The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The well-known submerged forest at
Whitburn Bay. Sunderland. has been the
subject OF much conversation lately. be-
cause OF more of IL having lately been
seen than has been the case for some
years. Recently an interesting ind was
made in connection with il. The relic
was part of fir tree. which was in the
mid stage between coal and wood.
"A Scotch shipbunder. in order 10 secure
increased steadiness of ships at sea and
permit higher speed. has conceived the
idea Of modifying the shape Of the hull by
line, but divided below the line into cen
trail and an even number Of wing portions
separated by cOnverging channels. The
central portion extends the whole length
Of the ship. but the wing portions extend
only about twO-thirds Of the length. Above
the water line the cOnnguratiOn of the
of the usual shape and forms a continuous
run with the channels. Below the water
line the portions of the hull are prefera-
ply OF ellpucal shape and the outer sur
faces Of the wing portions form contin-
uous run with the bounding surfaces of the
hull.
The busy little bee has been forced
into a new business, that of the manufac-
ture of indicated honey, in a variety
OF havors, for as many kinds of diseases.
1t is French scientist" of course. that
has brought about this valuable addition
TO the pharmacoepia, says a writer in
the New York Journal He keeps the bees
IN a large conservatory, or at any rate
under glass, so that they can only pasture
upon flowers specially provided and chO-
sen for special medicinal properties. In
this manner ready made phys.c Of the
most delicate kinds is garnered. In this
way influenza, coughs and colds, indiges-
ton, asthma and many other ills are
said to be readily if indirectly reached,
and while the palate of the weakened in
valid and the stubborn child is tickled,
he is being surreptitiously cured.
A new way of constructing a solid
foundation for a tall building has been
tried with success in Berlin. It was ne
cessary to find a solid base sufficiently
strong to carry a building weighing more
than 10000 tons. The plot of ground upon
which the building was to stand was ad-
joined on both sides by high buildings,
which prevented the possibility of digging
to any depth for a foundation. The only
way out Of the difficulty was the sinking
of a CaissOn in the center Of the plot
upon the cemented top Of which a hollow
form molten iron was poured, filling up the
space, and upon this cast iron foundation
plate the understructure of the building
now rests, while the side walls are sup
ported by a cantileVer structure. The fun
weight of the load upon this cast iron
foundation is estimated at more than 1000
tons.
A curious hallucination caused a
young girl from a small village near Milan
TO take her own life in an awful man
ner. The poor girl had since the death
Of her mother a few months ago believed
that to atone for a sin Of her mothers
she would have TO follow her into he'll
Being harmless otherwise she was al
lowed to go about freely. few days
ago she prepared for herself in the brush
near the outskirts OF the village nigh
funeral pyre, which she lit, and then
quietly assembled to await the end IN
the flames. Laborers near by, who were
afraid of a forest fire, hurried to the
spot whence the smoke arose, and found
her kneeling on the burning pyre in fer
vent prayer. They saved her from the
flames and put out the fire, but she had
suffered such fearful burns that she ex-
pired on the way to the hospital.
Again the Mannlicher rife has been
used in earnest in Austria, this time in
a labor riot near Reichtnberg. Three sol
diers fired one snot each and brought
down seven people, one bullet actually
killing two persons and badly hurting an
other. These recurring evidences of the
deadly character of the new small-bores
says the London correspondent of the
New York Times, lend a sickening terror
to the forecasts of the next European
war. on the other hand experience in
the Soudan and in Matabeleland shows
that this modern tiny projectile, despite
its hideOus velocity and penetrating pow
er, is not so good for stopping a Dervish
or Kafir rush as the old big bullet. The
native comes at such pace and with such
tremendous force of will power that moth
ing, but the solid impact of a gOod-sized
chunk of lead will hold him up. He will
not 6lOp merely because ne mas Deeu per-
forated by a metallic pea. l should think
this would probably be true, too of Rus
sian soldiers.
A rancher, whose place is on the bot
tom along the Williapette slough, below
Holbrook station, was in the city yes
terday to find out whether he had any
| recourse against the United States FISH
commission for the Introduction of carp
into the rivers in this sections, says the
Portland Oregonian. He says these FISH
are destroying his meadows by eating his
grass and grubbing up the roots. As
the water oVerfiows his meadow the carp
follow ii up in thousands, the small ones
weighing about three pounds, pushing
their way up where the water is only
three inches or so in depth and clearing
off all vegetation, so that when the water
recedes he will have mud flats in the
| place of meadows. He says that while
looking at the fish eating his grass on
Sunday, he got so mad that he took off
| his shoes and stockings and went out
into the shallow water and attacked them
| with a hoe. He slashed lot of them
| in two, but when the drove became alarm
ed and made for deep water they bumped
| their noses against his shins and came
| near knocking him off his feet, and his
| ankles are all black and blue from the
humping he got, AS for driving the carp
/ away he says he might as well have
| fried to sweep back the rise of the Co
! lumbia with a broom.
Many of the incandescent lamp manu-
| facturers of Germany use the chemical
| process of exhausting the air in the lamps
in conjunction with the air pump. In
| the tube attached to the lamp for ex-
hausting it a piece of anonymous red
! phosphorus is introduced, the amount of
| which must be found empiracany of
! each type of lamp. While it is being
| exhausted with the pump this tube is
! heated carefully with a Bunsen burner,
| and when the vacuum is sufficient the
| normal current is passed through the
! lamp and then increased gradually up to
about three times the normal voltage,
| when a violet light will appear at the
end of the filament. A few moments
later blue light will appear around the
filament, and after having run for ten
to twenty seconds at the high voltage
the blue light will expand throughout the
| whole globe and at that moment the
lamp THust be scaled off, so as to include
| the phosphorus; the lamp is then run
again and heated at the tube which con-
tains the phosphorus A reaction win
suddenly take place and the blue light
| will disappear, scarcely visible light
| brown deposit being formed on the glass.
! WHICH, it is said, does not affect the
| candle-pOwer. When a lamp exhausted
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