The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-17
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gion of the state of Guerrero, Mexico,
where they expect TO engage in diamond
mining on an extensive scale.
An interesting discovery has just been
made in the Bibliotheque Rationale OF
Paris. This is a calendar of cases in the
criminal court known as the Chamber de
fifteenth century. Among the papers are
official notes of the arrest of Joan de Arc
and Of her final execution.
The president of a large telephone sys-
TEN has offered to pay 100000 for tele-
phone repeater which would be as efficient
in telephony as the telegraph repeater Is
in biography From the earliest days of
the telephone to the present time invent
ors have sought to make such repeaters
and as early as 1873 il was thought that
the problem had been solved. 1t is prop
able that if such a plan is invented the
experiments leading up to il viii be along
entirely new lines, for already a large
number of trained telephone inventors
have tried their hands at it and have fail
ed.
The new uses which are being devel-
oped for glass are manifold. Church bells
of the purest tone are now being made of
C'ass; il is supercediug gold for ihe filing
of teeth; glass rails are said TO be SUI
peror to steel, giving smoother running
surface, and being less affected bt the
elements; New York has a factory built of
e,ass slated with glass. and with a 100
foot glass chimney, part of the working
machinery also being constructed of glass,
and English cities are considering its
adaptability for paving and roadway pur-
poses, its advantages being set forth as
cleanliness, durability, non-sl pperness
md hn g1fa ion Of 4
cold in summer.
1t is now said that the cocoon of the
tent caterpillar can be carded, if not
reeled. If this proves true, then an APP
pareutly unmitigated curse will be turned
into a blessing. The tent caternillar is
the great pest of the apple tree. and it
may De that the apple tree will take the
place of the mulberry tree as food for
The silk worms. 1t is estimated that an
average tree win support Ten or twelve
tents of caterpillars, yielding 1900 makers
OF silk, and representing a yield of three
pounds of silk worth 81 per pound. 1t
it further said that with proper appli-
ances attached 10 the trunks of the trees
for the worms to spin their cocoons in,
rot much time would be expended in
gathering the product, which would equal
the apple proceeds of tree at 70 cents
a barrel. However, the worm might he
improved so as 10 produce finer grade
of silk, and in the end the result would
be that the silk would be more profitable
than the apple.
The piano. according to the British
Medical Journal, has been the cause teter-
rima of Guarrels that have sundered an
cient friendships; it has wrecked many en-
terprises of great pith and moment; it
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cerebral machinery in many literary and
scientific workers, has in many driven stu
diOus men from their books 10 the bottle
and has stimulated peaceful citizens to the
commission of violent crimes These are
among the evil effects of the piano con-
sidered passive, as the schoolman would
say-from the point of view of the suffer
err But the operator does not come off
scathless. y recent writer DIR. Watez-
hOdi thinks that the chioroses and neu-
roses from which so many young girls suf-
fer may be largely attributed 10 the abuse
of the piano. He, therefore urges that the
deadly tom of compelling young girls
10 hammer on the keyboard before they
are fifteen or sixteen years of age should
be prescribed by public opinion. Even at
that age the exercise should be permitted
only to those who, in addition TO real tai
eht, possess robust constitution
"A certain young man in this city makes
a princely income by being a professional
good fellow, says the Philadelphia Record
IS he has the field practically to himself.
he finds his labors are now growing to
such an extent that he viii soon be Obliged
10 cdll in assistance The popular Young
fellow belongs 10 ne. less than sixty So
ciaL secret and society organizations. and
not one of tEese bodies suspects that he
attends all the meetings as a matter of
business. But he does, all the same A
prominent caterer who makes a speciality
of furnishing banquets and diners Of all
kinds TO dining and other clubs. enplovs
the young man to look out for his inter
ests whenever a ball or other entertain
ment Is suggested where the services of a
caterer viii be desirable. Of course. the
organization is generally glad to follow the
advice of popular member and the ca
terer usually gets the order. Whenever
new cub is organized the young man
VINO can come with the highest recon-
mendations, is generally the first on the
roll All these expenses are paid by the ca
terer who is satisfied that his investment
is a first-class one.
I have discovered the very Interesting
fact that the human body emits rays
which act on sensitive Photographic
plate, says writer in the Electrical Age
There is a distinct difference in the prop
erty of these rays and that of light They
pass through certain Opaque substances.
while to others they impart their vibration.
ana these substances in this condition then
act on the Photographic plate. Before Civ
ing description of my experiments
VIII mention that it seems that not all per-
sons Whom tried produced strong while
o'hers only a faint impression on the film
ana others even none at all But it NAV
be that had tried these same persons
the next day, the result would have been
an entirely different one, because I made
the observation on myself that at different
times there was much difference in The
chemical energy of the rays emitted nv nv
fingers. What causes these differences 7
90 not know, but these rays being pro-
duced by the functions of our organic sys
TEN, 1t is not improbable that these differ
ences occur in connection with the regu-
larlty and irregularity of these functions.
however my experience in this direction
is TOO limited to justify the expression Of a
positive opinion.
The Indian is by no means an avtipct