The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

says the New ! OK commercial ADVERTISER
That popular society correspondent. Mr.
Ward McAliister. finds much 10 write about
himself in England. but he hasn't a word TO
say about the Guilds, who are now hobnoo-
/ blng with the emperOrs, princes and dukes
Mr. McAllister only sees these gay things
through a crack in the fence, as IL were and
Z ne Ignores them in his simple, Jeemes Yellow
plush way"
Haymakers are at work in, not on, the
Chesa peake and Ohio canal. between Han
cock and Williamsport. says the New York
Tribune. They are cutting the grass under
water on the bottom and sides OF the canal
The growth is dense. and not only impedes
boats, but keeps the water back from the
levels. An ordinary harvesting mower, with
closed wheels, to prevent the grass from clog
gIng them, is attached to the rear of a scow,
drawn by heavy team, and is managed by
two men who ride on it. 1t is raised and low
cred by means Of a block and tackle. The
cleats on the wheels are long and sharp, TO
give the machine good grip on the miry Dot
tom and the machine cuts wide swath,
sending tons OF long. floating grass to the
surface.
Here is a recipe which, says the New Or
leans Picayune, over the-lake fishermen may
ind useful to avoid the nuisance Of the mos
Quitoes. which make fishing in the bayouS
sometimes almost impossible: Three ounces
OF pine tar. two ounces of castor oil and one
ounce OF oil Of pennyroyal. simmered to-
gether over a fire, make sort OF varnlSh,
which, when spread literally over the skin,
business through. The glaze should not be
washed of while the insects are around The
mixture does no harm to the skin. and will
heal the bites already received. A two ounce
vial OF it will furnish a man with a sort of
armor plate for several weeks, and enal lie
him to enjoy himself in the worst mosquito
infested hole in creation
It is interesting to know that the burning
lamp or the fame Of any fire is still largely
used throughout the Orient in confirmation
of covenants or agreements. 1t is one OF the
most ancient modes of ratifytng covenants,
and Is mentioned in several places in the
time Of the patriaehs. In Corea. Farther
India, Htndoostan and IN parts of China
and Japan it is the custom, when
making solemn promise. especially
making the promise to point to the flame and
say; The flame is my witness. On oc-
caslons OF greater importance. when several
JOIN IN compact, where the fidelity of one or
more is questioned, the company repair to
some mosque or temple, form IN a circle
around the lamp of the temple" and in the
presence OF mandarin or priest each sol
en- My agrees with the other, pointing each
time to the flame as a witness. The Uartars.
In taking oaths or making covenants use the
liver OF sheep, goat or horse, rub their fin
gers in the blood, and then make circles on
their foreheads. the whole proc eeding having
the same symbolic meaning that the fame
has In the Orient.
Recent experiments indicate that the nor
NAL eye can discriminate 1865 separate ttnts in
the spectrum. The leg of a perfectly formed
man should be as long as the distance from
the end OF his nose to the tip Of his fingers.
The liver, like the heart, is never idle. though
its period of greatest activity IS several hours
after digestion has begun. The chemical com
| position of the epidermiS Of the heel is nearly
the same as that of the matter OF nail horns
and hoofs The normal temperature of the
stomach is about $50. Food has to be raised to
this temperature before it can be digeSted
| The average hight of the men in the
the union army IN 1858 was feet Z
inches. The natives Of this country average a
greater hight than that Of any other The
three small bones stretched in a chain across
the middle ear are named the mallet, the
anvil and the surrDp, from real or fancied re-
semblanceS. Frankish women have only one
| pOmade, a greese proceeding from the skin of
| sheep and cHnglng to its wool. 1t had a nau-
! seouS OdOr but was singularly efficaclOus in
giving Smoothness to the skin. The test for
! symmetry is to turn man with his face TO
! the wall. If he is perfectly formed his chest
| will touch 1t, his nose will be four inches
away his thighs five, the tips of his toes
| three
! John is the negro porter who has charge of
a car on which the ohicials of one Of the big
! railroad systems that center IN Chicago take
| their business ana pleasure trips abroad,
! John has hada very uncomforta be biruhfor a
! good while. When he took charge of the car
| he found that his predecessor, in revenge for
| having to give up good berth. had portrayed
many weird pictures OF dragons and hobgoD-
| Inns on the ceiling and walls of the kitchen,
! and John felt sure that the car was hoo
I dooed' The first trip he made resulted in
| an accident, which confirmed him in his
! impression, and many troubles of greater
or less magnitude followed whi.h made him
| certain. A few days ago the car
! left the track up in Wisconsin
and rolled down steep embankment, and
! when John, covered with cuts and bruises,
managed to crawl out through broken win
/ dow, he declared in most emphatic tones that
| he would make no more trips in that car. In
/ repairing the car at the shops after the acct
dent the workmen found fastened between
! the walls of the kitchen a curious tishIike
monster or the remains of it which was
! pretty well all head and tail. 1t was put into
| bottle and sent to John, who is greatly
| elated, and declares that it is the Identical
| hoodoo which has given him so much trouble
! ana anxiety: he says that now everything
| will be all right, and there will be no more
| accidents
For the last two or three days SAYS the
Philadelphia Record of Aug II, efforts have
been made to jacket the nickelsteel gun at
| the Washington navy yard but as yet success
| has not rewarded the work in that direction
! Several excuses have been offered as to why
| the Sellers system of jacketing has not been
! satisfactory. 1t has not been fully deter
| mined yet, however as to whether the system
| is at fault. The process of jacketing is to
/ lower the tube OF the gun into a pit. IN which
| Is also furnace The jacket is heated and
/ after having reached proper temEerature
! and hence proper expansion, it is lowered
/
| Is shot up through the tube. which cools it of,
| and the jacket shrinks to the tube The most
! important part of the work is to heat the
| jacket with certain degree OF uniformity
| and for this purpose various methods of heat
| ing are usually tried Sometimes coal is used
! and sometimes wood For the nickel-steel gun.
! however, DaDtha has been used, IL being
claimed that greater degree of uniformity
would result. An attempt was MADE Friday
! to shrink the Jacket on. The tube was put
! into the pit and the jacket heated, but when
! 1t was lowered on the tube it was noticed that
little part stuck. If the jacket had re-
NAMED on the tube long enough for the cold
water to have been turned on, great ditiieulty
I would have resulted to get 1t of, but immedi-
! ately the uneven part vas discovered it was
gotten of and an investigation commenced
! J he Sellers people claimed that the tuDe was
! not standing plume To remedy this the pit
| where the tube stands is being repaired and
| on Monday II is expected to again commence
| the operation Of jacketing the gun
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