The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-21
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the City of Mexico are working for 81
to $3.50 a day, who got only 50 cents
| and 70 cents few years ago.
Hundreds of workingmen are flock
ing to La Brisca mining camp, in So
nora, Mex. AS a result, labor is be-
coming very scarce in other districts
of the state, and wages are going up
by leaps and bounds.
British admiralty statistics show
that the navy of England is built and
maintained at a lower rate of cost, in
| proportion to the effectiveness of its
fighting strength, than that of any
other first-class Power.
Nebraska has a special exhibit of
popcorn in the Palace of Agriculture
at the Worlds Fair. Nebraska stands
at the head Of the states in the yield
of popcorn. All of last years crop has
been bought by a Worlds Fair con-
cession.
"A Swiss journal relates that the
two sons of the German Emperor who
visited Zurich the other day happened
to see in the window of a bookseller a
number of volumes marked Forbid
den in Germany" They promptly went
in and bought copies of them.
Utah, of course, is under Mormon
political control, but it is not generally
known that the Mormons also control,
or at least hold, the balance of power
in Idaho, Nevada, and possibly Wyom-
ing and Colorado, with a strong fol-
lowing i'll Arizona, Washington and
other states.
An eIectric third ri train s1yetaro
that is claimed to be safe and trust
worthy has been invented by a Chicago
man. By means of his device, in which
the third rail is inverted, and practi-
cally hidden from view, the inventor
declares it impossible for persons or
animals to come in contact with the
charged rail.
"A French collector of stamp duties,
unable to bear the heat of Provence,
immersed himself up to the throat in
a large wine barrel filled with water
which he had placed in his office, and
from his cask transacted his official
business. An inspector was so scam
dalized at the spectacle that he sus-
pended the collector at once.
Some Armada relics, which have
been recovered from the bottom of the
sea, were sold the other day at a Lon
don auction. A breechloading cannon,
with wad and ball still in position,
brought $275, coins realized from so
cents to 81 a pair stone cannon balls
brought something under IS apiece,
and two iron shot sold for $40.
The largest watch in the world has
just been made at the Waltham watch
factory and shipped to England The
case is aluminium, finished with gold
and is five feet in diameter. The two
dials, one on either side of the watch,
are each four feet in diameter. The
numerals on one of the dials are Ro-
man and on the other Arabic.
The streets of some Of the mining
towns of California are paved with
gold. A great deal of the rock that is
taken out of the mines contains such a
small percentage of gold that it would
not be profitable to take it out, so when
a street needs paving this rock is
crushed. and, being exceedingly hard,
makes the finest sort of a pavement.
AT the close of 1903 the Grand
Duchy of Baden owned and operated
about 1,095 miles of railway, which in
Guided all the important lines in the
province. OF these railways 90S miles
were main and branch lines, while
127 miles were short local lines, gen.
orally of narrow gauge and cheap con-
struction. The state railway debt at
the close of 1902 was approximately
1914, 500, 900.
The most valuable marble in the
Italian art section at the Worlds Fair
in st. Louis has been bought by a COL
lector residing in Waterbury, Conn.
The subject is the figure of a woman,
clad in a flowing robe. The figure is
standing, leaning against a crescent
1t is of Carrara marble and about five
feet high. This is one of the largest
pieces in the collection and was sold
for $4,000
The latest novelty in clocks has
just made it's appearance in France. 1t
consists of a perfect representation, in
antique silver, of an old church, trans
parent enamel forming the stained
windows. The clock dial is one inch
in diameter and is placed in the bel
fry, where tiny bells chime every hour.
The roof of the church proper can be
raised, disclosing a gold-lined recepta-
Gle for matches.
The record for climbing Pixies Peak
was made last week by Mr.. H. H.
Robinson of Colorado Springs, Cdl
The mountain is 14,147 feet above sea
level and the former record was made
in three hours and five minutes Mr.
Robinson made the ascent in two
hours and fifty-six minutes. He wore
heavy pair of shoes, carried an UNI
brella, and the last mile walked in
two inches of snow.
The Germans are encroaching on
what has been for many years almost
an English monopoly-the hotel bust
ness in the Island of MADEIRA. They
have obtained from Portugal a con-
cession for the establishment of SAM
tariums there. the company to be ex-
empt from payment of duties for many
years, and now the Germans are likely
to get a concession to supply Funchal
with water next winter.N
The French psychologist Fers has
made experiments which show that the
process of digestion diminishes the ca
pacity for muscular work fully one
half AS regards the effects of stimu-
lants like tobacco and alcohol, he has
found that while they diminish ia
tigue, the effect never lasts more than
ten minutes, and is followed by a
greater degree of fatigue than would
have existed il they had not been in
dulged in.
Under the direction Of the Bank
of Germany. in Berlin, an effort has
been successful to control the acquisi-