The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04


"A raindrop one twenty-fifth of an
inch in diameter cannot fall at any
greater speed than 13 feet in a second.
Raindrops rarely exceed one-eighth of
an inch in diameter.
"A murderer in Canada waiting ex-
ecution insisted on a game of ping
pong just preceding death. and also
for a view of the scaffold. both of
which wishes were gratified.
British Guiana is the most cosmo-
politan of British colonies. the popula-
ton consisting, of an admixture of
Dutch, French. British and American
colonists. East Indian coolies and the
aborigines of the country.
The courts of New York have in
variably. when the question has come
before them, announced that it was a
principle of the common law that it
was the duty of railroad companies to
furnish passengers with seats.
Some of the Partisan theaters give
gratuitous performances three or four
times a year. They are intended for
poor people, and those who are first in
line are usually at the doors several
hours before the house is opened.
The very earliest example of a
national alliance is contained in what
is the oldest historical document yet
known. inscribed on bowl found at
Sungir, in Chaldea-the Shinar of the
Bible-and dating from about 1000 B.
c.
BY the will of the late William
Pitts of Taunton, Mass, SS5, 900 is be-
queathed for the erection of chapels
and conducting missionary work in
order to spread the Episcopal faith
among the negroes of Georgia and 9TH
er Southern States.
New kinds of living butterflies can
be produced from existing forms by
greatly increasing or decreasing the
temperature of the place where the
butterflies are kept. A difference in col
oring and even in form has thus been
obtained by Prof. Fischer in recent
experiments.
Smith is naturally the dominating
name in the new London directory.
There are some 1000 plain Smiths.
There are also, surprising as 1t may
SEEM seventeen other ways of SPELL
ing the name, varying from Smythe to
Schmidt Nor does this take into ac-
count such obvious relatives as Smith
son. Smithers. etc.
Since 1897 the government of Fin
land has annually distributed prizes
for the best products in bellies lettres.
The recipients of the prizes for 1907
are DR.. Leino. who got about $500 for
an historic drama; Malta Taloia (Mme.
l. fnv
Tegengrend, $500 for lyrics, and 7.
Pakkola, $3.50 for a comedy.
The big consolidated railway of
Cleveland gladdened the hearts of its
employees on Christmas Day by an
nouncing that it has Cancelled all the
bad marks made in the past against
the conductors and motormen. This
will enable all the employees to begin
the new year with entirely clean re-
cords and on an equal footing.
There are in Ireland % landlords
owning over $4,000 acres, while there
are in Scotland AZ. One of the broadest-
acred of the Scottish landlords is the
Prime Minister. who owns just 3d.
900 acres. with rent roll of some
500 900. The laird of lairds is, of
course, the Duke of Sutherland, who
possesses over a 100000 acres, which
bring him in some $350,000 per annum.
The latest novelty in tops is one
that whistles and sings as it goes
around. In the hollow upper portion
are a pair of metal discs and ham,
mer, while round the side are several
leading into the hollow. The air is
sucked into the hollow chamber and
is driven through the openings in the
side, causing a whistle. The hammer
strikes the discs and so produces the
ringing.
Wellesley College is contemplating
starting a department of agriculture,
modelled after the Horticultural Col
lege at Swanley, England. The ex-
pertinent will be a novelty here in the
East, but in the West at some of the
state universities and agricultural col
leges full COURSES in agriculture are
offered to women. In England this
work has been going on for Is years
with much success.
Fresh air tables are a preparation
discovered by French scientist. 1t
was while investigating acetylene that
he discovered that he could combine
certain chemicals into tablet which,
on being dropped into water, dissolved
and gave forth pure oxygen. These
tablets win be exceedingly useful in
a closed carriage, a submarine boat,
a mine. or anywhere else where the
air has become vitiated.
"A filter that will purify the water
as it runs from the water tap and
at the same time prevent the splash
ing that results when water is turned
on into any receptacle is likely to be
of considerable utility. The filter Is
attached to the tap, and acts some
what after the manner of the strainer
which you hang on the spout of the
teapot. The water passes through
gauze and into an outer shell, from
which it runs as smoothly as OIL The
outer she'll can easily be removed
for cleaning.
Arizona engineers regard the Grand
one of the greatest fields in existence
for the development of electricity from
water power. In addition to the i'm
mense power of the Colorado itself,
large stores of energy are available
in the smaller streams that leap into
the vast chasm. The plan by which
the power of the main stream will, it
is now thought, eventually be utilized
is that of picking up the fall of the
river by means of tunnels. At point
about seventy miles north of Williams
1t is said that fall of 5000 feet can
be found in a distance but little ex-
ceeding a mile.
There is such a thing as being too
thoroughly up to date, says the Chi