The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-19
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! the world, while no longer ago thar
1870 her exports were exceeded by three
countries, France, Germany and the
| United Kingdom. In favorable bal
ance of trade or excess of exports
! over imports, the United States also
holds first rank among the nations.
The ancient tanner paid an expert
| high wages to guess at the contents of
| his hides when sold by measure. To-
| day an unszilled workman hands the
| rregular-shaped pieces to a little ma
| chine that looks something like a ia
| BILE with double top, which, quicker
| than the mind of the expert could
| guess it, reckons with exactness the
| square contents in both the metric and
standard sustems.
Brooks statue of Gladstone has
been placed in Westminster Abbey
near that of Beaconsfield. The great
| commoner" of the end of the nine
| teenth century is shown in the ordi-
nary dress of men of his time, while
Beaconsfeld appears in his robes of
state. The sculptor has intended to
| mark the difference between these two
statesmen, one of whom always re-
fused titles while the other used all
the means at his command to impress
the public with pageantry and what
ever else might tend to encourage the
British admiration for the throne and
the privileged classes. There were no
ceremonies at the unwilling.
Paris has lately been amused by a
suit brought by Nine. Brach, who gave
up the stage for sculpture. She has
sued to prevent a publisher from SELL
ing copies of statuetteS which she her
self made and owned. In the trial it
was asserted by the defense that Nine.
Brach had bought the statuettes from
sculptor named Ricardo, but had not
bought the right of copying them. She
had paid $50 for one and $40 for the
other and the only privilege that went
with the sale was the right to sign
her name to them. 1t was also as
serted in the suit that a popular stat
uette which the state had bought for
the Louvre had been made by Nine
Brach in the same way; she had paid
Ricardo to do it for her and let her win
the glory. The models sat for Nine
Brach who worked busily with her
clay, but behind a curtain M. Ricardo
was as busy at work and to much bet
ter purpose. Ricardo, in the slang of
Paris, was a ghost" of which genus
there are many who help ladies to
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The sensation created in Paris by
the discovery of "a regular factory of
fabricated masterpieces" ought to be a
warming to Americans who make a
market for antiques, says the Balti-
more Sun. In 1896 the Louvre Museum
gave $4,000 for an alleged Tiara of
Saitapharnes," a work in gold suppoS-
ed by the French experts to be many
centuries old, but NJ. Elina, arrested
for another fraud, now confesses to the
magistrate that he made the tiara after
designs supplied to him. There is a
factory of ancient works OF art, it is
shown, at Otchakoff, in Southern Rus
STA, where archaeological and other
objects are made so skillfully as to de-
ceive even the elect. This tiara was
designed, it appears, on a hint obtained
from "a fragment of what might
have been golden crown" found in
the Crimea. Various experts in 1896
denounced the tiara as a forgery, but
authorities connected with the Louvre
still affirm it's genuineness. Be it gem
uine or false, the dispute ought to open
the eyes and close the pockets of in
experienced Americans who have
more money than archaeological skill.
1t is a matter of common knowl-
edge, says the London Telegraph, that
fruit juices exert a most beneficial
effect in the treatment of scurvy and
similar ailments, and their action on
the typhoid bacillus and the colon
bacillus, which are the cause of many
forms of acute intestinal and other
diseases, has been studied on a con-
siderable scale by DR.. Reynolds, health
commissioner of Chicago. He finds
that the juices of different species of
lemons vary very materially in germ
icidal effect, that from some specimens
requiring as much as 10 per cent. to
kill all the exposed germs. Lime juice,
apple juice and grape juice all have
more or less inhibiting effect, but the
bottled grape juice sold at grocery
stores gave the most conclusive re-
suits. Distilled and tap water were
infected with the bacteria, and bottled
grape juice added in proportions vary
ing from to per cent. Examination
showed that some brands had killed
the germs at the end of the first min
ute, as did also the lemon juice of
proper strength. Strangely enough, the
freshly-extracted juice of the grape,
prepared in the laboratory, had no eff
feet, even in proportion of 100 per
cent.
THE pulqueries of the City of Mex
lCd are a. unique feature Oh the lie OIL
that country that never fail to catch
the eye of the tourist and attract the
attention of visitors" said A. S. Chew
ming of Ell Paso, Tex, to a Washington
Star man at the Arlington this morn
ing. There are nearly a thousand
such places and they dispense many
carloads of pulque every day. sThese
pulque shops are open every day in
the year and surely present a pic
turesque appearance. The walls are
decorated with the most extraordinary
pictures, representing bull fights and
prize fights. The extraction of the
pulque from the stems of cacti is done
by following out a sort of a cup in
one end and letting the sap flow into
it, which it does very quickly. Then
it is emptied into a gourd, which is
carried to the pulque dealer. A plant
will yield from three to ten gallons.
Every pulque shop in the City of Next
co has a name peculiarly it's own, such
as Delights of Life The Smile The
Charmer,' The Hope The Rainbow
The Image of Jesus The Inspiration
and lot of others of a similar nature.
Pulque when taken in large quantities
is intoxicating. II forms the principal
drink of the Mexicans and is a thin.
whitish fluid, with the odor of sour
milk"
The electric light is now used for
forcing plants in some parts of Amer
lea, care being taken by the use of
screens to eliminate the evil effects of