The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-30

Mexican government Ior the eSldplsH-
ment of number of Mormon colonies
thereon. These lands are divided into
several large tracts, which are situated
in the states of Durango, Tamaulipas,
Coahuila and Vera Cruz. He says that
he will take six thousand Mormons from
Utah and other parts of the United States
to Mexico within the next few months
and locate them upon the lands which he
has purchased. The Mormon colonies in
the state of chihuahua have had their
population increased by the arrival Of
over two thousand Mormons from Utah
during the past few months.
The English victims of arsenic poison
in beer now number more than lis dead
and more than 1000 ILL., says Popular Sci
ence. The area affected is confined with
in hunderd-mile radius from Manches-
ter, but the panic among beer drinkers
has spread almost throughout the Whole
country. 1t has been completely estab-
lished that the cause of the poisoning is
arsenic in the sulphuric acid used in the
manufacture of glucose sugar which the
English brewers employ in place Of malt
and hops in making cheap beer. Tho
poison has thus far been traced to Only
one establishment, which supplied glucose
sugar to several breweries in the Mid
lands and the north - An analysis
contain arsenic sufficient easily to kill any
persistent drinker. as much as one-sixth
of a grain being found in pint. The
fact that arsenic is cumulative poison
makes it more dangerous.
An inventor is thus quoted in the
Worlds Fair Bulletin of st. Louis: II
believe in the erection of tower, say 1000
feet high. The Eiffel tower is 9S5 feet
~ wa On fhn
fifteen feet better? The idea of a triang-
uar tower, l believe, IS altogether new.
Their are quadrangular towers in profu-
sion and towers with five sides and hex
agonal, octagonal and various other sorts
of towers, but / have never seen or heard
much of a three-cornered tower. My idea
is to have the top of the tower bell-shap-
ed. This would permit the carrying out
of a pet idea of mine. That is the con-
struction of a pendulum. 1t could hang
on ball bearings from the top of the bell
like a clapper, and extend down to just
far enough from the ground to be con-
venently safe. Once started this pendu-
lum would swing all through the time the
exposition was open. The earth's motion
would be readily percepuble."
Some interesting details concerning the
present practice of the German naval con-
structors with regard to wiring instaIa-
lions have been published. 1t appears
that in the German service separate lead
and return wires have been generally
adopted, concentric cables being used in
the neighborhood of the ships compass
es. Attempts to employ the ships struc-
ture as return have not attained success
full results, and so far as large vessels
are concerned, this practice has been en-
tirely superseded; but, in the case Of new
torpedo boats, where economy in weight
is a vital consideration, the practice still
holds. In all places exposed to the dam
ger of mechanical injury such as the en-
| CINE rooms, stock-holds, lead-coVered,
iron-armored cables are employed, while
elsewhere cables well insulated with rub
ber but otherwise unprotected, except in
some cases by thin, rust-proof wire, are
used. The wood casing formerly employ
ed has been abolished owing to its in
nammability. Hitherto, the telegraph
and telephone cables have been of the
lead-covered, iron-armored type; but the
newest ships have been provided with
central subway, like corridor, as well as
side corridors, below the armored deck,
which may be used for the electric cables,
telegraph and telephone wires, thereby
avoiding danger of mechanical injury IL
is proposed to dispense with the iron ar
NOR in the future, even for the hghting
and power cables, retaining only the lead
protection.
Telephone eavesdropping is somewhat
expensive in Ohio, says the New York
Evening Post. 1t cost farmer in Dres-
den SIS for listening to the conversation
of neighbors, and it is more than likely
that one Paul Pry' has got enough. 1t
appears that the farmers of that dis.
trict had built their own lines, and, to
save expense, have installed their inStru-
ments on the party principle, by which
| arrangement all the bells on the circuit
| ring when a call is made. Several sub.
scribers came 20 the conclusion that some
| one was listening to their telephone con
| versation. The matter was talked over by
a few who were aggrieved, and they de-
| termined to find the culprit. One after
noon two of the farmers were talking
over the line, and heard the unmistakable
| sound of a transmitter being removed
| from the hook. According to previous
| agreement, they Immediately ceased talk
| ing and, in the silence that followed,
| heard distinctly the sharp, clear chime
of a clock striking. The peculiar tone of
| the bell was we'll known to both men,
and the owner was fined for listening. 1t
| frequently happens in telephone cenver-
sations where there are no party lines,
| that conversations are overheard, and ev-
| idence to this end is easily obtainable.
| While it cannot be told with absolute GER
| tainty that any one is listening at tele-
| phone other than the person called, any
| one cutting in generally causes the con-
| versation to have a PARKWAY sound. OF
| course it would be difficult to determine
upon the culprit in a big city where many
| exchanges are concerned, but it would
| give notice to the users that their con-
| versation was being overheard, and warn
| them to be careful not to be too conf
| Dental until the wire has cleared up. A
| few fines like that of the Ohio farmer
| might possibly teach eavesdroppers that
listening 90 conversation over a telephone
when 1t is not intended for them is as
| bad as listening at a keyhole.
This was the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the Bell telephone. says the New
York letter of the Philadelphia Ledger Of
March q, and the event was the subject
of extended comment in report by Act
ing President Cochrane made to the
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany at its annual meetin g to-day
Twenty years ago." he said, there were
Al. $50 telephone subscribers in the United
States, and 29.714 miles of wire in use
for telephone purposes. At the end Of
last year there were sos, $50 exchange sta
tons equipped with our instruments, and
1861, sol miles of wire employed for ex-
change and toll line service. The esti-
mated number of daily exchange connec-
tions Is 66S 9S6. or about S25 600 600 nor