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

If any of our subscribers have wells
that are failing in water and will put a
pint of salt in their wells they will find an
increase of water within twenty-four
hours, says the Green Hazel Herald. We
DO not know the philosophy of the matter
but several instances here in town, where
the experiment has been tried, demonstrate
beyond doubt the efficacy of the expert
ment. DR.. Nickel, Emery James, the ed
itor of this paper, and others have used
salt for this purpose and can testify as to
the results. The two first named found an
Increase Of one foot of water in their wells
within twcntyfour hours, and Mr. James
says he never knew the remedy to fail
TO produce good results 4 little salt
properly applied will convince the most
skepucal, and we hope all who are suffer
ing short supply OF water will try it.
There was once a hardwareman who
was determined to set up an image of
human being in his store window, says
Hardware. He looked about his stock,
and, finding all the needed material went
to work, and his efforts were crowned
with unquestioned success. He took the
legs OF stove, the teeth of a rake the
ears of a pail, the elbows of a stovepipe.
the tongue of a wagon, the nails from a
keg the fingers of a cradle, the head
of a hammer the nose of a tea-kettle the
the eyes of a needle, the bottom of tub,
the neck of a bottle, the arms from his
gun department, the joints from a two
foot rule, from which he also stole the
feet, the back of a refrigerator, the heel
of a scythe, and the cheek of his travel
ing man. He was a little uncertain as
to the ''skin," but after a moments
thought decided to give that part to the
fellow next door.
Artr ri
about the number of miles per hour he is
making, says the New York Journal. can
ascertain in very simple manner by not
ing the number of revolutions the pedal
cranks make In a given number of seconds.
The gear of the bicycle must also be taken
into consideration. For example. a rider
on wheel of Sc gear goes as many miles
in an hour as his pedal cranks makes rev.
olutions in Ills seconds. A table of sec
onds and gears for computing speed is
as follows: Gear, 81, 1854 seconds; 60, 10 Y
seconds; rs, 1882 seconds; a.
$500 seconds; 90, 1903 seconds; 9S, IVA
seconds. An easy way to approximate the
exact number of seconds is to place a drop
of ink on the crystal of the watch If the
cranks revolve eleven times in Ills sec
onds with 66 gear the rider is travelling at
the rate of eleven miles an hour.
The Kennel Clubs forty-second exhi-
bition of sporting dogs at the Crystal pal
ace, says the London Telegraph, had en-
tries in round numbers of 25 coo, a cata-
logue embracing no fewer than 1900 indi-
vidual members of the canine family and
a list which comprises something like 400
classes. The greatest curiosity of the
show was modest and aged little. Schip-
perke, exhibited mot for competition"
but because he was the only dog in the
world with complete set of false teeth.
A description of him says that the teeth
have been cleverly modelled and the tiny
creature eats in all comfort, and appears
perfectly happy in possession of his
unique distinction, while he is evidently
used to having his mouth opened, as he
endures the most intimate inspection with
quiet and patience. He is obviously very
old, and his master who previously
achieved another feat in canine surgery
by providing a dog who had lost a limb
in an accident with an artificial leg which
it could use, gave him this set to replace
those of falling nature.
1t is one of the marvels of trees says
the Richmond Va.) Central Presbyterian.
that every species bears its own mark In
every part, root and branch, bark and leaf
as well as fruit. A wise elder told us the
other day the species of oak from which
an acorn came by the fine tracery on the
acorn's cup. Such a riot of colors and
tints there is in the falling leaves that
one might think the colors are accidental
But the keynote of color is constant in
any species, with only exceptional varia-
tons. The mistress of a manse in the
Virginia valley once went into the woods
and selected her young trees by their col
ors, and those colors they still wave in
each returning fall. The birches are
golden yellow; while the oaks vary
through yellow-orange to a reddish brown.
The red maple sheds at the last a dark
red leaf, and the tulip tree a light vel
low. The hawthorn and the poison oak
are violet, while the sumac and the wild
vines take on flaming scarlet Soil will
make some variations, and a dry season
Will almost take the color and beauty al
together away.
An extended discussion has been going
on IN the German technical press as to
whether or not lightning rod during
thunder storm is continuously acting to
equalize the electrifcation of the clouds
and that of the earth. Some assert that
the junction of the lightning rod is to Of
Ter good conducting path to the earth
for lightning flash. while others claim
that 1t offers constant medium between
the air and earth. Among the facts adj
duced by the adherents of the latter the
DRY was an instance which occurred dur
ing the construction of a lightning rod
for a chimney 100 feet high, when the I'M
completed work was Interrupted by a
thunder shower temporary wire was
therefore, run to neighboring pond so
as to ground the rod, when it was noticed
that considerable gas was formed on the
surface of the submel ged wire, indicating
that current produced by the silent dis
charge of the clouds was passing and de-
composing the water by electrolysis An
other experiment was quoted, in which
plate lightning arrester, with galvano-
meter in circuit, was connected in circuit
with lightning rod, when an almost con-
slant detection of the galvanometer nee
die was observed, showing that a contln-
ued equalization of electric charges does
take place.
-Papermakers are discussing the pecu-
liar fact that for many centuries there
have been periodical Investigations into
the deterioration of paper" says an ex-
change. Recently the Society Of Arts in
London appointed a special committee TO
make an investigation of this character.
Old records show that fault has haap