The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Discoveries Cf>valuable onyx, which
I promise TO develop into very large mines
i nave been made near Healdeburg, Cal The
I stone is beautifully marked, and a blast
. OF the face OF the ledge has exposed It in
+ great quantities.
"A replica of Michael Angeles colossal
Z statue Of David was ordered recently for
the entrance hall of the public museum
/ a Preston, in Lancashire, England. When
I u arrived il was found 10 be a nude. and
4 the town council ordered il TO be put in a
/ lumber room.
An organ has been placed in St
] Marearets church, Somersby, England
/ which bears the inscription: ITO the
/ glory Of God and in memory of Alfred
/ --5lu ieHly son poet laureate, thls organ
/ was given by SUBSCRIPTION in st. Mar
/ sarets. SOmersby the church of his
/ birthplace and Of his baptism, Septem-
/ Der. 1885"
/ Microbes have their uses after all.
] Prof kiJanizin OF Kiev has been ex-
Z perlmentmg on small animals keeping
/ them ~ sierillzed air and feeding them
on sterilized food, with the result that
many died in a few minutes and all
I within "a few hours or days. They he
/ came rapidly emaciatcd. and secreted
/ bOuic acid.
John D. Rockefeller has presented 100
I barrels of apples to various charity insti-
/ tuuons in New York city. The apples all
/ come from his orchard in TarrytOwn. He
I has also presented some of his property
/ near Sleepy Hollow to the people Of the
/ Second school district of the town of Mt.
/ Pleasant for the purpose of building a new
/ school house.
1t is reported that Monterey Bay. Cal.
mas for several weeks been fairly swarm
ing with all kinds of fish. The surface of
| the water is constantly stirred and churn-
| ed by the schools of fish. Sardincs are so
1 numerous that they may be caught by
/ bucketfuls along the wharves and beach.
/ King mackerel weighing from POO TO $50
pounds are said TO have been caught in
/ the bay.
Among the questions which seven
! year-old Montclair. n. J., boy was requir-
| ed to struggle with in an examination was
! TINS; OF what is the human body COM
1 posed2' As il was a written explanation,
/ he had some time TO get his thoughts to-
( Eether, and the following answer was the
! result: The human body is composed of
I two-thirds water and the other three
4 quarters meat and vegetables"
Previous to the breaking out Of the
| steamers a month to the ports of the ever
/ faithful isle. Since the trouble began six
/ or seven of these steamers have been tax
en- of and sent elsewhere or laid up, with
! the result that the trade Of the port has
| suffered loss Of more than $l0JJ,0G0 4
| month. It would take a long time to get
/ this trade back again even if the war
/ should stop within a short time, and the
! longer the fight is kept up the more the
! trade between the island and this country
! VIII suffer.
Y Tho Russian police officials have hith-
/ erto set their faces dead against the lady
/ bicyclists; indeed. no women dared ride
: bicycle in public, for it was against the
/ law. The example of Paris and London
/ mas, however, made an impression upon
/ the official minds of the police. and re-
/ Gently lady was granted permission to
/ ride through the streets of ST. Peters
| burg. The police now intend to grant
/ similar licenses 20 ride TO other ladies',
/ but none may appear in the streets with
/ out the police permit. II is not stated
/ whether this order includes the use of
( ING rational costume at the option Of the
I rider. hut it is most probable that an cN-
/ ira grand warrant, signed by the car,
/ would have to he secured before a lady
/ dared appear without her skirt.
/ .--Corks are thrown away in great guam
/ Titles. ana very few people think that there
] ls any value attached to that material
/ after il has served its purpose once ass
I stopper of q bottle. Nevertheless it has
/ become one Of the most valuable compo-
| nents Of a city's refuse. Great quantities
i OF used cCrks are now used again i'm the
/ manufacture Ct Insulating covers Of steam
! pipes and boilers. of ice boxes and ice
! houses and other points to be protected
! from the influence OF heat. Powdered cork
| is very useful for filing in horse collars.
! ana the very latest application of this ma
] tcrial is the filling in Of pneumatic tires
! with cork shavings. Mats for bath rooms
| are made Of cork exclusively, ann il also
| goes into the composition Of linoleum.
/ cheap ite prcseTVers are now filled eX-
! ciusiyely with bottle shoppers cut into lit
The western mining people are watch
/ ing the London speculation in African and
! Australian mines with jealous eyes. A
/ firm In Denver has begun advertising in
! London as follows: Gold mining shares.
/ The gold fields Of Cripple Greek in the
! state Of Colorado. U. S. A. The develop
/ ment Of this extensive gold district is
/ Just completing its third year and is
| therefore IN IT'S infancy the production
/ Is about SlO@CD month and is rapidly
/ increasing. Many of these gold mines
4 are already paying handsome monthly
| dividends 10 stockholders and others give
/ q I'm
! ture. these stocks are to-day the mo st
! promising sold mining Investments in
! the world. The undersigned publish a
! weekly market report, and a pamphlet,
! giving general information on this sub
/ Ject. These publications viii be sent
/ The way some people talk one would
/ imagine that finality in bicycle construc-
/ ton was right at hand, saws the Chicago
! tribune. Nothing of the sort. Although
/ the main lines of the machines to be I'M
/ covered at the forthcoming bicycle show
/ may not present many striking aftera-
/ tiOnS to those who 30 there to observe
! what Is novel and what is fashionable
1 nevertheless the 1896 bicycles will contain
/ as many distinct improvements over the
/ patterns now in use as these DO over
/ those which they supersede. The closest
/ attention is being paid to the construction
/ OF the crank-hanger, bearing parts the
/ joints of the frame and the adjustment
OF saddles and handle bars. 1t is every
progressive manufacturers purpose to
/ reduce the friction incident to the present
!
] to make the machine as rigid and as
/ strong as possible. at the same time keep
/ ing down its weight. Many novelties are
/ likely to be seen at the show. The diane
/ ter of the wheels will remain the same
! but each viii contain more spokes Bar
I rel hubs will be all the go. good deal
| OF attention is being paid just now to the
/ CONSTRUCTION of hubs, and many new de-
/ signs viii be exhibited at show time Not
! al bicycle makers used large tubing last
/ year. Every one will do so in 1896 me
lublhS IN the top and lower rails and
/ seatpost tube Will be one and one-eiehth
/ inches in diameter. The head tubing will
/ be one and one-quarter inches in diane
/ ter. Saddles received unusual attention
at the hands of the makers this season
and next season will be given more at
! tention. There is an inclination to return
TO the use of handle bars possessing
wider radius than is now fashionab1e
There is also a light inclination to shorten
up the wheel base in order to make the
machine rigid. Tandems will be popular
next year, and the varieties viii he
numerous Not more than 800 tandems
We're constructed and sold in America this
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