The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ uuN 0us says NO 6S ana queries. when the
/ coin IS dropped through the slit it falls on
/ one end OF balanced horizontal lever. which,
/ Delng depressed, opens a va We suspended
from chain at the other end, and the water
/ tegins to flow, When the lever has been de-
! pressed to a certain angle the coin falls of,
/ and the valve being weighted. returns 10 its
seat and cuts of the supply. Hero date is a
! little uncertain but he is supposed TO have
| lived b. G.. 1881. ? TO
/ It has long been believed that ants have
means OF communicating with each other. and
/ Lubbock and Laadeis gathered from their
| researches on tho subject that the insects do
| so by means OF sounds too high in pitch TO
affect the human ear. Janet a French natu.
! ralist e''Annales Entomologiques de France. IS
| xiii, has recently shown that certain ants
| make stimulating noises analogous to those
! OF crickets, produced probably by the rub
! ping together of some of the many rugose or
| rough surfaces to he found on their bodies.
! IheSe noises, too slight to be heard. when
/ made by only one insect may be detected by
| lmprlsonlng lOtof ants between two pieces
! OF glass in a space surrounded by a ring of
| putty. On holding this to the ear one may
! near: oy listening attentively. gentle muir
| muir lkened by NJ. Janet to that made by a
| Ilquld boiling slightly in a closed vessel.
| varied now and then oy distinct stimulating
| sounds These sounds are heard only when
| the ants are DISTURBED.
! The Secretary of the Navy has just ap-
proved a report made by board of officers
| recommending complete change in the uni
omcers, however, the changes are not such
as Will entail much additional expense in the
| purchase OF new clothing and are TO be made
gradually, so that they will not be compelled
TO purchase complete outfits at once. The
present navy uniform is regarded as one of
the handsomest in the world but the changes
which are now ordered are said to be de-
manded by convenience and comfort The
present heavy overcoat will less the belt
around the waist, and the hood at the back is
TO | e fixed so that it can be detached and
need be worn only in extremely cold weather.
| 4 he present white helmet for hot climates is
to re abolished and a white cover used over
the regular service-cap is to take its place.
| Two years from now the special full dress is
| TO suffer many alterations, which. il is be-
| Heved. will improve it, and other changes
that individually are of no great consequence
| are TO be made from time to time, which col
! lectlvely Will make considerable difference
IN the outfit OF an officer.
1t has often been suggested that the now
familiar photograph would make an admira-
BILE adjunct to the telephone by enahling any
| one to record message on its receipt, thus
| overcoming one of the few serious objections
| TO the use OF the telephone in important
| transactions. 1t would appear that no prac-
| tlcal EFFORT has been made to carry out this
| idea, but in San Francisco the telephone ex-
| change has hit upon an ingenious variation of
| II That yields excellent results. Those who
| are accustomed to the use of the telephone
| know that some of their interlocutorS will
| often worry the operator at ''cen1 raj by
| perslstently calling for u number that has
| been reported busy To relieve his force
| from annoyance of this nature the manager
| at san FRANCISCO has intercalated some
| Photographs into the switchboard arrange.
| ments in such way that aftec the first mott
| hcatlon OF busy" the man who insists on
| calling up simply gives himself the pleasure
| OF hearing photograph repeat the intima-
| ton over and over again until the numt er he
| wants is actually free. 1t is said that the
| plan is under consideration for other cities
| with the OBJECT OF eXpedlting the work OF the
exchanges.
What do you think of the idea OF sweeten
ing your sugar with little salt or quinine?
| Don't laugh at the proposition says the St
| Louis Repu lie, for there is moro of a point
| to IL than can be seen on the surface of the
| mere assertion as you will see before finish
| ing this note Prof. Zunte, German
| chemist, and an expert before some big Ber-
| lin physiological society, accidentally discov-
| cred the fact that sugars sweetening proper
| ties were actually strengthened by the addi-
| tlon OF a minute quantity of salt. + rom his
| experiments he finds that if to solut on of
| sugar Ihefe De added slight amount of salt
| and water, so weak that it excites no saline
| taste, the result proves that the strength
| OF the sugar Is much augmented thereby.
| est possible solution of quinine and water
| produces a similar effect. The explanation
| which the learned professor gives of the above
seeming incongruity is this: That be the
| sadness or bitterness ever so feeble proyid-
| ing it is sufficient to excite the follicles of the
| tongue at all. 1t imparts an increased sensi-
| DlllIy 10 lut organs OF taste. + or lear that
| the above VIII be hardly intelligibe to the
| Republics scientific readers. 1 will close by
| giving a quotation from Prof. Zunte: The
| sensation OF taste is wonderfully excited by
| the simultaneous stimuli of the epyrean folli-
| cles and the consequent enlargement of their
| peleua ...........
A Chicago reporter the other day visited
the pest-house in that city, where go cases of
! smallpox are being treated. and found it to
| be yeritable chamber of horrors 1t is a
n.
| moraSS, with an annex of some rough sheds
| where the overflow cases are sent. The main
| building is not large enough to accommmo-
| date more than nifty patients. but go persons
| have been crowded into it. from babes a few
| months old TO aged men and women all
! packed into the grueSome place like sardines
! The lights are furnished by ordinary oil
| lamps hastily set up, altho gh an e,estric
| plant is only few hundred yards distant
i The Carelessness OF an attendant would as
| the reporter points out, cause an annaIlinp
| holocaust" The bath room (by courtesy
so called contains one tub and hot water
| must be carried to IL from a caldron in the
| rear OF The yard. On the second floor there is
| one faucet only, which supplies the needs Of
! 100 patients. Stoves have been placed here
| and there, with the result that in cold weather
! some untortunates roast while others freeze
| The building has no ventilatQrS. 1t seems a
| providence thSt none of the patients in their
| delrium has overturned at night one of the
! smoky and insecure lamps for they have run
| about the corridors and even jumped from
| the windows. Flames would make short work
| OF such Undertook structure. and with only
| one narrow stairway 1t would go hard with
! the patients. The nearest hre-alarm box is a
! mile distant.
! If you are sensihly inclined to stick to the
ways of the average wellto-do Rio de Jenei-
| rian, writes Fannie p. Ward in a syndicate
| letter, your parlor suite will comprise a cane
| seated sofa with dozen chairs to match
with perhaps an extra arm chair or two and
| rocker as great rarity. a cabinet with
marble top and mlrrored DOORS a piano a
| few pictures and square deep-set glass
| fronted frame containing a collection of
| butterflies set up on pins. placed on top of a
| cabinet. To be in good form" you must
| have precisely these articles and no others
! for one Brazilian parlor is an exact
| counterpart of all the others The ar.
| rangement OF the furniture too must
| not te deviated from in any case, as
| you value your social standing The
| room is certain to be long ana narrow
| and the sofa must stand at the far end
| of it, t1anked by two parallel rows OF chairs
| set ViS-a-vis to form little lane leading TO
| it, The sofa is not comfortable affair
having straight back and a deep seat SET SO
high from the floor that your feet dangle
helplessy: but IL is as Indispensable as the
table in the dining -room-a sort of high altar
upon which the social rites are performed
the mistress of the manse oficiatinr ne
prieStesS, and to il all guests are conducted
with appropriate ceremonies. The seat of
honor is the right-hand corner of this lofty
pereh. the hostess occupyingthe chair nearest
10 1t and the other guests being ranged bar.
ring accidents, according To their ranlz