The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-11
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bound for Alaska to engage in novel enter
prise They will raise black foxes and other
fur- bearing animals, and at the same time
keep an eye out for opportunities to locate
good mineral claims They win begin by
trapping what black foxes are necessary to
start the ranch The skins Of the black or
silver gray fox are worth from 500 to $500
each. The consequence is that all the foxes
hitherto taken. except for geological gar
dens, have been killed and their pelts mar
keted.
AS Mr.. Tsunejiro Miyaola, secretary of his
imperial Japanese maiesty's legation, lit
cigarette in the Arlington lobby. a Washing
ton Post man was moved to ask him il Gig
arctic smoking was an acquired accomplish
ment. or If he had known II as a home insti-
tuition. The courtly young diplomat from the
realms Of the Mikado smiled pleasantly and
responded that cigarettes were an ancient
institution in the land OF his nativity. And
by the way he said. we manufacture an eX-
cellent quality IN my country The tobacco
from which they are made is more after the
Turkish variety Everybody smokes them in
Japan, for their cheapness puts them in the
reach OF the poorest. 500 costing only 40 cents
as reckoned in money OF the United States.
Cigarmaking, on the other hand, might be
termed an infant industry with US. lndlvid-
uals manufacture them in small quantities,
but not enough for commercial purposes
At recent meeting of the British Ornitho-
logical Society at london the two recently
discovered eggs of the great aux were exhib-
by Mr. Rothschild, known as the Leipstg egg,
from the fact that it was formerly owned by
tailor OF that town. The two newly discov-
cred eggs are said to be very fine specimens,
one OF them presenting beautiful markings and
the other being remarkable for the absence
OF the ordinary marks. The eggs are for
sale, and no little interest is felt among col
lectors as to who shall get them. At the
same meeting were exhibited four live speci-
mems of the curious, hightless bird of New
Zealand, the apteryx. They belong to Mr..
RnfhErhllA vi n IA ri two of ha frAc
on his place at Tring. 1t is feared that this
bird, which belong to very ancient form.
will soon be extinct, and Mr.. Rothschild is
engaged in making some Investigations as to
its genus and its habits while yet there is
time.
To look at a railway locomotive, one would
scarcely think thatby any possibility it could
be put together in less than one day " re-
marked Thomas G. bick, OF Montreal, at the
LinGel, to the St Louis Globe Democrat
yet that astonishing feat was accomplished
not long ago IN England, the work occupying
less than ten hours from the driving of the
first Mvet to the application OF the final coat
or varnlsh. The start was made at O'Clock
IN the morning, and eleven minutes afterward
the first rivet was was put into the frames
The cylinders were set and liked in one hour
and seventeen minutes. Four hours and sew
enteen minutes from the start the boiler was
in place, and an hour and twenty minutes later
the engine was wheeled. The wheels were
supplied Just as they left the shops and the
axle boxes connecting rod and coupling rod
brasSeS fitted by the ereCtors. Eight hours
and twenty-five minutes from the start the
valve setting was completed and the paint
ing of the engine was begun fifteen minutes
later. In nine hours and forty seven minutes
from the start the engine and tender were
completed in every detail. One hundred and
thlrty-SeYen men were engaged in the work
The locomotive was put INTO regular service
on the day 1t was completed, and has been
running continuously ever since
zone Of the most daring tricks ever came
across" said H. F. Farrell New York at
torney, who was at the Southern. to the St
Louis GloDe-DemOcrat, was in the case of a
man who deliberately impersonated law
yers clerk and persuaded a very sick man to
sign will without reading it, and which dis
posed Of his property in diTest opposition to
his wishes. It was case of a family dispute
and the old gentleman, who was quite
wealthy. had decided TO disinherit his eldest
son ald leave the property to a Younger one
Being warned by his doctor that he had only
a day or two more TO live, he sent instructions
to his attorney to draft his will and send it
down promptly for signature. While
the lawyer was preparing the docu-
ment representative OF the eldest son
arrived with paper which he said was the
will prepared by the sick mans attorney.
Tie will was signed without hesitation and
duly Witnessed and when two hours later the
lawyer clerk arrived with the genuine will
he was not allowed to enter the house being
warned of the premises by the housekeeTer.
On his return to the office his employer saw
at once that a fraud had been committed and
he fastened to the house to have it set right.
In the meantime, however, the sick man had
become unconscious, and he died without
being able to execute VIII after his own
wishes. The bogus Will was upset. but the
fraud could never be sufficiently proved to
convict the man suspected of connecting it,
and he inherited quite large sum of the
money as next of kim
Many points of interest are brought out in
des cription in a technical journal of the way
in which arsenic is obtained from one of the
most famous mines in England, the Devon
Great ConsOls saws the Montreal Star. The
mine was orr gina ly worked for copper alone
and would have been abandoned but for The
| discovery that the waste thrown out as worth
less when copper was sought proved rich in
arsenic. Although copper is still raised. it Is
| in small quantities, ana the nine has been re-
solved into an arsenic works. The arsenical
| pyrites consist Of p to 30 per cent. of iron
12l9 to II per cent. of arsenic, and the rest of
earthly matter. After being crushed this is
| sorted by girls of from IL to Is years of age
! 1t is then washed and jiggedn or sifted and
] passed on to the first caleiner, where it is
| burned with low class coal and produces AR.
| senlc root'-that is, arsenic so mixed with
| smoke SCOT from the coal as to be a gray color
| The arsenic and SCOT. deposited in combina.
| ton in the chimney or condenser, are scraped
| out and taken to the second calciner for puri-
| ticatiOn. The calciners consist of revolving
IRON drums, through which fire of anthra-
cite coal Is carried on rotating iron furnaces
| kept red hot. AS the arSenical SCOT is sub
! jected to the influence of this heat the arsenic
| is suDlimed and condensed. This operation
| has to be carefully watched and if the work
J men burn the arsenic badly they have to nav
! for it. Three men in four weeks viii make 100
! tons Of arsenic. The chimney in which the
| arsenic is condensed is mile long 1t is car
! ried to an incline up a hill with iron doors in
| the side. As the hot blast passes upwards II
| deposits crust of arsenic CRYSTALS on the
! brickwork all around to a depth of from two
| to three inches, and minute dust of CRYSTALS
| fall to the tiOoc. The smoke has then to pass
| into an upright chimney l26 feet high nut
| Just before doing so it has to traverse a
shower of water, which catches what remains
of the arsenic, nothing but sulphurous acid
being allowed to escape. The arsenic is liable
to produce sores If permitted to lodge in
wrinkles and folds OF the flesh or about the
mouth and nostrtls AS a rule however
this only happens when there is care.
lessness as 10 personal cleanliness. and
the arsenic workers simply have to wash
themselves thoroughly every day on returning
from work. Otherwise the work is considered
healthy. 1t prevents all eczema, and the fumes
of sulphuric acid as well as the arsenicaI
dust, are.fatal to germs of tine disease Most
women remain at the works for a number Of
years without suffering. but occasionally the
| symptoms OF arsenical poisoning. loss Of an
petite, nausea, frontal headache and anRmfa
declare themselves. When this takes place
the work has to be given up entirely The
greatest danger to which the workmen are
exposed are met when it is necessary for anv
purpose TO enter the upright shaft The effect
on the eyes is most painful, and a further
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