The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The ace az which children are permitted TO
I work Ia Austria, according % the latest con-
| sular reports. is 70 years; also IN Belgium,
/ France the Netherlands and sweden. In
Denmark Great Britain and italy 70 is I'D
wears. IN Germany u. and switzerland IA
wears In Germany and sweden children un-
der "a years are not permitted 70 work more
| than six hours daily ia Denmark. six and
! half: Austria. eight France, ten, ana In Eng
! land not more than four and hall hours OF
uninterrupted labor at time is permitted
| Italy allows eight hours up TO II years, when
the restriction is removed.
The strength Of the ostrich is something
prodigious SAYS Macmillans Magazine. We
have all read. with more or less Of skeptic-
ism. Of their carrying boys upon their backs.
] have myself seen, and close at hand, men
ostrich running freely with full grown
Kaifir of not less than ten stone weight
astride on her back They are dangerous,
too at times, for, though powerless in neck
ana beak, an ostrich possesses formidable
weapons Of defense in his great legs and two
toed feet. A ralzing forward kick delivered
by an ostrich has been known to rip man
clean .Open-as anyone Will readily DeneVe
who has seen the heavy nails and the enor-
nous muscles OF their thighs. 1t Is commonly
said by those who know that kick from an
ostrich is as bad as a kick from horse.
One of the sublimest effects in nature is &C.
ca sionally seen by those who climb the tall
and isolated peaks of the Rocky Mountains in
Colorado. The dryness of the air and the
strong heat Of the afternoon sun cause ra-
pd evaporation from the brooks, springs,
and the snow banks on the mountain sides,
and this moisture, rising on the warmer air,
COndenSeS as il reaches cooler, thinner at
mOsphere about the mountain top. The traV-
eler, looking down, sees clouds literally form
ing below him, and growing thick and black
every instant. so that as they reach his level
they roll skyward and in huge masses OF va
pOT eclipse the view and bury him In dark
ness. lightning occasionally leaps from the
clouds. and a mountain top is a particularly
bad place to be at such time. The stone
signal service station on Pixies Peak has
| been nearly wrecked by lightning more than
once.
In addressing his faithful Braudenburgers
on the occasion of the opening of their pro
vintial diet recently. Emperor William laid
| stress on the important part which tradition
plays in monarchical states, and the New
York Tribune thinks that, although he dwelt
more especially on the influence which 1t ex-
erCises on the relation Of nation toward the
dynasty that has ruled over it for many cen
turtles, yet II cannot be denied that 1t per
vades the entire social life of the old word.
Nor is it's influence confined, as might be
supposed, TO the classes. Indeed it is just
as potent with the Masses a fact readily
comprehensive when 1t is borne in mind
that people on the other side OF the Atlantic
are as a rule, content with their social
status. The yeoman farmer takes pride in
the fact that his ancestors for hundreds OF
years have been yeoman farmers like him
self, and educates his children to live up to
the traditions of their fOrefatherS. There
are peasants in England, Germany and in
Brittany who can trace their descent back TO
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. and who
have SUFFICIENT sense of dignity to prefer to
he at the head Of the yeCmen rather than at
the tail end Of ariStOcracy In the same way
the retail and wholesale traders IN Europe,
even in such republican countries as Switzer-
land and France. take an honest pride in the
fact that their forebears we're traders like
themselves, and 1t is the traditions of their
ancestors which constitute the principal In
centive for preserving untarnished by any
failure or commercial dishOnOr the good name
which they have inherited In France the
lawyers in particular are fond OF pointing out
how their fathers and fathers fathers had
been hOnOred members OF the mag1Stracy and
of the bar and they, too strive to live up to
the traditions of what is known in the Gallo
tongue as the nOblesSe de robe.
There are two things which the German
officer does not and cannot condone-one is
noneffciency OF the soldiers rife, the other
chafed foot. If either Of these two takes
place on the march or during the maneuvers,
the soldier is Immediately punished with ar
rest and is not allowed to offer any excuse
says a writer in Harpers Bazaar. During the
different maneuVerS of German army corps
that have attended l cannot recall hand
full OF footsOre men in the course of days
work, and yet at all these field operations
forced marches are a feature. in order to test
the endurance OF officers and men. The secret
of this uniform excellence, as regards march
ing powers mes IN Ine CrIilIte wnICn 'lo
nc racrnits in October The trst thing thar is
ironressod mon tbeir minds is tbp ironCr+oroe
Of tbo shoe and tho r1nsl,et No nains arc
snarod in ri,rlng Tho mon N the Start com
f66rtobia foot'gesr and tbav are evnecfed In
iooiy nor mis- with as much inter
cot rs n II ,vere n cbronometer In
tba sy,ing fnIlovyin1 when the snow is
~ tho t,ro7,,,I marches ara ilndertal,an and
these are regulated as carefully as are the
strolres and fhe courses Of the COLLEGE crew
I3n6er tho banGs Of tbe trainer zach dov
tbe mon march half n mile or 90 farther than
ne dov haforc- each dov they carry on their
baclg an onnro or two more, each dov The
sneed tbcJ- are oble To maintain is carefulIv
npted. in fact the record Of n comnanvis
Inorl.bfn,, froTn dav 70 do1 until late INFO Inc
summer when thew move into the omen conn
~, l. bent as rniD1,tel4 as If if yvere n sinie
~ lyed coynran, ira ini1r- for n match or com,
po-iva driIi T,be iierrn6n soldier is educoted
and trained for the burmese Of tphtincr ami
to So+-e - NAN fail ont Tefore he reaches the
Fra Iino = locked 11Ton ne ouite as much a Dis
astcr ne If he t5d heen shot ana vcown(Ied nv
tbo c,,ornv Tho ART of war aS nractirnd ~
Gorn,o,,,- is VOW T,urb tho art Of ..o-otti1,+
tbera = ana il ie tl1o General Who rosts him
soIf T,oet odvontage6nsIv NJ the critical mo
mont mot Toa,, he assumed 10 have uJor tbn
botttc
gentleman who has been travelling in
West Virginia hunting timber land for a syn
dictate of furniture manufacturers c1airos 70
800 go ,., -, W