The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

was sold the other day m the latter city.
II bears the autograph signature of Rob-
ert Stephenson. r. r. 5, NJ. p. president
of the Institute of civil Engineers, VINO
died in 1883, and was buried in Westmin-
ster Abbey. The plan, which is drawn 10
the scale of four inches 70 the mile, is al
the more valuable seeing that the copies
of 1t, which We're duly deposited in The
private bill Office at the time, were de-
strOyed in the disastrous fire which broke
out a the palace of Westminster in 1884.
The bills relating 10 this great undertake
ing were passed on Nay s, 1893, during
the reign of William ", and the work
was begun on June in the following year,
There are essentially Two classes of
toys in the world, says the Boston Globe.
They range from those that will go into
stocking up 10 those that can hardly be
got into a ten-acre lot. Since men are but
children of a larger growth they never
really get beyond the toy period. The man
who builds a $500000 yacht has simply
expanded the ambition which was once
satisfied in the half-a-dol.ar craft that in
his boyhood days crossed and recrossed
the lAtle frog pond near his fathers house.
Coufning ourselves to children of smaller
growth. it may be interesting to know
that there are $50 manufacturers of toys
in the United States, having a total CAPT
tai of $4,000. They turn out in year
about 100000 worth OF toys the mate
rial used in their construction being worth
about one-half that sum. The importation
OF toys from other countries amounts in
year 10 about 100000. 50 shat il may be
said generally that the entire output of
foreign and domestic toys for the Ameri-.
can market reaches the value of about
100000 a year.
They have a curious idea of religious
tolerance in Austria. Some time since
while the Bishop of the historic See of
Koniggratz was making a solemn entry
into the village of Sopcic, one of the
priests in attendance pointing to a by
stander, shouted: He must be a Jew or
a SWiss!' His Mortified eyes had fallen
upon Herr Blassak, a harmless and nee
essary newspaper reporter, who, standing
alOOf from the thrOng and engaged in
taking notes, had not removed his hat
The unhappy culprit was dragged before
the local magistrates and sentenced to six
weeks close Imprisonment, with one day
in each week on bread and water diet
Herr Bassak appealed 20 the Supreme
Court of Vienna on the ground that he
had a perfect right to keep his head COW
cred in a public place. and that his act
of omission was no insult to a communion
of which he was not a member. The Su-
preme Court however, has now confirmed
the sentence. on the ground that the
appellants conduct violated the rules Of
ue1e. ,'.il "a loi d -. 80
Cyanide of potassium, with which
Mrs. Kate j. Adams was poisoned in New
York, is largely used in olectroplating 1t
partakes of the poisonous nature of hydro
cyanic acid, from which it gets a part of
it's name and which is an intense irritat-
ing poison Symptoms of pc soning by
cyanide of potassium resemble those of
poisoning by the undiluted acid in a
slightly less degree. An single drop
of the acid on the tongue of a
large dog has been known to kill the an
imal instantly, and even breathing the
fumes has had serious effect upon per
sons. Even the medicinal preparaton a
I. per cent. solution Of the acid. is a ire
mendous poison and must be used eau
tiously. In excessive doses the symptoms
are like those of the act of death. The
sufferer falls as if struck by lightning, all
the vital functions being apparently ar
rested at once. In less dose death en-
sues by failure of breathing after an in
terval of from few minutes to half an
hour of commissions Of paralysis and col
lapse There is no chemical antidote to
cyanide of potassium, and in cases of
! poisoning from it death is generally so
speedy that all remedies are too late.
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