The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-07
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at Chillicothe recently and engaged in fierce
combat The brutes fought up and down the
pubic road for nearly two miles. the battle con-
tlnulng with undated fury until one was dead
and the other so seriously injured by the steel
clad hoofs of his antagonist that he will prob
ably have to be killed.
LEON EsQUINE, Mexicanized Frenchman, is
said to have perfected marvellous invention
which combines electricity and photography in
a most unique manner. By speaking into
photophone transmitter, which consists of a
hRhly polished diaphragm rejecting a ray of
light. the ray Of light itself is set into rapid vi
bratlons and photograph is made of the sound
OF the voice as 1t travels along band OF sAnsi-
tlZed paper. Now comes the most wonderful
part OF the whole story. If the image of the
Photographic tracing is projected by means of
an electric arc or oxyhydrogen light upon q
selenium receiver, the original speech is in
stantIY emitted from the tube of the receiver
ana may be heard as plainly as If uttered by a
human being in an ordinary tone OF voice. IL
true, this is a most wonderful discovery as il is
evident that there is no limit to the develop
ment of this peculiar combination OF methods.
AN odd will was fled at the probate Office in
Auburn, Me-, Tuesday. 1t was that of Elisha
Ball Of Minot aud was dated in 1867, but the
maker OF the will Lad outlived all the witnesses
to it. and it had to be proved from the hand
writing of the man who drew it. 1t was the first
case on record Of the kind. The MAKER, Elisha
Ball. was an old citizen of Minot and served in
the late war. On one occasion he was severely
wounded in battle and when the men were
gathering up the wounded they came along to
nun, examined him, and we're going to pass him
Dy 'Pake me along he said You can't
live, was the reply. II can and will" he said
and SO earnest was he that the men picked him
up. This was twenty-eight years ago, and
Elisha lived not only to make his will but to
survive all the witnesses of it. and that docu-
ment, too, quarter of a century. Not a change
bad been made in the paper from the day it was
drawn.
''THE making of sleigh bells is quite an art,
says an iron founder. THE little iron ball is
too big to be put in through the holes in the
bell, and yet it is inside How did it get there.
The little iron ball is called the jnget' When
you shake the sleigh bell it jngles In making
the bell the inglet is put inside little ball of
mud, just the shape of the inside of the bell.
outside of the bell. This mud ball with the
1lnglet inside is placed in the mold of the out
SIDE, and the metal is poured in, which fills up
the space between the ball and the mold
When the mold is taken off you see a sleigh
bell, but it will not ring, as it is full OF dirt.
The hot metal that the bell is made Of dries the
dirt SO that it can be shaken out. After the
dirt is all shaken out of the holes in the bell the
little iron nget will still be in tine bell and will
ring. 1t took good many years to think out
now 10 make sleigh bell"
PECULIAR and extraordinary phenomenon
was worked on the snow-covered campus of the
Theological Seminary recently, says the Auburn
w. ~ AdUert' ser. One morning passers-by
over flve acres covered with white eruptons
varying in size from a rbe to a pumpkin.
investigation showed that the snowballs mad
been formed by the high wind of the previous
night. The snow was or such consistency that
the wind would loosen few flakes, which would
De rolled along, accommodating still more flakes,
until its size and weight was too much for the
strength of the breeze. The track of the winds
playthinR could be easily described by early
risers. In the northern field where the wind
had free sweep, the trails we're all in one direc-
in hat he
and the library the eddying breezes had sent
the balls scurrying in all directions The
curious sight WAS witnessed by O large number
OF spectators, until the MONDAY sun dissipated
the snowballs.
OF ALL the creatures that God has made Sun
der the SUD-" as Eccesiastes would say. the
most remarkable, as well as the most useless, is
the tuatarra, species of lizard known to exist
only in New Zealand. The tuatarra grows to
be from nine inches to foot In length, and
may be said to accept life's hardshps with more
! indifference than any other known representa-
tive of the animal creation. He is the very en-
bodiment of negative existence, and does not
seem TO care in the least whether the sun sets at
night. He Is almost invariably found cling
ing motonlesS to rock on the seacoast,
Wholly o6livious or indifferent to the drench-
ing ray or the binding sunlight He has no
thought for the morrow" and TO all intents
and purposes needs nsither food nor drink to
keep the colors in his coat and fire In his eye
! Dc
sealed glass case, his letharRy but slightly aR-
Rravated through lack of air recent writer
on antipodean oddities says: He makes no
| noise and moves so seldom and so slowly that
many persons have watched those confined in
cases for q long time, and then left them under
the Impression that the creatures were only
stu1ed specimens after all. Yet the solemn
DlnKlng or the golden eyes and the slow, heav-
ing motion of the leathery sides bore sight wit
ness OF sluggish vitality"
FIVE MILES west OF Lakewood in the famous
pine belt Of New Jersey the little hamlet of
Benefits Mills is located. John Elmer. aged
81 years lived for five decades at the mills and
was proprietor of a country store that supnlied
the neighboring farmers with groceries. Ell
mer died a few weeks ago and left a widow and
a daugeter. Mrs. Elmer, aged so years was
taken SICK soon after her husband, died and
followed him to the grave The unmarried
daughter became respondent and a week after
her mothers funeral she was also corpse
j. K. Alien, brother-in-law of the deceased
Miss Elmer. took possession of the store and
household effects after her death. The Elmers
were considered peculiar people in some re-
| spects. They always pleaded poverty, al
| though they owned good farm besides the
store. SO penurious was Elmer that his for
mer customers say he would break a soda bis
cult In two to make the scales balance when
| conducting sale Allen began a search of
the premises and in the store found an old
| dirty sachel containing $1,000. On shelf under
one OF the counters, concealed by lot of rub
Dish, between $500 and $500 more was found.
In another sachel was 1926. An old cigar box
in the house contained many valuable papers.
bank books showing accounts in two banks end
$3.50 in gold and silver. In the garnet was a
pocket book that contained a large amount of
money. Under one of the beds were two bags
holding nearly $500 more, The personality of
the Elmers was sold last week. Beds and other
articles which might contain hidden money
brought exorbitant prices and it took two DAYS
to dispose of the property. The amount Of
money recovered in the store and housa
amounted to $4,000. The value Of the estate
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