The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-02
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A VIGOROUS protest is being made IN Boston
| by several people of taste and influence against
| the acceptance, by the authorities, of a statue
| or Columbus now completed and int nded for A
conspicuous site, Copley square. 1t is a replica
OF ngure soon to be set up In San Domingo
and modelled by Belgian girl Buyens; but
some Bostonians regarded the designs common.
| place.
JAMES EDDY, Troy, n. Y, makes all the ink
with which the government paper money is
printed. lis father invented it, and Just before
his death let his son into the secret OF its manu-
| facture-a secret that he still keeps to himself
as II Is worth $4,000 year to him. The ink in
| question is said to be the only kind that will
| print on the paper now used for government
| notes.
INTERESTING photographic oddities now and
then meet the eve on the outskirts of New
YORK. 'Fryed' chicken is advertised 1t staring
oiack letters at basket" picnic grounds on
the heights above Fort Lee. A resort near Fort
george announces genuine Rhode Island clam
| bake for parties made here to order" On
| tlght closed shanCy hard by some one has
| painted in letters that betray an unskiled hand
| Danger powder dnameit."
The Germans have signaized their satisfac-
ton in obtaining possession of Heligoland in va
! rlouS ways, by fOrtifying it and by changing
! the condition of its inhabitants. Now they have
| begun to monument it, Recently a bronze
| statue of the poet Hoffman Won Fallersleben
| designed by Schaper, has been unveiled in the
| presence of large crowd Of islanders and sum.
lner guests, including the son and the daughter
ln-law OF the poet and del cations from various
| universities. The AriOn of New York sent a
| wreath TO be laid on the monument.
| SWEDISH girls who come to this country seek
ing employment as housemaids usually bring
| with them at least one trunkful of household
| linen. 1t is really part OF a potential wedding
trosseaI, for every Swedish girl counts upon
| Rettlng husband one day, and prepares
| against the event by years of sewing The
trosseau is begun in childhood, and doubtless
there are Swedish girls on the verge of old
naidenhood who pathetcally carry about these
evidences OF preparation for event that
seems destined to indefinite postponement
THE latest thing in the way of mechanical
music is self playing piano, sctuated by cleo
! tricity. An electric motor turns a wheel AT the
| back of the piano. which. in its turn sets in mo-
ton couple of rollers underneath the instru-
ment. BY this means the notes are also set in
| notion. Tie system Of the herophon, viz,
shts and holes cut in pasteboard, is adopted.
| In the center of the piano is an air apparatus
worked by the same agency. So soon as the
| opening passe' the key the air apparatus be-
| gins to work and draws down tho one or more
KEYS which are necessary to the chord and re.
| lease the same at the proper time. fhe piano
| plays Just as long as there are notes on the
rollers. Inc piano can also be utilized as an
| gan by means OF a turning wheel or being
played simply with the hands.
The human stomach possesses most wonderful
/ power OF adaptation to circumstances SAYS Lon
don Public Opinion. When Lieut.. BIlgh and his
| eighteen men were cast offrom the Bounty BY
] the mutineers in an open boat. they subsfsted
| Tor forty one DAYS on a daily lowance Of one
| twenty fifth of pou0d OF biscuit per man and
| a quarter Of pint Of water. Dr. Tanner in
1851 tasted for forty days, subsisting il is said
| on water alnn-, and Succi and other fasting
men have since excelled this. Kaffirs, North
| American Indians and the fiat boy" in Pick
| WICK may well be quoted as fearful examples
| OF voracity, but even their gastronomic feats
| are exceeded by the full grown Esquimau, who
| will daily eat twenty pounds Of flesh and oil IL
| ChauCA while. itv OF
| Admiral Saritchef, Yakut OF Siberia, has
| been known to consume in twenty-four hours
| 1.-The hind quarter of large OK, twenty pounds
| OF rat, and quantity of melted butter for his
PROF. GEORGE T. LADD Of Yale University
| who has just arrived from a visit to japan.
| where he ectured before several of the uniyer-
| stiles, was favorably impressed with 1.-THE Japa-
| nese scools. He says: There are two kinds OF
| instructons-the private schools which are
| carried on by enterDriSing citizens many of
| which are surrounded by Christian influences
| and the government schools which are care
| fully graded, and which are maintained with
| considerable strict ess, and follow somewhat
| the German system. There are the primary
| schools and Koto Chu Gakko, which when
| translated means the higher middle schools
: At the head Of these is the imperial university.
| situated in Toxic. There is no Latin or Greek
! taught here, Chinese being the classical tongue
The governmen mt Institutions are not seats Of the
| Christian religion, although there are many
Christian teachers In them, There is no loose
|
strictly attended to-"
| THE Berkshire hill or, to be particular that
portion Of the hills in and about PittsheId. en-
| JOY the distinction OF being the place of manu-
facture of all the paper used in making the gov
ernmeut's legal tender, distinction which 1t
has continued to enjoy uninterruptedly ever
since the issue of paper money by the
| government began, says the New York
| Times. 1t is also worthy of note that the
same mills turn out very large portion Of the
paper which subsequently becomes the Cur
rency of Canada. Furthermore-the average
| Berkshire patriot will not permit you TO escape
| without hearing the whole story-these same
! hills have a silk mill wherein is made all the
| tiny particles of silk thread which cover the
surface of the completed note. So that, on the
| claim TO q monopoly of the money making IN.
dustry. When the paper Of which the bills are
made leaves the machine II is cut into sheets
! 81 N13lk inches, each sheet containing four
notes. thousand sheets weigh 70 pounds
and 5000 pounds is the average
amount which the government requires every
year. The silk threads Of various coors which
cover the surface of the note are each three
els hths Of an inch long. They are made lust
like ordinary silk thread. except that they are
not tw sted as much the ordinary article
looks after the work at the Berkshire mills saws
| that the use OF these silk threads has greatly
| dim Dshed the gov rnments losses by counter
feiting, those losses being now very small owing
| to the fact that thu arrangement of the dis
! tribution of the thread is altered with each new
| issue of notes. Those who handle the notes
having been notified Of each change are easily
enabled to detect counterfets, something thew
were not able to do prior to IS 5, when plain