The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-07
A.B.GIRARDEAU
Savannah, Ca.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The most radical anti-cigarette meas
ure yet proposed is now under consider
alton in the Minnesota Legislature, hav-
ing been introduced by Senator Halvor-
sen, one of whose constituents recently
died from smoking too many cigarettes.
The proposed bill is modelled on the Ten
nessee law, which the United States Su
preme Court has held to be constitutional
and makes it a misdemeanor to use to-
bacco in this form, bars merchants from
bringing cigarettes into the state, makes
giving away cigarettes an equally grave
offense and even prohibits the sale of
the papers used in rolling cigarettes.
in compliance with the law which pro-
vides that certain classes of vessels of
the navy shall be named for states of the
Union says the Philadelphia Record,
thirty-one states are now represented on
the navy list, as follows: Alabama, Ar
kansas California, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken
lucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts.
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire (by the Kear-
SARGE, New Jersey, New York Ohio, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Texas, Vermont. Virginia, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Most
of these are sonorious names we'll adapt
ed for designating fighting ships. Never
theless, the scheme of nomenclature
adopted by Congress is responsible for
some insists. Dakota would be good
enough name for a battleship but South
Dakota and West Virginia are simply ri
dicuIous State names containing the pre-
fixes North, South, New or West might
we'll be shorn of their surplusage. jersey
would sound better than New Jersey, and
where the omission. as in the case OF the
two Carolinas, Dakotas and Virginias,
would lead to duplication, the states
might be represented (as is New Hamp-
shire) by a famous name in their local
history or geography.
The arrangements for the British and
German South Polar expeditions, which
sail from Europe in August, 1901, are
nearly completed, says the National Geo
graphic Magazine. 1t is expected that the
English boat, the Discovery, will be
launched in March at Dundee. She is
good, strong boat, built on different lines
from the Fran, for the latter was plann-
ed to resst,.or rather escape, tremendous
ice pressure while the Discovery was
modelled to Withstand the attacks of
boisterous sea. The German boat, build
Ing at Kiel, is smaller and lighter than
the Discovery and follows somewhat the
lines of the Fran. The two ships sail for
Europe together. When they reach the
Far South they will separate with care
fully arranged plan of work for each.
The Antarctic regions have been divided
into four quadrants-frst, the Victoria
quadrant, which extends from 80 degrees
east to 1870 degrees, and includes Victoria
Land; second, the Ross quadrant, from
$50 to 80 degrees west, south of the Pa
cifc ocean; third, the Weddell quadrant,
from 80 west to degrees Greenwich me-
ridian), the Wedddell sea; and fourth, the
Endcrby quadrant. from 0 to 50 degrees
east, which includes Enderby Land. TWO
quadrants have been assigned for explor-
alton and research to each expedition, the
British taking the Victoria and Ross and
the German the Weddell and Enderby.
Both expeditions hope 10 be able to spend
three years in the work. Capt Drygal-
ski, the famed explorer of Greenland,
leads the German party, While Capt.
Scott, of the British navy, young, hardy
and level-headed, directs the English.
Modern knowledge and appliance
have reduced the business of butchering
to an exact science, says Baltimore
Trade. Every part OF the animal is put
to the best possible use and nothing is
wasted. EeSlueS the ulUeTenl cuts duI
cures Of beef, mutton and pork, includ-
ing tallow, stearine and lard, every other
portion of the different animals has it's
USE Horns and hoofs are made into tor
toise shell combs, buttons and other orna-
ments. From the bones of the feet, heats
foot oil is extracted. Hair and the finer
bristles are worked into upholstering ma
terials and the different kinds of feting.
This is an extensive line of manufacture
which comprises many interesting ana
complicated processes in making the diff
ferent grades which range from saddle
and harness pads to the finer and more
expensive grades. Cartilaginous sub
stances are made into gelatine and the
bones are steamed to extract the glue.
after which process they are ground into
meal for chicken foJds and fe. tilizing pur-
poses. Blood is used In a variety of ways
but is principally valuable for it's albu-
men, which is extracted, and the resi-
due made into different kinds of animal
foods. The offal is dried in furnaces es-
pecially constructed for the purpose. II
is then mixed with certain mineral con-
stituents and grc und into a powder which
is used for fertilizing purposes, the COM
position depending upon The kind OF SOL
on which a Is intended 10 be used Bris-
ties are made into every variety OF brush
known TO the trade, from the finest hat
brush TO the coarse heavy polishing
brushes used for smoothing and cleaning
Fough surfaces.