The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
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crossed on vellum, quarto size, and Is bound
as a volume secured with a private lock
Several blank pages have been left at the end
OF the book for codicilS, some of which have
already been added. Thus when the Princess
Alice died in 1878. notifications of the be
quests were rendered necessary, and in the
summer of 1884, after the Duke of Albany's
death, further revisions were imperative.
One entry relates entirely to the disposal of
the queens jubilee gifts which are not the
property of the nation
All the hardware used In the great Mormon
temple at Salt Lake City, dedicated on April
6, was made to order, and bears either the
device of the beehive-the Mormon name Of
their country being "Deseret, or the land
of the honey bee''-or the clasped hands
which is also one of the symbols of their
church In the basement all the door knobs
and hinges are of solid brass polished Those
upon the first floor are plated with gold on
the second floor with bright silver, on the
third with oxidized silver and those on the
top floor are of antique bronze.
M. Prevot du Hondray, French scientist,
interested in the attempts of Prof. Garner to
learn the monkey language, took it into his
head that if monkeys could talk to one an
other, there was no reason in the nature of
things why other animals could not do so, too,
and procuring a photograph he proceeded TO
the barnyard to investigate the speech of the
fowls there After a large number of inter-
esting experiments he concluded that hens
have singular language, by means of which
they communicate with one another. His de-
auctions are said to be marvellous, and he is
now lectur1ng the Academy of Scienbes on the
hen language.
The people of Philadelphia are beginning
to feel that they have altogether too much
negro to suit them, says the New Orleans Plea
yune. Negroes have been fiocking thither
from the south under the mistaken impression
that they could get paying work there and
the result, as pointed out by Judge Gordon in
charge to the grand jury, Is large increase
OF crime and immortality. AS a matter of fact
the demand for the services of the negro has
unquestionably fallen of as their numbers
have increased. In the first place. some of
the labor unions are accepting only white
members. Formerly many colored carpen-
ters' bricklayers and other mechanics
were employed in the building trades in
Philadelphia. Now they are seldom t. be
seen. Negro cOachmen and servants have
gone out of fashion. After the war the negro
driver was often seen on the seat of the fam
lily carriage, but his place has been taken by
the Irishman or Englishman who make a
smarter appearance and know how to handle
the whip and reins with greater skill Even
in the hotels the Colored servant is no longer
welcome. The negro seems to be better of in
the south and with southern people than any
where else.
The making of man cook in France is a
lengthy and tedious process, says the New
York Sun. When a young man decides to
pursue a culinary career he selects his nom
NAL instructor, to whom he pays fee of $500
The aSplrant is first assigned to the vegetable
COOK. who teaches him how to prepare the
raw materials. When he has mastered this
he Is initiated into the mystery of cooking
them. This thoroughly learned he studies
the way OF cutting up raw meat. of preparing
fish, and how to stuff, dress, truss and lard
game and pOltry. When he has thoroughly
learned this he IS placed before the range
where he receives instruction in the various
processes of brOiling frying, roasting and
baking. When he graduates from this de-
partment he passes under the control of the
second cook, who reveals to him the mvsteri-
GUS of sauces and soups. The interest Of this
funct1onarY in his pupil il Is necessary to &C
celerate with liberal and frequent tips. The
young man Is now turned back to the pastry
cook, to whom he serves a long apDrentice-
ship in all that pertains to the concoction of
sweets, pastries and ices. This completes his
culinary education, and he is prepared to as
sumo the role OF competent cook.
A snake charmer can by a simple motion of
his hand, make a moving snake stop in
stantly, saws writer in St. Nicholas The
reason IS this: a snake is most timid ami
NAL. his eyes, as has been said before while
dull to color and form. are quick to motion
especially if it is rapid. If any large thing
moves very quickly too near him, he gets
frightened and scurries off; while, at certain
distances the motion stops him. if he be NOV
ing. He stops from establishment fear or the
wish to see what it is that moves. Hence he
glides on, unconscious of the charmers pres
ence near him so long as the latter remains
perfectly quiet; the snake doesn't know him
from tree or a rock. But when he gives
sudden evidence of life. the snake is aston
iShed, and Immediately remains stock stiU
In India and Africa the charmers pretend the
snakes dance to the music, but they do not
for they never hear it. A snake has no ex-
ternal ears, and perhaps gets evidence of
sound only through his skin. when sound
causes bodies in contact with him to vibrate
They hear also through the nerves of the
tongue, but do not at all comprehend sound as
ma Il IQNrNf l,sa. 11~ -
alive to the motions of the charmer or to the
moving drlImsticks of his confederate; and
being alarmed. he prepares to strike a
dancing cobra land no other snakes dance is
simply cobra alarmed and in a posture or
attack He is not dancing to the music but
making ready to strike the charmer
over one of my parlor windows the Slated
blinds are almost constantly closed, saws
writer in the Scientific American. Behind
these heard the Industrial hum of one of
these creatures and on opening the left leaf 7
exposed her to strong light, which did not
seem to disconcert her In few minutes she
flew away for new mud ball But on her re
turn, although her nest was stuck against the
rod sash, In strong contrast, in plain sight.
she seemed unable to recognize IT, She had
been approaching il at point where the NOV
able Stats were tilted downward when closed.
but OF course now that the blind was Oman
however, though much lower down were some
Stats tilted much as the others had been and
through these she made repeated entrances
only to crawl out into the open light some dis
lance from her nest though she always started
in the same relative direction that ii Law from
the other Stats when in place. She was evil
IDENTIFY much confused and distressed She
would fly out little further each time Seem
ing to think that she had not made the right
approach, sometimes going out from under
the porch and returning. At last she dropned
her pellet and began a crawling investfpa
ton passing often within a few inches of the
unfinished cell, but appearing to have never
seen it. After much of this she went awav
and came no more that evening, for il was
getting dark l failed to think of the Incl
dent for few days, and some one closed the
blind in the meantime, so that when again
examined it the single cell was compIeted
and sealed. On breaking il omen
found within small grecnlsh.
white spider on the side Of which
was glued the single egg. OF course. most ~
your readers know that it was the mother's
provision for the young larva when il should
hatch out. l might add that the spider
showed the usual signs OF life in cataleDtic
state, showing the wonderful instinct that en-
abled the wasp to sting il at lust the RIGHT
point and to the proper extent to allow life
enough to remain to preserve IL for food
while II was dead 10 all efforts at resistance
or escape. Mr.. Mivart stresses this contrast
between the want OF Intelligence in being nm.
nble 10 approach its nest by any route INT one
(and exhibiting such a small amount of rea
sonlng power, and the instinct which makes
u SO skilltul in It's providence and foresight
TO his mind Il argues a wide breach between
intelligence and instinct"