The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-21
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contributor to the revenues of the state
by a Rumanian brewer, NJ. MarinescO
Bragadir, " hose monster brewery at Blu
charest yields in various taxes and i'm
posts the enormous annual value TO the
Rumanian government of $4,000
An ingenious publican who keeps a
hostelry near Meath, England, is said TO
have hit upon plan TO draw custom
the other day. He addressed about nifty
post cards (bearing his siguature) to
dlmerent persons, requesting their at
tendance at his house on a certain even
ing. Nearly everyone of them turned up,
but the publican said that he knew MOTH
ing about il, and could only explain the
receipt Of the post cards by stating that
some one had played a practical juke
sold that night.
John G. Reuter- of this city saws the
Chicago Times-Herald, has invented a
pneumatic hub bicycle which he claims
VIII revolutionize cycle construction. The
invention consists in the insertion of a
small pneumatic tube in the hub of the
front and rear wheel, so protected as to
give the lateral rigidity of the ordinary
hub, and at the same time afford the
residence found in the regular pneumatic
tire. The object of the invention is to
do away with the question of punctured
tires, and the inventor claims to have
solved the problem. The rim tire of the
machine is designed with rubber center
and two hollow gauges, so as to be prac-
ucally non-puncturable, and yet give a
cushion effect which, together with that
AFFORDED in greater degree by the pneu-
matte tubing at the hub, it is asserted
by the inventor, will equal if not excel,
the residence of the best cushion tire.
The hub construction is OF small and
light proportion. The machine as con-
structed by the inventor. weighs 22l5
pounds. The huh tubing is in the form
of a life preserver. 1t is four inches in
diameter and constructed of 5-12 inch rub
Der. 1t revolves with the wheel and is
protected by a steel thimble from fric-
ton with the axle. 1t is inflated by
means of an ordinary ball joint valve
Even when the tube is debated. how
ever, the machine can be ridden without
injury, says the inventor, either to the
tube itself or to the metallic parts sur
rounding. The inventor has aimed to
make the parts simple in construction
and easily adjustable.
Lying within the fog belt on the west
side of the coast range, never farther than
twenty miles from the coast, the gigantic
redwoods breast the gales of the Pacific
as though in derision of their even more
gigantic brethren the Sequoia glgantea,
VINO choose the warm breezes and genial
sunshine of the western Sierra foothills
in the interior, says the Overland Monthly.
Three hundred feet in hight and eight to
seventeen feet in diameter, they present
an imposing mark not only for the tour
ist. but for the lumberman Like the griz-
ziy, the buffalo and the North American
Indian, the big trees are rapidly and
surely dying out before the march of
CIVILIZATION, and ii will not be many years
before such a grove as the one at Guerne-
vile will be all that is left to show the
world of what the soil of California is ca
pable. To-day the bulk of the remaining
docino and Humboldt where the annuai
rainfall is in keeping with the size of the
trees-between four and five feet. Since
1896 the commercial value of these trees
has been steadily growing. and in spite of
the protests of the lovers of nature the
demand has been met with a ready sup
ply. wood that will not rot, is hard to
burn, easy to work up, of a rich ma
hogany color, and not difficult to procure,
holds out too many inviting inducements
TO expect any mercy from the human
race. Redwoods have been found pros
trate in perfectly good condition for lum-
Der over and around which another red
wood had grown that is between 500 and 600
years old. In clearing the ground after
the lumber has been taken off the roots
have to, be cut and dug out. for
they will not burn on account of the
amount of water they absorb. Fires which
are almost an annual occurrence in the
spruce and pine forests stop on the Tor
ders of the redwood groves The obsorb-
ent nature of the lumber and the alb
sence of resin and pitch make it of the
highest value in building i'll case of fire. A
redwood 1re Will die out in a gale of
wind. Added to these virtues are the
facts that 1t will not warp is impervious
to the effects of fresh water, and sustains
a high polish. 1t is little wonder, then
that only state laws or personal philan-
thropy can preserve these giants from to-
tai extinction.
Let me speak in detail about the
lire referred to by our Lord and show
that 1t Will not be real fire and that It
Will not be everlasting" says the West
munster REVIEW. ana LrSt or the fire
Myriads of persons assert that it will be
the genuine article 1.-THE fire." say thev.
and nothing but the fire, and that for
eVermore." They never reason out the
matter And many even of those who
understand Greek never take the trouble
to see what the original says. They sim
ply believe themselves and try to make
others believe that there is a great fur
mace, or burning lake, or something of
that sort, awaiting the wicked. into
which, unless they repent and that in
good time the Great Executioner will
ere long cast them. and in which they
will spend all eternity in untold suffer-
ing and agony. And this delightful be-
lief regarding the ultimate fate of the
majority of manlSing is one of very long
standing. 1t was held by. among others,
a host of the fathers. St. Chrysostom
for instance, testifes as follows "The
sea that awaits them is the sea of the
bottomleSs pit; where the punishment is
not accompanied with insensibility and
where there is no suffocation to end all
But in ever-lengthened torture, in burn
ing in strangltng, they are consumed
there. A river of fire rolls before him.
the undying worm, unquenchable fire out
OF darkness; gnashing of teeth. Although
you should be angry with men ten thous-
and times for mentioning these things
l shall not cease from speaking to
then" Fortunately, however. he has
ceased now. Another dignitary of the
early church, st. Ephrem, delivers him
self Of these encouraging observations:
That fire, which is unquenchable, not
consuming what it devoureth; for if was
not appointed to consume but to cause
SUFFERING and agony 1t burneth with
mingled darkness chow fire can burn
with darkness we will not pause to in
quire) and gnashing of teeth. 1t deyour-
eth, 1t wasteth, it causeth suffering and
is not extinguished. for it is forever and
ever, as it is written" Eusebius CALI
canus, another of the fathers, favors rs
with the following information on this
important subject: TOO late shall we
be displeased with ourselves in sight Of
the eternal fire, which will scorch our
bones, and marrow. and thoughts" ST
Augustines views are, as is well known
precisely similar. Let us proceed. lastly
to the venerable St Anseim mot q
father" by the bye, who, with uplifted
hands and troubled countenance. cries
out to us as follows: Horror horrori
Oh, fire of birthstone, flames of hell darlt
volumes of smoke with how terrific
roarings do l see you rolled along! Oh
worms living in the fire-which bv The
way, they rarely do-what wondrous
greatness of gnawing kindles you. whom
that fire of ~