The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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Massachusetts, IS included within a cir
Gle including ten miles in every direc-
ton from the statehouse.
Gifts and requests for public purposes
are an item OF increasing value in the ac-
count OF American progress. During last
year they aggregated S., 4sI ,304, OF which
nearly 81, coo or considerably more than
one-hah, went to universities, colleges
and other educational institutions. Of the
remaining 81 10000, little more than
half went 10 charities while nearly S.
coO,eoo was given 10 churches. The bal
ance OF 100000 was divided about evenly
between museums, art galleries and Ii
braries.
There was an enormous shortage in
the crop Of green peas in the United States
during the past year. owing principally
70 the ravages of the aphis. a little green
insect which destroys the plants Lone
Island suffered severely, and growers In
Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey were
little better on. In localities further
North the aphis did not appear, as the
cooler climate was unfavorable to its de-
velopment. Altogether the loss of grow
ers on the pea crop amounted to about
g. oo40oo.
Inc British Museum, notes the Scien-
tine American, have recently secured the
exhaustive collection of 1900 moths from
western China. which formed part of the
eolecuon OF the late ]. H Leach. and
= the hhest collection OF lepidoptera in
me world The museum paid 5000 for
the right to choose what thev desire fror,
the collection. which will be about - 40
sleelIlehs. Mr.. Leach had specimens of
se $500. moths not 10 be found in any other
correction eXtant- Sir GeGrge Hampson.
who CLASSIFIED the moths of India for the
IndIah government some years ago. will
make the choice and arrange them in the
present British Museum collection. The
"0FK VIII occupy about twelve months.
In Canada are a number of mines
where asbestos is produced, ana one of
the largest of these is near Sherbrooks.
IN ontario. The serpentine rock is mined
IN open quarries, and after it has been
carried 70 the surface. that bearing the
asbestos is separated from the barren ma
terlat oy hand-picking. At a co5bing-
house the iong-fbred asbestos is knocked
OF rom the serpenCne by hand if the
veins are more than three-quarters Of an
men thick, but in the smaller pieces this
separation is made by machinery. In this
process the rock is crushed and the use
less pieces are picked out by hand Then
IL
Nerlzed, and the fibrous material is sepa-
rated from the powdered rock by means
OF a blast of air. The process is contin-
uous' the raw product being introduced
at an upper story and the commercial as
Des'os turned out on the ground floor.
A German Photographic periodical con-
tains an article on toning silver prints ly
peAadium instead Of gold Though the
hist =
| given quantity more prints can be toned
than with god, and il is possible 10 US.
roth substances together. The best results
are obtained with plain sailed paper, bu.
| ordinary ge!atino-chloride and colIodio
chioElde papers can also be used. the r.
| sulIng tones being sepia in color. miles
the combined gold and palladium hath Is
elHp!oyed- With palladium the effects arc
sliIillar 70 tnose produced by Platinum rs
regards co-or and other characterisrios
a4o the printing is carried on to the Same
POINT as Tor the platinum process. Care
11-o1id &c taken III washing the print before
anu aLter toning, and the solution sbo.,la
oS mace acid \ formula recommended
81 'le tonlng solution for this process
contains potassium palladio-cbloride
stainine' table salt 10 grammes. citric acid
= sfainmes, ana water litres. This win
give black tones, which can he -
solution. weaker
Diahlohds have recently been found in
abundance in British Guiana. saws tba
imperial Institute Journal Tbe,, -.
oO'aiued III the Putareng creek n TIN,
taiE OF the Mazaruni river. Sitts+oi =
-, "a luce north and 60.lS longitude YES
"a 1s'V Oy Edward Gilxes, a gold dio,.s,
cover, - ,,.al Tor gold and the dis
49, was the result of accident rather
1llah design, the stones being frst So,
at the bottom OF the conicaI Iuu
ulshes called battles brazilian 1a*a.I
commonly used in the COLONY in r,rCs-,o-'t
ing ior gold. The journey to The 49,
from Georgetown occupies from +vva1,,a -
twenty days, according 10 the state - ~ ~
river The depth TO which diegfpo 80.
oeeh carried is seven feet from the 80
ace apd the amount excavated in ona
p-e'Ce - onIy 100 cubic yards. From this
over 1oVt stones have been extrsc+o5 -
generally pure color and wate~ -
shape, but of small size, the larssst
weighing, perhaps, two carats In an
o.her part OF the diggings close by. wbero
uIsslhs was carried Oh first. about IA,
cuolc yards have been worked yi~Idin~
over 1000 stones. -'''''e
News of the most remarkabla uo,
tight on record comes from a corrasro,,
cent OF the Associated Press in Northern
Rhodesia. Mr.. tombstone. a collector of
customs in the employ of the British char
tered south Africa Company. was ont
hunting and shot a buck. As ,be bnck
Ieh from the long grass sprans ont five
Mons VINO began TO eat the buck. AR
tombstone, not TO be robbed of his dinnar
went into action with his magazine rife
Killing one lion and wounding another
The remaining three fed. The wounded
hon, enraged, attacked the hunter uhoSn
magazine was empty. He called for an
otner gun, but his native followers were
gone The police with him
hred wild volley and re-
treated Mr. tombstone sought a
nearby tree and was nearly out of reach
when the lion caught him and pulled him
down. Mr.. tombstone put his feft arm
down the lions mouth and gave a sledge-
hammer blow with his right on the ami
maFs head. Surprised at the resistance
the lion relinquished his attack. Prom
ping himself in the tree, Mr. tombstone
IN spite Of his mauled arm. pulled out a
cartridge, fired and took the lion right he.
tween the eyes, killing him. Three weeks
later Mr. Johnstone died of blood poison
ing from his mangled arm.
An ingenious amateur photogranbar
has discovered several new ways OF print-
ing pictures upon cotton cloths directly
from the negative plate says the New
York Post baet x,-ortx