The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the navy since 1S49 and it is a striking fact
that of the numerous soldiers sentenced to
death for military offenses during the war
with Spain not one was executed.
The agricultural part OF Chill. which
lies south of Valparaiso. is being rapidly
developed, and the cities of Talcahauano,
the principal seaport, and Concep C4on, the
commercial metropolis Of that section, are
fun of enterprises.
There have been appointed a special
commission to report the ruins of the
cliff jewellers in the vicinity Of Mancos
and Cortes, Col, and also near Aztec
Mex, with the idea of reserving che lands
as national park.
Philadelphia Geographical Society is to
continue its work of settirg wooden casks
adrift on the ice north of this continent
20 demonstrate the currents of Arctic wa
tiers north of BerinS strait. Each cask W
! contain blank to be filled in by he ind
er.
| 1t is stated on the authority of those
who have undergone the experience, that
people buried in an avalanche hear dis
tinctly every word uttered by those who
are seeking them while their most siren
Gus shouts fail to penetrate even a few
| feet of snow.
According to italian Engineering,
trolley road viii soon be built ION the
Road to Mandelay." A scheme submit
ted by an electrical company was accept
! ed a snort time ago by the Mandelay Mu>
nlcipal Council, and the road is 10 be be
gun within one year and to be running
within three years.
-N.euna as never had cat show, ana,
in fact, such thing has never been
| Known in the empire. The Australia
Saran Bird Rasers' Association has now
taken the matter up in planning an ex-
position to he held n June. Many look
upon the undertaking as a huge joke or
as strictly orig nal idea.
"A Washington mill have taken an
order from the United States government
for 100000 'eet of cedar for use "a Ma
MIA says the Mississippi Valley iMr-
| herman. The hTst government build
ings were BUILT of fir. but the white ants
| WhIch lntest that country ate IL with ap-
| parent RELISH, snd with so disastrous e.
feots to the buildings that cedar wilt be
substituted, II being claimed that the ants
! VIII not attack cedar 1t is also claimed
! by some that hen ;ock is ant-proof. Should
this fact be proved the question of a mar
| ket for hemlock would have been solved"
The fact that the United States has
become the worlds greatest producer of
coal, and at cost of production far be-
low that of any other part of the world,
| Is attracting great attention, especially
from British producers and consumers of
| coal. The present output of the United
! States is larger than that of the United
Kingdom, and coal can be bought in
| America at the pit mouth at S11S a ton
! as against $l36 paid in Great Britain.
Because of this the result is that people
| In Lancashire are talking about bringing
| coal from America to Lancashire In 1870
the United States produced sc, s06, $50 short
| tons, and in the same year the United
| Kingdom produced 123, $50, 1886 short tons
says the Scientihs American. In 1880 our
| production of coal had risen to 4. 4s1, $50
short tons, while that of the United King
dom was 1914, 605.7 1888 short tons, and in 1889
| the total amount of coal produced in the
United States was 24,0OO,O0O short tons.
against 234, 100000 short tons of the United
| Kingdom.
"A New York millinery house has had
an inquiry for 'blushing bonnets," says
the New York Commercial. Inasmuch as
it was the first inquiry of the kind, and
as they did not know what under the blue
| canopy a "blushing bonnet" was they in
stituted careful search 90 find out The
| result is interesting, even from a sordid
| commercial standpoint. The "blushing
bonnet is known in London. and it may
have had its origin there, though a Lon
don authority thinks the credit ought to
go to Paris. 1t is any kind of bonnet
with little metal spring and clasp hid
| Gen behind flowers, and when the head
of The fair wearer of the bonnet is bent
forward with that downcast movement SO
becoming to modest maids and matrons
the clasp presses on the temple and com
| pels blush. There is no chance for fail
ure There is said to be a moderate de-
mand for this ingenious aid to beauty
in London and Paris, and the inquiry
which has reached the New York firm sug-
gests the possibility of some demand in
this country.
The subject of stunted men and wo-
men is always of importance notwith-
standing that the rising generation prom
ises to be we'll above the average in hight.
notable Frenchman has published re-
searches in paper read before the
! French Academy of Medicine, in which
| he traces shortness in children mainly to
| alcoholism, morphine habit and other sim
! liar troubles in their parents He believes
| that treatment for stunted children is val
! liable and should consist of rational meas
ures directed to the relief of the maladies
1 which produce arrested developmens dom
| blned with improved hygiene and gymnas-
tics Remembering that there is always
one primary factor which renders the child
short. he attempts the direct remedy by
bones
! Since the growth of bones is at the poinr
where the shaft joins the ends he induces
local excitation at this point by applying
saturated salt or brine congresses around
the joints at night He believes that
electricity locally applied is even more eff
hcacious and almost any kind of Current
seems TO act as a sufficient stimulant He
! has also found good results from the an
! phcafion to the muscles surrounding the
! joints.
One Of the military lessons learned in
the present South Africa war is the i'm
| portance of heavy artillery in the field.
| ana the British officers consider that AT
! ana 6-inch guns are necessary additions
| to the equipment of field forces, saws an
| exchange. The 12-pounders and 15-pound-
ers have previously been employed as the
| ready movement of larger guns was not
deemed feasible, but tn 47-inch gun is now
| constructed so that with its carriage IL
weighs about 2la tons. and this weight is