The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-08
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lie sale, but to keep them until the writer is
able to purchase them, Cicero adding that he
is saving all his rents for that purpose.
Two centuries ago there arose a fashion in
Italy Of posthumous histories; that is to say,
an author would devote his life to the prep
aration Of historical work, leaving it to be
published after his death by some nObleman
Of his acquaintance. Most we're never pub
Hshed at all, though one. Morris History OF
Florence" first saw the light $50 years after
the authors death.
portion of Cicero's treatise ION Glory"
was recovered from the works of Petrus Al
cyonius a Runes ctystriap The to1k had
been oequeathed 20 a convent and was stolen
by Alcyonius, who used all he could in his
own works and destroyed the original. he
passages he stole, however, were so much
better than his own writings that suspicion
was at once aroused and the theft detected
The Frenchwoman, unlike her English sis
ter, has, as a rule. very good business edu-
cation. In the common schools she is taught
household bookkeeping and is given lessons
IN purchasing and useful expenditure. AS
wne she Is expected generally to help her
husband In his business, and sometimes she
manages 1t entirely for him. In the small
stores she acts as clerk for him and in the
larger ones she is an equal partner.
Many shoe stores and some shoe factories
now make it point 10 prevent women from
finding out what size shoe they are buying.
That seems curious, but it grows out of pc
cunarlty OF WON lnkind which gives the shoe
clerks great deal of trouble. hey say that
the majority OF women will not try a shoe
that Is the right size. They nearly all want
them TO be too small. 1t often happens that
woman buys shoe which she has declared
to be the most comfortable that she has ever
put on her feet hen she gets home and sees
the n m ber, or sees II before the purchase is
wrapped up. the habit of buying she will not
take the purchase. On this account there has
grown up Istom of making shoes with
clpher system, which only the manufacturers
and callers can understand. The result is
that many women are more wisely Shod than
ever they were before.
At first sight water bicycle would seem
difficult thing to construct Tut really it is
very simple. says Hardware Take two cylin-
drlcal air floats, and pla ing them together at
a suitable distance apart. Here you have
ratt. Now suspend the frame Of the bicycle
between the two. so that the front wheel will
pass into the water to the depth of TWO or
lhree inches. This forms the steering appa-
ratuS. Now fix to the Spokes of the rear
wheel cross pieces Of wood. precisely as the
wheel of side-wheeled steamer IS CON
StruUted and the proLelling power is gained.
Inc whole is capable Of great improvement,
Tor as now the ordinary bicycle is applied to
the Hoat, special and much cheaper forms
could lie got up, and also more of an advan-
tage could be had in the economy of power.
Indeed, one would have 10 90 but few steps
further, aud attach the twin-screw propeller
to the aquatic novelty to produce desired re-
suits. AS it now stands. the score of the idea
Is limited to still water. the slightness Of
the affair making it dangerous IN its applica-
tlon TO waters In any way turbulent.
Baptist ministers in Chicago are considera-
bly, wrought up over lecture delivered by
Prof. Harper president of the Chicago Uni
yerslty. in which he said that the story Of
Cain and Abel, as told in [ eneSis was a
myth. His language was: The story Of the
murder OF ACel by his brother Cain is no
more the truth, so far as we know. than the
myth of the capture of Troy by means OF the
wooden horse or the founding of Rome by
RomuluS and Remus. 1t is the theory that
the prophet simply rewrote the stories and
traditions which were in the mouths OF men
OF nus day for the purpose of religious teach
ing" DR.. p. 5. Henson, a leading Chicago
Baptist minister. to which denomination the
university holds allegiance, said; Let DR..
Harner prove the story is not true. How
does he know the wooden horse or Romulus
or NcmuS are myths We see the i'm probable
hap pening every day, and we do not refuse to
believe a thing in modern life simply because
1t is impr6 bable. We cannot accept what the
Bible says about heaven and reject the other
parts OF 1t. If we dscredit its history, we
dtscIe1it all"
The possibilities of the utilization of wind
power for the generation OF electricity have
scarcely yet teen grappled with by inventors
An incentive said the PittsJurg Dispatch
by an offer of $3.50 and gold medal
by the Netherland society for the Promotion
Of Indus ~ for the est paner on the produce
ton Of electricity by vi ldmlls, its sto a ge,
transmission ald utilization. The main
points to be covered are: First-What is the
ave iaZe energy q common windmill is able TO
produce per day OF twenty four hours in COM
battery; what would be the installation
most suitable to this effect and
what would be the cost Of one horse power
hour? Seconds it possii lie, from an econ
omlcaI point of view, to apply the new aerial
motors on an extensive scale for the accumu-
latiOn and the utilization of this energy? If
so, what mechanical appliances would 20 re-
CURED for this purpose. Il he project Of a
supposed apple alton of the system bv which
a factory is provided with liz hi and mower is
wanted as an Illustration. Answers must be
sent in before July |, 1894, with the author
name in closed envelope, to the eneral sec
rotary OF the society. +. w. Van eden at
HARLEM, Holland. 1t is to be hoped that the
subject Will lie taken up by American in
YentCrS.
a bold scheme for obtaining mechanical
power for industrial purposes has lately at
tracted attention in England saws the New
YORK Tribune. 1t Contemplates the cOnstruc-
uol OF dam fifteen miles long from the
nor heastern coast OF ireland across North
Cha IeI' to the extremity of Cantire Scot
lond- and putting in several gates and water
wheels, to he worked by the tide Owing to
the greater depth Of the ocean than Of the
Irish Sea, and to the freer purse afforded
west aud north of Ireland the tide comes up
from the South Atlantic by that route and
flows southwark through the passage lust
mentioned long teiore 1t can get up there
on the east side of the Green Isle
Moreover, the Gulf Stream. or rather
the drift nom it, bathes the north IN
part OF Great Britain more freely than the
southern, and ortion thereof is diverted
southwark by the Scottish coast SO as to
make continuous current. 1t is said flowing
down the north channel. Here is u great deal
OF power gong TO waste and it is OF a sense
less proceeding to consider the practicabilitv
of utll1Z1n II somehow meriCan enterDrise
at N1ara,a has set the whole world thinking
OF such matters. The de tn Of water saws
w. Lodian in The Ele trial 4.nkineer''
New York., is 474 feet in mid channel: ut
most OF the way 1t is much less than this
The proposed iSthmus that Is what the
engineers call it-wOuld IL be about 700 feet
wide; and the material for it, 1t is thought
might be obtained from the high bluffs at the
Irish end. The estimated cost is $40 900 900:
and the time named as necessary for
construction is three years. Mr.. Lodian
neglects to say how much OF head there
is here, but the current flows at six miles an
hour most OF the way across. and at some
places even faster. 1t is taken for granted
that the power developed by this means
would be converted into the form of cleo
tricity for transmission; but there is some
question as TO the localities in which it would
be used. On the Irish side OF the channel
there are no large towns near at hand Dub
lin is l26 miles away, and London 365: Glas-
gov, on Decline, is 70 miles distant and Ed
inburgh a out 30 more. Mr.. Lodian thinks il
would more sensible to build this junction
between Dover and Calais; for a viaduct as
wen as a dam is desira lie at that point and
1t Is much nearer London. But such an OBJ