The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-19

with hollow ball valve adapted TO
automatically close the orifices against
the entrance of water, without restrict
ing the freedom of breathing. A whis-
tie is provided to enable the wearer to
signal when desired.
Generally speaking-though not al
ways so-iron has been found in rocky,
mountainous places, and often at a
considerable distance below the sur
face of the ground, requiring the drill
ing, digging and blasting usually as
ISOLATED with mining. says St. Nicho-
las. The ore, as mined. is usually a
big lump that looks like rusty stone.
such is the character of the ore that
comes, for instance, f. ON Pennsylvania,
Missouri and Alabama. In certain
regions of the United States there have
been discovered comparatively recent
ly, deposits of iron ore so utterly un-
like this, and so unusual in every way,
that particular reference to them may
be of special interest. The most i'm
portant of these deposits are located
in Northern Michigan and Minnesota,
in what are known as the Messaba and
Verfnillion ranges. 1t is not a par
ticularly mountainous country. There
is nothing about the place to suggest
the presence of iron ore.t Indeed no.
body suspected that any was there
until one day an uprooted tree re-
Yealed the ore beneath it. Yet be-
meath those woods is mineral wealth
the Yastness and value of which are
yet unknown. For twenty-five years
or more prospectors have been inVes-
tigating, yet how broad and deep and
far it goes cannot with certainty be
told. This find has been one of the
most momentOus events IN the history
of iron and steel-making, and, in coll
nection with other resources, win prob
ably fix for generations the center
of the industry in this land. And
important as these deposits are, the
United States is not dependent upon
them. Aside from the mines of the
middle states. those of the Far West,
Alabama and even Alaska hold pos
sibilities only beginning to be known.
There is another cause that con-
tributes to the diminution in the
weight of packages besides dishonest
tradesmen, namely, the atmosphere,
says the London Leader. Mr.. Street,
chief inspector of weights and meas
ures for the corporation of London, at
a meeting of the Incorporated Society
of Inspectors of Weights and Meas
ures, said that he had made expert
ments with view to seeing to what
extent the atmosphere affected the
| WEIGHT VI pdChcl SOOQSs ne tOOh q
bar of soap, weighing 2 pounds 1lh
ounces. Four days later II had shrunk
to 2 pounds 8 ounces IA drains, and
after another four days it weighed
drains less. In three weeks the soap
had decreased from 2 pounds liz
ounces to 2 pounds ounces. With tea
the reverse is the case" said Mr.
Street Tea is sent over hermetical-
ly sealed, and is extremely dry. The
consequence is that when it is taken
out to be weighed up it absorbs mois-
ture, and, therefore, increases IN
weight. 1.-THE gross weight of pack
ct of tea was pound ounce II drains.
Three DAVIS afterward it weighed 40
grains more. and three days later the
increase had risen to 1856 grains. But
ter, however, loses weight. Probably
in week or so a pound of butter
would weigh half an ounce less. Coke
is another article that increases IN
weight, and lends itself to dishonesty.
To take an extreme case" said the
inspector, II weighed "a pounds OF
coke, which placed in water. When
taken out and drained the weight OF
this coke had increased by 5 pounds
10 ounces" Tobacco loses its moisture,
and, therefore, diminishes in weight II
will be seen that if package OF gro
Gerry is short, it does not follow tnat
the tradesman is to blame, but that
the state of the air has something 10
do with its decrease.