The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Kee, Chinaman, and the bride was Fam
ME Griffin, mulatto. The color of the
contracting parties was described in the
marriage license as yellow
One of Russias innumerable mysteries
is the erratic behavior of the magnetic
needle in many parts of the great empire.
The compass is freaky enough anywhere,
but it seems to take a particular delight
IN refusing to point north for the subjects
OF the Gar French and Russian scient-
lists have recently been investigating this
subject in the vast central plain between
Moscow and Baral1ov The greatest aber-
rations were found in the province of
Kursk, the capital town of which is some
600 miles almost due south of Moscow.
In the northern part of the province,
near Tim, The needle defects 20 degrees:
farther south, in the province of Starao-
Oskol up to 90 degrees, while in the
southeast of the province, about $50 miles
south of Tim, the DETECTION is over s6
degrees, the needle standing almost per-
pendicular and pointing nearer east and
west than north and south. This reversal
of the magnetic forces may have some
curious effects. A number of new railways
are building in that region, and the en-
gineers are interested in finding out
whether the durability of their lines viii
those rails last best which are parallel
with the magnetic meridians. As these
run east and west over a considerable part
of Russia, 1T will be the north and south
lines that first show signs of wear, where
as such lines in other countries are the
more easily maintained in repair.
Working in the belief that bicycle
could be propelled by the aid of hydraulic
power with greater ease and far less fric-
ton than by any other assistance an in
ventor of this city, says a New York pa
per- has devised machine totally differ
ent from anything now on the market.
The originator of the new device explains
it in this way: THE crank hanger hub
is utilized for the motor, which will con-
meet, by means of tubes placed within the
rear horizontal frame braces, with an
other motor placed upon the rear hub.
The power is transmitted by circulating
liquid from one motor to the other and
back again through the tubes above refer
red to, by the ordinary method of pedal
ing; the propelling fluid at all times lubri-
eating the working parts. The method of
construction makes all bearings dust
proof. The hub containing the crank
hanger motor, while of the usual width,
or less, will not exceed 31k inches in dia-
meter. The reduction of the diameter of
the forward motor greatly increases the
leverage of the pedals, thus giving greater
power and allowing for greater increase
of gear. The gear can be instantly
changed, the range being from so to 49,
And in connection with this arrangement
is brake that acts direct upon the mo-
tor. The conceaIment of the motor and
tubes within the frame does away with
all side construction, thus centralizing the
working parts and combining the strain to
the ordinary.
Hiram Maxim in describing the differ
ence between European and American
workshop methods in the Engineering
Magazine says I'm Turkey the workshops
are extremely small and the purchases
few, but in the United States, the popula-
ton being very large and the demand for
metal work very great, enormously large
factories have grown up to meet the de-
mand. 1t is because the country is large
that 1T pays the manufacturer to put
down large plant and produce on a
large scale. AS already stated, the Turk
represents the old, or extreme eastern
idea of Europe, while the American repre-
sents the new, or western, systm and Eu-
rope may be said to occupy intermediate
grades. In the United States one NAV
reckon on very large demand for a
standard article, and it pays the manu-
facturer to provide special tools and in
struments for testing and measuring the
work with a degree of nicely never at
tempted In Europe. Manufacture in the
united States is specialized One Arm
may confine Itself to producing revolvers.
and another to the production of sporting
magazine rifles, while others make a snec
lalty OF lathe chucks, others OF twist
drills, others of high-speed engines Of a
certain type, others of gun-making ma
chinery etc. But in England one Arm
oIten undertakes great variety of work
Inc consequence is that none of the fac
toIles are SO well fitted for any special
work as those of the United States
According to the Peoples Health Jour-
nal of Chicago, water has properties ROT
generally credited to it either nv ter,nar-
ance people or topers. 1t would seem mar
water slipped acts as a powerful stimulant
TO the circulation, a thing which is ROT
true of ordinary drinking. During the
act OF slipping the action of the nerve
which slows the beats of the heart is ahol-
ished, and as a consequence that oroon
contracts much more rapidly, the mise
beats more quickly, and the circulation in
various parts of the body is increased -
But this is not all. "A glass of cold yva-ar
slowly slipped, Will produce greater accal
erat OF the pulse for time than will
a glass of wine or spirits taken Of a
out OF place to mention in this connec-
ton that slipping cold water will often al
lay the craving for alcohol in those who
have been in the habit of taking too tnuon
OF 1t, and who may be endeavoring 10 re-
form, the effect being probably due to he
stlmulant action of the slipping" If this
be true, says the Baltimore Sun. hoFb
drinking men and prohibtionists can find
a common meeting place, and can coast
each other in bumpers of sparkling wa
ter The bon vivant can secure the ex
Vibrating effect which he loves simply nv
slipping the great temperance beveraaa
and the total abstainer, who has her4to-
fore, possibly, envied the dram drinkers
lively experiences, can indulge in the wild
est and most harmless sort of a Jag nv
slowly absorbing his favorite tipple.
"A battieship is not built for speed bnt
for weight and to support enormous guns
1t is intended for coast and harbor de-
lenses and will not be sent across the sea
Its sides are covered with heavy armor Of
Harveyized metal. a mixture Of nickel and
steel, from six TO ten inches in thickness
which extends in a belt about ten or
twelve feet wide from stem to stern. tho
greater proportion of it being above the
water line. An armored cruiser is a fast