The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-23
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coarser particles sink and become detached.
| Then c0mss long continued grinding and
careful mixing and other painstaking opera
tons, which make up the perfect pencil.
The gold bugs which were so popular as or
naments few years ago, we're most Of them
manu- featured. says the jewelers. Magazine.
! There is a genuine gold bug, or beetle, colored
a pure bronze, but It is found only in the
| tropics, and is not plentiful even there. The
gold bug Of commerce Is simply the common
Juno bug dipped in shellac or some other
gum and rolled in very fine gold dust. After
the dust has dried in the shellac, the bug.
except in weight, would pass for piece OF
genuine god jevelry.
The origin OF the cockade and the right of
wearing it are alike lost in antiquity, says the
Toronto Empire. 1t has been held by some
that the cocksde came into existence during
the wars OF the Roses when the views OF the
wearers were published by the color displayed,
while others derive its discovery from the
struggles OF the Scottish Covenanters or the
| advent Of the HanoYerian succession. Be its
| origin what IL may, 1t Is curious to note that
| while the custom has become pretty general,
| II has never attained any official sanction.
! The college OF arms has never recognized the
! cOckade, either by issuing permits for its use
! or by fOrbidding Its display. The subject
| received good deal of attention in a cOntem-
! pOrary some years ago. and the weight of
| evidence went to prove that the cockade orig
| mated at the Hanoverian succession, the black
! cockade being the badge worn by the follow
ers Of the new house while the Stuarts wore
white. This custom is referred to by Sir
| Walter Scott in "Waverly."
One of the most wonderful time-keepers
known to the horologist was made in London
about 100 years ago and sent by the president
| Of the East India Company as gift to the
| Emperor of China. The case was made in the
| form OF chariot in which was seated the
| figure of a woman. This figure was of pure
ivory and gold and sat with her right hand
resting upon tiny clock fastened to the side
| OF the vehicle. A part of the wheels which
kept track of the flight of time were hidden
| in the body OF tiny bird which had seem
| lngly just altghted upon the ladys finger.
Above was canopy so arranged as to con-
| ceal silver bell. This bell was fitted with a
| miniature hammer Of the same metal, and,
! although 1t appeared to have no connection
| with the clock, regularly struck the hours,
| and could be made to repeat by touching
diamond button on the ladys bodice. In the
| chariot at the ivory ladys feet there was
| golden figure Of dog, and above and in front
| were two birds apparently flying before the
| chariot. This beautiful ornament was made
| almost entirely Of gold, and was deliberately
decorated with precious stones
One of New Yorks philanthropic merchants
| spends thousands of dollars each year in aid
ing the poor, but none of his beuefciaries
| ever gets cent in cash, according to the
| Sun. His idea is that money-giving democrat
| lies the recipient. He will buy groceries and
| pay rent for a distressed family, and secure
| employment for the wage earners. Once they
are at work, he tells them that he considers it
q moral obligation for them to refund, at any
| convenient season, the sum he has expended.
| II they do, he regards the case as a triumph
| OF self respect; If they don't, he finds some
excuse for them in his own mind and keeps
| right on at his self-appointed task. Last win
| ter he hired hall in the Hebrew district
| down town, hired a competent teacher and
provided Nun Der Of Jewish girls with free
lnstrut ton. NO PROSECUTING was attempted.
Indeed, not a word was said about religion.
| Inc girls be greatly infnrpQtpI nd
their brothers begged for and obtained admit
| lance Similar classes are to be established
this winter. The merchant allows himself an
income OF 81 900 per year. All the rest of the
money he makes IS devoted to the aid of
others.
Our most eminent astronomers do not pre-
| tend to give us exact reclIonings on the great
floating worlds outside of our own solar sys-
| TEN, but within that monstrous aggregation
everything has been reduced to certainty
The kingpin of this solar system is Jupiter
ml2 hty Jupiter, the colossal giant OF all the
Sun-klssed wollls." His diameter is about
| $500 OF our miles, being about eleven times
that OF our own globe; the circumference
| 21o,OOO miles at the equator, which would give
| the giant volume exceeding that OF the
| earth by ,2S4 times. Were it possible, saws
the st. Louis Republic, to bring the earth
and Jupiter 80 close together that the dis
| tance separating them would be no greater
| than that which now separates the earth
| from the moOn-about 240, 900 mileS-What a
| wondrous sight would be in store for the resi-
| dents OF our little globe. The world of
| Jupiter would apper to US to have diameter
| forty times larger than that of our usual
| mighty attendant, and the surface ofhis disk
| would occupy space greater than that of
| 900 full moons And this giant OF planets is
| removed from the sun by distance OF 496,-
| OOOCOJ miles; has an orbit OF more than 1OOO-
| 100000 miles In extent, and makes circuit OF
| Its celestial track on0e every 1882 DAYS
| Thus II will be seen that year on Jupiter is
equal to eleven years. ten months and seven
| teen days on our globe. The immensely Of
| the world Of Jupiter and it's orbit NAV he an
| proXtmately measured by this comparison
In order to complete its orbit in the time
/ given above it must speed around the sun
| with velocity Of 100 OO) miles a day, or a lit
! tie more than eight miles per second.
Nothing goes to waste on a big railroad
and every scrap of iron and much second
| hand material is valued at fixed price and
| carried on the books as 50 much stock on
| hand, says the Philadelphia Call The system
! followed by the stOrekeepers' department
| OF one railroad is a sample Of MANY The
second hand metals are gathered and placed
| in piles, regularly assorted. Then they are
! classified by the foreman and taken into
stock by the storekeeper or assistant. There
! are regular scheduleS-one of material which
| can he used again, which is denominated
+ second hand and another of material
which has to be melted before 1t can be used,
arranged something after the following
| order: Steel scrap, Ncs. l, 2. 3. 4, 5 and G. at
I prices ranging from $25 a ton down; wrought
| iron, Nos. l. ,, and 4; cast iron Nos l. 3
! and g. Even borings are taken into
account, brass EOrngs being credited
at cents per pound and brass
! scrap and copper at IT, This material is
| shipped to division headquarters when a car
! load has accumulated. Here it is disposed OF
! by the storekeeper on order of his chief
| being shipped IN car loads to big dealers in
! old metals in large cities Much of it goes to
| Plttsburg, Cincinnati and such points Orders
| for as high as $4,000 pounds of one kind of
| material are occasionally received from
single firms. Most Of the second hand ma
| terial is used over again in the shops, but il
! is previously taken on the books at q fixed
! price by the storekeeper and is charged up to
| the account of the articles for which IL is
| used. All disable No. 1 wrought iron is re-
ceived and charged up at III cents pound.
! and cast iron at cent
| The python lays eggs and matches them by
developing a high degree of heat, as has been
proven in the case of the Indian and African
species. says the nlustriote Zeitung. The
! first careful investigation Of this subject were
made in lAl by the renowned naturalist
| Achllle Valenciennes In the Jardin des
! Plantes, Paris. A python there laid fiftv
! eggs within three hours which at first were
! oval. but pointed toward the poles the shells
| were soft and OF gray color; they soon
! changed to perfect eggshape and became
! white, aud the shells hardened somewhat
, although they remained plia BILE, like leather
! and were lusterlesS and rather rough Their
| length varied from two and half to four
| and a half inches. After laying the eggs the
snake gathered them together in a heap