The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

enDrSOS, Wnlcn i've IN the llQuld contents OF
the parent shell. absorbing its uutrit.vs mat
ter. When their growth imposes a wider
range OF movement they escape into the
outer world Of waters. being Still minute
microscopic creatures within an lmperfectly
formed shell, the lower valve of which. when
they LEONE what is called 'spat.H adheres
hrmly TO any liked object. With this fxauou
the spat nseS its locomotive apparatus and
becomes mollusk. The collecting OF the
various objects TO which the spat has ad-
hered Is the thorough method of oyster cult
ure but, inasmuch as but few embryos live to
stage II is OBVIOUS that an artificial develop
ment OF the eggs would be Of greater adyan-
t9ge. This has Leen successfully accom-
plished, nut not with such facility orcerJainty
as to make the method CONNER tally valu-
able. Further progress and improvement is
looked for. and in view Of the impending ex-
haustion of the Chesapeake oyster beds, can
not be too soon attained.
while making tour of the Continent a
few years ago" said Theodore L. Fairfax. a
New York broker to the St. Louis Globe
Democrat who was at the Southern. II was
shown through the Bank Of france. The sill
yer CON is heaped up in barrels aud placed in
cellars, reSem Inc ne spacious store house
OF brewery. each barrel holding 80. 900 fran
In 5-Jranc pieces, AM Weighing a out 6uU
pounds. There are al tines 800 Uarrels piled
up to the very crown Of the arches, and ris-
ing much higher than man s head. The Wis
ltor walks through long alley of these bar
relS for some time until he comes to a large
Stone-nOoTe1 apartment, wherein are to be
seen large square leaden cases. Each of the g
holds 10000 oags Of 90 francs each and the
whole are soldered up herme,i- ally within
the cases. several of these appeared not TO
have been touched for years. 1 was told they
were liable to remain undisturbed for 100
years longer as they are the last Of the
BANKS resources TO be dipped into The
treasure in these leaden servo RS is kept
perfectly cry and free from any variation of
temperature. The stairs reaching to these
regions are narrow, and admit OF only one
person at time ascending ana descending.
This has been expressly Contrved for pro-
lection and defense from insurEenJ mobs. In
one OF the treasure vaults are the precious
deposits of the ROthsghllds and other
wealthy capitalists left for safety with the
bank
The viii Of Susan NJ. Peu, wife Of John Au-
gustus Pel, who died OF Pau, France. last
December. was fled in this city yesterday
for probate saws a New York letter, -ner eS-
tate is valued at from S5,00O0C0 to Is go 600
A life estate in her proper Y is given to her
husband, and after his OK h is to be left in
trust for the enett OF Eleanor Livingston
Phelps, wife OF Charles Harris Phelps. After
stating that the income from the property is
10 Re free from the control of any husband
Mrs Phelps may have. the will says: But.
nevertheless, to be subject to the conditions
l hereby for most special reasons impose.
namely, that during the lifetime of her pres
ent husband, Charles Harris Phelps, she
snail either reside or travel in Europe or the
United states of America unless she shall be
divorced from him vinCulo matrlmonii and
remain so divorced from him, A mere state
she has resided or Travelled in Europe or the
United states during the three months pre-
cedlng such quarterly payment shall he sufi-
Gent authority for transmitting or paying
over or in any manner applying to her use
such rents, issues, profits and incomes for
such quarter" If Mrs. Phelps does not com
ply with the terms of the Will the income of
the estate is to go to the testatrix's brother.
William II. Field, during the time of the non
compliance; to his widow or children If he be
dead, or il he leaves neither it is to go to the
Children Legal Aid Society. -a-. -..-
The tourists who were rescued from the.
cave at Semriach the other day seem to have
accepted their Imprisonment with considera-
bic philosophy, says the New York Post.
The following are the principal points in the
story told by one Of them after his release:
when we found that the entrance was
closed, we tried to find a convenient spot to
take up our quarters. as we at once under
stood that we should have to wait. Time
went by. and by the second day the atmoS-
phere got little close. yet we were not afraid.
We had with US provisions and lights for
three days, and we felt that we should
be rescued. In the first night. from Sunday
TO Monday, we all slept well. We huddIed
together so that we might all use the only
shawl we had with US. The atmos phere was
damp and we lay uncOmfOrtably on poin ed
stones, but we were tired and so managed to
sleep. The only watch we had went well so
that we could observe the flight OF time. We
spent Monday quietly, keeping a constant
watch On the water level On tuesday we were
thoroughly depressed by hunger. but as one
OF us went every now and then to look at the
torrent the box containing the provisions and
lights, which our friends had sent down the
Stream, fell into our hands. The ar ival OF
the box Cheered US up. as IL proof that
efforts were being made to save us. The pro
visions were distributed in small quantities,
so as to lie made to last week in case OF
need. They were carefully divided into equal
portions; and we were also economical with
the candies We never abandoned hope.
When we heard the first explosion on Satur
DAY, we all or US Sprang up eXcla ming. We
are saved we are sayed!' At the end our
provisions were well-nlgh exhausted. On
saturday, Sunday. and to-day we only had a
thin slice of cheese about a finger long. We
should have had nothing to eat to morrow
rock"
Two Of the oldest and oldest forms Of popu-
lar barometers, says a writer in the London
Spectator, are the leech in the bottle and a
frog on a ladder, Mr.. Richard Inwards has
seen an old Spanish drawing OF nine positions
OF the lcech, with verses des riding its atti-
tude and behavior before different kinds Of
weather. DIR. Merryweather 0 Whitby. con
trlved an apparatus by which one out Of
twelve leeches confined in bottles rang
bell when a tempest" was expected. When
leeches were kept in every chemists shop
and often in private houses their behavior
was the subject OF constant observations and
1t was generally noticed that in still weather
dry or wet. they remained at the bottom but
rose, often as much as twenty four hours in
advance, before a change; and. in case OF a
face descending when 1t was past. The frog
barometer. used in Germany and Switzerland
is very simple apparatus, consisting of a
jar OF water. frog and little wooden STEP
ladder. If the frog comes out and sits on the
steps, rain is expected. The weather. glass !
dearest to the oldfashoned cottage in the
last generation was the old man and old wo-
man. who came out OF their rough cast cot
tage IN foul or fair weather respec lively This |
was almost the earliest OF semiscientihe TOYS |
and depended on the contra sting of piece of
catgut fastened to a lever. The belief that
bees will not fly before shower is probably
true and is the rational origin Of the banging 4
OF trays and iron pots with door key when 1
bees are going to swarm. The insects are
supposed to take this for thunder and to set !
tie close at hand instead of swarning at a /
distance. Squirting water on them with |
garden syringe often makes them settle at |
once. But no such ingenious process Of ra- !
tionalizing can be found for the belief that If
the insect inside cuckoo spit lies head up- |
ward, the sumner will be dry, though the in |
creased worrying of horses by flies before
rain. and the rise Of the gossamer Lefore rne
weather are aDundantly confirmed by otser-
walton.
A great many people are familiar with
methods of raising successful crops on farms |
that are under cultivation, but few possess |
knowledge of profitable investments in crops |
raised under water. Nat Wetzel OF Kansas |
City, is an authority on the latter He is in |
terested in several extensive frog farms in |
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