The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-13
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road would have a considerable trafiic IN
coal ores and other heavy fie.ghts. ana
would be the hrst line with such frame
TO be worked by electricity The plan
IL perfectly feasible and seems 10 present
Advantages. especially where large water
powers are available. as in Montana.
Out in Germantown. says The
Philadelphia Record. there Is no apathy.
and the usual number OF odd wagers have
been recorded. In the event OF the election
OF Bryan the friends OF Frank Randall
viii have an opportunity OF seeing him
lying In bed for week In the window OF
a Chinese laundry In Coulter street II Nc
Kinley Is elected Edward Callahan will
do the same. Another freak bet has been
made between Joseph Donnelly. Demo-
/ crat. and Edward Dunlap. a Republican.
The loser will be obliged 20 take up the
collections In colored church for two
weeks under the watehful eyes OF the
church authorities. He will also be obliged
TO pun s. in the basket each time. and
must pay 81 10 the sexton every time he
enters the church.
Salt Storms In Utah.-"Along the high
voltage transmission line running from
Provo. Utah. to Tintc, the salt storms
from the plains often produce remorka-
bio electrical displays" says the Western
Electrician. "On account Of the mo -
lure In the air and the thick covering OF
the poles with salt. powerful discharges
occur at frequent intervals; short cir
cults are nsomentarily caused. the lights
dip. and sometimes the operation OF he
motors Is interfered with. These dis
/ charges are usually OF dazzling hri liancy
and al time startling. The names are
said 70 reach hight OF from six 10
eight feet. holding for a second or two
| then break from one OF the wires and die
away IL n only when the arc Is con-
| tinuous between the wires that there Is
| any interruption of the service. one
fasa which blew the station fuses ani
caused shutdown held its place between
the wires for five or six seconds. but
most of the flashes cease almost on the
instant OF completing connection
-"Experienced patent medicine men. =
says a gossiper in the New Orleans Times
Democrat. admit the impossibility OF pre-
/ dieting when the turning point will be
/ reached in booming any new remedy. The
amount sunk IN exploiting two articles
/ before returns come In may vary SoVv.
/ In my opinion, the name has a good deal
to do with getting demand started. IL
/ ID Is hard TO remember or hard TO pro-
! nounce Il r. undoubtedly serious handl-
/ cup. ana on NNE A0UNtAAs u AaAAhtH van
/ pie title. just odd enough 10 stick To one =
| memory Is in itself an advertisement
worth thousands OF dollars. / have a
house in mind thas spent good sized for
Il tune trying TO popularize A tablet Drena-
| ration with n queer Indian title that no
swo people pronounced In exactly the
same way. II was a good thing and clev-
erly put before the public. and IL failed,
| solely, | think because people we're re-
I a. fa.r 81 ratnE n =
| themselves ridiculous by butchering the
pronunciation That's a point about which
the average customer IS very sensitive"
Martin b. Schroeder. OF Philadelphia.
soldier now serving in China, writing Of
the occupation Of Tien Tsin. says: IL
"a solder wants any work done he lays
hold of the irst Chinaman he encounters
and eompels him TO do his bidding TIE
Russian soldiers are the worst. They
| work che Chlnks almost 90 death during
the day. and then kill them at night.
| Many % the soldiers are well supplied
with money which they have taken from
The Chinese. An American here Is held "a
high respect by the people OF all other
nations. The japanese make fine little
| soldiers. but they are being butchered
without mercy. Here We see Tommy
Atkins. He II oil right. but a fouler
mouthed lot OF soldiers l never heard.
The French soldier Is disappointment.
lie looks like a drygoods clerk with an n
fitting uniform on. The Germans are
all about the same size and never tire
singing. The Russians are the poorest
and dirtiest looking soldiers here. and
they have the least friends because they
are 80 merciless In their treatment OF the
Chinese"
Prof ]. Milne OF England recently
read a paper before the British Assoc!a-
zion in which he traced the development
OF chronological Investigations lie stated
that there are now IN different parts Of
the world twenty-six stations supplied
with similar instruments for the study
OF earthquake vibrations. and that by the
end OF the present year there will be thlr-
/ ~. In England there are stations at
Shide. on the Isle Of Wight: Kew. Bid
stone. and Edinburgh. each Of which is To-
Gated on a different geological formation
| These stations manage 10 sccufe records
OF nearly all the important earthquakes
| throughout the world. At Shide no less
| than 10 have been recorded this year
The distance OF the origin from the sta
hiou can be measured by the difference in
time between certain tremors that arrive
before the earthquake wave and the wave
teen seconds The velocity OF the waves is
also measured. and Il Is found that while
| Il Is immaterial In what direction they
travel across the continent. those that
pass under the ocean have their amph-
tudes damped. Most earthquakes are
thought 10 originate from deep troughs OF
the sea. one OF which Is located near Ce-
ram. an ISLAND OF the West Indies. while
another Is thought 10 he near the Cali
forn,a Peninsula. Earthquakes are often
unfelt. but many cause icebergs 90 be
broken free. or alter the rate OF atronom-
| teal timekeepers On observatorles Rapid
| progress in this branch OF science has
been made within the last few years. and
the reports from Prof Mines observa-
tory. on the Isle OF Wight always attract
interest.
Twenty-Five years ago Lindon Bates.
OF Chicago. was compelled through lack
OF funds TO discontinue MS course az tho
ShefheId Scientific School and enter a
railroad once as clerk. says che New
York Tribune. Then he went into the
| building az railroads. and IN 1919. having
secured the contract 10 build two miles
| o. the Chicago Drainage Canal. he con
| structed hydraulic dredge. which al
! tracted the attention Of engineers Next
he built a dredgc for the United State
/ Government. 10 be used IN the Mississlppl
river. which cut more than four tinrv
/ the amount Of earth called for Now M.
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