The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

sleeping berth costs 60 cents first class and
10 cents second class for every twelve
hours.
1t is stated that the authorities at
Scotland Yard are now engaged in sub
jecting a police electric lamp to practical
tests, to ascertain if it will stand the nee
essary wear and tear of the service.
Plans for the reclamation of the mead
ows near Newark, N. j., are being consid-
cred and thirteen plans were submitted.
The plans were sent in by the experts and
engineers from all parts of the coun-
try.
German army authorities are now ex-
perimenting on cotton stuff as mate
rial for balloons. 1t is treated with rubber
before being used. The fabric is said to
have great strength, and is better than
silk, which is apt to generate electricity.
M Mercadier, a French inventor
states that he has solved the problem of
sending a number of dispatches stimuli
taneoUsly on a single wire. Messages
have been transmitted between Paris and
Pau. Twelve independent MESA ge cur
rents were sent on the circuit at once in
either direction, making total of twenty
four kilograms.
DR.. Bounier, French physician, re-
Gently described before the Paris Acade-
my of Medicine a new method of testing
for Enthusiastically, by applying tun-
ing fork to the knee or some other part
of the bony structure. He said thai a
sound car could NOT hear the note of the
fork, but an ear in which disease had al
ready made nroads could perceive it dis
timely.
The way in which the Indians made
lfclo &c al 10 no fol1
with hard implement, probably a flint.
they cut circle on the stone which was
to become dish and then Clipped away
ana Gown on the circumference of this.
They then fashi n5d the outside to the
shape ;hey e fred while il was still at
tached to the rock itself. Finally, they
split it off at the bottom and followed it
out. and the dish was completed.
AT Bicknoller st. George near Taun-
ton, England, there is a vigorous yew tree
growing on the top of the square church
tower, and though it has been cemented
around, it still fourishes. There is an
old ,yew tree in the churchyard, and it is
probable that birds left the seeds on the
tower, while the mortar was soft, and one
of these terminated. The yew tree is two
feet eight inches high with a girth Of
twelve inches. It is thought to be at
least 100 years old.
Gas liquor has been turned to a useful
account at Cuzzies, in France. Beet root
would not grow in the fields because they
ha become infested with beet-rCot par
asite, but with one application of The gas
liquor fifteen tons of beet root per acre.
with IA per cent of sugar four splendid
CROPS of cereals wee obtained and in an
other set CT trials us ng gas liquor ",
four successful crops of more than TWEEN
tV-fOnr tba and a fifth pf
over sixteen tons were secured.
An ingenious arrangement to prevent
overcrowding of both elevators or stair
ways is in use in Scranton. Pa. The time
of entering and leaving a certain build
ing is regulated by clocks on each of the
five floors. On the lower floors the clocks
are set correctly. but on the upper floors
they are few minutes slow, so that the
employees on the lower floors are al their
work before those on the upper floors are
due and of course those on the upper
floors do not leave their desks until sew
eral minutes later thus avoiding all con-
fusion.
"A wild man was captured in the hills
near Plum Fork, KY. a few days ago
He had been seen a number of times by
different persons, but all efforts to capture
him had proved fruitess until Louis
Brown, a farmer, set two of his strongest
wolf traps at a cave where the man had
been sleeping. He was caught in both
traps by the nose and right hand. When
Brown found him he was trying TO loosen
the trap from his nose, but when he saw
Brown he sat up a most dismal howl and
attempted to run. He was released and
confined in a stable belonging to William
Rice. For several days he would not
speak, but he was finally ipduced to talk
rnFI HI
that he was raised near Warfeld, on the
Big Sandy. He appears frightened when
strangers approach. but quiets down when
he finds they Go not intend to hurt him.
His nails on his hands and feet are like
the talons of an eagle, and he Is COM
pletely covered with hair. He told the
correspondent that he had supported him
self by fishing and catching game with his
hands.
Some long-current illusions concerning
the Dead sea are dispelled by Henry Dex-
ter, who went to see its reputed wonders
with his own eyes, says Golfers Weekly.
In his opinion the bed of the sea is of vol
canc intortna ton. Il took a plunge in
the water to test lis qualities. The water
is, | should say, bituminous salt brine
| was careful not to get the water in
my eyes or on my hair. / had been told
that nothing could sink in the Dead sea-
but found that was untrue for the rea-
son that if I did not make an effort to
keep on top ! would go down. The water
is of a character that if any one had a
cutaneous disease it would make the flesh
smart tierce.y. 1t was exceptionally re-
freshing, however, on account of abe
heat The water was wonderfully clear,
and you could see down to a depth of
twenty feet. The water was perhaps a.
little more buoyant than ordinary salt
water, but 1t would not hold me up. II
was not sticky, but washed off as freely
as any salt water. one thing / noticed
and Of which l have never been able to
get an explanation, was a small island
about 500 feet from the shore This had
on It large square blocks of stone. l
have never been able to ascertain where
these blocks came from. The theory that
birds cannot fly over the water is untrue,
as | saw lots of birds flying over it,"
Details Of a duel in which both princi-
pals and seconds were women, prominent
in Mexican society, have just come to
light, says the Times-Herald. One of the
xtOroar xUac seriously uouuded an1 a e,,r