The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-14
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employers
/ A Berlin letter says; Domestic servants in
! Germany do vast amount of work for very
/ little money. A case is CT ed OF one servant,
nomlnally lady's maid, who acted also as
/ dressmaker and head laundry maid 10 the
wage OF SS5 per annum. Younger servants,
such as nurse maids etc, are passing rich on
$40 or $50 year.
| small yellow worm about an inch long
| and resembling the black thousand logger,
| which is usually found in decayed timber.
| mas appeared in the corn fields in Iowa and
! is creating havoc with the crop. 1t is thought
| TO be worm that thrives only in extremely.
| dry seasons. II is eating the roots or the
| corn and boring into the kernels in the
ground, killing the germs.
| London Truth in speaking of the Manches-
| ter Ship Canal says: The plain truth is
| that this triumph of engineering skill is little
| better than an open sewer. The rivers, the
waters of which have been incorporated in
the canal, have from time imm 2morial served
| as the sewers of Manchester and the other
towns and villages along their banks; and In
| the construction of the canal this primitive
| state Of things has been deliberately per-
| petuated."
The low price of silver in Paris, p" says the
London Court Journal, has stimulated the
inventive genius of manufacturer, who has
| consequently made new metal by means of
! an alloy of copper and silver. using the sue
cessful proportions OF the two. He has really
| detained an entirely new metal. one of a most
| extraordinary degree of strength, and most
/ valuable for resisting sudden or long sus.
| tanned strains. Tlere seems ltttle-douLt that
the cost of produ- ton will not be so great as
/ to prevent its large use in the future even
| should silver greatly increase in value. 40
| the low price of silver will be credited the
| idea OF using it as IN amalgam for specially
| high class OF metal
The fortune of the Emperor William IL,
which he enjoys as King of Prussia. accord
ing to the law OF Jan, :. 1920. is 7.719293
marks taken from the revenues of the estates
and forests of his kingdom, another $4,000
| voted in 1859 one OF 100000 voted in 1868, an
other 100000 in 1889. In ali, 15,zi9,296 marks
| over which the emperor has free and perfect
! control. Besides this nice little sum the
| emperor receives for his own private purse
! 100000 marks, which the kingdom and en-
| pire give him. The private fortune of the
! imperial house is thus detailed: An estate in
| Silesia, three in the district of Osthave and
! forty-eight farms and fourteen forests. The
| feoffment OF the young prince comprises three
! cipal ones belong to Prince Frederick Leo
| pold, the revenue of the manor of OelA be.
longs to the Crown Prince. as we'll as the in
| terest OF an income of 10000 marks invested
| by Frederick William H., on his accession to
| the throne.
While travelling through Europe several
years ago." said Benjamin F. Sutton Of Troy.
| N j.. to the Globe Democrat, Il came across
| a man who was exhibiting a performing
| monkey. The beast was as dexterous a thief
| as could he imagined. and his master told me
| that every day he stole enough food for his
| subsistence. He told me to watch him for
few minutes; l did so, and presently his
| keeper led him to a spot close to where
! date seller was sitting on the ground. with
! his basket beside him. Here his master put
| him through a number of tricks, and although
| could see the monkey was cycling the fruit,
| he did dot make any demonstration toward
| taking IT. IN the midst of one Of his feats he
| suddenly started up from the ground, and,
| uttering cry OF pain or rage. fixed his ewes
| full on the face of the date seller. Then,
without moving the rest of his body he stole
| as many dates as he could hold in one of his
! hind hands The date seller, being thus
| stared out OF countenance, and having his at
! tentiOn diverted by this extraordinary move
| ment, knew nothing of the theft until told of
| 1t by bystander."
French Canadian at Pittsburg has had
patented an invention which he callsa grave
| signal He is now in Pittsburg for the pur-
| pose OF having his signal manutac tured. He
| has worked for ten years on his idea, and
| claims to have solved the problem Of saving
| the unfortunates who may be buried alive
| HIS device consists of piece of ordinary gas
| pipe six feet long, with glass globe about
the size Of an incandescent lamp on one end.
| The pipe Is arranged to screw onto a brass
| plate at the head Of the coffin. The piI 9 will
| extend beyond the plate and within a fraction
| of an inch from the head of the corpse.
| Through the center Of the pipe plain sm tooth
| SUCK Is pldCeu, one emu OF winch rests on the
| forehead OF the person in the coffin; the other
| end sticks from the glass globe, with a red
| cloth attached. The moment the person
! comes TO life and moves the stick will be
| forced through the pipe, and the red cloth
| the signal-will be displayed. The signal
cannot be seen unless 1t is pushed up from
| the forehead of the person At the same time
| the signal Is displayed hunter of small
| apertures open at the base of the globe and
fresh air is forced down the pipe and into the
nostrils of the supposed corpse.
The experiments by the Guild of St. Cecilia
in London, to test the hypnotic effect of soft
music, are still being carried forward. saws
| the New York Hines Recently lulIahies
were played to o ward of fourteen patients
| and to one of the physicians of the hospital
| In spite of d1Stracting noises fnsepara BILE
| from the ward of London hospital, the fol
| lowing results were got: The physician kent
| awake with difficulty. four patients were
| actually sent to sleep and some liked il too
well to sleep. and others felt sad but charmed
| 1 hat musical sounds produce marked eneet
| on the system Is proved, says Chambers'
| Journal, by physiological experiments on
men and animals. The rate of the action of
the heart and the force of the circulation are
notably influenced in direction depending
| on the pitch, intensity ana tim GER" of the
| sound. Generally speaking the heart ac-
| tion is quickened and the pressure of the
blood in the arteries increased, though some
| times the converse effect is produced those
| results depending. no doubt on the idiosyp-
| Grassy Of the individual. Powerful results are
| produced on the nervous system, sometimes
| stlmulant. sometimes sedative. Music is
| thus clearly seen to be potent in medicine
and there seems to be no reason why its eff
! fects should not be studied like that OF any
| drug
| While great improvements have cen made
| in the last few years in shorthand systems.
| and language can now be transferred to paper
with the rapidly of speech the writing OF
| music is still an occupation of exasperatinQ
! tediousneSs, says the Fort Worth Gazette A
| musical shorthand has often been suggested
| and 1t is sald that certain musicians have de.
/ vised for Themselves such a system. which
! has served their purpose fairly well But
! any attempt 10 bring the speed OF musical
| notation within even appreciate distance of
| the rate OF musical production, either instru-
| mental or vocal has always been looked
! upon as impossible. 1t is difficult to imagine
! how it can ever be otherwise but none the
less are those inventors, who seek 10
! increase the facility of TRANSFERRING,
! to paper musical ideas either fresh
from the brain of the corpposer
CT from the rendition of the artist, worthy of
commentator and gratitude. An attempt in
! this direction has just been made in the con
! struction of machine for typewritiug music
! The machine looks like an ordinarv TYNE.
writing machine, after which IL is modelled.
| the frame, key, levers, type bars and car.
/ rtage being retained. Various notifications
| are made so as to adapt the instrument to the
! change OF notation, the carriage being Shifted
! endwise only for the different lines octayes
\ or notes. and the paper is fed forward with