The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In starting for South Africa the Duke
of Norfolk carried out the medieval ira
dtions of the Towards Before leaving
London he took his sword to the private
chapel In the Archbishop of Westminsters
house, where 1t was solemnly blessed by
cardinal Vaughan, the Duke kneeling be-
fore the altar.
Two years ago Louis Patnaud resign
ed his position as assistant postmaster
Of Everett, Wash, to try his fortune in
the Klordike. Three of his friends made
up $500 as a grub stake for him. No
word came from The recipient until he re-
turned TO Everett week ago, when he
divided $1,000 among the three friends
who had helped him.
The collection of statistics at this pc
riod Of the year involves always the puz-
zling question of what an ounce of gold
really is, says the Engineering and Mining
Journal. If any one reports tons of pig
iron pounds of lead or copper, we know
what 1t means; but an ounce of gold may
be anything in value from $12 TO sos
If miners and companies would only ad-
here to the practice of reporting gold in
fine ounces-pure gold-ft would save a
world of trouble. Many do so, but there
are enough still giving production in bull
ion to keep the statistician busy.
lACA z 10 DtlIS COtlStTuGled at Ile w a.
teryille arsenal a 16-inch gun, which, ac-
cording to the engineers calculations, will
throw a projectile weighing 2370 pounds
a distance of 2o.76 miles This enormous
piece of ordnance will weigh 126 tons with
out the carriage, and will be 40 feet
inches in length and feet inches In di-
ameter at the breech. Its proiectile is Ga
inches in length, and will require charge
of 1000 pounds OF powder This, however,
rixr iR,dt faJ
per second, and a muzzle penetration of
4.6 inches of wrought iron. The calculat-
ed pressure at the breech at the maximum
range and elevation is given as Sc, 0O0
pounds to the square inch.
Young Somers Somerset, the son of
Lady Henry Somerset, who is we'll known
in America, has been deprived of his
chances of becoming Duke of Beaufort
by the birth of a son to the present hold
er Of that title. For years young Somerset
has been the heir apparent to the duke
dom, as hitherto the Duke of Beaufort
had only two daughters But now for
the first time in a century and a half,
Marquis of Worcester has been born
and young Somerset during the lifetime
of this young marquis, will never be call
ed his grace Somerset married four
years ago and has a son. Though this
unexpected Marquis of Worcester robs
somerset Oh MS chances OF a CukeQOm, ne
will come In for a considerable fortune
on the death of his father, whose mar
rage to Lady Henry resulted in much
uahappiness and disagreement.
There has been found recently at the
Mohawk mine in Michigan new mineral
that is of great interest both on account
of its novelty and the singular conditions
under which 1t occurs. 1t has been care
fully examined and analysed by Prof
koefng of the State School Of Mines of
Michigan, and by Prof. Kemp of the
Columbia School of Mines. both of whom
unite in pronouncing it a new species.
Prof. Koeing has assigned TO 1t the name
of Mohawkite, after the mine in which 1T
was found. It's chemical competition is
Gu AS, with about Z per cent of the cop
per replaced by nickel, and the mineral
fills small vein in the Mohawk mine.
Other copper arsenides are known, of
which the neal est are WhHneyite and
Algodonite but nothing Nike this has ever
been encountered. All the copper found In
the Lake Superior district occurs in a ma
tive state, while elsewhere in the world,
except in the upper parts of veins, copper
invariab bly, occurs In combination with sui
phur, or arsenic, or both. 1t is for this
reason that the new mineral is of such
scientific interest, particularly as the sup
ply, so far as now known, is to be meas
ured In ounces rs compared with the tons
OF native or pure copper that are daily
mined in the Lake Superior region.
"A new nickel, believed to be of great
commercial value, has been discovered in
the copper ore district of Houghton,
Mich, says the Scientific American. It
has been named Mohawkite, from the
mine in which it was found. 1t was at
first supposed to be q copper sulphide but
chemical eSaGIsi.3 ton Indicated that 1t
min
very metallic luster when freshly broken.
with very irregular fractures. Chemical
analysis shows that At is an arsenide Of
copper, similar 10 the doneaSite, in con-
nection with which is also found an arse
hide of nickel. The possibilities offered by
this combination are very great. Copper
is more than ever a valuable metal and IS
now commanding a high price, and nick
Ell is now used In a large number of In
dustries where twenty-five years ago q
few tons only were used In the subsidiary
coinage of the United States so that the
discovery of new ores and new bodies Of
an ore of nickel may be rega rded as of
the greatest possible importance. II is
however in the field of alloys that Moha-
Kite VIII probably be more valuable TIL.
assays, so far as determined reveal an
almost ideal composition for an ALLOW Of
copper and nickel, for which there is AL
ready a good demand. The new minero,
ucts from the ore almost without waste.
Two sensible changes are proposed in
the law governing the mint, says the New
York Journal of Commerce On is to re-
move the obligation to recon foreign gold.
Much OF the foreign gold that GEMS nere
and is sold to the mint Is wanted again at
no distant day for export, ard as FOREIGN
coin 1t is quite as good for EXPORT as do
nestle coin, and for export to LONDON
sovereigns are besetr than eagles. TIE 9th
er Is to leave 1t optional with The Secretary
OF the Treasury whether TO make a charge
Tor fine gold bars. This charg, was i'm
posed with the idea that 1t would prevent
gold from going abroad Bars are pre-
ferred to coin and 1t was imagined In Con-
gress that If the bars were made 20 cost
little more the export would be re artiqd
One effect Of charging a commission on
gold bars has been to drive jewelers. to the
use of gold coin, the striking of which ia
a waste of labor IL the coins are going lack
into the crucible. BY leaving the matter
to the discretion of the secretary II is hon
ed to save some useless oolning without