The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-04

Tic pave "a III. II consists OF copper am
antlmony in he PROF Ort.cn OF 100 to 6, the
antimony be ng added TO the mel ed p
per. Alter the antimcny has melted and
union between the two metals has oc-
Cured some charcoal ashes, ma gnesium,
and lime are added to the molten mass n
the cruclble. The alloy can he rolled and
worked like gold, and viii withstand for
some time acid and ammoniacal vapors. 1t
has color quite similar to gold, which vt
does not dose by oxidation.
An extraordinary phenomenon is said
to have been noticed with regard to the
chestnut tree in the Avenue Louise Brus-
sells, since the installation of the electri-
cal trans, says the Electrical World.
Their foliage begins to turn brown and
drop early in August, to bud, and even to
blossom, again in October. The trees on
the opposite side to the tramway behave
like ordinary trees, for they lose their
foliage in the late autumn and do not put
1orth fresh blossoms until the spring. Bot
anists are inclined to believe that the
cause of this singular state of things is
due to the leakage of the electrical cur
rent which passes underground, acting
upon the roots of the trees, which are
otherwise quite healthy.
The law recently passed in North Da-
kota prohibiting the marriage of persons
afflicted with hereditary disease is quoted
with approval by the Revue Scientifque
(Paris, Oct. 14) 1t says: Science makes
great efforts, often without effect, to cure
and correct diseases and abnormalities. il
would be much simpler to prevent their
occurrence Is not prevention in all things
a better method than cure? Our era is
not accustomed to the radical customs of
the Spartans, but they certainly contained
much that was good, and without cruelty
1t is perhaps imposs bic to arrive at the
- ,,-5Al,
is of course, that their passage by a ngle
stale is ineffective and merely drives dis
eaSed persons into adjo'n ng states for the
performance of the marriage ceremony.
Cardinal Luigi Orgelia, who has just
been appointed by the Pope as one of his
assistants in the opening ceremonies of
holy year, is one of the most important
members of the Catholic hierarchy says
the New Orleans Picayune He is tie
dean of the Sacred College Of Carolina s.
and also camerlingo Of the Ca holic
Church, the Office held by Pope Leo before
/ his elevation to the pontificate. In case OF
the death of the Pope. Cardinal Orgel a
would, by virture of his office, become
| acting Pope until. the successorship to the
throne of ST. Peters is determined. 1t
would be his duty to make the official an
| nouncement of the death of the ponif
and TO place the seal upon the pontifioal
conclave of cardinals called 10 elect the
new Pope.
"A new instrument has been designed
! by Mr.. Cowper-C Coles, of LONDON, for
readily locating the direction of sound and
! for projecting sound long distances says
4 the Scientific American. 1t consists of a re-
| flectOr mounted on an arm which can be
readily turned on its center and depress-
! ed or elevated by The operator. When it
| is desired to ascertain the exact direct on
| from which a sound emanated. the appar-
/ atus is turned on its axis and as soon
! as the reflector is opposite the source of
! the sound ii is heard much mare intensi-
! fed in the receiver. Two Instruments are
! used TO carry on the converse ion betw en-
two distant points or ships The sound
waves are thrown from one reflector to
/ another, the sound being focused in one
| instrument in the receiver when the oper-
| etor speaks into the flexible tube, while
| the operator working the other instrument
| places the tube attachment to the re-
| ceiver to his ear.
In some wireless telegraphy expert
mems between the top of Mont Blanc and
Chamounix, a number of interesting facts
were brought out recently by Mn. Jean
| and Louis Lecarme The ice and the alb
| sence of liquid wafer did not. apparently
! have any effect en- the signals. The clouds
| also did Cot have any influence on the
! work of Il e appar tus, and though the e
| ceiver was affec ed by a mospheric cleo
| tricity,. it did not SPOIL the messages. The
most serious difficulty encountered was
| due to the three-phase e ect ic Ight n sys-
| tenn of ChamouniX, which made telegraphy
Impossible at night at least with The
! form Of coherer employed Chamounx is
| l 900 metres above the sea-level and Val
| lots observatory, where the receiver was
| S att n d, is 1850 metr S, e lineal dis anc
| between the two stations being seven ard
one-half miles. The transmit tirg mast
wire was twenty five metres in len tn and
the coherer used was one Of the Brandy
| gold-GlinS pattern.
The town of Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
England, stands unique in the world as
| the only town which absolutely owns it
self in every respect. Beginning life in a
municipal artisans dwelling, the young
man rides to his work on municipal train.
| He gets his gas or electricity from the
city. His wife rents a gas stove from
The city, purchases her produce from a
| municipal market, and buys meat that has
| been prepared by municipal butcher.
Both use the public baths. enjoy the city's
parks and send their children to the city's
Fairgrounds. Their house refuse is NOV
ed by the city. When i'll they go to the
| city hospital; or, if unfortunate, 10 the
municipal lodging room. Their letters are
collected by a city postman. And in a
thousand other ways their daily life comes
| in close contact with the city government.
At last they are buried in a city cemetery
| This may be socialism, or 1t may not be.
The citizens are satisfied, and approve of
every municipal enterprise.
Beginning with Inc Trojan War, which
is usually regarded as the first chapter in
European and Asiatic history, says the
| Cincinnati Enquirer it is calculated that
war has claimed 100000 of men every
century. In Europe alone the loss in lives
every 100 years since the date of that war
| has been between 1900, 900 and 2O.O0O.OOO.
| Three thousand years have elapsed since
| that opening chapter of history was I'M
| rolled, so that during those thirty CEN
turtles the almost inconceivable number
! of 100000 men, women and children
| have been sacrificed to settle disputes con-
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