The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-27
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1t Is said that automobile vehicles are
to be used by the Pitts5urg Express Com
pany in connection with its trolley ex-
press cars. This company will do busi-
ness on all the traction lines in the VI
cinity of Pittsburg. 1t expects to operate
/ eleven baggage cars and a large NUMBER
| Of automobile delivery wagons. The bag
gage cars will have six-foot sliding doors
on either side. The baggage can be taken
up a any point along the line.
M Berthelot has examined many clas-
steal specimens Of ancient mirrors in DIFF
ferent localities. They seem to have been
made by blowing a thin-walled bulb OF
| glass and pouring melted lead into
watch glass shaped portion of the thin
bulb and manipulating 1t so as to spread
the MEAL into a lining layer about one
tenth of a millimeter thick. The glass
| had to be made very thin, SO as not 10
crack on contact with the melted lead.
The Philadelphia Record says: "A
young Philadelphia, Albert Skean, sleeps
nightly on the wrecked Paris, which is still
fast on the Manacles in the English chan
! mel and though the wreckng people are
| constantly blasting the rocks under the
! big vessel, he has no fear that the I'M
| fortunate liner will be blown up Mt.
| Skean is third officer of the Paris, and
!
| kins in order to help in the endeavors to
| save the ship. According to a letter just
| received in this city from him, great hopes
! are entertained that the Paris Will be got
| off the rocks. The third officer lives in the
| cabin of the vessel, and writes that the
| sight made by the wreckers in dynamitinS
! the rocks, with the tossing sea thrown
| in, is rare one. Pumps are kept in con-
| slant operation forcing out of the hold
the water that rushes in through the OPEN
| ing in the ships bottom made by the
sharp rocks
Evidence of the increase of birds for
merly quite rare near London comes from
every side. In Richmond Park, for in
stance Penn ponds hold more waterfowl
| than have been seen there for twenty
| years. There were counted on the upper
! pond at one time recently five broods of
| wild ducks, the largest numbering eleven
| ducklings, two pair of dabchiCks Ton the
| lower pond, and nearly twenty water
| hens out on the open water. Besides these
| there were two pair of coots. AS cOots
are very shy birds and unlike the water
hen, dislike human society, their return
! is somewhat remarkable. Green wood
| peckers are numerous and the herous
| have had good hatch. One of these
| was fishing on Chiswick Eyot as early as
| 7:45 one evening recently. A pair of king
| fishers have again nested in the grounds
| of ChisWich house, and a pair of golden
| eyes have arrived on the lake. These are
doubtless tame birds which have come
| from elsewhere.
Mature does some wonderful things IN
the tropics toward supporting a popula-
ton rendered lazy by her climatic moods
in those regions, says the Pittsburg Dis
patch. For example, there is a carnauba
| palm growing in Brazil which yields
| nutritious milk from which -four is made
| The same tree produces edible nuts from
| which fair imitation of coffee may be
| extracted; its roots have medicinal prop
| critics; its palmetto is eaten as a Vegeta-
! bic; yields sugar and a sage, both very
| nutritious, and from it wine and vinegar
are produced; the stem contains a Dith
| which can be used for cork, is covered
| with straw that is woven into hats.
baskets brooms and mats; the wood of
| the stem is used in the manufacture of
musical instruments. for building mate
RAJ or ground up for paper and cloth:
with the pith punched out it becomes
available for pump stock and tubes. And.
hhally this wonderful tree gives a resin
Gus wax much used for making fine can
dies.
Literary circles in Paris and Toulouse
are much concerned over the suicide OF
Capt. Cassagnade, which occurred In
Belda fortnight ago, says the New York
Times. He killed himself on learning that
lhe real author of a poem for which the
academic des Jeux Floraux had inst
crowned Casa nade had made known the
| inert ana denounced the plagiarist. Cant |
Cassaghade, who was stationed at the |
GARRISON at toulouse, was well known in |
Farls as a writer of descriptive articles |
OF travel in Med terranean Africa maj
nave appeared from time TO time in the |
Journals and reviews, and as a writer of |
pastoral verse. III seems that at the spring |
union OF the academic the golden amarath |
had Deen bestowed on the officer for the |
excellence of a poem that he had sub |
mltted as original verse. The noaro |
winch comprised 120 stanzas. was emitted |
Conquete des Ames." The Golden Anna
ranth mad not been bestowed for four+aar
years The day following the publication
OF the decree awarding the prize to Cant
Cassagnade. M. Larivaud an instructor
IN the toulouse Lycee, happened to sten
INTO book store and while turnino over
the volumes he picked up one containing
tne crowned poem. He at once recognized
Conquete des Ames" as his own work
with the exception of the first and last
stanzas- He had published the poern in n
bordeaux review in 1890 M Larivaud
after having consulted with friends
S"N9Nu tlle SOiuSu dindfdnth, which had |
not yet been sent to Cassagnade. TO he
detained at the academic The Daners
Immediately published The circumstances
OF the case and the suicide of the plagia-
rist followed.
The Chinese government is actually
showing considerable enterprise and IN
teligence in its efforts to regulate tha
floods of the Yellow river. saws the chi.
cago Record. The plan recommended nv
LII Hung Chang and his Belgian engineers
was referred TO the grand council sIx
boards and nine ministries. composed al
together of 200 mandarins, and after a
long discussion its adoption was favorah.v
recommended to the Empress Dowaoar
Inc OLD lady Immediately ordered an an
preparation of 100000 taeIs 81 go oo IN
sAVer) 6oGO taels to be furnished nv the
general government and 400 900 bv the COW
errors of the provinces through which tbo
river runs. The board of revenue WIS
instructed to order the work Commence
at once, and there are encoureqing $50
t1at the plan which has been recommend
&c, 60 so o1ten will finally be carried one
Inc general plan follows that of The Nil