The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-28
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AT Annecy, in Savoy, in digging the
/ foundation for a new house a large flag
stone was found covering an old cellar.
IN which was large collection Of frag-
ments Of sculpture. They came from the
twelfth century monastery of the holy
. sepulchre. which was destroyed during
the French revolution. Many Of the pieces
can be repaired.
-Leasers Of the Quito mine report a
rich strike according to a. correspondent
writing from Idaho Spring, Col. The min
eral has been running about $40 a ton for
TO the successes Of 1895, the mineral sud-
denly began indicating higher values. 1t
when shipped TO the ore buyers il ran $500
to the ton, 50 ounces Of IL being in gold.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pony during the year ending June. 1885,
added over lGO90 miles Of copper wire to
its extensive plant. The company will use
that metal alone on all principal lines
hereafter. The saving in weight. increas-
ed capacity and diminished liability to in
terrupuou from atmospheric conditions
make copper more economical i'm the end,
| Telegraph wires weigh about 10 pounds
/ TO the mile. This would require for 1880
miles about 200 long tons of copper.
Henri Moisson recently exhibited at
the French Academy of Sciences a black
/ diamond as large as a mans fist, which
is valued at about $4,000. 1t is said to be
/ the largest black diamond ever found,
aud was picked up in Brazil by a miner
/ working in private grounds. 1t weighed
| 5000 carats or about twice much as
! the largest stone OF the kind hitherto dis
| covered. Within short time after its
! discovery, about hNe months ago. II lost
| nineteen grammes of its weight. evidently
/ by the evaporation of water contained in
\ il, but the loss has now ceased. Its crys-
! talline form is nearly perfect resembling
| that of the artificial black diamonds
/ formed by the capitalization of carbon
/ in silver crucibles.
! A discovery of the greatest Importance
has just been made by Father sehel
/ who has for some time been exploring III
/ Babylonia. In the Muielibeh mound, one
! of the principal heaps of ruins in the
enCeinte of Babylon. he has discovered a
| long inscription of Nabonidus. the last of
| the Babylonian kings (B. c. 555-53S), which
! contains a mass of historical and other
/ data which win be of the greatest value
/ to students of this important period OF
! Babylonian history. The monument in
! question, says the Londan Times. is "a
| small stella of diorite, the upper part or
| which is broken, inscribed with eleven
! columns OF writing, and which appears
/ to have been erected early in The kings
| reign.
| "A Scotch inventor has recently brought
to notice a new and valuable marine paint,
| says the New York Sun, the object of the
! article being a capacity of application in
| cold state to the submerged and various
| other parts of ships or other craft, the
| effect being that of quick-drying anti
! fouling zinc and tallow paint. For the
! accomplishment of this purpose a compo-
/ sition has been devised consisting of 40
| per cent of oxide of zinc, u per cent. of
! lnseed oil, % per cent. of tallow and %
per cent. of thinnings-the latter sub
| stance being composed of 60 per cent.
/ of shale naphtha, benzoline, or other sim
| liar spirits, 80 per cent of gum dammar.
and 10 per cent. of rosin; these proper
| tons are alterable to suit different waters
and conditions.
Mr. Ernest Hart, a specialist on diet,
| writes: zone deplorable result of excess
| sive meat eating in England is the ill
| temper, which is chronic moral complaint
among us. In no country, / believe, is
home made so unhappy and life made so
| miserable by the il-temper of those who
are obliged 10 live together, as in England.
| If we compare domestic life and manners
! in England with those of other countries,
| where meat does not form such an inte-
graz article OF diet; a notable Improvement
| VIII De marked. In less meat-eating
| France urbanity is the rule of the home:
| in fish and rice-eating Japan, harsh words
| are unknown, and an exquisite polfteness
| to one another prevails. even among the
| children who play together in the streets.
In Japan L never heard rude angry words
| spoken by any but Englishmen. l am
| strongly of the opinion that the ill-temper
! of the English is caused in a great meas
ure by a too-abundant meat dietary, COM
| blned with a sedentary life. The half-ox-
| idized products of albumen form urates
and uric acid, which, circulating in the
blood, produce both mental and moral dis
| turbances."
"A Paris saleswoman says that the
Madrid ladies have the smallest feet she
| knows Of Per1IVians and Chfians cono
| ing next. says the Boston Post. American
| ladies from the United States are also
| remarkable for their small feet. The Rus
| slams have heavy splay feet. 1t is i'm
| possible to classify those of Vienna, there
| are so many varieties there. The Empress
! of Austria requires a long, narrow shoe
| She has no flesh on her foot and her
| instep is high. The best-shaped feet i'm
| Northern Europe are in Sweden. Ger
man ladies coming from Germany are
| generally neatly shod. English ladies
| coming from England have awkwardly
| made boots and shoes. The Belgian la
| dies are better off in their shoemakers.
| but they have large feet. Jewish ladies'
| in Paris, at any rate-have small feet and
| are particular about their shoes and stock
| ings. 1t appears that Lady Ermyntrude
| Malet has a phenomenally small foot
! Dona Bertha (de Rohan), wife of Don
| Carlos, shows Breton descent in her feet
| Her number is 81 or a small g." The
| Empress Eugenies white satin shoes used
| to be sent to the orphanage she patron
lied to be worn by first communicates"
1 aged IL to T.
Royalty enjoys many luxuries and has
many special provisions made for it's com
| fort, says the Westminster Gazette
| Grand Duke Paul of Russia is so tall that
| no hotel bed is long enough for his comfort
| and he has one built in sections which
| he carries in his luggage eVeryWhere and
| under the supervision of the royal valet
| wherever the grand duke goes. The En-
| press of Austria, and many other great
/ ladies. carry their own beds and bed linen
| blankets and quilts and always a mackin-
| tosh sheet to spread over the mattress to
| guard against dampness from lack of suf-
| fcient airing in transit from place to
/ place The late Sultan of Morocco was
| also among the luxurious monarchs. He
was an invalid a good part of the time
and had a strongly rooted objection to be.
! ing carried up and down stairs. So a
railroad was built from his bed chamber
! to the ground floor. The rails We're IL
| inch gauge, and were made in 3-foot
| lengths The road was built on a grad
! ual curve, and the carriages were bean
| tiful easy chairs with Hanged wheels con
! vertible into couches Room was left on
either side of the track for the passage
| of the attendants.
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