The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Tolstoi's next novel-to be ready about the
opening Of the new year-wiH have for its
title The Kingdom Of God Within Us
Capt. Horace Bixby, who taught Mark
Twain what he knows OF steamboating. is at
present pilot IN the steamer T. G. Sparks
running sou;h from Memphis. Capt. Bixoy IS
in tirst-class health and good for many years
OF active work.
Thomas \. Edison, the inventor says:
. Gold IS only valuable because it is rare. It.
Is not nearly so useful as iron which is the
real precious metal. Aluminium is too
soft. 1t Is light, but 1t lacks strength. The
metal OF the future Is ntckel-steel,
/ which combines strength with pliaUility.
Gold IS not worth much lead in com
merce. and brass is more than worth Its
weight In gold
According to expert calculations ths 90
liseum Of Rome seated 81, 900 specta tors. while
T 64.00) more could have found standing REQ n.
The EFT ernal circumference Of the Coliseum
as II stands TODAY is 72S feet its long diam
eter tl5 teet, its short diameter $40 feet. The
arena Is 219 by 256 feet and the hight Of the
building l56 feet There is sin standing four
stories eff the original structure, 1t. was in
all prooa oility the largest building Of audtto-
rum arrangement ever known. -
| According to a decree Just rendered by the
| British courts OF law, payment cannot le-
gally be enforced for any order given to
uauesman on sunday. In the case before
the court, the order was for q froc6 coat
and waiStcOat, and the claimant a tailor.
| who while officiating as church warden.
! had received an order from one of
| the parishiOnerS for the garments on
! leaving church. 1t is the Sunday trading act
| OF King George II. which bars the creditors
| way.
In China there is a profession for ladies'
| strange because openly and handsomely re-
munerated in the current coin of tho realm.
! says London Tid-Bits. II is carried on by
elderly ladies', who go from house to house Of
! rlch people announcing their coming by beat
| ing drum and Offering their services to
| amuse the ladj of the house. This offer ac-
! cepted. they sit down and tell her the latest
| scandal and the newest stories am ondits
| and are rewarded at the rate of han a crown
! an hour, besides handsome present should
| some portion of the gossip prove particularly
acceptable.
The naval experts OF the German navy have
/ at last solved the question Of painting the
men efwer ard torpedo boats which has
| Teen subject Of long and serious discussion.
| The gre 1t desirderatum was TO finl paint that
would most effectively deceive the wat ehful-
| ness OF the enemy. IL has now been decided
| that all vessels engaged in naval combat are
! best protected and rendered least cOnspicu-
| Gus by coat Of yellowish- brown paint put
not only on the hull, but on every part Of tho
snip that is exposed TO view.
The total heat Of combustion Of ono pound
of hydrogen is e. O}2 units, and Of enc pound
of carbon 800 units. It requires 2I34 units
| of neat to convert water at a temperature Of
zero To steam OF 100 ponds pressure. but as
( ste m Is generally generated from water aver
aging ABOUT sixty de- reeS the total heat re
/ Qured to convert It into steam is only 1884
units, and one pound of bituminouS coal of
average quality, coma rs heat enough to con
/ vert l2te pounds OF water at this tcmperatu-e
INTO steam OF 100 pounds absolute pressure.
DR.. Nicalsky, OF s.. Petersburg. attributes
the form of birds eggs to gravity. He thinks
that every egg not yet ccated with a solid
/ shell departs from the Spheri al form and
/ cIOngateS, simply because Of pressure on it by
I the walls OF the OVary In birds which keen
+ vertical position when at res such as the
. falcon and OVID, the soft egg tccOules short
. through the bird weight acting against the
ovarlt pressure In birds which, like tie
grco are nearly aIWa'S swimming, the egg
, lcngthcns. because the weight of the body
. tiln the same direction as the ovarian
. compression.
