The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The biggest gold-producing mine in
the world is the Homestake. in South
Dakota. The ore yields less than 81
a ton, but is worked at small cost. The
output now is over 10000 ounces fine
gold a month and will soon be in
creased.
After picnicking under haystack
party of holiday makers near Man
tauban, France, left an empty ginger
beer bottle standing up on the ground.
The suns rays became focused
through the glass and set the stack
alight. 1t was burned to the ground.
Several Chinese cities have erected
temples in honor of Li-Hung- Chang.
His tomb also has the form of a tenn
pie. Two of it's inscriptions are: All
countries in this world mourn him, p"
and He changed heaven and revo-
lutionized the earth.
Next summer. if no new difficulties
arise. will see the completion of the
Simplon tunnel. and it is hoped that
trains will be running by the end of
1904. OF the twelve and one-half
miles of tunnel six and one-half miles
have been eXcavated from the Swiss
side and four and one-half from the
Italian SIDE leaving only one and one
half miles to be cut. The rate of prog
ress averages a quarter of a mile
month, and May or June, 1904, should
see the work done.
In his memoirs Adolf Kussmaui re-
lates a curious story of Heidelberg
banker This banker was known for
Ii
sequently DR.. Nuhn, the professor of
anatomy, was much surprised one day
when the banker came and sat with
him in a railway car and, after
pleasant chat, asked him all sorts of
questions, especially about the anato-
my of the heart. The next day he
even called by permission in the medi-
cal department and watched the profess
sor dissecting one of those organs.
Then he drove home and committed
suicide by skillfully plunging dagger
into his heart.
1t is reported that a Norwegian
chemist has discovered a new and
cheap process for making alcohol from
sawdust. Sawdust is treated under
pressure with diluted sulphuric acid,
by which the cellulose is transformed
into sugar, which, by adding fermenta-
hol in the old manner and then dis
titled. One hundred Kilograms (220. 46
pounds) of Sawdust yield from six and
seven Kilograms Q3.2 to 15.4 pounds.
of alcohol. Valuable by-products are
methyl, alcohol and acetic acid. While
in Norway 100 kilograms (220 As pounds)
of potato alcohol costs $40. the price
of sawdust alcohol is only $3.50. !
Joseph Chamberlain doesn't believe
in physical exercise. He never walks
when he can ride; he doesn't play golf;
there are no indian clubs or dumbbells
in his room, and he declares that he
never feels we'll after indulging in
physical exertion of any kind. Mr..
Chamberlain was born in 1886, and
looks to be about 40 years of
age. The philosopher Leibnitz, who
lived seventy years passed most of his
days sitting in chair. He didn't be-
lieve in taking exercise and after
a walk of mile he was unable for
two or three days to get his mental
powers into proper working order.
William M. Evarts, who died at a very
old age, attributed his long life to the
fact that he never exercised.
The young King of Italy is supposed
to owe not a little of his physical ac-
tivity and hardihood to Col. Oslo,
grim old soldier to whom he was turn
ed over at the age of r. Previous
to that time he had been in charge
of nurses and governesses. : Col. Oslo
put him through a course of sprouts
designed to counteract his dencacy of
health, his nervous irritability and
his whimsicality. If he had a cold
he had to rise at the usual hour, battle
and go through the ordinary grind.
The colonel dinned into his head that
If he were a donkey he would not be
the less a donkey for being a kings
son. Most of his percepts were in this
spirit and his young charge has de-
veloped into a rather unusually serious
minded sovereign.
Elmer E. Smathers, the famous
New York sportsman, is going to tour
the world in an auto-that is, partly.
From San Francisco he will sail for
Honolulu. Several weeks will be
spent in the fiowery kingdom. A short
trip will be made in the territory sur
rounding Hong-Kong, China, and a
brief visit will be made to Manila.
After touring a few miles into the
provinces he will proceed to Calcutta,
through India to Bombay and thence
by boat to Cairo. A short tour through
Italy will bring him to Paris, where
side trips will be made to Monte Carlo
and other interesting places. Then
to London and back to New York. He
will make the trip in specially con-
structed machine, handled by a chauf-
feur who is a Harvard graduate, and
will be accompanied by his valet and
two friends.
The largest steamship in the world
is the Baltic, which was launched at
Belfast, Nov. II, from the Harland
& Wolff yard. This will be the
fourth time the same firm have launch
ed a vessel entitled successfully to
the same credit. First, there was the
Oceanic, in 1899; then the Celtic, in
1901, and the Cedric, in 1902 each YES
sci at the date mentioned being the
largest steamer afoat. The dimensions
of the vessels mentioned were:
Gross Length. Depth. Breath.
Tonnage. FIT. FIT. FIT.
Oceanic =. 1924 705 40 68
Celtic Qn1 700