The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the game of golf has infected every
European. There are two golf clubs ana
the members are very enthusiastic. 1t S
near the equator and the climate is so hot
that IL Is almost impossible 10 keep me
golf balls in condition. 50 they keep tfem
on ice like champagne and beer. Your
Chinese caddy, when he goes out with you,
carries small ice bag, in which the balls
are kept, otherwise you would knock
them egg-shape every time you hit them-
Quotations from an English medical
work published a century ago show how
marvellous is the advance which has bee1
made in the knowledge of pracutione
One sovereign remedy of olden times was
that of blood letting in cases of hemor-
rhage of the lungs. Another plan was to
make consumptive patients live fer few
months in a stable with cows, the supposi-
ton being that the exhalations from the
animals would cure those afflicted with
pulmonary diseases. People of rank and
education submitted to such treatment.
Dr. John P. Wood, of Coffeyville, Kan,
now in his ninety ninth year. says he is
the Oldest practicing physician in the Uni
ted States if not in the world. He de-
votes a part of every day to the duties
of his profession and takes a great in crest
in current events. He walks easily WITH
out cane, reads readily without glasses
MS nearing is unlmpalreu,, ne mas an excel
lent appetite and good digestion. He comes
of a family noted for longevity. His faith
err lived to the age Of ninety-seven, us
mother lived to be ninety-fiye, one of his
brothers lacked but few days of reaching
the century mark, and Two Of his siste
died at the age of ninety-eight. Among
his brothers were Mai. Gen. Wood of the
Union Army, and Brig. Gen. Wood of the
Confederate Army. He sums up the causes
of his long life as temperance in ell
things and a common sense observance
of the laws of health
While the night Examinations produced
Electrically at the Paris Exposition prom
isS to be of a high order of merit and
beauty, lighting experts seem to be agreed
that the charming electrical effects seen
at the Worlds Fair. Chicago, in 1893 will
not be equalled. With the question of
electric fountains displays and electric
lighting prominently In mind, the engi-
neers of the Pan-American Exposition,
which will be held at Buffalo, N. Y. in
1901, have adopted plans which, when car
ried out, will result in startlingly orig
inal effects. The areas of this exposition
have been laid out with special refer
ence to night effects and the horticul-
tural and landscape features have been
designed to harmonic with the fountain
displays and the illumination. An i'm
mense electric tower of unusual design
is one novelty promised and the lighting
of the lakes and waterways by floating
incandescent lamps is another. The CEN
trail electric station, which will supply
current TO the entire exposition, has also
been designed to be a working exhibit,
as well as a source of power.
Most people can see faces in the fire,
and some strange form in the moon, that
has given rise to the saying about a man
in the moon, says the London News. Not
two people, however, in all probability see
alike, and this has suggested to M Ca
mile Flammarion, the distinguished
French astronomer, a rather curious ex-
pertinent. He has asked a number of
more or less well known men to tell him
what they can fancy they see in the out
lines on the moons surface, and he has
received some odd replies. M. Sant-Saens
can see the outline of a kangaroo; M
Aquilino Barba, a suppiiant Madonna;
M. Zamboni, a mans head kissing a wo-
mans head; NJ. Dragon, anything he
pleases; NJ. Deseilligny, only shapeiess
spots; NJ. A. Pierot, man with out
stretched arm; NJ de Balassny. Cain bear
ing aloft on a pitchfork the bleeding body
of Abel, and NJ. Quenisset, the trunk and
legs of man. Each person addressed
was asked to furnish a little sketch of
his fancy picture, and the drawings thus
obtained have been formed into an album
and presented to the Astronomical So
ciety of France. In the reign of Charles
H. our own savants, according to Butler,
all saw the same thing in the moon
namely, an elephant and even then 1t was
only because there was a mouse In their
telescope. French scientific men of the
present day have. more Imagination.
One great advantage of the electromo-
bile over automobiles propelled by gaso-
line of steam power is its simplicity of
operation. Except for the matter of
steering, running an electromoble is ex-
actly as simple as running a trolley car.
Inc chauffeur" usually sits on the left
slde OF the seat, the controller handle in
his left hand the steering bar in his right
hand. The brake is operated by one foot
pressing pin and the bell is rung by
pressing pin with either foot Either
steam or gasoline automobile REQUIRES
the "chauffer" to be a pretty good steam
engineer, as water gauges, steam indica-
tors and fuel tanks must be watched
while running the machine A recent
lecturer on the subject, referring to the
above statement, observed that in the op-
Grafton of an electromobile only 10 per
cent. of the skill required to run il was
expended on the vehicle while standing
in the stable. He further stated that
Where the steam or gasoline automobile
is concerned these figures are reversed
Considering its short radius of operation.
usually from twenty-five to forty miles,
the electromobile has come to be regard
ed as the ideal vehicle for city use II
Will be but few years, it is believed.
before electric charging stations will be
numerous all over the country, and then
the eiectromobile will take it's place with
the steam and gasoline vehicles as a tour
ing automobile.
New Englands southern tier of
states has lately been visited by the
more or less frightful nocturnal appari-
ton of locomotive with two great glar-
ing eyes rushing along the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad at the
head of one of the great express trains
between this city and Boston, says the
New York Times 1t is enough to ter
rify timid maids and set the children cry
ing. The engine has two headlights set
side by side about yard apart i'm the
usual position just before the smokestack.
out the effect is as though the modern
steel Polyphemus had grown another op-
tic. Beings Of flesh and blood rub their
eyes to make sure they are not deceiving