The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-17
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taken second place.
The quarterly target practice of
the North Atlantic Naval Squadron
cost S17s.O0O for ammunition.
-Maryland's industry employing the
greatest number of persons is the can
ming of fruits and vegetables.
The Bureau of Engraving and
Printing at Washington is a monster
enterprise, employing no less than $500
workers.
The wireless telephone of Arm
strong and Orling is attracting marked
attention from scientists, and users of
the telephone as well.
-Havre, France, is the worlds larg
est coffee market. The amount of that
commodity in its warehouses seldom
falls below 100000 bags.
The record for rapid slaughtering
has been made by an Indianapolis
packing house by turning 3.29S hogs in
to products within five hours.
The largest circulation attained
for a novel in Germany is that of
''Ekkehard." by Schaffel. and it has
reached but 100000 in fifty years.
Marie Yvonne, Remains house
keeper, is dead. For forty-seven years
she had taken care of the house at
Treguier, in Brittany, in which Renan
was born.
Within ten years a German pub
Usher has issued translations of five
of the most read English and Ameri-
can novels. No one of them has had
a sale of as many as 1000 copies.
king Edward has put typewriting
machines in the office of his private
secretary. This is quite an innovation,
for the letters of royalty have always,
heretofore, been executed by hand
The Massachusetts, Society of the
Daughters of 1912 has petitioned the
state legislature to appropriate $780,
900 for securing the preservation of
the frigate Constitution, "Old Iron
Sides
"A shower bath, with facilities for
bathing 200 boys per day, which was
placed in one of the New York city
public school building is very popu-
lar. A boy is given fifteen minutes in
which to undress, wash and dress.
Some four years ago, when the
Holy Shroud in the Cathedral of Turin
was exhibited along with other relics,
a photographer obtained permission
to photograph it. On coming to de-
veloD the plate he was amazed to find
that the shroud bore an unmistakable
human image, which was invisible to
the eye while the relic was exposed.
The plate fell into the hands of one of
the lecturers of the French Academy Of
Sciences. His explanation of the
miracle" takes account of the fact
that bitumen and other substances
used in the East in preparing dead
bodies possess photogenic properties
that is, they can reproduce images I'M
der the influence of light. Linen so
treated was found to give a clear
Photographic reproduction of coins
that had been wrapped in it. The ex-
permenter does not necessarily dismiss
the idea OF recent human Intervention
in the production of the phenomenon.
Meanwhile, steps are being taken to
induce the Archbishop of Turin to au-
thorize a further photograph of the
shroud to be. taken.
The question Of food adulteration
is pretty serious one." said a pro-
duce dealer, according to the Philadel-
phia Record "Of course, we intend to
keep pure food, but sometimes we get
fooled as we'll as our customers. There
is one thing that is counterfeited
which is very hard to detect, and thac
is honey. They can manufacture hon
ey-combs now that would deceive the
bees themselves, and then they fill up
the cells With a cheap glucose syrup,
and often it sells for the pure article.
No one is going to take readily to
strained honey for the very sound of
that savors of adulteration, but comb
honey is quite differ
ent matter. There is one
way, however, to detect the fraud, and
that, is by smell. Natural honey has
a certain peculiar fragrance that can
not be duplicated, even though the
taste and appearance seem almost per-
feet Buckwheat honey, of course,
smells different from clover honey but
yet there is certain popularity in
both which counterfeiters cannot imi-
tate, and hlusekeepers who have once
applied the sense of smell to the pure
honey need never afterward be afraid
of being deceived by counterfeits."
An incident of some Importance is
mentioned by the United States con-
sui at Para, Brazil, at the mouth of
the Amazon. The StOrehouSe of a
prominent firm dealing in India rub
Der was destroyed by fire. There were
In the offices of the company six safes
one English, one German one French.
one Portuguese, and two of American
manufacture. These We're all placed
together in the center of the second
hoor After the fire. it was found that
the portuguese safe was comnlete
wreck, and fell to pieces when touch
ed. It's contents We're totally DESTROY
cd, and the same was true of tho
French and German safes. The Emo
hsh safe contained in addition to val
liable books and papers, 700 contos in
Brazilian currency, equivalent to
about $4,000. This safe was openeI
only after the greatest difficulty and
me money was found in an almost nm
recognizable, charred and pulpv mass
ana the remaining contents wereNa 10,
TAI loss. There is little hope of recov-
eflng anything of the money tbus
damaged by fire and water. When tbe
American safes We're opened tbai,
contents were found perfectly intact
money books and papers being 1ittIa
II any, the worse for the ordaei
through which they had passed.
Nearly every one has heard Of tho
tuatara, the curious, iguana-like look
ing creature, now found on onIv one
or two islands off the coast of New
zealand and supposed to be the oIdaS+
living type of animal on tha fona -
the globe, says the Melbourne 4rer,,o ~
One of the most curious feat,,ras e 2 20,
organ the head 40 Gil /