The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

per cent. Of the total area Of France is in
forests, total Of 32.42 square miles OF
which the state manages about one-third-
Z The forest holdings Of the cOmmunes and
{ Of public Institutions are much larger
Holt Soft, an Indian of the Umatilla
+ Reservation. Oregon. had his hair cut OF
by the indian court recently for drunken
ness lie bore the same affection eighteen
months ago, but since then u has been
Z DECIDED that Indians to whom lands were
Z allotted in seNeralty were American clti-
zens. Holt Sort comes under this mead, and
so he brought suit against the Indian Off
f Ger VINO cut his hair or Tor s2y damages;
He won his case, but the defendant viii
appeal TO the higher courts
u. Raoul Pictet has been experimenting
with cotton. wool and other bad conduct
\ ofs al very low temperatures 20 test their
power 70 prevent radiation. Copper cyi-
I .aders were cooled down to 10 degrees
below zero cenLgrade and packed in lay
ers OF cotton wool OF various thickness.
The climbers rose to ~ degrees below zero
very quickly, whether naked or packed IN
Z duciOr of heat. Above 50 degrees, how
( ever. the influence Of the packing made
7 Itself felt. the rate of warning Varying
\ with the thiskness OF the layer
] In La Nature II. de Nansouty gives an
T account OF some interesting experiments
by NJ. koechlln on the E.fel tower with
T N-ew OF measuring the force of tne
] wind by the use of metal block whose re
sistance had been previously tested in the
4 laboratory by means of compressed air.
} during the storm OF Nov. J. last the We
J iocity thermometers registered 100 miles M
the hour and according 70 the formula
I used for COW ersIon of velocity into pres
I sure of 90 Kilograms ought to have bee.
/ overturned. but only those inc eating q
/ pressure of 100 kilograms were displaced
For more than a month Vincennes, Ind,
I has been wild over the rattle craze Nv
I erything OF value has been put up and
/ chances sold unit almost the entire town
! has been involved. Sets Of furniture. china
I dishes, horses, sleighs, books. bottles OF
/ whisky. cloaks, overcoats. hats, etc, were
/ risked. Last week two dentists ratified
I OF $40 worth OF work each for the benefit
/ OF tine charitable organizations Of the
| churches. The ministers of The city have
/ prepared an address to the public for pub
iicaton calling attention 10 the wholesale
/ violation of law. No effort is being made
| by the officers TO stop the craze
a new automatic loom has appeared in
| the Draper mills in Hopedaie tMeD, that
| is attracting the attention OF all the cot
/ ton manufacturers in New England. IL is
/ automatic in It's action with several at
/ tachments that so handle the filling and
| 50 regulate the general work of the loom
| that one employe can run sixteen Of them
/ as easily he now runs six or eight of
! the looms in present use. 1t Is said that
these looms can be started at morning
I ana not shut down until night; that they
/ can be left alone at work during the noon
I hour, and that they practical y take care
( ia case the thread breaks or any other
/ thing interferes. They are TO he givn q
thGrough-golng, practical trial In new
| mill which VIII be fitted with them.
a French technical paper, the Journal
de iHoriogerie declares that "a new am
/ algam has been discovered which Is
/ wonderful substitute for gold. II consists
/ of ninety-four parts copper TO SIX of anti
/ mony. The copper is melted and the anti
/ monN is then added. once the two metals
I are sufficiently fused together, a little
/ magnetism and carbonate of lime are
I added to increase the density of TIE ma
I teTial. The product can be d avn, Wro -ght
I and soldered. just like gold. which IS al
most exactly resembles on being polished.
| Even when exposed 10 the action of am
monical salts OF nitrous Vapors, II pre-
/ serves its color. The cost OF making II is
about a shilling pound OF aVoirdupois.
According to observation by scientists
there are many creatures Whch I'VE WITH
out sleep, says the Brooklyn eagle. rms
IS the cause with some members OF the
insect tribe. such the mayHy, which
only live for a limited number OF hours
and spend their short term of a single
days existence in flying over the surface
oil some stream, never pausing TO rest or
sleep, with some fishes, and also, with
the animalculae. These last. which in
/ crease in division and subdivision, so rap
/ idly to make their numbers almost
/ past BELIEF, are IN ceaseless mOuon, never
! resting ana sleep IN thelr case Would
seem to be entirely out OF the question.
Fishes are not generally supposed TO en-
JOY sleep, although many species do peri
odically rest for about a couple Of hours
at a. time. Experiments have shown that
the salmon, pike, goldfish and angler hsb
do not sleep at all. Fishes have no eye
/ lids like the higher mammalia, and their
/ brain is very small in proportion to their
! size. Animals WnicN nave TO real DftalH
/ cannot be said to enjoy true sleep, the
chief feature of which is the cessation of
automatic activity of the brain. On the
other hand, there are some animals which
! obtain an excessive amount of sleep, SUCH
| as snails which have been known to
sleep for four years at time.
The latest thing in table glassware
comes from PARIS, where ali the elegan-
cies of dinner service are most &rtis-
tIcany developed. 1t is brandy glass,
used only for the finest liquor, and its
I ~ h.al
| more than quart. If any man filled it
with fine French brandy and drank the
| contents the result would be disastrous.
But it is not intended when tins glass is
served along with a bottle Of brandy
that any one shall flil 1t up. Upon the
contrary, the proper thing is TO put in the
glass a very small quantity, no more
than is ordinarily served in pony
or ''thimbe," says the New York World
Nor is the glass then filled with soda
or other liquid. The object OF the glass
whose measurement is a liter, is TO place
it within the power of the diner to com
pletely enjoy the aroma or bouquet Of
the liquor. The odor of the fine brandy
after a hearty q nner is almost as de-
Hcious as It's flavor to those who are
/ experienced dimes and know how TO
take things in moderation. With the
new French brandy glass, which is being
used at the Hotel Martin in this city,
and in all of the best restaurants n
Paris, the brandy can be made to throw
off its fullest aroma, as nearly every par
ticle of the liquid is exposed to the u +.
You take a tablespoonful of brandy in
this glass, and, whirlins il gently in your
hand the liquor is spread in A ain layer
all around the sides. Then il slowly drips
down in oily. delicious globules to lie
bottom. The new glass is shaped eN-
actIy like a round table goblet. TIE
bowls is of thinnest blown glass, and the
stem is cut. The whole is simple, with
out any ornamentation, and the finest
crystal is used in its manufacture. It
adds one more TO the glasses which may
be put upon table but no one would
heretofore used for brandy have been
among the smallest of the small When
fine brandy is shaken up in the new glass
II takes on q brilliant golden tint. The
glasses, from Their size and delicaey, are
said TO be quite expensive. Tho ordinary
pony used for brandy can also he an
nronriately used in connection with the
new glass for meas uring the liquor, as
otherwise one would be likely to pour in