The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-10
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she viii not be responsible for any debts
contracted by her husband, as he has left
her bed and board
A Hungarian hygienist has been col
Letting statistics in regard to the life Of
jewellers on various levels He finds that
those whose occupations or poverty re-
quire them to live in cellars die hrst, as
might readily be supposed; next come
those who live on the third or fourth floor;
next those on the ground floor
The silk that comes from the looms
Of Japan compares in gloss and fineness
with any in the world, and japanese
grapes have reputation IN almost every
mony Of color; but for substantial war.
for lasting quality, the silk goods OF Chi
ma are most favOrably known 10 the mer
chants Of all lands.
One Of the richest strikes of gold ore
that has been made since the discovery
the Sunnysde mine, two miles north Of
Hill City, 5. ID. Two of the former own
ers Of the Holy Terror purchased half
of the mine for a nominal sum. They
commenced sinking a double compartment
shaft, and at ten feet depth uncovered
body of rich specimen ore.
"A cork-core floating rope has been de-
signed. The inventor claims that his
floating rope of one inch in thickness will
stand a strain of more than 1000 pounds.
consists
round corks, about three-quarters of an
inch long, placed end to end, round which
is a braided network of cotton Irvine. This
is surrounded by another layer of strong
cotton Irvine, braided in heavy strands,
which Is about a quarter Of an inch thick.
In the opinion of the Brooklyn Eagle
young MI. Mcdowell, the Boston COM
poser, has done a sensible thing in put
ting his expression marks in English.
Why call things by Italian and German
names in an English-speaking land?" 1t
asks. we want to make English the
tongue of the whole race of men. 1t is
the best and clearest and most pictures
que speech that there is. in spite of
few matters that photographers and
grammarians will correct in future centu-
ries- Besides, on a musical programme
the audience has the unusual satsfac-
ton of knowing what the composer is
talking about"
1t is proposed to manufacture col
ored mosaics intended for floors
from specially prepared wood pulp,
says the Boston Journal Of
cess consists in the fact that the par
ticles of the different varieties of wood
are treated separately, so that the natural
color of the wood itself Is brought into
prominence. DYES dissolved in alcohol
are mixed with a shellac solution before
| the wood particles are coated, these being
! first colored with dyes dissolved in water
and allowed to dry thoroughly before be-
| ing coated with the shellac solution. For
| floors the mosaics are manufactured or
| different cOlorS and combined as desired.
| In the production of pattern or fancy
| wood mosaics, pattern mOulds of the re-
| quired design, divided into fields and fig
| ures, are fitted into the plain mould; each
section of the design is filled with the
| dyed wood pulp, the pattern mould re-
moved, and then the whole, thus outlln-
| ed, IS subjected to heat and pressure, the
| result being a perfect vari-colOred fancy
| mosaic, possessing great hardness and
| resisting qualities.
| F. Marion Crawford the novelist, who
has met many Armenians in the east, is
quoted by the New York Tribune as say
| ing of them: 81 doubt whether they are
| the innocent, confding, inoffensive Chris
| tians that the American people believe
| them to be- My experience with them is
and trickiest of all eastern people. They
| say in Turkey that it takes ten Jews to
equal one Armenian, and five Armenians
| to equal one Persian in sharp bust ness
| dealings. They have many able men
among Them and l doubt not that the
| leaders have to a certain extent fomented
| this trouble, hoping that the governments
| of Europe would interfere, and that Ar
| menia would be entirely freed from Turk
| ish rule" In regard to the Turks. he
says: Il had rather trade with a Turk
| or a Jew in any part of the east than
| a Christian. 1 have the highest respect
/ for Christianity, but the Christians of the
east are not like US. The business men
among them are to a large extent, a set
| of sharpers, so much so that the words
| Oriental Christian in the minds of eastern
| travellers are almost synonymous with that
| of thief. The Turks are, a rule, very
| devout. Nearly all of them read the Ko-
| ran, and even the men of the better
| classes are careful TO conform to the de-
| tails of everyday Mahometan worship"
In the quaint old town of Nuremberg,
| says Harper's Round Table, some instru-
ments are preserved, known as harmon
| icas which were played with the moisten-
| ed finger; but 1 think the instrument best
| known is that which the composer Gluck
| is said to have invented, and which by
| the name of the musical glasses was
| all the rage in England in 1746. Gluck ar
| ranged twenty-sx glasses irregularly
| filled with clear spring water, and upon
| these he played a variety of music with
| his fingers slightly moistened. In the
| Vicar of Wakefield the fashionable Lon
| don ladies are described as able TO talk
taste Shakespeare, and the musical
| glasses" while Horace Walpole, writing
the same year. 1746, to his friend, Mann,
refers to Gluck's performance, but says
| he thinks he has heard of something of
the same kind before. But it was to our
own Benjamin Franklin that the i'm
| proved or perfected harmonica is due. He
| was in London eleven years after Gluck' s
| visit, and found Mr.. brokerage perform
it is true, but Franklin at once said that
! something better could be done. Ac-
| cordingly he put his scientific wits to
| work, and the result was an instrument
| he called the armonica, to which an ''h''
was added, as being more appropriate,
| and on this many celebrated musicians
performed. 1t consisted of basins of glass
| strung on an iron spindle, the lower edge
| dipped into a trough of water. As an i'm
| provement on Gluck'S method, Franklin
| regulated the pitch of the tone by the size
| of the glasses, not the amount of water
| in or under them. Mozart and many
| other well known composers did not dis
| dain to write for the harmonica, and in
| 1873 a Method for students was compil-
| ed The very simplicity, however, of the
| instrument made it easy of imitation and
! improvement. Wood and glass with
| straw were combined under various
names.
The carcass of horse appear to be of
more value for it's chemical products than
the living animal. says the Mining and
Scientific Press. The hair is first remov-
| ed by shaving and is used for stuffing
| cushions and horse collars. The tail and
| name are of special value, being used
| to make haircloth. The hide is converted
into leather. That made from the skin
over the rump is known as cordovan and
| is used in the manufacture of high-class
J hunting and wading boots, as it can be
| made imDervious to water The other
| leather is soft and used mostly for slip
pers and heavy driving gloves. The hoofs