The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ne smallest cOlliery IN Great Britain
IS IN a village called Nelson, in Lanca-
shire II employs two workmen. who are
also proprletorss managers, miners ana
n1uiers-a very Pooh-Bah in colIery
pant Ihey have subsidized a donkey TOT
horse and supply the village with coal
DIR. N. G,gJenison of Minneapolis. re-
cehLy reported that electricity has been
successfully employed by him in cheek
ING hefn0rrhage from the extraction OF
teetn- Inc current caused instant co
aguiation Of the blood and gave relief
effect.
castor oil is usually ASSOCIATED with
medicine, and supposed to be particular
~ well adaped for infants. II will sur
prise many TO know that il is largely
used in the arts Scotland alone uses up
ward Of l45. 900 gallons annually for the
process Of Turkey red dyeing. Its use
as lubricant has been largely replaced
SUMPTION IN increasing. It is largely used
IOf dressing tanned leather. Ihe I'M
portatlon into the United Kingdom eX-
ceeds z,Vl0eJo gallons annually.
A newspaper seller of Lyons has just
died leaving fortune of 100000 francs
She as not known to have any heirs. The
feut journal states that this woman has
Tor many years been looked upon as so
poor that she was excused the usual pay
ment Tor the right of keeping news
paper stan at he corner of the Rue &c
Hotel de Vile and the Rue de Platre
upon the police hearing of her death seals
were placed upon the stall in question,
and il was only upon NJ. Foley commits
sary OF police, making a thorough exam
nation that he found the money. 1t was
placed under flower pot 5000 francs
being IN gold pieces and 5000 francs in
silver pieces.
1t is announced, SAYS a New York ca
bic, that Mr. Andree, the Norwegian who
proposes to attempt to reach the north
pole by balloon in July next, has decided
10 nave MS balloon made in Paris. where,
1t seems, there is a firm who guarantee
TO manufacture perfectly impermeable
stun which viii stretch over nearly 400
square yards without tearing, with the adj
ditional advantage of being extremely
light. Mr. Nilsekholm will help Mr. An
dree navigate the balloon, and a young
swedish physician will accompany the ex-
peultlon IN charge of 20.00o plates, which
have been prepared for photographs. The
ascent will be- made from Norzkooma,
Spitzbergen. whittier the balloon is to be
taken by Swedish man-ofwar
"A new way to preserve grapes on the
vine is reported in the Alig. Weinzeitung.
In the neighbOrhoOd of the vineyard.
hole is excavated about three feet deep,
small rods being placed across the cavity.
Inc grapes that are not quite ripe are cut
on, vine and all, and suspended from
these rods in such a way that the grapes
do not touch the ground below. When
the cavity is filled with grapes, boards
are laid across the TOP and covered with
a layer OF earth, which is packed close,
so as 10 prevent the entering of air,
as well as of the frost. In this way
grapes will keep until late in the spring
without losing any of their aroma, and
can be taken out in perfect condition at
any time When one of these holes is
opened it cannot be closed again. and it's
contents must be used or shipped at once.
An expert in gems has lately called
attention 10 a property in the diamond
which has not hitherto been fully appre-
ciated. In paper by Robert Boyle pub
lShed in the transactions of the ROYAL
Society, mention is made of a diamond
that became phosphorescent simply by the
neat OF the hand, absorbed light on being
held near candle and emitted light on
being brlskly rubbed. The observations
py MI klnz, the gem expert named, con-
firm Boyles statement that diamonds be-
come phosphOrescent in the dark after
exposure to the sunlight or electric light
but they also show that all diamonds emit
light by being. rubbed on wood cloth or
metal This property, says Tit-Bits is
an important one, as it will enable the non
diamond and other hard stone, as well as
paste, none of which exhibit this phe-
nomenon This property is evidently not
eiectrlc, as IS clearly shown by its being
VlslDle when the gem is rubbed on metal
-One of the most remarkable products
or Nevada is a species of wood known as
mountain mahogany, which when dry is
as hard as lockwood, very fine grained, of
a rich red color, and in weight very heavy
1t has been used for boxes for shafting
and in some instances for slides and dies
IN quartz batteries. 1t burns with a blaze
as long lasting as ordinary wood, and it
is then found almost unchanged in form
converted to a charcoal that lasts about
twice as long as ordinary wood, giving
also an intense heat. greater than coal
gives. Another notable species of wood,
having extraordinary durability, is said
TO be the quebrache wood of Argentina.
Posts that have been in the ground $50
years. in soil alternately sOdden by trop-
zeal rains or parched by intense heat,
are found to be in sound condition. The
wood is also described as free from at
lacks OF insects, does not decay, and is
not compreSSible, and weighs nearly so
pounds per cubic foot.
From statistics 'of foreign Protestant
missions, compiled by the Rev. DR.. E. r.
Strong, editor of the Missionary Herald,
| 1t appears that there are 5,055 principal
! missionary stations and 1888 out-stations
occupied by thirty-SeVen evangelical mis-
sionary societies in the United States
twenty-eight societies in Great Britain
six in Canada, seventeen in the Neither
lands, nineteen in Germany, three in Den
mark, two in Finland, six in Sweden eight
in Norway, three in Switzerland, two in
France nineteen in India and Ceylon,
two in Burmah, four in China, thirty-eight
in Australia, fourteen in Africa one in
| Central America and thirteen in the West
Indies. These Protestant foreign mission
sionaries and 5,219 female missionaries a
| total of 1854. They are represented by
7O0S3 native laborers, 1,57768S communi-
cants and have an income of $14 Al SO1
| The thirty-seven societies in the United
States occupy 1913 principal stations; 4,9ll
| out stations; have sent out 1,469 male and
and are represented by 14,766 native labor
ers and S9l.252 communicates. The in
come of the societies is IS, 006S0
Russian sable, says the London Spec
| tator, owes its warmth and gloss to the
| fact that the longer hairs. as well as
| the under FUR, are absolutely uniform in
size and section" Thus, the sable tail
makes a perfectly proportioned natural
pendant to the skin when used as a cane
and the whole skin has the unity of a
manufactured fabric, with the other quail
only found In ~ m
eminence of sable fur gives it a yaine
in the most minute quantities. The long
er halrs. or surplus pieces of the fur
are carefully saved and made into ths
best paint brushes, which always Skeep
point, and in the colormen's cats-
logues the price of these brushes is only
approximately fixed. and varies accordinS.
to the price of sables. Sealskin and beaye
er fur are not only softer, but warmer
than any of the furs which, it first sight
seem to approach them closely in color
and texture. Hare-skin can be c1inned
and dyed 50 as to resemble sealskin: bnt
even II lined with wool it does NOT an
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