The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ACCORDING to foreign papers. the Queen OF
England receives 23s5, 900 annually from the
British treasury; the Empress frederick
OF Germany. her oldest daughter.
Princess of Wales, 10000; the Duke of Edin-
burgb, 25,000; the Princess of Christian 6OOl;
Princess Louise, the Warehouses OF Lcrne
5000; the Duke OF Connaught, q, 900; the Ouch
ess OF Albany, 5000; the Princess Henry of Bat
tenberg 5000 the children of the Prince of
Wales, $1,000; the Duchess of Mecklenburg
Strelitz, of the Cambridge line. 1900; the Duke
OF Cambridge, 1900, and the Princess of Teck,
5000
A FEM in Birmingham, England, is manu-
featuring an ingenious device for indicating the
existence of fire or for regulating the heat in
the preparation of food and drink. The fire
alarm consists of a series of very sensitive dia-
phragms which are connected with an electric
battery in such way that. as soon as the tenn
perature of an apartment in which the appli-
ance is fixed reaches predetermined point, an
electric bell is set ringing and continues to ring
Tor some hours II necessary, until a reduction of
the temperature is effected. The instrument is
capable of very nice adjustment, and on the
occasion OF a recent trial IL is stated that the
bell was caused to ring by brea thing upon the
diaphragms.
TIE Poeller Physical Optical Institute OF
Munich has under construction an enormous
microscope for exhibition at Chicago in 1893
II will magnify to 10 900 diameters or az or
dinarily fitted, to 1000 diameters. An electric
Illuminating the image, which is to be projected
on a screen. AS the heat from this powerful
light would derange the focus by expansion of
the metal an ingenious device is used to cool
the metal This is small copper cylinder filed
with liquid caTbOnic acid, connected with the
microscope in such a manner that an electric
regulator automatically opens a valve and al
lows drop of acid to escape in a spray on the
metal to be cooled; the liquid Immediately
evaporates and produces intense cold The
whole cost OF the instrument is said to be
nearly $4,000.
The Prince Of Monaco had upward OF $40
large bottles, incased in a thin copper cover
ing, thrown into the sea at differ emit points of
the ocean between Europe and America and of
these 226 have been returned to him by the gov
ernments of the various countries to the shores
OF which they had drifted, and their progress
has been noted with sufficient accuracy to lead
to the conviction that the movement of the
upper part of the water is circular, the center
being to the west of the Azores. The tide OF the
Atlantic thus descends the coast of Africa and
running in a westerly direction, flows on toward
Bermuda, and then turns eastward. The
speed at which the bottles travelled is estimated
at an average Of four miles in twenty-four
hours, though at some points they attained a
rate OF six miles. 1t was in the western half of
the circle thus described that the rapidity was
greatest. One bottle had drifted about for up
ward or five years.
CORRESPONDENT Of the London Times at
Madras writes that Lewis Rice, director of
Archaeology in Mysore, Who recently undertook
10 survey the Chitaldroog district, reports a
most important discovery or edicts of Asoka
inscribed on immense powders in the same an
Client characters and the same Pail or Prakrit
language as have already been met with in the
case of similar records discovered In Northern
India. None of these edcts has hitherto been
found south of Guzerat and Gan Jam, and hence
the Importance of the present discovery 1t ia
known that after the third Buddhist council
held in the eighteenth year of Asokas reign
missionaries were sent to Banayasi and Mahis.
hamauOala which latter RS
and name, may be identified with Mysore The
principal inscription now found consists of
thirteen lines, covering a space of 151fx111k
feet. The words 'devanam" and "piye" can
be read at the end of the first and eighth lines
and ''jambu dipa" toward the end Of the third
line
The application recently made to council by
the Pneumatic Power Company of Philadelphia
says the Record of that city. for permission To
lay pipes on Ridge avenue and other streets
will result, if granted. in ushering into the CITY
new competitor to rival steam in the supply
OF power The new force may be used. it is
claimed, not only for street railways but for
the running of stationary engines elevators
and everything else requiring power The Ppeu
matte Power Company and the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company, which has recently Sc
cured control of the Ridge Avenue passenger
railway, are allied corporations, controlled by
the same people and their interests are idepti-
cal The one is incorporated for the purpose OF
supplying power in the form of compressed air,
the other for rapid transit on Ridge avenue The
system has been in successful operation in the
city OF Paris for period OF four years and in
that time the capacity has increased from 12O
horsepower to l6, 200 horse power While com
pressed air has been used In mining and tunnel
ing for many years, its commercial value for
use In cities had not been recognized until the
establishment and successful operation of the
enormous plants in Paris, and Birmingham.
England Compressed air it is claimed. beats
all its competitors in general power distribution
not only by its economy and convenience hnt
by the extent and variety of uses to which the
laid-on power may be applied. such as driving
ordinary rotative steam engines, steam ham.
mers, pile drivers and other direct acting
engines domestic motors, elevators ventisting
or exhausting, supplying air to furnaces i'm
proving draught OF chinneys, refrigeratins by
expansion OF compressed air after
performance OF work, elevation and TRANSPORT of
grain. etc., working warehouse hoists eiecting
water for extinguishing fires by direct pressure
all without the intervening of machinery and
many other uses. With the great range and
variety OF applications, the compressed air sys-
tenn, its projectors claim, holds out a far better
prospect OF success than any of the other sys.
TENS. Among some Of the advantages which il
affords to power users is that their existing an
gines can be used, their boilers, ash pits and
coal stoves can be dispensed with, new works
are spared the cost of boilers, fiues chimneys.
etc, freedom from smoke nuisances and the
risks of boiler explosions. Power is had at anv
moment by simply turning a tap and the ex.
hausS from the engines would supply pure cold
air to ventilate the worksh ops