The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-27


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Aluminium which had no commercial
existence a few years ago, was produced
in The United States last year to the ex-
tent of 100000 pounds, valued at S,75O,
COO, which is one-tenth of the cost ten
years ago.
A new hydraulic plant has just been
completed at Laxey, on the Isle of Man,
for working the electrical railway between
Douglas and Ramsey during the winter
months This will enable the steam plant
10 be shut down about seven months in
the year.
"A Birmingham firm has presented %
each member of the Worcestershire yeo-
many small burning glass protected by
tortoise shell covers and inclosed in a
khaki case. The directions on the OUT
side of the case are: Focus glass in the
sun and light your pipe"
"A Lehigh Valley Railroad engine re-
Gently accomplished the feat of hauling a
train consisting of thirty-three steel cars
of 100000 pounds capacity and thirty-seven
wooden cars of $4,000 pounds capacity each
fully loaded with anthracite coal The
total weight of the seventy cars was 4,567
tons.
Agitation in favor of the use of au-
tomato couplings on the cars of all Eng
lish railways has led to the appointment
of a government commission to investi-
gate the subject. The demand for the re-
form is due to the fact that the number
of accidents which result from the prac-
tice of the system of coupling cars now
in use in Great Britain is greatly increas-
ing.
"A crowd of Copeland county (Kansas)
politicians broke the rule last Sunday
night and went to church." says the KAN
sas City Journal. when the contribution
box reached them the one on the end
threw silver dollar in it, and turning 10
the others, who We're digging in their
pockets for some change, he said, Never
mind, boys; this is all paid forH "
The Women's Home Cub of Burling-
ton, Mo, has passed resolutions condemn
| ing the practice of presenting loving cups
| as tributes of esteem and affection and
| suggesting that ornamental teapots be
| used to perform the functions of che con-
demned vessels. The club members hold
| that the loving cup is conducive TO intern
perance and destructive of the happiness
| of thousands of American homes"
| An aquarium tank has been provided
| for birds at the New York GEOLOGICAL
Park, for the use of the Florida snake
| birds or darterS. The tank is nine feet
| long. FIVE feet wide and FOR faat 49,,
| The birds like 10 swim near +bl s,,re,i -
| of the water, exposing only their long
| wriggling necks. The bird lives chiefly on
live fish, which it obtains by diving and
catching them by a sudden movement Of
| the aquarium and rho dartar Iii he ~
| lowed to chase and canture tic nra,,
steel ties on the Mexican Southern
Railway have given great satisfaction and
they will he adonted nv the entire linz coo
miles long. Aroor1ing 70 ne pa iI 20
Review, these ties have been used for
rasI ~ iiiiieS VI tlee lIile nFy
| inches long. the track being three eat
| gauge and the weight Of the rail IN ,,orpds
per yard The tie is an inverted trench
with flaring sides The rail fastening
consists of a U-bolt passing up through
| the tie from underneath the Gins Steal
ties are not used on bridges or at switches
| nor around shops and roundhnuses Re-
| fore having the ties are coated bea, ,ilv with
| tar to prevent oxidation.
| ..r.
| II Shoes go on forever why should
| not our toes grow together? says Victor
| Smith in the New York Press. eve have
no use for them. We can't manage them
| About one man in l. 600 can puU on his in
| terossei muscles and spread out his foes
In the remaining 900 these mirscles arc
as DEAD hDer. Ihey haven't been used
n1ll ,'4t, we ea 'iran. S'uch ms toes IN ms
words If we wore mjttens All tbe time
the individual control of our fingers would
| be lost. We eat so much soft food that
| we have scarcely any need of teeth Gums
| would answer ever purpose, as mastication
| is performed by machinery before we be-
| gin a meal. There are over 200 distinct
| muscles in the human body of which the
| best of us keep bout 100 in prime condi-
ton by proper use"
| M,
| ne CHlile9e Ambassador 10 england
recently visited the automobile factories
at Coventry and on his return had tbis 20
saw: zone can scarcely realize Tho go
| future before the automobile trada 9ri.b-
out paving a visit to one of the factoria,
| The great advantage of the motor co.. :.
that there are no horses 10 mt M r.
can have the speed of a railway "a l.rioa-a
vet IT needs not TO confine itself 70 a 800
| laid down beforehand II demands f,rtbor