The small evergreen tree from which cloves
are taken was originally u native Of the
Spice Islands, but it is now cultivated in
. warm CLIMATES In all parts of the world. The
u. Glove Of commerce is the unopened flower of
the tree. They are quite small, tut grow in
/ large clusters along the branches After
| gathering. the buds are smoked by a wood
fire and dried in the IN Both the taste and
smell of the cloves depend on the quantity Of
2 oil they contain. nCtimes the oil is sepa-
ratcu from the cloves before they are sold
ami the OdOr and taste are in consequences
much weak 3ncd. If you desire to know some
thing OF the form OF the bud in the natural
/ hot water. The petals Of the flower will soften
! and readily unroIl.
| process has been Ceyised by q Frenchman
whereby glass may be securely so.dered to
| metal says the Age of Steel. The portion OF
the glass tube or other article that is 10 he
/ soldered is nrst covered with thin LAYER
! OF platinum. This deposit is obtained nv
| brushing over the slightly heated glassa verJ,
| natural chloride of platinum mixed with cs-
! sentlal oil OF chamOmile. The latter is SLOWLY,
. n nj fgH a y,, F1,-, ~
| GUS VapOrS cease to be given off the tennera
I ture is raised to red heat: the plautfn IN *
| th.n reduced and covers the tube with a LAYER
! OF bright metal. Placing the metalized tiIhe
! IN "a bath Of sulphate OF conner and connect
| ing the tute to the negative pole Of a battery
| OF suitable energy there is deposited on the
! platinum ring OF copper which viii he mai.
/ ieaoie and very adhesive if the operation has
| been properly performed. in this state the
! glass tube topped with copper can re treated
/ IKE genuine metallic tube and SOldnred 10
| iron, copper, bronze, platinum or anv otber
metal that can be united with the solder.
In an article on Religious Russia ." n,b-
! hsteI In lie Correspondent, OF Paris Fran %
! + edor Aakarlne writes that in his country the
pigeon Is sacred. Regarding it as the symbol
! OF the Holy Ghost, a Russian Will never IISa
me blrd OF peace for food. Some fa,rfshad
dvornik, in the shadow OF the nil bt ~, - F
tempted TO get stew from the rod nestiney
unLer MS root, or foreigner shop may
perhaps ON quiet sabbath no narFr1ooSi
. with the smell Of roast pigeons f6~ ,-iiL
/ with Interested sole tude he Drnyides sb,t
Ter ABOVE his cabin. nut these are very raro
I ana risky exceptions. Pigeons rn,;l,i,f
/ ABOUT the churches. choosing their don,5rio
/ ABOVE the entauIature ana NESTING aTno,,C,
| the acanthaS leaves of the caDitaIs If ~,
/ columns. They treat the CHI hes liz %
/ querNo edlhces, soiliag at liberty the nold,o
/ the m ages, the scOnCe and the Dorrhes f,,e+
/ as the pigeons OF enicc dehle the 1aGstcyes
! OF ~, Mark. Nor have they mo~e resnect for
/ l1e VISA OF the great Catherine. the horse
! o. FCter the Great. the helmet of Eirboi ss ar
/ the shoulders Of >ouvarof
Professor Reinold, lecturing recently q. ~,
! Victoria Hall. London, on the conpaes LA
J stress on the singular behavior of the rom
/ pass IN iron ships. All iron as profosso
! helnold explained, becomes 1narre,ir 49,,
! the influence of the carths magnetism ,-bn ,,,
/ heIQ IN the magnetic meridian or when bel5
| VertlcallN while steel in these positions a. ..
| comes slightly magnetic ana remains TCr,,9o
neully magnetic n It receives a blow ~,
! !heSe Facts lie the explanation of the effe,t ~
! IRON ships IN disturbing the compass and pra-
| venting II pointing north and south E,isrJ
! piece OF IRON used in building the sbi,, ~,
comes magnetic while tho structure IL ,,,.,
/ ccedlng, and the blows they receive rs,51 40,
/ most OF them more or less permanently n,e.,
heuc. ne nature o the magnetism d snend
! upon the position CT the ship whilst II Is
ing punt. II the ship. in turning from +ba
norm TO east, causes the needle 10 he do
/ hected to the west. it will be defincted 70 H.
/ east when the snip turns from on - 10 80.