The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-21
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vatican should be melted down the amount
OF gold obtained would make more coin
man the whole Of the present European
circulation.
The present SIaharajah Of Jeypore
has had somewhat romantic career.
For long time he lived on an allowance
OF sh1liings a week; but one day he
suddenly found himself raised TO the
throne and the pOssessOr of an income
Of t5O0oO1 sterling per year, According to
the usual custom among the eastern po-
tentates. who are in constant fear OF
poison from a rival to the throne. his
predecessor only settled the succession
three hours before his death: and out of
some hundred relatives with equal claims,
TO the surprise of all, he chose the pres
ent one, then only just of age. In addi-
ton to the annual income, there was
found in the treasury 100000 in solid
silver, which took twenty-threc days to
count over.
In France there exists an order of
merit, founded by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. of
which the members are dogs who have
distinguished themselves by deeds of bra
very. tastefully designed collar of
honor IS awarded to the nominees of
the order. Among the animals already
decorated in this way one OF the most
celebrated Is Bacchus, a large bulldog,
whose specially is to stop runaway horses
by Jumping up and seizing them by the
bride. Bacchus' master resides in the
Rue Biscornet. 1t is calculated that the
intelligent animal has already saved the
lives of eight persons, if not more, in
this way. Pautland, another bulldog, re-
ceived a. collar in 1887 for saving his
mistress from the attack of a fOotpad,
and Turk, splendid Newfoundland, has
had a similar honor for saving three
young children from drowning on differ
ent occasions.
The telephone and the telegraph are
rapidly making inroads into the arid por-
ton of the desert of Sahara. Engineer
Bayole is now on the way from Biskra
to Tuggurth with a working force of 100
men for the purpose of laying telegraph
wires between the two places. The line is
erected as the party proceeds, and the
first news from Bayolle was received at
Biskra when he telephoned from a point
some twenty miles south of Biskra He
advanced at the rate of from three to five
miles day, and will probably reach Tug
ports over the phone that he has met
with a peculiar difficulty; the camels
which he has taken along are not used to
carrying burdens of long shape like
refuse to go on with their loads. Since
the camels will not carry the poles when
resort to the peculiar mode of balancing
the telegraph poles across the pack sad
dies and fastening them in this position
by means of straps and ropes.
Against a decision holding a barber
liable for the loss of a customers hat,
the dissenting opinion of Chief Justice
Bleckley in a case lately published, is
in full as follows: at hath never hap
pened from the earliest times to the pres
ent that BARRIERS, who are an ancient or
der of small craftsmen, serving their GUS
toners for small fee, and entertaining
them the while with the small gossip of
the town or village, have been held re-
sponsble for a mistake made by one GUS
toner whereby he taketh the hat of an
other from the common rack Or hanging
place appointed for all customers to hang
their hats; this rack or place being in the
same room in which customers sit TO be
shaved. The reason is that there is no
complete bailment of the hat. The barber
hath no exclusive custody thereof, and
the fee for shaving is too small to COM
pensate him for keeping a servant to
watch it. He himself could not watch it
and at the same time shave the owner
Moreover, the value of an ordinary gen.
tIeman's hat is so much in proportion to
the fee for shaving that to make the
barber an insurer against such mistakes
The loss of one hat would absorb his
earnings for a whole day. perhaps many
days. The barber is a craftsman laboring
for wages, not a capitalist conducting
business of trade or trust"
Although the greatest diamond mines
in the world are in South Africa, Brazil
exports more diamonds to that part than
anywhere else on earth. The explanation
Is easy. They are black diamonds, and
are not of the kind used as jewelry. The
place OF their greatest utility Is under
ground in mines. South Africa does not
produce them, but it could not well get
along without them. Black diamond is
the hardest substance known. Its utility
has only been realized for about twenty
years, and Improvements are constantly
being made in it. The rough stones are
that was unknown until recently. The
split must follow the grain. If it does not
half of the stone will be wasted. Each
stone is split into cubes of different
sizes. The cubes are then welded into
mining drills If they are to be used for
boring. The steel is cast about the dia-
mond so that it cannot get loose. In the
same way nearly all the diamond saws
are made. They are circular saws. Ev-
cry tooth is a black diamond cube. 1t is
fastened on when the steel portion of the
instrument is in a molten state The at
tempt to make these stones artificially
has proved a failure in every instance.
The cost is greater than the market price
of the Brazilian diamonds. Black dia-
monds weigh ordinarily less than 100
carats, ranging all the way down to half
a carat. The largest in existence was
found only a short time ago, its weight
being 800 carats. The diamond was sold
to a museum for $4,000
This is the season, says the Boston
Herald when Goldfish are being Matched
in the laboratories of the United States
fish commission at Woods Holl, where
there are facilities for the incubation of
65, 100000 cod and 95,OO0,OO0 lobster eggs at
one time. Last year there were 10 500, 900
cod eggs Matched at this station and 4O,-
900 embryo were planted in the waters
of Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound.
Before the present season is over there
will have been from 150,000000 to TO 900 900
Holsters and cod planted. A cod egg is a
transparent ball, 1-1Sth of an inch in diam
eter. The eggs are obtained at Woods
Holl Laboratories from fully grown fish,
which are purchased in September and
kept in cages under water until about
Nov Is, when the first eggs are deposited
At the proper time an attendant of the
station examines the fish. If they are in
condition, gentle pressure causes the
eggs to flow. A single cod yields from 90
900 to 3.O00,000 eggs. but the average yield
is about $4,000. The average deposit COW
ers a period of three weeks or a month
In the glass jars. which are used for arti-
fetal Matching, it is easy to separate the
good eggs from the bad, since dead cod
eggs being heavier than the live ones
sink to the bottom. In the case of shad
eggs, the reverse of this is true 1t re-
quires $3.50 lobster eggs to make an ounce
and 1920 eggs of the fiat fish, When the
cod Matching is over the production of fiat
fish is begun, and, during the last of
March the collection of lobster eggs.