The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

withdrawal OF the English firms because
OF the supposed incendiary origin of so
many of the CONGREGATIONS.
The automatic gas meter. or prepay
ment meter, as it is termed, has claimed
its first victim. A grocery clerk in Brook
lyn went out, leaving his gas burning,
and the one JET exhausted the small re-
naming quantity Of gas which had been
paid for, and The meter cut off the flow
of gas. The man returned and went 10
sleep. Another member of the household
cropped another quarter of a dollar in the
meter and the gas poured into the mans
room, asphyxiating him. He had been
dead over an hour when the accident was
discovered.
M. Docquois, the president of the in
ternational culinary exhibition that has
just been held in Paris, admits that Eng
land has within the last twenty years
taken the lead In international cookery
Europe is fast initiating her grills, joints,
water-cooked or steamed vegetables, and
some of her sauces. But the yearning for
choice, plain food has damaged the fine
art of Brillat Savarin. The modern and
complex o'clock tea is loudly condemned
by caterers TO the palate of Tout Paris"
1t spoils the tardy dinner to which the
guests pay scant attention, because they
are afraid OF being late for the theater.
The Honolulu authorities are consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of locating a cemetery
in the crater of the Punchbowl, an extinct
volcano. The only objection thus far Of
fered to the site is that if not used for a
cemetery it might some day become avail
able for an amusement resort and resi-
dence section, especially if an adequate
water supply could be conveyed to so great
a hight. Says the Hawaiian Gazette.
Everything looks beautiful inside the
crater. The kiawe trees are growing wei.
These and other trees were planted there
by the direction of the late King Kalakaua.
The lantana fourishes. of course. The view
in any and every direction from Punch
bowl is wei known to all for it's charm.
A walk from the city to the place would
not be trying undertaking, and the road
is better than ever"
So careful are the health regulations
for operatives in match factories abroad
that before partaking of any meal and
prior to leaving the factory at the close of
the day, each individual is required to doff
his or her working clothes and put on I'M
contaminated garments The hands, too
must be thoroughly cleansed by means of
softsoap and water, the finger-nails duly
attended to, teeth cleansed, and mouth and
throat washed with gargle specially pro-
vided, all of these points being enforced
by rigid inspection. Each person seeking
employment, moreover, is carefully sub
jected to medical examination by the COM
pany's physician. who rejects all under
sixteen years of age, all possessed of bod
lily infirmties of any kind, even to a sore
or abrasion or slight defect in dentition,
or who are delicate or anaemlc; ALL too,
must either have been vaccinated or have
secured immunity through smallpox.
According to NJ. Jolly, instances of a
marked character of malignant pustule
Egyptian ophthalmia and Delhi boil con-
veyed by flies are matters of record. He
has also found, as the result of careful
observations that the legs of flies may be
covered by staphylococci and many other
forms of bacteria. Again, tubercle is par
ticularly liable to be disseminated by flies;
they come in contact with tubercle ba-
Gill discharged from the body of the pa
tent and then alight on food and deposit
the tubercle bacilh, thus easily contami-
mating milk, meat and other substances.
The influence of the mosquito, too an car
rying the 1laria sanguinis is well known
and it has also been suspected as the agent
in the conveyance of malaria and by
some the sleeping Sickness as it is call
ed is thought to be due to infection by in
sects. For warding off as far as possible
specially in cases of the diseases men
toned, NJ. Jolly suggests solution of for
NAL as of considerable service.
AS visitors 10 Wildbad-G asten may re-
member, says the London Chronicle, there
is spring at that watering place which
enjoys the unenviable title of 1.-The Pois-
oned Fountain" Though the fluid it sup
plies is clear and sparkling, and science
can detect in 1t neither microbes nor de-
leterous minerals, the effects produced on
rash or ignorant drinkers are highly IN
pleasant. A few draughts produce decided
symptoms of gastric catarrh, and further
Indulgence may lead to serious illness and
even to death Prof. Koeppe has now
Vouchsafed the explanation that the wa
ter is dangerous simply because il is too
pure. Unless prey iously saturated to a
certain extent with mineral or organic
matter. water attracts to itself the salts
contained in the cells of the mucous mem
brane, and this latter suffers deterioration
resulting in infiammatory mischief. This
Is why 1t is unsafe to drink the rills that
trlckle from snowfield or a glacier.
Off in the South seas, southwark n,
Java, says the Kansas City Journal. few
Scotch sailors discovered and settled
Christmas Island, which is reported To he
an earthly paradise, al least so far as eli
mate is concerned. But we notice that the
blessings of this paradise, as described bv
writer in the English Illustrated Maya
zine, are mostly of negative nature.
There are no jail no policeman. no opium.
no Cinnamon. There was one serpent in
this paradise-one is generally enough
This was the cocoanut beetle, which as
sailed one of the fairest products of the
island. In order to exterminate the cocoa
nut beetle several varieties of birds. orig
inally quite scarce, were imported. They
did their work, but in time they became
as great a nuisance as the beetle thew at
tackled. But the jewellers on Christmas
Island had learned the wisdom of the SER
pent, and accordingly they imported cats
to get even with the birds. The birds were
duly subjugated; but the cats have in
creased and multiplied so that thew too
are curse. The next thing in order win
be dogs, and?
The opportunities afforded Chief Wiev