The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

yers and citizens of New Jersey Frank
Bergen and William Fl. Corbin of Eliza
beth, have come out in support of public
construction of a projected trolley line
from Elizabeth to Plainfield, a distance of
eleven miles They appear TO be carrying
the community with them also.
In the November st. Nicholas F. Fitz
Roy Dixon tells of baby elephant that
was captured by friends of his in Ceylon.
after the death of it's mother. Mr. Dixon
says: When Sidney was first brought
over virtually in order that she might be
fed, the question naturally arose as to
how she would take her nourishment. OF
course the proper way for an adult ele
plant to take in water is by means of the
trunk, which is furnished with two tubes
running its whole length. But when
bowl of milk was placed before the baby
elephant. she did not know what TO do
with 1t. She dipped the tip of her trunk
into it, and the lockers on thought that
there would be no difficulty about her
drinking al all, since she recognized the
scent OF the nourishment she had been ac-
cusomed to. But she was quite at a loss,
and set up a roar which seemed quite nat
ural under the circumstances. Then some
one suggested pouring 1t down her throat
from a bottle, and this was accordingly
tried, ana after one or two Intellectual
attempts she understood. She was half
starved Wnen tnlS was uOne, lOf Sne Hafl
had nothing 10 eat since the death of her
mother, and her delight at being fed was
most amusing. The only trouble vas that
1t was feared that the change of dict
would disagree with her, but fortunate
ly it had no i'll effect.
Rev. A. East recently told how dra
comfy sheds its larval skin, says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean. He says that when full
fed, the dull brown eyes of the larva be-
come brilliant green like the perfect eyes
within. 1t then crawls laboriously up
some stick or water plant, where it es>
| tablishes itself firmly. After some ten
minutes to a half hour of drying the part
behind the eyes and above the Wing-cases
| swells and opens, disclosing the bright
| green body of the insect. This slowly
| energies. The enormous head, with its
| compound eyes, protrudes, the crumpled
wings are drawn from their cases, then
| one by one the legs appear. The image
| now hangs with the head bent back and
the wings pointing upward with six seq
! ments of the abdomen exposed, wet ana
| limp from the dry skin which still clings
| to it's support by its stiff and empty legs.
| After about ten minutes its legs are strong
enough for the insect, by a quick contrAc-
| ton of the body, TO suddenly lift its head,
| and selling with its six legs the dry skin
/ it withdraws the remaining four segments
| of it's abdomen, and hangs by its legs
| alone. The wings now begin to expand.
| They become longer, f1atter and clearer,
| In a half hour they show all the beauty
| of their gauzy texture. After about five
hours from first emerging from the water,
the perfect dragon-fly is ready for its new
life. l.
in Switzerland, says the London Truth,
besides undertaking to forward persons
and luggage diligence, the postoffice I'M
dertakes the collection of money against
| the delivery of letters or parcels; the col
! lection of drafts, the Office accepting in
| structions as to protest or otherwise in
the event of dishonor; payment of sub
scriptions to newspapers; the delivery of
| books or music on appro., with free re-
| turn within four days if not approved;
| the delivery into the hands of the address
| see of a letter or parcel specially marked
for such delivery. With regard to charges,
| for confines a letter up to half pound
| In weight can be sent to any distance
| within ten kilometers, and for 10 confines
| to any part of Switzerland. There are
| also no limitations on the weight or size
| of parcels. In addition to this, the Swiss
postoffice accepts full responsibility for
loss or damage where the value is declar-
| ed, the extra charge for declaration being
merely nominal. 1t also accepts liability
| within certain limits, even without declar-
| alton of value, where a registered letter
| or package has been lost damaged or
| even delayed in transit. Another point
| worth notice is that the system of find
ing the addressee where a letter Is un-
| stamped or insufIiciently stampede sys-
| tenn against which l have repeatedly pro-
| tested-is not in force in Switzerland,
where all that is charged to the addressee
Is the deficiency in the postage.
"A noted statlstlcian and investigator
x.rba LOT Of hoe
been doing some figuring on the cost of
the Temple of Solomon, and says few peo-
pie, even in these days of palmy eXtraVa-
gance and millionaire display, have an ad-
equate impression of the enormous cost of
the great temple. According TO Villalpan-
dus, the talents 'of gold, silver and brass
were equal to the enormous sum of 6,S79,
$4,000 pounds sterling. The worth of the
jewels is placed at a figure equally as high.
The vessels of gold, according to Jose
plus, were valued at 10000 talents, which,
| reduced to English money, was equal TO
SIS, 296, 203 pounds. The vessels of silver,
according to the same authority, were still
more valuable, being set down as worth
GAG, 344,000 pounds. Priests vestments and
the robes of singers, 100000, and the
| trumpets, 100000 pounds. To this add the
expense of the building material, labor,
ETC., and some wonderful figures result.
Ten thousand men hewing cedars, 60 600
bearers of burdens $4,000 hewers of stone.
$500 overseers, all of whom were employed
for seven years, and upon whom besides
their wages, Solomon bestowed 6,733, $40
pounds. If their daily food was worth 50
cents each, the sum total for all was SO,
s77,0SS pounds during the time of building.
The materials in the rough are estimated
as having been worth 2,545 9S7 900 pounds.
This gives a total, just for this much of
the expense, which by no means expresses
the whole cost of 1918 6O, 261 pounds, or
about $52,117, O34, S67.46.
Prof. G. H. Darwin in his fifth lecture
in the Lowell Institute course, Thursday
night, explained the causes OF daily high
and low tides, says the Boston Transcript.
When the moon is over any spot on the
earth the water is drawn up toward it by
the force it exerts and at the point d-
rectly opposite, on the other side of the
| earth, the water is also raised in the form
of big wave" said Prof Darwin. BE
tween these points, on either side of the
earth's circumference, the ocean is de-
pressed, the moon thus tending to form a
spheroid of the waters, and giving rise to
two high and two low tides in the course