The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-26
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BY sir George Nownes' expedition TO the
South Pole was - degrees below zero,
ana occurred IN August. The party dis
covered ucar Robertson bay mountains
exceeding loo fee, tn hight. and pene-
tratod farther 10 the south Cs degrees =
minutssl than any previous expedition.
a fine old mantel clock. said 20 have
been once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte.
WIS stolen from the home Of Dr. George
ReulinG. in Baltimore. some time ago. and
has just been found in shop whose
6cllcr Ia secondhand goods paid . cents
for H. Or. Rcuiing bought q az auction
ia Paris several years ago. paying 800
for H.
A citizen Of Hartford Conn. was ar
rested for catching frogs In a public re-
scrvoir lie was fined ana appealed the
case. The Superior Court has just decided
that frogs are hsh within the meaning of
the statutes aud that the accused was,
therefore. liable under the law. The ciu-
zen had pleaded that the statute did not
refer TO frogs.
At a gathering Of old folk in the town
OF Charlemont. Mass. the other day the
chairman called for all present over 70
years OF age 70 rise and sevcnty-two re-
spondcd. lie then asked all those who
were over 50 to rise and there were twelve
who had pass that limit. A similar call
FOR all over - brought four members OF
the gathering 10 their feet
james Oberander. farmer living near
Enid ok. has fast mare which he Is
fond OF driving The other day the mare
ran away with him. and by way OF pun
ishuieut he hitched the animal up wrong
end to and drove her backward halt
mile Besides" says a local paper In re-
lating the incident. 'the mare could hear
much better while he cussed her"
A Swiss genius has invented a pith
cloak Weighing about one pound which
Will hold up a fully equipped soldier on
the surface OF the water Successful eN-
periments were made recently on the lake
Of zurich The cloak Is provided with va
ter-prOof pockets In which food ana drink
may be carried as well as blue lights IN
case the wearcr Is shipwrecked In the
niGhL
Insurance for bathers Is the newest
enterprise in the insurance line IN Eng
land Penny-in-ihe-slot machines will be
erected in popular bathing places. Before
YOU enter the water you drop IN your cop
per and out pops a twenty-four hours
life Insurance policy. Then II you are
cnrriod down 10 Davy Jones locker your
widow OF next OF kin IS entitled to N.ooo
worth Of compensation for the sudden
taking on.
AT the last general election in Great
Britain 3.Ss7.0o votes were cast at an
average cost OF s. cents per vote for legiu-
mate expenses: in the English counties
the cost was Sl.22 aud IN the borougns
g. cents Each Welsh vote cost Sl.os TO
cast; in Scotland the cost was Sl.3t In the
counties and ~ cents IN the bOroughs ana
in ireland 70 cents IA the counties ana q
cents In the boroughs. There were Isl
candidates for go seats In the House of
Commons.
An ingenious Austrian inventor has
just patented a speaking clock which he
claims viii be OF the greatest value to
persons OF forgetful and irregular habits.
II consists or "a clock-phonograph combi-
nation. In place Of the usual striking at
taohment Is a photograph which can be
set to speak a sentence at any time de-
sired thus becoming an unfailng remind
q TO Us owner OF the duties OF each sue
cessive hour. There is no mechanical diff
hculty In the way Of charging this moral
timeriece with any number OF daily ex-
hortations. II can be set 20 speak once
or dozen times.
The last Official report gives lll public
schools in Hawaii. employing 3it teachers.
and having 1895 pupils These are sup
plemcnted By large and excellent private
schoois--is IN number. employing 90 teach
ers. with 405i pupils enrolled. OF these
| fifteen thousand and more students about
| 5000 are Hawaians and nearly 5000 frac-
/ tionnl HawGuans. The Portuguese come
next with nearly 1900. and then the Chi
nese ana japanese. with over 1000 each.
| Then come the American children. GO
strong. Nine nationalitles are tabulated,
/ and the stragglcrs from all corners Of the
world are placed under the heading, other
| foreigners"
Simon w. Hanauer. che American
| vice-consul al Frankfort. says that to-
matocs are from 40 Il cents a pound IN
| Germany. and cantaloupcs bring from 20
| cents 20 81. 50 each. He asks: why don't
we export fresh vegetables 90 Europe?
| The growers OF our Atlantic States should
/ form an export association. which-if u
will send out men OF mercantile ability
/ who can speak German ana French
would find the European Continent, as
we'll as England. an excellent market for
their produce. No country could COM
| pete with US in che export OF agricultural
ana Industrial products. were we to adopt
| the mercantile methods Of European ira
| ders."
"A dispatch from Chicago says; Oliver
c. Harrington. Curator Of the Field Muse
um at Jackson Park, has just completed
| experiments with rocky formations pecu-
/ liar TO the famous caves OF Indiana. a.
a result Of which ne says he believes that
/ animal life has existed on this planet
| for al least 100000 years and proba bly,
/ for double that length OF time. These
conclusions were reached by estimating
/ the period required for the growth OF IN
stalacttcs IN tho caves mentioned in
/ 1870 one OF these stalactites was cut and
I the increase since then has been carefully
measured. showing that about eighty-nve
| years are required Tor che formation OF
cubic inch Of the substance. The III
rcctors Of the museum plan TO construct
I in the museum building a miniature OF
/ the Wynndoitc Cave. the largest OF these
grostocs. Curator Harrington gathered
and shipped 10 the city "a ton Of the cur.
Gus ana beautiful rocks and limestone
| formations peculiar 10 them.
The exhibit OF the German Working
mems Insurance at the Paris Exposition
prompts Frcnchman TO write IN the
Revue de Paris as follows: Owing TO
tbs Kaiscr's personal inetigation and so
| llcitude tree has grown up on German
| soil beneath which the worklngman can
/ HnI ahslfer ard urofeoffon ~ sta~,,s .s,.ttt 4