The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ter plenipOtentiary, general adviser, etc, in
which it said that The shall be publicly
stripped of his Siamese houors," that he
shall then have his head shaver for the
better preservation of his health and that
he shall be, after the expiration Of seven
days. made to cut grass for the royal ele-
plants for the rest of his natural life"
The surgeons electric cauterizing wire
has been used by the United States fur
seal commission with much success for
branding female fur seals. a dyamo,
driven by a gasoline engine, supplied the
CURRENT, which heated a platinum wire to
incandescence. By moving this once over
the animals body the hair and fur were
virtually moved away. A second sweep
ing of the wire across the surface destroy
ed the cells SO that no more fur can grow
there. This destroys the value of the pelt,
and thus operates to prevent the killing
of female seals at sea.
Very few people are aware of the fact
that in watch they are always provided
with a compass, with which, when the
sun is shining, the cardinal points can be
determined. All one has to do is to point
the hour hand to the sun, and south is
exactly half way between the hour and the
figure Il on the watch. This may seem
strange to the average reader, but it is
easily explained. While the sun is passing
over $50 degrees least to wesD the houn
hand of the watch passes over 800 degrees
Grom o'clock to o'clock) Therefore
the angular movement of the sun in Que
hour corresponds to the angular move
ment of the hour hand in half an hour,
hence, if we point the hour hand toward
the sun the line from the point midway
between the hour hand and z o'clock 70
the pivot of the hands will point to the
south.
Three times within a year it has been
discovered that important water mains
in Chicago have been destroyed by cleo
trolysis, resulting from imperfecty insu-
lated wires of the trolley companies, says
the Chicago Chronicle. The latest in
stance of collapse is a 6-inch water main
in front of the Edgewater powerhouse of
the North Shore Electric Line, inspection
showing that the pipe has been perforated
with holes from l to 8 inches in size, and
the water flooded into the thorOughfare
above. 1t might be we'll for the commit
tee now investigating the question of ade-
quate compensation by street railway COM
panies to the city to consider the yearly
loss to city property from the operation of
trolley cars by present methods. The re-
placing of city water mains on a large
scale win not be a light burden for NUM-
cipal taxation to bear, and the trolley COM
panies should be compelled either to in
sulate their tracks and trolley wires with
copper wires or help bear the expense of
renewing the pipes they destroy.
There is money in raising ostriches,
and this fact has been demonstrated by
the owners of an ostrich farm in Arizona,
according to Col. w. S. Hadley of Phoe-
nix Ariz. 'There are now about 100
ostriches on this farm, and all the birds
are doing we'll The farm was first starred
as an experiment, but it mas proved TO
he a fairly good business venture. A young
ostrich must be one year old before it can
be picked An ostrich has scarcely any
feathers on its neck and breast, aud is,
therefore, an ungainly looking bird The
long feathers known in the trade as.
ostrich plumes are plucked from The
wings. These plumes are shipped to New
York and bring from 81 TO 50 per pound,
OF course, these plumeS are there cleaned
and steamed. and, when fully prepared
for the military market, bring from 81
to SO apiece. An old ostrich is worth from
$75 to 500, and a young one is worth
from $40 to SO and they are sold al
those prices to menageries and geological
gardens throughout the country. Another
revenue comes to this farm from the sale
of ostrich eggs. Persons buy them as
cuTiosities paying s. apiece for them.
1t has been found that the ostrich thrives
splendidly on the alfalfa grass that grows
wild In Arizona"
,or,a r,orortio, Of tho osrbolt,,ro
used LOT street paving all Che CHiteH 0laOeS
comes from the Island of Trinidad, but
there are also important asphalt deposits
fact maj ibev are submarine beine located
in the Bay of Cardenas. These mines, of
which there are four IN Cardenas bay, ac-
coroiLls 10 tlle Man aPpear 70 DE
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sulppeu " me Clii'eu 9ld,e2 20 oe uSeu ny
EaIIA9h nlahel9, ASpHdlU mas oeeh taken
III idis sc qudiltlIeS Alolil lhesG mines Ioi
me ldsO twenty one years Desptte the
IdcI tlat me iIlStuou Oh operation IS eA-
tIeAaely pIlihitlVe' laise proHls are return
eu ior the WORK SO II is evident tnat II
HOoein IIdcu4ueIg were elhPloyeu' hand-
some d4Vluehos might De earned. AS now
worked Hshter Is moved over the smart,
Whlch Is from 81 10 10 1eet IN Depth vary.
ing ACCORDING 10 the rapldlty with Wnich
the asphalt Is removed ana replenlshed,
ana long iroh par with pointed end IS
raised by means OF winch on board the
lghter, ana allowed 10 fall SO that its own
weight detaches portions of the asphalt,