The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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THE jelly palace. which the women of Cali
fornia will prepare for the worlds fair exhibit.
will be 15x20 feet and % feet high, with two
open DOORS approached by three marble steps.
The frame work will be of wire. On this will
be firmly placed several thousand jelly glasses,
cups globes, prisms, etc.-filled with Jelly OF
many shades of color arranged In artistic and
beautiful designs. The interior will be bril-
| liantly illuminated by electricity. The cost OF
the frame work and glasses alone is estimated
at B., 100
SHERRY appears TO have had it day, for the
English consul at Cadiz reports that the ex.
portatien of this wine for British consumption
once a very great industry, is steadily and
rapidly declining Madeira is likely to share the
same fate The Spanish government has ap-
pointed commission to check the adultera-
ton OF Spanish wines, but much opposition
is made to the commission that its recon-
mendations are not likely to have much weight.
Madeira was the choicest beverage of our puri-
tan and cavalier forefathers in New England
and on the South Atlantic coast, and It is prob
ably the fault OF the wine-makers themselves
that there has been no adequate attempt Of
recent years to restore the wine to it's old-time
place OF favor.
AN experimental voyage, which, though its
main object is commercial. is not without
interest of a more general kind, says Science,
IS about to be undertaken by Capt Gray, of
Peterhead, the well known Arctic whaler
Capt. Gray is of opinion that the value of the
Antarctic seas as whaling ground has never
been properly tested, and he has, according to
the proceedings OF the ROYAL CieozrAphical
Society, succeeded in raising the capital neces-
sary for prosecuting experimental voyage
with couple of vessels OF some 400 or 500 tons
register propelled by auxiliary engines Of
seventy or eighty horse power nominal. A
statement issued by Capt. Gray and his
brother contains numerous extracts from the
literature on the Antarctic regions, as evidence
that there is a reasonable prospect of develop
ing a new and important fishing industry In the
southern seas
DR.. THOMAS SPACKBRowER of Germantown,
who has an interest in a large canning estab-
lishment in Lower Delaware, said to PhiladeI-
phia reporter the other day: Most persons
who think about the matter at all doubtless be-
lieve that canned vegetables are put up by
hand. but such is not the case and In that
industry we have called in the aid of machinery
to a surprising extent. For insta nee nv firm
owns machine that will shell 1900 bushels of
pease in day, and another ingenious contrIv-
ance that packs the pease into the cans at the
very brisk rate OF 1880 cans an hour. The
work OF both machines is cleanly and economi-
cauy done, and the pease are not crushed or in
any way injured. These two clever devices last
season handled the pease that filled nearly
close upon half million. That is one reason
and a very important one, too, why canned
vegetables are now SO reasonable in price"
ONE MORNING a gentleman of many scientific
attachments sat quietly and alone at his break
fast Presently he noticed that some large
DAdCh nubS WbTC LuhkluR IT66 WITH the contents
OF the sugar bowl. He drove them away but
they soon returned, seemingly unwilling to leave
their sweetened feast. Again they were dis
perSed, only to return In increased numbers
There was lamp hook directly above the center
of the table. and, to try their ingenuity the
gentleman suspended the sugar bowl to the
hook with cord, allowing it to swing clear of
the table about an inch. First the sagacious
little creatures tried to reach 1t by standing on
each others backs. After repeated efforts all
OF which were failures they went away and il
hat hal rxfyor t.
Within surprisingly short time, however, they
were seen descending the cord by dozens and
dropping themselves into the sugar bowl. They
had scaled the wall, traverSed the ceiling and
discovered another road to the treasure.
THE watch carried by the average man is
| composed of ninety pieces and its manu-
facture embraces more than 900 distinct and
separate operation. says the JeiCeLers' ReUie1O
Some Of the smallest screws are 80 minute that
the unaided eye cannot distinguish them from
steel filings or specks of dirt. The slit in the
head is q, O00ths of an inch wide. 1t takes
3OSOOO of these screws to weigh pound, and
pound is worth 81, oS5. The hair spring Is
strip of the finest steel about 916 inches long,
1-iOOth inch wide and ~ 10, 000ths inch thick. A
ton Of steel made up into hair springs when in
watches is worth more than twelve and one
half times the value of the same weight in pure
gold. Take locomotive with 6-foot driving
wheelS Let its wheels be run until they have
| given the same number of revolutions that
watch does In one year and they Will have
covered distance equal to twenty-eight COM
| plete circuits of the earth. All this q watch
| does without other attention than winding once
| every twenty -four hours,
| PRoF. HALL Of the Illinois Institution for the
Blind has devised a typewriter for the blind.
| says the st. Louis Globe Democrat. The
| size of the machine is 9XlG inches and 8
| inches high and weighs 915 pounds 1t is sim
| pie and very stronc and durable. There are
| but six keys to manipulate Dots are made in
the paper as in the Brallie system, but with the
| machine the letters can be MADE very rapidly.
| To one not accustomed to teaching the blind or
| unacquainted with their efforts at getting al
| education it is impossible to realize the great
advantage this invention will he to that unfortu-
/ nate class Heretofore they have been able to
/ carry mathematical calculations only as far as
| was possible by mental process or by the use
/ of the "octagon slate" which has not been
| found practicable in this country. Now they
1 can solve all problems as other pupils do, and
| even music is within their reach The rapidity
| with which it can be manipulated is surprising.
/ A pupil who is a pianist, after q few hours
/ practice wrote sentence Of 16 words in II
| seconds, and a sentence written at random at
1 the rate of 80 words minute. 1t would be safe
| TO assume that with a reasonable amount Of
| practice blind person would readily acquire a
| speed of 100 words a minute of memorized
| matter or 40 to 30 from dictatou.
RUSSIA will make a very extensive exhibit at