The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-27
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IL GERMANY. wood with a mirror polish is
coming into use for ornamental purposes in
place of metal The wood is first submitted to
bath Of caustic alkali for two or three days at
temperature of about 175o Fahrenheit, then
dipped into hydrosulphate of calcium for "a to
% hours, after which concentrated solution of
sulphur is added. After another dip in an ace
tale of lead solution at about 100. a shining
metallic surface is given by polishing, when
dry, with lead, tin or zinc.
JAPANESE ENGLISH is frequently entertaining
and an interesting specimen is presented in the
following advertisement of a tea manufacturer
OF Kobe, taken from a tea chest: "At present
we manufacture very lndustriously the several
kinds OF teas. so that our buyers must be well
adaptedtto use them. There are the Pan-1red,
Basket-fired and Sun-dried that are made of the
different classes from choicest to common.
Therefore you shall know that they will give
very pretty taste Please, we hope you will
order to us, no matter whether many or few
parts"
THE imperial train, which has just been COM
pleted for the German emperor and sent to
Potsdam for approval, has cost the Prussian
exc1equer nearly 100000 marks, and has oc-
cupied more than three years IN construction.
Its eleven carriages, connected by corridors in
clude study hung with real gobelin tapestry
from Charlottenberg, salon upholstered in
white satin, nursery, a reception room
adorned with marble statuary, an oak dining
room, a kitchen, and bedrooms for several
guests. There is nothing like it IL the world,
and great many of the details have been
planned by the emperor himself
ONE OF the cleverest vices that has lately
come to the notice of the police, was discovered
few days ago at a South Cove (Mass) house
The police felt certain that the occupant of the
house was dealing in liquor illegally and they
searched the place repeatedly, but failedlto find
any substantial sign Of guilt At last one man,
while making a search at this house. happened
to open the door to an innocent looking tail
clock, when faucet was revealed to his sight.
He turned the handle OF the faucet, and beer
flowed from it freely Tearing the clock from
the wall. he saw a pipe which led to a cutely
covered hole in dark cellar, where several bar;
relS or beer we're found.
A CORRESPONDENT of the american ANTIGUA
rfdn describes an inscribed tablet bearing date
or 1910. found while digging the cellar Of
house In Edwardsville, Ill It is about Axe
inches, with sunken lettering and figures on
both sides. On one side is a deer or elk, with
very large prongs, and devices of plants, with
the date 1876 contained in a large heart The
other side bears a representation OF what ap-
pear to be- four Spanish soldiers with halberds
and the inscription, David Saul Berrenhart,
Ammo, 1876" The writer Is inclined to think
from the locality being only eight miles from
the Mississippi river, that this is relic of one
OF the early expeditions.
BIOLOGISTS divide caves and caverns into five
distinct classes. First, the caverns in lime
stone rock excavated by streams which find
their way beneath the service Second, the
channels and chambers followed out by the
waters OF hot springs their way from the
earth to the surface. Third, the sea caves and
RFortoes, which are formed where the battertng
sprges have worn away into the shore cliffs
along the line OF tome softer parts Of the rocks
Fourth, the cavities curiously formed where q
lava stream has sodified upon the surface
Fifth and lastly, we have the riffs formed In
the rocks which have been rent by the mount
building forces, where the walls on either
side of the break have been pulled apart from
each other, leaving very deep and long but
usually narrow issure. Ia one or another Of
these groups may be placed all the known Cavt-
| ties which occur beneath the earth's surface.
| These or course may be subdivided into many
| subclasSes.
CHLORIDE OF NITRoaES is the most wonderful
as well as the most powerful, explosive known
| For seventy seven years. from 1911 to 1885, the
secret of the composition Of this terrible ex-
= plosive was mystery Dulong, who lost one
| eye and three fingers in the year 1919 IN vain
| effort to determine its component parts, was
| the first man of scientific attainments to give
| the stun thought and study. Later on Faraday
and Sir Humphrey Davy devoted great deal Of
| time and attention to it. Before entering the
laboratory both Davy and Faraday always
provided themselves with thick glass
ing pieces of glass which were most
sure 10 start tour of the room
whenever drop OF the dangerous stuff was ex-
posed. Faraday once narrowly escaped death
as result OF making an experiment with two
drops OF the yellow oily agent of death which
he had dropped into small silver thimbe prior
to making an experiment, and another time
had his table ruined and the glass IN ask on his
face broken into bits by lie, than one gran Of
1t. In 1888, as above limited, Dr. Gattermann of
Gotnngen, Germany, succeeded in anaiyzing
the mysterious compound. 1t is the only known
substance that will ms antiy explode upon
coming in contact with bright beam of light.
whether the beam be from an electric lamp or
tie sun.
The recent diamond crown incident In con-
nection with the ceremonies connected with the
inauguration Of the governor or Maryland re
minds me of a similar piece of peacock extraya
gance which once took place in far away Ans
tralia 1t was in 1855, when Donald Cameron a
storekeeper at Woolshed, Victoria, was elected
first member of parliament from the Owens
district. Tinker" Brown, an eccentric indi-
vidualwho had made ''bar'l' of money in the
| gold fields, had just bought circus. What he
] wanted with circus no one on earth knew but
Tinker" had bought one just the same,
When he heard that Cameron had been elected
ne hired a jeweler by the name OF Tofeld to
make twelve gold horseshoes weighing nine
ounces each. These were nailed to the hoofs
OF three fine piebald circus horses, and the
three, hitched tandem to a gig. pulled the
elated Cameron in triumph from Woolshed to
Beachwood. When the shoes were removed
after the trip It was found that they had lost
an average OF IA ounces each. For years after
these gold horseshoes we're kept as heirlooms
In the Brown family, Just before the death of
old tinker Brown, which occurred in 1857,
he willed them to a married daughter whose
husband was then keeping puoIic house in
Magga. wagga They were in existence until
about 1882, when the lady had them melted and
transformed into sovereigns. The wife of
George Westinghouse, the all. brake man. who
had pet horse to die a few years ago, had the
animal mounted by an expert texiderrnfst and
his hoofs fitted with gold shoes weighing nearIv
one pound each.