The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-15
ITEMS or INTEREST.

Cornish. Me. has been bufsaliAfh f'--
ularly in the spring and fan, complete
OUTFIT Of clothing. shoes aud nat being
taken on each occasion. The semi-hnnuhl
visitation has just taken place, Win inc
usual result
In Great Britain. only a few years
ago American petroleum had almost a
monopoly. From Jan. / TO Aug /. 1870
the imports were 100000 gallons or Amer
lean aud 2 80 ooo gallons Of Russian petro-
leum The reason for this IL said 90 pc
the fac, that large Russian oil fields nave
been acquired by Euglishmen.
An electrical machine mas been devised
which IS capable Of registering extern
pore comp0sitIous on the piano. The ar
rangement can be attached 10 any ogdi-
nary plano and % Is reported that the
machine has taken down tarauteila
played al the rate OF 2ooo notes minute.
The uttac hment. Il 81 stated, does not In
terfere with the touch.
a Paris store has 400 employees. The
smallest kettle in IT'S kitchen contains
100 quarts and the largest go. Zach Of
Sd roasting pans Is big enough for 80
outlets Every dish for baking potatoes
hold g25 pounds. when omelets are on
the bin Of fare 1850 eggs are used at
once For cooking alone g. cooks and 100
assistants are always al the ranges.
The CONNECTICUT Supreme Court will
soon be called upon 10 decide as TO the
validity Of a clause IN the will Of one
Hall who bequeathed $1,000 for the pur-
pose OF combating the fundamental Chris
tian doctrine that the soul is immortal.
Natural heirs contest the will rasing no
question az to the testator's eoundness OF
mind but declaring that % would be CON
trary 60 public policy 10 allow such VIII
20 stand.
During the first six months Of this
year the exports OF German brushes and
sleeves reached 81. SCI $40. an Increase Of 90
per cent a. compared with the exports
for the same period OF the year previous.
Great Britain took ass per cent. OF the
exports. tho United States 60 per cent,
Holland 50 per cent. Argentina. a. per
cent: Switzerland. "a per cent: Austria
lia 3.5 per cent; Austria Hungary. IS
per cent
A member Of the Board OF General
Directors OF the Royal Saxon Railways
has invented new device for the con-
sumption OF smoke given on by locomo-
lives lie claims that 81 IS almost per-
feet whether the locomotive ie moving
or standing SIN. A locomotive using this
new invention and being worked TO its
utmost capacity saves in one month IS
co pounds Of coal. To equip locomotive
with the device costs about SIS.
Next 10 bread. a Kloudike cook strives
TO achieve distinction by his doughnuts.
This may appear frivolous az FIRST glance.
and al second. considering the materials
with which he works an impossible feat.
says Hsrpers Bazaar. But doughnuts are
all important 10 the man who goes on
troll for a journey OF any length. Bread
freezes easily and there is less grease
and sugar. and hence less heat IN II than
in doughnuts. The latter do not solldafy
except at extremely low temperatures,
and they are very handy 20 carry IN the
pocket OF a Mackinaw Jacket and munch
IS one travels along. They are made
much after the manner OF their brethren
in warmer cllmes with the exception that
they are cooked In bacon grease-the more
grease the better they are. Sugar is the
cooks chief stumbling block II IL Is very
scarce. why. add more grease. The men
never mind-on trail In the cabin?-well.
that's another matter; besides. bread Is
good enough for them then.
The following method Of treating wood
10 give u the appearance OF metal Is
published by the Moniteur de Ia Pilot
graphic. Tho wood Is soaked FOR three
OF four days. according 10 hardness. in
a solution OF caustic aikali az tempers-
ture o. Is 10 - degrees c.. II H. then
transferred at once TO bath OF hydro
sulphite OF calcium TO which saturated
solution Of sulphur IN caustic potash e.
added after a lapse OF twenty-four hours
The wood should remain IN this bath AZ
temperature OF IS to % degrees c. for
about IS hours. Finally It should b.
soaked for abous thirty TO fifty hours IN
solution OF acetate OF lead at a tenn
perature Of 80 TO 70 degrees G.. These
successive baths take some time. but the
effect IS surprising After the wood has
been dried al a moderate temperature. u
may be polished with burnisher OF hard
wood, and acquires a brilliant metallic
iustre which may be heightened By pre-
viously rubbing the surface with piece
Of lead. tin or zinc and using glass or
porcelain burnisher. The wood then re-
sembles metallic mirror, and II Is very
hard and strong.
"A South Side man residing In a big
apartment house has been robbed two or
three times IN the past year and finally
grew tired OF Il and set about devising
some means Of warding on the robbers
which would not neceasltate some one re-
NAMING IN the nat every evening, says
the Chicago Chronicle Not only does he
leave the gas lighted. but he has purchas-
ed phonograph which talks in loud and
resonant tone for a time aud then throws
out few remarks In deeper voice. ac-
companled by much laughter The rec
ord is that Of a conversation between two
nten and was made 60 order The listen
or outside the door OF the Hat would swear
two large. burly men were IN the room.
and. as the conversation Is long ons,
relative 20 the ease with which one OF
the men threw two other men downstairs
a few nights before. u Is calculated to
make burglar pause and reflect A
megaphone horn Is attached 10 the ma
chine, which increases the volume OF the
voices. and when the owner OF the device
wishes TO take his wife to the theater he
sets the repcat switch. which viii repro-
duce the conversation as long as the hat
terry lasts, turns on the machine and goes
bhthely away He has not been robbed
since he invented the device.
When a man or woman goes into "A
shop in China clerk. with much core
mony, brings fragrant tea which Is served
H. nne style. says the San Francisco Ex.
aminer The compliments OF the season
are exchanged, there are talks about the
weather-in fact every kind OF evasion
Is employed 10 keep away from the real
reason Of tho visit, which Is 20 buy some
thing. The proprietor solemnly watches
hos M 600 NIFaara