The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


neaung OF the Vapors from ordinary De-
troleum. Air is drawn into the lamp be-
tween the cashier and an external cyl
inder, and a smokeless flame Of great brill
hancy Is produced. In short, vapors are
produced by intense heat and converted
INTO gas, which, upon being burned. yields
a hght varying from 1850 TO 1900 candle
power. The apparatus is self-acting and
does not necessitate the employment OF
compressed air 1t is so constructed that
a lamp and reservoir capable of holding
ten htres Of petroleum., and supplying a
S,JJ candle-pOWer light. can be strapped
on the knapsaek of soldier. The lamps
can be carried about when burning, or
may be hxed in any position"
I'm New Zealand the oId-fashioned
methods in use in most other whale fish
cries have been abandoned in favor of
nets, according to Parsons Weekly
which are now used for the capture of
tnese leviathans of the sea The nets
are made of tWO-inch manila rome and are
so constructed that galvanized iron rings
take the place of the knots in the ordi-
nary nets. The mesh is a six-foot one,
ana ana the ropes forming it are spliced into
tne rings The nets are made in six sec
tons, each ten fathoms square with two
ten-gallon barrels as floats to each sec
ton. When setting the net the sections
are Joined together with line lust strong
enough TO bear the ordinary strain to
winch they are liable to be subjected, so
mat when a whale gets meshed he tears
away the section in which he is fast
Whlle ne is trying to get rid of the net
the whaleboats, which are always wait
ing dart alongside and he is harpooned.
The population of Gotham may be di-
vided into those who live under their
hats" and those who don't, says the Pitts
burg dispatch. To. live under your hat
consists IN not taking your meals at your
own fiat; of not knowing in the morning
where you will dine in the evening; of not
SHOWING at night where you will take
breakfast in the morning. Some persons
I'VE under their hats from choice, some
from necessity, some from ennui at the
Sameness OF existence, some from rest
lessness. But the three great classes of
jewellers under the hat are millionaires.
Dachelors and tramps. For the first one
the charm is that it is expensive; for the
second that II is variegated; for the third
ihat II suits their economy of life There
IS no place in the world so well suited
Tor ms way of living as New York.
dclltleS exist In every quarter of the
town He or she who would study the
various types here must of necessity live
aneee their mats at some stage. of their
existence. If they don't they'll miss splen-
ala opportunities to take lessons.
Congressman Bailey of Texas thus re-
plies to recent criticisms of his dress: Il
have always held that society had no
rlght, by ITS dictum, to regulate the style
OF man, S clothes. Ever since I could af-
FORA II, have dressed just as l do to-
day: 1 have worn the same black broad
cloth suit cut in the same style; the
same style of broad shirt front and
broad black felt hat l wear these
clothes regardless of the day of the week
or the hour or OF society's dictation, be-
cause believe they become me, and they
please my wife. There is a rule of society
which preScribes that a dress suit shall
not be worn until after 6 o'clock in the
evening. If l chose to wear dress suit,
| would feel free to put it on in the morn
ing or evening, or at noon, just as the
Iancy dictated. 1t seems to me that the
society rule which attempts to regulate a
mans dress is autocratic. The rule of
prescribing dress originated in the old
customs OF the court nobility. We are
simply initiating these old aristocrats
when we bar a person out of society be-
cause he does not dress in the fashion
II men showed more independence in the
matter OF dress, they would soon be able
to break over the society restraints, and
after that anybody could wear whatever
ne chose to-, so long as he conformed to
So far as am concerned, l shall continue
to wear whatever suits me and at the
same time meets the approval of my
wife"
Honduras seems a paradise for pets.
says writer in outing. Parrots of every
size, from that of a sparrow to the great
green macaw, three feet long or more
can clamor all over and about the house.
and never know a cage. Chachalacas trot
through the patios or courts of the houses
in the towns, and bitternS stalk discon-
ISOLATE about. Fawns and children play to-
gether in many a yard, and coons and
sometimes an amadillo are playmates for
the little ones who have few dolls In the
Sambo hamlet of Ulun, a tame ant-eater
was offered to me, and while we talked of
1t woman came in leading a gibeonite
which took occasion to nibble at its own
ers bare heels while she bargained. AS /
lay in a hammock in a Walkna hut one
day a peccary came within my reach.
With a convenient stick l ventured to
scratch his brown and bristly back Down
he Topped on his side and grunted in
sweet content as long as the tickling
went on. From that moment he was my
ardent, much too ardent friend and faith
full follower could not go ten steps
without finding him at my heels, and his
jealousy was as instant as it was fierce
Woe to the dog that dared come near me-
A sudden rush, a quick upward thrust
of those cleaning tusks and there was a
bleeding cash in that dogs quarters, if
he was not agile beyond the average of
dogs. And the swapping of those tusks
was a sound that was most suggestive
particularly to a white man cropping in
the dark for the OLA that holds the drink
Peccaries are not really the incest of pets
for people whose visitors are nervous
do you know, says and exchange, that
every healthy fiber of wool is covered
from root to point with numerous over
tapping teeth or Scales" and that it is
because of this scaly structure that wool
can be "felted" or inteflaced and entan-
bled by mechanical operations so as to
become a web with a dense, cloth-like
texture? Human hair and hog bristles
are also of a scaly nature, but the teeth
are few compared with those found on
Sleeps wool. From commercial point
of view the excellence of wool is deter
mined by the number and closeness of
these microscopic teeth or scales. In
some species of sheep the teeth number
over two thousand to the inch, while in
others there are but few over one thou
sand. BY counting the scales on a single
fiber of wool an expert wool buyer can tell
exactly what species or variety of sheen
any inspected fleece is from. For an in
stance, if a grower brings in a load of
wool and declares it to be from Merino
sheep the buyer only needs to take down
his high grade microscope and count the
teeth on a single fiber of the wool. If he
finds that these fall under two thousand
to the inch he knows that the farmer is
on the beat and acts accordingly. The
superior quality of wool from which the
yarn called SaXony is spun usually has
from twenty-seven hundred to twenty
seven hundred and fifty scales or teeth to
the inch. Merino, a middle grade" wool.
averages twenty -four hundred to the inch
The finest and best wool on the market
seldom has less than twenty-eighr nun.
dred or more than three thousand over
tapping scales to the inch