The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-17
ITEMS or INTEREST.

tnHuu 70 nave been ftNeiHNa anu tiih htiNA
binding 10 20 the core turned che wrong
Wa.
There Is talk Of pulling down the old
court house at Odel. Ia. and fUncle' Bill
D. smith intends chat when the tearlns
down shall begin be will be- there. The
cd relic WAS built Ia ISIS and under IN
Gle Buly's directions q gallon OF rye whis-
Ky was sealed up and deposited ia me
corner stone Billy o. determined that u
there Is but one drink left Of che E-year'
old rye be viii have Il.
Tho question OF employing swallows
Instead o. pigeons 20 carry dispatches has
been seriously considered 10 France. The
aptitude Of the swallow for the Work ~
by many held to be- even greater than
that OF the pigeon They ny TO a greater
/ hight and are therefore Jess exposed 70
being shot and they travel faster max
ing good nearly eighty miles az hour.
where a pigeon would only go over hity.
/ il is also claimed for them that they are
more faithful intelligent and have not on
/ hong journeys 70 stop TO feed, as the
I pigeon has. 10 Is also asserted that the
swallow can he more easily and quickly
| trained
The Jr Expedition Committee, Of
which @. 4. Peabody q Pine street. New
York. is treasurer. will this winter send
AN expedition 70 cNeayatc and expo @
Cur OF the Chaldees." Abrahams early
I home. provided sufficient subscriptions are
received Modern methods of excavation.
with tho use OF wire cables for the re-
moval OF the dirt. VIII be employed and
I e. r. expected that the entire temple o.
I the Moon God viii soon be laid bare, say
Z the Baltimore sun A map OF southern
Babyloula aud collection Of the faun1
aud fora will be- attempted, and IL s.
I hoped that valuable literary treasures OF
the time OF "thc Father q the Faithful
and earlier viii De discovered. Abraham.
ln fact in the light Of data obtained in
recent excavations near Babylon. IS al
most "a modern character. His period a.
"a comparatively late one Ia the history
OF the cradle OF our civilization. Never
thelcss our knowledge Of q Is too scanty
AMI excavations al Ur are likely 70 give
useful data.
Instead OF cutting down tho locomo-
/ uvcs and throwing the materials on the
/ scrap pile. as q Is the practice on nearly
I every railway system IN this country. say
I the Montreal Herald. the Canada Pdcine
I is making an experiment, using the On
glnes to generate steam for heating pur
poses one was placed IN position a few
/ days ago Do the addition 10 Windsor Sta
ton. now in course Of construction on Os-
. borne street Pipes ran from the steam
I dome connect with the coils In the struc-
ture and furnish sufficient heat 10 maxi
the place comfortable FOR the workmeu
in addition 10 doing away with the saa
manders formerly used. The arrangement
is simple. consisting Of pit abou' three
feet deep. into which q track has beer
. Al rrL IHlN
have been removed. IS run tn and an
chorcl. after which some or the super
fious gearing Is stripped of and the wa
T Ter and steam attachments are made The
. smokest8ck IS connected with an over
I head pipe about 100 feet in length which
connects with tho air shaft. thus obylat-
ing the presence OF smoke and poisonoui
I gases SO common when sa,amanders ar
used.
Habit Is a great factor in routine
life, and. perhaps Ia no other form doe
It attack us so vitality as in eating" sal
I former newspaper man, according %
I the Philadelphia Record. For fifteen
I years I worked on morning paper a
I year ago 7 gave up my position 90 30 into
a mereaitile business and since then. al
/ though ] have used every effort ] have
not been able 20 accustom myself TO the
I
I the hours so much as 90 is the appetite.
I when q man gets up at noon for tf,ee
I years. and goes 20 bed anywhere from 2
20 In the morning. one might naturally
Z think that 10 would be hard for him 90
I grow accustomed 20 getting up az AMI
I going TO bed al II or 70. SO e s.. bar
[ you can get used to that more readily
than you can bring your appetite to a
/ realization 81 the change. My best meal
and the only one ] really enjoy. Is bate
/ 90 night This. / admit is merely habit.
can seldom eat good breakfast an
[ that means a poor lunch. also. Al Z
| o'clock. When I am supposed to dine. ]
I have little appetite. But when ! should
think of going 10 bed / am ravenou sly
/ hungry on the other hand n / can get
up Ia the morning and eat a good break
fast I'm an right for the rest OF the day.
queer isn't it,"
-Maxwelgs theory OF light assumes a
slight pressure by the impact OF ether
waves. In Kcplers time comets tails
we're supposed 20 be duo to the radiation
from the sun exercising a repulFive force
upon che comets. These ideas. says toe
| Baltimore sun have been called again
into prominence by Herr 5. Arrheulus
who calculates the amount OF the pres
sure In the immediate neighborhool
Of the SUM- he says. "a body OF unit
specific gravity and OF cubic form one
/ centimeter on each edge. would lose about
one tcn-thousandih part of It's weight oU-
ing to the radiation. IL the size OF tho
particle Is diminished the loss becomes
comparatively greater. since the volume
decreases more rapidly than the surface
under such conditions. Thus the weigh,
Of cube of 0.O00l centimeter on a sde
would DE exactly balanced 10y the repui.
sion due 20 radiation, while a particle
OF half that diameter would be given q
velocity Of repulsion such that Il would
describe path equal 90 the SUMS diam.
eter la one hour" on this basis a the.
ory Is built that explains the formation
OF comets tails. the curvature OF which
is due 20 the variations OF the radiation
with the distance OF the component mar.
uclcs from the sun. II the partlclee 1re
| OK molecular dimensions their repulsiou
would bc OF au order which presupnose.
O rcpuisivc force from 10 10 100 titpos q
great as the attractive force OF grnvity
Mai. Altman. says the London News
gives an interesting account Ia the jour.
nal OF tho Royal United Service Institu.
ton OF the pigeons that were used as
messengers during the Siege OF Lady.
smith. Soon after the arrival OF Sir
/ George White 30 Natal. the Durham HON.
ms Society offered the loan OF their birds
10 the military authorities. Two mem.
bcrs Of that society took charge OF tbe
| feeding aud nFinu OF the hlrd. Tofts