The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-07

Of macerated currency. The Controller
Of the Currency called his attention TO
some samples in which there were
pieces Of bills half an inch square or
more. II was pointed out that per-
son seeking 10 make bogus money
might pick out these fragments, paste
them together and make a bill Of
them; also. that there was danger that
charter numbers which had not been
ground UP might be used by counter
feiters. The rage for souvenirs Of
maceated bills is astonishing. Half a
dozen manufacturers have been given
permission to utilize this waste prod
uct. All sorts Of articles are manu-
featured out Of il, and it has become
quite the proper thing at Washing
ton banquets TO have the menu cards
Of macerated currency.
Recently smoke was noticed COM
ing from a sub-station near Tendon,
says an abstract from an English pa
per in the Electrical Review. The fire
department responded to the alarm and
quickly flooded the place, making mat
tiers worse, not only for the sub-sta-
ton. but for the power station as well.
To meet such emergencies. Mr.. z. Kill
burn Scott says: 1t looks as though
special fire engines are required, which
would throw jet of sand in place OF
water" He suggests that il might be
advantageous TO have a large tank of
sand on the roof above the switch
board, with a flexible hose, so that the
sand could be instantly turned on to a
short circuit. Another point considered
is the dense and suffocating smoke
given of by many kinds Of insulation
when set on fire. This is particularly
the case with rubber and it seems as
though il would be better TO use only
bare wire for switchboard connection,
or. at least, TO adopt some kind of in
sulation which would be less objection
able than rubber. The same point is
made against the use of linoleum or
rubber mats covering the floor of the
switchboard gallery. If insulation is
necessary, the floor should be of glass
or slate.
The annual returns Of the British
registrar general shows a steady in
crease of mortality from anaethesis
since 1853. In 1900 there were 40
deaths registered as due to anaesthet-
les. According TO DR.. A. D. Waller
IF. r. So OF the University of Lon
don. this is an entirely unnecessary
price TO pay for the boon OF anaesthe-
STA, as the chief reason of its pay
ment is ignorance of the most ele-
mentary principles of the subject. DR..
Waller believes that deaths from chic
reform (the popular anaes thetic in
England), are due simply TO a too
great concentration of the inhaled va
poT. Using a pump invented by DR..
Dubois Of Lyons in anaesthetiZing ami
mails, DR.. Waller has never lost one
from chloroform among the thousands
operated on. The pump has already
been tried TO a limited extent on hu-
man beings, with entirely satisfactory
results. The best percentage of chic
reform for anaesthesia is between l
and ? per cent; there is practically no
danger from such a mixture. This can
be accurately maintained by means of
the Dubois pump. In many ways chic
reform is preferable to ether as an
anaesthetic, and if 1t could be rem
dered as safe as the latter, might
largely replace it in this country.
How much money does it take to
make change for a quester?" queried
the man whose fad is freak mathe-
MATES, says the Philadelphia Press.
Twenty-Five cents, Ell? You're away
out. To change a quarter in the va
rious ways il can be done requires a
capital Of seventy cents. If a fellow
wanted plenty Of coin for his quarter
he'll tax you for twenty-five pennies,
On the other hand, the man who
wan.ed the least loose change for his
quarter would come at you for two
dimes and a nickel. The chap who
wanted a diversity of coin in his
change would get into you for two
flve-cent pieces, one dime and five
pennies, which would allow him to
jingle copper, silver and nickel in his
jeans. Others might ask you to pro-
duce four nickels and five pennies,
three nickels and ten pennies, two
nickels and fifteen pennies or one nick
el and twenty pennies. If you escaped
these demands you might be requested
10 come UP with five nicheis, three
nickels and one dime, one nickel, one
dime and ten pennies, one dime and
fifteen pennies, or two dimes and five
pennies. There are just twelve ways
Of breaking a quarter in current
United States coin, and to be there
with the goods for any demand you
would require twenty-five pennies, two
dimes and i've nickels-in all seventy
cents"
The now Anticipated meanings of
words mount up to a great number
in King James Version, says the Re-
ligious Herald. To let a person do
anything is with US to allow him to
do it. What, then, does 1t mean to
US when Jehovah is made to say, II
will work and who shall let it?" 1t
is Egyptian darkness until we know
that let" in old English meant Ito
hinder" 1 will work. and who shall
hinder 1t. The God of my mercy
shall prevent me-" Let thy tender
mercies speedily prevent u.s." My
pr-a yer shall nreyeDt thee =" In the
language we know these translations
are fatty against both the original and
what King James revisers meant, for
prevent TO them meant to meet, pre-
cede in the common use of the present
day quick means speedy, rapid, at
once, and quicken means to hasten.
How many general readers understand,
they go down quick into the pit, into
hell" they swallowed us up quick"
or the often-repeated, intense prayer
in the Psalms, quicken me-" or the
New Testament, "a quickening Spirit"
"Quickened by the Spirit? Put living
for quick. and give life for quicken,
and these many TRANSACTIONS. true
but riddles to US, become exact trans
lations in our speech. Corn TO us
means Indian corn, but to the English
1t means wheat, rye, barley.
The mania for bigness often ex-
tends to our choice of fruits and veg
etables, says the Los Angeles Times.
Here in California we are fond of
boasting of our immense squashes and
beets and watermelons and apples and
peaches and so forth. In fact. we are
inclined to eat with our eyes rather
than with our palates, utterly regard
e