The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-25
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same period has been -, 80 .76and 10, res
pectively. to every 10 900 of population. In
the Austrian army there is an average Of - SO
suicides to every 10000 men, in Germany. 633.
Italy A. France. 1888, and England 200. There
we're fewer suicides in the Prussian army last
year than in anv ear since 1873. The curious
fact is learned that more than twice as many
non commissioned officers as priVates commit
suicide. Investigations as to the caUseS which
lead TO so many suicides in the army have
yielded but unsatisfactory. Lecause ineom-
plete results, The fear Of punishment for
misconduct is a chief cause.
The INDUSTRY Of bees is proverbial. and no
less well known is their instinct OF hierarchy
and submission to the discipline and govern
ment Of the bee kigndom-or, rather. queen
dom. said j. l.. Stokes. an aplarist of Cal
houn county, Georgia, at the Liudell to a ST.
Louis Republic reporter. their instinct
amounts almost to human wisdom in these
things, but, as with the human race they can,
under vicious habits, sadly degenerate. Elk
perlments have teen made by Dr. Buchner
in submitting working bees to a regimen of
aIcoholzed honey. The effect is astonish-
ing. and much the same as n mankind Not
only do they lose the Unborn hereditary in
Stlnct for work, but they will steal. The
hierarchy instinct is quickly lost also. They
revolt against their queen ana commanders,
and give themselves over to idleness. brigaHd-
age and pillage, until they are cast out by
their fellows. Alcohol makes Yeritable an
archists OF them.
The completion of 4 railway to the foot Of
the great wall OF China is remarkable Incl
dent in the progress of the world and a strik-
ing example of the irony OF history. SAYS the
New York Advertiser. The wall which had
its origin far back in the centuries was built
to resist the onward march of the "uncfvil-
lied hordes from the northwest. Now, not
only have the barbarians gone from the four
winds and made their influence felt in China.
but bit by bit the country is being won over
to the greatest triumphs Of the modern world,
The railway which connects Tientsiu with
Shan 'halkwan Is not only completed, but as
we learn from Standard telegram. the new
Chinese minister to London was able last
week to travel by it to the sea in very short
time and get steamer to Shanghai, instead
OF having to remain the winter in Tientsln or
be carried down by chair nearly thousand
miles overland The iron horse has had
many triumphs, but few have been more mar
Vicious than this. III.
According to the Echo, Of Berlin, Germany,
a royal throne and genuine kingdom. with
capital and seaport, is at present offered for
sale at the Berlin exchange. II consists OF a
part OF the island Tatota, and is called Ma
tupla. The island Is part of the Bismarck
group, between New Zealand and New Neck
lenburg. The empire" covers Just seven
square miles tGerman) and was purchased
during the eighties by Herr Georg Welsser a
retired paymaster of the German navy, and
afterward director of the New Guinea com
pany. Herr WeiSser had several bloody
fights with his Samoan and kanakan chiefs
but managed to quell all ret ellions and be-
come very popular with his subjects He
died last year, and his heirs who reside at
kaiserslautern, do not wish to exercise their
regal duties, and have instructed their agents
to sell the unique property Matupia the
capital of the little kingdom, contains about
1000 inhabitants, many of whom are Eu-
ropeans. 1t Is one Of the best harbors of the
archipelago. -l
A case is now being argued at Gera as TO
the proprietorship of a gentleman's tooth
says London exchange. 1t had been diff
cult to draw, and was of such a curious shape
that the dentist impounded it as a profess
CnrlOS1tV q i'm,
TO II, but he contends hat tooth once ex-
tracted is like "A book out of copyright 1t is
a nice, or, at all events. writes Mr.. James
Payne In the London Illustrated News,
dlhcult question. Considering how often
people wish to keep these menentoeS of their
suIerings, the dentist ought to have had the
presence OF mind attributed to a less famous
operator. He was young and experienced
and had pulled out a perfectly sound sample
OF lady PATIENTS worries by mistake: then
QUICK as thought. he cried why, dear me,
this one is just as bad and extracted the
right one. Heavens cried the lady were
there two? Let me have them both TO show
my husband. or he will never believe II"
The dentist gave her one of them but the
other-not good specmen-he took care TO
pick out from his own varied selection. The
Gera operator was not equal TO this and
hence the trouble. 1t seems curious it, when
your face is drawn, it should still remain your
own property, that when your tooth is drawn
1t should not do so.
A diver who went down to work on the
oSONA1ohAp 4SNdyhF WHICH was IN COLlSlOn
and sunk off Barnegat Light, had grewsome
experience, says Scribner's Magazine II was
difficult job, so two divers were sent down
one OF them to remain on deck in sixty feet Of
water, TO act as second tender to the other
diver who went below. The latter had been
below but few minutes when three Jerks
came over the life line When he had been
hauled up on the deck he was SO unnerved
that he forgot he was in sixty feet Of
water and Signaled to have his helmet re-
moved. When 10th divers had been hauled
TO the surface he said that while he was
working through gangway he had seen two
huge objects coming toward him: and nothing
could dlssuade him from the belief that he
had seen two submarine ghosts-until the
other diver went down and discovered that
there was mirror at the end of the gang
way, and that the diver had seen the reflec-
ton OF his own legs, vastly enlarged coming
toward him, He'll Gate. by the way is a
great field for divers when regular work is
slack. Many. time I've worked the Gate
on spec, as VIC. say: On one occasion STUN
pied upon Yalise that contained S56 in money
and nLmber of fishing reels one
tour has yielded me crop of "a anchors. and
on another came across the wreck of a sloop
loaded with scrap iron, that | sold Ii was
the wreck of the Warrior. and had lain peace.
fully at the bottom of Hell Gate since lS56
working old bottoms" like the Warrior Ks
another way divers have of putting in slack
time. Every diver has record of old bot \
toms. Some year ago. whea Gopher was
high, two dlverS.got 700 bars out of a wreck
that had been sunk off Saybrook about 20
years.
How much money is atael? Mr.. Cannon
asked the question on the floor of the House
few days ago, says the Washington Post
No one could answer, even approximately
Mr.. Cannon said he was informed oy some
gentlemen near him that a ia is bout the
equivalent of al. Mr.. Coomhs of New Yorlx
said he did not know how much it is hut he
was certain that ''about 81 was not correct
Finally, member who had gone 10 com |
mittee room to consult Wooster came bacl, |
and whispered to Mr.. Cannon and the latter |
gentleman answered that tael is equivalent |
to Lao. ! he photographers seem to have /
been unable to agree as to the value of a taeI !
Webster says IL is nearly shillinps sfer. |
ling or about 81. 40" Worcester slvs "a |
Chinese money varying in value from 20 pence |
TO 40 pence sterling tS1.4l to SI62)" Nutall |
another ngltsh authority. says about : shIl.
llngs sterling which would be about SI68 a |
Chinese landlord built an eightroom addition |
to the American legation buildings in Pexine |
at cost OF 1000 taels and bel ause Of thai |
Improvement Minister Denby' rent rate was |
raised $500 a year Mr.. Cannon wished IN .
know the value OF a tael to determin whether
the raise was reasonable or extortlonate |
MT Denny S communication on the subject 1
does not speak volumes in praise of Pe5ing's
architecture. He says writing to Secretarv
Gresham: 1t (the 5.0U0tael addition Is
without doubt the finest specimen of archi. |
lecture in Picking, except. perhaps two
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