The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

DitllSu 4luld may ne pfOnlDlLe0 Dy law
on account of the cruelty involved.
Among the latest fads of the sum-
mer girls are sunburned initials on
their arms. Short sleeves, initials cut
from black court plaster and affixed
10 the arm, and the sun will do the
rest, leaving the letters in pink and
white on the sunburned skin.
Prof. Assmann, one of the German
government meteorological experts, has
risen to explain that lightning seldom
strikes in a forest where the trees are
dense and of about the same hight.
Danger exists only where isolated trees
rise above their Surroundings.
"A halibut estimated to be fifteen
feet in length was seen in the Pisca-
taqua river near Dover Point, recent
ly by number of Dover people. The
fish was seen to jump out of the water
several times and on every occasion
made a roaring noise which could be
heard a considerable distance.
1t is announced in a scientific jour-
nal that Prince Albert of Monaco has
taken the lead in the movement for
another North Pole expedition on a
plan suggested by Ensign Charles Be
nard, late of the French navy. The
cost of the expedition is set down at
100000, two ships to be employed.
The detective force in China is a
secret body second to none in the
world in point of organization. From
one end of the Celestial land to the
other a very Wide-open eye is kept
upon every man, woman and child,
whether foreign or native, and for that
matter, the detectives watch one an
other most vigilantly.
Advices from st. Petersburg tell of a
service of wireless telegraphy at Lake
Baikal which is almost complete, and
will be in working order soon. 1t will
consist of three stations, one of which
will be on board the ice breaker
which will be enabled to communicate
with both shores during its passage
across the lake.
American sporting dogs are de-
scended from English stocks, but the
dry climate Of extreme temperatures,
the nature of the ground, and game,
and the methods of hunting in Amer
lea cause the survival of the fittest to
lighter more enduring animal one
quicker in the reflexes of judgment
and action.
"A valuable scientific find has been
made in New Jersey, where a slab of
stone bearing the impress of the feet
of some prehistoric animal has been
brought to light from eighty feet be-
low the surface. The footprints are
three-toe about three inches long,
and resemble bird tracks. There is
also trail left by the heavy tail of
the animal, and two parallel lines
which may have been made by wings.
They are thought to be the tracks of
a pterodactys a kind of reptile bird.
Thirty members of the French
Chamber of Deputies and ten of the
Paris in 1888 to consider some method
of settling differences between nations
without resort to war. They organized
the nterparliamentary union, of
which 1900 national legislators are now
members. Last January an American
group of the union was organized in
Congress with forty-three members. A
hundred others have signified their in
tention of joining it. The twelfth an
lludl COlllGI6nCG u IIlS uIllOil Will NC
held at st. Louis in September and
Congress has appropriated $4,000 for
the entertainment of the distinguished
foreign delegates. The object of the
union is ito procure the reference of
all pending difficulties between nations
to The Hague court, hasten new arbi-
tration treaties and to insert in all
future treaties between nations a
clause favoring arbitration"
According to writer in Pages
Magazine. at the end of the nineteenth
century the number of merchant YES
sells of 10000 tons and over was under
half a dozen, but since then huge
steamers have multiplied to such an
extent that at present they are not far
short of one hundred. More than half
belong to England and are employed in
trade with the United States. Germany
already possesses twenty-six steamers,
of over 10, 900 tons each, and is prepar-
ing to build more. Ere long Germany
may aim at the construction of vessels
that will rival the Baltic in dimensions
and the new Cunarders in speed. Such
vessels do, however, put great strain
upon the resources of the ports of the
United Kingdom and other nations.
The creation of great ships has been
quicker than the arrangements for
their reception and berthing. The
Clyde trustees have been foremost in
designing docks to meet the wants of
the largest of steamers and in obtain
ing the sanction of Parliament for
widening and deepening the navigable
channel by which these docks are ap-
preached. other local bodies are do
ing the same. How far these big ships
are justified by the condition of the
ocean carrying trade is doubtful. If
they can obtain an ample supply of
cargoes their size has decided advan-
tages, as their working expenses COM
pared with smaller vessels are proper
tionately less But such cargoes are
not always obtainable and the ports
which can take in these monsters are
few.
Considerable diversity is shown in
the gifts which the different cities and
states have selected for the naval YES
sells which have been named in their
honor, says the New York Post The
New York, with a liberality BETTING
the metropolitan city, was presented
with a silver service, a bell, some
flags, an athletic outfit. an organ and
a library. having a total value of
nearly $4,000. The Massachusetts, re-
ceived a library, a flag. and statue
worth all together little short Of So
500. Oregon led in number of gifts
presenting twelve articles ranging
from a photograph of the ship, worth
s., to a clock, worth $4,000. Albums,
paintings. and punch bowls. were also
included The BOSTON received anOne