The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


the climax is reached by one devotee, who
has solemnly prepared and published
concordance to FitzGerald's translation,
says the Springfield Republican. a con-
cordance is invaluable in the case of
Shakespeare, and sonnet times useful in the
case of lesser poets whose works are vol
luminous and not familiar throughout. But
FitzGerald's version has only 10 qua
trains-440 lines, or perhaps 1900 words
1t can be read in a fraction of an hour
and any passage can be found in a min
ute or two. The Stiffness of publishing
concordance must appear to all but the
most solemn worshiDers.
The Arizona cowboys have experiment
ally discovered that the new small caliber
Winchester rifle bullets are good for a
penetration of four feet of pine timber
and for an inch of iron. local paper
thus describes a practical use of the fact
made at a camp near Four Peaks: Il
thought the boye had done about every
thing in the shooting line that could be
done long ago, but l was mis- taken. I sent
them up a wagon. In hauling down some
firewood they broke the holsters all 20
flinders. The holsters hold up the wagon
bed, you know Well, the boys figured out
all right the rebuilding of the wood parts,
but came near being stumped on the iron
fiXings. They got some old iron wagon
tires and cut them in proper lengths, but
hadn't a way that they could see to punch
the necessary bolt holes Finally the ques-
ton was solved. One of the boys care
fully marked the places for the bolts,
stood the piece of tire against a tree and
put a bullet, 30-caliber, through the tire
at each placed marked. 1t was a novel
sort of blacksmithing, but it worked"
"A simple process for rendering fabrics
fireproof is reported from Germany The
exact nature of the chemicals utilized in
this operation is not made known, but the
American consul at Freiburg sends 10
Washington report on the subject. Sam
Piles of the preparation having been pro-
cured the consul tried few experiments.
Cloth that had been treated with the fluid
in question and dried was thrust into
candle flame. The result was that the
goods were charred, but they did not take
fire. Kerosene was then poured on a
piece of material that had been dipped in
the preparation. When a match was APP
piled the oil would burn. but not the
cloth. A bit of wood wrapped in cloth
that had been treated with the prepare
ton was protected from the fire when
placed on the GOALS of a furnace. When
bunting or lace curtains have been i'm
pregnated with the fluid and dried an
addition of less than l per cent 10 the
weight can be detected The increased
cost amounts to about cents a square
yard when work is done on a small scale.
and less when operations are conducted
on a wholesale plan. The strength and
color of a fabric are said to be absolutely
untouched by the process.
A contributor to the columns of the
American Manufacturer calls attention to
a chemical preparation, which, used as an
antitrust, is superior to anything he has
ever applied for covering polished sur
faces. The discovery was made by w
A. McCool of Beaver Falls. Il is of such
recent date that no name has been given
the substance. 1t is doubtful if the ar
ticle will be patented, as it is believed
that the ingredients can be kept a secret
and, in a measure, defy chemical analy-
ses. The preparation is a liquid, quite
thin, and for preventing rust or tarnish-
ing of bright surfaces is said to surpass
any of the gummy, greasy substances
that are used to cover metal products of
manufacture of finished character. The
stuff is absolutely transparent, which
makes ia most valuable for covering tools
or machinery placed on exhibition in
warerooms, where handling by customers
is constant, and where a man is required
to be continually wiping off the parts
handled, to save the surface from rusting
and giving the samples a secondhand APP
moved after it has been applied as it
acts as a shellac, but is of greater value
as il excludes air, preventing oxidation
Water will not affect it. and its removal
can only be accomplished by gasoline,
benzine or similar oils.
The patent on pneumatic rubber tires
for road vehicles which was granted in
March 1898, by the commissioner of pat
ends has been declared invalid, notes the
New York Sun, by the Supreme Court
of the United States, and anybody or
everybody may use the tires without fear
of being required to pay royalties. The
case has been in the courts six years
II was started by the Hickory Wheel COM
pany, which is ono of the corporations
owned by Col. A. A. Pope the bicycle
man. Sterling Elliot, the league bicycle
man, declared that the pneumatic tire
was his invention, and after his applica-
ton had been rejected by the patent eX-
aminer and the board of appeals in the
patent office, he finally got his patent from
the commissioner himself, and then trans
ferred it to the Hickory Wheel Company.
While all the manufacturers of wagons
and sulkes were interested in the case,
Frazier & Co. of Aurora. H., fought it
alone a scheme for = pool TO help to de-
fray the expenses falling through. While
the case was before the courts evidence
was taken in many states 1t came out
that the first pneumatic sulky seen in the
United States was brought here by NJ. =.
Ketcham, Canadian banker, in 1891. Mr..
Ketcham had dog named Doc and the
sullSy was hitched to this dog which gave
trotting exhibitions The sulky was
practically a model of the pneumatic
tired sulkies made later, and alleged to
infringe the patent Of the Hickory Wheel
Company. This original pneumatic-tired
sulky was introduced in evidence. Among
the witnesses who testified in the case
were Robert Bonner, J. Malcolm Forbes,
J. II. Steiner and c. S. Caffrey.
A way of oiling wagon wheels to pre-
serve the felloes and prevent the loosening
of the tires is thus described by a con-
tributor to the Homestead: 1t is better
as preventive than cure for loose tires.
Stop the swelling and shrinking of the
felloes, the rustng of the under side of
tire next the felloe by a coating Of oil.
Fill the lemons Of the spokes also with the
hot oil and you have at least doubled the
life of your wheel. If II is well done,
tire viii never have to be reset The