The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

soldier who. long since returned to
civic ranks. according to the Washing
ton Star. who know how the name of
blackboard came to be applied TO
vlhicle. 1t was way back in the '20s,
when the transportation of goods,
wares and merchandise was principally
all by wagons. DR.. Buck, who for
long years after was the military
storekeeper here. was then in charge
of stores en- route to army posts in the
Southwest. 1t east Tennessee Difficult
ty was experienced by reason of the
rough roads. and there were frequent
rnishaps, mostly from the wagons over
turning. DIR. Buck overhauled the out
mt, and abandoning the wagon bodies,
long boards were set directly on the
aXles or hung below, and the stores
were reloaded in such a manner that
there were no further delays from
breakdowns. and the stores safely
reached their destination The idea
doubtless was not new, but Dr. Bucks
example was followed, especially when
roads were rough. and soon much haul
ing was done by the use of wheel axle
and boards only. Now the fashionable
uck-board recalls the old gentleman
to some of u.s."
There is a faint recollection of ira
dition or fancy in the minds of all old
smokers that the cigar ends cut off by
the little machines in tobacco stores
are ga thered up by some indefinite per-
sons and given to some indefinite good
purpose, such as a home for old men,
says the New York Press. So there
was some little pleasure in cutting off
the end of a good cigar and thinking
that some poor old lover of the weed
would have a little of the real aroma of
a perfecto thrown in with the odds
and ends of all kinds of cigars that
ne stuffed into his pipe. Well, the
cigar ends go to no such excellent
purpose. The fact is that they are
packed into pipes by loafers and loung-
ers or tucked away in the corners of
their mouths in lieu of a chew Almost
every owner of a cigar store tolerates
some lounger or other who walks into
the place, unscrews the machine and
takes out the coveted cigar ends, which
he drops into his pocket. There are
regular callers in SOME of the larger
stores-some broken-down former Gus
toners, perhaps-and the fact is that
almost any poor man suffering for a
little nicotine can drop into q store
and without explanation or apology
take what comfort he can get from
little machine that cuts off cigar ends.
Visitors to my laboratory who saw
kitten which was put into a number
of boxes. one after another, and which
would Immediately pull the string or
push the bar or depress the thumb
latch, as the case might require, were
prone to ask how / had taught the ami
mails so much, and to marvel at the
mental powers they displayed, writes
Prof. Edward L. Thorndke of Column
bia University in the International
Monthly for February. But had done
nothing save furnish situations suitable
, to call forth varied acts, and a reward
in the shape of food for one of these.
Nor had any mental power been re-
quired on the part of the animals save
the mere presence of selection and as
ISOLATION by resultant pleasure. No dog
or cat ever showed any signs of DELHI
crate thinking OF any action on the
basis of some conclusion formed from
the data at hand. Even after they had
had a great deal of experience with
boxes and doors, they did not, when
put into a new box, look it over, apply
previous knowledge, and then act.
Much less did they think it over. In
all cases they seemed simply to feel
certain impulses and to act on them.
Their learning meant only change in
the number and relative intensity of
the impulses-the useful one suppressed
/ ing all the rest. 2
Prof. Charles w. Pearson, the head
of the department of English literature
in the Northwestern University, who
has repudiated the inerrancy of the
Bible by attacking some of its miracles,
has attracted more or less attention for
some time past for the views he holds
regarding the Bible, but until his pub
lisned declaration, a few days ago, he
had not provoked much criticism. He
has long been an advocate of the re-
vision of the creed of the Methodist
Church. Two years ago at the gen
eral conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church he said the story of Eve
was a myth, and that the Christian
chuches should abandon all creeds. In
the prime of life to-day. his career has
been one filled up with practical ex-
periences. He was born in England,
| and while still in his teens left his home
to become sailor before the mast He
spent a short time in India and then
went to South America, where he
taught in a mission school Later he
came to the United States and entered
the Academy of Northwestern Uni
versity, being graduated from the Col
| lege of Liberal Arts. He then took a
| course in the Garrett Biblical Insti-
! tute, at Evanston, ILL.,, and subsequent
| ly took the chair of English literature
in Northwestern University, which he
has filled for years.
THE utilization of rubber scrap"
says the Electrical Review, sis of very
great Importance, for anything that can
be added to new rubber to decrease it's
cost and increase supplies must be well
come, providing that the compound is
! serviceable. The scraps are sorted ac-
cording to their composition, and then
cleaned by boiling, which removes dirt,
absorbed and adhering acids, and free
sulphur; but attempts to desulphurize
vulcanized rubber have not been sue
cessful yet. The waste is ground be-
tween rollers and reduced to powder in
emery grinders with automatic feed
ing, and in many cases the resultant
material can be added at once to the
new rubber mixture; but generally it IL
treated chemically by being boiled in a
caustic soda solution or sulphuric or
hydrochloric acid, and then steaming
for about twenty-four hours at a pres
sure of four atmospheres. In another
method, the ground scraps are steamed
with soda I've under pressure, thor
oughly washed twice to remove the I've,
and then dried in vacuum. Then they
ar emixed between cold rollers with
from to 10 per cent. of benzol or
mineral oil and steamed for several
hours, at the same pressure as above.
After either of these processes, the pro-
duct is rolled into plates and then
added to the rubber dough"
r. S. S. Bergh. United States con-
sui at Gothenberg. Sweden, in a re-
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