The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-18
ITEMS OF interest.

triumph that they have knocked out the old
theory that every engineer must have his own
| pet engine and must not DO asked to run any
| other says the Chicago Herald. Until a few
years ago this was the rule even on the greatest
roads. Each engineer grew accustomed to and
| foud OF an engine aud believed he could get
| good work out OF It, while q stranger TO it
! would be sure to have the same trouble that he
| wonid expect with a strange engine That is
all changed now, and engineers are expected
| TO leave their sentimental notions at homo and
take whatever engine they are assigned to-
A CERTAIN learned judge when attempting to
be clear, is at times rather perplexing my
| good woman he is reported to have said to q
witness, you must give an answer, in the few
est possible words OF which you are capable, to
| the plain and simple question whether when
| you were crossing the street with the baby on
! your arm, and the omnibus was coming down
on the right side and he CAB on the left side
and the broughsm was trying to pass the omni-
bus. you saw the plaintiff bstween the brougham
and the cab, or whether aud when you saw him
at all, and whether or not near the brougham
cab, or omnibus, or either, or any two and
which OF them respectlvely-or how it vast"
SPEAKING of the remarkable feats of marine
engineers, the Nortne Journal recalls the
achievement of Richard Peck VINO at one time
had charge of the single engine of the old City
OF vera Cruz coming up from Havana. South
| OF Hatteras the piston rod went to smash,
| breaking into three pieces. But Peck, after
! tWenty-touF hours OF continuous labor, actually
| mended that piston so that it was strong and
! true enough to do its part with the rest Of the
| machinery, and he brought his ship into New
| York harbor steaming six knots This was a
| deed which, in the opinion of the Boston
Journal, quite eclipses even the recent notable
! performance of Engineer Tomlinson of the
Umbria.
FRENCH princess is said 70 have been
crowned after death. This was Iuez de Castro,
who was murdered in the fourteenth century
| by three aSSaSsins. The lady was TIE wife OF a
| Portuguese crown prince, aud she was murdered
! by order of the king, her father-in-law The
prince never spoke to bis father ain, and
when the old man died the remains of Inez were
| lifted from the grave, placed on a magnificent
| throne and crowned queen of Portugal. The
! clergy, the nobility aud the people did homage
to the corpse, and kis ed the bones of her
| hands. There sat the dead queen, her yellow
! BAR hsnglng ike a veil round her ghRstly form
| One flo shless hand held the scepter the symbol
| of royalty.
IN THE smaller Long Island villages says the
Christian Union, we may find some very hui
morous characte S. "'Taint do it" ia a com
mon expression in a village not a score
| of miles from New York. PearsallS is
called "Pearsons'' and "Fassy'' A monument
is called an ornament" The ornament in
| the cemetery is all right, but the stranger
| would hardly understand ttRt the monument
| was meant. Consent" is used for descent
''of Dutch consent" instead of Dutch descent
The last criminal was "ellecuted :" not electro
cuted. The aqueduct which supplies the city
| OF churches with water is invariably called the
| 'reservoy." Rockaway Is abbreviated ''R ock-
! way" j was recently advised that a '.conve-
nlence might be had ut the depot. OF course
| Understood that Conveyance was meant.
As GENERAL rule sixty drops OF liquid make
one spoonful; two teaspoonfuls of liquil make
| one dessertspoonful; two deSSertspoonsuls of
| liquid or four teas oonfuls make one taole-
| spoonful; four tabIespoonfus of lIdud make
one wine Rla isful, or two ouncesi sixteen table
| spOoufuls OF liquid make one. half pint; eight
tablespoonful OF liquid make one gill; two
wine glassfuls Of liquid make one gill or one
| tea cupful; ono coffee cupful makes one-haif
| pint; heaped quart or four coffee cupfuIs of
| flour make one pound; a full tablespoonful Of
| flour makes one-half ounce; ten eggs make one
poundi one pint or two coffee cupfuls of granu.
| lated sugar make one pound two and one-half
| coffee cupfuls OF pulVerized sugar make one
| pound; one pint of broken loaf sugar is one
pound; one tablespoonful of butter is one ounce:
| one pint OF soft butter makes one pound; one
| coffee cupful of butter makes one-half pound
| FORMERLY the Canadian side of the Niagara
Falls was Ushaped, which caused the name
Horseshoe falls TO be given it. For the last ten
/ or dozen years. however, that side oeithe falls
has been V-shAped instead OF U-shaped the
change being caused by wearing away Of the
! ledge over which the water pours. On Jan a.
| 1889, asgreat displacement Of rock again took
place, aud nov, according to the Philadelphia
| Press the Canadian side Of the great cataract
is again as Horseshoe Falls" It is Lretty gem
orally known that the falls of Niagara are
moving to the south. deep cut through the
| nave
taken in their backward march. 1t is
wonderful excavation, mighty
canal dug out by the sheer force OF
movaI of all this debris The rocks have been
! thoroughly pulveriZed and swept out into Lake
| Ontario, Once it was believed that the falls
| would ultimately wear back to Lake Erie and
| degenerate INTO second-class rapids. The
laCest idea is that the fall will recede two miles
| further to the southwark and tn n stop still:
that is, as far as the backward tendency is con-
| ,,dA T1an 80 . ,t.. L
! point a solid foundation for the limestone ledge
| over which the waters pour will be found
| Two miles OF wearing back will make the falls
| only 80 feet high, instead of l60 as at present
"oSE of the most deceiving objects that I
ever Witnessed" said Roman Jordan to a Globe
Dem Ocrdt writef rs just outside the little town
of Hester, Col, II is tree some 40 feet tall the
| first 20 feet of its hight being some feet in
| circumference. Twenty feet from the ground
| the tree suddenly diminishes to a circumference
of some feet. Upon examining it YOU would
come to the conclusion that it was a freak of
nature. II gives the impression that some one
had sawed the upper half OF the old tree off,
and that instead Of dying & smaller tree had
grown up from the centre. II Is the object of
much speculation and many visits on the part of
strangers. The facts are that what appears to
be one tree is really two. The great old tree of
! which the first 20 feet is the remaining relic
was hollow rotten at the heart A great wind
came some years ago and broke Off the upper
| half, leaving Jagged pillar, some twenty Two
| feet tall, remaining This hollow heart was burnt
| out more than once by squirrel hunters who
| imagined that the game had entered into the
| tree through the aperture at the base. The
| wind must have blown an acorn down into this
| hollow center, for tree sprang I'D In it and
| grew straight upward and out into the sunshine
| For appearance sake the owner of the ground
sawed Off tbs Jagged portion at she top making
| It level and smooth. The young oak mas flour
ished we'll, until now it fills the heart of the
| tree very compactly. The opening at the base
has been hidden by earth piled a1out, and also
| by wild ivy, that is fast covering the stump"