The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

New York PEoPrR tell of the following Incl
dent that occurred at q wedding In the village:
All went merrily until the bridegroom was
called upon to produce the wedding ring. In
vain be felt in his trousers pocket for the indis
pensaole article. Nothing could be found ex-
cept hole, through which the ring had evil
| IDENTIFY fallen into his boot which he wore What
was he to do? Take your boot Of" said the
parson. The suspense and silence were painful
The organst at the dominie's bidding, struck
| up voluntary" The young man removed
his boot. the ring was found. also hole in his
stocking, and the worthy munster remarked,
evidently with more than the ceremony in
mind, Young man, it is time you were mar
| ried."
FoR OVER YEAR there have been rumors re-
garding the existence of large serpent at Lake
Kenosha, three miles west Of Danbury, but ev-
cry one who heard the story received il with In
creduiity. But the rumor grew In spite Of skep-
! ticism, and the thoughtless were forced finally
| 10 ADMIT that perhaps there was something in
| 1t. Last Friday Edward NJ Baldwin and George
Downs were fishing In the lake Both ara total
aostainers and are elderly business men, op-
| posed to notoriety IN every way. They were
engaged in hauling in fish, when suddenly TO
| the west of them a huge head poked itself out
| OF the water and contemplated the
| fishermen. This was thirty feet away from
their boat. One of the men said it was not I'm
| like the head OF a pug dog. but dark brown or
| black in color. Both the fishermen lost inter-
est in their fishing and fastened their attention
on The serpent After viewing the fishermen
| for few minutes the serpent moved toward
them some ten feet, and his entire body was
seen on the surface of the water It was from
to feet long and moved slowly
and easily, in the manner Of huge
snake. 1t took second view. of the
the9 diyad TOT The s,eh. rev seconds and
| at first but they resolved 20 have a nearer look
Ihey saw the serpent perhaps half dozen
times but were unable TO secure a closer in
speotion of 1t. Monday tbs story was corrobor-
ated, with more particulars, by John Clark a
hotel proprietor; Theodore Clark, the big box
manufacturer and many others who have seen
tne serpent These men say the serpent is as
thick as dogs body.
WILLIAM HENRY BLAKENEY son of William
Blakeney and brother of the famous Nine.
Muzard, the beautiful mistress of the late
William w., King of Holland, died recently at
the family New York homestead at Ogdensburg,
aged about 81 years. This leaves but one near
blood relative OF the noted beauty Mrs Charles
PIKE, of No l0i First place, Brooklyn. The
Blakeney fortune came from the Golfers of
William ". William Henry's sister Henrietta,
five years ago turned the heads OF all New
YORK men-about-town with her ravishing
| beauty. She was considered one of the
most beautiful women in America. Before
she reached the age of 2! an a'tache of
| William, and her fortune and fame were
made. The kings infatuation was no secret,
and when eight ears later she died her parents,
| William and Hannah, and her brother William
/ Eenry ald her sister Mary Ann received fort .
une in jewels and money from her estate
Later the father died and the children received
| his share. Then the mother died and william
| and Mary Ann received third fortune. The
| dissipation by William Henry since that time
reduced him, it is said, to almost AFFECT pow
| eroy Though unable 20 write his own name,
| he once published a newspaper In New York
| He spentmoney lavishly at the race courses and
| on wine Three years ago be was declared incom-
| petent to manage his estate and trustees TO do
| so were appointed He fought The cases and
| again secured control of his property, Two
years ago he robbed his wife of costly dresses
aud jewels aud presented them to O married
woman In Haverstraw He also smashed hun
! dreds OF dollars worth of furniture In the
| house. His wife then left him, securing large
| and reckless career until 1t resulted In his III
| ness. Mrs. Pike, Nine. huzard's living sister, Is
| Queenly womansand has managed her fortune
SO that 1t has doubled, The mother, Mrs
| Blakeney, knew so little about the care of
money that for years she carried $50, 900 worth
| OF government bonds in her bosom. The father
met death while intoxicated, falling over q bank
| in his carriage.
THE APERTURE In the tube OF q Thermometer
says the Scientific Amerfcos, Is smaller than
the finest hair. Though it appe ars to be round
| IL is not; if it were, the mercury could not be
easily seen. 1t is, therefore, made fiat, and
then the glass magnifes it 30 that 1t seems to
| be quite large. To bring it out still more dis
tinctly, maker of Boston recently conceived
| the idea of backing the tube with thin film of
white sizing. This device Is now generallv
adopted by the foreign makers Mercury is
generally used In thermometers because It is
more nsnsioI regular In It's contraction 9 and ex-
4 to make spirit Thermometer that
VIII be as trustworthy as one in which mercury
| is used. In a mercurial thermometer the degree
| marks are all the same distance apart, because
| the expansion under all conditions is uniform:
but in a spirit thermometer the degrees are
| wider apart at the top, because the expansion
! increases at greater ratio after a certain tenn
| perature is reached. Though not 80 trust.
! worthy, spirit thermometers are necessary, as
mercury freezes at 400 below zero. spirits Of
| wine is generally used, and Is colored red SO
| that 1t will be more visible to the eve
| In correct thermometer the scale Is
| graduated to the requirements of the tube TO
whch IL Is lifted, 80 that every correct Their
nOmeter must have q special scale of its own
That is to say, 1t wouldn't do to put the tube OF
| one Thermometer in the frame Of another. OF
course In the very cheap grades of thermone-
tiers such accurate adjustments are not made
and therefore their records only approxi-
| matey correct. The best thermometer tube
| made will cost about S.; but thermom-
| eter may be made to cost almost any price
| according to the wav that It is mounted
As every one knows, the Fahrenheit
scale is that most commonly used In this
country. Fahrenheit arbitrarily assumed a
| limit of cold which he termed zero. This makes
| the freezing point 320 above zero and the boil
| ing point 2l2o above zero. AS q matter of fact
however, in northern ATTITUDES the Temperatures
| in winter frequently falls below the zero point,
50 that there is no scientific reason why the
! zero polne IN the fanrenhelt scale should
| be where it is. much more
| scientific scale fs that known as the
| centigrade. which marks the point ct which
water freezes as zero, and divides the space be-
| tween that and the point at which water boiIs
| into 1902. In the Reaumur scale zero MARKS
che freezing point and 800 above zero the boil
ing point. Many self-regissering thermometers
| are now used. These instruments mark the
highest or lowest temperature reached as the
case may be- so that one may return at night
feeling assured that the weather can play no
] pranks without his learning of them.