The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

CEN soup. After laying their eggs MOTH
ing is left of them but empty skins.
in the trolley system Of Dresden the
trolley wheel is absent, contact with the
overhead wire being made by a light, slight
~ bowed horizontal bar that is pressed up
ward against it. 1t takes six TO eight
weeks 10 wear out one of these bars, which
are made OF aluminium. Experience in this
and other German cities is said to have
demonstrated the superiority Of this de-
vice to the one ordinarily in use.
The splendid many-hued shawl of
Chantilly lace ordered by NJ Hanotaux
on the part of the French government
from Al. Aubert, and destined 10 be Of
fered as a present TO the Czarina as a me-
mortal of her visit TO France, was de-
signed by NJ. Aubert, who is a painter,
and woven by Norman workwomen of
the Caux district, in the Lower Seine. The
shawl is three meters in length, and IS
worked out in garlands of narcissi, crowns
of pink and yellow roses, and lilies, with
the imperial monogram in gold ar the
four corners.
"A strange instance of like curing like
is found in a memoir recently presented
to the Paris Academy of Sciences by NJ
j. Hauser in which that gentleman urges
the use of infusorial earth as a perfect
means of filtering liquids and separating
from them the most minute organisms or
particles of matter. The earth is first
of all calcined at a high temperature, after
which il is powdered and mixed to a
creamy consistence with water. The mix
ture is then left TO throw down a deposit
on any suitable support such as ashes
tOs cloth or glass wool, and is then ready
TO act as a filter.
The apparatus of the Galician Invent
or for transmitting scenes and images by
electricity has found a rival in the "tele-
scope" of NJ. Dussaud, Frenchman 1t
employs q number of selenium cells which
are affected by the light and shade of
the image and so vary the strength of an
electric current proportionately 10 the III
tensity of the picture. The current thus
varied passes in a wire to the distant
station, and by an ingenius optical ar
rangement throws an image similar TO tae
original one on a screen so that any one
can see It. The idea requires the use
of synchronous occulting apparatus, that
is to say, revolving shutters keeping time
with each other at the two stations.
"A Spaniard was born in Spain, says
the New Orleans Picayune. His son, who
was born in Cuba, is not a Spaniard. but
a Cuban. If a Cuban should go to Mad
rid when he is two weeks old and spend
Cuban and not quite as good as a Span
lard. If a Spauiard should go to Havana
when he is two weeks old and spend all
his life in that city or upon a plantation
he would still be a Spaniard and enjoy
a distinction and social position which a
Cuban can never attain. The sons and
daughters of Spaniards are Cubans if they
are born in Cuba. but the sons and grand
sons and great grandsons of a Cuban must
always be Cubans, no matter il they were
born in Madrid and spend their whole lives
in that city. No Cuban ever become
Spaniard, no matter what happens 20 him.
and from the Spanish point Of view he is
a degenerate.
An interesting account of the manu-
facture of various wines from barley has
recently appeared in a British consular re-
port from Naples. The chief seat of this
new industry is a factory in Wandsbeck
near Hamburg, which is said to produce
100000 gallons of wine per annum. The
barley, after being mailed and carried TO
the fermentation point, has added to it
tactic acid and various ferments under
certain careful regulations as to tempera-
ture. The mixture is then waited and RI
pened artihclally by heat, after which it is
racked into smaller casks, or bottled and
Is ready for consumption in three or four
months time. The wine has a somewhat
higher percentage of alcohol, which is
wholly derived from the fermentation pro-
cess, and is not the result of terrifying"
as the process of adding spirit is called
The new beverage is known as "highly
termented barley wine" and sherry port
tokay, malaga, etc, are most successfully
initiated by the producers.
David Walter, a farmer living near
.Lititz, Pa, few days ago was the vic
tim of a unique surprise, says the Chicago
1nter-Ocean. It was the thirty-eighth an
niversary of his birth, and Mrs Walter
invited about fifty friends and relatives TO
participate in a celebration of the event.
Shortly before dinner a handsome car
riage was presented to Mr.. Walter Under
his plate at the table was a fine gold
watch. Leaving the table, Mr.. Walter
was invited to the yard and a herd of ten
Holsten cows was driven up and present
ed TO him. This was followed by the ap-
pearance of two young ladies' dressed in
pink, who carried tray, on which was
piled gold and silver to the amount of
5000. This TO, was presented to the han
by man. Everything was the gift of Mr.
waters wife who, by industry and fru
gallty in their fifteen years of married life.
had saved the money without the knowl
edge of her husband.
Says Harold Frederick in his London
cable to the New York Times: ''Hoolev,s
great tumble Is the nine days wonder Of
the town, and naturally the text for an
inflnitude of sermons on the evils of spec
ulatlon, which the British press so loves
A certain unique interest attaches to him
as the founder of a new school of piracy
HIS method was simplicity itself. He
bought up some well-known existing bus-
mess at from 20 to 80 per cent. more than
anybody intending to work it would have
dreamed of paying, added generally 20 ner
cent to this for himself, explained all tha
facts to the public, and then sold it 70 the
pubic az this enhanced price. The great
fool public having never been Approached
IN just this way before was quite dazzIe1
Tor year or two and at one time HooIa,,
could have cut loose with over 81. 900 Ooo in
MS pocket He gave about half This sum
away in charities instead, and kent AZ The
game TOO long, and energies now nenni-
less His only asset is an abiding faith II,
the idiocy of his fellow-creatures ana
TINS he declares with CHEEKY frankness
VIII bring him soon to the top again"
New uses for osmium are develonipg
and that rare metal bids fair to ASSUME
some commercial importance" said G n