The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-16
ITEAS OF INTAR SIS 6.

blowing or snuffinK it out: Take piece of thick
copper wire coiled in spiral at the end. Fasten
the other end to a wooden handle, dold tie
wire 80 that the coil will be around the flame of
the candle, and very quickly it will be extin-
gushed. The copper, by its great conductivity
taxes the heat away from the flame and cools
IL so rapidly that the temperature falls below
the point OF Ignition, and the light goes out.
DALLAS TEx.) CITIZEN was halted on the
streets of that Sity late at night by two high
Waymen, who demanded his watoh The citi-
zen declared that he had no watch, and forth
with took to his heels. The highwaymen chased
MIN several blocks, and at last overtazing him,
they searched him. Finding that he really had
neither watch nor money, they proceeded to
Kick hlm We have nothing against you" one
| OF them exclaimed. we arc only kicking you
because you gave US a devil OF chase for moth
| ing II we had known that you were SO hard
up, we'd have cheerfully loaned you a dollar"
THE Independent calls attention to some lit
erary blemishes in President Cieveland's inaug-
ural address, especially his tendency TO
tautology. He speaks Ii saws ''of 'pnre-
| served and complete devotion to the interests
ana welfare OF the people, OF growth and ex
pansion,' OF 'frugality and economy OF 'prodi-
gahty and extravaganza, OF economy and
irugahty, or strength and sturdiness, of
right and Justice He says that a certain
thing should be Justly and fairly conceded
mat we should have Just and equitable system
OF FEDERAL taxation. The use Of these synony-
NOUS terms in pairs is one of Mr.. Cleveland's
literary sins; and we notice, also, that he uni
iorInly separates the sign of the iDhnitive from
its verb; for example, to constantly watch to
honestly and considerably regard This is a
very common fault among American writer's.
1t is very rarely found in good literature"
The largest apple orchard in the world is to be
seen in the wilderness of Koolau, Maui, Sand
wich Islands. The forest is OF native wild apple
trees, which are countless In number and
stretching from the sea far up the mountain
SIDE. These trees vary from 40 to so feet in
| Night ana during the harvest season are COW
cred with fruit of white and red colors. For
miles around, and up the mountain side, and
toward the seashore, are vast groves of these
trees The crop of these apple orchards, which
nature has planted so generously in this wild
ana solitary waste, fills feet of 200 steamers
The orchard stretches over a country from ten
to fifteen miles wide and twenty miles long.
Many or these trees bear at least fifty barrels
| or apples. The fr lit furnishes the traveller an
excellent repast, appeasing both tuirst and
hunger. So far as is now known, no cor mer
clal use can he made OF the fruit, from the fact
that when ripe it cannot be kept for more than
| four days.
TIE LYMAN is often confused by the apparent
indiscriminate use OF the words volt, ohm,
ampere and watt as units of electrical measure
| ment, says the Pi:tsburg Post. Each one of
| these terms has different meaning, and when
explained by com pairing them with analogous
terms In hydraulics or steam engineering can
be easily understood. The volt Is the electrical
unit OF pressure, and is the same as pounds of
steam; the ampere is tbs unit OF quantity, and
| Is equivalent to gallons of water; the ohm is
She unit or resistance, which is nothing more
than electrical friction, and the watt is the unit
| OF energy, 74B watts equaling one horse power
There is, In fact, remarkable similarity between
electrical distribution aud hydraulics. Tue cur
rent of electricity flowing through a wire acts
| In much the same manner as a current of water
| flowing through pipe, and the flow of elec-
! tricity from tho overhead wire down over the
| wheels to the track turns the wheels Just as a
water wheel is turned.
| CHRONOLOGY is an interesting study, says the
New York Tribune. but all the changes of time
and date cannot add one moment to the allotted
period OF mans life. Pope Gregory XIII Sliced
| ten days of the calendar IN 1854, and In some
century TO como some other pope, or more
| likely, some council OF nations will agree to
turn back the hands again. one OF the puzzling
| questions put to young mon and women in col
| legtate examinations is this "What were the
| ten days in the worlds history In which moth
| ing was eaten, nothing drunk and nothing
! spoken!" The answer il. of course the period
between Oct. 8 and Oct. is, In the year 1889
The world had fallen behind, and the pope
simply showed it along ten days at q jump.
/ That was the beginning OF the Gregorian calen-
| dar. From 1882 to 100 The difference between
the old and the new styles was ten days. In
| the eighteenth century 1t was eleven days. In
the present century il is twelve days From
| 1900 to 2l00 it will be thirteen days The pope
| did a pretty bold thing IN buryinH ten days in
| 1852.
THE Icelanders dsclaro that they have a small
| qusdruped about the size OF a rabbit which
habitually makes its home in the crater of
Hecla, sporting ana rearing its young in the
| molten lava. When Cyprus was the center OF
the copper industry It is asserted that a 4footed
| animal with wings lived in the hottest furnaces
among the fire, and, furthermore, that it would
! die instantly upon being removed from its nat
| ural element, the flames The salamander of
| old was also a creature which did not dread the
fire. Some say that it could eat fire and spit
| flames; others that its breath would ignite all
| combustbles Pliny says: This animal is so
| intensely cold as to extinguish fire by its con
! tact, in the same way that ice doth " Aristotle
! believed that some creatures were caDable Of
| supporting life even though confined to the de-
| vouring element. He says: I'm Cyprus when
| the manufacturers Of chalcitis Qims) burn IL
many days in the fire. winged creature, some
| thing larger than a great fly, is seen emerging
| from the stone and leapinR and walking about
| in the fire. These creatures perish imm sdateIv
| upon being removed from the furnace"
RED-HAIRED blondes are rather rare. Tba
indians worshiped red haired people, regard
ing them in the light of children of the sun.
There have been poets who have gone into
| raptures over red hair and called 10 tIsnn
| kissed" According to a legend OF old the
| devil who tempted the pious hermit in the
| desert, appeared unto hinI in the form of a
| woman clothed in a veil OF darkest red hair. ~
which, as we are informed, turned and twisted
| around her bosom like snakes of copper" The
moral OF this story -for all stories must have a
moral, according to the New York Commercial
Adue t.ser-is that red haired beauty is the
most dangerously seductive of any for mis-
! satanic majesty would not assume such hir-
suite covering were 1t not that he considered it
the most captivating web of all others in which
/ to inveigle the Soul of man. In this case how
| ever. ne egregtouSly failed TO accomplish his
dark design, for the hermit refused to be smit-
| ten by the fascination of the tempting siren
who had crossed his path CurOusly enough
though red hair is ard has been symbolic of in.
tense passion and cruelty, it is also emblematic
OF the most innocent purity. It Is q color in
which opposing extremes seem to meet and
blend.