The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

sugar exists, not only IN the cane,
beet-root and maple, but in the sap of
1s7 other plants.
England owns 1880 of the 14.O77
steamers belonging TO the twelve lead
ing nations of Europe and America.
Automobiles which have a flange
outside a pneumatic tire are being
used for scouting on the Transvaal
railways.
Hull England municipal trans
made a profit Of $4,000 last year. OF
this amount 10000 has been devoted
to the relief of the taxation.
in Spandau. near Berlin, a great
military center. a tax has been put
on automatic orehestrions, which are
becoming an intolerable nuisance, as
nearly every restaurant has one. 1t
is hoped that the tax will reduce the
plague.
Electricity has increased the power
of sea coast lights to that of 5000 900
candles. The mineral oil lamp of the
"Doty system" which was in almost
universal use previous to the introduce
ton on electricity. did not exceed 54,-
900 candles in the strength of its il
Elimination.
The nut cracking industry of St.
Louis gives employment to over 1900
PEOPLE. The nut crackers are driven
by electricity, each nut being fed in
dividually into the crusher. After the
shells are cracked the nuts are win
moved by an air blast and the meat
is picked from the crushed shells by
hand.
The Japanese never sleep with the
head to the north. This is because
the dead in Japan are always buried
with the head in that position. In
the sleeping rooms of many of the pri-
vate houses and Of hotels a diagram
OF the points of the compass is posted
upon the ceiling for the convenience
of guests.
There is a sword on exhibition at
Belfast. Ireland, of more than local
interest. 1t was formerly carried by
William Of Orange, and was given by
him to the first Earl of Por tland, who
afterward was Governor of Jamaica.
The weapon passed through many
hands, and about 100 years ago came
into the possession of the Balfour
family, where it now is. The hilt of
resent the Flemish lion trampling on
the dogs of France.
1t is stated that one of the light
ships is to be equipped with a new cleo
trical apparatus which will send a 49,
inch beam of light from the ships deck
TO the clouds. 1t is expected that this
pillar of light will be visible at a dis
lance of forty miles. The idea is cred
tied to Commander Albert Ross, in
spector of the Fifth Lighthouse dis
trict. If the first installation proves
successful it is probable that similar
plants will be installed at Fire Island,
Sandy Hook and Nantucket Shoals.
Montana will have at least one ex-
hihit at the ST. Louis Exposition which
will attract attention, according to the
Globe-Democrat. The state will send
the tallest man in America-Edward
Beaupre, aged 81, who is Z feet 1015
inches in hight and weighs 367 pounds.
He sleeps on the floor in hotels because
no bed is large enough to hold him.
On the ranch where he has worked five
years he often takes 1,000-pound horse
under his arm and carries it about the
pasture. He can walk off with 1000
pounds on a straight lift. Unlike many
giants, Beaupre is well developed gem
orally. His chest measure is "a inches,
hips Ga, neck q, head 2S and wrist 10.
His span with arms extended is go
inches, and he wears No. % shoes.
II was called said a physician to
the Philadelphia Times, ito attend
triplets. The three youngsters, a few
weeks old, lay side by side in a crib,
and il was a physical ifnpossibility to
tell one from the other Each had a
different ailment. The mother knew
that one had cough, but did not know
which it was. Mother and doctor wait
ed for cough before deciding to which
of the trio it belonged A different
medicine was prescribed for each, and
the anxious mother was perplexed to
know how she should avoid giving the
wrong medicine to the wrong child. The
doctor came to the rescue by placing a
piece of red flannel around the neck of
one bottle and a strip of similar ma
terial around the arm of the child to
whom it was to be given. White linen
and a piece of green cloth were used
respectively for the other two"
Frederick NJ. West, in a recent let
ter to Nature, calls attention to the
fact that certain varieties of sound
fixing noises of any kind, such as that
made by escaping steam or any gas
under pressure, burning wood, frying
fat, waterfalls or even the rustling of
leaves-are apparently lowered by NOV
ing away. He has observed this fire.
quently in walking up and down
railway station at one portion of which
is standing locomotive with an es-
Gaping steam jet. The reason for this
curious phenomenon is of considerable
scientific interest. Mr.. West suggests
that it may be due simply to a pro-
cess of sitting by distance, the weaker
groups of small noises of which the fiZ-
zing sound is composed dropping out Of
earshot in succession as the observer
retires till only the largest and loudest
group is left, which last continues to
be heard for the remainder of the dis
lance without change of pitch. If this
is so, he says, the deeper tones of such
noises would seem to have proper
tionately shorter range of paudibility
than the higher ones; for, so far as
have observed, the pitch always sinks
on approach TO the source and rises on
withdrawal from it; never the reverse
way"
"A dispatch from Chicago says:
The finest car in the world is nearing
completion in the shops of the Pull
man Palace Car Company at Pullman.
The owner is Charles M. Schwab,
president of the United States Steel
Corporation. The cost of this mag
nificent coach will be $4,000. Beside
the Schwlab coach the private car Of