The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

steamer ninety feet to storage pockets
at the rate of 800 tons an hour. The
capacity of the shovel was two tons.
Advance reports indicate that the
returns of the recent census of the
Philippines, when tabulated, will show
a population of 7000,0 900, exclusive Of
the wild tribes of the mountains, which
are estimated at less than 100000.
President Clark of the National IT.
rigation Congress, which met at Og-
den recently, estimated that homes
may be provided for from 12,OOO,OOO TO
$4,000, 900 people by the irrigation of the
1880, 900 acres for which there is avail
able water supply.
1t has been suggested that, in view
of recent development in ionic investi-
cation, all matter may be composed of
| a single mother substance-protyle. Thls
! protyle is supposed to be manufactured
by destructive processes, from concrete
matter in the Crookes tube.
In sixty years the annual per cap
tia consumption of whisky has grad
ually decreased from two and a half
| gallons to one and a fourth gallons. In
| forty years the consumption of beer
has increased from less than two to
| lllOl z ludh seventeen 6dAAOho pCA ScPAeN
The authorized capitalization of
street car lines in the United States in
1902 amounted to $3.50, 629, 316, while the
gross earnings from operation were
| $247, 553, 999, and the net income, after
deducting all expenses, both operating
and fixed charges, was $S0,5s6,977.
The results of the change from
steam to electrical power on New
York's elevated railways are a reduc-
ton of cost per passenger from 2.24
cents under steam to 1.9S cents, and an
increase in gross earnings of 100000
| accompanied by decrease in expenses
of $4,000.
Now is the time of year when the
makers of calendars are busy. Many of
the big insurance companies put out
from 100000 to 1000, 900 annually, and
J it is said that one patent medicine firm
alone contributed 1000, 900 last year. A
| conservative estimate places the num-
| Der of 1903 calendars made in the
United States at 100.000,000.
The Figaro of Paris is congratulate
ing itself on the prediction it made two
years ago that one could soon commu-
| nicate with passengers on Atlantic
NllllOul 4CSdNluS Tie DOulG-
wards. Recently the Compagne Gen
erale Transatlantfque distributed book
! let's giving the directions necessary for
utilizing this mode of correspondence.
"A committee has been appointed
by the Cunard Steamship Company, to
investigate the application OF marine
turbines to steamers, with special ref
erence to the suitability of this class
f1l w4.rf.z s.
which are to be built under the agree
ment with the British government.
Ordinary marine engines powerful
enough to propel the projected Cunar-
ders at rs knots would be SO Excess
sively heavy that the comparative
lightness of marine turbines would be
considerable advantage if their
trustworthiness could be demonstrat-
ed. The questions of steam conSump-
ton and fuel economy of the turbines
will also be investigated.
Fencing among women promises to
achieve popularity this season never
before accorded the sport by fair devo-
tees. This is especially noticeable in
the large Eastern cities. Nearly all of
whom have fencing clubs. Many COM
petitions are scheduled, indicating
women's appreciation of this exercise,
WlllIlA Gail De IIluulSeU III ny Ln6In WlJ0-
out public displays and without fear
of acquiring nanny" characteristics.
The Fencers' Club of New York offers
to its female members advantages that
tend to advance the game. The Off
GERS of the National Amateur Fencers'
League of America contemplate a Sc
ries of inter-city team contests between
the fencing clubs of New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Washington.
Members of the medical profession
in New York are greatly interested
in the case of a Patchogue young man
named Henry Price, who has survived
one of the worst attacks of lockjaw
that the local physicians have ever
treated. The recovery of Price is at
tributed to the use of anti-toxin, 500
worth having been forwarded from AL
bany for the use of a local surgeon.
Mr.. NJ. B. Davis when the case was
reported about a week ago. Price is
now able to sit up in bed and to move
his mouth and arms, and 1t is thought
that in short time he will completely
recover. DR.. Davis contends that this
case is one of the most remarkable
ever heard of, and he has sent a his
tory of it to various prominent sur
geons and medical journals.
In Western Beaver county, Okla
homa, what is known geologically as
the Dakota sandstone rises from its
dip under the plains, and isolated frag-
ments of striking contour stand like
sentinels in the silence of the lonely
country Erosion by wind and rain
mas Worn these pyramids of sandstone
till they resemble tall chimneys of
fantastic design, cap lying on cap till
1t would seem that a push would top
pie them to the ground. Many natural
formations alleged to resemble human
faces, etc., require a stretch of the inl-
agination to fill in the detail. Six
hiles east of Kenton, however. is a
Dakota sandstone Clipped and CHS
elled by the elements till its likeness
in silhouette to the head of a. woman
is perfect. Every feature, chin, mouth
nose and brow, is cut against the sky
in clearest outline. The head rounds
gracefully to the neck, which offers a
slender support to the mass of rock
above it, The face is that of an aris-
tocratic colonial dame.
The General Electric Company. at
its works in Schenectady, has for a
long time been engaged in working
out the details of a new system of
canal boat towing by electricity. 1t
Is known as the Wood system. and
the device which actually draws the
boat is called the electric mule" The
test of trial plant, erected along
the Erie Canal In front Of the works
OF the General Electric Company, was
made on Wednesday in the presence
OF GOV. Odell, and a number of dis
unguished persons, including many
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