The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-19

hieht VI an dfnOf pate factory at TOXIC,
which, it is thought, means that in the
future Japan intends to construct her
own war vessels.
Indians on the Rosebud reservation. in
South Dakota are expressing regret that
they agreed to allow herds of cattle OH
their lands. They gave permission at first
because pasture on the regular ranges
was worn out and $4,000 cattle were soon
grazing on Indian lands.
SO accurately and swiftly do electrical
science and photography aid the scientist
row that the process of crystal formal un
is recorded on films, and thus one of the
most fascinating and hitherto mysterious
processes OF nature is made a matter OF
record furnishing indlsputable data FOR
study and generalization.
An influential English Jewish peeress.
member of the Board of Direction of the
Female Convict Prisons, was distressed
at the lack of provision of devotional lit
erature for Jewish convicts. A popular
work was selected and a large stock Sc
cured. When the distribution commenced
the most careful search only produced
one Jewess in British prisons.
1t has been generally believed by those
engaged in dairying that COWS could not
be MIXED by any mechanical mixer. A
Glasgow, Scotland, firm claims to have
machine which will do the work. and
wants TO exhibit 1t at the Pan-American
Exposition at Buffalo next summer. The
milking machine is said to be constructed
on the pneumatic system, with valves,
suction tubes, etc.
"A new bridge is about to be built
haar fh1
of the Sultan, Abdul Hamid 1t will be
constructed of granite and metal by the
Bosporus Railway Company, which de-
signs junction between the railways OF
Europe and the trans-Asiatic Railway of
Bagdad, now being built by the Germans
The narrowest dividing line of sea has
been chosen for the point of construc-
ton.
Astronomers are discussing the the
cry that the moon is in it's glacial epoch
One telescope expert calls the ''craters"
ice cups and the streams along their sides
glacial weather. Another insists that the
signs of volcanic action are unmistakable.
All agree that most of the moons surface
Is intensely white. The dark regions are
termed seas, but there is no evidence
THAI they contain water Some writers
believe they are covered with the earliest
forms of vegetation.
An undertaken in Butte, Mont, Of
fered to decently bury the city's pauper
dead at 1 cent per body, the next lowest
bid being So The 1-cent man explained
on being awarded the contract that most
destitute people who die in Butte have
friends or relatives elsewhere who are
nearly always ready to pay the expenses
of good funeral rather than have a rel
ative laid in a pauper's grave. By execut-
ing the commissions of these people he
expects to come out ahead.
In order to facilitate the identification
and recovery of stolen dogs and cats,
the French society Assistance aux Ami
maux" has made arrangements to tattoo
a number on the ear of every dog or cat
presented at the society's establishment.
The process, it is claimed, will be pain
less, and as a register of all pets tattooed
will be kept, owners will always be able
to establish the identity thereof by ref
erences TO the number on the animafs
ear and the testimony of the society's
books.
BY the operation of a new law nearly
1000 green grocers, butchers and poul-
try sellers in New Orleans have been
forced to close their places of business
permanently. The law in question prohib'
its the esta blishment of a private market
within 5000 feet of public market, and
was enacted in the interest of the pub
lie market lessees in order to increase
the revenue of the city. 1t has been test
ed and upheld in the courts. The pubic
markets now have a monopoly, ana rise
of from 10 to Is per cent. in food prices
in New Orleans is looked for.
The authorities Of the British museum.
notes the Scientific American, have re-
Gently secured the exhaustive collection
of 10000 months from Western China,
which formed part of the collection of
the late j. H. Leach, and is the finest
collection of lepiopteria in the world.
The museum paid 5000 for the right 20
choose what they desire from the collec-
ton, which will be about 1900 specimens.
Mr.. Leach had specimens of several
moths not to be found in any other col
lection eXtant Sir George Hampson, who
classified the moths of India for the In
dian government some years ago, will
make the choice and arrange them in the
present BrlusA museum collection ~.-e
work will occupy about y months.
AT the Yale observatory an interesting
use has been found says the Youths
Companion, for the bicycle wheel BY
SUCH d Wn6el WIN a series OF
Opaque screens placed at regular inter |
walls, and then rotating it with the aid of
small motor, at the rate of from 80 20
50 turns in a minute in front of the came |
ras used to photograph meteors, DIR. Ell |
kin has succeeded in measuring the We
iocity of the meteors flight. The prin-
ciple depends upon the Interruptions pro. |
duced by the screens In the trails of light |
made upon the Photographic plates by the |
flying meteors. The velocity of the wheel !
is known at every instant by means of a |
chronographic record, and the length of
the Interruptions indicates the speed Of !
the meteors.
M. Ferel, Frenchman, has discovered
that ants converse in language thus
far known only to the world which dwe,Is |
in ant hills, says the New York Ledger
This ingenious naturalist confined a |
large bunch of ants between two plates |
OF glass separated by rim of putty. and |
then' on placing his ear against the glass.
he could hear what he claims to have |
Deem the conversation, or, rather, the in |
sects holding an indignation meeting. The
sound was similar to that made by boil
ing in an open vessel, although now and |
again higher note would be struck by
one or more of the ants. On applying a |
powerful magnifying glass he discovered |
that at the side of the body of the in
sect there is a set of scales like the teeth
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