The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-25

lice court. Seven hundred of the fishes
had been exposed for sale in a small
tank, where they naturally died, and
it was held that the owner was guilty
of a violation of the cruelty to wild
animals act.
The horseless carriage and the
wireless telegraph make a good COM
bination, according to Signor Marconi.
The inventor made big bid for the
patronage of the members of the Au
tomobile Club of America when he
told them at their annual banquet
that he had twice sent wireless mes
sages from broken down automobiles,
asking that his dinner be kept hot,
and that once when arrested for go
ing too fast he had telegraphed for
bail.
Lord Dufferin relates in his rec
torial address delivered in 1891 to the
students of ST. Andrews University
| that he sat down and wrote out every
word of his speech and learned it so
carefully by heaAt that he knew that
no untoWard accident or interruption
could interfere with its delivery, says
the London Spectator. The speech last
ed an hour and a half, and Lord Duff
ferin was able to go through it with
out once looking at a note. Lord Duff
ferin had a curious practice in Can
ada, where apparently in those days
shorthand writer's in many places were
not plentiful. He frequently, at the
request of the reporters. rehearsed his
speech previous to meeting, and he
was surprised to find how this ena-
bled him to clarity and condense what
he intended to say an hour later when
he addressed his audience.
Holland is place where primitive
customs abound. Traditions are sa-
credly handed down and observed, and
this veneration for ancient things has
kept alive in the country what are
known as counting Sundays, says the
London Family Doctor. Throughout
Holland the four Sundays of Novem-
Der are said to be kept as fete days.
They are named severaly Review, De-
cision, Purchase and Possession Sun
days. On Review Sunday every one
goes to church, and after service there
is church parade, when all the
young men and maidens look at each
other but forbear speaking. On De-
cision Sunday each would-be benedict
approaches the maiden of his choice
with ceremonious bow, and from
her response judges whether he Is ac-
ceptable as sutton or not. On Pur-
chase Sunday the consent of parents
and guardians is sought, If the WOO
ing during the week has been happy.
Possession Sunday witnesses the first
appearance of the various lovers be-
fore the world as actual or prospective
brides and bridegrooms.
1t is necessary to make use only
of the eyes and the brim of a hat to
measure the width of any ordinary
steam, or even of a good-siZe river,
says the Detroit Free Press, and here
is the way to do it: Select a part of
the river bank where the grounds run
back level, and, standing at the waters
edge fix your eyes on the opposite bank.
Now, move your hat down over your
brow until the edge of the brim is eX-
actly on a line with the water-line on
the other side. This will give you
visual angle that may be used on any
level surface, and if, as has been sug-
gested the ground on your side of
the river be fat you may LAY off, a
corresponding distance on it. To do
this you have only to hold your head
perfectly steady, after getting the an
gle with your hat brim, supporting
your chin with your hand, IL necessary,
and turn slowly around until your back
is towards the river. Now take care
full note of where your hat brim cuts
the level surface of the ground as
you look over the latter, and from
where you stand to that point will be
the width of the rivera distance that
may readily be measured by stepping.
If you are careful in all these details
you can come within few feet of the
rivers width.
"A new light has been recently ex-
perimented with in ST. Louis, and it
will soon be submitted to the Expo
sition Company for adoption at the
fair. The machine is apparently of
simple construction. There is a tower
some II feet in height, with four legs
standing 6 feet apart at the base and
nearly meeting at the top. These legs
seaport a tube, which rises a little
higher than the tower, and based on a
small gasoline engine. An infammable
fluid, probably little unlike gasoline, is
forced through the tube and rises in
an infinitesimal stream several feet
above the mouth of the tube 1t is
forced upward with considerable force.
When ignited the flame rises or
feet, and becomes as large as a barrel.
| The light is nearly pure white, is we'll
| sustained, and has a great illuminating
| power. The test was quite successful,
although stiff wind interfered with
| the steadiness of the flame to some ex-
tent. 1t is claimed that the power can
| sent upward so feet, and that on a
calmer night the illumination will be
more than proportionately greater.
When the flame was at it's strongest
| last night, the occasional small lights
! in it's vicinity were apparently extin-
! guished, and there were brought. out
| the moving outlines of belated team
sters, at a distance, that had been
caught in the mud during the working
hours and detained eyond the ordinary
| time.
| "A writer in Science gives the fol-
lowing details of an experience Of his
own in regard to the injury to the eye
from intense light: Last April ran
| the projection lantern one evening for
! a friend, the exercise lasting nearly two
hours. The lantern is an arc lamp,
| hand-feed, and the current was giving
| some trouble. The arc had to be kept
rather short, and it was necessary to
| look in at the arc very often. To guard
| my eyes from the glare, / had three
| thicknesses of blue glass in front of
| the arc. Yet I noeiced that my ayes
| were being injured. At the close of
! the lecture there was a distinct dimness
in the center of my field of vision. This
| has often happened after looking at
| a bright light, and l thought nothing
| of it. Next morning however, my
! neiShbor at breakfast wore a bright
| yellow rose, and / noticed a distinct
spot of pink on it, yet on examining
| it closely there was no pink, or at least
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