The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Bronco mine, which has a bloody
history, has also a wrath An investi>
eating party is being made up to pass a
night in the place and get at the bottom
of the mystery, says Tombstone Aria
dispatch to the Chicago Chronicle. Ger
tain it is that there is an apparition Do
zens of men have seen It, and many have
shot at it, but without results. 1t appears
regularly two hours after sunset, and it's
tall white form stalks about the diggings.
In the silent watches of the night the
ghost is heard working down in the mine.
In the early days the Bronco mine was
one of the richest of the district and was
bathed in blood. In one shooting ARRAY
five men were killed, and another time a
gang, which had robbed a Wells-Fargo
bullion wagon, quarreled over a division
of spoils and killed each other to the last
man. One investigation of the specter is
that some prospector has struck rich
pocket in the place and is doing the
ghost act" to keep away intruders.
But the strangest cannoneer in the en-
tire animal kingdom is a naked mollusk
called onchidium, says Lippincotts Mag
azine. 1t inhabits the seashores of China
and Japan, of the Malayan archipelago. of
North Australia and of East Africa This
animal is shell-leSs, but its back is covered
by coriaceous or leatherlike integument
The cephalic or head eyes of onchiidium
differ in no ways from those of allied
groups, but its dorsa. eyes (and it common
ly has from twelve to sixty, one species
having even as large number as eighty,
according to Lubbock; another species, ac-
cording to Semper, has ninety-eight; are
identical, as far as type is concerned, with
those of vertebrate animals. These dor
sal eyes have corneae, retinae, and lenses,
anterior and posterior chambers, ana
"bind-spots' The "blind-spot" is pecu-
liarly characteristic of the vertebrate eyes;
the optic nerve pierces the external layer
of the retina; hence at this point sight is
absent.
In the reports of the Industrial Union
mention is made of new process Of floor
mosaic, says the Gale Scientific Monthly.
Small particles of wood, as sawdust, wood
flour, and fine shavings, are treated first
with mixture of shellac and alcohol, and
then with cement made of curd and
Stacked lime. While this mixture is still
damp it is put into hot molds of the de-
sired shape and size and placed under
pressure. The joint action of the heat
and pressure unite the wood most thor
oughly with both the shellac and the ce-
ment. After a few minutes the compound
is taken out of the molds, when it Is
thoroughly cooled and hardened Great
care is necessary that no foreign sub
stances especially of an oily nature, be
present at it would prevent the cement
from being absorbed into the pores of the
wood In making different colored mosaic
the natural color of the woods used is
taken into consideration, then the wood
itself is dyed, and lastly dyes dissolved in
alcohol are mixed with the shellac. The
process is then performed as before. In
spite of its harness this compound pos
sesses all the perfection of wood, so that
it is particularly well adapted for use as
a floor covering in living rooms and prl-
vate dwellings. An important advant-
age over all other processes of manufac.
turing mosaic floors is that it is not af-
fected by any change of temperature.
The secret of successful stocking darn
ing lies in running the thread of the darn
ing cotton so far on each side of the hole
that it does not Immediately fray and pull
out of the goods, says the Baltimore
American. Take a long thread of darning
cotton to begin with, and run it at least
half an inch along the goods on each side
of the hole. Continue this until the hole
is snugly covered. Now cross these threads
in the regular darning style, taking care
that the same precaution is observed. A
large hole, of course, requires a patch.
Such holes almost always occur in the
heel, so that in treating of this method of
mending them it is safe to take the heel
as model. From the leg of an old stock
ing cut a kte-shaped piece of stout ma
es across. Turn the stocking wrong side
out, and lay this piece upon the heel so
that the long pointed end runs up the back
of the leg, and the rounded part is a the
base of the heel. "Run" down the center
of the piece with a stout linen thread. TAX
ing rather large loose stitches. Now run
IN the same way across the kte-shaped
piece, letting the thread be rather slack
Next, set the patch tightly to the heel by
stitching it closely around the outside If
deity done, there will be neither wrinkle
nor crease. Patches made of material
other than bits of old stockings are apt
TO be harsh. If both heel and toe are worn
it will be better to foot" the stockings
rather than to attempt either darning or
patching. Simply lay the stocking folded
fiat through the heel and the bottom. and
beginning about an inch above the old
heel Cor two inches If the heel or toes
are badly worm, cut out the worn places
and the bottom of the stocking, being
careful to keep the original shape of the
foot; then, using as a pattern the portion
cut out form a new stocking bottom. from
stout material, and simply sew it in with
plain seam.
Unique among the organizations of
New England is the Hartford Custard Pie
Association, says a Hartford. Ne, dis
patch to the Boston Globe. The associa-
ton started in rather a commonplace man
ner. One cold winter morning i'm 1860 Will
lam b. Cushfnan and Charles Irish. neigh
boring farmers of this town, met after
some preliminary bantering, during which
each claimed to be able to eat the most
custard pie, and appointed the following
fast day for custard pie-eating contest
their wives to be cooks and judges. At
the stated time they met with their wives
and two huge custard pies at Mr. Irish's
sap house in his maple orchard, and Mr..
Cushman, who had spent the forenoon in
walking over the great hills as a sort of
training for the occasion, proved the bet
ter pie eater. The next fast day several
other farmers of the neighborhood. with
their families, Joined them, and the meet
ing was changed from pie-eating contest
TO social gathering. After this they met
each fast day, and the story of their good
times spread until almost all the farmers
with their families, for miles Joined the
association. The last meeting OF this
prosperous association was held to-day al
the residence of William b. Cushman.
About sixty persons attended. each bring
ing a huge custard pie baked In a two-gal-
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