The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

in a bag Tor day or two. when. on be
ing taken out, they almost inmed@tely
''set of straight for the box IN answer 70
the call OF the hen. though they na1
never seen her and had never before heard
her voice" This they did, he observed,
struggling through the grass and over
rough ground and when not yet able 10
stand steadily on their legs Ine same
writer remarks that turkey but ten
days old. which had never seen a hawk,
was so alarmed by the note OF one secret
Cd in cupboard that II NED IN dlrec-
ton opposite TO the cupboard with every
sign Of terror"
The collection of religious relics 10 be
seen in the church Of the CorsicaR vii
lage OF Sisco is undoubtedly unique. The
inha bitants Of this patty little pace are
exceedingly devOut and very simple, which
probably accounts for The possession OF
such a remarkable collection \ writer
in LIndependence Beige gives the fOi-
lowing list OF the principal items. The
horn used by Moses to call together the
children OF Israel while in the desert;
tuft OF that red hair which was the pride
of Esau ana the despair OF jacob; piece
OF the nail of the little toe OF the left
foot-tne statement is very precise-Of
Enoch, the patriarch; the bib worn By the
Infant Jesus; the curb and crupper OF the
ass that took the Holy Family into Egypt;
and several relies OF various saints.
1t is no doubt interesting to express
the force Of a stroke Of lightning in
horsepower. says a writer in alderman
review. During a recent storm which
passed over Klausthal, Germany, a bolt
struck a wooden column in a dwelling, and
in the top of this column were two wire
nails one-siXth Of an inch in diameter.
To melt iron IN this short time would be
impossible in the largest furnace now
in existence, and 1t could only be accom-
plished with the aid Of electricity, but
current Of 200 amperes and a potential of
n ali Et-a- a.
trio force for one second represents 5000
horsepower, but as the lightning accom-
plished the melting in considerably less
time-say one-tenth Of a secOhd-it iol-
lows that the bolt was $1,000 horse power.
On the summit of a high hill in Potter
county, Pennsylvania, says the Boston
Transcript, are four springs so near to-
gether that a person may carry water
in the hollow of his hand from any one
OF them and drop some Of it into the other
three. In one of these springs the Al
legheny river has its source. Another is
the fountain head of the Genesee river.
III q third the SinnemahOning branch
of the SusquenGnn.t rises and flows west
and south to the main stream. The fourth
spring sends forth the Pink creek branch
of the SusQuehanna river, which flows
east and south to the main stream. Thus
waters starting on a northern Pennsyl-
vania hill. within a stones throw of one
another, separate at last so widely that
those from one spring have their outlet
in the Gulf of Mexico. those from another
mingle with the tide in the Gulf of st.
Lawrence. while those from the other two
reunite again in the Chesape bay.
1t is the general opinion of people op-
posed to the enlargement of women's
sphere that her place is at home. They
even go a step farther, and not only To-
cate her at home, but in the kitchen. The
Rev. Phoebe Hannaford, who antagon-
n m
proving by the scripture that it is just
as much a mans place TO stay al home
and do the homework as women's. That
the patriarchs did such. things as help
tidy up she proves from II Kings xxi
chapter, 18th verse, which says: "And I
will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a
dish, wping 1t and turning 1t upside
down" This is conclusive evidence that
men wiped the dishes and did it pretty
badly, too. No good housewife. accord
ing to the New Orleans Picayune, would
turn a dish upside down after IL was
wiped and, If she caught her husband do
ing It, he would probably meet with the
fate prophesied for Jerusalem and be
turned down in short order.
Kaiser Wilhelm has been forced into
the legend of Barbarossa by the recent
erection of the monument on the Kyff-
hauser Berg, says the New York Sun. 1t
stand in a semicircular terrace a hun
dred yards in diameter, on the top of the
hill, and its extreme hight is $50 feet
Sixty thousand tons Of stone were used
in the construction, the cost Of the whole
being $4,000. The colossal equestrian
statue of the Emperor William I stands
in a niche in a massive stone tower
which abuts on the ruined wall of Bar
barossa's ancient castle. At the foot of
the statue Is a muscular male figure,
symbolizing the defensive might of the
German empire, while on the left a female
figure, representing history offers the
emperor laurel wreath, below, under
an arched vault, sits Barbarossa on his
throne, Just awakening from a long sleep
and evidently still under the influence of
his dream. Giants, dwarfs, and retainers
lie round, wrapped in deep slumber.
-Spitzenbergen will have a brilliant
season this year, says the New York
Sun. The Andree expedition will be fol-
lowed by a German steamer from Ham
burg, which will reach the islands in time
to see the balloon start. A Norwegian
steamship company will run steamers
regularly while the season permits, and
will put up a temporary hotel on the Els
Fiord. Mr.. J. Russell Jeaffreson Of the
geographical society will explore the in
terror of the western island, and II the
ice VIII permit Will try to visit the islands
between Spitzenbergen and Franz Josef
land. Another English expedition with
which Mr.. Trevor Battye, who explored
kolgner. started recently for September
gen. The relieving vessel for the Jack
SON Harmsworth expedition, the steam
yacht Windward, has just started for
Franz Josef land, with provisions and
sledges. II will embark live sheep and
reindeer in Norway and convey them
north. The North Atlantic will be more
lively beyond the Arctic circle this year
than ever before.
During the last year. says Parsons
Weekly, 100000 new quin pens were sup
piled for the government service, and
10000 were re-cut. This is exclusive of
the contracts for the Indian government
which sometimes orders. a million at
time, and has been supplied with 2.291.-
600 in the course of a single year Quilts
are also needed in immense numbers for
tooth-picks, whip-making, fishing tackle
camels-hair brushes, etc, and the sadmi-
rally employ quill barrels as tubes for
powder fuses IN artillery Millions of the
feathers are also required for the ever
popular shuttlecock. To meet these de-
mands quilts are obtained from geese tl1r-
keys, crows and swans Goose uuills are
mostly imported from Russia in consign-
ments of from seventy to eighty halls
aggregating a total of 100000 oniIIs
Swan quilts are the largest and very dur.
able, but the best of all for pens are oh
tanned from a particular breed of geese
found in the Hudson Bay territory 6niTs
hn -.