The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-17
NATURAL FRUIT FlKNoRS.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A COMPANY has been organized in Newfound-
land to gather ice from icebergs for the use OF
ice consumers Machinery has been perfected
for cutting ice from bergs, and the arrival of q
steamer load Is reported at Pilley's Island. The
ice is said to be much purer and harder than
that harvested from streams and ponds, and a
large demand for it is expected.
HERE is a great snake story. 1t is dated
''Shamokin, Pa, Aug. a." A black snake, nine
feet long, that came to the slaughter house to
drink blood, attacked William Hill, butcher,
of Roaring Greek valley, this morning. The
INDUSTRIOUS reptile wrapped itself about Hill
and began to TIGHTEN its coils. The butcher
made frantic efforts to cut the snake in two
with jackknife. When almost fainting with
the terrible pain and fear. Hill jabbed his knife
In the snakes head. He then killed it.
IHEAKD of small boy, the other day, says q
writer in the Hartford Post, who is just at that
tender age when boys think they must learn to
smoke. The youngsters parents found him
smoking a cigarette, and decided not to try
punishment on him. but to give him a little
taste in the smoking line and cure him in that
way; so the father bought big, black cigar,
warranted TO kill, and gave it to the small boy
to smoke. He pulled maufully away at it for a
time, then his face began to grow white and
his eyes watery, and 10 moment he was sob
bling in his mothers arms, cured of a desire for
smoking.
ST. PETERSBURG is now enjoying the sensa-
ton of miracle. The story goes-and there
are plenty to swear to it--that the Virgin Mary
appeared to an old woman and told her to go
to the new church which is building in honor of
the murdered car Alexander H., and on the
exact SPOT where the car was killed she would
find miraculous image of the virgin, which
angels had brought down from heaven. The
old woman went and looked, and there was the
image, sure enough. The image was conveyed
to the palace of the Grand Duchess Catharire
Alichae ovna where the court chaplain was the
first 10 venerate it, II is suggested that the
celestial donors thought that the funds for the
new church came in too slowly. The image is
said to be very indifferent specimen of eees-
tial workmanship.
IT is commonly presumed, says It'd, Bits,
that a dozen means 10 things. but that is not
always the case. In the Stsfordshire potteres
and in the earthenware trade in other places, a
dozen" of any given article means that num-
Der which can be sold at fixed price. The
price is constant, but the number in dozen"
varies. For instance, the pitchers which are
called jugs in the trade are sold as 2, 8, 4, g. g.
r. 49, "a, 80, So pieces to each dozen, the price
for a dozen being constant. The ordinary
pitcher holding a quart is a, twelve or dozen,
while q pint is four to the Dozen aud is SO
called when dealing with that size. Few of the
articles of the trade are sold in dozens of
twelve. plates being almost the only ones. some
OF them being sold sixty, seventy and even
eighty to the dozen. Besides these curiosties
in figures, the potters have Deculiar names,
such as COCK spurs, twiflers, ETC., that make up
a trade language of itself. The bakers dozen
of thirteen is a recognized figure in their trade:
! a publishers dozen is usually thrteAn copies
Among fishermen in Cornwall a long dozen
consists of twenty-six.
A MOST eccentric person died few days ago
IN Berlin, at the age of 70, says the London
Netrs. He began, our Berlin correspondent
tells us, on his 18th birthday. and kept up till
his 10th year q book which showed that during
fifty two years he had noted the smoking OF
62S7i3 CT ars, of which Ne had received 43, 699
as presents. while for he remaining 5S5 OF he
had aid e. 0s6, 12S Sd, which shows that his
taste were at any rate not unduly extravagant.
| ulinE the same period he had IS pair OF trou-
sers made, costing altogether G92 IS. ad "A
coats and waistcoats for &15S SO. I'd 62 airs
of boots for 966 2s. I'd. He wore out 29S SHIRTS
and fronts and 1926 collars. costing altogether
| e57 So. Id. In tram fares he spent &S5 13s I'd.
In fifteen years, according to his bookkeeping.
he had drunk 26, 1856 glasses of Bavarian beer, OF
which, however, 81 26l we're only small ones
other spirits, he spent 81, 070. He gave "tips''
amounting to 9261. His bookkeeping stopped
when he completed his roth year, and at the
end of this quaint volume are the words, "Om-
MIA tentavi, multa perspexi, nihil perfect"
IT is reported that Benjamin Talbot, an ir On
worker of Chattanooga, has. after many
months of study aud experiment, hit upon a
process of eliminating the silicon and phos-
phorous from low grade southern iron and
converting it into nearly pure mental, suitable
Mr.. Talbot's process consists in pouring the
molten iron into liquid basic Stag, consisting of
oxide of iron aud lime. The iron being heavier
than the Stag, it precipitates and while passing
through the sag is desiliconized and a
larLe percentage OF the phosphorus and
carbon is eliminated. Basic Stag contains
from Is to IS per cent. Of pure from absorbed by
it while being used In converting iron ore into
pig iron. BY Mr.. Talbots process the liquid pig
iron. in passing through the Stag, causes the
metallic iron TO be collected and saved, whereas
it was formerly lost. In passing the low grade
iron through this process it increases fully Is
per cent. instead of diminishing. When the
metal is purified it is transferred to basic open
hearth furnace and there converted into steel
II it is desired to desconize the low grade iron
Without materially diminishing the carbon or
PHOSPHORUS the quantity of oxide of iron is
decreased 30 thai it will be exhausted by the
! time the silicon IS eliminated.
A PARTY OF prominent Japanese gentlemen
representing large capital in their own country
is now engaged in making an exhaustive ex-,
animation of parts of Mexico with view of
planting there a party of their countrymen.
| The party includes practical merchant,
scientific agrculturist and an expert mining en-
gineer. The relations between Mexico and
Japan are OF the triendliest sort, and the Orien-
| tails meet the Warmest welcome wherever they
go. One OF the objects sought is a productive
| iron mine. whence the ore could be shipped
easily to the coast to ships that would carry
\ it in reduced state to Japan suitable
| mine has been found in the vicinity of
| Mazatlan, and its yield will In all probabil-
ity go to supply the mikado's people with iron,
! from needles to anchors. Millions of acres
| upon which coffee and all semi-tropcal fruits
scan thrive. are at the disposition Of the JAP
anese commission, and there are similar tempt
! ing offers for the visitors to reflect upon. But
it takes thousands of Iaborers to gather the
products of the plantations, dig out ore from
| the mines and conduct the different enterprises
| proposed. To meet tie demsud il really the
| principal motive OF the tour of inspection, for
1t is the intention to establish line OF steamers
between Mazatlan and Yokahoma, which will
be an opposition to the Oceanic Line 60 this
! city, and once the new ships sail there will be
an exodus OF millions Of Jananese from their