The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

could have killed and torn to pieces Great
lures larger than d lion.
I'm Germany a doctor has taught his
patients how to ma ssage" rheumatic fin
ger joints by thrusting the hand into
deep glass partially filled with mercury,
winch presses on them. The hand is
dipped in and out of the glass about thirty
times at each treatment, and the swelling
is thus reduced.
During a murder trial al New Bruins
wick, n. J., the other day one of the wit
nesses testified that in Hungary all per-
sons intending to immigrate 10 the United
States are given to understand that nearly
every American carries a revolver and is
very quick on the trigger. To this fact.
the witness said, is due the readiness Of
HunSarians to use knives and guns in
Quarrels.
"A sample of Egyptian porcelain found
al Memphis was recently submitted to NJ.
LIE Chatelier for analysis, and the inter
esting fact was brought out that 1t was
entirely different from the Chinese porce-
lain. This leads to the conclusion that the
manufacture of true porcelain was known
to the ancient Egyptians. To duplicate
this particular kind of porcelain would re-
quire forty parts of blue grass, fifty parts
of fine sand and five parts of white clay.
THE women of Wichita" says the
Kansas City Journal "have been canvass
ing the town for subscriptions in aid of
the poor. They tackled L. R. Delaney of
the Santa Fe in a cigar store. He had
just one nickel in his pocket He took this
out, walked over to the Slot machine and
dropped it in. Out rolled S. in nickels,
which Delaney piled into the apron of one
of the women. The Lord works In mys-
An expedition to explore the New ST.
IBERIA Islands and Samukoff Land Mas been
organized by Baron Toll, and will depart
some time in June from Norwegian port.
The party Will proceed to the mouth of
the Lena, and will pass the winter on its
banks at point above the town of Yak
utsk. In the summer of 1901 explorations
towards the north will be commenced and
forces Joined with detachment which is
to be sent out in March with sufficient
supply of dogs.
The names of habitual drunkards are
posted in public places in Kenosha, Wis,
and the other day the Common Council
passed an ordinance providing that habit
ual drunkards, who have been posted.
have tintypes or photographs of them
selves attached to the poster, and that
unless the parties so posted are able 10
pay for said photographs, then the rela-
tives be required to stand the expense In
case there are no relatives, then the city
is responsible for the cost"
-Open-air treatment for consumption in
its earlier stages appears to be the best
so far hit upon The continuous flooding
of the lungs with purer and cooler air Is
a disideratum The natural life out of
doors provides this. Sleeping indoors
II
doctors pronounce the sanitorium system
a failure, and despair of any stamping-out
process except by educating the young
to live a hygienic life. The tendency to
consumption may be lessened or even de-
stroyed by thorough observance of the
rules for healthy life.
Paris has a hotel for working girls,
founded by a wealthy woman al the cost
of 100000 francs, and 1t is the home of
the Amicitia Club with thirty rooms for
shop girls and a good and cheap restau-
rant, to which any working woman may
have access. Each Of the members pays
a small sum toward a fund used in the
common interest of the association, which
keeps up lectures and educational classes,
and otherwise provides for the entertain
ment and instruction of the members. The
club house is restored mansion 900 years
old, near what was once the hotel of Nine.
the Rue lie Pare Royale.
On the authority of official records by
H. T. Newcomb, the well known statisti-
clan at Washington, the birth rate in the
United States is gradually decreasing this
dminution being due to both the White
and black races. 1t is ascertained that In
1890 there were some 100000 less children
under the age of ten years than were eX-
pected, judging from the statistics of 1880,
and it is anticipated that such decrease
will increase. Even for the last 100 years
this decimal loss is recorded as having
gone on. Official figures show that in
crease for our total population was 80. 0S
per cent from 1870 10 1880 "a per cent.
from 1880 to 1890, while it is believed by
those who have investigated the subject
in it's various bearings that this decade
will only show an increase of 1894 per
cent.
The effects of the Indian earthquake
of 1897 were 50 pronounced as to make
interesting the study of the various
changes which took place under its ac-
ton. In the Khasi and Caro- Hills a re-
vision of the principal trangula tons OF
the district was made by officials of the
survey, in order to ascertain what dis
Placement, either vertically or horizontal
ly, occurred. Observations were made to
determine the nights and positions of
large NUMBER OF the OLD stations, but all
had suffered to such an extent that it was
not possible to ascertain how much any
one had been displaced In comparison with
the unaffected area outside The average
horizontal displacement is stated at about
seven feet, while the vertical changes va
ried from upheavals of twenty-four feet
to subsidences of 4.3 feet. These changes,
however, are considered only relative, but
the general effect of the earthquake was
TO broaden and raise the area. The data
already Secured have aroused considerable
interest, and the continuance of these OBJ
servations and measurements IS urged.
There is widespread misrepresentation
in regard to the devas tating effect of high
explosives, for when unconfined the eff
feet even of large charges of them upon
structures is comparatively slight. AT
the naval ordnance proving ground, so
long ago as 1884, repeated charges of dy-
Mantle, varying from five pounds to one
hundred pounds in weight, were detonated
on the face of a vertical target consisting
Of eleven 1-inch wroght-iron plates bolted
to 20-inch oak backing until 44O pounds