The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-28

and the prOduCtlOn VI Pi6 - +ba
cent. In the coal industry alone t dao
o,,tn,t has i,mped since 1880 from $6,OOO
annually to So, 900 900. The deVelop-
ment has been steady in all INES
THE last railroad built in India has
American rails. Americans export their
iron and motors, their machinery ana
Falvanic wires TO South Africa. bgypl'
too. has more than one PnllauelpnIa
bridge. Three hundred railroad cars
from Jersey City have found their way
into the land of the Pharoahs' anu -,
the foundries of Pittsburg electrical
tramways were forged 10 connect
Cairo with the Pyramids.
-Well-informed ornithologists say
that an extensive increase in the num-
Der of English starlings brought TO
this country would not only af1oro de-
light to eyes and ears, but would De
highly beneficial in lessening the raw
ages of many destructive insects, Wnlch
become a prey to these bros "A lalll-
entable error was committed When
those uuarrelsome English sparroWs
We're imported. These little fellows
have been productive of much more
harm than good in this country. Inc
starting would probably be a much
more useful importation.
Prof. Scott of the Congregational
Theological Seminary, Chicago SAID re-
Gently: zone result of religious uncer-
tainty is the disappearance OF the the
ologian. The younger scholars, unuer
radical influences, have turned away
from theology, so that it is now very
difficult in America to find men quallhed
to become professors of theology. Inc
Presbyterian of Philadelphia says that
this opinion is held by other observers,
and continues that Tin our theologlcdi
seminaries very few students are max
ing a speciality of systematic theoIogy'
The times do not favor 1t, nor give
much heed to its fine definitions or dls-
tinctions. Doctrine is not priced nor
understood; loose thinking is dominant;
al! sorts of opinions prevail in and out
of the church. The reading of the day
can hardly be called theologic, even in
ministerial circles" Its profound rem
edy for this is more theology and more
study of it, unpopular as both have IN
recent time shown themselves to be.
-One of the latest triumphs of engi-
neering skill is to be found at the Great
Western Railway works at Swindon,
according to the London Chronicle,
where an ingenious contrivance Tor CIV
ing locomotive its trial trip without
leaving the scene of it's construction IS
in. operation. The feature of the test
ing plant is that the engine, after be
ing placed on the machine, runs on
wheels fitted with tires which corre-
spond to the tread and section of the
permanent way A clever braking ar
rangement secures a representation OF
the difficulties encountered in running
on the metals, and all the tests usually
made on a trial trip can be conducted
inside the works with all the appliances
at hand. The dangers of breakdown
and subsequent blocking of the main
line are thus obviated, and the work of
experimenting is simplified. This ma
chine is the invention of the locomo-
tive superintendent, ]. G. Churchward,
and is said to be the only one in Eu-
rope.
The Russian peasant, even if the
bread he eats is black. has a bon
bouche to add to his meal much sought
by epicures in the Western world
the wild mushrooms which grow thous-
ands upon thousands, on the steppes
Of, Russia, says an Exchange. At any
time a full and savory meal is proVid
ed with the addition of sausage and
onions; even mushroom alone often
contents them for meal with their
coarse rye bread. The poorest laborer
has also a luxurious drink always
available from the ever present Samo-
var, and the tea they drink would be
the envy of any American connois-
seur of that beverage, for the best of
China's tea is found in Russia, and
all classes enjoy its quality and frag-
rance. Never is the water allowed
to stand on the tea over a few mo-
ments. so none of the poisonous 4annin
is extracted, and a delightful, mild
ly stimulating straw colored drink is
the result. 1t would be well if the
Russian peasant would content himself
with this, for his only great vice is
drunkenness.
The strangest thing about life in
Rome is that one not only does as the
Romans do, but ends by thinking as
the Romans think, feeling as the Ro-
mans feel, says a writer in the Cen
aury Magazine. The best Illus ira
ton I know of this is the mental at
titude of the foreign residents to-
ward certain superstitions, notably the
belief in the evil eye-the malocchio
or jettatura, as it is indifferently call
ed. / never knew an Italian who did
not hold more or less to this super
stition. Americans who have lived
TeIuCIdnIlV
that there does seem to be something
in it," or, if they are Roman born,
quietly accept it as one of those things
in heaven and earth of which philos-
ply fails to take account. In GER
tain respects the Italian is markedly
free from superstition as compared
with the Celt or the Scott: for in
stance, the fear of ghosts or spirits is
so rare that | have never met with
it; on the other hand, the belief in the
value of dreams as guides to action
dream book in some families is held
hardly second in importance to the
book of prayer The Italians eminent
ly practical nature makes him utilize
his dreams in playing the lotto" as
the buying of lottery tickets is called
To. dream of certain things indicates
that one will be lucky and should play.
The choice of the number is the chief
preoccupation of the hardened lottery
player. 1t is decided by the oldest
chance-by the number on bank note
that has been lost and found again, or
the number of cab which has brought
one home from delightful festivity.
The Bavarian ministry of transpor-
tation has recently issued tenders to a
large number of firms for the supply
of railroad motor cars. For main
roads two sizes of motor cars are pro-
posed to be built and for branch roads
one size-however, in two patterns of
different capacity. The large motor
cars for branch roads are required TO
pull a trailer of two tons and the
smaller ones each ABOUT three-quarters
of q ton to one ton gross weight. The
large cars are intended to accommo-
/ At h.