The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-01
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balloon club in Paris. as "ballooning" Is
becoming a really popular sport" Among
the pioneers Of the movement are the
Comte De Castillon De Saint Victor and
the Comte De La Vaux, who, accompan-
led by the weIl-known aeronaut, NJ. NAL
let. have been indulging in most enjoy
ably successful aerial flights above the
smoke of this dim spot which men call
earth"
Birds have separate notes Of warning
to indicate whether danger is in the form
of hawk or cat or of a man. If a hawk,
cat or owl Is on the move, the birds, espee-
ially blackbirds, always utter a clatter-
ing note constantly repeated, and chick
ems have a special sound to indicate the
presence of a hawk. But when disturbed
by man the blackbirds have quite diff
ferent sound of alarm, and the chickens
also.
Bicycles are not likely to be any cheap
er next year, says an exchange. Indeed,
manufacturers may advance the prices,
although the chances are that the va
rious grades will remain at the same fig
ures as they sold for in 1898. A corner is
reported on the tubing market, and the
price of tubing has been raised by the
syndicate controlling a large quantity of
the output. On ordinary wheels the adj
vance is such as to be felt more by the
maker than by the purchaser. 1t is not
quite enough to bring about a radical adj
vance in price, and yet sufficient to in
crease the cost of making a bicycle The
advance in tubing win hit the smaller
manufacturers harder than the big con-
Germs, and it is not improbable that some
of The smaller makers will be crowded
out of business. 1t is claimed they are
responsible for cutting the price Of BIZ
cycles, and this is to be their punishment.
The enormous increase in the consump-
ton of rubber is seen in the fact that
three-quarters of century ago, the total
imports of rubber into Great Britain were
200 tons, and in the year 1896 they amount
ed to 10000 tons The destruction of rub
Der trees in many countries Is still only
partially checked, and DR.. D. Morris in
a lecture before the Society of Arts, adj
vocates the exploitation of the product on
more scientific and less destructive prin-
ciples than those now in vogue, and also
tree planting. DR. Morris described a new
mechanical contrivance for separating the
caoutchouc globules from the milk in
which they are contained. This device
has been used with great success in some
parts of Central America, where it has
increased the value of the product by %
per cent. The process closely resembles
that of churning to get butter from
cream A mixture of half water and half
rubber juice is poured into vessel which
revolves rapidly. The caoutchouc floats
on the top the globules hanging together
in a mass, which can be SKINNED off or
run out These particles of rubber are
then dried on hot bricks, and are ready
for export within six hours
of the doll population, says the New
York Sun, males perhaps form per cent.
and females 95 per cent. Many dolls are
capable of passing as either according to
the way in which they are dressed, but
in some the male sex is indicated by part
ing their hair on the side Another pecu-
liarity about boy dolls is that a great
many of them represent types. Many
sailor dolls are sold, some of them logged
out in white flannel suits of the regula-
ton cut, and with the broad-top sailor
hats, making very trim and jaunty figures.
There are dolls dressed as Little Lord
Fauntleroys. There is a boy doll known
from its dress as a marquis and there is
a farmer boy standing with his suspend
ers over his shoulders and wearing a straw
hat a very pretty figure indeed. There
are many harlequin figures and many
Santa Clauses and many negro boys,
these including dolls of worsted. Some
boy dolls and girl dolls are sold together
in pairs. There is, for instance, a couple
known as the bride and bridegroom; an
other pair is known as Uncle Sam and
ventional styles there are boy dolls dress
ed as old men and as children, and then
there are handsome big boy dolls dressed
in silks and satins.
The history of Roman Catholicism is our
western world began the day when the
keel of the Santa Maria of Columbus
grated on the beach at San Salvador, says
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. AS the
cd fra1 Gtn e no int fha
GLORIA in EXcelsis Deo' His little
party were all Catholics; had held Catho-
lie services every day they were on the
trackless deep; had been present at the
mass and received communion the day
they started; had been gathered together
under Catholic auspices, through the as
sistance of a Catholic monk, by means
of the pledged jewels of a Catholic
sovereign, and through the impelling mo-
tive of gaining new souls to Christ in the
Catholic church. A monk, a mariner and
a mother-these three, symbols of Faith,
Hope and Charity-wrested the unknown
land from the bosom of the ocean and
opened a new continent where the highest
providental designs of God We're TO be
brought out. The art of printing had been
discovered fifty years before, and many
other of the great Instruments which pro-
duced our modern civilization had come
into vogue. Martin Luther was then
catechism he was later on to repudate.
When Columbus returned to Europe he
brought with him six of the natives.
These dusky savages were baptized into
the church. Queen Isabella standing as
their godmother. These We're the first ma
tive American Catholics. These six Catho~
lies Of 1893 have become the 100000 of
1898
ANY one who, under ordinary condi-
tions, has tried to examine the bottom of
a muddy stream. knows that it is not
particularly easy thing to do; but A.
Mel. Hawkes., a Klondil1e engineer, says
it is the simplest thing in the world If you
know how. His sole outfit for the purpose,
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat is a
wide-mouthed bottle, a cork, candle
and a piece of 12-inch gas pipe, the only
accessories being a jack knife with
corkscreW in it and a clean pocket hand
kerchief. This is how he goes to work:
A pailful of the muddy water is drawn and