The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-06
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THE PEACE STRENGTH of the German arm
will, on and after OCT. l. be as follows Infantry
535 battalions; cavalry, 46E squadrous: fed ar
tllery, 434 batteries; foot artillery, 81 bat alons
pioneers 20 battalions, and the train, p bat
talions.
How MANY fountains did Sir Richard Wallace
erect in ParisS Il find says a correspondent
that there are no fewer than g., and that the
eleventh arrondissemens alone possesses eleven
The fifteenth and seventeenth have ten, the
second and ninth only one. AS to the other ar
roniiSse nenis, the number varies between two
and five"
DURING all ages the strange fashion of multi
ating and ad0rning the human ear has been
practiced, and has been in vogue all over the
world. 1t has especially enjoyed great favor
among the ORIGINALS, and by Persians, Baby
lonians, Lydians, Lybians and Carthagenians
the earring was worn as commonly by men as
by women.
SOMETIMES writes a correspondent of a
trade paper, Il have had to make holes in steel
that was too hard to cut or file easily Then
make mixture that will cut a hole l mix one
ounce OF sulphate of copper. quarter of an ounce
of alum, half'a teaspoonful of powdered salt, a
gill of vinegar and twenty drops of nitric acid.
This will make hole"
REV. GEORGE ANDERSON of Youngstown. was
passenger on the City of New York, which
raced with the Teutonic from Liverpool lately.
he don't want any more steamship racing He
says: Il have male my last trip on racing
steamer. We left thirty minutes ahead of the
Teutonic, and the speed maintained was terrific.
On Saturday night the heat was so oppressive
IN the cabins every body had to go on deck, and
it was found that the great speed had over
heated the machinery. but there was no check
until Sunday, when the passengers became
alarmed, aud the great engines were slowed
down To allow the machinery to cool. If the
speed had been kept uD a few hours longer the
vessel with all on board would have gone to the
bottom"
AMONG the numerous magnetic separate
which have lately been put before the public
one of the most remarkable is that for the
extraction of iron from sea sand. II is stated
That ordinary sea sand contains from five to
seven per cent. of IRON enou III, in fact to give
a large excess over cost of extraction. The
machine is very simple, consisting of cylinder,
whose surface is composed OF electromagnetic,
revolving Oh the inside of an endless canvas
belt. The sand is fed to the belt, and spray of
water separates the pal tices, the iron being
retained by the powerful electro magnets, and
carried of on the belt to receptacle at the other
end, while the sand falls into the trough below.
1t is claimed that the iron can thus be ex-
tracted for about one-eighth of its value.
LITTLE SARAH MIcAND of Manchester, New
Hampshire, has been missing since Thursday
from the convent to which she was recently
taken by her father. 1t was the first absence
from Jne IaLQly Circle Tor the mite OF eight
years, and the home longing was already sor-
row enough without the added burden of a for
gotten devotion She had been brought up to
expect nightly parents benediction 10 kiss,
and was given over to the care of the Sister
Superior by her father who neglected to press
the childish lips before he left her He returned
to his home at Graniteville r. L and the baby
girl gave herself up to passionate grief. High
and low the Sisters have looked, but no trace
has yet been found, and it is feared that the
child has drowned herself her sensitive nature
having been cut to the quick by the parent
thoughtleSSneSS.
THE QUESTION of the degree to which light
ming rods can be relied on to afford protection
has just been discussed before the London
Institution. The ultimatum arrived at seems
TO be that in all cases OF steady strain in which
charged cloud descending from the upper
regions OF the air: or approaching from a dis
lance, might fntiict serious injury upon an
unprotected building well designed and
properly earthconnected lightning rod is an
absolute safeguard. In a case of "impulsiye
rush the rod may often be of use in bearing
the brant Of the discharge, though some
times the lightning will take no notice
whatever OF it, striking the building and
altogether neglecting the rod; and it is even
possible that high rod might attract destruc-
tive discharge which otherwise would not have
occurred at all. Although, therefore a lightning
rod is, in many cases, probably In a very large
Jorty, OF the greatest service, it can not be de
pended upon as afording perfect immunity
from risk, and the assumption which has mi
versally been made by 'the older electricians"
that damage by lightning is in itself conclusive
evidence or Suc4 imperfection in the conductor
Is an untounded one.
1T 10 GREAT SPORT to hunt coons in Connecti
cut when the moon is at full, and 10 every town
and hamlet east of the Connecticut river are
from one to eight enthusiastic hunters. with
Two or three dogs that are worth little for.
tune, as fortunes are estimated in the country
mere is no other bunting dog in this state that
9 a nrfA or a.
dog, the hunters call 1t. A good coon dog is
born, not made, and purity of any particular
stralnln him is not at all essential But he must
nave scent that is as keen as is the eye of
taicon, an endurance that nothing can weary
and pertinacity that is not to be baffied. No
other animal leaves so faint and eLusive a
trail as a coon does, and when hard pre-, sed he
betakes himself into the wet swami there is
not one dog in five that can follow his evanes-
cent footsteps. A good coon dog is worth from
so to S10O IN Connecticut at any time of the
year, and may not be bought for dollar less
while dog equally good at birds or foxes NAV
lind no purchaser at SIS or S25 The best coon
dogs, some old hunters think. are obtained from
crossing IA fox hound with bird dog or a foy
mound with beagle. or even fox hound with
a common shepherd dog or collie But really
there Is no trustworthy rule for breeding, n M
coon dog he is the product of nature herself
when the old lady is in a most happy and gener
GUS mood. e
a SINGULAR DEVICE has been brought ont in
England, to-wit: An attachment for the applica
tlonto gravestones, vaults, etc, for displaying
photographs. and for holiday visiting, mourning
or memorial cards, flowers or similar articles
photographs of the deceased or suitable mot.
toes, are attached to disc, revolving by means
OF button projecting from the face of the APP
paratus at the back OF the device which is fixed
on TO the headStone or vault The face of the
device is covered with a.glazed aperture behind
Whlcn the photographs appear SUCCESSFULLY as
the disc is revoved. A small Iock.un bo~1
with glazed front is also attached to the
lace OF the disk, the said box being provided
with longitudinal slit for the re-
cception of visiting, memorial or mourn
ing cards. and with shade or caponv
OF Or nlngeu sloplng roof over the slit Co prevent
the rain, snow. etc, from entering the hoy
through the slit. Double vases are secured to
brackets on the face of the Device the inner
vase being water-tight for the purpose of hold
ing cut newers, the outer vase be ng perforated
70 enable trailing plants to grow over the sides.
aud tnus TO mitigate the planness of the tomb.
stone; hook is fixed just above the top of the
r. LOT ror tne purpose of hanging a wreath upon
IL. Ihere are people in the world whose tastes
run 10 this kind of thing and to such This ns,s,