The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-29
ITEMS or INTEREST.

way company having recently added sew
On automobile cars ana seven trailer cars
10 the street railway mail service.
University chaperons are the latest
Vienncsc novelty. In consequence 81 the
rlotoua behavior OF the male students
when the women tried to avail thcmselFes
OF the newly granted permission ." attend
lecture many mothers 81 women students
nave registered for the university lectures
ln order 20 have au opportunity Go accom-
pany aud protect their daughters.
A 81. Paul publishing house has leased
club building for COS 80 employee. Tine
dues arc 10 cents a month. and the pay
meut Of the same entities a member 20
aIl the privileges OF che CLUB Refresh
mcuts are furnished at cost ana STORAGE
for bicycles Is provided There By = smok-
iug room ana q billiard room. and 4 gym
naslum Is planned Tor tho basement
An exhibition OF 1901 calendars IS 10
De- held 40 the rooms Of the Yolus Mfn.s
Caristldn Association. sixth aud MAN
streets, Idchmoui Va. from Jan. 20 ]"
next. aud fhr org sniztiiou requests th'
merchant. manufacturer and CORPORA
lions of Philadelphia To- assist tine promo
tors of the enterprise Dos mailing thtf
Kec The calendars win ho hrtsii AIS
arranged aud the exhibition will be- ifee'
-Tno OLD Cour. House 40 OleL Ia
which was erected in 1855 D. soon 90 be
demolished. and the residents ~ thai pa
are very much Interested in the tearing
down 81 tho ateucturc because ID canon %
ryc whisky was placed Boo tn" corner
stone when the foundations were lalH,
The whisky was sealed up and dnposiien
there by "tnclo" Billy Smith. who. ae-
cordinF TO a local paper. has determined
that n there shall prove to be uut one
drink left he will have o.
New York pawnbrokers are 10 meet
Increased competition from the Provident
Loan Society. which was organized -
pct project Of the latc Commodore Van
derbut A third branch Of the society IS
about 20 De- opened. this time in the ten-
dcrloin" diFtrict-the richest OF all hciiS
for the pawnbfoker The ncxt-door neigh
hors OF the new establishment viii De
John L. suilivans saloon ana % gambling
house The PrOyidcnt Loan society
charges ! per cent interest "a month
one-third of the rate usually eNactea 10y
the eight pawnhTokers with whom the
new branch Of the society viii compete.
One Of the recent enterprises Ia Alpine
mountain engineering projects s. 20 run a
tunnel under Mont Blanc 50 that "a line
connecting ST. Didier and ChamoniN can
BE- operated The Val d'Aosta Railway
now has an extension 10 ST. pldicr. while
there is 4 branch OF che Paris. Lyons,
and Mediterranean line which is aarried
into the ChamoniX valley. The plan has
been proposed by an Italian engineer. H.
Cedaie. and IL Is said that OF the Is kiio-
metres OF connecting line, there would De
is kilometres Of tunnel with maximum
elevation Of 100 metres. IL h. proposed
10 employ the water power found on the
other side OF the mountain in abundance
20 generate electricity tc operate the
line.
Tho velocity OF light has recently been
predetermined by NJ. Peuoun, who has
performed a series OF experiments. using
Fizeau's method The distance between
the two stations was nearly ~ kilome-
tres. and after 100 observations "a mean
value OF $3.50 kilometres per second was
obtained In Fizeaus original expert
meuts a distance OF sGa meters was ex-
perimented with. and the velocity OBJ
tanned was 3l5Wp kilomctcrs per second
Ia 1874 a. Cornu. with improved appa-
ratue. made similar experiments and an
nouuced the result OF his determination
al 300 go kiometcrs per second. Ia che
United States. with somewhat different
apparatus Nicholson. in iss2 found the
velocity TO bee .99.S3 kilometrrs. and
NeWcomb On che same year. in another
series OF determinations. made &c ~ $40
kIlometers per second.
-Acetyleuo gas. 60 addition to furnish
Ing brilliant Illumination. can also BE-
used with the blast 10 produce intense
heal. if combined with air ana oxygen iu
the proper proportions. ~ has been found
that q heat sufficient 90 melt gold could
be obtained when acei ylcno Was used la
the blast-lamp. ana experiments have re-
Gently been performed in which oxygen
was substituted cor the air. When pure
oxygen was used IL was found that the
flame became exceedingly luminous and
deposited carbon IN a compact form much
resembling gas carbon. but by mixing the
oxygen with air the gas is completely burn
ed and the temperature produced is sufil-
cieuty intense 20 melt platinum. The
use OF acetylenc ia shis Nay doe no. pre-
sont any advantage over the ordinary gas
consumed ia the blast-lamp. except IN
cases where the laboratory is supplied
with such source OF Illumination instead
OF ordinary gas
THE extent 10 which science can be
applied to everyday affairs s. well H.
iustratod on reading the reports OF the
various divisions OF the United States
Department 81 Agriculture OF partic-
ular interest Is the statement that the di-
vision Of entomology b. having consid-
cradle success in introducing insects and
parasites. In California an insect has
been introduced which fertiiizes the
Smyrna hg. and as a resuh more than
six tons Of these figs have been produced
la one locality alone. and q b. believed
that they can Doe produced in such
amounts as 20 cause 'his country 20 be
an important competitor en- this field The
eutomologists have also done a valuable
service TO the olive groves OF the same
state hy introducing "a parasite which de-
stroys the oiive-scalc that has proved
most troublesome pest To destroy To-
Gusts "A fungus disease has been introduced
from Natal. which has benn the means Of
destroying the injurious swHrms OF these
insects. and efforts have been made 20
introduce from Europe parasites OF the
gypsy moth.
THE conditions OF the production Of tea
in India have been recently studied, and
rs q result interesting statistics have been
,sbuiated. In 1855 the total acreage de-
voted 70 tea Ga India was 2S3.a25. an
amount which increased 20 3HS25 ia ls9o
10 u57i7 ia 1886 ana a the END OF the
year 1889 TO 5i6E2. the average rate Of
Increase Tor the last five years beins 3D.