The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

expects 10 lease lNl acres OF AdAA4 Al D-lt
of the suburbs and build a railroad track
thereon. He will buy two engines at an
estimated cost OF $1,000 apiece Ineh ne
viii erect an immense grand stand on each
side OF the railroad. which will accom-
mOdate 1000 people. The engines VIII pc
steamed up to their fun capacity ana
when >sey collide. Mr.: Van Russln eaicg-
lates, will be so thrilling that tnousahos
will want to witness 1t.
A new style OF sleeping car to be made
I'm Kansas City by a newly formed COM
pany, will have some novel features, one
of the most startling innovations Delng
a berth which disappears at t1e VIII OF
the passenger into the wall OF the car
and is confined in a space of Us inches-an
idea probably suggested BY the disappear
ing pillow. It is further stated that mat
tEesses of air are to be used, and ali Ded
clothing can be put in lockers unaerneatn
the seats OF each section. The De1Lhs VIII
be made of steel and aluminium MAT
tresses upholstered with air ought not 70
be expensive; and possibly the new Sleep
ers can afford TO dispense tired nature
sweet restorer" to the travennS PUBIC
at rates that Senator Sherman VIII not re-
sent as exorbitant.
Charcoal making for gunpowder is a
much more complicated process tnah tle
ordinary field kiln manufacture, say, say
the Chicago Record. Only certain KINDS
Of wood are used-usuaily the youhs
shoots of elder and willow-and II Is CUT
in the spring. SO that the PARK may S;, De
open sheds and allowed to remain seNerdl
years. until II is thoroughly dried Wheh
the powder-maker is ready for a new SUP SUP
ply of charcoal the wood is cut mto
lengths and placed in tight iron IetoI.s'
under and around which nre ro2rs con-
tinually The damDers and pipes are SO
arranged that the workmen have compete
control of the heat. At the END OF OF tne
retort hole Is left for the escape OF tne
infiammable gases resulting from the c naI
ring process. A pipe catches them as they
leave the retort and conveys them INTO
furnace, where they take the place OF
good deal of fuel. When the flame OF tne
gases becomes a deep blue color the work
men know that the wood Is sufhclenlly
charred and the retort is cooled down az
quickly possible. The charcoai Is tnol
left for a week or more before grlndlng,
because if placed in the machine az Qhce
there is danger OF spontaneous ColiipuS
ton. The best charcoal IS JET PACK Inu
fractures show a NelVety suIIactS;; ~
grinding machine is like nt8e old-Idsll-
Toned coffce-mil-two rough sned cones
turning one inside the other. As peWpeIeu
charcoal comes out it falls upoE screen
and all that goes through it IS taken 70
the powder mill and the residue lalihs
over is returned to the grinder.
Every great power has its own special
high explosive with which its shells are
filled says the New York World. All me
high-power explosives, however, are IN
more or less experimental stage, ana
wet gun cotton is the material upon when
most reliance is placed. There IS no
doubt of the efficacy of the tremendously
powerful explosives which have recently
been exploded among the enemy. When
subjected to the enormous impact which
is necessary to obtain the required yeloc-
ity of 1900 feet per second or Whereabouts,
they are almost as likely to explode before
leaving the gun as afterwards. II TINS
difficulty is overcome, the next question
is to prevent the shell from exploding
before penetrating the object against
which il is fired. The French pin their
faith to melinite, which has been very
thoroughly tested. Shells filled with this
composition have been fired through ten
inches of armor without exploding. The
shells in this instance left the guns muZ-
zle with velocity of 1000 feet per second:
The English are doubtful of the safety OF
melinite and use a composition called lyd-
dite. 1t gets its name from Lydde, in
Wales, where 1t is manufactured The
lyddite shells have been successfully fired
through five inches of armor. Ecrasite Is
used by Austria. Its composition is
secret, known only to the two inventors,
who are Austrians. This explosive has
been found to have especial destructive
power when used against earthworks.
Sweden has decided upon the invention of
a Swede. which is called bellite. While it
has not as much explosive force as many
of the other compositions, yet it is claimed
to be more stable. Its powers of preser-
walton are also much greater. The United
States has been making exhaustive trials
of kind OF gun cotton known as emmen-
rite. The air guns of the Nesuvius were
designed for discharging emmenrite shells,
but they did not prove satisfactory. Re
Gently emmenrite has been successfully
fired from high-power gun with a vel
ocity of over 1900 feet.
Fish appear to play and fight something
as birds do, says the New York Sun. Two
burgalls .na tank at the New York Aqua
rum the other day spent half an hour in
downright skylark.ng, which was at times
a Futile rough. They would loaf about at
some distance apart and then spring
around and make a rush for each other,
meeting. or perhaps hating just before,
and balancing in the water, waving their
ms as though sparring for an opening.
They would look at each other, noses
close together, but not touching, and then
perhaps one would back off, the other
following, until the first was pretty near
to his corner. Then the one following
would halt and go back to his own place.
Pretty soon the one that had backed off
would come up again, and the other was
prompt to meet him. This time, perhaps,
they would meet-not tip to tip of their
noses, for the end of the fsh's nose is
extremely sensitive. and he never runs
their noses side to side, and then each
would push for all he knew how. They
would push until their heads overlapped
about one-third of their length back from
their noses. Then all of a sudden they
would flash apart as though one or the
other had hit the other a heavy blow and
the referee had called time at the same
moment. One fish seemed to win al
most every round, but the other didn't
seem to care much for that. He came to
the scratch again evey time. Sometimes
they skirmished little and sometimes
they closed at once. The contest was
at a point in the water to the left of the
center of the tank. The fish that gener-
ally won stayed in that corner, so that
he hadn't far to go after the rounds
He just loafed about until the other fish
came up again. But the other fish went
further and further away after each round
until finally he took a little more time
between the rounds, and after each round
went over into the right-hand corner of
the tank as far as he could go. Over on
the rlght-hand side of the tank close
against the side and lying partly under a
leaf of sea lettuce, was a staid black
fish. He had lain there sober1y all through
the skylarking and never moved. But
once, when the burgall that was getting
the worst of it was lounging back to his
| corner, he got out of his course "a little
and swung around near the blacklist.
The blackfish made jump at the bur-
| gall instantly, saying as plainly as any
body could; None o. your nonsense
around herer' The burgaH jumped out
of the angry blackhsl1's way and the
Blacklist backed down under the sea let
! tuce again. But the burgall wasn't dis
| turbed by the cranky old blackfish He
swung around up in his corner, drew a
( long breath. and took little rest.
minute later he was down in the oppo-
site corner again, nose to nose with the
! other burgall.
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