The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-16
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service ana is officially recognized. The
system consists in carrying off by force
men capable of making sailors. Strategy
and violence are all it costs. In times of
war the sailors specially charged with this
service patrol the streets of London, enter
the taverns, and take possession of men
they consider sufficiently strong If the
latter resist, cudgels are freely used, and
finally knives are requisitioned in case of
necessity. The prisoners are then carried
aboard ship. BY this means the recruit
ing of the British navy is assured"
In the Senate restaurant says the
Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Record, pie costs 10 cents. and the
walters levy a tip tax equal to so per
cent. of the cost of the food consumed.
Cigars are sold two for quarter and up
ward. and it is regarded as an evidence of
low breeding TO accept change. Into this
aristocratic environment came the other
day Associate Justice John VI. Harlan If
The United States Supreme Court With
all the impressiveneSs of his six feet five
inches and his 200 and odd pounds weight
he walked up to the cigar counter and
laid down bright new dime. Then in the
deep, full voice, which his son. and name
sake in Chicago has found such a valuab BILE
legacy, he said Give me a mild five
cent cigar" Whereupon poor committee
clerk, who had just exchanged his last
quarter for two "Cabbagios," went away
to ponder on the democracy of American
institutions.
The mirrormaking industry in the
United States employs more than 1000
persons, and the product is valued at
about $SO0O,OOO a year. The first step in
the manufacture is the adjustment of a
smooth stone table. Around this table.
which can be canted to one side by means
of a screw set beneath, is a groove. in
which mercury may flow from one corner
into bowls. The table is made perfectly
le.el; then tinfoil is carefully laid over
1t, covering a greater space than the glass
to be coated. The metal is then poured
upon the foil till it is nearly quarter
of an inch deep, being prevented from flow
ing off by STRIPS of glass placed along
three sides of the foil. From the open
side is slid on the plate of glass, whose
advancing edge Is kept in the mercury, so
that no air, floating oxide of the metal or
other impurities can work in between the
glass and the clean surface of the mer-
curry. When its desired position has been
reached, il is held until one edge of the
mercury has run off 1t is left for several
hours and then placed upon a frame the
back by this time being covered with
the amalgam, which adheres to It, At
ter the amalgam becomes hard the plate
is ready for use Mirror making is gener-
ally thought to be dangerous on account
of the injury TO the health of the opera-
tors from the fumes of the quicksilver
but the figures collated by the insurance
companies do not appear TO sustain this
belief.
During the past week, says the Lon
don Standard, there have been many
Buddhist ceremonies at Colombo and in
Handy in connection with the landing of
the golden casket presented by the Budd-
hists of Burmah for inclosing the famous
tooth of Buddha, whose resting place is
the great Mhalgawa Temple at HANDY
The value Of this magnificent casket is a
lakh and half of rupees (f1OOOO Tt is
a wonderful piece of workmanship in the
shape of a dagoba. The body is of mas
sive gold and is garlanded with strings of
jewels and surmounted by a splendid ruby
1t is covered by a silver canopy inlaid with
precious stones, and the whole stands
about six feet high. With it came from
Rangoon 1900 Burmese, of whom $40 were
priests. An interesting member of the
party was an old lady worth f25O.OO0 in
worldly goods, who had herself contribu-
ted over 5000 toward the gift It was
kept in her cabin during the VOYAGE. and
1t is said she sat upon it all the wayl The
Archbishop and several Burmese prin-
cesses were also of the party The ardor
OF the local Buddhists was somewhat dam
pened when they found they had to nav
1881 duty on their new treasure The
casket has not yet been moved to Handy
as 1t will go in great state on Saturday
next, but that place is frightfullv over
crowded with pilgrims awaiting lis arri-
val ali eager to view the Tooth Relic
so much so that the military have been
called out to preserve order in the IRE
cincts of the Temple
Fifteen years ago, SAYS the New vorl,
Sun, there were 4O, 900 telegram Offices n
all the countries of Europe combined. and
10000 in the United States, the number of
messages sent being greater in proportion
10 the number of offices here than abroad
An official statement of The teleerarb
service of the United Kingdom which is
under government control shows thai in
1910 there were sent in England. Ireland
Scotland and Wales SIS 1T telegrams
WhlIe last year the total number of tele-
grams sent was 81, 029, $685. The Increase IN
some other countries is quite as LARGO In
the United States in 1870 the total number
OF telegraph messages sent was 9157 e44
Last year the number of messages sent
was, approximately, 100000, a larger
number than was furnished by anv other
country in the world In 1870 the vaar
with which the present telegraphic sta
ustics are usually compared the number
OF messages sent in Germany was 200. COO.
last year it was 100000 The number If
messages sent in France in 1870 was Z 6A0 :
600; last year it was 100000. In Italy the
number has increased during the same
period from 100000 to 900, 900; in Austris
from 100000 to 100000 exclusive of HIM
gary. In 1870, in Hungary, the number of
telegraph messages sent was !, 500 900: last
year 1t was 100000, a very substantial
increase in country the chief business
OF which is done in one large CITY. The
number Of telegraph messages sent in FJo1-
land in 1870 was 100000 last year the TO-
tai number was 100000, which contrasts
most favoraby with the telegraph busi-
ness OF Spain, which amounted to 1850 900
messages, though the population of Hol-
land by the last census was less than E. OOo -
Co., whereas the population IF Spaio -