The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
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az - dD-e 70 Jay out ana Apply designs IN
twenty minutes that would require months
or even years under the old process. At
the jubilee exhibition now being held III
Vienna he has succeeded in weaving small
landscapes In silk IN a very short time. At
Paris ne says he viii have a loom that
viii photograph the subject prepare the
design plate, and weave a silk handker-
chief containing the photograph, woven in
coIors, inside OF twenty minutes.
The committee which has been sitting
for some time past at the Board of Trade,
under the craftsmanship Of Lord Byths-
wood says the London Chronicle, to in
qulre as to the extent of loss of strength
IN steel rails which is produced by their
prolonged use on railways under varying
conditions, Will shortly present its report
Inc inquiry throughout has been one of
The most interesting of the Kind which has
ever been set on foot by the department.
The experiments. of which several have
yet to be made by the Northeastern Rail-
way Company have thrown an altogether
new light upon chemical science indeed.
IN one piece of steel rail- which was sub
mitted to microscopical examination a
small diamond was discovered, the exist
ence OF which is believed by the experts
to be due to natural causes.
A two years study of Gizeh has con-
WINGED Flinders Petrie that the Egyptian
s2eNite WI AA'1As VI tsDJV years ago mad sur
prlsipS acquaintance with what mad been
considered modern TOOLS Among the
many tools used by the pyramid builders
were both solid and tubular drills and
straight and circular saws. The drills.
ihe those OF, to-day were set with Jewels
tprooabiy corundum, as the diamond was
very scarce and even lathe tools had
such cutting edges. So remarkable was
the quality of the tubular drills and the
skill of the workmen that the cutting
marks in hard granite gave no indication
OF wear of the tool, while cut of tenth
OF an inch was made in the
hardest rock at each revolution, and a
hole through both the hardest and softest
material was bored perfectly smooth and
uniform throughout OF the material and
method of making the tools nothing is
known.
The principal kind of meat consumed
by the people of Arabia, both native and
foreign, Is the mutton of the Somau or
Dlack-head sheep, and, no matter by
whom eaten, all pronounce it the best NUT
Ton ever tasted. This sheep as its name
indicates, is from the Somali country, on
che African coast. These sheen have no
WOOL but short, fine hair, similar to that
OF the dog. The most peculiar thing
about them is that they have a large
lump of pure fat growing right at the
root of the tail, and this fat varies in size
and weight according to the condition Of
the sheep. A medium sized lumD of this
lat weighs about four pounds. Such
sheep which weighs from thirty-five to
forty pounds, is sold at from 4 TO rupees
go cents to S1.05). The skin when sun
dried, is exported, and large quantities of
them go every year TO the New York mar
ket where they are known as mocha
skins" but like the mocha coffee" of
commerce, this is merely term and moth
ing else. In 1897 these skins were import
cd into New York 10 the value of $62S, 225.
In the harbor Of Santiago de Cuba,
says Maturin NJ. Ballou in Due South.
sunken wreck is pointed out, partially
visible at low tide, not far from the shore
Only the ribs and stanchions are stiu
held together by the stout keel timlDers
and lower shea thing. This wreck has lain
mere unheeded for years yet what a story
these old timbers might tell had they only
a tongue with which to give voice to their
ENTHUSIASTICALLY the experience Of
ages. Reference is made to the remains
of the old st. Paul. one of the ships of the
great Spanish Armada that Philip II sent
to England in 1888 being one of the very
few of that famous fiOtilla that escaned
destruction at the time. What a histor-
ical memento is the old wreck! After
checkered career, in which this ancient
craft had breasted the waves Of innumer-
able seas and withstood the storms of
nearly three centuries, she was burned to
the waters edge here in the harbor Of
Santiago a few years since and sunk
where her remains now lie, covered with
slime and barnacles-a striking emblem
of the nation whose flag she once proudly
bore.
Scarlet, it has always been supposed
was the worse possible color for the pur-
poses of the battlefield. It has been said
so with frequency, indeed, that nobody of
late Years has cared to dispute the fact
We owe Ii to some very practical expert
ments carried out in Germany that the
question has now been put on more sat.
| isfactory basis. A squad of ten men. two
dressed in light grey, two in dark grey
two in scarlet, two in blue, and two in
| green, were lately ordered to march
across an open country. Their movements
were closely watched. The first men 10
disappear from sight We're those in light
gray Immediately afterward the scarlet
then the dark gray, and finally the blue
and the green. Here we have all we'll
worn theories upset. Experiments. carried
out on the rifle range showed that our ma
tiOnal color possesses even distinct merits
| The idea was this time 10 ascertain which
color gave the worse mark for the rifle
| Twenty men, all good shots, were used for
| the purpose Of the experiment. After they
had fired a given number of rounds it was
discovered that scarlet was far the most
difficult color to hit. For every miss at the
| other colors there were three in favor of
scarlet We will not assert that these ex-
periments We're conclusive evidence in fav-
! or of our national color, but they certain
| ly go a dong way to justify it's retention,
| says the Army and Navy Gazette. There
is much to be said in these days Of quick
firing guns in favor of a uniform which is
| difficult to hit, and in this particular scar
let undoubtedly viii hold its own against
ali other colors.
The excellent meteorological OBJ
servatory in Manila, which hith-
erto was conducted by the Je-
suit priests, had had the repu-
tation of being the most complete insttu-
ton of its kind east Of Naples and west
| of Washington, usually gives warning Of
the approach of these typhoons a day or
so before their actual arrival, and the town
! is therefore ready to receive them But