The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


is proposed in America that the prefix
Mr.. should be abolished by act of
Congress, and every man should be
known by his trade or profession, as
Draper Jones' or Attorney Smith. "
The peat boys of the province of
Ontario are not excelled in extent by
any country in the world. In the south
ern part of the province the boys, while
not of very large area, are of suffi-
Gent size to be the basis of a large fuel
supply.
An elderly Brixton man claims to
be the record" omnibus rider of Eng
land. For the last twenty-five years,
with the exception of Sundays and hol-
days he has journeyed each day to
the city on the same bus and occupied
exactly the same seat.
Two Sicilian scientists, Grassi and
Rovelli, have recently discovered that
the househy is the intermediate host of
d species of tapeworm, which does
much harm among chickens. The
chickens eat flies whose bodies con-
tain the larvae of the tapeworm.
AN English matchmaker has just
finished making a tiny watch in the
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siXteenths of an inch in diameter. and
it is to be worn with two other studs.
By turning the upper stud the watch
is wound, while by turning the lower
one the hands are adjusted.
"A "Battle-ax Windmill" is curious
feature of the landscape in the once
arid plains of the Far West. 1t is of
rude construction, made by ranchmen
Ghaar hprdnrG md IA winds consist
of square pieces of tin attached to
wooden arms. 1t is the appearance of
these that gives the improvised wind
mill its name. One of these contriv-
ances will figure in a Worlds Fair ex-
hibit.
There are now about 1000 motor We
hicles in use in Scotland. At the be-
ginning of 1902 there were only $50. A
man who made a tour of the country
on a motor car in 1900 had stones or
vegetables thrown at him by men or
boys nearly every day; but since the
speed was regulated by law to twenty
miles an hour in the country and
twelve in cities, the opposition has
gradually died out.
Many inventions have been made
TO bridge the distance between those
WIZ nave LIlGlI SiS III anu IAiOSV WIN
have not. But none has been more
practical and successful than the pro-
duction of a typewriter which can be
manipulated by the blind The letters
on the keys are raised, and the sensi-
tive touch of the blind man can tell the
character on a key as soon as he
touches it. The ringing of the bell
when the margin Is reached works as
we'll for him as for the man with sight,
he ~ fn1IPt kaG the
nipulation of the various keys for set
ting the paper a comparatively simple
matter.
"A school for dogs is the latest de-
velopment of the educational move
ment. says the Indianapolis News. 1t
has been established in Paris with the
object of teaching, not letters, but po-
likeness. The school room is furnished
with chairs, tables and rugs, to give the
necessary local color to the surround
ings. The dog pupils are trained to
welcome visitors by jumping up, wag-
ging the tail and giving a low bark.
When the visitor leaves, the dog ac-
companies him to the door and bows his
farewell by bending his head to the
floor. He is trained likewise to pick up
handkerchief, glove or fan that has
been dropped and return it to the owner.
He is taught further to walk with
proud and prancing steps" when out
with his mistress.
Last year water stored by the great
dam at Assiout. Egypt, was first added
to the river supply on March 10, be-
ginning with 100000 cubic meters a
day, and eliminating with 100000, 900
cubic meters on June %, practical
ly doubling the available riv-
er supply at the most crit
ical period for the irrigation of the
summer crops: otherwise there would
have been great difficulty in saving
them. On the 10000 acres of land thus
added to the area of perennial irriga-
ton, there has been an increased rental
of sc. 3 an acre. and an increased sale
value of eE. 30 an acre. In other
words taking the whole 10000 acres of
basin land under perennial irrigation,
Lord Cromer finds that the first cost
was &E. 100000 that the annual rental
has been increased by eE. $40, 000 and
the present sale value by 9E.5,100,000.
Your Uncle Samuel is becoming
quite banker for the American SOL
diers. For the year ended, June 80,
1903, there was deposited by soldiers,
81, SSS, OLA, and 1t is understood that the
amount for the fiscal year which will
be much larger. says the Washington
Post. The enlisted men of the Unit
ed States are allowed to leave their
money in the hands of paymasters, TAX
ing a certificate for it, and the govern
ment pays the men interest at the rate
of per cent. a year. Many soldiers
largely increase their earnings by leav-
ing their money on deposit as long as
possible, and it is really a very good
savings bank for them. The year be-
fore the Spanish war the amount de-
posted was less than one-third of that
deposited in 1903. The enlisted strength
of the army has been increased since
then, and is now about double what
IL was before the Spanish War. but
the amount left on deposit is three
times as great as ii was when the army
was smaller. Possibly service in the
Orient and the establishment of large
posts have been conducive to saving
on the part of troops. At all events,
officers of the War Department look up-
on the increase as being an indication
of thriftiness upon the part of the
American soldiers. On several ocoa-
sions attempts have been made in Con-
gress TO allow officers of the army
the same privilege of leaving their
money on deposit. but such a bill has
been defeated every time.
Two whaling stations have been
established in the British Isles. and
three more are to be. AS a whaling
station costs $4,000. there must be
some evidence of a stock of xvhaies