The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ the post is told bv the Rev. A. n Lewis.
I in published address, He vgas out walk
ing W.th his most when he came 10 a man
WnO was Planning q nitching-pcst in the
ground by the roadside. The general stop
ped and said My friend. ] can show
you how 20 set your posi- 50 that il VIII
nrf r rot Taking j ID his hands, those
great hands Of his. he placed IL upside
down and he.d IL while Tie man filled up
the hole AMI ''tampeI' the earth around
H. II is WeI-kuoNn fact THAI a post ST
bottom side up I'd the ground will not alb
serb water. The sap tubes viii not
draw when the post is reversed
"A very curious man-engine is employed
at Trevesan mine. in Cornweu, a mine
which is 80 fathoms deep. This engine has
been constructed for lifting the miners
and lowering them TO their work which
is at a depth of 20 IA hons. 1t has two
parallel vertical rods provided with stages
or platforms which are reciprocated past
each other; each rod receives a motion
through the same distance A man step
ping on TO a lower platform is raised by
I the lifting of the rod which brings him TO
| the level Of the next on the other rod
which Is then at its lowest position. On
TO this he steps; 50 he continues stepping
l from one to another. rising twelve feet
between each step. The platforms are OPP
| posite to each other al the dead points Of
| the engine crank, and a slight pause is
made while the miners step OFF and on.
Thus strings Of men can ascend with the
/ slight labor Of stepping from one plat
/ form to another
-Icebergs in the North Atlantic this sea-
| son, according to the Nautical Magazine,
| have been exceptionally numerous, espec-
| tally near the southeastern extremity Of
| newfoundland. Incoming vessels at St.
| Johns, n. F., report passing icebergs al
/ most continually. one field of ice passed
| was four miles wide and tWenty-One miles
] long, and from one point as many as 125
/ bergs were sighted at one time. Several
NfF to %
/ one being 600 feet high and over 400 feet
! long, while another enormous mass.
/ though smaller, was 400 feet high and 600
! feet long. Icebergs of over 0OJ feet above
| the sea surface have not infrequenty been
| reported in the Southern ocean, 1850 feet
| being the greatest hight recorded. but a
| berg 600 feet high in the North Atlantic
| is exceptional. When it is remembered that
| their hight, one 600 feet high above the
! water surface represents mass almost a
/ mile high.
The cost of supporting a great house
hold now, as compared with 200 years ago,
is somewhat interesting, says the New Or
leans Picayune. In 100 the maintenance
and wages of thirty-six people employed in
the family of a French nobleman only
amounted 10. $500 per annum. This num-
Der included a chaplain, secretary, maitre
| dhOtel, and steward, 10 each of whom was
assigned a valet exclusively devoted to
his service. The expenses of the members
| of the family were somewhat larger. No
economy was practioed, and the meals
We're elaborate. In addition to poultry
and game, three roasts We're served dali
| ~, as well as soup, entrees, entremets,
| salads desserts, and fruits. The cost of
those were s.. 200 a year. What with the
| pay of the dOmestics and other officers of
the household, food, entertainment, Goth
ing and the keep of sixteen horses, the
annual expenses of a family as described
| amounted to less than $4,000. As money
was worth about five times as much then
as now, the cost of house keeping then
was not so much less than now as some
| persons imagine.
AS far as we know or are able to as
certain, Sirius, says the St. Louis Repub-
lie, one of the giants among the fixed
stars" is one of the most magnificent spec-
linens of Gods handiwork. Sir John Her
scheFs astronomical labors during the ear
~ portion OF the century and those of the
brilliant French astronomer, Flammar-
ion, during the past twenty-five years
enabled US to know considerable about the
distance to- the size Of and the intensity
OF the light of that distant orb Sirius is
situated about 52.O00OW,0OO leagues. or up
ward of 225,OO0 100000 miles from our world
but the intensity of the light is such that
1t has been estimated by Flammarion TO
be at least pa times greater than that
emitted by our sun! The distance to ST.
RUS being so great It follows that we do
not see that orb as it is to-day but as ii
was twenty-five years ago. The ray of
ight which comes to us from Sirius in
this, the summer of 1896, was not emitted
by that orb yesterday or the day before
but early in the spring of 1874. Should ST.
rus be plotted out of existence to-day we
would know nothing of the calamity until
ABOUT the middle of the year 1918.
God liver oil for medicinal purposes
should be perfectly limpid yellow thick
OIL and while having the peculiar. char
acteristics smell and taste, should be
absolutely free from rancidity Like All
FATTY substances, says Youths COMPANION
cod liver oil has a tendency to cause form
; atlon OF fat in the body, and so TO i'm
prove the quality of the blood. But it is
a very complex substance, and the iodine
pnosphoric acid, and other substances
/ which it contains, may account in mart
for the remarkable effects which its Iea
l nearly always produces. Cod liver oil
Is useful and is extensively employed
in almost all kinds of chronic diseases
: attended by wasting. Suffering from
ScIoIula IN It's various FORMS from tuber-
? colosis, chronic bronchitis chronic rheu-
matlom or general debility, referable to
misery, overwork and underfeeding. are
; all likely to be benefited by a preserving
course of cod diver oil. Taken in COM
blnaton with creOsote, 1t often exerts
a positively wonderful influence in con-
sumption, especially in conjunction with
change OF climate and intelligent nursing
In all cases where the administration Of
cod liver oil seems desirable the point ia
ne itIsl determined Is the attitude of the
patient toward it. Can he take il wifh
impunity, and, if so, can he digest it?
And are there no conditions. such as
/ diarrhoea, hemorrhage or much fever any
one OF which would prohibit its use?
Great care must be used in forcing the
oil upon sensitive or deranged stomacbs.
but by ingenious manipulation it can he
made palatable even in such cases. pro-
Vided there is no other objection TO it's
use. Sometimes a piece of salt taken in
the mouth just before the Oil and another
just after it. viii obviate the difficuItv
Various emulsiOns containing aromatic
waters, yolks of eggs, or equal parts of
glycerine and drop or two of almond
oil, may all be experimental with. Some
times it is necessary to begin with a
single small dose daily, gradually increas-
ing the amount as the person becomes
haoltuated TO II. In infants, or in cases
which it would be difficult to give the oil
through bhe mouth, it may be rubbed
on the abdomen and chest