The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Adam Peak. or Mount Samantha. rugged
mountain in the island of Ceylon. is known
known throughout the Orient as the Noun
tain of the Sacred Footprint" In nat,
rocky basin at the foot OF this mountain, IN
, stone as hard as blue granite, there Is the
perfect imprint OF gigantic human foot, 55s
feet long by 2Is feet wide. The Ceylonese
Brahmaus have a legend to the ef1ect that the
imprint was made by Adam, or first parent,
but the BuddhlSts declare that 1t could have
been made by no one but Buddha.
The total weight of the ironwork in the
EifeI Tower is 7767 tons, ana the foundations
Of each of its four Independent legs are sunk
TO depth OF fifty feet. 1t is constructed of
iron throughout most people think it is of
steel. the pieces Of that metal used in its
construction being $4,000. The exact hight
OF the great iron skeleton is 9s4 feet usually
given as even 1000 and it is to be the prop
erty Of the builder for twenty years begin
ming with 1889 after which time the sole
ownership reverts to the city of Paris
You have often wondered, and have even
gone so far, perhaps, as to ask your scientific
ally inclined friend why candy or taffy made
from brown sugar, or even molaSSes, becomes
white by pulling and working SAYS the St.
Louis Republic. The question is not a hard
one to ind an answer for provided you look
In the right place, but it is 10 chances to /
that you have never seen solution OF the
enigma IN print First. the exposure to the
air and the friction evaporates the strip,
which contains most Of the coloring matter
and facilitates the oxidation of the
always white. Sugar contains eleven
atoms of oxygen to twelve of carbon
and eleven of hydrogen. The strip drained
from this same sugar IN the refining process
not only contains more or less of colorlng
matter, but has a smaller proportion of
oxygen TO the amount Of carbon. Still an
other reason why tahy is whitened by the
pulling process is because it is in effect sim
liar to crushing. Pure, clear rock candy,
when crushed, has its powers of absorbing
light destroyed or greatly impaired the
pulverized portions rejecting all the ele-
mentary colors in each ray, which, of course,
results in the eye receiving the impression of
white light.
The beautiful coloring of certain varieties
of glass now produced in Germany and which
is said to far excel some of the most noted
french specimens. is an art practlced by the
! gtaSSblower at the furnace by means of an
! apparatus consisting of a sheet iron cylinder
| twenty inches long and eight inches diameter
| standing vertically and having similar cyl1n-
| der riveted across the top. Kuhlow's Ger
| man Trade Review says that in the lower
/ cylinder is an opening into which an iron
/ ladle can pass and the horizontal cylinder is
! provided with doors at either end. the one
nearest the operator being so arranged that
| the olowp1pes can be supported when the
/ door is closed in a horizontal split run
ming to its middle, the object to be
treated being held inside. While the
! glaSSbloWer is relocating his work for the last
| attendant
| long handled iron ladle, which has been
| heated red not shakes into it about spoon
| Tul OF specially prepared chemical mixture,
and places the bowl of the ladle quickly in
the opening provided for it in the vertical
| cylinder. The mixture Immediately gives off
| vapor, which rises TO the horizontal cylin-
| ders where, meanwhile, the blower has
| placed MS work supported by the blOWplpe
| and heated to an even red, turning il rapidly
IN the vapor. In a short time the object is
! covered with changeable lustre, is removed
| from the pipe and tempered like other ware
| in an ordinary oven. then cut, engraved,
| painted or gilded as desired
I remember once an elephant was being
sold by auction in execution of decree, and
| for some reason or other 1t had not its proper
'mahout," or driver. on it's back, says
| writer in the Gentlemans Magazine. The
| sale was taking place On the large open
| ground or plain around the Courts, and
| small crowd had assembled to listen to the
| bidding. What with the noise and the abb
| sence Of its proper keeper, the animal began
| to show signs OF irritation, which of course,
! only increased the excitement and the noise
| among the people Suddenly it ran at one of
| the spectators, knocked him down, and was
! proceeding to tread the life out OF him, when
| one of its grass cutters, standing by struck
! 1t with a spear and drove it off. The driver
| on its back then got frightened, and watching
| his opportunity, as the elephant went
under tree, seized hold of a
| branch and swung himself up The ele.
plant tried once or twice to push the tree
|
| dered about in the thorough enjoyment of its
| liberty, at every turn of its lody sending the
| panlc-Strlcken but still curl US people now
| collected In large numbers. S ,ampering in all
| directions Soon IL came upon dog cart be-
| longing to one of the judges clerks who had
probably left his work to see the spectacle,
The horse had heen taken out, and the ele-
! plant, lifting the whole vehicle up in its
| trunk, with as much ease apparently as I
should lift up small terrier by the Scruff OF
| the neck. let 1t fall with a crash to the
| ground. BY this time everyone who had any
description OF a vehicle wlthin'the vicinity and
| could get away, began to drive away as fast
! as possible. The courts became demoralized.
all turning out to witness what would next
| take place. The grass cutter went to he an
| imal, which, though he suffered him to ap-
proach, would by no means allow him to get
! on his back, or to control him
in any way. The police sent around a
notice to the few European bungalows be-
/ ing near the time for the evening drive to
/ the effect that they should stay at home or
/ look out for he elephant. There was no need
/ to proclaim the danger to the native bazaar
/ though | believe 1t was done, as the hews
would spread far faster in its natural course
! The courts suspended work for the day not
4 only because it was near the time to do so
| but because it was impossible to stop oc-
! cas1onai Stampedes into them by frightened
crowds at every new movement of the ee-
! plant, and because every one was in too ex.
! cited state to do any business. At last an
! other elephant, which was kept at the police
! lines arrived on the scene. with chains
and numOer of men armed with spears to
! capture the truant, but Immediately it caught
/ sight OF Its would De captors. it turned tail
! and bolted, with its pursuers following, and
| was not secured until early the next morning
ABOUT thirty miles distant, by its proper