The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

-ErTDE. Ea TE4aEAs z NAlE4F Aa-1sA4 a--A
liberal professor Of theology il the
University Of Berlin. has made ool-
lection Of the sayings OF Christ not
contained in the New Testament.
-Transparenr umbrellas are late
novelty in London. The substance o.
which they are made has the color
Of ivory. and its constitution is a secret
OF the inventor. Collisions ara thus
rendered unlikely.
The gold dollar Of the United
states is the uoneta any standard o.
Canada British Honduras and Colon1-
b.g- and il is anticipated that Mexico
will attain the gold standard. with
the American dollar as las unit al
an early date.
An irrigation canal nearly forty
seven miles in length will Be the FIRST
step il. me plans 20 reclaim 5000
acres OF land west OF Grand Junction
Col, ami reaching 20 the Itan me,
The work laid OUT will cost over har
a million dollars.
Colorado ranks eighth in the United
States as to agriculture, sixth as TO
live stock. fifth as 10 coal and iron,
first in the percentage Of sugar in sugar
bee-s. first in the area OF irrigated
land. and first as 10 quality OF wheat
potatoes and melons No state ap-
proaches Colorado in the amount o.
gold and silver produced
Portland. Me, has lost SIS most
famous barber in the death OF John
2. Pike. In his time he shaved Grant,
Sheridan and Garfield. Ben Butter was
almost fond OF him. Judge Chnord
used 10 spend morning hour IN the
Office 70 have John tell hf-n the news
and save him the trouble Of reading
the nsoer. Blaine and Tom Reed and
Neal Dow were good friends 20 me
clever barber
A leading newspaper Of Austria
complains that under the reciprocity
treaty with Cuba the consumption OF
sugar in the United States viii De Ioi-
" GOV cred by the home production
cuban crops. The consumption IN tne
limited States is estimated at 2.00V,"s9
IONS a wear. out of this Cuba, where
the crop is this year nearly S59-0N tons
larger than last year, will deliver ne
lions share-say 100000 tons me
law sugar production Of Louisiana and
E-Io-saa contributes 800 600 tons. the
philippines 10000 tons and the United
states proper turns out $4,000 tons OF
beet sugar.
A black dog whose owner is IN
known has been bowling for TWO
~aaL,s around Elm street, Saco, says
The Pangor News He sits in front OF
a house with his head turned skyw ard
and keeps up continual unearInlg
howl. which can be heard WITHIN d
radius OF a quarter Of mile. There
have been an unusual numoer OF
deaths in this neighborhod recently
and it is claimed that TINS Dog mas
howled in advance in front OF every
house in which a death has occurred
The superstition has held good in SIX
instances. and Saturday the dog was
dividing his time between two houses
in which there is sickness. hoWling
for a while before one OF them ana
then taking his station before the other
Some people in the neignoornood are
a good deal worked up about IL NO
body has been able TO get near enough
TO the dog TO get a shot at him. ana
when driven OF he soon returns The
superstition is as old as the hills. II
is claimed that within radius OF -V9
yards from a central point IN tnat
neighborhood twelve deaths have oc-
Cured within less than that number
of months.
A modern navy is not one OF the
cheap luxuries, says the Pathfinder.
Senator Hale stated that the Navy De-
partment proposed 10 retire the bat
tleships Oregon, Indiana Massachu-
setts and Texas to the purpose Of coast
defense in 1905 The Oregon was
lunched only in 1895. so that her life
as a fire-class fighting ship will be
only twelve years. The Oregon cost
IS. 0Oo. 0O0 but the battleships now are
costing ss.e0e.eoa Any warship now
becomes virtually obsolete in a dozen
or fifteen years. and we must figure
on practically replacing our navy at
the end of that period. A merchant
steamer lasts on the average TWEEN
ty years Ii is well known that the
big naval guns are also very short
lived. The biggest ones are worthless
after a hundred shots. The metal
becomes crystallize3 by the shock Of
the explosions and loses its tensile
strength, thus making it dangerous.
Hence a bombardment costs not only
in the ammunition used. but even more
in the wear and tear on the gun it
self. Naval authorities speak OF these
things lightly. for il is not their own
money that is being spent. but as q
matter of fact a warship is the
most expensive thing imaginable to
run.
The latest Swedish invention that
is being discussed is a portable tele-
phone The specimens that have been
Esnt abroad have elected unstiuted