The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


jesty was walking in the Prado, when
a bullock broke from a herd that was
being driven, and, tearing away at full
gallop, showed every disposition for
using its horns among the pedestrians
and equipages. There was a regular
stampede, but the King showed his
spirit, and drawing his revolver,
brought the beast down with two or
three swiftly delivered shots.
A pianist has to cultivate the eye
so as to see 1850 signs in one minute,
the fingers to make 1000 movements,
and the brain to understand all these
signs, as we'll as direct all these move
ments. In playing Weber's Motto Per-
jetuo" a pianist has to read 4,541 notes
in less than four minutes, or about
nineteen a second, but the eye can
receive only about ten consecutive i'm
pressions a second. So that In quick
music it seems that a player does not
seee every note singly, but in groups,
probably a bar or more at one view.
1t is rather curious to Know just
how much pressure an egg will stand.
The following tests were recently made
public, and may, says Science Siftings,
cause some surprise. Eight ordinary
hens eggs were found to give way only
under a pressure applied all around OF
between 400 pounds and 675 pounds on
the square inch of surface. When the
tests were applied internally to twelve
eggs they yielded at pressures of
thirty-two pounds to fifty-six pounds
a square inch. The pressure required
merely to crush the eggs was between
forty pounds and Seventy-five pounds
a square inch. The average thickness
of the shells was thirteen one-thou-
sands of an inch.
A remarkable invention has been
adopted by the English Admiralty, the
effect of which is to increase the ef-
ficiency of British submarines. AT
present the radius of submarine attack
is retricted, owing to the difficulties OF
ventilation and the carrying OF fuel,
but experiments warrant the belief that
the new submarines will be able 20
travel immense distances with dlSas-
trous effects on the ports of an enemy.
The existing submarine fleet OF Brit
ain is net, however, rendered obso-
lete. On the contrary, it can easily
be adapted to utilize the new discov-
cry The inventor is a British officer
well known for his brilliant capable
tiles The most remarkable feature IN
his design is it's extreme simplicity.
Details of the invention are, of course,
withheld by the Admiralty.
Some interesting experiments in
deep-sea salvage are, according to
Shipping" about to be made in Aus
tralian waters. A deep-sea diving ma
chine will be used. which has been sue
cessfully worked on Thursday Island
and other pearl fishing grounds at va
rious depths as low as ninety-fve faith
oms. A test of the grab" which is
manipulated by the diver. has demon
strated that the apparatus Will work
at a depth of two hundred fathoms. BY
way of showing how easy it would be
to dislodge the huge iron Orders of a
vessel, & couple of experienced Admi-
rally men said a large ship could be
broken to pieces with as much ease I'M
der water as a house could be blown
to pieces on land. A beginning Is to
be made with the Elingamite, a vessel
sunk deep in Australian waters.
A portion of a London sporting
journal was erased by the Russian CEN
sor not long ago and admission of the
publication to Russia was denied. The
editor asked for an explanation. The
reply sent from the Office of the press
censor was that the following para
graph was objected to- 80 far as the
Czarewitch is concerned. this animal
occupies an absurd position. He has
no chance and the sooner he is added
to the list of dead 'uns the better"
The press censor begged to point out
that to refer to the Czarewitch as
this animal was only insolent, but
to suggest that he should be murdered
or added to the list of dead 'uns' was
infamous It was only when the edi-
tor explained that he~was referring to
a horse and q race and not to the heir
of the Russian throne that the jour
nal was once again allowed to be de-
livered to it's subscribers in the do
minions of the Car.
The municipal authorities of Glas-
gov recently appointed a commission
to inquire into the alarming increase of
insanity caused by alcoholism in Scot
land. The report of this commission
brings to light some striking statistics.
In the case of the Glasgow district
asylums and the observation wards of
the poorhouse, of 565 admissions dur
ing twelve months no fewer than 259,
or SO per cent, were directly traced to
alcohol In most of these cases the
patients had been comparatively well
to do and prosperous, so that the dis
ease could not be ascribed to bad home
conditions or poverty. The reports Of
the Royal Edinburgh Asylum show
the same alarming growth of alcoholic
insanity Statistics for the whole of
Scotland during 1902 showed 1858 in
sane persons. an increase of $40 over
the preceding year. The number of
patients discharged as recovered dur
ing the year was 1,620. In Argyll,
where the highest proportion of lunacy
prevails. there are S42 lunatics per 100,-
900 of the population.
An interesting enumeration is be-
ing made of the wheeled traffic that
crosses the bridges into the city from
the Surrey side. Naturally London
bridge, being the largest and most i'm
portant, has the most traffic, and
Southwick bridge the least. The sig
nificance of this census is emphasized
by the statements of the chief en-
gineer to the London County, Council,
who told the London Traffic Commits
sion the other day that the recon-
struction of several bridges would
have to be dealt with in the near flu
ture. The widening of Waterloo
bridge or the construction of a new
bridge between Waterloo and Black
friars was urgent. The widening Of
old streets and the formation of new
ones were the most necessary improve
ments required in London. Eventually
new street from Piccadilly circus
eastward would have to be considered.
| Rough estimates had been made as
regards the cost of a street from the
| Strand southwark to the county
boundary near the Crystal Palace.
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