The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-13
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Digestion proceeds more rapidly in the
horse with active exercise than when eat
ing is followed by period of rest, accord
ing to the experiments of Or. Tangle of
Budapest. In the dog and in man the Op-
posite is true, which shows how unsafe
IL is to infer results in one animal from
observations on another.
At Leipsie a unique exhibition has
been opened,' the majority Of the exhibit
ors being European as9vereigns or mem
bers of reigning families. 1t is a branch
Of the Saxe-Thuringian exhibition. and is
devoted exclusively to hunting trophies.
Among the more prominent exhibitors is
King Albert Of Saxony, with III exhib-
its.
The parasol or sunshade which the
queen carried in procession was presented
TO her by the oldest member of the House
of Commons. the Han5 c.. Niilers, who is
known as the Father of the House" says
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
The parasol was entirely covered with
costly hounces of the finest Chantilly lace
1t was mounted upon an ebony stick with
gold top, and knob handle of gun metal
set with the queens cipher and V r l.
in diamonds, and had an inscription in
gold letters inlaid round the handle thus:
presented to her majesty on the occasion
OF her diamond jubilee, by her oldest par
Hamentary member, c. Villiers."
1t has been asserted that 40 per cent.
of corresponding clerks in London are Ger
mans. Prof spiers of Kings College,
London, says that the cause of 1t is ig-
norance in twofold sense. Ignorance of
languages on the part of young English
men, who embrace the commercial career.
ana also Ignorance of the fact that there
are evening schools where languages are
taught The examinations and certificates
Of these schools are not at all in request.
and there are hundreds of young English
men who wander aimlessly through Lon
don for want of employment who might
obtain employment Immediately if they
could correspond in foreign languages.
AS an instance of the practices of Chi
mas highest officials, irrespective of the
moral precepts to be found in their proc
lamauons, 1t rs interesting to note that
the famous Weising Lottery has lust been
Harmed by the government to three of
the most prominent a N in the empire.
says the New York Commercial Advertis-
er. These are Ii Hur G Chang, the ex-
Vlceroy of Canton; Sb o Yu-lien, ex-gov-
+ S-nor OF Formosa, and Liu Hsuehhsun,
chin shin or uetr opolhan graduate of
eSnsiderablein uEuERety IN Canton. To OBJ
tam the sole rtRmr~of controlling this lot
terry sheee officials Gay to the imperial
government & enM Of 10000 taels, and a
further sum of 100000 taels is required
for working expenses.
An interesting paper was read by Mr.
A. P. Maudslay last Tuesday on the an
cient Maya Inscriptions of Central Amer
lea, says the Pail Mall Gazette. The
meeting took place in one of the side gal
leries of the Indian section of the South
kensington Museum, where Mr. Mauds-
lay has set up a number of enormous
casts and relics acquired by him during
his excavations of the remains of this re-
mote people, whose date and origin are
a constant cause of chronological warfare.
Little more can be said with certainty of
the Mayas than that they were extinct as
a dominant race. and that their civiliza-
ton was buried in the forests by the time
that Cortes arrived in Mexico. The sub
Ject OF Mr.. Maudslays paper was the nov
ell Interpretation of the Inscription which
has recently been published by Mr.. Good
man as an appendix to the "Bologia Cen
trali-Americana." Mr.. Goodman seems to
have hit, more by intuition than study
upon his solution, which is that the writ
ings are records of dates expressed by
combinations of faces. 1t has one extra
ordinary merit, that the table of chro-
nologies which he has drawn UP not only
TALES with all the inscriptions so far dis
covered, but even enables doubtful read
lngs to be corrected, Several remarka BILE
cases of this were cited by Mr. Maudslay
and the principle of the notation was ex-
planned from the casts in the gallery.
While counting a package of money
handed in for deposit, Receiving Teller
Harmer of the Nassau Bank found a queer
looking note, says the New York Times
1t was a silver certificate Of the latest is
sue with the figure '5' in each corner. but
with the animated group that the govern
ment prints only on two-dollar silver notes
in its center. Close inspection showed that
by the old-time process of splitting the
paper the perpetrator of the alteration
had removed the figures ''2' from the four
corners of the original note-on both sides
and had substituted the figures '5."
This part of the work was executed so
dexterously as almost to defy detection
A large ~" had been inserted in the CEN
ter of the back with equal skill. The al
tered bill would never have escaped de-
lection under the eye of a careful bank
officer, because of the great difference be-
tween the central pictures on a two-dollar
silver note and on a five-dollar silver note
but 1t undoubtedly would deceive ninety
nine out of hundred tradesmen who are
not apt to carry in their minds exact i'm
ages of the pictures on each denomination
of paper money. Cashier Rogers of the
bank said he had seen many counterfeits
of United States notes, but never before
successful alteration of any one of them.
He said the person who raised the two
dollar note TO a hve-dollar one must have
expended $40 worth of time on the work.
Opinions will always differ as to the
healthfulness Of coffee as a beverage.
There is no doubt that too free indul-
Gence in the drink tends to many com
plants more or less serious says the Chi
cago Chronicle. 1t produces insomnia in
many, which In turn leads e the Z, SIS OF
that freshness which constitutes the chief
charm of the com. lexion. II is also gem
orally conceded that habitual coffee drink
ers are inclined 10 swarthiness-that a
fair skin cannot be preserved II the taste
for coffee IS INDUCED TO excess A ply
stefan has recently been conducting ex-
periments with a view Of ascertainlng
the effects OF coffee upon the system. and
has found that its oils have been mucn
exaggerated. lie found that coffee act
ed upon the liver and was altogether the
best remedy for constipation and what "a
called a bilious condition. that tea acted
In precisely an opposite direction--namc-
~ as an nktringent /" and he adds.