The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-23
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| ian kingdom, says Leslie's Monthly. 1t
| is of golden plaques" or panels rath-
| er longer than they are high, but small
| in size, so as not to rise above the top
| of the head. They form, indeed, only
a jointed band of foliaged, embossed
| relief-work, and one narrow wire or
| iron binds them together in the inside
this wire having the repute OF being
| hammered out from one of the nails or
our Saviours cross. 1t was the en-
| largement of these panels in otner
crowns which led to the cross band or
closure" of the crown. Look at the
German crown and the Austrian, both
| ors of the Holy Roman Empire.
| The "arch of empire" became the re-
suit in the crown of the necessity for
| fastening panels for protection for the
head from any stroke from above de-
| livered in war.
Making wills is serious business In
! Minnesota, for the courts there make
short work of the foolish ones, on the
| theory that when a man is dead he is
| dead and his crotchets and notions
| die with him, says the New York Post.
| There will be no lack of sympathy with
| the court in the latest instance, at any
rate A man named Scott, living in
Minnesota, grew to hate his relatives
as he waxed older, and he made Will
leaving his property, all in government
bonds to the county, to help out the
taxpayers. But as he advanced IN
years his hatred grew more and more
| far reaching. From combining them
merely to his relatives, he began 10
| hate his neighbors, and finally all the
| people who were associated with him
in any way Then he hit upon
scheme. He tore up his first will and
Il hot
! bonds he burned thus causing the
value of them to remain forever in the
| United States Treasury. If he had
| lived long enough, this scheme, too,
would doubtless have seemed unSat-
| isfactory but he died soon after. The
court quickly disposed of the will, and
now the immediate heirs are enjoying
the property.
"A test of guns VS.. armor plate, re-
Gently held at Eskmeals, resulted in
decided victory for the quick-firing
! Vickars guns and the johnson capped
projectile, says the Engineering News.
| The plates were Krupp process cement
ed steel, and II inches thick, made
according to British admiralty specif1-
cations. The first attack was on
Pinch plate, and the first round was
| from a 6-inch gun with a Johnson
capped projectile and a striking We
locity of 2,799 feet seconds. This shot
completely perforated the plate, though
| the prOjectile was broken up. The sec
ond shot-without a cap, penetrated
only 81 inches; the third shOt-an eX-
plosive SHE'LL was buried deep in the
plate. In a second trial, a, 6-inch cap
ped shot again went through the plate;
while one without the cap was broken
up. A test, on May 20. with 6-inch and
7.5-inch guns, with capped projectiles,
again showed victory for the guns; both
projectles passed through, the 7.5-inch
explosive shell being bedded in a sand
| heap beyond the target; a 6-inch shot,
without the cap, made no impression
on the plate. The Johnson cap used
is an American invention, and is SIM
ply a cylindrical forged steel cap, with
the bottom bored out to fit over the
nose of the projectile. 1t is put on by
hydraulic pressure, and thus forced
into groove cut around the point
with nick in the groove to prevent
rotation.
The adaptabiity of the gasoline
marine engine to special environments
can be no better illustrated than by
citing the conditions in Bocas del
Toro, United States of Colombia, says
the Engineering Magazine. This town
is surrounded by a number of bays
| and lagoons which are lined with ba-
| mana plantations. No fresh water is
| available except that which is caught
| on the roofs of the houses and salt
| water being ruinous to steam boilers
| steam launch may be operated for
! only short time without being laid
! up for repairs. About eight years ago
two gasoline engines were introduced,
! and they proved themselves to be so
| well adapted to the conditions that st
! present there are over forty gasoline
| launches employed as tugboats for
! towing banana lighters to central
| points where the fruit is transferred
to ocean steamships. An enterprising
planter secured an expert from one
of the American factories and in
stalled a complete repair shop especial
ly adapted to gasoline engines. These
tugboats are employed going from
! plantation to plantation gathering up
the fruit, which, on account of it's
| perishable nature, must be transferred
! ii the shortest possible time to the
ships. There are at present thirty-five
of one make of gasoline engine in use
in this district. The gasoline is shipped
! to the tug owners in 210-gallon drums,
and the small space occupied in trans
port is especially in its favor as
fuel since there is no coal obtainable
| in the market and all of it must be
shipped from the United States.
What German soldiers may have
to put up with without murmur
of disapproval was shown by the trial
of a non-commissioned officer in a pom
| toon- bridging regiment stationed at
| Riesa, SaXony, last week, says a Ber-
| lin letter in the London Leader. This
man, whose name is Boyer, tyrannized
/ a N.Y. rUrt,-
! enough to be his Subordinates in an
| almost incredible manner. He made
them work until very late at night.
and then compelled them to get IN
at z O'Clock in the morning to dress
| and show that their uniform was in
| perfect order. The meals were brought
| in warm, but he made the men wait
until everything had got cold, and he
tormented the men in dozens of other
ways. Boyer had taken a special dis
IKE to private named Stemmler and
it was proved in court that he never
ceased ill-treating this man. For
mere amusement he boxed his ears.
pushed him down, kicked him, pulled
nm about by the nose, pinched him
| and paid him many other such atten-
tons. Finally Stemmler was driven to
despair and ended his troubles in the
Eibe. The court discovered that the
deceased had informed his sweetheart
| tnat ne intended to commit suicide.
as ne could no longer put up with his
superiors treatment, and ten of the
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