The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-19

COTulHS 10 EHSlnStIluB NEWS, are De-
ing built for one of the railroads OF
this state, which will be unique in that
they will burn poor grade of anthra-
cite culm. To secure successful COM
bustion of this the fireboxes will be OF
great width, and will be provided with
a combination air and steam jet ap-
paratus for blowing away the ashes
from the sides of the ash-pan.
"A private hospital in London uses
gas as fuel in it's engines and it's cook
ing ranges and makes the gas on the
premises, with considerable saving
of expense. 1t has a small plant that
cost very little, and the process Is to
force steam and air through bed OF
red-hot pea coal. AS steam is oxygen
and hydrogen, and air is oxygen and
nitrogen, and as the oxygen breaks
away in the fire to combine with the
carbon of the coal, the result is a good
fuel gas made of hydrogen, nitrogen
and oxidized carbon. The dust is
washed out by passing the gas through
bed of coke on which water is spray
ed. Then it is carried through pipes
to every place in the establishment
where it is needed.
Americans cannot but be gratified
at the success of Peary's explorations
in the direction of the North Pole, says
the Baltimore Sun. In reaching lati-
tude 8S degrees so minutes he makes a
new record, having gone farther north
than any of his predecessors on this
side of the Atlantic. hansen claims to
have reached latitude Sc degrees Ia
minutes on the other side of the globe
in circumstances more favorable, per-
haps, than on the northern coast of
Greenland, where Peary has been oper-
ating. Peary has ascertained, it seems,
that Greenland is an island and does
not extend to the Pole. He will prob
ably bring back with him a map of
its northern coast, thus making an ad-
dition to our knowledge of the globe.
Peary's courage, fortitude and perse-
verance entitle him to our admiration.
his results being in the interest of
geographic science rather than his own
pocket.
Conductors and motormen in some
of our Eastern cities, says the Balti-
more Sun, are suffering from a pecu-
liar disease of the eye, called "brassy
eye" caused by rubbing the eye with
the hand while the latter is covered
with verdigris from the brasswork of
the cars. 1.-THE symptoms of the dis
ease" says the Street Railway Jour-
nal, resemble slight Inflammation of
the eye, such as might be due to the
presence of any small foreign body.
After a few hours the Inflammation
increases and is accompanied by Sc
we're pain, the sufferer being almost
unable to see. An excessive flow of
tears accompanies this stage of the
disease. AS the disease progresses the
infiamed condition of the conjunctiva
covers the whole mucous membrane
producing finally a continuous flow of
mucus and a blurred vision, remaining
sometimes for days. The motormen are
seldom afflicted with the disease, as
they usually wear gloves. The con-
ductors are, however, more liable to
be afflicted with the disease In shin
ming along the footboard and perform
ing their other duties their hands are
most liable to become covered with
verdigris, which is easily communi-
Gated to the eye" The fact was noted
some time ago that this trouble had
developed to some extent in Baltimore.
The ebony scepters of the Pharaohs
or those of nearer times of holly or
apple wood, of which the kings of the
first French dynasties, and even
Charlemagne himself, were proud, are
Circular Weekly. In these times gold,
the most precious stones and the skill
of the chasers make of the scepters
veritable works of art. The one of the
Emperor William is the old scepter of
Prussia, a heavy ornamented staff of
gold surmounted with a globe upon
which rests the Prussian two-headed
eagle. The eagle, whose outspread
wings are adorned in precious stones
holds in the right talon the trident of
Neptune and in the left a battle sword
symbols of empire on land and sea-
The one of the Hapsburgs, the ancient
scepter of the Holy Empire, resembles
the ivory scepter of the Romans, but 1t
is of polished gold, with chased handle
1t is surmounted with a large globe
bearing the Hapsburg arms and crown
ed with the outspread eagle and cross.
Ohio II bears the globe, and Ohio "
adds the cross. The Car Nicholas II
has at Moscow the simplest and most
elegant scepter, a long staff of chased
gold, surmounted with a globe and the
two eagles of Russia, between which
are the arms of the Romanoff incrusted
with precious stones. England has no
historic scepter.
Our grandmothers thought 1t I'M
womanly, says the London Chronicle,
to take part in what were considered
manly exercises; it was probably but
the reaction from the excessive partic-
ipation of their grandmothers. For
instance, four or five generations ago
women rode at race meetings. In the
Newcastle Courant for Aug. 2S,- 1925
appears the following advertisement:
ITO be run for. The usual four-mile
course on RipDon Common, in the
county of York. On Tuesday, Sept.
IA, the Lady's Plate of Els value by any
horse. Women to be the riders, each
to pay a guinea entrance, three heats,
and thrice about the common for
heat" We are still some distance be-
hind the newness of the early Georgian
ladies', who did not confine their ply
steal exercises to horse racing. In
1913 four women ran a race in Pail
Mall at o'clock in the afternoon be-
fore large and fashionable audience.
Public opinion, however, was not real
ly in favor of women's sports, and
owing to the protest made at the time
such races were forbidden in future
Probably the recent admission of wo-
men into the acting profession had
suggested this later venturing into
other manly fields of action. For. un
til Charles IFS time all the women's
parts had been played by boys; which
was also the case on the Japanese
stage until the tradition was broken
so charmingly by Nine. Sada Yacco.
There is a race of people among
whom it is a custom that after the
marriage of her daughter a. mother