The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

editor of the Christian Register asked
the medical director for some points. He
said the most important thing was to
avoid any attempt on the part of the
preacher to accommodate himself to his
audience, as if they We're different from
other people He said: IF you attempt
to adapt yourself TO their condition they
will instantly discover it, and they Will
hate YOU"
One of the most curious epitaphs in
America is on a gravestone in Burial
Hill, Charlestown, Mass. 1t is a S follows:
Here Ives inferred We Body of Mrs Eliz-
abeth Phillips Wife TO Mr.. Eleazer Phil
lips VINO was Born in Westminster in
Great Britain. & Commissioned by John
Lord Bishop OF London in We Year 171S
TO We Office of Midwife &, came to this
Country in We Year 1919 & by We Blessing
Of God has Brought into this world above
10000 Children. Died May 9th, 1851. Aged
76 Years"
The Siberian bristle industry has been
seriously affected, because the majority
Of those firms engaged in manufacturing
the product are badly crippled on ac-
count of the scarcity OF labor. To such an
extent has this industry been interfered
with that il is said this years output
viii be less than tWo-JhirdS of the nor
nal. This opens up to the American hog
a destiny beyond lard, bacon and ham.
For years Russia, or rather Siberia has
been the home of the hog that produces
the great "okatka" the bristle from
which brushes are made. Next years col
lection of the raw brisiles will be less
than one-half of the usual quantity, and
as the tendency of late years in the brush
trade has been toward the use of higher
grades of goods, and as almost so per
cent. of this class of goods come to the
American market, the price cannot fail
to be affected.
In report from Yokohama, Consul
General Convey says of Japan's passenger
service: In addition 10 abundant steam
communicated by coas ing and tnland-sea
vessels, there are now in operation here
over 5000 miles Of railroads. part of which
are government hnSs. An electric tramway
is in operation in Kyoto, and horse cars
run in Tokyo. Owing to the general use
of the handy and Ubiquitous jnrikishas
and abundant cOole labor, passenger
transportation by other means has not re-
ceived much encouragement. The rates of
fare on railroads average about 81 cents
per nile for first class, Ia cents per mile
for second class, and seven-tenths of
cent per mile for third class. Jinriksha
fares frequently depend upon bargains
made at the time of hiring, otherwise they
are about 10 cents per mile for third class.
Jinriksha fares in the cities are about 35
cents for short trip and about 9 cents per
hour. On the tramways fares are cheaper
and depend upon the length of a trip The
number of passengers that may he carried
is restricted by regulations. On the rail-
roads overcrowding is a frequent cause of
complaint
French officials in Algeria have just un-
earthed a most daring band of forgers,
says the New York Herald We are told
that the band is composed Of skilful forg-
prc of all fVia re
are at Gran and that it has put in circu-
lation forged money amounting to 5000,
coo francs. The band consists of a hundred
members. fifteen of whom are now in
prison. Besides the regular members there
were several persons on the pay roll whose
duty it was to circulate the forged money
in the principal cities of Europe. Only
silver money was made, and only tools of
the finest quaIty We're used. Moreover, #
is said that the forged pieces of money
contained exactly the same amount of ST.
yer as the money cast at the treasury in
Paris. Yet it is estimated that the forgerS
realized a profit of so per cent. on every
coin which they placed in circulation. A
French expert says on this subject.
'Ninety-eight out of every hundred forg-
ers will coniine their operations to silver
money, for the reason that only the most
skilled expert can hope 10 forge gold mon
ey successfully. Forgers Of silver money
a
a perfect mold of it, and into this mold
after it is dry, they pour an alloy, which
has as much as possible the appearance
and the density of silver. This alloy is COM
posed of common metals, like tin and zinc,
though real silver is sometimes used"
The old theory that tobacco leads to
the use of alcohol seems to have some
professional backing after all, says the
Philadelphia Press. DIR. j. H. Kellogg of
Modern Medicine" says: quite con-
siderable number of persons may be found
who make use of tobacco without habit
ually using alcoholic liquors; but the num-
Der of persons using alcohol who do not
use tobacco in any form is exceedingly
small. This fact may be attributed to two
causes: First, the use of tobacco is usual
ly begun at an earlier age than the use of
alcohol (this is true at least in the United
States), the use of alcohol being later
grated on as a result of the ASSOCIATE tons
to which the use of tobacco naturally
leads Second; the use of tobacco creates
a demand for the use of alcohol (a) by the
production of a drug habit which natur-
ally leads to the development of other
habits of kindred sort, and (b) by the pro-
ducton of morbid conditions and discom-
forts from which alcohol affords tempor-
airy relief" Dr. Kellogg refutes the idea
that the tobacco habit can be used as
rival to the alcohol habit. "If" he says,
Smoking and other forms of tobacco us
ing should be encouraged as a means of
antagonizing the use of alcohol, we should
expect to see, as a result of the early ac-
QUESTION of the tobacco-one large class
using tobacco only, and another smaller
class making use of alcohol only. But
instead of this we find practically these
two classes; those who use tobacco only,
and those who use tobacco and alcohol.
1t is evident then, that the use of to-
bacco is not a protection against the use
of alcohol but rather an introduction to
it."
A real lover of dogs, says the Criterion,
is apt to have a preference as to type, but
he is apt also to be fond of all good dogs,
no matter what the class of their special
purposes in the world. The dog lover Is
very like in this regard the truly gallant
mamie may prefer blue eyes and fair
hair to the opposite, but his heart goes
out to all women who are good because
they are women and because thew are