The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


WOMAN in Nebraska has a nose AZ inches
long.
The centenary of the French republic is to DO
kept on Sept. %.
oNE Minneapolis mill alone makes Il, 800 bar
rels Of flour day.
HoLYoKE coNFEcTIoNER is putting in a
cough drop machine that will cough out one ton
of drops day.
IT is seriously proposed to purify the Thames
by importing school of orocodiles to act as
river scavengers-
In CHINESE the letter 81" has las ways of
being pronounced. and each pronunciation has
a Inherent meaning.
NEW ORLEANS DEALER advertises: "Can fur
nish live alhgators at any time and any length
from inches to Q feet long"
AN OLD MAN in St. Louis who had been hic.
cougoing at half minute intervals for two
days was stopped by-hypnotism.
WHEN child dies in Greenland the native
parents bury living dog with it, the dog to be
used by the child as a guide to the other world.
The pension agency in Topeka is the largest
in the country. 1t pays out annually SIS, Co.,
600 to the veterans of Kansas Missouri and
Colorado.
A SHELBYvILLE QND.) GIRL, who In knitting
pair Of hose for her best fellow, found that
she had not sufficient yarn to finish the second
stocking, deliberately unraveled the first hose
to finish the second.
WHILE boy at Newcastle, Ind was diving
one OF his companions cracked two stones to-
gether under the water. causing q conclusion.
In a few minutes the boy began complaining Of
something hurting in bis ear, and within TWEEN
ty-four hours he was unable to hear, except
loud tones His physicians think the drum Of
the ear is broken.
DELICATE POINT in patent law was ilIumi.
mated recently by Justice Cave In London, In q
suit brought by a manufacturer Of souvenir
spoons against q rival. Each maker had orna-
mented his spoons with representation Of
Westminster Abbey, and the learned justice
decided that there could be no infringement of
patent Il the abbey was represented or seen
from different points Of vision.
ONE Of the most astonishing Of all the prom-
ises of electricity is now being discussed by the
scientific journals, says the Boston Journal
It Is that Of extracting gold from the sea 1t
has long been known TO scientists that every ton
OF sea water contains holt a gram OF gold and
grain and half of silver But science has
always found il impossible to devise any practi-
cal method of gaining possession Of these prec-
ious bits of metal. But now comes electricity
with its marvellous power OF precipitation. II
is proposed to stretch long series Of iron plates
under the water, and by running electric cur
rents through these plates 20 pfectptkapa the
gold upon them. 1t Is estimated that st the
rate Of half grain Of gold aud grain and
hah or silver to each ton OF sea water the entire
600 900 tons of gold and g. 1855 900 tons
OF silver. Now II these metals can be liberated
by electricity and precipitatoI, what q revolu-
ton it would make in the worlds production.
What revolution ali tuis might make In the
world S currency Oe SIS does not concern science
Never he ess. this new application OF electricity
is decidedly interesting as showing how dis
cove-les in science may operate at any time TO
change the whole face OF tlilRn social M
economic affairs.
SOME new and apparently successful attempts
to manufacture cloth from ramie. made at a
wooden mill in San Jose, have attracted con-
siderable attention, relates a writer In the New
York sun. The fiber was put through the same
presses at the mills as any other material used
for making cloth. IL went through the ma
chimes, was twisted into thread sRd then a
thread of wool and a thread Of ramie were
twisted together and. being put on the loom,
the machine was started, and ia few minutes
the cloth began slowly to unroll. Tho fabric
thus produced was strong, cl sely-woven
piece of cloth. Holding it up o the light one
could not see through it, and the color Of the
cloth was a blush gray, the wool supplying the
dark and the ramIe fiber the light portion Il
is claimed that, as ramie is much stron ger than
wool, and forty one times stronger thar cotton
it more nearly approaches silk 70 this respaat
than any other material used in the manufact-
ure of cloth, 1t being also evident that a fabric
made of a mixture II wool and rnmie mast be
far superior to a cotton and wool mixture Tbs
fiber, when ready for the mills, is in punches
about five feet long. of q creamy white color
and having luster like silk; can be dyed any
color and stiA retain its gloss. and on this ac-
count can be advantageously used In the manu-
fecture of silk mixed weaVes.
Young wasp grubs fried in butter do not at
first sight appear to be the most alluring dish in
the world, says The Table, yet they have been
pronounced delicious by those hardy 0xperi-
mentors who have tried them. Fed as they are
upon the sweetest JUICES drawn from fruits and
flowers. they naturally possess a delicate favor
Perhaps the best way to prepare them is to bake
them in the comb. Incidental to experiments
conducted by government experts respecting
the edible qualities OF insects, number of trials
were made OF a beverage particularly novel
which might be termed "ant-Ade" A few hun
dred ants were crushed at a time Ia a mortar
with pestle. and the liquid from them, after
being strained, was mixed, just like lemon Juice
with water and sugar The resulting beverage
resembles lemonade so closely as to be scarcely
distinguishable from it. The reason why is very
easy TO explain Formic aci1 is the nearest
approach to citric acid, which gives lemon juics
its flavor, known to the chemist. In fact there
is very little difference bstween them.
from grasshoppers soup which was
pronounced delicious by many people who were
afforded an opportunity OF tasting it. 1t closely
reSem oles bisque. A learned professor treated
some friends of his on one occasion to curry OF
grasshopper and grasshopper croquettes with
out informing them as to the nature of the ban
quet, but an unucky hindleg discovered in one
OF the croquettes revealed the secret. Among
the people OF Java cockchafeSs are fayorite
food. Those admirable economists the Chinese.
eat the chrysalids Of silkworms after the silk
has been wound off them. frying them in butter
or lard, adding the yolk Of an egg or two and
seasoning with pepper, sal and vinegar II
would require some courage 70 test for ones
self the excellence Of any Of these dishes: and
long ago discovered the edible properties OF the
eel and o. ster'