The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-14

"A fortnight ago John w. Gaskill, of
lola, Kan, sold his wagon in order to get
money to pay the taxes on his dogs. Last
week one of the dogs overturned a lamp
and burned his house down.
Some German officers have been ex-
perimenting with the balloon with refer
ence to increasing the utility in war op-
erations. They started from Berlin in a
balloon at II o'clock in the morning, and
at O'Clock in the afternoon descended
at a village outside Prague. says the Buff
falo Commercial. In three hours they
had covered distance which the fastest
train does not accomplish in less than
seven hours. But if heavy adverse and to-
tally unreasonable winds had struck them
they would have been carried just as rap
idly in the opposite direction; and as an
officer, commenting upon the result of the
experiment, said it is on the whole bet
ter than to go whittier you do not wish
in three. Besides, an elevation of nearly
10000 feet and % degrees of frost suggest
discomforts that are not encountered in
other methods of transportation.
Large quantities of petroleum are to
be found in Burma, though the product
is much inferior to the American oil. The
principal seats of the industry are at Ye-
nengyaung and Yenengyat, and at the
former place the yield last year was nearly
Is, 10000 gallons, while at Yenangyat the
output was over 100000 gallons. There
is apparently quite future for the Bur-
mese petroleum industry, as there is a
keen competition for the leases, but the
inferior quality of the oil and the cheap
ness and excellence of the American and
Russian products make it's Introduction
| somewhat slow. Improved me thods of
refining are needed to make the oil equal
| to the imported, and If once this is accom-
plished, the use of Burmese oil will be-
| come more common in the East. AS 1t
Is now sold, it produces much smoke
and consequently is only used by the
| poorer classes.
"A specially prepared pasteboard is
used for lining houses in Norway, and is
noteworthy on account of it's being damp
| proof and non-conductor of heat, while
| it also deadens sounds and keeps away
vermin. The pasteboard is used in layers
| with asphaltum between and pressed into
| a solid plate. 1t is pliable, so that 1t can
| be bent around angles without breaking
| and will not rot. This variety is known
as Savareid building pasteboard, but there
| is also a "campo-board, which is made
| in five layers. The central layer of this
material consists of pieces of wood fitted
| close together and laying in different di-
| rections, next to which are two layers of
a very strong cement, which penetrates
the central boards and binds them closely
| together. The outer layers are heavily
compressed waterproof paper. This mate
! rial is made in large sheets, which can be
polished or painted, and can be used for
| lining houses or ships, or for trunks, ia
| bles, desks, bottoms of drawers, signs etc
The Pope still refuses to accept the
yearly stipend which the italian govern
ment Is ready to pay him, says the New
| York Herald. Ever since the conquest of
| Rome by the Italian troops of the King
an annual income of $4,000 is yearly laid
aside for the Pontif ex Maximus by the
| government which the former promptly
refuses to accept. Thus for twenty-eight
years this sum has been accommodating,
| end to-day over 500, 900 600, without the
| accruing Interest, may be drawn by che
head of the Catholic Church. The reason
! for the obstinacy of Leo Kill and his
| predecessor, Plus TX, in accepting this
salary lies in the fact that the Holy Faith
ers would by such an act acknowledge the
sovereignty of another over that portion
of Italy where the Popes have heretofore
! reigned supreme. This money is appar-
emily not needed. Plus TX. enriched the
Papal Golfers with a legacy of S100000 600
and it is said that Leo XIII. has I'M
doubtedy doubled this capital. The Pa
pal Chair has absolutely no liabilities.
The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
has been prohibited ground to foreign
workers for over forty years, although the
official department never did any work
there, says Appeton's Popular Science
Monthly. The native plunderers however
turned up many years ago the beautiful
chair of Queen Hatshepsut, and lately
they found the entry to still unopened
royal tombs. The secret passed-for con-
siderauon-to the department of antiqui-
ties, and two royal tombs were opened
These contained the bodies of several
kings of the eighteenth and nineteenth
dynasties-one undisturbed the others
moved from elsewhere. With these was
a crowd of objects of funeral furniture
Unhappiy, nothing is published in detail
of any official discoveries: with the exceD-
ton Of the first find OF the Dahshur lew
elry, there has never been any fun ac-
count issued OF the great discoveries in
the most important sites. which are ne
served to the government. The great
group OF kings found a DER el Bahrl the
great metropolis of the priests of Amen
the second find Of Dahsur jeWelry tho
second group Of royal mummles all of
these we know nothing bat what has az
pehred In newspapers. or some partial ac.
count Of one branch Of the subject Hard
y any publication has ever appeared
such as the English societies issue every
year about The produce OF their excaya-
lions.