The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Cape Colony has ordered young orange
trees from California for experimental
purposes.
A poor man of ST. Joseph. No. has
fallen heir TO a fortune OF $4,000. left by
an uncle killed in the 81. Louis tornado.
Oak acorns from Rondebosch, Cecil
Rhodes park in South Africa. are ad-
vertised for sale in London at a shilling
apiece or five for three shillings-
in a recent address in New York.
E. Francis Hyde declared that the sls
square miles of area Of Greater New
York has sufficient TO accommodate with
standing room all the Inhabitants Of the
earth. 1,450 900 in number, and allow
six square feet 10 each individual
There are queer ways OF making a
living in New York city One Sunday a
man advertised that he had found = wal
let with a large sum of money in Il and
gave an address. Thirty-ive men caHled
and fifteen others wrote him letters Tue
losers stated the sums lost to be all this
way from $1,000 to $4,000, and most of
them gave the denomination of the hills
He was promised all the way from 81, 600
TO 1900 10 restore the lost wallet, but as
there was none of course he could not do
It. 1t went to show that many people
devote their time TO trying to recover
lost articles which obviously belong 10
others.
Bangkok. the capital of Slam. has
had free public library since last No
vember. which is used by thousand
readers weekly. Once a week Iedtures are
given which are well attended by at
tentiVe audiences. Though the weekly ed
ucatlonal periodical, "Rajatbhisheka.'
has died, the monthly "Vajtranan," the
Dhammacaksu." which is religious, and
the uddha kosa,' devoted - military
matters and International law, still flour
ish. of newspapers the Siam Observer
and Bangkok Times print the news, both
IN English and Siamese, but the "Dham-
masatvincchaF is written entirely IL
Siamese.
The surface of the crust of the earth
is divided by a German scientist into five
regions. The five are as follows: The
eliminating area of the earth'S crust Oc-
cupying per cent. of the surface ana
lying altogether above 1000 meters, with
mean hight of 200 meters Cor 700 fee0
above the sea. The continental plateau,
occupying all the surface from the LOCO
meter contour line of elevation to me
200 meter contour line of depth, /. e., to
the margin of the shallow sea border or
continental shelf. Ii comprises 28.3 per
cent. OF the surface, and has a mean ele-
walton of $50 meters Cor 800 feeO above
the sea. The continental slope, from
depth OF 200 meters to $500 below sea
level, covers . per cent. of the earths
surface, and has mean depth of 1905
meters Cor 1900 feeO. The oceanic pla-
teau, between the depths of 300 and 5000
meters, occupies no less than 53.7 per
cent of the surface, and has a mean
depth of 4,100 meters COR 1880 feeD. Final
~ the depressed area, deeper than 5000
meters, is assumed to occupy per cent.
of the surface, with mean depth or
5000 meters (say 10000 feeD.
Those who have INDUCED in deep sea
fishing know how the fish cuts deeply
into the hard wood of the gunwale as it
is hauled in while taut, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. Even an iron protection, after
time, shows the wear of the rope, which
Is comparatively soft. This gives a clew
to the invention of an Albany quarryman
for cutting stones. Instead however, Of
hemp he proposes to use wire rope, and
with this he will carve the marble and
stone right out of its native bed. The wire
is wound in strands and has a very rough
surface, powerful machinery gives a strong
and steady strain, and the stone yielding
to the constant wear, parts, with smooth
edges. 1t would be easy enough to cut
| the blocks after they are removed from
| the quarry, but where the cleverness of
| the inventor comes insis 'devising mechan-
| ism that can be applied to the stone while
in the quarry. This is affected by sink
ing two parallel channels in the quarry
e eG Than deP that of little the i sTssst
| level of the stone to be cut. The channels
may be from 20 to 100 feet apart. At the
bottom of each is made a small hole to
receive the foot ends of the shafts of the
machine. This is the only preparation of
| the quarry that is necessary. The ropes,
/ which are coiled on huge drums, are then
| passed around the channels, and as the
! drums reVolVe the cutting proceeds. Suit
| able brakes are provided for the regula-
! ton OF the speed and pressure. The or
! binary speed of the strand is 500 feet a
| minute, so that mile length of it passes
| In six minutes. While the strand is NOV
| ing, crushed stone or chilled shot and
| water can be introduced to increase the
attrition: Far Setter however, than
| either OF these is a composition obtained
from the tailings of a magnetic iron sep
| arator, which costs about one-tenth as
| much as the chilled shot. 1t does not leave
the ilnes caused by the shot, and it can be
| used over and over again.
| -Ihe balloon trips of to-day which
make timid people shrink are not so mod
| eTn as one thinks, says the Chicago News
| In 1850 Paris was seized with the balloon
fever and it spread to England. Few peo-
| pie remember Lieut.. Gale the English
| aeronaut, and his French rival M Poite-
| YIN, each OF whom came to sudden end
| in pursuit of his profession. Poiteyini as
tonished the world with-some of the most
| 1oolhardy featS ever known. From the
| hlppodrome in Paris Poiteyin assembled
| on a donkey which was attached to a
| DaHoon. He wore a Jockey costume Next
ne essayed an ostrich and CARRIED himself
as an Arabian. The ostrich was incased
IN leather harness provided. with stir
rups, but its head was left free and when
the balloon arose from the ground it made
every effort to "unhorse" Its rider The
| aeronaut managed to retain his seat eiIl a
| considerable hight was reached, when he
| Climbed up a rope ladder into the car.
| waved his burnoOse and was lost to sight
Inc ostrich was difficult compared to the
donkey which was perfectly helpIess
! None of the animals Poitevin used in his
ascents ever met with an accident. either
| gong up or ascending. The next animal
ne rode into the air was a gray pony
and then he essayed to travel in a horse
and gig attached to the balloon. Then he
! and his wife went for an aerial drive in a
| man phaeton, to which two horses were
attached, and the climax came when
NINE Poitevin, attired as EUROPA. was
! perched on the broad back of bull from
| whence she eventually scrambled I'M a
| rope ladder into the car where her hus
oand was. Enormous crowds Witnessed
these teats, and Louis Napoleon. president
| OF the republic, was sometimes nresent
Lieut.: Gales attempts were not so sensa-
I uohal, but none the less they were dan
| gerous. Attached to the car Of his baIIoon
| was a rope ladder fifty feet long and he
| would climb down to the end of this and