The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05
ITEns OF INTEREsT.

Isosio. who spent H.re than thirty years
+ III exploring their recesses. d.
/ In lS5S an island ia the Missouri river.
{ near Leavenworth. contained so acres
/ Now 81 has spread until il comprises 1410
/ acres a coal mine has been found on it.
The Carara marble quarries are prac-
tically iueXhaustible. The entire mass Of
: Mount Sagro. which dominates Carrara. Is
solid marble. About 10000 tons of marble
are annually exported.
/ The cars private treasury is praetic-
ally inexhapsuble for ne has no settled
I ciyii list. but draws what be- likes from
the imperial exchequer. every ruble in
which IS supposed 70 belong 10 him
The manager Of a French press clipping
agency, who deals in newspapers of the
entire world, made Il calculation as TO
VINO Is oftenest mentioned as a public
character. Napoleon ]. stands first Then
comes the Emperor of Germany then
Ffrlnce bismarck, and, in the fourth place
I Mr.. Gladstone
IN London a paving stone was noticed
/ 20 nave raised above the other by Its SIDE
on a level with the rest Of the pavement
peiGre they reached there numerous
5soaids.ools appeared between it and its
LeHoWs, ana when 1t was taken up it was
Iound that the growth Of these fungi soft
ana Spongy though thew are had Fitted
me stone which was four feet across one
way ana Two feet across the Other way.
+ ana weighed PIP pounds This seems even
,.1oi L MyhhGerIul than the splitting Of
.,n. -! nc tools OF an OAK or other tree
growing N "A crevice Of a rock
+ Although the United States has been
n1t my years 10 the manufacture of
/ SILK goods, 1t Is said to stand second In
MAJ oLa1en OF industry. The only nation
f 70 excel this country is France. Ia
I european factories the speed OF the
spndles ranges from 300 10 1000 revolu-
( Ions Der minute here it runs up TO
l-'Vp ana l2.tW per minute These high
SttEL" EphIi-s are not q monopoly, but
"a" ~. Viilal'c al tachmenls OF one kna
Srb aiiG?.Hes save lap0r on a grand scale.
SViVtIS t0F example Il belt spinner.
t o., Id ,.ls me use OF bands. one belt
+ touS..AB ire uahSes OF at the sp,ndles
I arl1 suIL.iS them uniformly a weaver
F or Sp-iluet rom Europe entering an Amer
~ iaStoIA OIten mas uluculty ~
/ ttlllAS "udL process the unfamiliar ma
~ i' tr., IL SimisaseI on lily per cenl.
~ tI0 -" SIN Imported INTO lh,s country
colnes IRON Japan
The church bullt of coral Is one of the
+ curosit.es of the Isle of Maize ono ,f
+ the Scyschelles Islands I'm fb TId.e-
( ocean The Scyschelles Islands. which
I are supposed by many 10 be the site of
I tne Eden OF The Old Testament form am
. archipelago or IA Islands and are sit
. uated about $50 miles east of Alden and
100 niles from Zanzibar. They rise
Steeplv Out of the sea culr:uatsua I'm rha
Isle Of Maize. which is about + 0n6 feet
above the level OF Inc ocean. ana +. ,,e9ri,.
the center of the group All these Islands
it,55i -, Coldt STOW sh. inc houses are
~ ,,t ~ llldsS-Ve CoIdl new
rtbj+ aIur 1tI plog "a "A Wu,eh sislen IKE
,,+,e nc ,le 3dlL snow themselves 70 tne
-rli.C9 ~ oi.IIdsg III lue various HnJed
,r Tli % ~ tIi;Sk Iropcal pains, whose
and Isl 1870 iTaNSS sNe pieaSahl
ernU AiuIH teeu51 shdue' Inese palms
3 toW a. Len az Ivy leet ana more, over
b,iaiit ,.I -" ne houses ana l4e coral,
cover the mountains forming an many
Pi'eeS extensive forests
II was in France that the first serious
effort was made to establish the manu-
iacture OF carpets in the fashion of the
Onent says Good Words. This was i'm
rection of his minister Colbert The
royal manufacturies were designed to fur
nish all manner of furniture. and In the
Gobelins and Bavauvas factories pa mas
+ ter weavers woNe rich tapestries During
+ the revolution of 1883 these factories were
almost suppressed. but Napoleon l. re
Vived the manufactures and furnished
tuue and the woven stuffs of Gobelins.