The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-04
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10 alleviate fatigue.
Continuous races are an odd sport
Of the Santa Clara Indians Of New Mexico,
SAYS the New York Sun. An equal num-
her of men on each side are stationed about
so feet apart; the two end men are start
ed and each succeeding man in the line
takes up the running as fast as the next
man comes up with him. Last Corpus
Christi day there was a continuous race
between the married and single men of
the tribe, and the married men won hand
sOmely.
Some interesting experiments have
been made on the visibility of the electric
light al sea by the governments of the
United States, Germany and the Neither
lands. The word visible in the report on
the tests means visible on a dark night
with a clear atmosphere. The result of the
experience of the German committee was
that white light of one candle power
was visible IA miles on a dark night. The
American tests resulted as follows: In
very clear weather a light of one candle
power was plainly visible at one nau-
teal mile: one of three candle power, at
two miles: one of ten candle power was
seen by the aid of a binocular at four
miles; one of Twenty-Five candle power
family at five miles, and one of thirty
three candle power plainly at five miles.
On an exceptionally clear night a white
light of 3-2 candle power was readily dis
tinguished at three miles; one of Sc candle
power, at four miles, and one 17.2 candle
power at flve miles. In the Dutch expert
ments the results were almost similar,
but a sixteen candle power light was plain
ly visible at five miles. For a green light
the power required was two for one mile,
fifteen for two miles. ffty-one for three
miles, and 106 for four miles. The results
OF tests with a red light were almost iden-
teal with those with green, but il was
conclusively proved that white light was
by far the most easily seen.
The old time residents of Western Tex
as and of Arizona have some vivid recol-
lecuons of the effort to make the burden
bearer of the Orient useful in the military
service of the southwest, and especially
or the laughable failure that it proved to
be- says the New York Mail and Express.
From May ), 1857, until early in 1861, some
thirty of the camels, that had become par
TALLY domesticated to American ways and
the climate Of the southwest, were kept
at the United States forts of FL Paso and
Bowie. They were fed and cared for at
| the expense of the military department,
but because the troopers and teamsters
in the service could not be urged TO use
the beasts instead of horses and mules,
| especially because of the clumsiness of
| the camefs harness and the unusual labor
IN packing and preparing ship of the
desert" for service, the animals were sell
dom used. In 1861 the herd had increased
| to forty-four head. Then the civil war
ment of those days in every army fort
! in the south all attention was turned from
| the camels to the great crisis in national
military affairs. The forts fell into dis
| use, and the beasts were allowed to wan
! der away at will. They Travelled in pairs,
| and sometimes in punches of four and
| tains: Some lived for years in the pam
| handle of Texas, and in a few years
made their way as far west as the Colo
RADIO river in Southern California. In
| some instances the camels multiplied, but
/ IN twenty years most of them died among
| the mountains or were killed by the In
] dams. At intervals in the last decade the
soldiers at the garrisOns in New Mexico
and Arizona have seen stray remnants or
descendants of the original herd running
ABOUT the alka1 plains and amid the
| sage-brush and cactus. Many a passen-
! ger on the Southern Pacific railroad trains
| has had sight of some gaunt, bony
| and decrepit old camel away off in the dis
/ lance from the railroad and Flooding mis-
way across the territories. All reports are
| that the animals have grown white with
| age, are as wild and intractable as any
mustang, and have hard, horny hoofs. I'M
| like the cushiony pedal extremities of the
well-kept camel, and that their hide has
| assumed hard, leathery appearance. A
number OF the members of the Interna-
| uonal Boundary Commission, that re-
| gently finished a survey of the boundary
| line between the United States and Mex
! leo, report that they saw two camels on
| their progress through Southern Ari-
IONA, and the animals, although seen
well only through a field glass, appeared
| 70 be IN their prime, and probably were
| the descendants of the original herd of
| camels. The Indians there said they had
| seen several similar animals in their
| country for years, and had Toasted on
| rev or them on tribal feast days.
-Demijohns are made bottle shaped and
nask shaped, says the New York Sun.
The bottle shaped demijohns come in
| seven sizes, ranging from one pint to five
| gallons The flask shaped are made only in
| the larger and smaller sizes, and pint
| quart and five gallons are virtually its
! standard sizes. A great many demiiohns
| both flask and bottle shaped, are used for
the distribution of pure water. spring and
Ster1uZed. In this country more large
| demijhons are used for water than for
wines and liquors, and the number SO used
| IS steadily increasing. Next in numbers
| 70 the large dem1Jo used for water are
| nose used for wines and liquors. Chem
! lists and druggists use many large deni-
| johns; grocers use them for vinegar and
| oils, and many are used for the djstribu-
| ton OF fruit extracts to bakers, confection-
| ers, and dealers in soda water The small
lest sized flask is used as a safety package,
| siVely for perfumery. When used for ner-
| fumery and cologne the small TASKS are
| covered with a finer class of reeds and will
| lows Within a year some liquors have
| been put on sale in pint and quart sized
| bottle shaped demijohns With the grow
ing use of demijohns for waters there has
| peen a growing demand for a covering
through which the water could be seen,
various demiJohns of this kind have been
made. In one the bottle is placed in a
| wooden crate with a hinged cover in an
| other the bottle is hooped with wood in a
| third IT is held in frame of reeds Grad
ually the shipping demijohn has been de-
| Veloped. Inc ordinary manner of pack
ing demijohns shipped in boxes was to
! pack tnern IN nay or straw. Demijohns are
HOW pdcheu III boxes specially designed for
| the purpose. The demijohn is prot ected bv
spring cushions of steel or rubber There
are both mask and bottle shaped shipping
| demiJohns, in various styles, and with a
variety of cushions and fastenings There
are thirty or more patents on shipping
| demllohns. The annual consumption Of
! demijohns in this country is estimated at
one million. Much the greater number of
| these are made in this country; the i'm
ported come from Germany The Amer
lcan demijohns are mostly covered with
MAJORITY fhncn hot
from Germany are covered with willow.
which Is cheaper there. Demijohns are
made IN this country in New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and few in Mary
| land. Demijohn cOverers work in places
| where the manufacture of glass is carried
on The materials used are prepared bv
machinery, but the actual work of covering
the bottles IS done by hand. Some glass
manufacturers have of late taken up the
making OF demi1ohns on their own ac
count at that season of the year When
the bottle manufacture Stacks off. In the
east demiJohns have largely taken the
place OF jugs. In the far west Jugs are
still used. but demijohns are gradusIIv