The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the reasons why a man SnOulQ EN-
ploy a matrimonial advertisement IN
order to get married are often a source
of bewilderment, says the London Ex-
press. A widower who had married a
second wife through this agency and
sought a divorce from her, was asked
the question in court. He replied that
he advertised on the theory of a man
whe advertised for a lost dog. He did
not get the dog back, but he got three
better ones. So he knew he could no.
get his lost wife back-he thought he
might get offers of three better ones.
He took one of the three, and he was
disappointed.
1t is known that violet light from
an electric arc lamp excites floures-
cence in the diamond NJ Chaumet has
proved that an intimate connection ex-
lists between that property of the dia-
n:ond and the lustre exhibited in other
artificial lights, especially the light
from candles Gin which the diamond
shows to the greatest advantage The
diamonds that send out the most vivid
rays are not always those which are
the most regularly cut but are such as,
examined by violet light show the
greatest fourescence. While diamonds
that do not tiuoresce simply show vio-
liant stones fluoresce strongly with a
clear and very brilliant blue radiation.
The test is of practical value and has
been applied to other precious stones
yellow diamonds, Burmese and Siam
csc rubies, etc.
The French Academy of Medicine
at the unanimous request of the
Chamber, has issued a report strong
lx do, 1t.
"aperitifs," or appetizers, by the bulk
of the French middle and lower class
es, says the London News. After
careful analysis DR.. Laborde, who was
specially commissioned, declares that
every quality of absinthe contains
poisonous elements. He discards the
fallacy that vermouth, or noyeau, is
harmless. Chartreuse is dangerous in
a lesser degree, and ought only to
be used in tiny medical doses for
| specific purposes French gin is a
form of wood spirit, and the super
stition which makes 'vluneraire' a
popular remedy in certain emergencies
is perilous to human life. The Legis-
| lature ought, according to the report
| to forbid the fabrication of these
liquors and the immediate enforcing
of the law of 1916 against absinthe
DR.. Laborde considers that the fiscal
revenue loses as much as 1t gains by
fraud or adulteration. and by the
criminal or mental heredity caused by
the terrible spread of alcoholism in
France.
"A dispatch from Tacoma, Wash,
says: A most remarkable discovery
has been made by H. c. Perkins,
surveyor, miner, and geologist in the
wilds of the upper Grave Creek min
ing district in Southern Oregon. Aside
from finding mammoth dixie or ledge
of gossan that carries good values
in free gold, he has also discovered
an extinct volcano crater. Below the
crater on the mountain side are evil
dences of an ancient ocean beach. Sea
shells of all kinds, bones of fish, and
remains of many different ocean mon
sters are abundant. Among the sew
/ eral curiosities found in this regard
were the vertebrae of a huge sea SER
pent. This monster, when alive, must
have been fifty or more feet in length.
Nothing of it's nature is known to in
habit the ocean depths to-day. The
discovery was made in a remote dis
trict of the Grave Creek mountains.
Prospectors have passed through the
| district several times in years past
but all were in search of gold and so
| paid no attention to the ancient sea
| with it's remains, and the old volcano.
| From a geological standpoint. the dis
| covery is one of the most remarkable
| ever made in that section.
1t has been shown, says Success,
| that the color of surface water depends
both on the character of the neighbour
| ing vegetation and on the time that
| the water remains in contact with it.
| Water near steep rocks, where there
| are few trees, will generally be below
twenty units in color; steep, wooded,
or cultivated slopes give twenty to fif-
| ty units; similar but gentler slopes,
| from five to one hundred; and swamp
areas, 100 to 500, or even higher. High
| ly colored waters are more common in
| the Northern states than in the South.
| Colored water is gradually bleached by
| sunlight, the action taking place
| chiefly within one foot of the surface.
| The study of color in water is of COM
mercial Importance because most peo-
| pie object to drinking brownish water
| Hence, in a town water supply the
color must either be removed or it's
| formation must be prevented. The lat
ter is often the most economical thing
! to do, and it may be accomplished by
| intercepting the water from the up
lands and leading it into the streams
without letting 1t pass through the
| swamps.
The Uniform Board of the army,
which is conducting a series of expert
| ments to determine the effectiveness of
color in military service, has an inter-
| esting report in course of preparation
| Their object is to secure the best color
| for service in the field. The fact that
| the British army had abandoned the
| buff OF the familiar khaki and adopted
| neutral gray of the same texture led
the board to get cloth of the same de-
| scription and put 1t to the test in a
| number of experiments. For several
| days eight enlisted men, in as many
| different shades of gray, have been
| marching back and forth at the foot
! of Seventeenth street in the Mall while
| the officers of the board studied them
| under different conditions of light. and
| with the naked eye and under field
| glasses. At measured distance of l.
| 100 yards the officers with their field
| glasses took long series of observa-
lions. They find that the khaki in the
| various shades of buff and yellow is
| far less visible to men in the position
| OF sharpshooters than the neutral gray
of the British army. The neutral grav
was adopted during the Boer war and
| 1t is believed that there is something,
In the clear South African skies and
light that justifes the conclusions of
| the British experts. On the greenswarJ
OF the Mall the buff gives the better
results.
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