The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Every part 81 postage stamp making is
Done ~ hand, SAYS Public Opinion. The
designs arc engraved on steel 20Q stamps on
single plate. These plates are mixed By two
men, and are then printed ~ girl and
man on large hand press. They are dried
as fast a. printed aud then gummed with a
starch paste made from potatoes This paste
Is dried by placing the sheets ia q steam fan
ming machine, and then the stamps are sub
lected 70 pressure Of 1000 tons In a by
drauiic press Next the sheets are cut so
that each one contains 100 stamps, after
which the paper between the stamps is per
torated and. after being pressed, the sheets
are MED away. II single stamp is injured
the whole sheet is burned.
Carloads OF lilac arrive az the Paris mar
ket every morning, and purchasers carry of
armfuls OF these branches OF green foliage
ana blue and white clusters Of delicious per
tune Tor the purpose OF ornamenting their
dwellings,. The greater quantity of lilac
which is collected in the market is from
Seine-et-Oise, owing TO the soil being poor
and unsuited for all other vegetation. In the
little village OF Frette, says the Horticultural
Times the land is almost entirely covered
with forests of lilac, Five acres of land will
produce 100 francs worth Of lilac each year.
The branches which have the most blossom
are cut, the largest Of which are rested against
sheafs OF hay Arranged for this purpose; the
more minute branches are tied up in clusters
with water willows around the bark or woody
part of the branches and placed in vans,
A gentleman becoming annoyed by the per-
sistent buzzins of wasp about his head,
knocked it down with a newspaper, says
Sunshine. 1t fell through an open window
upon the sill, apparently dead. Only appar-
emily, for few seconds later, to the observ-
er astonlshment, large wasp few on to the
window sill, and, after buZZing around the in
1Qred one second or two, began to lick 1t all
over. After this treatment (Which may have
been kind OF maSsage) the sick wasp seemed
TO revive and his friend then dragged him
gently to the edge grasped him around the
body and few away with him. Evidently the
stranger, finding wounded comrade, gave
some aid partly to restore him preliminary TO
removal to place of safety for further treat
ment, and then carried him there. This brave
little wasp acted like a good Samaritan who
found man half dead bound up his
wounds, pouring on them oil and wine" and
brought him to an inn and took care of him"
One of the principal sources of economy in
street car traction is the maintenance In per
feet condition of the rails, says the Baltimore
American. Dirty rails are drag on the car
That represents so much in dollars and cents,
and many more or less efficient methods have
been proposed whereby this source OF waste
can be stopped. The newest of these is one
In which the principle of elasticity is intro
duced for the first time, and In which also,
greater degree OF lightneSS of construction is
attained. The cleaner is attached to the car
and reduces the cost of cleaning the rails to
II cents per day. The expense of the various
methods OF rail cleaning usually adopted, is
as follows: By hand once day R5 cents per
mile Of single line in fine season, and 50 cents
mile in the winter; watering by cart twice a
DAY o0 cents per mile. II has been shown
That one fractional resistance met with by a
car running on rails cleaned by the previous
car was from twenty-five pounds to thirty
pounds less than when running on dirty rails.
Though no complexities are involved in the
making OF scissors, yet the process is very in
teresting, says mechanics journal They
are forged from good bar steel heated TO red
ness. each blade hniOO off with Cttffi
metal to form the shank, or that destined TO
become the cutting part and bow, or that
which later on is fashioned into the holding
portion. For the bow small hole is punched
and this is afterward expanded to the proper
size by hammertng IL on q conical anvil, after
which both shank and bow are filed into
more perfect shape, and the hole bored in the
middle for the rivet The blades are next
ground, and the handles filed smooth and
FURNISHED with oil and emery, after which the
pairs are fitted together and tested as to their
easy working. They are not finished, how
ever. They have 70 undergo hardening and
tempering and be again adjusted. after which
tney are finally put together and polished for
the third time In comparing the edges of
knives and scissors IL will be noticed of course,
that the latter are not in any way so sharply
ground as the former and that in cutting
scissors crush and bruise more than knives.
The first great International exposition was
that held at London, in the Crystal palace. in
1851. The total expenses of this exposition,
lncluulnB the cost OF the building, were about
1928 600 says Public Opinion. The building
covered an area of more than twenty acres
The next similar undertaking was the "exhi-
bition OF the industry of all nations, - held at
New York in 1883 This was held in Crystal
palace, which was afterward destroyed by
fire. similar exhibition was also held in
Dublin the same year; In 1854 an exhibition
at 9 BG Pst very Nuis Successful sHiIh T bns
cholera appeared and caused such
fright that the enterprise was abandoned
The first great Paris international exposition
was held in 1889. The second English inter
national exhibition was held in London in
1862. Next in order were those held at Con-
stantinope in 1868; Bayonne 1864: Dublin
1865; Cologne. Oporto and Stockholm in 1865;
Melbourne, 1865 Agra, 1867. Then came the
great Paris exposition of 1867 followed bv
several smaller ones at various places. until
1873, when very fine one was held in Vienna
Tbs next important display was the Phila-
delphia centennial. Again number of smaller
ones, and then the great Paris exposition of
1899.
Square or spotulated fingers. in the science
of palmistry denote the philosophical and
practical temperament says the Philadel-
phia Press. Taper fingers signify an artistic
temperament and very pointed digits are a
sure sign of the dreamy, psychical nature
Much is learned by the general quality and
CONFEDERATION Of the hand and palm as we'll as
by the lines which cross the latter. The life
line running around the base of the thumb
denotes long or short life. good or i'll health
according as 1t is long or short clear and un-
broken or otherwise. The heart line
running across the palm nearest the
base of the fingers signifies the quality
of the possessor's emotional nature also
the kind of love she win give and re-
ceive. This will be enduring OF temporary
according TO whether the line be long and
clear, forked or crossed and chained Below
this is the head line which indicates the
mental and moral qualities and achievements
and deficiencies. The line of fate runs per
pendicuarly across the middle of the palm
and is q very important factor in the haDni-
ness or unhappiness Of its owner II should
be clear and narrow, unclaimed and nm
crossed by the fine wrinkles which score 50
many palms, and it should never come to an
end on the line of the heart, since this signi-
fies disappointment in love A cross on the
Mount of Mercury" which is Just at the base
of the fore or index finger is an unfaiIing
sign of a happy marriage.
Was a Prince in Disguise.