The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

earth and TO correct ships compasses-
ELECTRICAL mining apparatus and the mag
netic treatment of iron ores are exciting no
small degree of intense interest among mining
engineers.
AN ELECTRIC welding machine fer making
chain cables is among the latest appliances of
electric welding. 1t has been found possible to
weld two links at the same tune.
AFTER forty years of immersion in the waters
of the pool of Echoshacht, not far frcm Her
mnnnstadt, several human bodies have been
brought to the surface in a state OF perfect
reservation.
II, AGA ,em e des Sciences has submitted a
new system of musical notation in which
wenty-seven characters replace the eo5 symbols
now employed TO represent the seven notes of
the gamut in the seven keys.
IT has BEEN suggested that the study of the
influence of diet and habit upon rhe color of
hair in different nations of men NAV cause ais
coveries by which the color of the hair of the
human race may be modified by judo o Is
treatment.
The following method of making paper trans
parent for copying drawings has been found
very serviceabe: Place blank sheet of paper
over the drawing and ruO it lightly with pure
oanzine. The tracing can then be readily made
and toe benzine, upon evaporating, leaves the
paper as opaque as before
towing strange story: There was a rlmor
floating in the capital for some time that the
people were osiRg their queues mysteriously
but nothing authentic untIl recently has come
TO hand when man came to report his curious
case. He was pronIenading a certain lane on
the 18th OF last moon, when suddenly beeuti-
tul woman appeared behind his bacI with a
pair of shears, quickly snapped off mis- queue
and vanished out of sight mysteriously. This
queueless man was seen by many people
OF er cases OF the same nature have been re-
ported Some years ago in some parts of China
there was rage of pauper-women cutting off
mems queues in the night; but this is quite
mysterious"
If MAN smokes his cigar only to keep It
| lighted and relishes taking it out Of his mouth
to watch the curl of the smoke in the air, set
him down as an easy-goins man. Beware of
the man who never releases his grip ON the
cigar and is Indifferent whether it burns or not :
he is cool, calculating and exacting The man
that SMOKES a bit, rests bit, and fum5leS the
cigar more or less is easily affected by circum-
stances. If the cigar goes out frequently, the
smoker has whole-soulei disposition, is
hail fellow well met, with lively brain, glib
tongue. and generally fond of capital anecdotes
rvous man who fumbles his cigar a great
deal is a sort of popnjay among men. Holdin;
the cigar constantly between his teeth, C Aw'~-
it occasion lilly and not caring if it be lig, to
at all are characteristics of men who "
The tenacity of bulldogs. The fop stands MS
cigar on end and an experienced smoker points
1t straight ahead or almost at right angles with
his course.
FEW DAYS ago, W ale shading on her porch
Mrs William kirby, a lady well known and
esteemed in Arkadelphia, Ark, saw dog ap-
preaching her which showed signs of being
mad. Sac ran in at nee, bu had not tim to
coss the door after her Oe.ore the anl nal FOL-
10 Ted her. She fed into another room. still
pursued by the dog. snaI ping and growing;
but as he came through t second door she
v's In tie act OF shu ..lng IL, aud caught toe
beast as sac did 50. Though faint from fright
ste managed to hold the the dog between the
door and the wall By leaning with all her
strength upon the panels, at the same time
calling for help. At last her shouts attracted
the attention of a paSser-by, who came to her
assistance and procuring revolver, slot the
dog and killed IL Just as mrs. hlr' dropped to
the floor fain ing, and thus rele aSed it. The
lady, whose presence of mini doubtless saved
+ her life, has been Frustrated from the nervous
strain ever since.
| MRS. PENNYwoRTH, with her husband and six
stalwart sons, says the Lewiston Journal, were
| fresh from Scotland to America some fifty years
ago. They had been established in their new
| nome out rev lays wnen 4lrs. PannywJrth
| CHANGED TO see street vendor going by with a
| load of mag if1cen5 Am rica1 oranges. She ran
| out to price them, and, surprised that such enor
nous fruit could De sod for tribe OF 10 cents
| per head, she paid for three golden beauties
4 and tolled With them one ny up the steps
| into her cottage. 1t was noon, ana the table
was already spread for dinner, and she hastily
| sliced eff few segmenls OF tne luscious fruIt
and placed them by the plates of her husband
| and boys VINO were dear lovers of ali the
| good things of earth that go TO make life worth
| living. Imagine the little woman's chagrin
when her sOas, already corrupted by their
weeks acquaintance with the new world,
laughed at her vita great gusto, and voted
themselves altogether too shrewd to feast on
raw pumpkin.
The TOWN of Tokay, in the county of Temp
lin, Upper Hungary, was recently the scene of
most destructive conflagration. The sta of
Tokay is on the slopes of the Hegyalia noun
tains, which are of volcanic origin and are en-
tlrely covered with grape vines of the partica-
lar variety which has made the name celebrated
Some twenty-five other market towns and vii
lageS dotting this range of hills share with
Tokay in the profitable industry of producing
the famous wine. Tokay was a very old town.
Ii is mentioned in documents of the thirte ntn
century, WHICH state that King Bella ~. sum
moned Italian vine-dressers to Tokay to teach
the native growers the art of making the best
wine possible from the excellent grapes there
grown. This art has been preserved to our
own day the chief secret being the mixing of
the juice of dried berries with that of fresh
grapes. There are five principal qualities of
Tosayer, that to which the largest proportion
or dried grapes is added being the famous To
kayer Essence" Tue total annual product OF
the whole of the Tokay district used to be from
10000 to 20 900 elmers or about $500 900
gallons, but it fell off on the appearance OF the
phylloxera in Hegyalia.
Royal Institution, took for his text the word
Foam" and he proved by many Interesting
experiments that foamiug, or frothing is not
possible with liquid of pure constitution Thus
pure water and pure alcohol will neither of
them foam; but a mixture of water with Der
cent. Of alcohol will foam strongly. Beer, is of
course mixture of this character. Water
mpre mated With camphor, or with u small
quantity OF any colloid substance, will froth
freely, and we all know that little soap added
| to water will cause the same effect. Abiding
to sea-foam, the lecturer said that this was not
due to the salt contained in the water but
rather to the sea-weeds which Glt1er destruc-
ton in stormy weather. he also aliu led to the
effect of oil upon troubled waters and pointed
out hat, although In the first instance only the
smaller rippies were affected by the oily coat
ing, the larger waves were afterward brought
under control, for it seemed as the power OF
the wind 20 create those large waves was due
in great measure to the small ripfjles which
formed at their back and gave the WIND a hold
on the water which IL would not otherwise have
1t was in reality the curling tops OF the waves
and the broksn water which was mischievous
and this was quieted by the acton of the oil
AT Birmingham, Eng, plant is under con
structon for the electric lighting of d large area
of the city, Including all the public buildings
the principal commercial houses and hotels.
The low tension system will be used and the
current will average less than $50 volts. The
generating plant is laid out with a view to
future extension, aud the present buildings will
cover @ quarterot acre. The dynamos will
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