The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-08
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petitlvc plans for laying u out invited
The. idea b, that Il should be one OF the
finest cities Of is kind Ia the world. en-
joying salubrious climate and possessing
beautiful surroundings.
Mexico Is one OF the most beautiful
cities In the world. It's broad open plaza,
adorned by fine trees and lovely flowers,
is the fashionable resort IN the evenings.
when the military band plays ana the
elite indulge In a promenade around tho
plaza. Tho floating gardens on the lake
are world renowned.
"A new record f1r the passage from the
Mediterranean 20 Hong Kong has been
made hv the British cruisers Isis and
Dido The Isis reached Hong Kong In =
DAYS and hours from Malta ana the
Dido arrived not six hours later. The sea
speed OF the Isis Tor the 1901 miles was
1913 knots an hour.
The change In the size ~ the bath
tub IS one Of the recent phenomena Of
New York's growth This valuable and
cherished adjunct TO civilization dwindles
daily tn size. and as the demand for "a
bath tub grows daily more imperative IN
New York there seems a probability that
70 Will some day reach the proportions
suited TO a hall bedroom.
The United states leads all other ma
lions in the matter Of fruit growing
Strawberries were valued az 100000 last
GEAR ana grapes az 500 10000 Peach or
chards containing az many as 10000 trees
are 20 be- found. while the apple crop has
been known 20 return in barrels 2loohooi
IN one season ~ these England has tax
en- $4,000 barrels
AT the Notioal Prison Congress
George Terrence Of the Pontiac Reforma-
tory declared that az least S. per cent
Of an young men and boys who have com
mitted crime. ~ taken charge OF IN time
and subjected 10 proper treatment. VIII
become good citizens" Vie estimated That
not more than 10 ger cent OF the criminal
classes are so through heredity.
a Russian chemist has found that COP
per Is dissolved by an alkaline solution
Of gelatin. the copper going into the
solution as colloldai copper The Old rule
that the metals are insoluble in water Is
being widely disproved. solutions OF me
talIc gold. mercury and silver. and now
Of copper. having been prepared quite re-
Gently In an these the metals are IN a
very fine condition. but are true metallic
solutions.
The latest official report on lunacy IN
Ireland shows that mental disorders are
still increasing there. The aggregate
number Of patients treated 10 the hospii-
ais Tor mental diseases is the highest on
record. whereas the estimated population
g. the lowest In recent years. The aver
age number OF the insane per loo0 90 Of
tine population has increased from 2H
IN iSso 10 go In 1850. Consumption caused
"a per cent. OF the deaths in hospitals
for the insane.
-Tramps are 70 be given an opportunity
10 wash themselves when they come 90
Trenton n J.. with the hope imbe ided
In their hearts OF becoming better and
cleaner men There g. 90 be- a public bath
ocatod az the Wanderers Palace" near
he New Jersey capital A. a means OF
raising tse cash necessary Tor us estab-
llshment an ld-fashioned spelling bee
will be held Nearly every leading man OF
Trenton has declared his intention TO par
tlcipatc. as VIII also q number Of students
from Princeton University.
One Of the largest leather belts ever
produced ia this country was shipped 90
the Wabash Paper Company OF Wa
bash Ind. last week by the Bodiheld
Betting Company. of Cleveland The belt
was l5l feet in Length. 50 inches IN width
and weighed $50 pounds. u was made
from three thickucsses OF leather from
the very best steer hides. and uecessiiat-
ed the using Of che centres Of 800 hides
Perhaps the most remarkable feature %
che transaction was the fact that the
belt was made. packed and shipped with
In - hours after receipt OF order
An English inventor. Walter James OF
Richmond on Thames. has designed
m improved breech for use with the or
binary rifle barrel The invention will do
away with fhe magazine and the clumsy
holt hy substituting hrcech upon q Pc
volvlng principle The number Of rounds
carried IS almost without limit. although
twenty Will In an probability De- enough.
This number can Doe frci In twenty-five
seconds straight from the shoulder. The
cartridge Is exploded In the brscch. not
in tho barrel. so that the latter ls kept
cooler The rate OF fire Is not calculated
10 cause heat. owing 20 the fan-like nee
tlon OF tho rotary breech forcing the air
down the barrel az each shot. The broech
moreover will take any cartridge. and
when fled its weighs d about that 81 the
Lee Metford charge with seven rounds
w j. Arker. the wcll-known publish
~ 81 Judge and Leslie's Weekly. who has
brought out IA the last two years with
a good deal Of profit to himself ana
friends two drst-class mining proposi-
tions SAYS tho New York Pres made
this startling statement yesterday In
the last four years fourteen indusitili en-
terprises have been organized with an ag-
gtegate capital OF S6i2. $4,000. IN which the
profit made by tho underwriters or capt
alists engineering them npproXimated
$40 3nopl There werr also organized iu
the same period sixteen other Industrial
companies with a combined capital OF
S7e6 o0o.000 IN which there was a loss %
the capitalists or underwriters Of ST.
SO 1870 These figures are based on the
market quotations on oct !. They show
that there has been - loss OF SCI $4,000 Ia
the promotion Of industrial enterprises en-
the four years The question therefor
arises. Is the Industrial HELD. 80 far ns
trusts and combinations are concerned.
more hazardous than putting your money
IN mining pror ertieE2"
The matchmaking firm OF Pauk. Phil
ippe a Co. OF Geneva. has long been
known for rs matchmaking fAats For
sixty years they have been making a
speciality OF complicated tlmepieces. and
watch recently Elaced on view at the