The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-25

long life he could only remember three
happy days. His remark is recalled by
paragraph in the United States Weather
Review referring to Nov. last-election
day. 1t is seldom that any day opens
without a drop of rain falling anywhere
within the area of the United States. On
the morning of Nov. 6 this remarkable
condition prevailed over the whole coun-
try. There was a little meteorological
cloudiness over Southern Wisconsin,
Northern Illinois and Eastern Iowa; with
these exceptions the sky was everywhere
clear and the temperature pleasant
1T Is truly remarkable situation in
the industrial and transportation world
a marvellous one, in fact, says the Rail-
wev World 1t looks as If all the large
interests of the country were solidi 'ying,
as II we were getting upon permanently
higher plane, and as if values were being
readjusted upon this basis. 1t does not
seem as If the financial powers back of
the present movement expect to sell the
securities they have accumulated to the
speculative public, but rather that they
intend to so improve the position of the
properties that their securities will APP
peal to investors. Every day sees new
record prices in one speciality after anoth-
err. Every one hears of the growing
commercial supremacy of the United
States; American resources, ability and
energy are the mighty factors in the
trade of the world We have all the facil-
tiles necessary to maintain the acquired
prestige. The steady increaes in rail-
road earnings over the remarkable record
of year ago is stimulus to prices, but
1t is not so much the earnings of the past
as the encouraging outlook for the future
that makes for the phenomenal confidence
of to-day.
a ne ha
now most generally received connects its
periodical variations In shape with the
periodical variations of the solar activity
as displayed in the solar spots. A corona
seen at an epoch of, maximum spotted
area has one shape, while corona seen
at an epoch of minimum spotted area has
quite another. In a general way this ap-
pears to be true, but 1t is still quite i'm
possible to predict the shape of the corona
which will be seen at a future eclipse.
The theory cannot be said to be securely
based until prediction of the sort is pos
sible. In 1873 the corona extended for
many degrees on both sides of the sun,
as recorded in drawings. On the photo
graphs it did not extend SO far as on the
long exposure plates of 1898 and of 1900
probably because of very different SEN
stiveness in the plates employed. There
are other marked differences, however.
III 1910 the great HdSSSS VI the COICud
were greatly depressed toward the equa-
tor. In 1900 these rays were much more
nearly radial in direction. The corona of
1900 did not show the type of corona dis
played in 1873 or even in 1889, yet all
three eclipses occurred at epochs OF min
imum spotted area. 1t is plain that the
theory If true at all is only approximately
so.
"A novelty in messenger call-boxes is
about to be introduced in New York city,
says the New York Sun. The new boxes,
| which will take the place of the familiar
messenger calls, will each carry tele-
phone. In design they are circular, about
| 8 inches in diameter, and carrying on one
/ side small lever which Is used when it
! is desired simply to call a messenger. On
/ the other side Is a hook from which
/ hangs a telephone receiver, the transmit
| ter being on the front Of the case There
! are no call bells, and as at present ar
! ranged the district messenger cannot cal
! up the house in which the box is in
! stalled. To call the district Office the sub
scriber has only to remove the telephone
| from the hook, when he can give his mes
sage, call the police or fire department,
| send boy on any desired errand or, in
! short, hold any desired communication
| With the district office. The interior con-
! struction of the new boxes is very sim
| pie, They contain the usual train of
/ clockwork and toothed disk running I'M
/ der contact-making spring found in the
| ordinary messenger call, and in addition
a small induction call for the telephone
! There is no battery required on the sub
! scriberS premises, the telephones work
| ing on the common battery system, in
! which the batteries are grouped at the
district offices The instruments are con-
| nected in series with one another on loop
| circuits running out from the district
offices.
A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post writes: We notice in your
issue Of Feb. an article headed why
Dummy Watches Say S:1S." All state
ments found in the Evening Post are gen.
| orally correct and to be relied upon. but
IN this case you are mistaken. Some few
years since claim was made by another
party that the lamented Lincoln died at
| that hour in the morning. We had oc-
casion then to write to the Literary Di-
| gest on the subject. The simple facts
are that dummy or painted-sign clocks
| or watches are so painted to show $751;,
because that is the only place on the dial
where the time OF day can be shown, and
| at the same time the minute and hour
| hands make a perfect angle. At s O'clock
1 Isle minutes the minute and hour hands
on opposite sides of the dial are exactly
1Sla minute degrees from top of dial or
| figure y. 1t must be remembered that
! while the hour hand makes the whole
! circumference of the dial once in twelve
| hours, the minute hand goes around
| twelve times-therefore the movement of
| the hour hand one minute degree necessi-
| tates the movement of the minute hand
| twelve minutes. OF course the hands
| may me reversed. making the time S:41lb.
Mr. Samuel w. Benedict, the founder of
our house, had a sign-watch painted
about 1919 with hands pointing $751;. We
may say that any painter who desires to
! find the perfect angle would readily while
at his work discover the exact position to
paint the hands. Any person can test
these facts by his watch.
The tin scrap from the can factories.
etc., is largely gathered up and shipped
to Holland and Germany, says the Iron
Trade Review. 1t has been found that
ton of tin clippings, will produce about
80 or go pounds of tin, which is secured
by treating the clippings either by an
electrical or chemical process. A lin
oxide is secured which can either be re-
smelted or can be sold to enameling
plants in oxide form. The DEFINED steel.
which is now nothing less than clippings
OF black sheets. is marketable at about
the same price as the tin clippings COM