The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-28
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describes how the soldier parted with his
limb when II came in contact with the
above ball" The said cannon shot
crowns the shaft.
The gulllOtine consists OF two upright
posts surmounted by a cross beam and
groOved for the purpose Of guiding an
heavily weighted to make il fall swiftly
and with force when the cord by which IL
is held alOft is let go.
The first two steamers which left Eng
land for New York were the Sirius and
the Great Western. The former, starting
from London on April 4, 1888, arrived at
New York on the 22d Of the same month,
while the latter, which left Bristol three
days later, reached it on the sd.
Small incandescent lamps, using Sec
ondary batteries weighing about half a
pound, are used for night service in the
German army. It has been suggested that
they be used with balloons for signaling
and the bicycle corps use them in recon-
noitering. The small accumulators have
also been supplied to powder magazines
and artillery depots.
If reports are to be believed, there is
valid excuse for the young unmarried men
OF Salma, Ala, to remain single for the
rest of their natural lives. 1t seems that
the new woman had assumed such i'm
periOus control in that town that the city
council has passed an ordinance making
1t msdemeanor for married men to ap-
pear upon the streets after o'clock p.
m, unless provided with written permit
from their wives. At this rate, 1t may
soon become necessary for the establish
ment of a Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Husbands.
"A big boom in wine-making Is planned
in some parts of California for the COM
ing season, says the New ork Sun. In
the northern Sonoma district last year
many tons of fine grapes rotted on the
vines, the supply being greatly in excess
of the capacity of the wineries. All the
leading wine-malers OF the district are
now increasing the capacity of their Gel
lars, the total increase being about 7OO.-
600 gallons, and many wineries not Oper-
ated last season are being put in shape
for a heavy seasons run this year. over
400 carloads of wine have been shipped
out of the district in the past few months
to make room for the new vintage. Grapes
are selling there for from SO to SIS a ton.
-Matrimony has received a deadly blow
at the Soldiers Home, at Quincy, ILL.,,
all owing TO an order just issued by Su-
perintendent Kirkwood, who. announces
that any inmate of the home who takes
a wife will be dishonorably discharged
forthwith. While there have been no
wholesale matrimonial ventures on the
part of the soldiers, the new law makes
veterans and their families a charge upon
the counties upon the order of any Grand
Army post, and Supt. Kirkwood takes
this summary step in order to minimize
The order has created much unfavorable
comment among the veterans at the home,
and many of the inmates who have
never considered marrying again are dis
posed to squirm under a rule that makes
1t impossible, should they desire to.
According to Prof. Baird there is now
IN the imperial aquarium of St. Peters
burg a pike that first saw the light at
the close of the fifteenth century, says the
New York Sun. He still appears to be
quite young fellow, Notwithstanding his
centuries and his long captivity. The
professor says that there is nothing very
extraordinary in this case, and he men
lions several other fishes in the same
aquarium that are more than $50 years
- ht,f hot 49,. ~ IL
is still greater? Nobody can fix the date
of their nativity, and the chances of
their longevity, considering their regular
habits, are certainly as good as those of
the pike. What u moral there is here
for temperance lecturers! Eels and pike
never drink whisky and never chew to-
bacco. There is nothing like cold water
for making fellow live long.
1t is said to be common practice for
the boys in watch and jewelry factories
to kill the rats which infest the buildings
and burn the bodies to obtain the gold.
Many oiled rags are used in Furnishing
watch cases, and in time they become
impregnated with gold. The rats eager
ly devOur these rags, and a few months
of this kind of diet fills the interior me-
chanism of the rat with a gold plating.
Twice a year the boys have a grand Gre
nation. The rats are caught by the hun
dred and burned in a crucible. The in
tense heat drives off all animal substances
and leaves tina gold in the shape of but
ton. The amount of the precious metal
obtained in this way is not large, but il
gives the ingenious youngsters consider
young Napoleons of Finance buy up in
advance the shares of their fellow-Work-
ers in the rat colony.
"A few weeks ago. says the New York
Tribune, eight Seventh Day Adventists
of Rhea county, Tenn. were convicted
of working on the Sabbath day and fined.
Though abundantly able to pay their fines,
they refused to do so on principle, and
how fhnnnfcro hna q,
work them out with other convicts on
the county roads. The leader of the band
is Z. R. Gillett, a venerable man of 20,
and native of Batavia, N. Y, where he
volunteered as a union soldier in the civil
war, serving three years. They are al
lowed to rest on Saturday, or the seventh
day, which they observe scrupulously
from sunset of Friday to sunset Satur-
day. sympathy is strongly enlisted in
their behalf as against further perDEcu-
ton. Little hope is entertained of exec
utive clemency because of this sects OBJ
stinacy in carrying on their usual voca-
lions on Sunday. magnificent acad-
envy which they have built in Gaysville
was broken up in March last by prosecu-
ton of its teachers.
in it's account of the dry-docking of
the Defender in Erie Basin on Thursday
last, the New York Evening Sun says:
The Defenders interior fittings, which
have thus far remained a matter of mys-
terry, can now be described. From stern to
stem the inside of her hull-that is to say,
that part of 1t which is utilized by those
aboard-iS finished in white zinc paint. To
the touch it feels as smooth as the surface
of a rosewood piano, and in the sunlight
IL glistenS like the sides of the yacht S
aluminium hull. The crew sleeps on the
port side forward. Their berths begin Just
aft of the point where the bowsprit is
fitted to the deck and run back to about
the center of the boat. The beds consist
of light iron frames, which are let down
from the deck by even lighter chains. The
berths are constructed in tiers, which are
three deep, arranged one above the other.
Opposite to these on the starboard side of
the yacht are the quarters of Capt. Half,
Assistant Captain Terry and the mates.
Then comes the galley. This is about If
teen feet in length. running back to the
companion way, and extends across the
entire width of the boat. 1t is fitted out
with the usual gas stove, cupboards and
other necessities to the serving of a good
sea meal. After this and extending from
the companion way almost back to a point
directly underneath the wheel, is the cabin
of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver c.. Iselin Like
the galley, it is nearly fifteen feet deep
and extends across the entire width of the
door In T1rf