The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Lebanon CKy) Enterprise says
that some weeks ago Mrs. Adams. OF that
town. set hen. which. after attending Il
her duties for two weeks. wearied OF well.
doing and deserted her nest. The eggs
were thus exposed TO the sun. and Mrs
Adams was surprised several DAYS Later
10 observe that they were Matching as
well as If the hen had been ATTENDING
strictly to her business Every egg pro
duced a healthy and vigorous chick ex-
cept two, which were laid on the fence as
worthless Two days thereafter however
two chickens scrambled out OF these eggs
also, and came off their perch and went
on their way rejoicing.
Here is a rough sketch of the pipe
which Ii Hung Chang uses when he
smokes-not opium. but tobacco. says the
birmingham England Post. Ordinarily
the tobacco pipes used in China are made
or common white metal, but LIS is ex-
quisitely chased IN silver. Its most bulky
part IS q reservoir of water completely
closed in. from the upper part of which
rises verticle silver tube with a horn
mouthpiece. Let into the upper part of
the water reservoir is the pipe proper.
which is adjusted in such a way that its
lower extremity touches the water. 1t is
not unlike cigarette holder. In another
the reserve of tobacco. The opera ton
OF smoking would be more irritating than
soothing to western smoker, for the
pipe has to be replenished every minute
or so, and there is, moreover. the risk. If
the tube gets ever so little awry, of suck
ing up not smoke but water.
An interesting hygienic discovery re-
ported by Chicago Record correspon-
dent travelling in the south of Ohio is that
that common poke or pOkeberry that
grows in the pastures or by the roadside
in much profusiOn is a certain cure for
obesity. They say that if a fat man will
eat them regularly. say a couple OF quarts
day, he can reduce his flesh at the rate
Of ten pounds a week without feeling any
discomfort and without altering his diet
except to abstain from potatoes, bread
and other fattening foods. This discov-
cry was made by a farmer who noticed
that the birds that lived on the pokeberry
patches were always very lean He fed
the berries to a hog as an experiment.
and in couple Of weeks the animals was
a skeleton. They had the same effect
upon chickens, and finally, being blessed
with an over-abundance of flesh himself
he began eating them. Within a month
by the time the berries were gone. he had
reduced his weight more than twenty-five
pounds, and since then some Of the neigh
similar result.
For ages the English and French con-
trolled the manufacture of hairpins. and
it is only within the last twenty years
that the goods have been produced in 9th
er countries to any extent. The machin-
cry used is of a delicate and intricate char
acter as the prices at which the pins
are sold necessitates the cheapest and
most rapid progress, which can only be
procured by automatic machines The
Wire is made expressly for the purpose
and put up in large coils, which are plac-
ed IN clamp, and so carried to the ma
chine while being Strengthened. This ma
chine cuts, bends, and, by a delicate and
instantaneous process, sharpens the
points. Running at full speed, it will turn
out 12O hairpins every minute. To econo-
mize, 1t is necessary to keep the engines
going day and night. The difficult part
of the work is in the enameling, which is
done by dipping the pins in a preparation
and baking in an oven. 1t is here that the
most constant and careful attention is re-
quired, as the pins must be absolutely
smooth and the enamel have perfect pol
ish. The slightest particle of dust causes
imperfections and roughness
"A novel method of gold mining is being
tried on the Snake river says the Mining
Journal. Many of the bars of the river
contain more or less gold, to recover which
mining boat has been equipped and is
now in operation. Water is pumped from
the river by two large pumps one a CEN
trifugal that throws the water through a
l5-inch pipe for sluicing. A cylinder force
pump sends the water through an S-inch
pipe to the giant, which tears down the
bank, and by hydraulic pressure forces
1000 yards of sand and gravel into the
slufce boxes every twenty-four hours
From the sluice box currents are led off
to six rifle tables, whence the sand passes
into smaller boxes over brussels and
blankets to burlap tables, where the slime
and black sand are separated from the |
mass. These receiving surfaces are
washed every twenty-four hours. and the |
fine gold, slime and black sand taken |
from them are prepared for amalgamation |
by chemical process. After amalgama- |
ton the product is ready for the market. |
II Is believed that by this process the |
vast bars along the Snake and Clearwater |
rivers that have heretofore paid but mod |
erately will be made to yield large ouan- |
titles of gold.
Mr.. Sarat Chandra Mira contributes
to the journal of the Bombay Anthropo-
logical Society, a paper dealing with In
dian folklore, concerning the tiger. The
of this animal is more or less
prevalent among the aboriginal races in
haDltlng the hills of Southeastern India
and Burma. The Garos, an aboriginal
eribe of the Mongoloid race, living i'm AS
sam and Southeastern India. believe
That when man has been killed nv
tiger he appears in a dream, bidding his
relatives change their names, so as to nre-
vent the tiger from discovering his kin
1red and thus attacking them too The
Shetues of the western coast celebrate a
rellglous festival whenever tiger is slain
AS soon as the animal is dead. men wo.
men and children rush into the enclosure
pull out the moustaches. which are SIM
posed to make its possessor tiger nroof
and put their feet in the blood. which is
sacred. The body is carried away to the
largest village, taken round the temnIa
ana then up the nearest HIN. The Kbonds
d the CANAAN Maliahs regard the tiger
IS sacred and hold him in some vene1o.
non. so sacred is this animal Considaraa
mat an oath taken on the skin of a No.
u panther is looked upon as most l59d
ng and inviolable. Among other +rito-
here are men supposed to possess az
power OF charming tigers and preventirc.
mem from COMMITTING |