The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| AhH4O Ut In
| DR.. LEON PAUL of Paris has lately come out
in favor OF sterilized subcutaneous injections of
solutions of sleeps brain a cure for paraly-
| sis. He claims for this extraordinary medicine
| that il has no iu1 lrious reaction, and that in
almost every ca e in which he has tried it there
has been marked improvement in the PATIENT
| condition.
| The BncRoPHoNE is the latest absolute test for
death Recently st. Petersburg woman who
was subject to fits of catalopsy apparently
| ceased 10 breathe, and was looked upon by her
| friends as dead. Her medical attendant,
who knew the history of the case applied the
microphone to the Ngion over the heart, and
was thus enabled to hear the faint sounds Of its
| beats,
CALMAN LEVY, the great Paris publisher. for
many years sold an annual average of rs. 900
| volumes and 100000 periodicals Besides this
he maintained ID paper mills. 80 printing Offices,
u bookbinding establishments and IS other
manufacturing establishments. He began life
as the proprietor OF little open air bookstall
with capital of 81 % and died worth about
| S15000000.
THE Paris Temps publishes case of prems-
ture burial prevented by the daughter of the
| supposed dead man, who, on kissing her father,
| perceived that his body was not cold. The
funeral cortege on the point of starting.
Suitable measures restored the man to oon-
seriousness, and he opened his eyes and uttered
one or two words. His condition is reported
| seElOuS, DuJ No was YET awe.
AN electric gold finder, designed for prospect
ing in alluvial deposits, is being made IN Eng
land. Itconsists of steel tube carrying an in
| ner rod, which communicates by wire with
| portable battery. The rodlSis thrust into the
| ground, and, should it toucka piece OF metal, an
| electrical alarm is sounded, the instrument be-
| ing so delicate the contact with metallic par
| tlcle the size of pins head would be noted.
PEOPLES FINGERS. cut from the hands Of the
| dead, are sometimes carried as amulets by the
| ignorant and superstitious. Dried lizards
sewed up in leather serve the same purpose
| The Indian hunter will cut the shape Of an
animal out OF stone, have 10 blessed by the
| medicine man and believe that ii gives him good
| fortune in the chase Of the beast represented.
! When he kills one he dips the fetch in the
! blood.
IN DEMONSTRATING that sulphur melted at
about 115 degrees can be cooled in paper, a
! chemist recently happened to use lithozraphed
! card, of which the edges we're turned up. Upon
taking away the card he discovered that the Ito
| ographed characters were clearly and distinctly
| impressed upon the cooled surface of the sui
| phur, and remained after hard friction and
| washing. BY repeated experiments he was able
| to get very fine results.
| TIE PUMA possesses in a remarkable degree
the power of adapting himself to varied sur
| roundings. The animal eudures severe cold
| during che winter in the Adirondack mountains
| and other parts of the northern frontier of the
United states, and tracks his prey in the snow.
He is equally at home in the hot swamps and
canebrakes along the river courses Of the south
i ern states. In South America he inhabits the
| treeless, grass-covered pampas as well as the
| forests.
A NEW MEANS has been found for shutting of
| an electrical current without injury TO the
| dynamo when wires happen to get crossed or
| there is everheating from any cause. The
essential parts OF the apparatus are four needles
30 arranged that when the voltage in the wire is
| increased above the limit from any cause, one
| OF the needles will emit sparks and burn
| through a fine thread. This thread is connected
with springs which shut off the current wheu
| the tension is broken.
| IT is PROPOSED to cover the surface OF the sea
! around an endangered vessel with thin cotton
or silken net, rendered unsubmersible and eyer
| floating by means of being dipped in q special
| chemical preparation. The idea Is due to the
| fact that, when crossing the track of the Gulf
stream. 1t has been noticed taat the vast spread
| ing fields of floating seaweed within the confines
| of the stream, though upheaved by the swells.
| remained glossy and smooth. The net acts in
tn same manner as the weed,
ONE of the best mutations OF gold that has yet
been made consists of 100 parts OF pure copper,
ID of tin, of magnesia, So of saammoniac, IS
of quicklime and Q of cream of tartar. 70 the
melted copper the magnesia, salammoniac,
! quicklime and cream of tartar are added in this
order, each in the form of d powder. After the
mixture has been stirred for half an hour the
tin is incorporated with it, and the mass is then
| heated for a further period of thirty-ive min
utes. TIE result is'a malleable compound cap
ao.e OF taxing hIgh polish and very slow to
tarnish.
A MODEL of a statue to ex-President Arthur
has been completed by the New York sculptor,
| E. Keyser. The statue Will cost $50 900. and
be placed In some park Of that city. The figure
will be feet 8 inches high. Mr.. Arthur is
shown standing in his favorite position The
figure is erect. the shoulders are thrown back
and one foot is thrust ahead of the other The
Prince Albert coat is buttoned close to the
| figure, the right arm is bent at right angles at
| the elbow, and the fingers toy with the eye
| glasses. The other arm hangs by the side, and
| there is a paper in the hand The barred head is
| thrown slightly backward, and the eyes gaze
| out on en- ascending plane
The GOVERNOR of Massachusetts, says the
| Boston Globe, signs every bill with quill. This
| isn't because be Is fonder of that particular
| kind of pen, hut it is rather in Obedience to a
! well-esta oNshed custom that has obtained with
the Chief magstra eS OF the last decade. There
| are always few members Of the legislature
| that have rhe cole tor passion, and REQUESTS
are :plarly received by Private Secretary
| 70 IDS from law makers and Others Tor rens
| that tie governor hes used for signing bills
| Accord ally dozens OF these uu,lls are Dur-
| cha' ed eve 50 often, and the governor makes
| II 81 snatura each time with rev pen. which
| carefully preserved and set aisle for the nex I
| quilhun er that calls.
| A LEADING JEWISH RABBI recently said:
| 'Ninety-uine Jews out of a hundred could not
| state the cardinal doctrines of their religion
| yet each one feels himself a Jew as he grows
! up. Judaism believes in a God, not because it
is in Bible, but because it feels that it is so
| We do not believe the distinction between
soul and body. The soul is body and the BODY
soul. The Jew neither believes in devils nor
angels IN spiritualism. Why are we still
alive after so much malignant oppression
Why are we the most healthy, hardy race on
earth? Why is it that we escape in the midst
! OF pestilence? Why is it that there is such a
| small percentage of crime among US? 1t is be-
cause we are saturated with conviction and
| feeling"