The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-18

-Ine michigan supreme Court has de-
cided that jury has the right to refuse
to follow the direction Of trial judge
and to find a verdict of aequittal when
verdict of guilty has been directed.
-Apropos of the use of the Marconi sys-
tenn of wireless telegraphy in the war in
South Africa, it is interesting to note that
1t has been proved that cannonading does
not interfere with the transmission of mes
sages. The apparatus has been worked
successfully and messages sent,'while the
largest guns in the British navy were be-
ing fired s.5-. p -,,s.4s
-Egypts climate is magnificent, and
there are few winter resorts that are pref
cradle. ENTHUSIASTICALLY speaking. The
air is fine and dry and the sunshine Is per-
feet, while with equable gentle breezes
there is little to be desired. Unfortunate
ly, the sanitary arrangements In Egypt
are poor and most of the hotels, even in
Cairo, are built on contaminated sites.
Among the curios which form an in
teresting feature of the Manchester IN
H) poultry show is a twin hen and roos-
ter that We're Matched from a double-yolk-
ed egg April II, 1899. The pair is of buff
brahma breed and the birds are as we'll
formed and strong as is the ordinary fowl.
This is the first instance, so far as known,
tHdt tNltlS 50 IdlCutu ever llN6Q.
In a number of automobile vehicles In
st. Petersburg and Moscow the motors
are supplied with alcohol as fuel, and
it has been found to work most satisfac-
torily. 1t is stated that such fuel can be
manufactured at cost as low as cents a
gallon This at present is out of the
question in the United States, as the In
ternal revenue tax upon SUCH alcohol
would amount to about 80 cents a gallon.
-Storekeepers in several Western cities
notably Denver and Kansas City-have
been greatly ANNOYED of late by the activ-
ity of a clever feminine shoplifter who phys
her vocation with the aid of a false arm
She wears long cape, the front Of which,
hanging open, discloses to the unsuspect-
ing salesperson two hands, clasped; but
the left hand is of wax. Under cover
of the folds of the garment the real Left
hand sezes upon small articles displayed
on the store counters.
The increased price of Manila hemp
the price now being three times what it
was a year or two ago-has led to the
present resort to substitutes, the latter,
however, being by no means numerous.
The substitute now generally resorted to
is the Sisal or Yucatan hemp, which is
not so good as the Manila article lack
ing nearly all of the strength and fine
ness for the latter, though useful for bind
ing tWine and similar purposes. Even
this substitute has advanced in price, the
reason for this being simply the natural
sympathy of such product with the hemp
market and the increased demand for 1t
by reason of the decline in the use of
hemp. There is also an American hemp
which is being used to a considerable ex-
tent in the making of binding Irvine.
The commercial value of Prof Nernst's
famous lamp it is thought by experts, will
be seriously diminished by two draw
backs One of these is the fact that it
does not light instantaneously by simply
turning on the current; the rod of refrac-
tory oxides has first to be heated for
which purpose two devices are used,
namely, small spirit lamp that requires
to be lighted with a match and turned out
when the electrolyte has become hot and
begun TO glow, and. further. a heater in
the form of coil surrounding but not
touching the incandescent gloWer-this
heater being supplied by the current
from the moment when it is turned on, and
so arranged that, on the rod becoming
heated and beginning to glow, the heater
is automatically cut out of the circuit, re-
lapsing into disuse until needed again to
light the lamp. The large expense thus
involved is serious objection. Then,
too, the life of the incandescent glover,
if operated at SO high temperature as 10
reach the best efficiency. does not exceed
800 hours, as against 600 to goo hours of
the carbon filament.
Science has lately made it possible 10
obtain good wine from the apple, which
has always been devoted to sparkling ci-
| der, says an exchange. Experts have been
deceived in sherry, madeira and sauterne
which came from apple juice instead of
grapes. Juice from the apple is ferment-
ed with yeasts of different kinds brought
from the grape-growing districts of Eu-
rope TO this country. For instance the
flavor of sherry is due not to the grape,
but to the infinitesimal fungus germs that
cause lis fermentation. The American
companies import these germs from the
district in Spain where they flourish, in
oculate the apple juice and obtain a fine
wine. The same process is followed with
| other varieties of wine. These yeasts are
| obtained from the sediment in the watts Of
Europe. They are easily propagated., and
| the only difficulty is to separate the differ
ent kinds. AS the quality of wine de-
| ponds on these fungi winemakers have US
ually left to chance the kind of wine they
! produce, depending on the organisms
which float in the air and attach them
| selves to the grapes. The yeasts are sold
| bottled and are much in demand.
The, making of fuel brlquettes from
peat and petroleum is destined, it is be-
! lieved, to become a more and more i'm
| portant commercial industry. The fact
| has been abundantly established, it is
| claimed that, by properly draining peat
MOSES before cutting, the density of the
| turf blocks can be increased fully so per
cent, without causing an artificial pres
| sure, it being also asserted that the hy-
| groscopcity of the mass can be reduced to
| a minimum, and its heating power being
greatly increased by impregnating with
fattV Ona fariaIS nptr0leIOo haipar tho oh o
| est among these. Further, IL is found that
| in the manufacture of briquettes from
coal and petroleum the latter combusti-
BILE can be converted into semi-solid gela-
| tinous condition by employing il as a sol
vent for magnesia soap, which latter not
only solidfles the COAL but also increases
the durability of the briquettes. In APP
plying this to peat, the latter, cut into the
proper size is STEPPED for five minutes in
the prepared petroleum, the better quail