The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-30
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] N1AtA NMAiH AahNANtH q INV haAAA AANs AsF
and Ere alarm box. The hydrant can %
used for fre alarm purposes. fiiing water
/ carts and for street flushing. while tho
small tap can be used by an individual for
domestic water supply There il n water
meter and sphon az the bottom. BY which
the water u shut on from the hydrant.
thus preventing Il from freezing.
Extending from north to south. Indo-
CHINA covers fourteen degrees. necessarily
including a wide variety Of climate. In
the southern provinces the year is divided
into two seasons. wet and dry. In Ton
KIN and Anam the four western seasons
prevail. with the difference chat the heat
attains an intensity unknown IN Europe
and tho climate IL so debiiitating as to
unit Europeans for manual labor.
William r. Steward and his wife. llv-
ing In Scranton township. north OF Ur-
bann. Ill, have made q remarkable Eift
| 10 che Methodist Church Their farm OF
900 acres. valued al $500. has been decided
70 The organization for the purpose OF
founding an institution devoted to the cd
ucation % coored people In the black
| BELT of the South. The trustees are TO
use The rents accruing from the farm and
are not permitted 10 sell a.
The penny-in- the-slot system OF dis
tributing gas through the poorer and ar
tlsan districts OF London has been so sue
| cessful that attempts are nov being made
10 supply the electric light IN the same
way. The vestTy OF Battersea have erect
ed a large generator station which l.
nearly completed and have laid the nee
essary cables down in the roads The
fixtures are Installed In the house free
Of cost to the customer. who simply pays
| for the amount OF electricity he consumes
| The proht derived from this method Of
distribution Is sufficient TO enable the au-
ihori;!cs 20 recogp themselves for the
| Initial cost of the installation OF fittings
in the houses.
A German electrical journal thinks
one outcome OF tho progressive improve
ment OF accumuators will be that cleo
| trically- propelled boats designed TO accom-
MEDIATE from 100 20 80 passengers will
prove dangerous competitors OF steam
| driven boats The insignliicant attend
ance required, involving no stoking. alb
sence OF smoke and the possibility OF az
tanning very high speeds. are all points
/ IN favor or their extensive introduction
| AZ the same time. & must be remem-
bered that the wear and tear OF accumu-
| lators employed for boat propulsion g.
much less than in the case OF road trac-
ton, since the conclusions 30 detrimental
TO The life OF the plates is almost entirely
absent
The director Of the meteorologlcal sta.
ton at Chateaudun near Paris. IN a re-
cent communication to a French journal
states tha, the highest temperature ever
recorded IN the vicinity OF Paris was noted
on July Y OF this year. when the Their
momoter reached a maximum Of iO3 s de-
| grces. The nearest temperature to this
I hitherto recorded az Paris within the last
hundred years was 1918 degrees at Mont
souris observatory on the 20th OF the same
| month. At Poitiers IN July. 1870. a tenn
perature OF 1852 degrees was recorded
/ In England also the heat during July was
intense. and reading Of $50 degrees was
made at Camden Town on July 6. last
| In July. 1881. al the Greenwich observa-
tory. a temperature Of 81 degrees was re-
corded
An account OF new method Of treat
ment for diphtheria was recently pub
lished IA the Normandie Metiicale Of Rou-
en-. An epidemic OF this disease broke
out last year in the village Of Melville
| Champ-d' Oisel about nine miles from
Rouen. and the usual treatment was given
| by the country doctor. Happening TO re-
| collect the English use Of petroleum rs
| an anti-spasmotiic and an antiseptic he
/ determined TO make an experiment and
| selected for his first trial a little girl
| Z years old. whom he had already given
| up. lie swabbed the throat with common
petroleum. and so marked wac the i'm
provement after the first application that
the treatment was continued and the child
| recovered. lie then tried the experiment
| with success on his other patients.
John Pierpont Morgan. whose powerful
influence has been used 20 strongly. and
probably successfully 90 effect settle
ment OF the great anthracite coal strike in
| pennsylvania. Is easily the foremost fnan-
cier Of she United States and In the fore
front OF finance throughout the world
| tie IS head OF the house or j. +. Morgan
a co. OF New York. IN London he d j. s.
/ Morgan & Co. IN Paris he Is Morgan.
Har1es a Co. and IN philadelphia he Is
DreNel q Co. Only one other name means
as much In the mechanism Of finance TO-
| day, and that name Is Rothschild Mr.
| Morgan is descended from a good New
England family His father had been a
successful dry goods merchant and ended
| his career IN the banking business From
| MIN the present head Of the house learned
| the art Of finance. From small begin
| nings the young man rose 60 vast i'm
/ portauce IN business affairs. until In 1871
ne united with Drexel q Co and founded
the house OF Drexel Morgan & Co The
genius possessed by Mr.. Morgan is OF that
/ Kind which rs never so much appreciated
rs when a big government needs money
In large sums and needs Il quickly.
This year" says writer IN the
Philadelphia Record. I'VE have merely
seen the man In the ordinary negligee
| shirt who had nerve enough to remove MS
| coat in public. But next year we shalt
see real shirt waists Tor mems wear. al
most similar TO those worn by women.
The large shirt manufacturers arc al
ready making them up and the salesmen
Will soon start out with their samples
soliciting orders for the spring trade Tor
thu ready-made shirt business. like most
other large industries must keep a sea
son ahead a Chestnut street dealer in
mems furnishing goods said yesterday
that ha understood the now garments
would be a complete innovation They are
made With a blouse effect. the waisthau nd
TO be connected with the trousers hy bus
ions, Just az In the garments worn ~
small boys Some have broad yoker ana
others have plests both IN the bosom and
IN the back. The manufacturer are not
taking any chances. though said TIE hab-
erdasher The sales are 10 b. Outright.
and cannot be cancelled or notified TO
suit The demand, as IL the case Nth most
staple goods. II We buy thcB and can't
sell them we're stuck DO d think they
Will be a go9 The habculssher merely
shrugged his shoulders"