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


soon be spending s. bills with a like
ness of Admiral Dewey engraved upon
them.
1t is said on the authority of Nebraska
railroad officials that John NJ Thurston,
tired of hiF position as United States sena-
tor, IS about to resign and become the law
partner of judge Dillon in New York. He
and Judge Dillon are warm personal
friends and the partnership would proba-
bly, Increase the senator's income fourfold.
"A process has been patented for the
sterilization of all fermentable liquids by
means of compressed oxygen. To steriHze
liquids, such as wine, milk, beer, liquors,
etc, The liquids are subjected in a close
vessel 70 = current Of gaseous oxygen.
proportioning the volume of gas to the
quality and quantity of liquid to be ster-
lllzed. The process is said to preserve
the liquids treated indefinitely. II would
seem 10 be applicable with especially ad-
Vantaeeous results to milk, the preserva-
ton OF which in a pure state has always
been problem difficult of solution. It
mas already led to the manufacture of q
very healthful and agreeable drink, to
which the name of champa gnized milk has
been given. The milk Is first SKINNED 10
prevent the formation of clots during the
process. II is then sweetened and flaw
ored, and placed IN a closed vessel. A
current of oxygen gas, passing through
the vessel, sterilizes the milk, which is
chamDagnized by the Introduction of the
necessary amount of carbonic acid gas.
The drink thus produced is spoken of as
extremely refreshing, and of exquisite
flavor
DR.. ]. V. Detroye, a French veterinary
surgeon, has taken prize in a competi-
ton for the designing of a respiratory
mask for preventing the lung troubles due
to the inhalation of the dust floating in
the atmosphere of manufacturing estab-
lshments. The respirator which received
the approval of the judges is a combina-
ton of the protectors for the nose and the
mouth. 1t is of malleable aluminium, two
tentbs inch in thickness, and very light
its weight being well under an ounce If
the protector does not at first fit the face
of the wearer, it can easily be adapted
to the surfaces to which it is applied by a
slight pressure. The filtration of the vi
uated air and the arrest of the dust is eff
fected through a layer of prepared cotton
placed between the double 'open-work
sides OF the apparatus. On the edges of
the mask runs pneumatic tube which
makes them almost alright when worn.
The mask is held by rubber bands that
pass around the ears. The nasal respra-
tor is usually provided at its upper part
with valve, which allows the products
of respiration to escape to the exterior
The mask is well adapted for everyday
use in the workshop or factory. The cot
ton must be renewed often enough to pre-
vent the dust, upon filtering through it,
from entering the interior
The only class of vessels that are now
counted effective in the worlds navies
are ironclad ships, among which may be
classed monitors, armored and protected
cruisers, and the various classes of torpedo
boats, says an exchange. The navy OF
Great Britain, of course, stands first, hav-
ing twenty-nine battleships, 14 armored
and protected cruisers, 103 torpedo boat de
destroyers and 1870 torpedo boats of all
classes Next comes the French navy, with
Is battleships, 60 armored and protected
cruisers, l torpedo boat destroyers and
249 torpedo boats; Russia is third with IA
battleships, II armored and protected
cruisers II torpedo boat destroyers and
1871 torpedo boats; Italy has battleships
81 armored and protected cruisers, IS tor
pedo boat destroYers and 1911 torpedo boats;
Germany has battleships, 20 cruisers,
armored and protected, IS torpedo boat de
stroyers and ia torpedo boats of various
classes; Spain has one battleship, 20 arm
ored and protected cruisers II torpedo
boat destroyers, and As torpedo boats, and
the United States has 8 batlleships, IS arm
ored and protected cruisers, 8 torpedo boat
destroyers and q torpedo boats, this num-
Der having recently been greatly increased
by the purchase and completion of other
vessels. The enlisted men of the British
navy at the beginning of this year num-
bered 1891; France, S0,920; Russia, 4O532;
Italy, 1,724; Germany, N,513; Spain, "a, 629
and the United States, 1852.
The Pelayo, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, is set down in the naval re-
ports as the one first-class battleship cred
tied to Spain, and the following items of
information are furnished concerning her:
Displacement, $500 tons; length $50 feet;
beam, 66 feet; draught, "A feet inches
engines, $500 nominal horsepower; speed
1873 knots; principal armament, two 1213-
inch, two 11-inch, one 6ls-inch and twelve
Az inch breechloaders, with six quick-firing
guns; protection, steel belt 18-inch maxi
mum thickness, and 11-inch on the bar
betteS." The Statesman's Year Book gives
the following information concerning the
Nizcaya and Oquendo: Displacement, 600
tons; 1854 feet in length 65 feet beam. 10 O00
nominal horsepower and 20 knots nominal
speed" OF the United States vessels the
three strongest are the Oregon, the Mas
sachusetts and the Indiana. Each has II
inches of armor protection, a horsepower
of 5000 tons, a nominal speed of IS knots,
and the armament of each consists Of four
Io-HlCIl : ullSt eiSIlL S-lHCn guns, TOUR 6-inCh
guns and twenty ,6-pounder quick-iring
guns. The three strongest vessels of the
British navy are the Minotaur, the Agin-
court and the Northumberland having as
many guns as the American battieships.
but exceeding these in the weight of the
heaviest artillery. The tirst-class ba tile
ships of France are slightly below those
of Great Britain in the weight of artillery.
but exceed the three Spanish vessels
whose names are given.
"A report on some special hospital and
training school work done by a society of
Red Cross sisters constitutes a strong ar
gument in favor of the disuse of alcohol in
the treatment of disease, says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. President Wardweu i'm
this report refers to the objection which
has been held in his hospital from il foun-
dation 10 the administration of alcohol in
either surgical cases or cases of disease
He states positively that the medical and
surgical staff have confined themselves "a
an absolutely non-alcoholic treatment The
results have been most gratifying and
have amply confirmed the wisdom of The
restriction 1t is admitted that alcohol in
small quantities, by exciting the energies