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

been termed "bromelin," and so power
full is it's action upon proteds that 1t
will digest as much as 1000 times its
weight within a few hours.
After numerous experiments and
trials an alloy of aluminium has been
made with which nails, staples and
tacks can he made to compete with
copper. Among other advantages
claimed for the new material is that 1t
is not affected by the weather and will
not deteriorate.
In 1776 the grip claimed so many
victims in Paris alone that a physician
offered d prize of $4,000 to the person
who could show that he had been ex-
empt from it. A single person present.
ed himself. songwriter named Nou-
garet, who composed a comic opera in
one act, entitled La Grippe"
According to a theory set forth by
the late Prof. Newton of Yale all COM
cts were originally strangers to our
solar system. and those that now re-
volve about our sun like the planets
have been Captured" by the attrac-
ton of some of the latter near which
the celestial visitants passed.
Burns from Roentgen rays have
some curious features. DR.. E. A. Cod
man, citing nearly two hundred cases,
notes that the burns resemble sunburn,
but they may extend much deeper, the
body being transparent to these rays.
The burns do not usually appear imme-
diately, most often developing in about
ten days through sometimes delayed
for months.
Before Chinese bandits are executed
in Mukden they are suspended for a
week or ten days by their thumbs and
great toes, so that their knees Just
touch the ground Just before the
torture would kill them their heads
are cut off. All this is done by the
Chinese courts, to which the Cossacks
turn over the bandits, or alleged
bandits, after arrest.
A correspondent in the London
Times says that the Chinese care moth
ing for the provinces of Manchuria.
They form no part of the eighteen
provinces which fill the Chinese con-
ception of his native land, though they
gave birth to the ruling dynasty. This
indifference may be real and may ac-
count for the ease with which the
Russians have overrun the country;
yet Manchuria is worth fighting for.
"A ICCGAI lllNCllllOIl III DIIbdlIl Will
novel features is a water bride for a
horse. A rubber reservoir is provided
covering the horses head and attached
to the bride. This is to be filled with
water, the idea being to keep the
horses head and attached to the bride.
This is to be filled with water, the idea
being to keep the horses head cool in
summer and to replace the unsightly
straw bonnet with a sponge in it, so
much used in the hot months.
The noted Japanese gardens, IA
nous for their beauty, owe much of
their charm to the quaint lanterns
which are used in great profusion. The
best of their garden lanterns are made
of bronze after quaint native designs.
Some of them are richly carved and
are of great intrinsic value. Many
of these lanterns are of great an
tiquity, and the best examples are seen
at Nikkho, famous for it's exquisite
bronzes
The late Archibald Forbes once
said of censorship in war times: Were
1 general and had I an independent
command offered me, 1 would accept
it only on condition that I should have
the charter to shoot every war CORE
spondent found within fifty miles of
my headquarters. The most careful
correspondent can not write a sentence
which the strictest censor, if he is to
pass anything at all. can not refrain
from sanctioning, that may not give
a hint to the astute intelligence officials
of the other side"
"A curious means of moving boats
is employed on the river Elbe. A chain
200 miles long lies at the bottom of
the stream. which is too swift to nav
igate in the usual way. The boats are
$50 feet long and provided with 200
horse power steam engines which turn
drum fastened on the deck. The
chain comes in over the bow, passes
along on rollers to the drum, around
which it is wound three times. The
chain is then carried to the stern,
where IL drops back into the water. It
is the longest chain in the world.
"A startling increase in occasional
verse may be looked for shortly, says
the London Times, for a new "Rhym-
ing Dictionary is on the point of pub
lication; and the rhyme often sug-
gests the idea. Mr.. Lorin Lathrop, the
deviser of the work, is we'll known in
Bristol as a popular and efficient Unit
ed States consul. But there are few
VINO Know the industry of his leisure,
which has resulted in pseudonymous
stories in newspapers and in cloth COW
cred novels His own name is a York.
shire one-of more than a century ago
At the present day America swarms
with Lathrops; but as an English
family we believe they are extinct.
On returning to the hotel, says a
writer in the Brooklyn Eagle, I in
dulged in a Japanese hair cut for the
first time. Here you don't go to the
barber shop. The barber shop comes
to you. A very serious looking young
Jap with sober-hued kimono waiting
upon me at my room at the hotel, and
undoing his barberous Instruments.
deftly and skillfully executed a very
good modern hair cut in a very short
time. He did not tenderly rub his
hand over that little bald place on the
back of the head (most all old bows
have IT'D and enlarge on the virtues
of his inimitable hair restorer, and
tell you how much brighter life would
seem to you If you would only invest
In a bottle of 1t, nor did he enlarge
on various themes to display his con-
versational powers, but confined him
self strictly to his professional work.
In some respects japanese BARRIERS are
preferable to those of our country.
Possibly this superiority may arise
from the fact that as they do not
know our language they could not in
dulge I'm the customary AIRY persi-
flage" IL they wanted to.