The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

French statistieian says that the number
Of men and women in France is more nearly
equal than in any other country In the world,
there being 1907 women to 1000 men. ne
conditions in Hong Kong China. are appall-
! ing for the matrimonial chances OF the
sterner sex there being only 1886 women to
1000 men.
William Marshall of New York had pre-
pared a curiosity for the electricians. He be-
gan by taking up an ordinary book, and plac-
ing IN the leaves several slips Of tin foil y
inch wide and four inches long. Then ne
attached couple Of fine wires, closed the
book and carried the other end OF the wires
to another room, where they we're attached TO
the transmitter of a telephone. Z hen con
verSation began. with Mr.. Marshall in one
room and one of the persons in the room
where the book Law. Each word that came
from the hook could he distinctly heard in
every corner of the room. II is said the new
principle is the direct opposite OF the Bell
principle. The latter is the magnetic receiver;
the new one electro static AS described by
Mr.. Marshall the invention consists essen
TALLY of telephone system. comprising
speaking coudensers and an induction coil at
each station, each induction coil having two
secondary wires and primary wire, the OPP
posite ends OF each secondary wire being con
nected with the opposite poles Of the speak
ing condensers
If you look in the dictionary you will find
that it defines steam as an invisible, elastic,
gaseous fluid generated from water under the
influence of heat" says Harper Young Peo-
| pie. l imagine that there are those who Will
re inclined to take exception to the word
invisible" contained in the definition, claim
! ing that they can see steam pouring from the
exhaust pipes on buildings in which steam
power is used, and from the whistle pipes on
/ STEAMBOATS,. Nevertheless steam is invisible
| so long as IL is confined. To prove this let it
| be supposed that we pour water in a clear
| glass bottle until it is about half full, then
| tightly cork 10 and place it over an alcohol
lamp, allowing 1t to remain there until the
| water can be seen 10 boil. Now there is not
| the slightest suggestion of steam or vapor in
| the bottle, yet we know that all the space
! above the level of the water must he filled
| with steam because the water is boiling.
! Now If We pull out the cork and let the steam
| escape into the atmosp here, it will turn white
| because the cold air will condense it, proving
| that what some have mistaken for steam is
| only mist and not the real article. This
| condensed steam has parted with its charac-
| teristics as steam, and instead Of being
! gaseous fluid it is simply water in small par
| ticles, like fog
At Logan near the Null of Galloway, saws
the British National Magazine. there is
most interesting tidal fish pond rent in
the cliffs facing the Irish channel dmits the
! salt water through narrow assure protected
! by grating. INTO a circular rock basin, some
| 30 feet in diameter aud 20 feet deep. The
cliffs rise high all round; stone steps descend
on one side to ledge leveled into a footpath
at the waters edge. No sooner does the
| visitors football resound on the stairs than
| the green water, hitherto motlonless and ap-
parenJly lIfeleSS, becomes peopled with large
| brown fish rising from the depths gliding
and dashing about in great state of excite
ment. These are cod lythe and saithe
| which, caught on lines IN the sea, have been
transferred TO this point to be fat
tened for the table. They are fed
daily by the keeper, and experience has
| taught them to connect the sound of foot
| steps with their meal time Formerly clap
per used to be rung to summon them, but this
was no more than trick of the stage; the
football on the stone is quite enough to awaken
them 10 activity. Most OF the cod, being deep
| water nsh, become totally blind in captivity
from excess Of light: but they become so
tame and accustomed to their keeper as not
only to feed out of his hand. but some of them
| allow themselves TO be lifted out of the water
One may witness the strange sight of huge
cod. more than an ell long, handled onthe knee
like a baby, his mouth stuffed with muSselS
and limpets, after which he is returned to the
water with mighty splash On the table
! these fish, thus tended and fed. prove much
| better than hsh brought straight from the
! open sea.
Though there may be much truth in the
belief that water may be found in many
places when patiently sought for with the in
| yestigating spade, there is no doubt that the
! lacors OF Prof Stone, the perlpatetic water
finder, having brought their reward to the
Town Moor Laundry Company says the
| Newcastle Eng Leader When the myster-
| lous gentleman solemnly stalked over the
garden attached to the laundry he was
watched with skeptical eyes; the upward
| twisting OF his rod proved nothing to some
| men, for to them there seemed no earthly rea-
son why flowing water in the earth below
should make common, twlg start backward
! as though in disgust. Such feeling IN wood
| even in an elder bra h, seems too much But
be skepcittsm as strong as it may, there is no
| doubt that water has been discovered
! below one of the spots at which the tWip was
| of the laundry company determined to put
the professor to fair test by Boring at one
OF the places and with the result that fifteen
teet below the surface four of five springs
| have been discovered, which. united yield d
supply Of about p gallons Of water per hour
| The tored well, which is about six feet in
| diameter has been bricked round, and a
| reservoir IS now being dug, which it is
thought flowing springs will keep eontinu-
/ ally fulI like the magic pitcher in the story
hook II the water is found to be good and
| the supply continuous, borlngs will be made
at the New Bridge street laundry where the
! trembling twig showed what it could do. and
| further test is to be made at o Newcastle
| brewery, which Prof Stone also visited.
What has become Of Charles II. S crown i?
He expressed in Characteristic phrase his I'M
willingness to risk again the loss of a crown
that had been recovered for him, says the
London News. AS his predecessors actual
! crown disappeared in the commonwealth a
new one was made for him. at a cost of 421 =
| 975 IS. I'D, and this served for the corona
lions OF himself and subsequent kings until
| George Tvs accession. II was known as
st. Edward s. or the memorial" crown.
At a recent heraldical exhibition at the So
! ciety OF Ahtiquaries, Lord Amherst Of Hack
/ ney exhibited the skeleton of crown as be-
ing that made by Sir Robert Vyner for
| CharleS II. and stolen by Col. Blood. We un-
| derstand, however, that Lord Amherst
| bought his relic of Rundell q Bridge He
| purchased. IL seems, one OF the three crowns
| whose stones, with many more. were
| Used for Queen Victoria's But If
also seems that the old crown soldto him was
! George Tvs, and not Charles IFS ST
Edwards or memorial crown mounted
. with false stones, is i.ept in the tower The
imitation Jewels may be accounted for by the
| fact that at the Queens accession Messrs
! Rundell Bridge were supplied with three
! eli crowns and some lewelry, with directions
| to use their stones for a new crown in readi-
ness for her Majesty coronation. That was
! done, and the new crown, or diadem weigh
! ing under three pounds. may be seen among
our regalia, respondent with a sapphire and
! the ruby given to Edward, the Black Prince
! by John of Portugal, and worn lit is said by
! Edward at Crecy and Henry v at Agincourt
! For George ". Rudd ell & Bridge had made a
| fresh and very large crown, six and one.half
! pounds in weight and fifteen inches hi III. its
arches rising to a point.
The title reverend was an honorary appel.
lation given by common consent to the clergy
about the middle of the seventeenth century.
says the st. Paul Ploneer-Press. In an Eng.
! fish parish register the minister is first
! styled reverend in 1857 occasionally after
ward but regularly after 1877 The title was
! then claimed as the exclusive right ~ tbe