The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

worlds demand for coal. Natal export
ed 1900 tons in 1901.
"A section of cable in the Caribbean
sea was recently raised from 1850
fathoms of water, where it had lain
for thirty years. Tests showed its core
to be in perfect electrical condition
and the rubber insulator uninjured. A
fear that sulphur from the rubber
might injure the copper wire had no
foundation.
Figures have just been published
which the Canadian press claims as an
indication of the military spirit which
animates young Canada. The state of
New York has a population of nearly
100000 more than the entire Dominion
of Canada, yet its national guard has
an enrolment of only 14,46S men. Can
ada, on the other hand, has $4,000 men
In its active militia, and thousands of
others who have gone through militia
training and are now on the retired
list
A new electrical radiator intended
to supersede the steam heater, is form
ed by enameled iron plates, the space
between being filled with powdered car
bon, kept in position by asbestos card
board. Into this radiator are led three
copper strips, one at each end and one
in the center, and a continuous current
of electricity is passed from the center
to the end strips. With a current of
eight ampheres at 200 volts, a heating
surface of 25 square feet can be kept
at temperature of 100 degrees Fahren-
heit.
Hearing of the efficacy of the
Roentgen rays for the removal of hairs
from the upper lip a lady in Hanover,
age 80, applied to DR.. Karl Bruno
Schurmayer, a properly qualified doc
tor and Roentgen ray specialist, for
treatment. He operated twice, but in
stead of removing the superfiuous hairs
the operation resulted in the skin of
the face becoming red and the lips
swollen. The lady thereupon brought
an action against the doctor and was
awarded $50 damages, against which he
appealed, but the decision has just
been upheld.
That the motorist cannot help reck-
less driving was maintained by a
French savant in a recent meeting of
scientists in Paris. The furore steals
on them. In setting out they intend
to go at a moderate pace, but as they
warm to the work they must rush on
ldolcI anu ldSlSI. IlS llylIlS ldAIOoSoPC
through which they tear forward pro-
duces the kind of giddiness which
Arabs says takes hold of them in the
fantasia. In this state motorists would
run down those nearest and dearest to
them as unhesitatingly as though they
were so many animals.
"A lawsuit, which may probably be
claimed as the oldest in the world, is
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communes of Gallo and FoZa have
been for four centuries in litigation for
the possession of an extensive tract of
woodland, which has assumed the char
acter of a virgin forest. with trees of
colossal size, which no man dares to
touch. Spots are still pointed out
where two hundred years ago the two
communes fought pitched battles for
the disputed wood. Apparently the
homeric struggle is as far from clos
ing as ever.
Experiments are now being made
by the French in their submarine
boats with a material called "oxy-
1.-the, new chemical compound which
liberateS oxygen freely when mixed
with water. This not only purifies the
air, but it burns up all animal impuri-
ties. In addition, experiments are be-
ing made with a new motor to which
oxylithe furnishes the fuel. If this
proves successful-and the prospect is
at present favorable-the motor will
do for both surface and under water
running. Much more powerful machin-
cry can be installed, and large part
of the heavy electric batteries can be
removed.
"A curious action for compensation
in which, for the first time, the tele-
phone appears as the medium of SLAM
der, has just been tried at Milan. The
parties were Signor Venturini, a
chemist, and Signor Guanbarotto, a
barrister, who had acted as counsel for
the former, and, as his fee had not been
PAID continually called up by tele-
phone his former client at his place of
business to demand payment, in Ian
guage declared to be abusive. When
Slgnor Venturini happened to be- alb
sent, other persons frequently had n
listen to the barrister's angry Ian
guage. The court condemned the IN
wary lawyer in damages.
AS to hydrophobia: Beware of the
dog when it becomes dull and hides
away; appears restless; always on the
move ana proving; whose countenance
is somber and sullen; walks with head
| down like bear. Beware of one who
parks at nothing when all around is
| stlll. Beware of dog that scratches
necessarily and tears up things. Look
! out for the dog that has become too
| iona or you and is continually trying
| TO lick your hand and face. Beware
above all, of the dog which has dim
| Guilty in swallowing, which appears 70
have bone in it's throat, and one that
| has wandered from home and returns
| covered with dirt, exhausted and mis-
cradle.
One of the valued possessions of
the late Stuart Robson was a colIec-
ton of scrapbooks compiled by the
| comedian with great care. They lid
not contain press clippings, either Mr.
ROBSON was radical free thinker and
he neglected no opportunity to point
out what he considered the unworthi-
ness of the clergy. He cut out all the
reports of their misdeeds that appear-
| ed in the newspapers and for a number
OF years he added these clippings assid-
uously to his collection. The scran-
DOCKS increased so much in bulk at last
| that he was compelled to give IN tha
task But he was always proud of the
monument that he had raised to his
| opinions.
The inconvenience of the similarity
between a gentleman's evening dress
and the attire of waiter has re-
ceived yet another instance. Mr.. Cho-
ate the American ambassador, was
the victim on this occasion. At the
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