The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-11-17

Moscow, built to commemorate the re-
lease of that city from the French in
vasion, is now almost completed, and
it is said that its vast cupolas rival in
coloring with the gold and scarlet of
the sun. They are five in number,
and no less than nine hundred pounds
Of gold were used in OVERLAPPING them.
The doors Of the temple cost $4,000,
and upon the marble floors were en-
pended $1,500,OOO Ten thousand
worshipers can be comfortable, if their
souls will let them. within this $l2,-
100000 temple.
Cocoanut cellulose Is a new sub
stance, and if it possesses the quality
claimed for it, England may go back
to her wooden walls with safety and
beat up her self-destructive rams for
old iron. The patentees claim that a
ship cannot be sunk by shot or shell
If only she had taken the precaution
of coming into the fight with this pc
culiar tissue rs a great coat. When a
shot, no matter what its dimensions,
strikes the side Of a frigate the carpen-
ter and his mates need not jump to
cram in the old-time plugs, for the
%cellulose Immediately closes, and a
drop of water will not enter.
The science Of criminal man will
receive especial attention at the An
thropological Congress which is short
ly to be held at Rome, and a curious
feature Of the meeting will be an ex-
hibition illustrating this subject.
Here the student will find a collection
Of 700 classified skulls of criminals,
with the photographs Of 5000 convicts
and the brains of more than $50. Wax
masks of a large number of criminal
celebrities will also be shown. To
these will be added many specimens Of
the literary and mechanical work of
criminals; a record of physical and
moral observations on 500 criminals
and on 800 ordinary men; graphic
maps Of crime in Europe with refer
ence to climate, food, institutions, sui
eide, etc.: and tables of the stature of
criminals in relation to the length of
the arms, and Of crime in towns COM
pared with that in the country.
The Investigation of thunder storms
is becoming more and more a specially
with scientific men. France has made
an important study of them for a
number of years. Bavaria and Bel
GUM have more recently taken them
up, and in u " country, as well as
elsewhcze, considerable has been un-
dertaken In this direction. In a re-
cent report by Lancaster, on the
famous storm Of 1879 in Belgium, the
conclusions previously announced
there. are confirmed, namely, that
thunder storms occur only IN the
southeast quadrant of the barometric
Expressions, or great cyclonic storms
that frequently sweep across temper
ate ATTITUDES. But there still remains
to BIZ found the actual mechanism of
thunder storms, concerning which so
many opinions have been put forth.
1t is thought that the matter will
probably remain in doubt until settled
by the same kind of Investigation that
demonstrated the inward spiral path
IF cyclonic winds-synoptic charts for.
; stormy afternoon, with hourly or
ven half-hourly intervals, and stations
only a mile or two apart, would prob
ably settle the question beyond dis
pute.
The English cooperative societies
have transacted a business during the
past twenty years amounting to
5 ,400OO0,0 O0. The profits were
s106. O0O, 900. There are 1864 societies,
with about 100000 members, repre-
senting heads of families, making in
all 2,750,000 people. The sales for the
year 1882 were $3.50, OOO. 900; profits,
10000, 600; capital, $43,O00,000. The
increase of capital in ten years was
l6O per cent. The cooperative manual
which furnishes these figures goes into
4 vast amount of detail to show the
operations Of these societies. The