The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-03

bobby T. a policeman. and even IN this
country the police officers are often ia
miiiarly called "peelers." In both words
tribute is paid 10 the genius Sir Robert
Peel. who rcorganized the English police
force.
"A vigorous crusade against unsightly
advertising Is now bling waged In Boston
and cub which has become interested
In the matter has offered a prize for the
500 OF twelve phot oEraphs which shall best
Illustrate the disagreement Of landscapes
in the vicinity Of the Hub in the way in
dicatsd. movement against such adver.
Using Is also on foot In New York. and the
New York Central Railroad Company has
taken up the matter with the object OF
protecting the scenery along It's route.
"A prize OF i.Ooo francs is offered. says the
Electrician. by the French Industrial As
ISOLATION against Accidents 20 Issborers. at
Paris. FOR the most efficacious Insulating
glove for electrical workmen. The gloves
must be- strong enough 10 resist. not only
the electric current. but also accidental
perioration by copper wire, etc. and
must. an addition. be easy 20 wear by
hands OF any size and allow the work
mans ringers sufficient freedom to exc
cute their work. The competition Is In
tcrnatonal. and Is open until Dec. 81, 1900
Printing OF books with Braille type for
|. the bcncht OF the blind has made an i'm
mense progress In England within the last
few years. The central leading library
OF birmingham has no less than 500 books
printed with Braille type. This extensive
library comprises the works q such ia
vorite authors as Shakespeare. Browning,
Sir Walter Scott Tcnnyson and Ruskin
The Plymouth public library has also q
similar collection OF about go volumes.
and numerous other libraries throughout
the country POSSESSES similar collections for
The entertainment OF those deprived Of
their sight
The artesian wells OF Eastern Algeria
have reconciled tribes whom military ter
rofism failed 20 pacify. The first appear
ance Of the rock drill machinery merely
provoked their banter. but when unfail-
ing fountains Of cold water burst forth
aud filled tanks ana refrigeration canals
their iibes turned 20 silence and finally
90 grunts OF approval Now they are be
sieging the tents OF the government en-
gineers. begging them 90 try their luck
here aud ,h,re. and promise their politi-
cal support In case Of an aquatic treasure
trove should restore the productiveness Of
their parched outhelds.
III - hNA AAAtf ANtk a N0tuHn u NAAAuA
to own up to being homely. or to fiaunt
her age before the public IL she be on the
far eide Of thirty; but Sarah Ann Mosh-
or. Of Cleveland. O.. Is an exception TO the
rule She Inserted the following unique
"ad' IN she Cleveland papers last week
WANTED-POSITION AS STENOGRA-
pher: / am a woman ~ years old. turn
out clean perfect work; 10 years expert
ence homciy. but healthy and neat. hon
est and know business when I see IT, sal
nry TO start thirty per week at least: /
can help TO make the fortune Of any over
worked business man with brains. and
will do IL for wages.
Communication by cable between
Washington and Manila Is not only ex-
penslve. but messages are sent in a
roundabout way. Al present the route
over which each outbound message must
travel T. as follows: To New York by
land: TO Naientia. Ireland. by cable. TO
Brighton. England. by cable and land; 10
Havre. France. by cable: TO Marseilles.
by land; TO Alexandria Egypt by cable:
TO Suez, Egypt. by land 20 Alden. Ara
bia. by cable; to Bombay India. by ca
BILE. 20 Madras. by land: 10 Singapore,
Malayan Peninsula, by cable; TO Saigon.
Cochin China. by cable: 20 Hong Kong.
| by cable; 10 Manila Philippine Islands.
| by cable The sotal distance Is approx
matcly 1900 miles.
In q cemetery near Falls City. Neb
~ tombstone bearing this inscription:
~ scottish. fabhless husband
Has caused nv early death.
Rest for the weary pilgrim;
There Is "a hsvenly rest.
| Farewell my aged parents;
Farewell my brother dear:
| To YOU. my two sweet darlings,
God be your guardian care
n was erected by an Old German for his
| daughter. The scottish husband" neither
refonn,d nor destroyed the stone. bet he
gave the rehuke no concepn and continued
his evil ways until year lgo. wher he
/ took M his grave near by, and. from all
appear ances. sleeps well.
a new method OF purifying the atmos
phcre OF a room has just been discovered
by French physician. II f. novel. sim
pie, scientific and wonderfully effective
lie arranges his material like seidli'z now
ders. In two papers OF different colors One
Of them (the white, for instance) contains
| bioNide or harium, which Il strongly i'm
| pregnated with concentrated perfume
| This Is first Put in oil papar and then
/ wrapped In the white paper The other
| tblue. or any other color, 20 distinguish
| ~ contains Termanganate OF potash
| When the two powders are mixed the
oxygen Is freed. mingles with the atmos-
phere and drives out the bad air. when
the powder Is intended for dlslnfection
purposes only the perfume l. omitted.
Capt. Rason OF the British army fur
nishes some startling figures to the Lon
don press concerning the increase al lung
diseases among the sailors. According 20
his statistics, "a appears that since isSs
respiratory maladies have increased In
number by no less than 90 per cens. That
Is 20 say. while the total OF general dis.
ease has steadily diminished, lung from
bles. pleurisy. pneumonia. bronchitis
phthisis and kindred complaints have
enormously increased 50 that whereas
the sum total OF invading on home STA.
tons has gone down. the invalldinR
caused by complaints OF shls order has
more than doubled. The fact that with
the abolition of masts and sails the men
are infinitely less exposed TO cold and
wet than they were In former DAYS does
not seem 10 have any material effect upon
the stuniion. Capt Rason suggests that
making she men live In unlined steel
ships may have something 20 do with
the matter. hun this Is not regarded as an
adequate explanation. Another suggestion
Is that the greater heat and the over
crowding In che interiors of modern war.
ships may exercise uneanffarv Influence.