The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The state OF Maine has been baIloting
for a floral emblem. and votes have been
cast for the pine cone. the apple blossom,
the violet, the pansy. the rose and the Co
stands second in popularity. But the pine
cone, which can hardly be considered
flower. is far in advance of all rivals. and
will probably be selected
But what would We think Of a machine,
writes Nelson W. Perry in Electricity.
which took 100 horsepower 10 run il and
OF useful work. Yet that is the kind OF
machine that the incandescent electric
lamp is, and the gas flame Is still worse,
for when We eXpend upon II 100 horse
power in the form OF light. Our present
method OF production OF light Is therefore
the transformation OF energy made use
Of by man-and all because We cannot
strike the single note we want without
striking all the notes OF the OctaVes below
il at the same time. We know exactly
where the key is, and we know full well
that IL We could but reach 1t and strike
II alone we could produce a cold white
light and produce over 800 lights at the
same cost that now gives US -Out one. But
how TO reach the proper key is the prob
lem which man has to solve. The freely
has solved it, but not man.
Some new textile fabrics are now being
produced. the novel feature of which con-
sists in weaving or INTERVENING threads
OF aluminium, or alloys Of It, with the ma
terial used, in some cases employing that
metal alone for the purpose of making
the cloth, says the New York Sun. Gold
and silver threads have been employed
in the manufacture of fancy cloths, as is
well known, but only or principally for
the purpose of ornament and not as
means OF insuring greater strength and
dura bility. The present invention pro-
vides practically nOnOXidizable, ineXpen-
sive metal that can be utilized in Quanti-
ties in cheap cloth, and which can be
washed without fear of injury. 1t is
claimed that cloth made wholly or partly
of this material will be free from chemi-
cal action, as Few substances affect it.
An attractive luster is obtained. which
renders the fabric very ornamental. and
there is the additional advantage of the
metal being equally applicable to the finest
! fabrics and to the heaviest. The wire
| or treads can be drawn of any degree of
/ nneneSs, so that IL may be employed IN
/ combination with silk, linen and the like
| it may also be drawn round fiat or in
any other form convenient for weaving.
| A Vienna scoundrel named Shapiro has
| been working green goods swindle on
/ the greedy and credulous of that city
with great success. He has improved on
/ the American game very decidedly. His
/ scheme IS TO sell only genuine notes. OF
course, the buyers had no trouble in work.
| ing them Off and soon his wares came into
/ great demand, and he received orders by
/ the score. All meetings for the delivery of
| the goods were arranged to take place at
| solitary spots on the frontiers. When the
| orders were for small amounts Shapira
| allowed them TO go. a bats for more bust
| ness. but when the sale was large, the
/ transfer would no sooner be consummated
/ than policemen would appear and arrest
the parties, contiscating all the money
] INC SWlndlerS would be held, but the
/ swindled would be allowed to go, as hav-
! ing already suffered enough by losing their
money. The police who were confeder-
ates of the swindlers, would then return
/ the money to the office of the firm. Some
| OF the dupes caught on to the scheme, but
ynSy %Srf siI TO complain as they
! action. When rtmors of his crooked
work reached the ears of the authorities.
Shapiro abscOnded He was arrested re-
Gently in Rotterdam, end is held for trial.
All of the true fish. with very few ex-
! ceptons, are oviparious or egg-producing
! creatures. says the St Louis Republic.
| The eggs they lay are usually spherical
| in form, though in some cases they are
oval, semielliptical an even rod-shaped.
| The eggs deposited by the salmon, brook
| trout, shad and some few other species
! are separate and smooth on the surface
| like a shot or a liver pill, while those of
other species are Joined together by means
OF minute threads or tilaments These
! various methods of depositing eggs allow
some to cling to weeds or other objects.
some to float singly and others TO sink to
the bottom and find their way into cracks
ana creVlceS IN the rocks, mud etc. Some
very large species of fish lay very small
eggs, while smaller representa- tiyes OF
the same class may deposit a life germ
out OF all proportions to its own size
70 Illustrate, l viii say that the shark
the famed or infamous tiger of the sea -
rays an egg OF only about One-half the
bulk of a common hen egg, while those OF
the marine catfish are about the size of
rObln eggs. There is also a wide differ
ence in the number of eggs deposited
by the different species during the breed
ing season. For illustration. the brook
trout only deposits from 100 to / 500: The
salmon from 5000 to Is 600; the black bass
from 1900 to 20,000 the lake trout u 900 tc
1900; shad, 25,O00 to 125OO0; white fish
10000 to $1,000; mackerel, 100000 to 100000
the halibut averages 1000. ~; sturgeon. 7.
! goldfish tn
fishes build nests in which to deposit their
eggs and rear their young. This is true
of the black-nOsed dace, the lamprev
several varieties of the sunfsh the four.
spined stickleback, the antennaras the
perai, the black goby and several Other
species and varieties. In some cases the
male fish is provided with a natural pouch
which the female uses as a nest in which
to deposit her eggs To this latter class
pocampus), the pipe-fsh. the gIomata. ant
others of similar habits and construc.
ton.
Week after week, says writer in the
St. Louis Republic. l read the Wellmar
and Peary articles with a hope of find.
ing something new concerning the curl.
Gus effects of cold on the human species
but so far, with the exception of a few
casual aAusions, have been disappointed
We have CLEANED enough from the OBJ.
SerVations of early polar explorers, how.
ever, to warrant the assertion that an ex
cessively low temperature paralyzes the
will power, causes unSteadinesS of gait
! stammering talk, etc, but, with the eX
| ception of what data was gathered by