntted TO having settled three
claims with the street car cononanv va e. -
$oO' SII, and $40 respectively. The wiz 81
Que OF the trio also realized $50 bv fail
ing on car and pretending ia iniurias
Which only cash would heal The claim
department. attorneys of the traction com
pany feel sure there is a gang of con
siderable size which has successfuIIv or
RED on this petty swindle for some tbTaa
months 'iii &C
"A prominet railroad man sayslfhat the
OLD custom of naming engines instead Of
numbering them was done awav with ba-
cause there was such pressure bra,gbt
10 pear an favor of this, that and the other
locdhey says a writer in the Boston Re
coru. me various influences used be-
came so annoying to the officials that tbax,
decided to adopt the plan of nnrnbariy1S
the locomotives, which was done SINH
lar nuisance exists at Washington in the
EaVy department. Probably during the
iate war Secretary Long was pestered
more with people who wanted vessels
named in honor of somebody or Some bin,y
which came before him put to gefhar
Chicago is one of the chief outlets for
the richest mines in the world. and il NAV
seem strange to say that the product Of
this great mine is neither gold nor silver
nor any other of the so-called precio,Is me-
taIs, says the Chicago Chronicle. The cal
uinet and Hecla copper mine, in the Lake
superior region, is the king of them All
e.,
declared Its one hundred and eighth diyi.
oehd, making an aggregate distribution of
pronts TO the amount of S54 $50 COO The
great Comstock lode and the equally IA
nous gold mines of bonanza DAVIS could
NOT compare with this record, which like
wise leaves those of Cripple Creek and the
kIondike in the shade. The men opera ting
the Calumet and Hecla still have thou
sands OF acres of lands rich in mineral
even the surface of which has not vet
been pierced.
Gen Merritt's private secretary writes
to friend in Washington: "Cavite is n
strange looking place. The streets are mar
row, houses only one story high. and tba
horses are but mere ponies. They are
driven to funny little two-wheel contri,-
ances. Another man and myself drove
around In one Of these carts Yesterday
afternoon, and all it cost us for two hours
we had 1t was 30 cents, Mexican; Is cents
American Notwiths landing this low,
charge, clothes and the like have gone mn
in price, although 1 ordered a linen sniff
and the price is to be 81 Mexican; $3.50
American. The rainy season is now on
and when 1t rains it rains hard. coming
down in regular torrents. The mornings
are usually clear, and, much 10 nv sur
prise, L haven't as yet found any tx-
tremely hot weather. I think the climate
is not half as bad IL has been pictured
Certainly 1t is not over hot
The Chicago Tribune OF Tuesday saws:
THE raising of the immense steel and as
phalt roof of the New York Life Insurance
building at La Sale and Monroe streets *
a feat that is attracting the attention of
engineers over all the country The roof is
200 feet above the Level of the street.
weighs 1900 IONS, and it is being raised
twelve feet 1t is now perched, up on piles
of blocks, and each day il is raised about
two feet with so little disturbance that
neither passers-by in the street below nor
occupants of the building notice it, The
work IS SAID to be an unprecedented feat of
engineering. The roof is 80 by 100 feet
square, and is constructed of steel beams
hrepfoof thing and asphalt. In the rails
ing the water tanks are carried with it.
and all the dynamos, wiring and elevator
accessories, but the water supply. cleo
tTlc sASHtS ana Otnef cOnVenlenCeS of the
building have not been interfered with The
work will be finished to-day. Steel beams
and braces are ready to be put in place
as soon the desired hight is reached. and
the space will then be Enclosed to add one
more story of offices and to increase the
elevator capacity of the building. Until the
work is done, when people look up from be-
low and see the 100000 pounds of steel
and asphalt perched on piles of blocks 200
feet above their heads and know that
should it get slightly out of level there
would be grave chances of its coming
down. there are grounds for a slight uneas-
iness.''
-Statisticians sometimes have queer
ideas, says La Nature. One of them has
amused himself by calculating how much
energy, water and coal it would take 10
move the earth a foot, supposing that il
was subjected throughout its mass 10 a
force equivalent TO terrestrial gravitation
This is t11itOnS for in,