The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-02
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Among tlt ttufANa AUVuh souAl - III
gals which have been dug up In connec-
tion with che eN-scnntor's death is one
10 the effect that he once called Secretary
George Martin OF the state Historical So
cioty "a louise" Mr. Martin Indignantly
denies the truth OF shls story, saying:
MIR. ingalls, never Ia his life called me
a louise. lie called me bodbug."
The Usage Indians have Just been
celebrating a wedding In high lfe-that
OF Talk Elk. a chief worth 10000 In his
own rigAs and heir 20 much more. and
Mary Rcd Eagle. daughter OF a wealthy
chief The fathers OF the bride and
groom have long been enemies and both
were bitterly opposed TO the wedding es-
pecially the squaw's father. whose for
tune Is said to be about 100000
"a North Side commuter tells this
among other stories OF his recent trip
across che water: While in England he
attended country fair where show
man was exhibiting q dwarf. A bucolic
spectator denounced the show as "A hum
brg, saying: why. your dwarfNs nearly
as big as am. and I'm not a small
man" That's just 3d." blandly said the
Snowman; MS the biggest dwarf in the
world
seeing that elk were becoming scarce and
having In mind the fate Of the buffalo,
has established a preserve OF twenty
acres. inclosed by a fence. In which ne
has a herd OF ninetecn elk He started
four years ago with half a dozen. and
as these animals In their wild stale are
rapidly being cxtcrminated. he hopes that
IN few years handsome return viii come
for his foresight
-workmen employed in the erection OF
a new primary school At the corner Of
Pearl. Bartlett and School streets.
Charlcstown. Mass. struck vault below
the surface and found a lot Of corroded
coin In II which proved to be silver dol
lars, and seemed 90 be stacked up In some
semh.ance Of order. Most OF the coins
could not be identified Al first on account
| OF the thick corrosion. but a few Ia the
middle Of the piles we're clean enough to
show the dates.
Pearls are being found in great quanti-
ties in the Black and ST. Francois river. in
Southwest Missouri. a Popular Bluff hsn-
erman found the frst gem Ia an ordinary
mussel which he picked up on a shoal in
Black river. lie sold the gem to a st
Louis Jeweier for Si25 and since then hun
dreds Of people have locked 10 the rivers
to engage in pearl fishing. Many valuable
gems have been found. Nearly all are
white with Uniting OF different hues. and
range in size from a grain OF wheat 20 an
ordinary pea.
Taking advantage OF reduced steamer
rates. several hundred Belglans from the
Indiana gas belt decided TO visit their ma
tive country this summer Word comes
that on arriving there many OF them were
pressed into military service. IN spite Of
the fact that they had secured passports
before sailing. As nearly all these men
were glassworkers. there Is strong pros
pect that there viii De a scarcity OF such
labor In the fan Some OF the men forced
TO join the Belgian army left wives and
children In this country.
Powers the Kentucklan convicted Of
completely in the murder OF Gcebel. may
be excused II he put some faith in the idea
that thirteen Is an unlucky number. He
was nominated for Office June l3 1899. ar
raigned July -, 1900. as one Of thirteen
conspirators named. was defended by thir-
teen lawyers. his sweetheart was the thir-
teenth witness; the evidence showed that
i200 soldiers were ready TO defend him:
ne gave Cul,on $500 TO pay the expenses
| OF the mouutairs~TE. he took $3.50 with
him when he fed. the evidence closed aug
Il
As Eoid-bearing sand and quartz are
frequently found Ia districts where the
water supply Is scant Efforts have been
made by many 20 discover a process for
extracting the precious metal without the
use Of water. A recent patent seems 20
| have some OF the requirements. and may
/ be worked successfully on large scale.
/ The gold-sond or finely crushed gold
| bearing roCk b. poured into "A metallic
hopper. from the bottom OF which II pours
/ out In "A fine stream. much as the sand
passes through the neck OF an hour lass.
| The hopper and its contents are kept
| highly charged by means OF an electrical
machine. Near tho falling stream OF sand
is placed cylinder or knob also cleo
/ trihed with the same kind OF electricity.
| positive or negative. As the stream fails
| past this. electrical fepuision is producs,i.
/ but the PARTICLES of sand being nou-con-
ductors. are not 30 highly charged as the
| particles Of gold. and hence are not 80
I.violently rcpolled In consequence the
stream divides into two parts. The sand
being lightly Tepelled falls straight down,
while the gold. more strongly Influenced.
| falls 90 one side, and is caught in a sep
arate receptacle. II Is claimed for the
| process that Il results In a concentration
of the highest class. and that the tailings
are almost valucless. as little or no gold
/ Is left In them.
The work OF building the electric rail-
way to the top OF the Jungfrau. which
for many years was considered the most
Inaccessible OF all the Alps. Is so far ad-
vanccd that II may be In use to the sum
nit within eight years. The road starts
az a station on the regular steam railway
called Little Schiedegg. and viii run al
an average grade of Is per cent. to a point
| 10 feet below the summit, where an ele-
vator VIII convey passengers the rest Of
the distance The lower part OF tho road
| Is on the surface OF the ground. while the
| upper part Is In a tunnel The electrical
| equipment Of the road consists ar rack
locomotives operated by threc-phase cur
rents al JOo volts between the phases. The
power Is generated al a small stream
above the village OF Lauterbrunnen. which
has been damned to get something over
ZOO horse power which can be Increased
IN the future by another dam The first
tunnel Is az about 500 feet altitude aed
the distance TO that point from IN. po@er
station Is about six and a quarter miles
J lransformcr aud converter stations are
scattered along the line "a intervals do
pending upon the nature Of tie grades
ana the current carried along tho main
feed wires has pressure 81 s.hsu, 0no
volts The work of construction. which
was begun in 1891. has reached a point
lo'oso feet from tae starting point