The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-21
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the South African war. They will be of
silver. Five presses with a daily output of
160 me dels will be used in issuing them.
1t Is said that owing to the introduc-
ton of electricity for the manufacture of
cigars. cigarettes and tobacco several
thousands of hands will soon be thrown
out of work. One machine is said to pro-
duce 10000 cigarettes and 5000 pounds of
cut tobacco a minute
A celebrated Chinese dancing master,
Hung Foo Choo. announces in a Chinese
paper that he is to hold a religious SER
vice. to which he invites everybody, In
honor of the one thousandth anniversary
OF the death of his ancestor. who was the
first of the family to take up the pro-
fession.
A beggars' league in St. Petersburg
mutilates children and cripples them to
AROUSE sympathy from the benevolent
when they are sent to beg in public places.
The chief of this gang, who is a wealthy
man and has posed as philanthroptst,
receives Is per cent. of the money begged
by the unfortunateS.
A German firm has recently brought
out a type of incandescent lamp which
can be set in advance to burn a given
number of hours aud then automatically
extinguish itself, says the Electric Re
view. In the base of the lamp is fixed
a copper tube containing central part
of copper wire and filed with solution
a sulphate copper. A current is ar
ranged to pass through this solution
from the wire to the tube, so that a con-
tinual electroIytic solution of the wire
takes place. AS soon as the wire is all
dissolved, the current is broken and the
lamp goes out. The size and length Of
the wire may be set for any given num-
Der of hours, and the lamp thus becomes
automatic in It's action.
One of the prominent jewellers of New
York said the other day that his firm re-
Gently finished and delivered a watch TO
a New Yorker which cost $40, 900. He said.
in answer to questions, that the movement
in this timepece was not better than that
to be found in any $500 atch. 1t was
simply the best that could be made.
What gave added value to the $50 coo watch
was the fact that the case was encrusted
with magnificent diamonds, with a SUI
perb ruby almost as large as a pigeon 5
egg, forming the center of the ornamen-
tai design. In further conversation the
jeweler said that there were many $500
and $4,000 watches carried by New York
ers. but he would not tell the names of
any of the owners of these precious "tur-
nips, because, were he to do so, the
owner would be the target of ell the
sneak thieves, pickpockets and burglars
in the city.
In a German psychological journal
Prof. Van Walsem gives short descrip-
ton of tn eheaviest brain on record. The
possessor of this ponderous organ was an
epileptic idiot, who died at the age of 81
He began to walk at years of age, never
attended school, and was received INTO
the institution at Merrenberg at his four
teenth year. He was an idiot of low in
teEigence and of changeable but good
humored disposition. The senses seemed
good and the muscular system well devei-
! opend. He suffered from epilepsy, during
an attack of which he died. The brain
weighed $3.50 grains, and seemed to be a
general enlargement. The cerebellurn was
| regular in form. The spinal cord seemed
| slightly larger than usual and the spinal
nerves bigger. On microscopic exarnina-
| tion the ganglion cells of the brain scenes
rare, the layers indistinct the pyramidal
layer scanty, the nerve-fibers everywhere
distinct. Neither the cerebral vessels nor
the neuroglia were altered.
The income or earning capacity of a
sleeping car is considerable, says the Kan
sas City Journa'. Take the run from New
| York to Chicago, 1000 miles Every road
In the United States pays cents mile
| for the privilege of hauling a sleeper and
| contracts TO return SAID car in as good
! shape as 1t is received and to pay for all
| damages. The journey on the limited ex-
press TO Chicago is made in twenty-four
| hours, therefore, the car earns $50 a dav
for travel If it is 'un. which is generally
| the case. receipts from berths sections
| ana staterooms amount to 1885, making a
| total revenue of $215 day Out of this
| must come the wages of the porter and
| conductol-the latter, however usually
| having charge of several cars-the towels
| sheets, soap, ice, ETC., the whole amour :
ing TO but a small sum. Then there are
| the wear and tear and general deprecia-
tlon' the daily cleaning. the annual refit-
ing ana repainting. Set these charges
| uo"h at ~ per cent. and give the car
| three trips week of 1000 miles each. and
| we nave its earnings at over $50. COO an
nuaily. Some cars earn great deal more
The Cossack troopers are fearless
horsemen. They handle the untamed an
iinais OF the steppes in the most dare
devil fashion and when they have broken
.neil 'dht olen que NAL, they fondle them
| INTO friendship, says the Saturday Pc
| view. The Cossack cares for his 49,
as for himself, and is never TO be temptea
| TO tamper with the forage. Russia has
almost inexhaustible breeding grounds 10
draw upon, and If il pays to send Enc
lish horses to st. Petersburg il is only
| because there is some demand for hipb
bred animals. The horses of the Asiatic
steppes are low. though tough and wirv.
but they are the better fitted for cam
paigning that before being caught at
three years old and upward. they have
been acclimatzed to rough weather and
accustomed to fend for themselves. Those
brought from the wide plains bordering On
the Don and the Dnieper are almost eoual-
~ hardy, but in better condition. for thew
are helped with forage through the seyer-
ity of the winter and are given some SORT
OF shelter. In all of them Capt HAYES
detected strong infusion of Arab blood
In more Northern regions the breeds
have been improved by the Importation of
foreign sires and the heavy cavalry is
chiefly mounted from Lithuania MANY
wealthy land owners have also done much
in their private haras, and Capt. HAYES
has given a favorable report of what no
saw in one of these establishments which
was managed by Americans
There is now in course of construction
the largest watch that the world has ever
held, says the Chicago Daily News. So
enormous will this timepiece be that room
Will be found within 1t for spacious gall
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