The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Cars in which aluminium will be used
for all metal work, save the wheels and
axles, are to be put on the state railroads
| OF France. The saving in weight for an
| ordinary train will be thirty tons.
As Paris water supply gave out last
summer, II is proposed to obtain 10000 900
| gallons day for the city from the Lake
Of Geneva. Engineers think that the ne
cessary works could be built in six years.
"A deaf mute passed through Berlin
recently on his bicycle, intending to make
a tour around the world. His name Is Lu-
tnerland holJaards, and ne Is a native OF
Ambonia, in the Dutch East Indies. He
travels without penny in his pocket.
"A recent very young and much-in-
to attend her. Not all stood at the altar
ten occupying front pews; but the process
sion of young women preceded her en-
trance and sixteen surrounded her
through the ceremony.
The last of the giant tortoises has just
been transported from the Egmont Is
land to Mauritius, says the New York
Sun. 1t is the largest known specimen.
whether of living or extinct species,
weighing 900 pounds and measuring feet
from head to tail. the circumference of
the shell being 1872 feet. There were two
OF them till last year, when the female
died.
Last winters cold seems to have been
Iatal to sea animals OH the French coast
lVlng as deep as 100 feet below high wa
ter, reports NJ Fauvel TO the Academic
des Sciences. Dredging for the Tatihou
laboratory in May brought up nothing but
dead or decomposed specimens. The fish
ermen said the bottom of the sea has
rotted." Creatures living only in the deep
sea were found on the coast, together with
species that have never been seen outside
OF Iceland and Norway.
The probable duration of mans life
may be known if the ages at death of his
parents and grandparents are known,
together and then divided by six the
quotient Will be his approximate term
OF lie. II the quotient exceeds sixty
one year may be added for every five;
if it falls below sixty, one year should
be subtracted for every five The pre-
sumption in this proportion is that with
good fortune man may equal, but he
may not hope to excel, the average OF
his parents and his grandparents lives.
-Epernay, France. is a vast subterra-
mean city of champagne" For miles and
miles there are streets hewn out of the
solid chalk, flanked with piles of cham
! payne Of all blends and qualities. There is
no light in this labyrinth of streets, cross
| lnSs ana turnings except what the sput-
| tering candles afford. All is dark, dank
| and damp, with the thermometer away
| down about zero. The largest champagne
manufacturers in Epernay have under
/ ground cellars which cover forty-five acres
| and contain 100000 bottles of wine. There
| is a whole street in Epernay lined with
| fine chateaux, the proprietors of which
| possess similar establishments. The whole
town is honeycombed with these under
ground galleries for the manufacture and
storage of champagne.
1t has been found by experiment that
there is what is called a silent zone
around fog horns, or an area within
| level, although the ship be well within
hearing distance. BY causing a steam
| ship to approach and recede from a
sounding fog horn, from different dis
| tances, and in a straight line, it has been
demonstrated that the central line of
| this silent zone is about 1900 feet from
| the siren, and it's width averages about
| S.fB a
| half. These experiments were under
taken to explain how it so often hap
| silence of siren in a fog, when the
evidence was complete that the siren was
sounding with all its power.
An apostle of physical culture says
! that an excellent and never-failing cure
| for nervous headache is the simple act
| OF walking backward, says the Boston
| Jouranl. Ten minutes is as long as is US
ually necessary to promenade. 1t some
| times, however, requires more than ten
| minutes to walk at all. if one is very
| nervous" But it is not understood that
It is necessary to walk chalk line; Any
| kind of walking win do, provided it is
backward. 1t is well to get in a long,
| narrow room, where the windows are nlgn,
| and walk very slowly, placing first the
ball of the foot on the floor, and then
the heel Besides curing headache, this
| exercise promotes graceful carriage. A
| half hours walk backward every day will
| do wonders toward producing a graceful
gait
The experiment of installing the tele-
| phone by trotting cavalry has been sue
| cessfully undertaken by the Prussian Uh-
lans between Berlin and Potsdam, says
the New York Sun. Two sets Of officers
| proceeded, respectively, from Berlin and
Potsdam. Each set was equipped with
complete telephone apparatus, which, to-
| Sether with the requisite quantity of
| small wire, was carried by one of the
wire was, by means Of fork, fixed at
| the end of a lance, thrown over the tops
| of trees along the road. AS each kilo-
| meter of wire was thus suspended halt
| was made to ascertain whether there was
| connection with the station. The two
sets met at Teltow, where the wires
| ton between Berlin and Potsdam was
! established. The distance is twenty
miles, and the task was completed in
about four hours.
considering that there are millions of
people who use thread more or less, it is
| apparent that the making of spoolS upon
| which 1t is wound must be Of itself quite
| an industry, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
| These are made of hard wood, birch being
| preferred and generally used. The mate
rial is first sawed into sticks four or five
| feet long, and seven-eighths of an inch
to three inches square, according to the
size of the spool to be produced. These
sticks are thoroughly seasoned, then cut
| into short blocks and dried in hot-air
kiln. At the time they are being cut by
the saw holes are bored PRECAUTIONARY
through each block, which is set on end
a Idpluly TeNOlNlnB, lOnS-SndnkeQ
auger. Next, one whirl of each little
block against some little knives that are
turning at lightning speed, fashion it into
a spool according to the pattern desired,
and that, too, at the rate of one a second
for each set of knives A row of small
boys feed the spool-making machines by
simply placing the blocks in spout Sc
lecting the best, and throwing out the
knotty and defective stock. The machine
is automatic, but there are some things
which it cannot do, hence the employment
of the small boys above mentioned After
the spools are turned they are placed in
large drum and revolved rapidly until
they have taken on a fine polish. For
some special purposes, they are died yell
low, black or red. according to taste.
When one sees a spool of thread marked
300 or 300 yards, it does not signify
that the thread has been measured, but
that the spool has been gagged, and is
supposed to contain that amount Of
thread.
Authorities have differed somewhat as
to the origin of our present judicial oath.
but the matter has been cleared up by
Henry C. Lea, in a recent publication.
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