The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-04


PHOSPHORUS in Scotland and in the
Cleveland and Staffordshire mines. The
imported ore is largely from Bilboa,
Spain.
Among those men who have been
brought into prominence by the rail-
road development of the past few
years President Burt of the Union Pa
cific takes front rank. The secret of
his success lies in his extraordinary
working capacity and his intimate
practical knowledge of railroad duties.
Every detail connected with the syS-
TEN passes directly through his hands,
and he leaves nothing to subordinates,
even the highest subordinate officials
being mere factotums.
Play distinguishes the higher from
the lower animals, and it signifies pos
sibility of education. Fishes do not play
at all: the lower mammals can hardly
be taught to play. and birds are en-
tirely devoid of the instinct. But the
kitten and the lamb are essentially
playing animals. The human young,
however, are the true players, and, in
reality, it is play that develops them
into manhood. Children says DR..
Hutchinson, "are born little anonymous
bundles of possibilities, and are played
into shape"
"A curious state of affairs is re-
yelled at the University of Michigan.
1t seems that at the beginning of the
year the upper claSSmen decided that
it would not be well for freshmen to
drink, so a delegation visited the lead
ing resorts in Ann Arbor and told the
proprietors that if any of them sold
liquor to a freshman or allowed one
of them in his place he would be the
victim of a boycott The result is that
the saloon keepers have accepted the
warning and the freshmen are like
ly to remain very sober.
"A bill has been prepared, to be Of
fered in the next session of the Reich
stag, restricting the sale of intoxi-
cants in the German Empire. All
saloon-keepers will be obliged to keep
on sale Notwithstanding beverages,
such as lemonade, milk, tea and cOf-
fee, as well as cold foods. The num-
Der of baTmaids is limited, and there
is "a strict prohibition of credit. The
Imperial Health Office in Berlin has
come round to the belief that the use
of alcoholic drinks is strongly prejudi-
cal to the welfare of the country and
the people, and issues pamphlets for
popular distribution recommending to-
tai abstinence.
The eighty-seventh annual report
of the American Bible Society, which
has just been issued, shows that the
society has printed and purchased in
the course of the year 2,05S,9S9 Bibles,
of which 1,993,35S were issued in for
eign countries. The statistician also
states in the report that since its or
ganiZatiOn the society has issued more
than 100000 Bibles. The total num-
Der of Bibles issued in the United
States in the year ended March 81,
1908, was 46,423, of which New York
received 225,735 Pennsylvania 1876, 1913
and Illinois 62,S7S. Wyoming received
only Sc copies and Arizona 81, while
the Philippine Islands stand charged
with 11,774 copies. Among the sales
and grants" to foreign lands it is in
teresting to note that Cuba received
2O,39S, Africa 6,725, China 1,425 and
Canada only 21S.
-"Hockey-balr' is quite the latest
product in the way of parlor games in
England. Its inventor claims that it
will shortly sweep the world clear of
all that remains of ping-pong. The new
game is suitable for either summer or
winter, great advantage being that it
can be played sitting down by either
four, six or eight players. Each of
these has his own particular court" to
play in-the table is divided by tapes
into as many courts as there are play
ers-from which he endeaVors to pass"
or to shoot goals. A neutral territory
is provided, from which players can
either pass to each other or endeavor
to get the ball into their own courts
where intruders are not permitted
At each end of the table a goal is kept
in the orthodox fashion. and the game
is played with miniature hockey sticks,
being, to all intents and purposes, ia
BILE hockey.
"A loaf of bread has been on exhibit
ton at Mark Lane which was the re-
suit of a record-making experiment at
Blockley, in Worcestershire. At $50
o'clock one morning Messrs. Taylor &
Sons, of the Sheaf House farm, Block
ley, started to cut a field of wheat. AS
fast as the sheaves were cut they were
started to the granary. and there
threshed and WinnoWed. These opera
tons, says the Western Daily Press
took six and one-half minutes. Thence
the wheat was taken to the mill of ].
H. Painton, and there ground and
dressed in five and one-half minutes
At the adjacent bakehouse the flour
was made into dough and nodded into
cakes and loaves. Seven small loaves
were taken from the oven at o'clock
thirty minutes from the time the wheat
was standing uncut. The larger loaves
were finished in forty minutes. One
was sent to the King and others were
presented to Lady Northwich and Lord
Redesdale.
Chief Yates. of the Schenectady
Fire Department. is the inventor of
a new piece of fire-fighting apparatus.
which will be soon put to the test
in that city A local paper describes
1t as a fire-boat on wheels. 1t con-
sists Of a big monitor, such as used
on board the fire-boats of the large
cities, but in this case it is mounted
on two wheels, so that 1t can be push
ed wherever it may be desired, by a
couple Of men. The nozzle has the
additional feature that a curtain or
shield of water is projected therefrom
in all directions, making a perfect
envelope around the fireman who may
occasionally be compelled to go to the
machine and direct its operations. AS
rule, however, after II has been
placed properly it's needs attention
only once in a while, when the direc-
ton of the stream has to be changed.
similar piece Of apparatus is in use
in some of the departments, but that
Of Chief Yates is said to be a great
Improvement over all Of them. 1t will
take an active part In the review of
the fire department Of Schenectady
to be held at an early date.