The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-19
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the United States are those of the Man
COS IN southern Colorado canon. Some
o. lhe caves are five or six hundred feet
from the bottom Of the perpendicular sides
OF me canon walls. and how their occu-
pants gained ingress is a mystery.
"A triumph of art over nature was IL
iuStrateq recently when a well known Eng
ilsH ARTIST made painting Of some old
Deech trees in a Kent pasture. which he
sold Tor $3.50. The owner of the pasture
soId MS land and the trees together for
w. ana called II a good sale at that.
During a recent thunder storm in Ber-
IN an interesting effect on an electric train
was noticed at night. All the electric lamps
INSIDE ana outside the carriages were ex-
Ingulshed every time it lightened and the
passengers remained a few moments in
complete darkness. Then the lamps rekin-
died.
DIR. Won Bebber. German meteorolo-
slst, says that when the outside temper
allure IS 80 degrees the temperature of the
coat is 7l.2 degrees; between the coat and
walstcoat, 49, degrees; between the waist
coaI ana shirt, l59 degrees; between the
shirt and undershirt. IA degrees; between
grees.
Manager Fowler of the telephone ex-
change at Ashland, Ky. has devised an
ingenious attachment for telephones to
be used in factories and shops where the
amount of noise makes it almost impossi-
Die 10 hear the call bell of the instru-
ment. It consists of a steam whistle
winch IS turned on by means of a lever
operated by magnetism. When the in
Strument is called from the exchange,
the dell rings as usual. and by the electric
current passing through a magnet
weight Is released which pulls the lever
70 the whistle Once started. the whistle
Keeps up its Shrill note until some one
answers the call and turns off the steam,
which is done by simply replacing the
weight. One of these attachments is be-
ing placed at the local steel plant, an
other at the tannery and several more
Will probably be installed in sawmills and
similar establishments.
Not the least frequent of ocean steam
snip mishaps, especially during the heavy
weather of the winter months, is the dis
aDllng OF the steering gear, says Casters
Magazine. The plan of one vessel utilizing
anotner as rudder in such a case, fol-
lowed on at least one occasion that comes
TO mind just at present, may therefore be
OF interest. A towing hawser was, in this
instance, taken from the bow of the vessel
that was tOwed, passed to the stern of the
towing vessel and made fast to a point
lOO feet or more forward of the stern AT
point near the latter were fitted two
purchases. one on the port and the other on
the starboard side for the purpose of de-
tiecting the hawser either to port or star
board, and, by the angle thus made chang
ing the direction of the pull on the haw-
ser. This. of course. changed the direction
of the vessel. In other words, any defiec-
ton, either to the right or to the left of
the towing line by means of the pur-
chases produced the same effect on the
towing vessel as putting the helm over to
port or Starboard.
Needles have never been supposed to
be hereditary, but a recent case reported
by physician of eminence offers I'M
doubted evidence to the contrary. says
Spare Moments. A lady accidentally ran
a needle into her foot thrifty years ago.
and it lay apparently dormant in her sys-
TEN for so many years that it's existence
was almost forgotten. In 1878 she was
married. and year after the birth of her
infant daughter the needle made its ap-
pearance in the infants shoulder. There
could be no doubt that it was the orig
inal needle by which the mother had been
attacked in 1860, for il was a peculiar and
now obsolete pattern, and the mother dis
tinctly remembered that needles of that
pattern were in use at the time of her at
tack. There can be no doubt that the in
FAINT inherited the needle from her mother
and that henceforth physicians will ex-
pect to find a natural tendency to needles
in the tissues AS II is asserted that peo-
pc have died of needles. although there
are very few such cases on record. the
assurances companies VIII doubtless add to
the questions which they put to candi-
dates for insurance: did your father or
mother ever swallow needles, and, if so
now many, and OF what kind-sewing
darning or carpet?'
One of the marine wonders Of the world
Is the great Barrier Reef of Australia
says London Public Opinion This stu
pendous rampant of coral. stretching in IN
almost unbroken line for 1850 miles along
the northeastern coast of Australia pre-
Sents features of interest which are not
to be equalled in any other quarter of the
giobe. Nowhere IS the action of the little
marine insect. which builds up with I'M
firing industry those mighty mountains
with which the tropical seas are studded
more apparent BY simple process of Sc
cretion there has been reared in the course
of countless centuries an admantine wall
against which the pillows of the Pacific
sweeping along in an uninterrupted course
OF several thousand miles. dash themselves
in Intellectual fury. Inclosed within the
range of it's projecting arms is a calm in
land sea, dotted with a multitude of coral
lslets, and presenting at every turn oh
Jects of interest alike to the unlearned trav
eler and the man of science. Here may be
witnessed the process by which the wavy
gelatinous mass hardens into stone then
serves as collecting ground for the fot-
sam and ietsam of the ocean. and ulti-
mately develops into an island covered
with luXuriant mass of tropical growth
Here, again, may be seen in the serene
depths of placid pools extraordinary forms
OF marine life, aglow with the most bril-
Iant colors, and producing in their infinite
variety a bewidering sense of the vast
ness of the life of the ocean.
The postoffice department is in re-
ce1pt of an unique communication from
Mr.. G. L. Fox of West Liberty Ia. saws
the Washington Post. Mr. Fox apnears 10
be on an ingeniaus turn of mind and n ma
trlotlc disposition, and he noticed with
grief that the government appropriates *
annually for the support of the ST. Paul
postoffice cat. He writes that he has been
experimenting for several years with a
preparation for the sure cure of rats. and
has now perfected it. Believing that the
department night save money by adont
ing his preparation, and cutting off the
supplies from the pOstoffice cats, he offers
1t to the department for the small sum
of $3.50. The money is not to be paid until
the stuff is given a fair trial The St
Paul office is not the only one which re-
ceives an. annual appropriation for its
cat. The New York cat receives the sti
pend OF 50 annually, and should be com
paratively well off. But as there are some
twenty-five stations and thirty sub-sta-
tons where assistants must be kent tba
New York cat is no better off than his
Omaha sister who is allowed $3.50 ner an.
mum. The Richmond Va) cat. which js |
reported to be of the F. F. VS. rets 81
Nearly all the postoffices in the countrv
have attached to them office cats Foyr
most Of them small items are Included IN |
the miscellaneous list. Those who are nn r |
SO provided must depend upon the slInTIyy !
OF rats for living, eked out by the tins |
from the lunch baskets of the clerks ara
carriers. In his letter Mr. Fox does not |
say what would become of these felino
employees of the government if his CO..
should be adopted, but it is probable fbat |
poor Tom and Tabby, their occIina i tior |
gone, would be compelled to forske tb tiOn |
former homes in the postofices and SCI |
a precarious living on the wharvee IN AN