The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The turbine plants that have shown
high economy and call for practically
no repairs. Compared with passenger
steamers of similar size, but having re-
ciprocating engines, the installation of
turbines has shown a gain per indi-
Gated horsepower in favor of the tur-
bine steamer of 20 per cent.
AT the suggestion of Lord Strath-
coma and Lord Aberdeen a party of
members of both houses of Parlia-
ment is being organized to pay a visit
to Canada in the autumn recess. The
object is to study the resources of the
Dominion, with view to a more thor
ough enlightenment of the people OF
Great Britain.
OF the 165 different kinds of snakes
found in the United States, but twenty
are Venomous They are the copper
head and water moccasin, which are
closely related; the coral snakes of
the Southwest, the two species of sis
trurus and the fifteen species of ra tile
snake. The most dangerous of them
the water moccasin-is not seen north
of Tennessee. st1s.s s!eit,>t 81,
The rattlespakes rattle consists of
a number of hollow, horny rings.
somewhat like quill in substance and
interlocked with one another, while
they are so elastic as to permit of
considerable amount of motion between
them. These rings are not indicative
of age, as has been supposed, since in
some years several appear, while, in
others only one ring may be developed.
Prof. Dewey of the Boston Institute
of Technology, in speaking before the
convention of educators and business
men at Ann Arbor, Mich, deplored the
lack of fitness shown by college grad
yates for the hard realities of life.
Prof. Ripley of Harvard University
urged the enforcement of business
methods of exacting attention to
study all through q university stu
dents course.
Jack Costa, known in the Klondike
as Italian Jack" has made the rich
est strike in the new Tanana gold
fields. He has a claim on Pedro creek
which has twelve holes dug to bed
rock and $2,000,000 worth of gold in
sight, according to Lieut.. Gibbs of the
United States signal service, who has
prospected and computed the value o.:
the claim for him.
- 9NAoASN SPAAiOAJ pant WANh AhCN-
ding little flowers was sent from the
City of Mexico to the Madrid botanical
garden, in 1884, and, being new to the
botanists, was named Dahlia, after
Dahl, a Swedish botanist. Florists
soon noticed the great possibility of
variation in the flower in color and
size, but it was rare in Europe until
Humboldt brought from Mexico
quantity of the seed.
For the collection of sociological
and pathological data, especially such
as may be found in institutions for the
criminal, pauper and defective, and
generally in hospitals and schools" is
the title of a bill recently introduced
into Congress- The United States pro-
vides for the punishment Of crime, but
makes no effort to prevent it. The
annual tribute society pays. to crime
statistics show to be $500, 100000
The Chilean battleship Liberated, a
sister of the Constitution, launched at
Barrow-in- Furness, England was but
ten months in building. The contract
for the unfinished Missouri was let
more than four years ago and she is
but 400 tons larger. at is claimed for
the Libertad and we think with much
show of truth" says Scientific Ameri-
can, that she is, for her SHE'LL, 500
tons-the most powerful fighting ship
afloat."
In view of the important effect of
the heat impaired by the suns rays
on all life, Prof. Langley, of the adj
visory board of the Carnegie Institu-
ton, advocates the establishment of
two laboratories close to the equator,
at the greatest possible difference of
altitude and yet within sight of each
other, so that, under like atmospheric
and other conditions, simultaneous OBJ
servations could be taken. and the
variation produced by difference Of
altitude accurately recorded.
Charles Frohman and George Ed
wardes will soon produce Jointly in
London a new musical piece. "The
School Girl" with Miss Edna May; a
new musical play. entitled Madam
sherry which viii be presented AT the
Prince OF Wales theater; and Klaw a
Eilanger's "rhe Billionaire." In New
YORK they win jointly produce The
Three Little Maids. The School Girl.
THE Girl from Rays" and a new
Gaiety theater musical play.
In this month siNty-hye years ago
was born IN the village OF Somerset
shire, England, John Henry Brodribh.
better known 10 the world a. sif Hen.
~ IRVING. Ills native place Is a litiis
out-of-the-W0rid hamlet FiK miles from
ihe nearest railway and the house OF