The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-05
ITEMS or INTEREST.

/ An automobile Incident Insurance as
ISOLATION Is about 20 be formed In New
YORK ritv fts objects VIII be 90 insure
us policy holders against accidents and 70
defend the innumsrasle lawsuits which
have been brought against motorists Ah
over me country often on very shgAt
/ proyocation.
The surgeon general of The navy has
arranged 20 send 10 Guam dentit 20
treat me teeth % the men az tia, naval
station There has been much complaint
from sufferers 81 Guam. and the services
OF - dentist are greatly Ueeied Tine dem
list Wss enlisted as o hospital steward at
So a month.
Women are row qualified 20 enter as
Students AZ the faculty Of arts az the
I vienna University on the same terms as
men. and the profe- -ors BOO the faculty 81
law In vienna hlvo peutioned tus minis
Try % education GO allow women TO enroll
themselves as regular students 80 that
branch OF learning also.
A German government expert, Dr
Luhbcrt after trip through German
West Africa. has come 90 the conclusion
that not only Is che mo-quito-malaria thee
ory AS iudotse1 by Koch correct. but tnat
there i- "a close connection between mh.a-
ria in human beings and the diseases
which carry OF 20 many horses ia those
teg!ci---
I'm 1884 there were iC inoumbents Of
church ntings In England Who had occu-
pied the same living for nifty years or
more. and OF these twelve had held their
PAGES for sixty years. Their average I'M
come amounted 10 $3.50 ysar. ana 80 six
teen cases fhc income after nifty years
continuous service was between the limits
OF $3.50 ana $40 year
one n the Liverpool clergy u the r.
nblshtd church % England is trying TO
employ church women as regular sup
/ Elementary curates. and he suggests that
much organizing work ~ the parish might
better bee done ~ women than hy clergy
men He declares that he can get three
women 90 work for the price ~ one cue
, rate ana 70 do three times the work.
The French Court Of Cessation has
now before q libel suit arising out o.
the battle OF Waterloe. certainly one Of
! the most curious cases on record 4 re-
Gently published history having said that
Count Dc Eourmcnt deserted 60 the enemy
/ IN the famous battle, the nohlemau's dcs-
cendants nave taken action against the
author for this aspersion upon the Counts
memory
The royal Prussian family Is the larE-
est owner ~ forest tracts ia Germany.
The property consists 81 not less than
isS 2o0 acres The southern branch Of the
Iiohenzoiierns owns tract OF 1885, 010 acres
The Prince Of Stolberg WernigerYde owns
forest covering 1860 acres. which Is
about the size ~ the city OF Chicago The
[ o. ri.
prise 10 90 acres.
on Aug. y last Fred KHAN was ad-
mitted 10 the Cincinnati city Hospital
having been Frustrated by the heat He
has been unconscious ever since and will
probably die Shorty after being admitted
90 the hospital killan developed alcoholic
meningitis and had 90 be strapped to a
cot. where he has lain thoroughly obliv-
ious TO has surroundings His wife spends
an hour at his bedside every evening. but
the patient cannot be aroused sufficiently
60 recognize her
The Island OF Guam rs shaped like the
sole Of shoe and has presumably q total
area OF about 80 square miles. although
II has never bee surveyed. The narrow
est part has "a diameter Of seven miles
and % Is about fifteen miles in length
There are few lepers In the island. but
nobody pays any particular attention 20
them and they appear 10 do no harm The
water there Is not good TO drink. but IL
is moi missed. for when anybody is thirsty
native climbs tree and throws down
q coooanut. the milk OF which Is a re-
freshlng beverage.
Tho driving OF the Great Northern
Railway tunnel through two miles and a
bali of solid granite in the Cascade range
OF mountains b. one OF the most notable
engineering feats OF the century Boring
was stared az each end toward the cen
ter. and so accurate were the engineers
calculations that at the meeting point the
difference Of alignment was scarcely one
inch. This cutting through refractory ma
terial was accomplished IN forty-fve
months by 50 men, operating thirty-two
compressed air drills-a veritable miracle
wrought by modern machinery.
on the recommendation o. the war de-
partment the Agricultural Department Is
preparing an order setting apart as for
est reserves the Island Of Rombolin. north
Of the Island 81 Panay. also the Island
" Plu.taui. which is one Of the extreme
group OF the Jolo Islands Officers OF the
army who hIv, been looking over the ISL
auds have found that these are perhaps
enc richest IN the world for rubber trees
and 20 is the intention Of the Washing
ton authorities 90 have the trees pre-
served and carl FOR especially az some
fears lately have been expressed that tn,
rubber supply may become exhausted
In q paper read before the Paris Flee
tucal Congress, Mr.. Kellar gave a good
general classification OF the electric fur
naces employed 20 the present time There
are three classe--arc furnaces resistance
furnaces. and incandesccnt furnaces In
che first class the heat Is generated by "A
yoltaic arc. In the resistance type che
heat Is furnished by the passage OF the
current through impcrfectly conducting
material. aud ia the incandescent furnace
the material TO be- acted on Is nos initial
ly conductive and special conducting
layer is required 90 start the current
| The temperature obtained In the electric
furnace are said 20 be IN excess OF 800
degrees g.. and are the highest zee at
tainablc artihcially.
"A German paper. the Deutschc wo-
chonscrift Fuer die Niederlande (Gcrman
Weekly FOR the Notheriands). contains The
following explanation Of the origin Of the
name Of the well-known American must
clan and composer Sousa: "Sousa's real