The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-19
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IT is reported that the physicians in charge of
the Johns Hopkins Hospital, who are also inter
ested in the proposed medical department of
the university, are secretly opposed to the i'd
mission of women as students and that some of
the trustees no longer look as favorably on the
ladies' proposition as they did, although the
board has accepted the women's preliminary
endowment of S110,3 300. Miss Mary Garrett has
promised to give 100000 more, provided the
trustees raise the additional $500, 900 necessary
to establish the school
ITALIAN BOOT FACTORIES are manufacturing
boots of q singular pattern. The heels and soles
are not sewn on, but riveted to the uppers in
such way that If the heels are worn down
one side they can be taken off and turned round
worn soles can bs removed in the same way and
new ones put on.
THE BAYANzI, who live along the Upper
Kongo. have strange costume which makes
life burden to the married women. Brass
rods are welded into great rings around the
necks of the wives Many of these rings worn
by the women. whose husbands are well-to do,
weigh as much as thirty pounds. and this bur
den must be carried by the wretched creatures
as long as they live.
A PRINTING TELEGRAPH SYSTEM has been in
PRODUCED in the mills Of the Illinois Steel Com
pany, Chicago, by means of which apparatus
the men at the relocating pits can inform those
at the finishing end of the mill as to the heat
numbers of the ingot. the ingot numbers, and
proper number may invariably be stamped
upon each rail that leaves the mill In addition
to these numbers, the pit and "hole" desfg
nations are also dispatched by the same means.
II is stated that, though the mechanism is neces-
sarilY somewhat complicated, its work is per-
formed in very satisfactory manner. The
transmitter is N charge of one of the men at
the rehestlng pit, and the receiving instrument
is in charge Of boy who reports on black
board for the use of the stamber the different
numbers and letters as they are printed on the
tape by the receiving instrument The distance
between the two is about $50 feet.
THE actual hight of kites above the earth
is difficult to measure, says st. Nicholas be-
cause an object floating alone in the air looks
father away than it really is. When kite is
flying at night of 1900 feet it has reached
about as high point as is possible without the
assistance of other kites. Such a kite will seem
TO have reached an altitude of half a mile; yet
a careful measurement of the string and its
steepness will show that the kite is not over
one.third of mile above the ground. Ordi-
narily the kite will go no higher even
If more string is let out, because the
wind presses against the great length
Of string with increasing force as the
kite recedes and rises. If more than one kite
be used remarka lie Nights are attainable. The
kites can be fastened along single string, but
this method requires quckness in attaching the
right amount of tail to each kite; otherwise so
much time may be wasted in preparing the sue
cessive kites for flight that the daylight will
wane before the experiment can be concluded.
However, when one kite is up and the amount
or tail for it is determined, 1t becomes possible,
after long experience, to at once estimate the
amount of tail necessary for each additional
kite, according to its size.
A DEGREEliof superiority has long been
claimed for some Of their specialties in soap
production by German manufacturers, and
especially In the processes of coloring. This
latter, however, depends largely for its success
or attraCuiveneSS on the materials used, these
being mainly lard, tallow, cocoanut oil, palm
oil, and, to some extent, almond oil. The
method of insuring q satisfactory color is thus
matter of Observation-Disclosures earthly, me-
tallic colors such as lumber or vermilion, beiHg
added only when the soap has acquired thick
consistency, while dissolved colors may be
added while the soap is still thin, Very few
colors only can be made use of before all the
I've has been run in and saponifcation begun;
and anilne colors almost disappear at first I'M
der the action of the alkali, but return after
cooling. The beautiful marbling effects pro-
duced is the result of simply stirring up the
Qutred color In melted cocoanut oil, running it
into funnel closed at the lower end by finger,
and allow wing the contents to run over the soap
as it is run in layers into the frame, and on the
frame being full, stick is drawn In fancy ng-
ures, through the soap, to distribute the color.
AS compared with foreign countries, German
manufacturers produce much larger proper
ton of their toilet soaps by the cold process.
ANOTHER Of those superb mechanisms- a
ffteen-ton locomotive steam crane-has lately
been placed in one of the great steel plants OF
England, and presents in its construction
some special points of interest. The load to
be lifted is fifteen tons, at a radius OF sixteen
feet. and at this radius the center Of the jib
pulley is twenty three feet from the rail level,
but the jib is fitted with derrick motion, per-
hitting it to be lowered so as to be clear under
q Roadway of seventeen feet. All the gearing,
also the roller path and rollers, main cross
head, and many other important parts are
made of cast steel. and the post is a steel forg-
ing. Steam is supplied to both sets of engines
by large steel vertical boiler. double rivted
throughout, and arranged to work at a press
ure of 100 pounds per square inch. The crane
engines have double cylinders nine inches in
diameter by twelve inch stroke. these actutat-
ing the hosting, Slowing and derrick motions;
the full load is lifted in siagle purchase, with
two parts of "A chain; the Slowing gear is
worked by double cones, and the derrick gear
by means of worm and wheel in the usual
manner. The lower engines for propelling the
crane have cylinders twelve inches in diameter
by twenty inches stroke, and drive direct on to
one of the aXles; the latter run In journals
fitted to steel axle boxes, which slide IN heavy
steel brackets bolted TO the truck frames, the
load being carried by three volute springs over
each axle box.
MOST of the skillful devices invented by men
for doing fine work rapidly can be traced to
nature, where for countless ages they have been
operating, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The
discoverer of each new appliance of mechanism
might be shown that the idea was old as the
hills. 1t is suggested that the inventors of the
future will be those who carefully study the
natural world. The stones of the mills are an
other style of the molar teeth. which grind all
the grist that feed men and beast. The hoofs
of horses are made of parallel plates like car
rage springs. The finest file of human manu-
facture is rough affair compared with q
Dutch rush used by cabinetmakers The
jaws of the tortoise and turtle are
natural scissors. The squirrel carries chisels in
his mouth and the hippopotamus is provided
with adZes which are constantly sharpened as
they are worn. The carpenters plane is found
in the jaws of the bee. The wooipecker has a
powerful little trip-hammer. The diving bell
initiates the water, which constructs a small
cell under the water, clasps bubbleof air be-
tween its hind legs, and dive down to its subma
rine chamber with the bubble displacing the
water gradually, until its abode with fishes con-
tans large, airy room surrounded by water.
In leaving Its eggs on the water the gnat fastens
them into the shape of life-boat, which it is
impossible TO sink without tearing it to pieces.
The iron mast of modern ship ID strength
ened by deep ribs running along its interior.
porcupines quill is stronghold by similar ribs
When engineers found that hollow pillars were
stronger than solid ones they only discovered a
principle that is very commonly seen In nature.
wheat straw, If solid, could not support it's
head OF grain. The bones of higher animals are
porous; those Of birds, where lightness and
strength are most beautifully combined, are
hollow. The framework of a ship resembles