The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-04
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nc LOnuOu DAILY news says. Is tler6
anything new: Our secretary of legation at
Peking writes: I hear OF the existence in
Picking, as well as at Canton, Of large and
ancient establishments for the artificial incu-
DatlOn Of hens and ducks eggs. AS vet l
have not been able TO visit and inspect
them -
Emperor Williams action in reducing the
term of obligatory service IN the German
army from three to two years has had the IN
expected effect of diminishing not only the
number OF suicides, but also the average OF
disciplinary punlShments inflicted. Inyest-
CATION has now shown that most Of the sui
cues USED TO take place in the third year OF
service with the c)lorS and that nearly all of
the more serious Ofenses against the regula-
tons were committed by thiri-year men.
Sonora Donna Maria de opposite, whim-
Steal Mexican woman, has pair OF bracelets
made from the bodies Of tiny green snakes,
which are very rare and Of an eKceutiOnallv
brilliant hue. They are caught alive and as
phyXlated. after which their coloring is care
Iully preserved by an emoalming process.
diamonds and sapphlres are set in the eye
Sockets, and pointed ruD1es take the place of
the large fangs. The effect at night when
these ornaments are worn is said to be weird
aad uncanny.
according to the reports just issued in Lon
don by the government board of trade it
would appear that the safest place where a
man can De is in an express train on an Eng
al the 4COOOO,O00 conveyed by rail during the
hrst six months Of this year was killed while
travelling in the train. Considering that the
English lines are more crowded than any
otners in the world and that the trains run
at higher average of speed, this may be
considered as marvellous record.
DR.. Harry C. Smith. surgeon at the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas hospital is in New
York with Fireman William Mine. who had
ms iower law and tongue shot away in the at
tempted Missouri, Kansas and Texas train
ROBBERY at lelsoe, l. I. An effort will be made
10 secure for the injured man a new Jaw and
lot this purpose the most eminent surgeons
OF New ork will be consulted. The railway
company is doing everything in its power to
lessen the misfortune that hefell its faithful
employe, and is paying HIM full salary.
The Westminster Gazette calls attention TO
the fact, upon the authority Of Consul General
Patrick Collins, that negroes are flocking to
England in great numbers The steamship
companies confirm Mr.. Collins statements
ana add that nearly all the wealthy colored
IolkS are sending their sons to study law
medicine or art in London. Most of these
people are West Indian negroes and not Afro
Americans. The wealthy Afro-Americans
SEND their sons to be educated at Harvard,
ale and Oberlin. and only in isolated cases
40 they send them TO Europe.
With reference to the rumor regarding the
running of Canadian Pacific railway trains
out west by electric power obtained from the
water streams in the Rocky mountains Sir
William Van Horne said: The scheme has
been suggested. There is no doubt that il
could he done, and be done well. The only
question OF any Importance is this: Can we
put out the necessary capital for the works
ana expect proper returns by wav of inter
est: We are considering that question but
rather each director for himself than as a
board For myself, l don't mind saying at
financially practicable, certainly not at pres
ent."
1t is possible to make paper out Of nearly
anything, and the latest material suggested
is the stalk OF the suntlower, SAYS the Man.
chester Courier. Some few weeks ago the ex-
pertinent was tried at a factory in the Thames
valley. first with hammer and an anvil and
afterwards with re yular papermaklng ma
chlnery. In the latter instance some 5 70
pounds OF pulp were tested, and they pro
duced atout 800 pounds of paper. The sub.
stance. however was of coarse texture and
lar Better suited for wrapping up parcels
than for taking printers ink. In fact, the
conclusion was that Sunfiower stalks are too
short IN hbre to make good paper without
the addition of some foreign material like
rags. What is more, the ingredient would
nave to be nearly so per cent. OF the whole
pulp. Accordingly, sunflower paper hardly
seems practicable unless, indeed, its title
gave it fancy value 10 the survivors OF the
aesthetic school Unfortunately they have
become so reduced that the market would be
extremely limited
The famous Colossus Of Rhodes. which has
been described SO often by cleaners OF the
curious that the subject is becoming thread
bare, cost 800 talents a sum equal to about
1910 900 in the United States currency saws
the st. Louis Republic. This sum Is a tribe
however, when compared 10 the price maid
for colossal statue of Mercury, which was
made for the Gaulish city OF Avernl by Zeno-
doruS. The artist was engaged upon this
great work for ten long years and The total
cost to the city would equal 81, 775 600 What
the gold and ivory statue OF Athena, in the
Parthenon, or the celebrated "Olympian
Aeus: both OF which were made by PhIdias
cost Is not stated by any of the ancient or
modern authorities. but that it was enormous
may be inferred from statements made he.
low: Athena was arrayed in drapery made OF
pure hammered gold weighing forty talents
The coin value of this wonderful draperv al
the United states mint to-day would appToxi-
mate i5S0,0G0 OF the Olympian Zeus Il has
been sald that 1T was monster idol of gold
and ivory worth more than the cash assets OF
many modern Kingdoms" The head OF this
great image was covered with locks OF pure
gold, each weighing six minae or about the
value OF S25,OOO in modern gold coin.
When pins were first invented. some time
during the third decade Of the sixteenth cen
fury, it took one man whole day to make
two dozen. the market price of the days out
put being but shillings, says the Me
chanlc. Even as late as the present century
as 1888 one pin went through the hands Of
twelve persons before il was finished and
folded away in the little sheet of paper of the
regulation green. 1odav, however every
thing is different in the pin factory, a single
machine turning out a stream of the little neat
ly polished, disappointed implements at the
rate Of 200 per minute, day and night This
wonderful little PIN making automauon is not
larger than q sewing machine but It. has
more invisible knives. springs sharpeners
and pinchers about IL than a steam thresher
The wire from which the pins are made il
coiled around small drum attached to the
end Of the machine. different sizes of wire and
pinchers being used for the several
varieties OF pins The wire passes from
the drum into the machine through small
hole provided for that purpose being kent
straight and taut by brake on the drum and
a series of iron pegs across the platform of e.
the machine. A queer little pair Of pincers
C'catchersD seiZes the wire and thrusts n
through a hole, where IL is held while a small
hammer beats head on the forward end Of
the wire. Here it is held until a knife de-
sends and cuts the wire in Droper min
length. Next it is allowed to drop into a
groove. through which the beads cannot
pass and while being held IN that position is
exposed TO the action OF set OF small files
which almost instantly give it a smooth
sharp point The pin is now finished and
ready for the polishing tub. which is sirnpIv a
revolving barrel In which the pins are
cleaned and polished by their own friction
After going through the polishing tub thew
are boiled in q solution OF acid and tin This
latter operation gives them their shining an
pearance. After going through the acid
bath they are accounted as being finished
and ready for the market.
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