The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ 10 have been living many years afterward
/ and died of old age, as most certainly
| did the notorious Jane Shore in England.
| The peacOck's spreading train is not
| the birds tail, but q corona of feathers
/ above the tail The true tail consists OF
| eighteen feathers beneath the corona
| The latter is provided with q curious sys-
TEN OF muscles by which it can be erected
/ at viii
| Enormous quantities OF citric acid are
| used IN calico printing, in pharmacy and
/ in the preparation of artificial lemonade,
| says Chambers Journal. About an ounce
/ and a quarter 600 grainsl of pure citric
| acid dissolved in a pint Of water gives a
/ solution which has the average acidity of
good lemon juice. When diluted with
| several times its bulk Of water, sweetened
with single drop OF essence or lemon. an
/ artificial lemonade is cheaply produced,
which Is much used as a cooling drink
/ in fever hospitals. 1t has also been used
| in the navy as a substitute for fresh lemon
| juice in the treatment or prevention OF
scurVy, but has been found much less
efficient. In fact, this artificial lemonade
is by no means equal TO that made from
pure lemon juice, whether used at table
or for invalids. In rheumatism or rheu-
matte govt the fresh juice of the lemon
is preferred on account of the bi-citrate
of potash which it contains. Pure lemon
juice is also valuable remedy in sore
threoat and diphtheria; cases have been
recorded in which children have appar-
emily been cured of this terrible disease
by constantly sucking oranges or lemons.
Pure citric acid possesses, like some other
acids, the power OF destroying the bad
effects of polluted water used for drink
ing; but It Is, perhaps. better to boil the
to it.
Every midsummer day a unique con-
cert Is given in Copenhagen, such as the
whole world cannot show the like Of
says the London News. There are kept
in the Copenhagen museum a number of
ancient Scandinavian horns, more than
5000 years old, called ''Luren-" OF this
collection, fourteen are in good condition
They have an elegant shape, and the fiat
metal plate at the mOuthpiece show good
technical perfection and a developed taste
for art. They are in different pieces fitted
together They Were found buried in moor
land and their good preservation is be-
lieved to be due to the turfy water. They
are OF very thin metal and generally seven
feet long. They were always found in
pairs, the one In tune with the other.
few years ago ii was found out bv DR.
| Hammerich that they could be still blown
or played upon. Their tones resemble
those of the tenor horn, and they have
a soft but powerful sound Some are tuned
in and r sharp, others in d, y or G ami
these tones form an accord, but no
scala" The midsummer concert is held
as follows: On a balcony in the court of
the princely palace in which is kept the
northern museum, two members of the
royal 'capella" blow tunes on two of these
primeval horns. An enormous crowd fills
and the neighboIing square as far as it is
possible to hear the sounds.
Have you seen the latest scientific
/
moons rugged surface? 1t is a well
| known fact. says the St. Louis Repub-
lie. that every mile of lunar surface con-
pares very favorably with the most
mountainous portions of switzerland
being succession of high pinnacles,
deep holes and seemingly bottomless
chasms. The best existing maps of the
these crater-like holes and over
10000 mountain peaks or pro
bly, with what we know TO be mountain
peaks. Not longer since than last sum-
mer the astronomers gave it as their
opinion that these crater-like holes and
mountain peaks had been caused by a
prodigiOus shower of aeroltes or meteor
ties. That theory has been recently
knocked out by a noted European as
tronomer, NJ Verde who gives it as his
opinion that the moon was originally
vast aggregation of miniature planets
which have amalgamated or colaced into
| one. According to his theory, the open
| ingS and projections are the tnterstices
which were left when the separate frag-
ments came together TO form the ball
which all now recognize as the Queen of
Night" He says that in all probability
there are several holes which reach en-
! tirely through the lunar world.
In Austria a credit of six months is
| generally allowed. In Italy but little
credit business is done, and none without
good security being given. In Cuba the
time fixed for payment is from four to FIVE
months after delivery of the goods. In
| the Bermudas accounts are settled but
! once q year June 81 IS the day usually
! fixed for the payments. In Austria 1t is
| scarcely possible to do business without
! allowing long credit which is usually
one of six months. In England a payment
| of the price of goods delivered is required
| at the end of three months, dating from
| the day of shipment In Spain four-ffths
| of the tran sacuOnS are done a cash
| basis, while in Portugal great lberality is
| shown and quite long credit is generally
! allowed. In Turkey even objects of prime
necessity are sold on credit, and in that
| country, as well as in Russia the time
! allowed is, in most cases. twelve months
| In Mexico the large commercial houses
| Willingly give credit from six to eight
| months, and in real estate trade long terms
| are given customers in which to settle
their accounts. In China it is not custo-
| mary to give credit Money is obtained
! from lenders, who exact a n interest of TO
| Il per cent. Business is nearly always
| conducted on cash basis. In Canada set
! Elements are made at the end of thirty
| days, with a discount of . per cent Some
| times credit of from three to six months
Is allowed, but in this case there is no dis
| count.
The The very latest official compu-
the Brooklyn bridge at ST.
bridge when contracted for was to cost
| $lO,6OO,OO0 AT least, such was the original
estimate of John A. Roebling, who, in
1867, put the cost of the bridge at 81. 900 600
| and of the approaches to it $500, 000 Ac-
| tually the bridge cost SIS. 900, 900 which
was not much of an increase over the
!
| the undertaking came into account, the
! bridge not being opened until 16 years
! after the original estimate was made
! Subsequent expenditures, which have
brought the total cost up TO the present
inquire, are due to the acquisition of new
! approaches and to improvements upon
| the structure which We're not and could
not have been calculated upon when il
| was opened II years ago. The BROOKLYN
| bridge is the most expensive work of the
| kind in the world, exceeding in cost any
| other bridge of which authentic figures
are available. The bridge over the Forth.
| in Scotland, cost $14OO0,0O0; the Victoria
! bridge in Canada cost $12 600, 600; the
! bridge across the Volga at Saratov. in
/ Russia, cost $40 1000. The cost of London
| bridge was $4,000, 900, of Waterloo bridge
| $5,50O0O0. and of the Westminster bridge
! $2,5OOOO0. With the enormous increase of
| viaduct work for railroad purposes in the
! United States, the profession of bridge
| builder has become a very important
| one, steel and iron work having largely
! superseded masonry, since by Improved
| processes in their manufacture, structu-
ran iron and steel have materially de-
| creased in cost.