The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The library of Congress is already one
of the greatest libraries n the world. The
number of printed volumes on its shelves
is somewhat over 10000, and is rapidly
nearing the million mark in 1852 the ag-
gregate of the collection was 10000 and
the new building will afford shelf room
for 100000 volumes.
The Merrimac Manufacturing Com
pany of Lowell. Mass. has signed a con-
tract for the erection in Huntsville, Ala,
of a cotton mill with 100000 spindles. The
mill will be an improved duplicate of the
one now operated by the company at
Lowell, and will give employment TO about
5000 hands. The mill will manufacture
print cloths ginghams, sateens, velveteens
and fine dress goods.
The Russian government is fitting out,
with the aid of funds supplied by the
Car, a new expedition for the explora-
ton of Central Asia. The expedition, the
work of which is intended to cover two
years, is to be under the command OF
Lieut.. Koslow. 1t will make its way
through West Mongolia and the Desert OF
Cobb, cross the Nanschu mountains by
Lake Koko-nor. and penetrate into the re-
gion through which flow the upper waters
of the Yellow river.
Prof. George Harris of Andover sug-
gests in the Congregationalist that the
theological seminaries adopt themselves to
the changed condition by accepting scien-
tific well as classical students and CIV
ing them such instruction in Greek as
they need. lie further advises against fore
ing theological students TO study Hebrew
He says that the old Testiment is now stu
died more by the historical and literary
than by the exegetical method, and
knowledge of Hebrew has become Of ira
ditional rather than of actual Importance.
of all the strange Chinese customs in
| the matter of currency that reported by
| the American consul at Hong Kong of
employing blocks of silver is most unique.
| The silver is cast in the form of the
| ''sycee," or shoe and on it is marked the
| quality. In making purchases piece is
| cut off and sold to the local bank for its
| equivalent to copper cash OF this cash
| it takes 800 to equal a gold dollar, and,
as almost all transactions. are expressed
! in cash. you can get an idea of the scale
| of Chinese expenditures.
Retaliation of the rate at which troll
| ley lines are spreading over this part of the
country can be gained from the fact that
| Boston Herald reporter has just made
a trip from close to his office door to the
| Brooklyn bridge, and used electric cars
almost exclusively in doing it. He started
| last Friday afternoon at $50 o'clock and
| reached Worcester at 10. After passing
the night at hotel, he proceeded to West
| Warren. There he had 10 resort to the
steam railway to Indian Orchard. There
was a second break between Warehouse
Point and East Windsor Hill, in Connec-
| ticut, and a third between Meriden and
New Haven. He reached the last-named
o;tx md
Next morning he began the long stretch
| of Stamford. There the railroad had TO
| be taken to New Rochelle, after which
it was clear sailing, or trolleying. to The
bridge. The trip, including all stops, used
up forty-nine hours and cost for car fare
$3.50.
There is many a good story comes out
of India, as the admirers of Mr.. Kip
ling's work will be quite ready to at
| test. But here. says the Philadelphia
Press, is a new one, supremacy illustra-
tive of the Eastern character, and not al
together without application TO charac-
ters of other civilizations. At a station
on the main line of the East Indian Rail-
way train from Delhi had stopped, and
one of the travelers-an officer in the Royal
Engineers-began to quiz from the car
riage window a tester who was going
his rounds. 'Why do you beat the wheels
like that?" was the first question. Sir
karka hookum CT is the order of the au-
thOrities)," replied the imperturbable ma
tive. But what is the use of striking
the wheels?" "Khodarjani. Hum lisa
thees burs-si kurthani Sirkarka hook
UNI" God knows / have been doing this
for thirty years. 1t is the order of the au-
| thority) Wherein there is at least one
romance and at least dozen sermons.
According to the Philadelphia Medical
Journal, experiments which have been made
in Berlin show that the railway cars are
vehicles for carrying and spreading deadly
diseases. DR.. Petri, of the imperial sani-
tary bureau, in conducting the expert
ments, found that of ninety-one animals
inoculated with materials, principally ex-
| pectoration, obtained from the interior of
railway carriages nearly one-third died
as a result, while of the remainder, sew
eral, on being killed, were found to have
become tuberculous. This proves, says the
Baltimore Sun, that all sanitary laws
should be strictly enforced and further
} that some PROPER and effective method OF
disinfecting public conveyances should be
adopted There could be no more certain
way of spreading smallpox, for instance
in Baltimore than by street cars. Small
poX patients, as well as people SUFFERING
from other deadly infectious and conta-
gious diseases, constantly go about when in
, a condition to communicate the disease
They can infect the cushions upon which
they sit so that others, following them
can take the disease. The public safety,
demands the frequent disinfection of these
cars, as well as steam railway cars. and
1t should be done. 1t can be done with
ease and at small expense. AS the Medi-
cal Journal remarks, while we may moi
hope entirely to eradicate transmissible
diseases, the observance of a few sensi-
BILE regulations will go far to diminish
, their prevalence and restrain their spread
Pigs that have amazed vast audiences
at the circus by their performances are
not to be mentioned in the same breath
with the young porker the following &C.
count of which has been sent 60 the Phil.
$ adelphia Record by a person who has
heretofore been considered thoroughly re.
= | liable and truthful: zone of the big dra VS.
going down Tenth street on Thursday
] having to stop at the corner of Carpenter