The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-04
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AINAo VI In
Harriet Hosmer the American sculptor
has as many medals awarded her as are to
be found in the possession Of a hereditary
grand duke. She has spent the last twenty
years OF her life in Europe.
The method of a correspondent Of the Scien-
tihc American OF standing an egg on end is
not by cracking it, but by taking the egg in
one nand and striking il in the other three or
TOUR strong ticks. which readily breaks the
thln membrane separating the air from the
emu OF the egg; II also breaks up the yeIk of
the egg the parts Of the contents of the egg
| being thus free to move among themselves
the heavier ones settle ct the bottom the
mgnter ones above, and the air at the top.
MS is done by placing the egg on end few
SECONDS and holding il pepper dicularly. The
center OF gravity is thus easily brought
WITHIN the base and the egg stands readily on
either end.
An interesting study of the horse power OF
the whale has been ma lie by the eminent
anatomist. Sir William Turner Of the Univer-
slty OF Edinburgh. Scotland. in conjunction
WIN Mr. John Henderson, the equally cmi-
/ hent Glasgow Shipbulder, says a London
paper. The size and dinens ons of a great
whale stranded several years ago on the
shore at IOngriddy. furnished the necessary
data Tor computation Of the power neces- |
| sary to propel it at the rate OF twelve miles
an hour This whale measured 80 feet in
length, 70 feet across the fangeS Of the ia 4.
and weighed - tons. 1t was ca.c Hated that
40 morse power was necessary to attain the
speed mentioned
The Hon. Horace J. Pointer, who served
three terms as mayor Of Newari., \. D. away
back in the tifties, is stin living and likes to
talk about old times. He remem ters the
visit OF Lafayette and hOssuth, and was
much more favorahly impressed as boy with
the former than in after years with the latter.
Il heard both Clay and Webster. he said the
ONE day. and shall never forget either one.
IL seemed to me as il Clay won his audience
not so much by what he said. as the way in
which he said it. Big and raw boned though
| ne was his power Of personal magnetism was
wonderful. Webster was "a poor orator His
delivery was hesitating, but his cloquence
swept everything else aside. One fOrgets
what Clay SAID and how Webster said it. and
in memory the marvellous manner of the
one the marvellous thought of the other al
ways live.
The first thing that strikes the visitor to
| the house of ommons, whites 4. p. O'Connor
/ in Harpers, is that-here also it is excep-
/ tional among the legislatures Of the world
| the house OF commons permits its mem bers
/ to retain their hats during the sitting. In
/ deed. 1t Is the rule to wear and the exception
not to wear the hat. Mr.. Gladstone never
wears his hat--there have teen exceptions,
! to one OF which I will alude presently; nor
/ did Mr.. Smith, the late respected leader in the
house OF commons on the conservative side
/ nor did Dlsraeli: nor docs Mr.. BalfOuT. no.
/ Sir Charles Russell member however. can
/ keep his hat on CnlV when he is in his
seat II he rises to speak, he of course takes
OF his hat; il he rises to leave his seat and go
| out of the House. he has to take off his hat
so long as ne remains standing in any part of
| the House he has to keep of his hat. There
! are some OF the older meml ers who, even
! when they lean over their seats to converse
with memter on the bench in front Of them,
! 10 &c of their hats. And it is usual, too. when
| member interjeCts an observation across the
! floor to take it of. 1t was also the iuvaria Ole
custom when member was referred to that
he should raise his hat, but this rule is falling
| into desuetude.
All life insurance is based upon table Of
averages Of the lengths Of lives which is as
infallible as anything tolld be said man
ager Of an insurance company to Pittsburg
/ Dispatch writer. It's no gueSSwork with
| us: we have experience which tells us how
much II requires 70 carry policy and pay
/ the insurance at death without loss to the
/ company. The maximum age on our table is
| SO years That is consider that Orilna-
I rlly every person would die at that age. There
/ ~ no getting ON 5thing fDr nothing. as some
)ple suppose We figure your premium 50
that II you should live to be So years old the
/ premiums ana the interest would amount to
/ the face value OF yo T policy. In all our ex-
pellence we have only had one of our policy
! holders reach the age of 9;. He was Ma ssa-
ChuSettS man who insured AZ the age Of 5s on
the regular l1e plan and kept paying his
! premiums until he reached that age. We re-
turned HIM the face of his policy and the
money he had paid, less the interest with a
consratulatory letter, He had reached
/ point where we were no olger cltitIed to
/ his money. He might re said to have con
! cluded "a 96year endowment policy. for all
/ policy holders are entitled to their money il
they reach that age, although it is not 50
/ stated IN the policy
A wise move has teon made by the West
End Railroad Company of Boston in INTO
ducirg new arrangement whereby passen-
/ gers can leave street cars more quickly and
/ more conveniently says the Pittsburg Dis
/ patch. The ease of exit is factor in the
/ comfort of passengers that street railway
| companies have hetn strangely negligent Of.
/ RAPID transit in most American cities is still
/ in its early stages. and 50 long as people
! o I'D travel from one point to another thcv
/ ave put up as best they could with the crush
ald turmoil and yitiated air of crowded cars
. But the public is becoming somewhat FESTIVE
| under this burden of discomfort. and what is
still more to the point. the railway companies
are beginning to recognize that if they are
| to retain and increase their business they
must make their lines attractive. 4 he lead OF
the west End Company will probably soon
lie fOllOWei by further DEVELOPMENTS in the
| same direction. Their Improvement consists
OF pair OF Coors placed at the corners o. the
ends OF the cars, instead Of the single door
usually accuDying the center of the ends of
| the cars. (n,y one OF the doors will be cpsn
at time That on the car furthest from the
| adjoining track-but 1t will readily be seen
/ that by this device escape from = crowded car
VIII be much less matter of an anxious and
annoying struggle than it but too often is AT
! present. The newly fitted vehicles are wei
ned acceleratOr cars
In Shropshire England there is custom
Of 'rir giug the dead home" that is Ginning
all the bells instead of ringing oal; one while
a funeral 5 on its way to the church. When
| the procession nears the churchyard gate the
| Ginning is stopped and the minute hell is
. tolled. The sexton 5 fees at Much Wenlock
as laid down in 1853, iuClude-"a himp il 70
4 Qulrcd before the funeral. Id" At Halter
| leigh. small town in DevonShire il was the
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