The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


] more than 1000 years ago, what we call "a
/ penny in the slot" for the extraction of some
/ thing useful, pleasant or otherwise desirable.
] heron. the philosopher OF Alexandria de-
/ scrloes an automatic machine, which he
J serts to have been in use in the Egyptian
/ temples already for long time past, even be-
lore MS time. BY throwing piece Of money
! IN the Slot, the wOrshippers'receivedS some con-
/ secrated water through valve. The stature,
] or stand. the two-armed leIe- with its closing
! waive ana the other details OF the machine
/ are all correctly described. Truly. the Sage
/ was right when he declared There is nothing
/ new under the sun"
Photography played an important part in a
suit at Cincinnati, says the Indianapolis Jour
nal The suit is one Of local standing involving
| the title OF 800 acres of valuable farm lands.
| II Is based on a deed made nearly seventy
! five years ago by the owners of the land, and
turns on the point whether the deed had five
signatures or only four. In order to test this
question, 1t was decided 10 have the deed
PINOT o graphed, and the clerk OF the court was
ordered TO give the natter his personal
supervision. For that purpose it was taken
to Washington and submitted to an expert
Photographer Of that city. The original deed,
dlSColOred and yellow with age, showed
traces of four signatures and a space where
there might have been fifth, but no trace of
II. The phOtOgraphing was done in the pres
ence OF the clerk Of the court who refused to
let the deed go out of his sight. The negative
revealed traces of the missing signature, and
Ween II was enlarged ten times the entire
name became as plain as when first written.
Inc court pronounced Jne evidence cOnCIU-
slve, and the result Will be the reversal of a
former decision and a change in the owner
ship of the land
1t is only of recent years that Jafa oranges
! have obtained a worldwide reputation, for
| but some eighteen years since they were
scarcely known save at Beyrout. Alexandria
ana COnStantnople says the Planters Ga
zette. A special feature of the Jaffa orange
Is that il will keep thirty or forty days and if
properly packed for two and sometimes even
mr. he at Toe fa
rounded on the land side by orange groves
covering an area of $50 acres. New orange
groves are constantly being planted, and
there are now double many as there were
fifteen years ago. Each orange garden con
tains about 900 square feet of planted area
equal to about 1900 trees to pa acres. The
trees begin to hear the fourth year after
planting but it is estimated that it takes
seven and sometimes eight years before an
orange orchard yields paying crop During
all this tine, and even afterwards the
orchards have to be watered continually. and
this irrigation is the most difficult and labor
lOuS part OF the work, the water having to be
drawn by means Of primitive water wheels
from wells dug In the gardens 80 feet and
even 100 feet deep. An improved and cheaper
system of irrigation is Of paramount impor-
lance and 1t would tend to extensive and
| fertile plains around jana, becoming in a
short space OF time extensive orange groves
would cheaper the production. and would en-
able the growers and the exporters to com
pete with the oranges of other countries in
European markets.
No plan yet proposed for substituting Jet boat
propulsion, for the screw or paddle wheels
seems likely to realize the efficiency needed
in such case says the New York sun The
chief reason assigned for this is that the
power IN boat or seIfnavigating ship is not
applied quite as on the locomotives that is
the driving wheels of the engine take hold OF
fixed base, and thrust against it, or a series
OF such bases all the while. but the mechani-
cal appliances used in propeling a vessel at
q m q 6 1Tr1p-
thing that tends to slip. and does to some ex-
/ tent slip away from them. 1t is. in fact only
| because the weight or inertia of the portion
Immediately III contact with the oar, paddle
wheel or screw, offers some resistance that
any Roadway is secured, and the larger the
watery bulk acted upon the more stable it
will C. ana hence, the more progress will be
secured. On the other hand. an equal amount
of power may be consumed in moving little
water great distance astern and a large
amount small distance, in the former case.
| however, the leverage being almost lost
while. in the latter, it is largely retained.
consequently, it is desirable to apply the
power so as to strike broad surfaces rather
slowly instead Of small ones with great We
| lOclty. A minor consideration mentioned is
that In the jet system water has to be pumped
into the moving vessel before 1t is elected
and a certain amount of force must be con
sumed in giving to it. in the interval the for
ward motion which every other object in
side of the craft has; this substracts
from the amount Of power available for pro
pulsiOn.
EdisOns Orange la 5orGtory. despite its pas
tOral surroundings and the pacific nature of
its habitues has been the scene of some grew
some experiments, says CasselIs Magazine
When the new law was passed enliStIng cleo
trlcitY as an agent of death. Mr.. Edison was
consulted as to the best method of applying
that mysterious and deadly fluid and in the
experiments made by him to test the com
parative action of different currents a various
lntenSlueS many painful animal executions
we're necessary Mr. Edison most valuable
friend and assistant. Charles Bachelor barely
eVaded the distinction of officiating as n
sacrifice on the altar of experimental science.
he was mending some detective apparatus in
connection with lamp. and. as it seemed TO
him at the time. had taken all imaginary pre-
cautions against an accident. He SuDpOSeS
however. from the presence of a burn after
ward found on one of his fingers that he must
unconsclously have established a circuit bv
holding wire in each hand. No sooner had
he made the contact than he staggered hack
to stool with the awful memory Of soul and
| body wrenched violently asunder, with such
pangS as the MOhammedan death angels
wreak on the awakening spirits of the
damned. He describes il as resembling the
sensations Of an immense rough file thrust
through the quivering hbers of the body a
shudder1ng rasping pang, grinding it's way
through lungs and heart. For over fifteen
minutes he sat motionless. bathed in an lev
and death-like sweat. and nervouSlV unstrunS
from head to foot Yet strange to saw tbe
shock passed away in day or two leaving no
visible injury except in the memory of the
victim.
Some Of the cotton products now sent from
the French manufactures, and known as |
Turkey red" goods are acknowledged TO
rival in color and general quality the far
FAMED fabrics of that name produced in the |
Orient. says the New York Sun. This is due
to the character Of a few special details or |
features in the general process. Thus pre |
llmlnary to all, an Oil bath is prepared com
posed of 100 gallons of water and fifty pounds |
of oil-sutticient for 100 pounds Of cotton|and |
IN this bath the cotton is handled until |
thoroughly impregnated. then pressed ont
and dried at a temperature not cxceediny
forty degrees c. For moderating a bath 81 |
illuminate of soda is made hy dissolvtng
eighty pounds sulphate of alumina and Isj Of
soda IN from six to eight times their
weight Of water, the soda sOl,,io1
being slowly added to the sulnbate
solution, when all is added the liouor is Inoio
TO stand at g. B into this bath the OH and
dried cotton are entered. and turned over
eight to ten times to impregnate the fhro
then allowed to steep in the bath over nigh
being next day wrung out and dried at tern
perature of 49, c. The mordanted cotton AZ
ter being dried, is worked for fifteen min
utes In bath containing eight to ten pounds
or chalk. then rnsed and dried The dve
tath IS made with 200 gallons Of water Ten
pounCs of alizarine, and one-half Mound tn
key red oil. the cotton being entered into tbie |
in the cold, and the bath then sIfgbtiI
s n bor, /