The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Liverpool after his arrival from this coun-
try. the Rev. Dr. Watson said that the
thing which most startled MIN in the
United States was the power of the seeu-
lar spirit and the weakness Of the Chris
tian Church Men were devoted TO money
and money-getting in a way and 60 de-
gree which he could not have imagined
possible. The churches in the United
States, he continued, were conducted 10
considerable extent as large business con-
ccrns money making permeating every
thing. In many districts he found con
gregations consisting almost entirely OF
women The eulOgized the vivaciiy intel
lect and energy, the boundess resource,
hign hope and confidence of the American
race, which he declared 10 be one OF the
most promising of the Anglo-oaAoh
branches. The readiness of rich Amerl-
cans to build and endow education instl-
tutions he considered a matter for national
pride.
Whatever its ultimate utility, says the
Philadelphia Press, the horseless carriage
is certainly open to improvement so far
as appearances are concerned. Much has
been done by the foreign invention. II re-
mains for American ingenuity 10 make
the automobile presentable. The odd tainS
about the present form is that in no va
riety has the maker been able TO get away
from the style of vehicle designed TO be
drawn by a horse. Every one has its
dashboard a contrivance originally des-
tined 10 shield the driver from mud thrown
up by his horses hoofs. The only pres
ent use for this in an automobile must be
to protest THE man at the wheel from
the effects of the cloven-hoof which the
superstitious at first detected in the new
wagons. Seriously, however, there might
almost as wei be a whiD-socket Yet
perhaps the dashboard serves its new
setting much as the masts serve a mod
| ern ocean liner and is intended for use
| merely in cases of broken machinery
when shafts and a horse must be fitted
/ in to get the passengers 10 their des-
tnation. The Worcester Gazette even
goes SO far as to suggest that "a pain
| Of shafts. which could be drawn back
| under the body of the carriage, might
prove occasionally useful. should one dis
cover thai his gasoline or compressed air
| was giving out some distance from home
| India is the treasure house of The
world. For ages Ceylon and Burma sup
| piled the world with the rarest gems, and
! the Eastern potentates kept the finest for
! their own use says the Chicago News.
| OF all the jewels the most noted belong 10
| the guicowar of Baroda. They are valued
| at $l5,00OOJ0 His chief diamond necklace
| contains a stone called the star of the
SOUTH a Brazilian stone of 254 caTats, for
! which 100000 was paid, the whole neck
| lace being valued at $1,00O.010. The gulco-
| war has a wonderful shawl made entirely
| of unwrought pearls and colored stones
| worked into beautiful patterns. 1t cost
| s., 600 eco, and was originally intended as a
| sift for the covering OF Mahomets tomb,
| but was SO lovely when done that the
| gulcowar kept it himself. Sir Jung BAHIA
| dur the prime minister TO the King of
| Nepal, has a hat made of diamonds, worth
| over 100000, and perched on top is a sin
! gle ruby Of incalculable value. When
| Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress
| of India some of the native Kings at the
| celebrations wore costumes that beggar
! description. A small item in the attire OF
one rajah was a pair of gloves made of
| flexible golden scales incrusted with dia
monds, having in the center OF each back
| an emerald as big as hazel nut and end
| ing in bangles studded with rubies, the
| gloves being worth not less than 100000
| Orientals prize pearls very highly, and one
| Indian rajah has an embroidered turban of
pearls worth $4,000. The largest pearl
known is owned by the Shah of Persia.
| and is unappraisabie
japanese engineers seldom specify a ma
chine to be of given dimensions, of a GER
tain type and efficiency and 20 perform
| specified work, says the Engineering Mag
ezine. They usually hunt through cata-
logues until they find picture and ac-
| companying description which meets their
ideas Of what they need. They then
write out a specification which is a YER
batim copy of the description in the cata-
logue, frequently designating the number
of the page upon which il is TO be found
| The maker is, of course, to be the party
publishing the catalogue. Much trouble
has arisen from this practice. as some
of the handsOmest and most complete cat
alogues are published by supply houses in
America and England which build nothing
whatever, and machine with any name
other than that of the publisher of the
catalogue cast on il is liable to rejection
Certain European firms-and lest this be
! hurled back at me from the old world let
me say here that my attention was frs,
called to this by an English engineer in
Japan-take contract to supply machines
from specified makers. They let the con-
tracts to build these machines to jobbine
shops by whom they are thus built for a
| trifing sum, and are worth about what
they cost. The specified makers name
is cast upon the frames of the machines
and the purchaser, supposing them to be
from these makers, accepts and paws for
them. This has been d common occur
renee in times past The japanese, how
ever, are progressing so rapidly in their
knowledge of these matters that this prac-
tice is becoming more and more difficult
and less profitable, and will, no doubt.
eventually die out altogether. The Ia
| panese government requires with each bin
! OF goods coming from specified maker a
certificate from the said maker to the ef
! feet that he made and furnished the soo,is
| purporting TO be from him.
Milton Rathburn achieved forty-two
pound victory of mind over matter. saws
the New York Journal That is what his
total loss in weight amounted TO after a
continuous fast of twenty-eight days. dur
ing which time he not only successfully
resisted the cravings of hunger and pro-
tests of anxious friends, but continued
his daily routine of life and regularly
transacted his business as though NOTHING
unusual was happening. Mr.. Rathburn Is
not man seeking notoriety. On the con-
trary, he is man of wealth. a dealer in
| hay and grain at No A52 Fourth c,,-a...