The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

mona Town. where the women recently
carried the election. sent the following
US one small cut of a hen Women car
rled the election here. and I suppose
We VIII have 10 swing out hen instead
OF rooster"
"A French photographer has arranged
an alcohol lamp so that while it is i'm
mersed he can throw powdered magnes-
ium into the flame and thus secure a
very brilliant light under water. In this
manner he has been able TO obtain some
clear and beautiful photographs Of the
bed Of the Mediterranean. oxygen is car
ried down in the apparatus 10 promote
combustion
The most recent solution of the diff
Guilty of the slipping of street cars on
curves as proposed by Francis Blanding
OF Putnam, Conn, consists of securing the
wheel TO the axle, as now, but with the
latter cut in two in the middle, so as to
allow unequal rotation of the halves. The
mango would keep each wheel from getting
TOO Iar away from its mate, and. TO pre-
vent the inner ends of the severed axle
from wearing each other down, each sec
ton has fastened to 1t a stout collar, the
latter abutting against a sieve enclosing
the middle portion of the axle.
"A cement which will fasten stone. wood
and other substances to metal, and will
be entirely waterproof. has long been
needed. Such an article, whose compost
ton IS a secret, is reported from Switzer-
land. It is metallic composition, melts
al between 400 and 500 degrees Fahren-
heit, and is then sticky like thin glue. 1t
IS said to have great adhesive power. To
use 1t, one breaks it up in small pieces
pretty and delicate objects can be made
out OF this material in plaster Of paris
molds.
Generally speaking, says the Locomo-
tive, the age of boiler is by no means
criterion of the boilers safety Boilers
often explode when brand new, and, on the
other hand, they often do faithful service
when old enough to vote. 1t is a good plan
though, not 10 place too implicit a reliance
on them, when they get very far along in
years. These remarks are called forth by
a recent boiler explosion in the south, in
which subsequent investigation showed
that the boiler was Is handed 1t was 80
years old, and had been sold twelve times.
The last owner had been using il only a
Few minutes, when it blew up and killed
him.
1t has been the custom, says Popular
Science News. to wash wool by various
alkaline processes, but this is likely to
be superseded by the new method, which
is naphtha cleaning. Powerful pumps
force the naphtha through and through
the wool without injurlng the fiber in
the least, and at the same time the naph-
tina extracts all of the natural oil out
of the wool. The fiber is in very much
better condition than when cleansed by
any other process. A further advantage
ny TINS means OF cleansing Is that the
wool oil is recoverable from the naphtha
by very simple process, and is easily
resolved IN perfectly pure state. In the
cleansing of 100000 pounds of wool, $4,000
pounds of pure wool oil were saved.
The origins of many spontaneous fires
are thus enumerated by a technical journ-
al: Lampblack has been known to take
fire spontaneously. Oiled or greasy rags
have been seen to blaze up in a few min
9tes after having been thrown on the
floor. Dried rubbish exposed to the heat
OF the suns rays has been seen TO catch
fire under circumstances that rendered
any other cause impossible. The suns
rays focused through a window pane on
plank in the floor containing pine sap have
been known to set 1t on fire. Sawdust used
for cleaning floors or absorbing spilled oil
and Varnish should be removed from the
building. Sawdust accumulations around
journals of machinery are prolific sources
of fires. Matches in the pockets of cast-off
clothing are dangerous. Narnish and tur-
pentine cans placed too near the stove in
cold weather are liable to explode and
catch fire.
The words, "In the name of God.
amen" have through continuous use for
centuries become such a fixture at the
beginning of testamentary papers that
many people think a will is not binding
unless it is supplied with the phrase, says
the Washington Times. AS a result some
written expressions of the desires of those
who are looking forward to death. A will
was submitted to the register a few DAYS
ago that had been penned by the testator
himself, judging from the characters in
the body of the paper and the signature.
The man, who was about to depart this
life, as he said in the will, had evidently
attempted to draw the document after
the fashion of wills as he remembers
them. He omitted the frequently used
words at the beginning, but evidently re-
membered something of them at the close,
and brought them in the following fash
ion: Il give the balance of my estate
to my son John, his heirs and assigns for
Gods sake, amen"
The buffalo is used as a beast of burden
in Java, says the Milwaukee Journal.
Everywhere you see them grazing lazily in
the fields, or dragging carts and ploughs.
1t is a clumsy animal. Thick folds of SUI
perhuous fat and skin hang about the neck
and limbs, and a constant stream of per-
Spiration runs from its almost hairless
body. A beautiful pair of crescent shaped
horns adorn the forehead of this tropical
horse. Flocks of fiamingoes and white
cranes strut and fly in and out among
these beasts. On one occasion 1 saw a
beautiful f1amingo parading up and down
the back of a buffalo COW, which was ly-
ing almost immersed in a. mud hole by the
roadside. The bird was feasting his trop-
ical appetite by picking insects and other
unWelcome visitors from the shining back
of this mammoth beast. This kind of
thoughtfulness on the part of the flamingo
is much appreciated by the COW, and am
convinced there exists between them
pure platonic friendship. What peculiar
thing this world is, for what is a torture
and a menace to the buffalo is a choice
morsel much appreciated by the acute
palate of the crane.
A great engineering work of immense
Importance to the city of Venice has Just
been completed, says the London Stan
dard. Ffty-eight years ago, in order to
prevent the damage caused by the occa-
sional overlooking OF the river Brenta
the Austrian government, on the recon-
mendation of the celebrated engineer,
Paleocapa, carried out certain works by
which the mouths of that river were
carried into the Chioggia Lagoon. some
distance south Of their original outlet.
Since then the alluvium brought down
by the river has threatened to convert a
portion of Chioggia Lagoon into a fever
breeding swamp, and also to cause Sc
rious damage Ito 1.-The whole Venice Lagoon
by sitting. 1t was accordingly decided to
construct new channel Tor the Brenta.
sixteen kilometers in length, giving the
river a direct outlet to the sea near Bron-
dolo, still further south The scheme
which was estimated TO cost S,OOOO00 lire
and was begun in 1884, has now been
brought to successful conclusion The
now channel, by means of subsidiary ca
nails, also provides a fresh outlet for the
Bacchiglione and other rivers formeriHJ
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