The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

I the gram 20 the wheel WINE the nun ir
being taken on \ ian viii then separate
the husks from the grain.
-Iucessant vibration of The shutter In
the biograph. necessary 10 impart the cs-
sentiai llfelike vcracity 10 the movements
on the aim. has been entirely ohviatesi
by clever Invention OF an EngliShman.
/ Walter Gibbons. and bis device O. being
| employed in connection with the hiograph
nj the London hlppodrome. BY this new
mechanism there will b. no further irri-
1 tation TO the eyes Of the audience. a draw
back which Is very painful after staring
for some time a. an ahnormally long aim.
Electric typewriters are expected 60
make their appearance on tho market
this autumn number Of them have
been patented and there VIII be some
| rivalry. They will cost about 500. The
I electric typewriter Is q power machine.
| al the work of she moving parts being
done hy an electric motor. while the on
| orator simply indicates the characters II
looks like an ordinary typewriter ana
I The keyboard IS the SHINE The printing
/ is accomplished by mere contact Of the
finger No pressure being Required there
Is no fatigue. Anoshcr advantage IS that
speed IS practically unlimited. The work
- done as fast as the keys can be touched
] - +'""tA ihifh AAN Al9tANiH eNNIE MS nv
oxford. correspondent OF the Chicago
Post says: "Ono q young Prince was "a
| fascinating little creature whose strong
| English accent seemed strangely out Of
| place with his almond-ehapod eyes ana
4 stin black hair lie is che nephew OF
/ the King OF Siam. and Is 60 be an am
hassador. though ~ ingenuously admits
1 that he would prefer 10 hc a policeman
lie was an interesting study. with hi i'm
! penetrahle. Oriental features and his CON
| Trajectory esprit and animation. Dressed
IN the highs Of English fashion. playing
| cricket and riding wheel Il seemed
bizarre and Ike a comic opera to know
that he would eventually go hack 10 his
1 native land TO wear the picturesque toys
l Of his native country. and presumably
marry some dainty siamsse Princess"
Says the Kennebec Journal: Few not
residing IN the starch districts Of Aroos-
took probably have any idea OF the ex-
! tent Of the starch manufacture All
know that u Is one Of Aro0sto0k big
| industries and tina, the smaller potato s.
| not useful for market purposes. and the
rotted ones ere ground up a the facfo-
1 ries for making starch. and beyond this
| the public knowledge extends hut a short
distance, II Is no new industry. but
very useful one for the potatoe grower
making demand, as ii does. for the I'M
I marketable portion Of che crop. There
are about fifty starch factories in tho
1 county. Last year the total output was
about seven thousand tons. while the
average yearly demand Ia the Unlsed
states IS hut from eleven thousand 70
twelve thousand tons"
A single pound OF coal r. capable o.
producing two hundred and thlrty-six
horsepower. ana could do the@work OF an
/ express locomotive for one-ffth Of a min
/ ute. says the American BOY. In other
words. 10 IS enough 20 haul n train Of
/ eight cars. including the Pullman sleep
Ing cars and dining cars. al the rate Of
htty miles an hour one-sixth OF mile In
saving wood. man may work a. tue rate
| OF about sixty strokes q minutes and his
| saw-hiado may have progresses five feet
| minute. but a circular saw. driven by
machinery. viii cut seventy times az
much wood in The same time. Aud vet
| this little pound Of coal contains ROVER
enough for one hundred and eighty such
saws. We can easily compare the rover
| locked up la this black diamond
with the work % a strong man The
| strength Of man may be Teckoned AZ
/ one-tenth OF horsepower Allow him
/ eight working hours equal to four hun
I dred and eighty minutes During this
time ne occasionally stops for Short rests
I - r.--AttF' tAAH AfifHAaAAtt To DICK M AnHfngF
1 tool. 20 judge Of the result OF hia work
ana plan for further procedure This viii
/ take one-tenth ~ the time. leaving four
! hundred ana thirty-two minutes which
/ az one-tonih Of "a horse-pow gives him
| a total eject Of forty-three and two-fanths
horsepower as the result OF his DAVIS a
Dor. This pound OF coal contains more
tnan suihcient power 20 do IN one minute
/ theFuay work II five such men or AZ
would take about nine thousand six hum.
drcd strong men. working steadily sile
/ hy side TO do jointly as mucn work I'm
one minute as nature has locked up FOR
coal -
- wonder what becomes OF certain
coins that are now very rare" said a New
/ Orleans joweler the other day ,,ron,s
/ or "A three-dollar goldplece upon which no
I was engraving "a monogram for a mem
can't, according TO the Times Democrat
! IL Is very mysterious" he c1uiinted
and the more one looks into the matter
the harder It Is 10 understand Take mi.
three-dollar piece. for example Thev arc
% hara 70 get hold Of nowadays that tho
| dealers refuse 10 quote any premium on
/ mem In other words. they are worth
l Whatever one cares to give ana they are
I IN constant demand for decorative mar
noses Of all kinds This trlnket am
working now Is the outcome % an order
/ Tor pair Of cur links that took last
summer. hut ! was unable 20 secure ,ro,e
IMAM one coin. 90 We had 10 compromlsa
on q bangle Meanwhile I went 10 me
trouble Of examining the records. and 1
ma that over half a million pieces haze
been issued and nut iato circulation. The
exact figure o. 539 592 They were t,osfl,,
minted back IN the hfties. although tIe
act authorizing them was repealed only
Ten years ago. and 81 course. they have
hod plenty 81 time 10 get widely scat
tered. Yet that doesn't account for heir
almost total Disappearance. ~ they we're
reasonably common as ornament Il wouiI
be different. but they are no. Now ana
then. NJ rare intervals. / run across one
on watch chain or q hracelef. Tut
haven't encountered dozen In a. many
years. The question Is. what has he
come OF them Il Is certainly strange ttat
over million and a half dollars In gold
Tor that was the total value OF tho
issue-shoud vanish bodily OF tie face
OF the earth No doubt good many 81 |
the rieces have been boarded away. hut |
II Is pretty generally underst aod hat the,
command large premium. ani inst fact /
cught TO lure them from their hI1inr I
places. The history OF tho COLUMBIAN M /
yer pieces. coined IN ~ and 90. Is very 4
simllar' They appeared aud disanpearert /
ana at present they are hardly ever seen |