The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-12
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authorizing woman doctors TO practice in his
dominions upon presenting their diplomas;
An English lady has been the first to avail
herself OF the privilege and has begun TO prac-
tice ut onstantinople.
One Of the many recent language statisti-
clans is responsible for the following: English
which at the commencement of the century
was only spoken by - 600 COO people, is now
spoken ~ 1O(COlOJO. Russian is now spoken
by s., 100000 against 10000, 900 at the begin
ming OF the century. In 1900 German was
only spoken Dy, IS, 900 900 people; to-day over
10000 600 talk In the same language that Will
lam II. does. Spanish is now used by a.,
100000 Of people, against 10000, 600 in 1900;
Italian by 81, 100000 instead of Is 600 600, and
Portuguese by 1900, COO, instead Of 5000, 900.
1t is reported that the farmers Of the
Schuylkill valley, Pennsylvania, are feeding
their cows on wheat. and with most crafty
ing results in the quantity and quality of the
milk produced. Since the price OF wheat has
fallen TO C5 cents a bushel 1t becomes as
cheap as bran, corn or oats, which all cost
about cent pound, and considering the su-
perior milk producing qualities OF the wheat,
the farmers say that it is the most economi-
cal feed that they can use. bushel OF wheat
Will make good deal more milk and much
richer milk than the same quantity Of corn or
oats, and since the Schuylkill farmers have
heen feeding wheat the increased value Of
their milk has brought them the equivalent
OF about 80 cents bushel for their wheat.
Paper can be made out of almost anything
that can be pounded to pulp, says the st.
Louis Republic Over fifty kinds of bark are
employed while old sacking or bagging
makes good article. Paper is made out Of
skins, from bean stalks, pea vines, cocoanut
fiber, clover and timothy hay, straw. fresh
water weeds, sea weeds and more than one
hundred different kinds of grass. Paper has
been made from hair, fur and wool, from as
bestos, which furnishes an article indestructi-
BILE by fire. from hop plants, from husks OF
any and every kind of grain. Leaves make a
good strong paper, while the husks and stems
OF indian corn have also been tried. and al
most every kind OF moss can be made into pa
per. There are patents for making pa per from
sawdust and shavings, from thistles and
thistledown, from tobacco stalks and tan
bark. 1t is said that there are over two
thousand patents in this country covering the
manufacture of paper. No matter what the
substance, the process is substantially the
same The material ground to a pulp. then
spread thlnly over frame and allowed to
dry, the subsequent treatment depending on
the kind OF paper to be made.
The proposal to make ship canal between
Bordeaux and Narbonne-that is to say, from
the Atlantic to the Mediterranean-has been
frequently discussed Of late years and def
mite statement as to its dimentions and esti-
mated cost has been published by NJ. Rene
herv1ller, an eminent French engineer, who
says that the canal would be 800 miles in
length from sea to sea, and from IA to 2i5
feet broad, with depth OF from 2S feet to 80
feet, so as to admit the passage Of the largest
liOuClduS. Iu6F6 aFb 10 De SlOlngS OF three
quarters Of mile long at intervals of
every eight miles, 50 as to facilitate
navigation and avoid delays Of traffic,
while there are to be % locks, each of
broad, with fall OF from 20 feet to 90 feet.
The ships using the canal are to be towed or
drawn along by fixed engines, and M. Rene
hervlller estimates that canal Of this kind
would cost &27 5000, and that the interest
on the capital lying dormant while the canal
was being made would amount to &3 900, coo
more, or ESQ 100000, in all, while the receipts
at the rate of IS. a ton, would be- less the cost
of working and repairs, g 400 900, represent
ing an interest Of per cent upon the capital
invested.
society young woman Of Buffalo has de-
vised novel entertainment which is shortly
to be made public, says the Medical Record
II is to be a reception for people who can Z
sleep at night. Among her friends, she saws
are great many delightful people who are
troubled with insomnia, and who confess
that they spend many frightful, wakeful
hours walking the floor. looking out OF the
window, rocking in easy chairs trying to read
or write, and in other useless and tiresome
occupations. When her plans are fully ma
tureo this original young woman intends on
at least two nights in every week, TO be at
home to those distressed female friends from
midnight until morning. The guests are re-
quested to appear in any unique respectable
bedroom gown, bath robes not excluded; the
lights are to be dim, soothing music and
stupid conversation will be the only diver
waters Will be served, couches and easy
chairs will be provided in abundance and the
insomnia victims are earnestly desired to fall
asleep as soon as possible 1t, is whisDered
that prizes will be offered for the first snore
but this detail is not automatically announced.
The reception is to be fact however and an
eager expec fancy as to invitations is in the
air.
Think of baby twenty-four hours old
climbing step ladder 1t was rather an I'M
darSfzad ipfa hot
| Washington Star. OF course, it could not
| climb up by itself, so the nurse carried it in
| her arms. 1t did not cry, but clapped its
! hands delightedly. The child was a little
/ boy, and the climbing of the step ladder took
| place in the very room where he was born
| The mother regarded it as an important
| event evidently. 1t was by her orders that
| the performance took place. Her interest
| was none the less because it was all for the
sake of gratifying an old-time superstition
Monthly nurses all agree that If baby goes
downstairs before II goes upstairs its path in
! life will be downward and ill-luck will at
! tend it. Accordingly, precautions should
| be taken AGAINST such an omen. In this
instance, me child having been born
| on the top floor OF the house, 1t could not be
| carried upstairs, and therefore its mother had
| suggested the ingenious plan Of having stem.
LADDER brought into the room so that the
nurse could mount 1t with baby In her arms
| But that was not all. A small testament was
attached by a string to the child's arm and in
| It's chubby little fist was placed a gold dollar
|
the boy would grow up both rich and pious
At the same time it seemed very odd to see
such superstttiOuS observance practiced in
the city of Washington in the year of 1892,
Some people say that it is very bad luck in
deed for baty to see itself in a mirror he
fore it is year old, though WHY this shonId
be SO considered it would be difneult to tell
THE Influence of Music on Man, Animals
and Plants" was discussed by Director Asger
HaTerik in his lecture at the Peabody Com
servatory yesterday afternoon, says the Bal.
tlmore Sun. OF the second part of his NH.
ject he said: There is no doubt of musio's
power in animals. All singing birds are suh
lect TO the influence. The spider the mouse
and the snake can be charmed with tunes I
saw on st. Paul street one day a runaway
horse stop suddenly where street organ
was being played and tremble all over I
had once Gordon setter that would nIav
with his paw on the keyboard OF nv piano
and with kind OF murmur, try to Initiate
the human voice, making an effect that. IN
not musical. showed at least that the dogs
mind attempted something in that direc
ton. have had personal experience with
the musical qualities of mice, for once used
to play in room where there were manv
mice. When l played for little while onf
would come troopfng a critical audience ~
mice, which seemed perfectly tame as long az
the music lasted. l experimental with them
again and again, and arrived at the ConcIn-
sion that they undoubtedly were in soma
way influenced by and very susceptfhle To
music. grew tired of my faithful auditors
after awhile: and closed the doors of the CON
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