The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-04
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of the Mississippi will be shipped East.
but will go to Asia by way of the Pacific
coast.
Russia is probably the only country
which could raise a regiment composed
entirely of generals, who number 1,24S.
They receive in salaries an aggregate of
1900, 600 rubles year.
The highest mountain peak in Alaska,
according to bulletin to be issued by the
United States Geological Survey. is Mount
Mckinley, about 200 miles from Cook
inlet. 1t was formerly known as Mount
Allen, but was given the name of the
President in 1895 by a prOspector, and
the new designation has been adopted on
the new government map.
People who live on the New England
coast like to use ocean driftwood as fuel
in open fireplaces. 1t is impregnated with
copper and ocean salts, and when burned
gives out the most brilliant colored flames.
Ii is asserted that a New Bedford dealer
has orders for the wood from all parts OF
the country. and even from Europe, and
ships hundreds of barrels of it yearly.
Various attempts have been made to imi-
tate this wood by artificial process. but
without success. Long submersion in the
sea water is necessary to produce the bril-
liant flames.
You mustn't kick if your new shirts
look a trifie mussy the first time they are
done up" said the proprietor of one of
PhEadelphia's largest laundries, according
to the Record. The laundering of new
shirt is no easy job And by the way, did
you ever notice that the ma jority of peo-
pie say laundried when they mean faun-
dered? A new shirt takes just about twice
as much time as one that has been
through the process before, and calls for
more expert laundry work This is par
ticularly true of colored shirt If the
cuffs are attached, they must be brought
out exactly in accord with the design.
The two parts of the bosom are made to
match perfectly, with the stud holes or
eyeets of one part directly over those of
the other part, and the pattern of the
shirt fitted together according TO the de-
sign as accurately as wall paper. After
the first laundering the shirt gets sort of
set, and is much easier afterward."
In the last sixty years the speed of
ocean steamers has been increased from
eight and a half to twenty-five and
half knots an hour Ships have been more
than trebled in length, about doubled in
breaGth, and increased ten fold in dis
placement. The number of passengers
carried by a steamship has been increased
from about 100 to nearly 1000. The en-
CINE power has been made forty times al
great, while the rdte of coal consumption
per horsepower per hour is now only
about one-third what IL was in 1870 The
weight of the machinery per horse power
has also been very greatly reduced Were
the engines of the Campania proportion
ately as heavy as those in use sixty years
ago, they would weigh about 1900 tons
In other words, machinery boilers and
coaf would exceed the total weight of the
ship as she floats to-day. There would
not be a more striking illustration than
this, says Popular Science Monthly of
the close relation between improvements
in maritime engineering and high speed.
Although the fez is so universally worn
in Turkey, being generally the distinctive
Turkish headdress, an investigation as to
its manufacture leads TO the discovery
that there is only one fez mandatory
in Turkey, and that is at Constantinople,
says an exchange. A study of the sub
ject has led to the discovery that the
industry is limited to this one factory,
owing to the fact that the Turkish man
ufacturers, owing in part to lack of skill
and largely to want of enterprise, are un-
able to compete with foreign producers,
and consequently the product of this sin
gle factory is for government supply The
fez consumption of Turkey in general is
derived from Austria, in which country
there is a syndicate, including all the fez
manufacturers, which has been very sue
cessful in advancing prices, as we'll as
enjoying monopoly. The business in
Salonica, 'Asiatic Turkey, amounts to from
800, 900 to $150,000 a year and there is II
the present time a feeling of considerable
dissatisfaction with the Austrian manu-
facturers and a desire to do an increased
business with the United States, and I'M
doubtedly an American manufacturer, pro-
ducing the regulation fez, would quichiy
succeed in building up an excellent busi-
ness with all parts of Turkey.
Henry Dexter, for many years identi-
fed with the American News COMPANY.
made a statement yesterday concerning
the characteristics of the Dead Sea. saws
the New York Tribune Mr. Dexter's
comments were brought forth bv an in
tervlew printed in the Tribune a few days
ago about the Dead sea. This said that
the water of the Dead sea was so buoy
ant that any one would float in it; that
1t was sticky, as well as dark and brack-
ish, and that the mountains alongside ii
were of inconsiderable size. MIR Dexter
took exception to these statements He
has Travelled over nearly every part of
the world. is a close observer. and has a
wonderfully retentiye memory for the
minute details of the various localities
that he has visited. II visited the Dead
Sea in the spring of 1885," said Mr.. Dex-
ter. Il had spent the winter at Cairo
with my wife, and went from there 10
Joppa and Jerusalem, and thence to the
Dead sea. We had a party with drago-
men, tents, baggage and so on We first
visited the famous Russian convent at
Masaba This convent is several hundred
years old and extremely intel esting. The
Dead s, is ? 500 feet below the ocean lev
e. 1t is my opinion that it is of volcanic
formation l saw much bituminous coal
around the shores of the sea. 1 took
plunge in the water to test its qualities
The water is, I should say, a blum. nous
salt brine. l was careful not to get the
water in my eyes or on my hair. 1 had
been told that nothing could sink in the
Dead sea, but l found that was untrue.
for the reason that If / did not exert an
effort to keep on top 1 would go down
The water is Of a character that IL any
one had any cutaneous disease it would
make the flesh smart ftrcely 1t was ex-
ceptonally refreshing, however. on ac-
count of the heat. The water was won
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