The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A MODEL of the figure of Lots wife In salt"
will appear in the Kansas worlds fair exhibit
to represent or illustrate the salt industry OF the
state.
A PARTISAN METEoRoLoGIsT has written book
Of 800 pages to prove that the electricity of
thunder storms is caused by the friction OF rain
drops on hailstones.
The most powerful and heaviest gun 10 the
world weighs 1876 tons, is 40 feet in length and
has 1914 inch bore. It's range is eleven miles.
with projectile Weighing 1 800 pounds
Mr.. GLADSTONE is the owner Of the largest
lead pencil in the world. 1t Is the gift of a pen
Gil maker at Keswick, and is 80 inches in length
In place of the customary rubber cap it has a
gold cap. Its distinguished owner uses it for q
walking stick.
A REMARKABLE CONTINUANCE OF an inherited
practice is that of migratory birds, which are
said to cross the Mediterranean at a point
proved to have been once the narrowest part of
the sea, but which is far from being so now
A WEALTHY ScoTcH GENTLEMAN who had in -
tended TO give each OF his daughters legacy
of her weight in 81 bank notes had an official
OF the Bank OF Scotland to figure on the matter
Tor him. 1t was found that the larger would
get as her share 1884; the simmer 951, 200.
A Boston MAN who has been visiting in Chi
cago, declares that city, and not Boston, to be
the home OF big. hifalutin' words In that city e"
he says, they have viaducts and auditoriums,
while In Boston bridges and assembly rooms
and schools are plenty good enough We have
mill-dam and Brighton road and they have
a grand boulevard; they have lake and we
have trogpCnd; their children plunge around
In natatoriums while ours go to swimming
school,
CAPT. RuMNEY OF the wrecked steamship City
OF Chicago denies the Published statements TO
the effect that he and his passengers or crew
were ill-treated by the people of the Irish coast
he says: 1t is due TO the people to state that
they treated US with the utmost kindness. Had
1t not been for the assistance of two OF the
landsman should have found great difficulty
IN reaching the top of the precipitous cliff
Their strong arms sustained me till had as
cended the highest point. At the house of the
coast guard a and food were cheerfully pro-
vided, for which ne positively refused the least
remuneration"
A SEPARATE BUILDING at the worlds fair for
the shoe and leather industry exhibit is now an
assured fact, as the required S1OOOO1 has all
been raised. Leather dealers ami manufact-
urers in all parts of the coun ry have contrib
uted TO the fund. The building will be- one of
the handsomest on the grounds having been
designed by sand er, an eminent French archi-
tect, now connected with the fair 1t will
measure 15OX5,5 feet and will contain every
thing in the way Of leather and the products Of
leather exhibited at the fair The most i'm
proved machinery used in leather manufacture
will be shown, as also the manufacturing pro.
cess. Tne visitor may watch this from the raw
hide to finished shoe or dainty slipper Il Ia
likely, too, that rubber goods and their manu-
facture will be shown In this building Alto
gether the exhibit will be far larger and more
complete than anything OF the sort ever before
attempted.
Il SEE an item going around the papers de-
scribing Mr.. Cleveland sad expression of
countenance as he stood on the sta I'd at Madi-
sol squsre garden Tie alght of his notification
SAIL Col. VI. Quarles Of Washington. .. G.,
TO ST. Louis Globe Democrat writer "Hhich
reminds me of the fact that every President |
have seen wore that same sad express. ON. I
have seen them all from Lincoln to Harrison,
and without exception they looked pitiably sad
and downcast. IL is an indescribable expression
NOT one OF sorrow or OF terror. One would
think that when a man attains the most OK
official position In the world he would be at all
times smiling and cheerful But IL is not So
The enormous responsibilities of President 81
the United States seems to be incompre Aensible
until thrust upon man with crushing force
The myriad little details Of the Office appears
q harass the life out OF the occupants, and
every President have seen, tkough they were
all men of iron blood and steel nerves, seemed
TO be pleading by their looks for Gods sake for
somebody to come and help them OUT"
Francis CATION F. R. S., F. G. s., chairman
Of the committee in charge of the Kew obser-
vatory, has written letter to the London Times
relative to a scheme for establishing communt-
cation between Mars I'd the earth. MIR. Cation
dec ares that a beam of sunlight reflected
through hole one-tenth of an inch square in a
plate IN front OF a m rror would be just as dis
tnctiy seen as faint CLINT at a distance of ten
miles. The amount of fog and haze which
beam Of light would traverse between the earth
and Mars, when the latter is high above the
horizon. MIR. Cation says could not exceed thar
along an earthly 10mile base. Therefore. the
same proportion between the size of the mir.
ror and the distance holding true, it follows |
that the flash from many mirrors simultane- |
ously, whose aggre gate width was 10 wards and |
whose aggregate length to allow for slope was
say rs yards. would be visible on Mars il seen |
through telescope like that at the Lick oh |
servatory in California, and the inhabitants il |
they had eyes and fairly good telescopes would |
speculate concerning the beam and would wish |
TO answer.
THE speed of fly is something that have !
always had great curiosity to know" said ]. A.
Bascomb of Little Rock, Ark , to a st. Louis
Globe Dem ocrnt writer. Evidently its aisht
Is faster than that of any other winged crea-
ture, for II IS no uncommon thing for the tiny
hsect to dash its life out against q wall or tree
soyreat is its momentum. l had a splendid
ppbbpjytunity a few weeks ago to witness an ex-
nLolsl9 of the tiY's speed by which it could be
Pock Oesa99ately measured. l rode out Of Little
HoGA one morning over the Little Rock
IleiilPli.s ,ailroad. My business nscessitated
my Tas cbg seat in the engineers cab The
tbro%@b a aud crisp. anG as passed
great swarans ositte green flies that abound in
!t.1 rs ~ ups were attracted to the
s,oeI, VIZ, - st They appeared almost
fnttered around thepped for minute they
aud soon seemed to get saved ont anu W., oo'iea,
~ Ls, CON- % az close to the engine
five miles in length we ran lie ae VI ioT.y
flies easily kept up with us, R a. I I.. ne
went faster than we travelled - 49, 80. oosuy
willis they would fly away fromSa eroLy htt's
then came hack to us. 1 am e engine and
speed was greater than mile tnST
will venture the assertion that theyU' 49, 10