The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

explained that the term early celebra-
tons refers to the early celebration of
the Holy Communion
Everyone knows the cleansing power
crumbs. This is the germ of the Berlin
method, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. An
operation for disinfecting with bread was
recently carried out in a room where a
child had died Of diphtheria. -Four men
were engaged. After everything that
could be subjected to steam without detri-
ment had been removed to the disinfecting
STATION, all the things were taken down
from the walls and the men then rubbed
these with bread. Ordinary German loaves
were used, fOrty-eight hours old. The
loaves were cut into substantial pieces
ABOUT SIX inches square, the back of each
piece consisting Of the crust, thus allow
ing OF good purchase. The walls were
systematically attacked with strokes from
above downward, and there can be no ques-
ton as to its efficacy in cleaning them, nor
does the operation take as long as one
would imagine. The crumbs are swept up
and burnt.
The private apartments in any royal
palace are naturally very much more in
teresting than others to which the pub
lie are generally admitted, says the Woman
at Home. The queens private rooms at
osborne are those containing the treasures
she most values. Prince Albert was wont
10 say that of all their residences the home
in the Isle of Wight was most truly home,
sweet. home" OF late years her majesty
has taken a peculiar pleasure In embelltsh-
ing Osborne in every possible way, and has
been warmly encouraged In the gratlhca-
ton of her hobby by the Empress Fred
erick, the Warehouses of Lorne, and
Princess Beatrice. who are all very clever
at designing artistic furniture, wall deco
| rations, etc. At Windsor / was admitted
| into all the private sanctums and FOUND
| much to interest and amuse. What strikes
| one most, think, at Windsor is the COM
| bined splendor and simplicity in the ar
| rangements. Here was gorgeous picture
| after Landseer or Angel there wooden
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| the little Battenberg children in their
| play. In one of the private corridors l
was shown a beautiful marble statue or
| the queen and Prince Albert. the wife lean
| fng on her husbands arm for support. her
| eyes fixed on his lifted hand pointing up
ward. This statue is only unveiled sun
| days, by special order of her majesty.
! The library is the most notable room in all
| the castle. Here is the wonderful collec-
| ton of Raphaefs engravings, in when
| Prince Albert took such immense pride.
| OF all the books none has such intense in
| terest as Spencers ''Faerie Queen" The
| volume was placed in my hands, and the
| librarian told me il has often lain IN the
| hands of Queen Elizabeth The Empress
| Frederick when at Windsor passes most
| of her time in the library. The queen. who
! constantly paid visits to the room In form
| er years, has of late, owing to her diff
| Guilty in moving about, rarely been able
| to do so. 1t is indeed quite little journey
| to reach the library from her own suite
| of apartments.
markable among other things for the fact
| that she carries the first complete organ
| ever put into an ocean steamer. Organ
| builders have doubted the possibility OF
constructing an instrument that could
stand the stress of ocean voyages. The or
| gan itself is not very large, being only
| eighteen feet high and sixteen feet wide.
| The pipe frame is supported on the figure
| of a mermaid as a caryatid; nineteen pipes
and a fan of trumpets fill the frame. the
/ wood work of which is highly polished
| white mahogany. 1t is in the details of
| construction, that the instrument Is re-
| markable. The action of the organ is cleo
/ trio. The magnets consume 90 of an am
! pere of current at two volts tension-that
i is, it takes only two volts to control the
/ whole organ. The current is supplied by
| 30O-ampere power storage cell, independ-
| ent of the ships dynamo. The stop action
| is controlled by electricity, as is also the
pedal action. The pedal keys slide under
| the key desk to save room. The contact
| used for the key action is frictional and
| self-cleaning, thus insuring reliability. The
action is very simple. The slightest press
| ure on the keys sends an electric current
! forty feet tothe mechanism controlling the
| pipes, the key desk being that distance
| from the organ proper. The current passes
| through cables three-quarters of an inch
! in diameter. Expansion and contraction
! have been allowed for the pipes and each
| pipe has been fastened separately. Other
| innovations are screws instead of glue, and
/ brass in place of iron. These two substi-
tutes make the organ impervious to damp
ness. This organ is in the nature of an eX-
| pertinent, for the methods adopted are
novel and the instrument must be sub
| jected to the test of a rough sea before il
can be said to be entirely successful The
| builders, however. are erecting dupli-
| cate of the organ for the sister ship of the
| St. Louis, the ST. Paul. proof that they
have little doubt of success.
Manufacture of glass has progressed
so rapidly in the last twelve years that it
may now pertinently he asked what cannot
| be done with glass. NJ. J. Henrivaux a
prominent French manufacturer of this ar
ticle an original and enthusiastic inventor
has recently proved to US by means of
Veritable museum of curious samples that
everything is becoming possible to the
| modern glassmaker. Even conducting
! pipes of large diameter have been made
of 1T; tiles, drains, tubs, curtains, furniture,
! chimneys and even houses. Glass is now
| blown mechanically. NJ. l.. Appert, vice
! president of the society of civil engineers,
some years ago substituted for the human
breath an injection of compressed air.
| This was a great advance in the perfecting
| of glass-making. The work of blowing was
! painful and injurious to the health of the
! workmen; to-day it is the machine which
| blows; the lungs rest. And as this machine
! has the breath of a giant it has become
very easy to manufacture objects of great
size. This object has been still further rev.
| lutioniZed by methodical molding This
was formerly done by placing the glass
which had been made plastic by heat be-
tween two metallic surfaces. But these
! surfaces cooled so quickly and the glass
| with them, that it was impossible to OBJ
| tain large pieces. NJ. Henrivaux even
| hopes 10 nave a mouse made entirely of
| glass one of the sights of the next ex-
position. The walls will be constructed
of an iron skeleton, on which will be placed
| slabs of glass in such a manner as to form
| a double wall, in the interior of which hot
| air will be circulated in winter and in sum
| mer compressed air, which will cool the
walls. The roof will he of glass on a net
! work of iron, and also the walls the stair
! case etc. AS glass lends itself readily to
| all kinds of decorations brick marble
! etc, can be initiated. Flat surfaces are now
| being manufactured which are very pretty.
| ON one of these surfaces are shown in re-
! lief, various designs obtained at the mo-
| ment of cooling by the action of a stamp-
| ing roller. These can be gded or silvered
| in various combinations They are used in
decorating walls, ceilings, etc. We will soon
| even have glass hangings and tapestries
| NJ. Henrtvaux draws on glass with an al
minimum pencil. The metal remains on the
| glass and the designs appear in very soft
| tones. We may look forward to many sur-
prises connected with this material