The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Quired in the making Of the tubes, says |
tribution Of the surface wear and weight |
/ is large. while in the skate IL is quite |
/ the reverse. Consequently, aside from
! the cost question. that OF wear and tear |
/ is a factor. Compressed paper tires, mold |
ed from pulp stock. are as tough as raw
| hide. yet flexible enough to make riding
easy. saws an exchange. kuODer pheu-
/ matte roller skates carry the rider easily /
and swiftly over the macademized or hard
smooth roads, but are quite deficient on
rough surfaces, or where there are sharp
/ stones and the like. There are no OppOr-
tunities for springs as in bicycles, and
/ the diameter OF the wheels IS so small
/ that every rupture in the road is received
fun force, and the wear OF the tires is
| excessive. The hard, durable paper tire,
! with surface as tough as the best OF
raw hide, glides over rough spots. frozen
ground, sharp stones, pieces OF glass ana
! other distractions without apparent ell
| fort.
In the Oak Hin cemetery at Stony
Brook L. l.. a large tombstone of notified
/ Italian marble bears a remarkable por-
/ trait of an average sized human face. The
/ picture is not the work of a sculptor, nor
/ has IL been craven with the marble cut
/ ters' chisel; it is natural production, the
\ outlines of the face being formed by pc
/ culiar grouping of the clOuded veins and
/ dark spots Characteristic of first class i'm
ported stone. The remarkable peculiarly
| Of this particular stone has been known
/ for two or three years, and throughout the
/ length ana breadth OF Long island IT IS
referred to as the miracle face" Stand
/ ing near, one would in reading an
epitaph or inspecting the grain and polish
| of such memorial shaft, the outlines of
| the face cannot be traced, but at a dis
| lance Of from 81 TO - feet il is as plain as
/ though done with an artists brush, the
| grouping OF the spots, veins and waVy lines
com bining TO make not only fair Tesem-
| blance TO face, but a complete portrait,
! including hair, eyes. nose, cheeks, mouth,
! chin, etc. Its outlines are clearest, Of
| course, when the shadows and light pray
! properly upon IL, but at the distance men
! toned, and in the proper direction, the
] n a
! face is on the back of the stone, and the
| eyes are so set as to appear TO be looking
! down upon the grave of the person to
whose memory the shaft was erected.
Norwich Comm special says: The lat
| est prank performed by Nutmeg lightning
was starting Motorman Harlow Ladd's
| trolley car and whizzing IL 10 rods along
! the track without any help from the rumb-
! ling dynamoS that We're grinding out re-
! hned electricity In the companys works
! half mile away. Harlow had reached
the end of the GreeneVille route, switched
the electric current from the motor and,
brass handle bars in hand, stepped across
the steet upon the sidewalk. The trolley
was still connected with the wire. Right
overhead big, round thundercloud, black
| and threatening, spun slowly about, por-
tentGus with muttering thunder. The rest
OF the ornament was serene and blue,
unsullied by patch of vapor. Suddenly
the browning cloud mass was riVen by a
2lGzag shaft of glittcring flame that was
| shot straight downward against tho car
motor and made it ring like a bronze bell
| Smitten with a hammer. The report, said
| Motorman Ladc, was far louder and
| stronger that a pistol shot Then, with
surprise, amounting almost TO awe, the
| mOtOfinan beheld MS car, impellCd by
crude electricity from the clouds, shoot
forward eight or ten rods along the track.
II did not move very rapidly, and by run
ming he overlook and boarded IL lust before
II came to a halt on tho rat Their stiff grade
The bolt had quickly exhausted itself. In
| railroad operatives, the thunderbOlt, heav
lly charged with electricity, acted on the
car motor momentariiy in precisely the
same way as the regular electric current
from the cOmpany's works.
The number of puffs given by a loco
motlVe always depends upon the circum-
rate of speed at which the engine is NOV
ing, says the st. Louis Republic For
every one round of the driving wheels a
locomotive always gives forth four puffs
two out of each cylinder. all such. cyin-
ders being double. The size of the driv-
ing wheels vary greatly on different pat
terms of engines they being from Is TO
q feet In diameter, the general run, how
ever, being Is, 49, on 20 feet Five engines
out of every seven may be set down as
having driving wheels 20 feet in diameter.
The speed OF the average express train
varies from 81 IL IS miles per hour. TAX
ing the average circumference of the
driving wheel TO be 70 feet, and the aver
age speed per hour at 50 miles, a loco
motive will give, going At express speed.
| $50 puns per minute, or $500 puffs per
| hour. During the same time the wheels
VIII reVolve l3, 200 times, which will cause
| the locomotive 10 give l,U05 puffS to the
nlIe. IhereiOre an express train going
from London to Liverpool, distance of
2Ci% miles, will throw out 213,0i3 puffs be-
tween the time when il leaves the Lon
don depot and that az which il arrives
at |ffS destination. During the tourist ses-
sion of 1888 the journey from London %
Edinburgh was accomplished in less than
, ! eight hours, the distance being 4G1 miles
. | giving q speed throughout of 50 miles
, per hour. According 10 the figures shown
, above, locomotive making such jour
ney in the time stated, must have given
forth upwards of 4 half million puffs, or
say 5S2 45G.
: the manufacture of distilled spirits, local
ly known as hoochinoo, has been carried
: on by the natives of Alaska for a long
! period and at times during the early days
! of the Cassiar excitements it was freely
purchased by the white miners the
, only liquor obtainable, owing to the strict
] enforcement of the prohibitory clause
against the Importation of liquors into
: the territory. Hoochnoo is nothing more
! nor less than raw alcohol, being distilled
! mainly from brown sugar or molasses and
: corn meal Undiluted the stuff has dou-
freely, and but few swallows Of it will
I set man bowling in demoniac glee, ana
! nothing but an Indian, with his copper
8 lined stomach, can stand a protraCt cd
spree on ii. The Rake Indians probably
lead all others in the manufac ture of these
T spirits, and as proof of their knowledge
in the art of making a double-proof ar
ticle we give the particulars of the aW-
, full fate of an expert Kake distiller which
ndppbISu recently On INal lSldnu. 1T
= seems that the Indian, while engaged in
the manipulation of his little coal Oh
p can still, imbibed too freely of its trick
lings and in a drunken stupor lay down
by his fire of cedar logs and fell asleep,
with his face uncomfortably close to the
, fire and his breath tanning the flames.
Through some reason. known only to the
medical fraternity, gas accumulated in
the stomach, and the breath of the Sleep
er reaching the flames, this alcoholic gas
ignited. The sleeper suddenly leaped to
his feet with a terrifying scream, and
: fell back again writing in agony. Tho
, man was burning internally. Smoke and
even flames were issuing from his mouth,
and his agony was something awful. His
S loud screams brought the members of
the cafp about him, who looked on in
2 silent, error-stricken awe, unable to do
anything for his relief. The combustion
continued until the Indian was literally
! consumed inside. and for some time after
the spirit of life had fed.
Awarded