The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

MI ". u. Tight the PRESIDENT OIL
the University of New Mexico. has
made the ascent of the Orata, in Bo-
livia. This is the first time the peak
has been scaled.
"A recent remarkable illustration of
the influence of railway transporta-
ton on commerce is given by the open
ing of the western section of the Trans
Siberian Railway. There were only 140
diaries in Siberia in 1898, which pro-
duced for export about 100000 pounds
of butter. In 1892 there were $500 dali
ries, producing upward of 90,O00,000
pounds.
The Paris correspondent of a Lon
don journal states that particulars of
new anti-tuberculosis serum will
shortly be communicated to the Acad-
envy of Medicine by the discoverer. Dr.
Marmorck. of the Pasteur Institute.
The new serum is said to have been
tried in the Paris hospitals and to have
cured several comparatively advanced
cases of tuberculosis.
"A physician has recently described
novel method of removing a fish bone
that was lodged crosswise in patients
throat The bone was too low to BIZ
reached by any forceps at hand, and
so the doctor tied a string in the eye
of a smooth button and had the pa
tient swallow the button-edgewise of
course. Then he drew the button back
by the string and the bone was prompt
ly dislodged.
Three men in Paris, whose names
are we'll known in the scientific world,
are projecting a balloon voyage across
the Atlantic. They are CapasSa, the
aeronaut; Berget Sorbonne- and NJ.
Reclus, the famous geographer. They
purpose starting from the Canary Is
lands in the month of May, where
the winds will favor them, and will
attempt to make land at Trinidad,
in the British West Indies. In their
opinion, the voyage will last only four
or five days.
The officials of the Wabash Rail-
road are taking steps to abolish the
use of intoxicating liquors by their
employees, and to curtail the use of
tobacco. Some of the oldest men in
the service were recently discharged
for drinking and for the excessive
use of tobacco. The officials say that
stimulants make the men unfit for the
proper performance of their duties.
and, therefore, unsafe and of no use
| to the company. superintendent of
divisions have the power, under the
new rules, to discharge any employe
who uses intoXicants, or who is seen
entering a saloon.
The Mississippi river is threatening
to cut across Leland Neck, Ark. OPP
posite to Greeenville, Miss, and leave
the latter place fourteen miles in
land. Greenville is the largest town
on the river between Memphis and
Vicksbur=, and is an important cotton
port. Besides, it is growing and
thriving all the time, and if the river
runs away from it the consequences
will be serious. 1t was threatened with
this fate in May last, and barely es-
capped, and it is feared that, in spite
of everything that may be done to
prevent it, the catastrophe may hap
pen next year.
Taking the estimates used at the
Chicago stock yards as the rule, q
steer weighing 1900 pounds will be
divided as follows: Waste matter,
$40 pounds; sides 1880 pounds each),
$50 pounds; liver 10 pounds; heart, 4
pounds; tallow. 60 pounds; tongue, 5
pounds; hide, 81 pounds; fertilizer ma
terials, Ia pounds; dry blood, pounds;
bones, 4 pounds; horns. 2 pounds; hoofs,
pounds; sinews, 4 pounds; tail 2
pounds; sweetbreads, pounds. Some
blood, bone and waste meat go into
the fertilizer materials and are in
Guided in that estimate. The condi-
ton of the animal affects the weights
of the parts, a fat steer having more
tallow than a lean one.
The administrator of the govern
ment of British New Guinea reports
the discovery of an extraordinary tribe
of marshland jewellers in that island
The land is too swampy to be walked
upon. and the tangled tropical under
growth in the wide stretches of shallow
water renders canoeing almost impos-
sible. The native dwellings are built
in the, trees above the water level. AS
the result of these conditions the ma
tives are gradually losing the use of
their lower limbs. They are unable to
walk on hard ground without suffer
ing from bleeding feet. Their bodies
have developed enormously in the
trunk, but the thighs, legs and feet
are diminutive. In figure and carriage
very much excited over the discovery.
A German firm has constructed a
new kind of travelling crane. which is
said to be the highest ever built. These
cranes are to be chiefly used for build
ing purposes. BY means of these tow
ering structures heavy building ma
terials, such as big stones, structural
iron, etc, are lifted up to the upper
stories of buildings under construc-
ton. There is illustrated here with one
of these cranes now in use in the erec-
ton of a military building in a Ger
man garrison. This so-called tower
crane is eighty-siX feet high. 1t is
worked by electricity, and has a lift
ing capacity of 10000 pounds. The
hight to which materials can be lift
ed by these cranes is seventy-six feet,
and the lifting speed for a load of
ten tons is seventeen feet per minute.
The entire mechanism is worked by
means of electricity. The motor is ar
ranged in the lower part of the frame
work.
"A Western farmer, whose land was
formerly a desert, tells in a pointed
way what irrigation has done for him.
when l struck this tract OF land the
big ditch was just being put in. 1t
was all a desert, covered with sage
brush and thorns, with the sun beat
ing down on it hot enough to scorch
the back off a jack rabbit. Then we
turned the ditch water on, and prestoi
Just look at that orchard and at moth
er's garden patch over there! There
isn't any other kind of farming equal
to it, in my opinion. First, it's easy
to learn; any man with common sense
can get along all right. Then irriga-
ton guarantees your crop. You don't
have to wait for a rain. If your wheat
needs water, you just ride down and
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