The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-07
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the limits az the United States on q territories,
sixteen Of which when perfectly seasoned.
win sink Ia water. The heaviest OF these is
the black ironwo0d. found only in southern
Florida. which is more than 30 per cent
heavier than water Texas and New Mexico.
lands fun % queer, creeping crawling. walk
ing and inanimate things. are the home OF "A
species % oak which is about one and one
fourth times heavier than water, and which
when green. will sink almost as quickly as a
bar Of iron.
A HunRaria inventor claims to have made
a discovery which will revolutonize the
textile industry. He asserts that he is able TO
spin ordinary wood pulp or cellulose into
yarn, from which all sorts Of textile tissues
can be made in the ordinary way equalling
in appearance. durability and fastness Of
color the best cotton goods. The method Is
not only applicable to CellulOse, but also to
every sort OF short fbrOus material-fOr In
stance, rags. scraps Of cotton and linen goods
The fiber. whether paper pulp or textile re-
fuse, can be dyed before being spun into yarn,
so that the dyeing of the woven material is
not necessary.
For practical purposes the Mediterranean
may be accepted as being what il is popularity
supposed to be, a tideless sea, but it Is not so
IN reality. In many places there is distinct
rise and fall, though this is more frequently
Que TO winds and currents than to lunar at
traction. At Venice there Is rise OF from
one TO two feet in spring tides. according TO
| the prevalence of winds up or down the Adrl-
atlc. In many straits and narrow arms OF the
sea there IS periodical fux and retiuX, but
the only place where the tidal influence, prop
erly so called. is Enthusiastically observed Is in
the Gulf OF Gabes where the tide runs al the
rate OF two or three knots an hour and the
rise and fall varies from three to eight feet.
| The success which attended the use of the
electric light in fishing off the California
coast has led to the devising of various i'm
| proved apparatus for that purpose One of
gigfg 0f a la fFgf11 DTn
! with netting, which can be opened and closed
| at the will Of the operator. An electric light
| lncased in lantern is lowered into the net,
! the electricity being furnished by motor in
! the bow of the boat. AS the boat moves along
! the network is thrown open and the bright
| light OF the lamp, which is seen at a great
! distance in the clear water arouses the curl
| osity of the fish, which readily swim into the
| trap. This is the modern variant of the old
| method of destroying fish from canoe by
| torchlight.
Aligators' nests resemble haycoeks more
| than anything elsa to which they can be com
pared They average about 4 feet in height
and about feet in diameter. and are con
| structed of grasses and herbage. First. the
mother, gator der osits one layer of eggs on a
mortar-like floor and having covered this
with stratum of mud and heritage about
eight inches thick laws another set of eggs
upon that, and so on to the top. there being
commonly from one hundred to two hundred
eggs in a nest With their tails the parents
then beat down the tall grass and weeds to
prevent the approach of unseen enemies
The female watches her eggs until they arc
Matched by the heat of the sun, and tn en-
takes her brood under her own care, defend
Ing them and providing fOrtheir subsistence.
The oldest things to be seen in the streets
OF Colorado Springs are horses declSed with
wells, says National Issues. We have grown
accustomed TO the jaunty little hats worn by
many horses in our towns to protect them
from the heat Of the sun. We can even see
an brella fastened over their heads with
out surprise, but a veil gives to the noble
beast q dandyish look that is very droll.
Some Of these wells, belonging to fine sad
dies, are mere frinses of fine strips of leather
that hang before the eyes; others are pieces
OF mosquito netting drawn tightly back and
fastened like woman's nose veil; but the
most stylish and altogether effective
are of netting drawn over hoop
yet completely protects them. These
exaggerated goggles give the gravest horse a
waggish look. The wells are not worn for
fashions sake. They are, indeed a stern ne
cessity. and the comfort, if not even the life
Of the horse, demands it. Colorado. with all
its great attractions, has one plague-the
plague of flies Flies of all sizes, from the
least up to the enormous blue-bottle, are
everywhere. Most parts of his body the
horse eau himself protect II not deprived of
his tall, but his eyes he cannot, and these del
icate organs are special objects of attack by
the fly tribe. 1t is the least man can do to
provide protecting veil for his most faithful
servant.
IT am the csliph of the Lord; am the cap
tain and commander Of the faithful, the
chosen one Of the Prophet; am the king CT
kings; am q Krlnce in paradise; then obey
me without q murmur, as my camelS do
This Is the magnificent pretension of the sui
tan of Morocco, and il is generally allowed,
says writer In the Century. 1t is refreshing
to find country where not only has the di-
vine right never been contested, but where
~ Nrntf hoe ~ aNrar hnn
and again pretender to the throne has
turned up, and the annals of Morocco are red
with stories of civil wars. But the pretender
has never been a revolutiOniSt: he has always
based his contention upon having more di-
vine right, and the alleged possession of a
more generous and direct flow of the
blood of the prophet in his veins. The
loyalty Of the people toward the mon
arch partakes OF the nature Of alteration.
When the battle is fought and won and the
soldiers who have fallen sorely wounded are
brought on the field and placed in a circle
around the white pavilion In which the mysto-
riouS monarch lives. as unapprCachable and
Invisible in his camp as in his court, then. it
is said, the dread sultan walks up and down
among them. smiling with silent pity upon
their agony; and they. the poor ignorant
kahyles OF the valleys, and the nomad horse
men from the desert, Cry out until their cries
give place to the rattle Of death, Allah lbark
amer Seedna" Good prOlong the days of our
Lord'o. And this too is the cry of the male
factor as he goes toward death or mutilatiOn,
who. when for purposes Of political necessity
he, must disappear or be effaced takes
the cup of poisoned tea from the
bands of his gracious sultan. The mantle of
the prophet Of Medina that he wears must in
deed be broad and ample, for il is called upon
to cover a multitude of sins.-that is viewed
from our standpoint,-but the Moors believe
that, try as he may, the sultan can do no
wrong. He is like the saint l saw in Tangier
who spends his entire time in drinking gin
and whisky. One might think that this saint
was drinking an undue quantity of strong
waters, but such is not the case; at least il
has never appeared to the MoOrs in this light
for he is such holy man, they say, that the
moment the strong waters come in contact
with HIS person, they lose all theirf cry quail
tiles, and become innocent mares milk
In no European country certainly, and
probably in no country Of the civilized world
does there exist such a polyglot combination
of races under one government as in the
great Empire Of Austria-Hungary, over which
the Emperor Francis Joseph reignS, says the
New York Tribune. This dual empire with
its 36,O00,0OO or so of inhabitants has been ad-
mitted on terms of equal footing with the
other first-claSs powers of the continent ;by
the memorable lack of military necessity. The
Triple Alliance, by which Germany Austria
and Italy are pledged to stand by each other
in event of serious menace from without of
the integrity or independence of any one
of the. contracting parties, has made the
Austrian empire greater factor in the poll
tics of Europe than ever before, and il is not
secret that to war, considered merely as war,
the cabinet Of Francis Joseph is by no means
intiexibly opposed; for the belief is enter