The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-24
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right hand. which Is more sensitive TO the
touch than the left is less sensitive than
the latter 20 the effect OF heat and cold.
-Tbe newest thing in the slot machine
line " a machine that charges the storage
batteries OF automobiles. by connecting
the automobile 20 the machine and drop
ping a quarter ~ the slot the batteries
may be charged IN a few minutes. one
Of the machines Is on exhibition NJ the
automobile show being held In New York
city.
The perfunctory manner IN which wit
nesses are sworn in English courts was
illustrated recently during a trial In Lon
don after some twenty witnesses had
given their evidence. II was then dis
covered that al had sworn on and kissed
a copy q The Guide 90 the Law Of Land
lord and Tenant" The mistake came 70
llght only when a court Official noticed
that the supposed Bible was much clean
er than usual. land. as a consequence.
looked closely NJ the book.
Photographs are 20 be put 10 practi-
cal use IN the study OF foreign languages.
where they seem TO have found a useful
place. Grammar and technicalities may
oe acquitted without "a teacher, but one
cannos teach ones self pronunciation.
Hence 10 the many obliged 20 learn
foreign language without the aid Of
teacher Photographic records OF language
lessons are the greatest help. as the ma
chine can repeat the words over and over
again until familiarity With the sounds
is obtained.
Fruit has been found In Zanzibar. East
Africa. whose juice yields substance
closely resembling eutta percha The
fruit looks ike "a peach. but Is as large
az cantaloupe. Il Is unht for food and
u was learned by accident that the milky
Juice would coagulate in boiling water
and would harden on cooling into any
shape desired. Tests are being made with
this substance IN London 10 see II IL can
be- used as a substitute for gutsa percha.
the supply Of which f. growing scarce
though the demand Is increasing
Jacob }. Friedman Of Philadelphia is
member Of a sick benefit society. He was
taken sick and exhibited q doctors certih-
cate saying he was unable to work and
that he should Keep in the open air as
much as possible. The society refused 60
pay. and on being sued advanced the now
81 defense that Friedman. instead Of stay
ing h the open air sat in a small room
from O'Clock one evening suntl 10 the
next morning playing poker. thus vioat-
I ing society bylaw against intoxicating
drinks. wicked or immoral conduct" The
case proved too much for a jury. when
could not agree.
| -Roldmaster S. D Purdy Of the Bur
Ington has on exhibition at his Office at
La Crosse. Wis. a large piece Of the
tusk o. a mammoth which was found in
q gravel pit az Hagar Wis The piece
when taken out was about seven feet
I long and shaped like the tusk OF an ele-
plant. but after being exposed to the at
mosphere Il crumbed 70 dust In many
places. dispute arose as 10 whether IL
was not a piece or petrihed wood and "A
portion OF the ind was sent 20 the geo
/ logical department. az the University Of
Wisconsin. where % was pronounced to be
a portion Of a tusk
Interesting geological features OF our
new South Sea island possessions are 20
be- made the subject OF careful and scien-
tito Investigation. n reports from Wash
/ incton are TO he believed. and n IS under
stand that the inquiry will embrace ethno-
/ logical ana geographical as well as geo
| log cal subjects. Geologicaily the Samoan
Islands are Of much interest and the In
vestigafions OF Prof Dana many years
ago-mostly however in the espescial di-
rection Of the rich coral formations Of
| the Samoan group-are about the only
scientific work which has been done there
with modern methods.
The crew OF the British bark 1nver-
cauld had strange experience during a
recent voyage from Liverpool to New
South Wales. After the vessel had round
Cd the Cape OF Good Hope she encounter
ed northeast gale. and the waves broke
over her so violently and continuously
that her fresh water supply was rendered
undrinkabie The InvcrCaud had on
| board a practically inexhaustible cargo Of
stout intended Tor colonial consumption.
aud for twcnty-three days her crew drank
this beverage whenever they drank al
all They were 80 sick of stout by the
time they arrived AZ sydney that any ~
them would willingly have taken the
pledge
Private Oficer Levi. a Waterman IN
! Cincinanu. was the laughable victim OF
his own corpulencc one night last week
Passing along Ninth street he noticed an
open door and walked in 20 see whether
al was right The hallway was consider
ably narrowed some distance hack and
the portly officer. who weighs about 3o1
pounds suddenly found that he was
WffAHNA ~ So NA~Ahtf AAAAA Atf AffNA'A tiNt
move Not wishing TO arouse the resi-
dents and sherehy alarm them unncles-
sarlly. he stayed where he was two
/ hours. Then a policeman came along
and finding the door open he also entered
BY main strength the newcomer pulled
out the Falstafian Waterman.
a San francisco inventor has devoted
quarter OF century to the perfection
Of dcvice which he believes viii store
up wave power for use in running ma
chinery. street cars electric lights ana
the like As described IN brief the ar
rangement consists OF two buoye attach
- under water TO a p,uuger and rs they
rise and fall with the waves they mote
the pluuEcr up and down IN an upright
tube and compress the air therein This
tube is connected with a pipe which runs
along the sea bottom TO reservoir Tor
the compressed air. The latter can be
converted into any form Of power There
seem 10 be people with money who be-
lieve that the scheme will work and that
the day is az hand when fuel VIII no
longer be required TO turn the wheels OF
industry
An English couple. AIr. ana Mrs..
Douglas Chambcraiu. who are travelling
In this country. were recently the victims
OF "a hoartlese practical Joke on the parc
of an Arfarfaau urhnff, fh.nr 49, -.