The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Both Canada and the United States
are hunting for the North Pole, and
Lord Mimic. the Canadian viceroy,
says: "rhe North Pole must be dis
covered by a Canadian for Canada, its
rightful owner"
In Germany, when the vote Of the
jury stand six against six, the pris-
oner is acquitted A vote of seven
against five leaves the decision to the
court, and in a vote of eight against
four the prisoner is convicted.
The director of exhibits Of the
Worlds Fair estimates that there will
be not less than twenty thousand car
loads of exhibits arriving in st. Louis
during March and April. Thirty tons
to the car would make 100000 tons of
articles for display.
The steamer Lake Megantic, con-
tanning an exhibit of British manufac-
tured goods. will sail from London
about the end of April on a trip around
the world. 1t viii touch at most of
the principal ports, paying special at
tention to Australia, Canada and South
America.
1T is said that John d. Rockefeller
intends to give the new palace he is
building on the banks of the Hudson
to his son, John D., Jr. 1t will be in
teresting to see the Sunday-School
teachers up there lodging taxes along
side Of papa and uncle.
During the recent cold snap at New
Bedford a horse became cold in the
stable in which he was hitched and
broke out of it. He made his way to
the house OF his owner. walked up on
to the piazza and in at the kitchen
door, and stood beside the stove. The
mans wife saw that the animal was
cold, and let him stand in the kitchen
until he got warm. and then led him
back to the barn.
Miss Elizabeth Bird Of Harrison
county, Kentucky, has feathered her
matrimonial nest well. When she left
the home perch it was to become the
wife of Bud Martin. The next ven
ture was Edward Crow. and then she
lived while with Dick Robin. Since
he died David Buzzard has been pay
ing her much attention. and they are
to be married next week. To the new
nest she will take a fine bevy of young
Martins, Crows and Robins.
Perhaps the most amusing memo
ries of Westminster, says the London
World. are those connected with the
deanship-if It may be so described
of DR.. Buckland, the father of Frank
auckland, the celebrated naturalist.
The dean was almost as fond of queer
animals as his son was, and innu-
merable are the stories told of the
deanery at this exciting and uncanny
period. Snakes would climb the stair
case, monkeys would invite them
selves to the dinner table, owls and
lizards and tortoises were to be en-
countered in the most unexpected cor
ners. Soups made of antediluyian
bones Were offered to unsuspecting
guests, who were furious when the
real nature of their repast was re-
vealed to them.
The Ryerson physical laboratory at
the University Of Chicago has taken
up the matter of locating radium in
America. In consequence of this nu-
merous experiments win be made on
the constituents of the earth in many
sections of the United States where
possible deposits of the precious ele-
ment might lay. Prof. Robert A. Milli-
kan, a recognized authority on this sub
Ject, 1t at the head of this movement.
and is at present making an expert
ment on. piece of ore brought from
Nevada. The sample consists largely
of uranium, that mineral which was
found in Europe to contain such COM
parative large portions of radium.
Prof. Miliikan says the experiments
will require about twenty days to COM
plete them. The Jumps of ore will be
placed in dark compartment from
which all light win be excluded and
placed near sensitive Photographic
plate. II the specimens have any ra-
dio-activity the plate will be logged.
Although the use of life-saying
belts. as in accidents 20 ships, rough
sea passages and the like, declares a
German inventor. sustain the wearer
above water, experience has shown
that, Notwithstanding this fact, the
number OF cases OF drowning is still
extraordinarily high, says the London
Globe. The cause Is asserted 10 be
found In the fact that the waves
breaking upon the wearer forces salt
water into the mouth and nose, result
ing fatally 10 the victim. II IL accord
ingly proposed 20 guard against this
danger BY providing face mask, pref
erably made Of some elastic material.
az, for instance, rubber, shaped 10 con-
form 20 the modeling Of the face. In
The lower portion u the mask are
openings covered with wire netting 10
reduce the water pressure and pre-
vent - ready entrance into fhe lnte-
fiof ~ the mask. Short tubes inside
cover these orifeef sna are Df0yiasa