The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

sponge cakes, six inches high and perhaps
ten inches by seven across the top. The
bottom was of slightly less area. Stamped
on one end of one of them was 1880 o.
The rest were Of about similar weight All
bore the imprint of 1893 fine The pigs were
silver from the Argentine smelter and
worth on the market $3.50 apiece. The
trucks seemingly deserted and careless
load was worth S7,4S6.6G. II is in this shape
silver is shipped There was little danger
of any one running off with them, their
weight was so great.
Every ship in the North Atlantic
Squadron, says the Philadelphia Record,
can boast of bah nine. and these different
mines have formed league known as the
North Atlantic League. At every opportu-
nifty match games are played. and there is
great rivalry shown to gain the champion
ship of the league. Up to last week the
nine representing the New York were in
the lead, but the Massachusetts held them
a safe second. Just prior to the depart
ure of the squadron for Philadelphia a Sc
ries of games was played and the Massa-
chu<etts' men forged ahead. The latter
expect 10 stay in the lead for the balance
of the season, thereby winning the cham
piOnship, but the nine of the New York de-
clare it will be plan sailing for them after
a few more games shall nave been played.
On the authority of the greatest man
ufacturer of dental supplies in the coun-
try. says the New York Sun. 10000 ounces
of pure gold are worked up annually for
use in filing teeth, in plates and soldiers,
the value of this gold approximating ST.
100000 In addition there are about $4,000
ounces of platinum used annually by the
various manufacturers of porcelain teeth,
to say nothing of the large amount of
silver amalgam prepared for inconspicu
Gus filings, such as those i'm the back
90
steadily increased. until now there are
20, 422 dentists in the United States. Even
the little towns of Alaska have their den
lists, there being nine engaged in prac-
tice in the territory. The majority of
these men cannot have very much 10 do,
because 100000 false teeth and 81, 200, 600
worth of gold for filings, etc. divided be
tween 2O,422 dentists. allows only about
1000 teeth and little less than $40 worth
of gold year to each dentist. AS the
popular practitioners in large cities use
many tunes these amounts, man. of them
earning fiom 5000 to $4,000 a year in tbs
practice OF their profession il will readily
be seen ,hat a good many of the smaller
ores fan far below the annual average
"A machine has been built on novel prin-
clpTes for cooling the air of houses and
apartments, says the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat. 1t differs from the refrig-
Grating machines now In use, which con-
vert mechanical energy into heat alb
Stracted through the medium of liquefied
gases, in that it depends on utilizing the
great latent heat of evaporation of water.
1t IS not intended for heavy refrigerative
work, but for cooling at maximum eff
ciency over the range of 10 degrees to %
degrees Fahrenheit, required to keep a
room at comfortable temperature on a hot
summer day. To furnish the forced blast
which provides both the air circulation
and the chilling effect, all that is required
is little electric motor blower. This evap-
crates the water, which is distributed in a
capillary film, SO effectively that 10000
cubic feet of air per hour can be cooled
10 about 6S degrees Fahrenheit There is
an automatic adjustment which keepes the
temperature at any desired point and at
any desired degree of humidity. The wa
ter can be taken from the local supply,
and current from the nearest
available source. The apparatus
requires no more attention than
a common fan motor and can readily be
set up in sick rooms or hospitals, where
such an appliance is often invaluable. The
ease with which the apparatus can be han
died and operated, in fact. should insure
its adoption generally in all kinds of build
ings during very hot weather. It is not
only far more efficient than the ordinary
Refrigerator apparatus, but it practically
enables any one who is very sensitive to
indoor heat to pass through the most try
ing summer in comfort.
At Grasse and Nice the olive oil pro-
duced is the finest in the world, says the
American Druggist. The climate is pc
cularly adapted to the growth of the best
olives for the purpose, and there is prob
ably the best system of expressing, stor-
ing and grading. Certainly there is less
sophistication of olive oil practiced in this
part of the world than in any other I'm
scrupulous manipulators elsewhere COM
monty add anywhere from 50 to rs per
cent. of cottonseed oil to a second crush
ing. Oil of sesame and of poppy seed
are also largely used for this purpose
To show how difficult it is to detect the
presence of the adulterated it has only
to be recalled that some years ago the
Chamber of Commerce of Nice offered a |
large reward for a test which would show
the presence of per cent. of cotton seed |
Chemical tests have so far been of little |
value. There is only one sure means of |
determining the value of an olive oil and |
that is the tasting of it by an expert I'm |
fortunately the public at large, and es- |
pecially the American public has so long |
been accustomed to the taste of sophisti- |
Gated olive oil that it fails to appreciate |
a pure article when it is presented. The |
adulterants used are of such a bland ma
tute thdt they DO not onend the palate. |
Even the habituai eating of bottled olives
is not an education, because the presence
of large quantities of salt completely |
cloaks the characteristic tang and taste
of the fruit. The taste for pure olive oil,
like the taste for wines and tobacco, must
be matter of Individual cultivation. But
once acquired it is never lost There is
only one safe beginning, and that is to
buy the oil from reliable sources and pay
the price demanded.
II see some fellow is going to start
paper that won't print any reports of
crime" said an old detective to the New
York Sun. HE thinks such news is i'm
moral and harmful to the public. but il
he was in my line of business I dare say
he would change his mind. The old-time
professional crooks who went in for big
game have ceased almost entirely to op-
crate, and ii is very seldom that one hears
OF great bank robbery, burglary on a
large scale or a pOpfdanca uapoa |