The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-16
NATURAL FRUIT FLENoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


THE Cleveland Iron Trade ReUietv states the
remarkable fact that the average vessel of the
great lakes is twice the size of the average yes
sci of the seaboard, and that the ship yards of
the lakes in 1880 built 40 per cent. more steam
tonnage than was built on the entire seaboard.
) ne need OF ship waterway from the lakes to
the ocean does not require demo nstration. The
thing to consider Is ways and means.
KING LEOPOLD of the Belgians has greatly
delighted all his subjects by the method which
he chose for inaugurating the new glass BAN
quoting hall at LAeken. on Christmas eve. In
stead Of giving a court dinner, as was generally
anticipated, he invited all the 500 workmen en-
ployed in the restoration of the palace to sup
per, and afterward ordered them TO be con
Quoted through the whole of the winter gardens,
which we're magnifcently lighted for the first
Time with electricity. On leaving each guest
was present ID with a bottle of wine a case of
sweetmeats and purse Of money. This has
done more to conciliate the woTkingman than
a hundred political lectures.
AN interesting point as to what may cause,
and what is popularity supposed to cause, in
slant death is brought up by a case in San
Diego, Cal. w. P. Francis. an enzneer in the
employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany, was hunting ducks near San Diego. He
partly concealed himself behind battery. A
young man, J. L. Henshllwood, who was row.
ing in the vicinity, saw a portion of Francis
| body, and, mstaking it for pelican, fired his
revolver at it, and the bullet struck and killed
IEaOClS. ne post IQOrtem examination showed
| that the bullet passed directly through the cen
ter of Francis heart, but the evidence of per-
sons in the boat with Henshilwood, and of 9TH
ers in the vicinity, was chat after he had been
shot Francis raised himself in bis boat and fired
two shots at Henshilwood, evidently believing
an attack was being made on him.
THE old Pepperell mansion at Kittery Point,
Me-, built over 200 years ago. has probably
| sheltered more famous people than any other
house on this side of the Atlantic, with the ex-
| asawNfsS v,,eA mi
house was built by the first William PepperelI,
great merchant and ship builder OF his time,
who accumulated vast wealth by trade and his
mansion reflected the extent OF his means
Facing the sea and surrounded by a great park
where herds of deer dsported. The famous Sir
| William Pspperell son of the builder enlarged
and adorned the mansion at the time of his
marriage, in 1874. This William Pepperel, the
only American baronet, was a remarkable man.
He was the richest man in the colonies, and
had at times as many as go vessels aioat He
was successful general, as was seen at Louis
burg, and his political influence was very great.
THE VATICAN, the ancient palace of the
popes OF Rome, is the most magnificent build
ing of the kind in the world. 1t stands on the
right bank of the Tioer, on a hill called the
Waite anus, because the Latins formerly wor-
SHIPPED Naticinium, ian ancient oracular diety,
at that place. Exactly when the building was
commenced no one knows Charlemagne is
known to have inhabited it over a thousand
years ago. The present extent Of the building
lowest computation. being 4.422 its treasures
of marble statues, ancient gems, paintings,
books, manuscripts, etc, are to be compared
only with those in the British museum The
| length of the statue museum alone is frac-
ton over a mile. Conservative writers say that
the gold contained In the medals vessels,
chains and other objects preserved in the
vatican would make more gold coins than the
whole of the present European circulation.
DR.. ARNoTT says that the pressure of air on
| the knee-joint is sufficient to keep it In place
without ligaments. Cannon discharges can be
heard nearly twice as far as thunder If an
| elephant was as altisonant or far-sounding as a
nightingale in proportion to his bulk, his trump
| citing could be easily heard around the world
| On like conditions an OK believing in Australia
! could be heard in New York about fifteen hours
! after making the noise. Cats die at an elevation
of 1890 feet, even though they are reputed to
| have mine lives" when on level with the
| ocean. Dogs and men can climb the greatest
! known natural elevations. Divers who
helped to lay the foundation of the
! great Eais bridge found that while they
we're under pressure of four "atmospheres,"
or sixty pounds to the square inch, the ticking
OF watch was absolutely painful to the ear.
The also found it impossible to whistle.
Aristotle attempted to weigh air by weighing
in bag when empty and again after it had
been inflated. The result of this experiment
caused him to announce that air had no weight
Without air we could see the stars as plainly
during the day as we can at night. Expert
msnts also show that person speaking in the
open ar as well at distance OF 100 feet in
front, rs at each side and 80 behind.
4 A MARVELLOUS TALE comes from Dakota of a
discovery which has been accidentally made in
| the mountains northwest of apid City saws
ELECTRICITY. 1t Is stated that there is a natural
| telephone line between two mountains in the
| Black Hills range. On each side of a valley
twelve miles in width stand two high peaks
which tower above the other mountains, and
| have long been known as land marks. These
| m fountains are several thousand feet high and
| only on rare occasions have they been scaled
| so but little is known OF their topography, Some
| weeks ago a party of tourists decided to make
| the ascent They divided into two parties one
| for each peak. taking with them photographs
| for the purpose of signaling to each other
| across the valley. The ascent was made and.
| so the story goes. while the members of one
party We're preparing to signal to those of the
| other, one OF the party on the north mountain
was surprised to hear voices. which a D parently
| came out II the air. He moved his position,
| and the sound was no longer heard. By chang
ing his position several times he discovered that
! at a certain spot of the noun; ain he could
hear the voices and it was not long before
| he discovered that they proceeded from the
party on the other mountain. He called the
| attention of the others to the phenomenon and
when the attention of the opposite party had
been attracted it was found that an ordinary
| conversation in an ordinary tone of voice was
plainly heard from one mountain top to the
other. There was only one place on the noun
| tain whore it could be heard, and this appeared
| to form natural telephone. No shouting was
necessary, and the words were perfectly dis
tinct This is rather a tall story to foist on the
| readers OF Electricity, but, assuming it to be
| true an explanation may be sought for in the
| form OF the mountains, which might serve as
eliptical retiectors of sound, the speakers plac-
| ing themselves in the foc at each end Of the
ellipse, and in the low density of the atmos-
phere at the altitude at which the phenomenon
| was observed The Mormon temple at Salt
Lake City, which is of enormous dimensions. is
| built in the form of a true elipse, and a person
| standing in the focus at one end can carry on a
| conversation in a whisper with another who
i places himself in the focus at the other end