The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


paper out Of waste straw by a patent
ed electrical process. The pulp will
sell for $50 a ton, and the inventor
says the use of electricity bleaches it
to a fine degree of whiteness.
The paraffin paper used in the
stamp books sold by the government
contains so little paraffin, or paraffin
of SO poor a quality. that the stamps
stick to it not only when under pres
sure in the vest pocket, but even when
lying on a table. In consequence of
this, the sales of the books have great
ly decreased.
"A correspondent writes thus to the
London Truth: Il have been travelling
in Germany, and since my return have
paid short visits to friends in the
country. Wherever I have been
have met nothing but invalids. men
and women, who complain of their
,.ith ana eagerly describe their
symptoms. 1t has occurred to me
that newspaper called Symptoms
should achieve an enormous success.
In this the million and one real or
imaginary invalids could describe their
different aches and pains. and by com
parison discover what maladies they
re suffering from. Prizes might be
given for the best prescriptions, while
nptom Puzzles should prove enor-
mously entertaining. A new game of
Complications might also be elabor-
ated, and valuable prize awarded at
the end of the quarter to the subscrib-
or who should compose the most in
teresting scheme of concerted ailments.
As the readers would provide all the
literary matter there would only be
the cost of production and distribution
to deal with; and as we are all inva-
lids now, advertisers would find it in
dispensable to secure space in a paper
which would be welcomed in every
household"
"A humorous chapter might be writ
ten on the following adventures of
monkey. recounted in a paragraph, en-
titled What Cannot an Ape Become?"
published N the German Journal OF
sport, says the London Telegraph. A
German returning from German East
Africa brought with him as a pet a
small monkey, weighing about one
pound. From Tanga to Genoa no
charge was made. From Genoa to the
swiss frontier the railway authorities
described the little creature as a
bird, and charged ia lire for his
fare. When he reached Switzerland the
Gothard Railway officials were per-
suaded that ne was not bird" but
"dog!" Accordingly, "a dog ticket,
costing Sk francs. had to be taken for
him! The next railway company in
Switzerland, not being certain under
what category of animals he should be
classed, dismissed him as passengers
luggage" taking only a fee of about
pence for him. In Baden and Wurtem-
berg. as FAR as Stuttgart, the monkey
passed as hand luggage" and was
permitted to travel as such scot-free
but from Stuttgart to his destination
he was again relegated to the canine
species, and as a dog a ticket was
demanded for him, value Is I'd!
1t is just a century ago that DAN
lei Fell made the first successful test
of hard coal in Luzerne county, Penn
sylvania, for heating purposes, says the
New York Tribune. 1t is said that the
Indians knew OF the black stones"
and made pipe bowls of them. Mora
Wan missionaries early came across the
strange mineral in their long journeys
through the woods. Even after the
coal had begun to be mined it was
difficult to sell any. The people did not
understand how to use it and asserted
that 1t would not burn. Signed certifi-
Gates that stone coal will burn" had
to be sold intending purchasers. Even
as late as 1921 the Lehigh and Navi-
cation Company sent but 365 tons to
Philadelphia. Hard coal was first sue
cessfully used at the wire mills of
White & Hazard, Falls of Schuylkill.
through an accident in December, 1914.
The coal cost $2S a ton. But the men
could not ignite it. In evaporation
they pitched a quantity of coal into a
furnace, shut the doors and went about
some other work. Some hours later
the furnace doors were found to be red
hot and the interior a mass of fire
William Henry, a manufacturer of
muskets near Nazareth, had secured
some of the coal in 1898 for his FORCES.
His blacksmith told him the neighbors
called him a fool for trying to burn
the BLACK stones" In 1905 however.
he built mill and successfully used
hard coal in it.
The recent naval maneuvers at
Cherbourg, says the London Express,
have shown that the submarine boat is
not the terrible engine of war il prom
ised to be. The main question at issue
has been. of course. whether the sub
marines are more useful for offensive
or defensive tactics. During the man
euvers the Silure, owing to bad man
! agement, appeared several times on the
surface, where she could easily have
been destroyed. The Sirene, when in so
than an hour: no one knows why this
happened A panic ensued on board. the
sailors fearing they would remain at
the bottom. Other serious incidents al
so occurred, giving the lie direct to
various theories and ideas formed in
the past. The obstacles to the success
ful navigation of submarines is their
lack of speed and the difficulty of see
ing. Sailors remaining several hours
under water very quickly become en-
ervated, and lose the sang froid SO nee
essary for the proper management of
the vessel. Another point is that when
piung1ng beneath the waves the YES
sells take too much time, and hence
cruisers could easily destroy them. Last
but not least. the working of the mo-
tors demands large quantity of air.
and these motors also throw out
great deal Of heat. This heat soon rem
Gers the vessel uninhabitable. 1t Is
also always extremely unpleasant to
live on board owing to the escape of
gas. According to authoritative ex-
perts, the submarine will only be Of
use In port to force a blockade or to
carry on operations against fleet at
anchor With the present type of sub
marines now III existence, it is impos-
slple TO subject them to large range
OF action or to utilize Their, 80 A.