The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-05
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burg lace The device Is almost entirely
automatic. 1t takes the needle from hop
per, carries it along, and threads, ties the
knot, cut the thread off a uniform length,
then carries the needle across an open
space and sticks it in rack. The work of
threading these needles was formerly done
by hand, and the advance from what may
be done by hand to 1000 a minute by ma
chinery is an index of the progress of the
Swiss republic.
-Vegetapians particularly will be inter
ested in a vegetable substitute for
meat" which has been newly patented,
says the Saturday Evening Post. The
mere fact that it is declared by the in
ventor to have the flavor and nutritive
properties of meat, while actually of
purely vegetable ingredients, would
amount to little were it not that the
chemistry section of the patent office has
Endorsed the claim as truthful. As mat
ter of fact, the compound appears to con-
tain protein and other elements, utiliza-
Bile in the body for making flesh ami
blood and for fuel, in about the same pro-
portions as in beef or mutton. In a word,
as claimed by the patentee, the compound
is a vegetable substitute for meat con-
tanning the same nutrients in the same
proportions, and easy of digestion and as
sanitation The stuff of which it is made
Is wheat gluten, water and peanut meal.
Owen Robin OF Ameliasburg, Ont,
Canada, is probably the Oldest postmaster
in the world, having held Office for more
IMAM htty-six years. The son of Philip
Robin, United Empire Loyalist, he was
born Dec. z, 1906, and is consequently in
his 18th year. When he went to Amelias-
burg in 1929 the spot was a dense for
est. On Jan. /, 1915. he was appointed
to the position he now holds by the i'm
perial government through Earl Lonsdale.
Mr. Robin was married in 1881. His
wife died in 1896. and of his seven chill
dren three are now living. He is a full
faced, hearty looking, genial old gentle
man whom 1t is a genuine pleasure to
meet. Mr.. Robin attends to his duties
without glasses, is a supporter of Sir Will
frld Laurier and great-uncle of Pre-
mier Robin of Manitoba, and of Rev. DIR.
Robin of Manitoba, and of Rev. DIR. Rob-
lin, pastor of the Second Universalist
Church, Columbus avenue.
-Apropos of recent paragraph con-
corning the golf links His Majesty has
had laid out in the Windsor grounds at
Frogmore, it is interesting to recall, says
London Sketch, that it was by Sir James
Gardiner Baird that King Edward, some
forty years ago, was first initiated into
the mysteries of the royal game on the
classic links at Musselburgh. The golf
sticks used by the King-he was then a
student at Edinburgh-are at present on
view in the Glasgow Exhibition in a sec
ton of that great show from which some
devotees of the popular pastime are never
absent. There is a rumor, by the way,
that does not seem to be without some
dot 10
has the intention of building a new royal
residence near Cromer. Lord Sufield
has at any rate. been on business visit
to that locality, and the site, near the
famous golf links, is reported to have
been selected His Majesty, who likes
better in the matter of golf to provide
for the amusement of his guests than to
play himself, would find this easy in the
neighborhood of Poppyland.
The United States government ap-
pointed a board to decide on the uniform
photography for geographical names, and
the recommendations of this body were
generally in the direction of increased
simplicity-Bering Straits, for example.
The spellings thus officially adopted by
the national government were at once ac-
cepted by the chief publishers of school
textbooks. And these makers of school
books also follow the rules formulated
by committee of the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science ap-
pointed to bring about uniformity in the
spelling and pronunciation of chemical
terms. Among the rules formulated by
the committee and adopted by the asso-
citation were two that dropped terminal
"e" from certain chemical terms that en-
ter into more general use. Thus, the
men of science now write oxid. iodid,
CHORD, etc, and quinn, morphn, anlin,
ETC., although the general public has not
relinquished the earlier orthogra ply OK
ide, and Quinine. Even the word toxin,
which came into being since the adoption
of these rules by the associated scien-
lists, is sometimes to be seen in newspa-
pers as toxine.
Wellington on one occasion started, Sir
Herbert Maxwell tells u.s. at a. M, rode
to place 2S miles distant, here held re-
view, ana was back at the place from
which he had started for dinner between
and p. m, says Goodwin Smith, in the
June Atlantic. He galloped % miles and
back to see whether damage had been
done to a pontoon train. He rode II
miles in two hours from Freneda to Cui-
dad Rodrigo, where he dined, gave
ball and supper; was in the saddle again
at a. m; galloped back to Freneda by
s. He rose regularly al 6. and wrote till
8; and after dinner wrote again from 8
till IL. 1t must be essential to every gem
eral and indeed to every man who is
bearing heavy load of anxious business,
to be a good sleeper. Napoleon was
frst-rate sleeper; so was Pitt; so was
Brougham; so was Mr.. Gladstone; so was
Wellington. At Salamanca, Wellington.
having given his order for the battle. said
to his aide-de-camp: Watch the French
through your glass Fitz Roy L am go
ing to take rest. When they reacn that
copse near the gap in the hills, wake me-"
Then he lay down, and was fast asleep
in minute. In the midst OF the critical
operations before Waterloo. feeling weary.
he laid himself down. put newspaper
over his face. and took a nap.
"A most interesting account is given
in the Idler of the wonderful state-aided
industry at Jena where glass and lenses
are made for scientists. The Industry has
been built up by Prof. Able and DR..
Schott, and has throughout been con-
Quoted by scientists whose efforts have
made Jena famous among scientific men
the world over One of the most pctu-
resue features of the Jena glassworks
is the great corridor where the Their
mometer tubes are blown and drawn.
says q correspondent We saw this glass
in process of manufacture A ho.ky WORK.