The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Shingles that were laid in 1928 are be-
ing taken from the Canterbury IN. HI
Congregational church. They were split
and shaved by hand, and are in a perfect
state of preservation, but worn very thin
where they laid out to the weather.
Every soldier knows that a horse will
not step on man Intentionally. 1t is a
standing order in the British cavalry that
If trooper becomes dismounted he must
lie still. If he does this the whole squad
ron is likely to pass over him without do
ing him INJURY.
Among the inventions recently depos-
tied for patenting purposes in France is
IAN alarm for trains in case of attack by
brigands; having for it's object to enable
the engine drivers to warn passengers IN
all the compartments of the train when
he sees the brigands."
"A collection of 10000 buttons, including
specimens of those worn on all the uni
forms in the world, has been left by a
rich Englishman named Hamilton, who
died recently in Vienna. He had also
brought together 352 fans, which had each
belonged to beautiful women.
"A new and very efficient insect pow
der has been introduced in Europe. 1t
consists simply of pyrethrum flowers, to
every hundredth part of which is added
one part of napthalin by weight Inc
napthalin must be in very fine powder ana
intimately mixed with the pyrethrum'
An improved diving bell has been in
vented, in which it is claimed that div
ers can eat, sleep and work 5000 feet
below the surface of the sea if desired.
4l,f fI,tar- INN
the recovery of treasures from wrecks
at the bottom of the sea would seem TO
be practicable.
We sometimes think 1t is wonderful
that germs should retain their vitality
during the cold of severe winter, but what
are we to think when told that they VIII
live under any conditions for two thous-
and years? Germs found in dust in the
cracks of the interior of the pyramids,
which have been sealed up since the time
of the Pharoahs, grow and go through
their various transformations when they
come in contact with the proper elements.
An inventor of a new form of artificial
leg SAYS that if a man is so unfortunate
as to lose his leg there is no reason what
ever why any one beyond his own imme-
date friends should know it. The new
leg is said to be remarkably faithful in
its stimulation of the motions of the natu-
raj limb. 1t is a. curious contrivance or
hinges, screws and elastic bands. Elk
tending downward from where the ankle
should be to a point midway between the
heel and the instep are two steel rods
placed one in front of the other. One
rests on a sort of roller hinge, and allows
the foot to give or bend with each step.
The other serves the purpose of bringing
the foot back into place after the step
has been taken. Any lateral movement
of these rods is prevented by the sides OF
the slot through which they move. A
screw and nut at the top or the rod also
prevent the leg from turning, and thus
giving trouble in walking. The similarity
to nature in the form and action of the
limb is increased by the placing of an ar
tificial heel tendon within the foot at the
back of the ankle joint. This extends
through hole in the leg to nut about
halfway up. 1t gives an astonishing
fexibility and control of the artificial
limb in walking.
"A fne-looking middle-aged man went
into a sale stable the other day and asked
to see a saddle horse, says the New York
| Times. He wished a spirited animal he
said, for his daughter to ride. A beauti-
| full black stallion was brought out, a high
strung, nervous animal, which had not
an attempt was made to ride him. Man
| after man tried him, and either did not
| succeed in getting a seat or found himself
on the ground very suddenly a second af
| ter he had touched the horses back. The
| stranger was in no sense a "horsey" man.
but ne might have been, from his appear
ance, a thorough horseman, and it was ap-
parent soon that he was. Let me take
| the horse" he said. He stepped up to the
animal, talked to it, patted it, and finally
mounted. The horse was trembling, but,
with a touch and few words, he Quilted
| down. 81 will ride him. said the man.
He refused every offer from the stable
men to lead the horse and they expected
every moment to see him thrown. Still
| talking to the horse he rode him out of
| the stable and up and down the street.
| found him satisfactory, and purchased
| him. ut takes gentleman to ride a
horse like that" said a man who had
watched the proceeding with great inter
est. THE rider must be thoroughly in
sympathy with him. Brute strength
might kill, but it would never conquer
him.
The city of Indianapolis has deter
mined upon trial of creosoted long leaf
| yellow pine for pavements, the blocks to
be rectangular, four or five inches deep
and laid close together. The blocks are
steam at a temperature of 300 degrees
| Fahrenheit in vacuum for two or three
hours, and then subject them to a pres
sure in tank of creosote oil, which will
saturate the blocks with oil. twelve
pounds of oil to be used for each cubic
foot of timber. The Washington redwood
blocks, which are now being laid on two
streets. are saturated to the depth of an
inch, but the oil impregnates the blocks
more or less, throughout. The material
used is the dead oil of coal tar, which
contains tar acid. The reported formation
of naphthalene on the outside of the
blocks indicates this. Asphalt is said 10
| be seriously affected by the chemical
action of the creosote, and there is COM
plant also of its destruction of rubber
tires of carriages and bicycles. CITY En-
gineer Jeup has undertaken experiments
to test its chemical effect in this respect
Probably the only objection to using the
coal tar product rather than the wood
product Is that the coal tar product is
more volatile, and from 70 to 30 per CEN,
more material should be used to Obtain
the same permanent result, or, say twelve
pounds should be used per cubic foot NJ
blocks where ten pounds of wood creo-
sote would suffice.