The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Now that his term as Governor OF
Tennessee has expired. Robert L. Taylor
says that he is through with politics for
ever. He is preparing a new lecture, hav-
ing been decidedly successful with SINH
lar efforts in the past. and viii commence
TO deliver il in the spring. THE world is
full of hard, grinding reality" he says,
'and 1 viii try to give it something light,
| bright and mirthful"
The Hawesville CKy.) Clarion says that
Uncle Jim Scott, of that place, who has
just died, was married, while a slave, to
the wife who now survives him. They
were sold and sent TO different sections
of the country. and were lost to one an
other for more than fifty years. In that
time each had married and buried another
partner Four years ago was brought to
light in his endeavOr to secure a pension,
the existence of the wife of his young
manhood, in Louisville. A reunion follow
ed, the pension was secured, and the old
couple lived happily together until mis-
death.
Germany. too, is having its ladies"
and gentlemen question at the present
moment A controversy has arisen, with
regard to the style which should be
adopted in addressing married women.
There are, in the language of the Faith
erland, four names whereby that de-
hghtful class may be designa ted-ge-
mahiin (consorD, gatlin (spouse), frau
Qady), and webb (wife). To save the not
infrequent disputes and heartburnings
which arise from impertinence and ignor-
ance in the use of any one of these terms,
it is now proposed that one shall be Off
cially allotted 20 each scale social" In
this manner, a generals wife shall be
known as his "consort;" she of an official
of the next lower grade shall be that hap
py PERSONS spouse the middle-ciass part
ner becomes her husbands lady" and
the workingman's helpmate is simply his
wife"
Mr.. Edison has devised an instrument,
says the Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript, for talking hole
through a plank This sounds like joke.
but it is a fact, nevertheless, and il af-
fords one of The most interesting ilustra-
tons of the power of sound waves. When
the wizard was in Washington a while ago
an examiner of patents spoke to him cas-
ually on the subject, and, struck by an in
spiration, he sat down and drew a sketch
of the apparatus in question, which con-
sists primarily of a diaphragm a ratchet,
and a toothed wheel. When one talks a
the diaphragm Its vibrations cause the
wheel to revolve, and through the familiar
continuance called a worm gear a gimlet
is turned, which bores it's way through a
board. Indeed, the device here described
has been patented by Mr. Edison, but not
for the purpose above described. 1t APP
pears in the records of the patent office as
a continuance for winding a clock All you
have got to do in order to wind this sort
of clock-a class of apparatus VIGOROUSLY
obstinate and untrustworthy-is to swear
at it a bit and call Il some names. With
out any more to do the obedient tlmepiece
starts itself agoing, and is good for TWEEN
tyfouT hours.
Jan. 26 will be observed by the Pres
byterian, Congregational and other
churches as a day of prayer for schools
and colleges in accordance with the time
| honored custom says the New York Tri-
| bune. There are about one hundred thou
sand men taking the higher education in
the different colleges and universities of
| the United States. There are, in addition
to co-educational institutions, 143 separate
| colleges for women, with 1884 pupils In
| the professional schools there are 53,249
| students, besides many students of law
! in private offices. Students of medicine
number 24,S77, and students of theology of
all denominations S.17S. 1t may be inter
esting to add that in the decade 1887 to
| 1897 students in medical schools increa sed
l in number 1O8 per cent; in schools of law
the number increased 22S per cent, and
in schools of theology the increase was
! only 80 per cent. In the Presbyterian
| Church in the decade ending 1888 the total
| average number Of candidates was $50, or
! one candidate for every S25 communicates
| In the decade ending 1898 the total average
| number of candidates was 1921 or one
/
| the four concluding years of the later de-
cade, however, there was a serious fall
| ing off in the number of candidates In
1896 the church had under its care a total
| of 1888 candidates, the largest number in
J its history.
A successful wave-propelled boat has
been constructed in Italy. 1t navigates
against the waves or in any direction
counter to them or equally well with Them
| by no other force than that derived from
the waves themselves. The wave-propell-
ed boat is 1872 feet long S,32 feet BEAM
| 1.64 feet in dpeth, and has a displacement
of about 40 pounds. 1t is decked over, ex-
cept for small cockpit in the middle for
| the steersman, and has water tight COM
partments at both ends. The little craft
| is stanchly enough made to stand heavy
weather at sea. She is the invention of H.
|
station at Naples, Italy, where the expert
ments have been made. The motor con-
trivance consists in a series of powerful
| resilient floats with free ends attached to
| the boat at bow and stern. Each float is
| of four hardened steel plates 1880 inches
in length, 9.75 inches in breadth and .06S
inch in thickness at the attached ends.
thinning out TO .OO9S inch at the free ends
| Canvas is spread between the plates, Civ
| Inc "a Of oh
float of about 1872 square feet In some
| cases the inventor has increased the resll-
iency of the floats by means of steel
| tongues. The floats are placed at such a
depth that they shall at all times be under
water The principle upon which the boat
! proceeds Is that OF the swimming motion
of fishes, which the inventor has had plen-
ty of opportunity of observing in his du-
ties at the geological gardens.
The thermometers used in the boiler
rooms and magazines of warships in AL