The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-11-01

tries in which the savings bank sys-
tenn is we'll established is there any
Ting like the average of Individual de-
posits. And in Prussia there are more
depositors in savings banks than III
the United States. out the aggregate
amount thus deposited is less than
one-third as great. In fact, the Uni
ted States stands fairly at the head
in this great test of popular we'll be-
inc. :,
As plun-trees have been taught. in
an arid section of Texas. to bore for
subterranean water supply. so fruits,
grains and the like have learned to ae-
commodate themselves to the climate
of Minnesota. A few years ago corn
could not be raised in that state. Now
ii is matured all the way to the north
ern boundary. The hardy varieties
which were introduced have learned to
do their growing and ripening within
the seasons limits. In experiments in
the same line made with fruit trees. it
has been observed that the plum and
apple trees brought from more north
ern lati ldes begin to make pTepara-
tions for winter about the middle Of
August. while those from more south
ern attitudes continue their frultage
until the cold weather Injuries or kills
them. Success is hoped for from the
northern stock. as. of course, that IS
not injured by going into winter con-
ditions early. while in time it may
learn to accommodate itself more
closely to the changing seasons.
Artificial irrigation inrice cultivation
is an innovation in Louisiana. In rice
growing the ground needs to be sub
merged at certain stations of the
growth. Hitherto natural means
have been relied upon for the sub
mersion. and thus the area of cultiva-
ton has been limited by the physical
conditions of the rice-growing coun-
try. Water is abundant in Louisiana
and by the use of it in irrigation
bitches the rice area may be definitely
enlarged. Success has attended the
first attempt at cultivation with arti-
fetal submerSiOn, and high hopes are
entertained of the growth Of the indus
try. New Orleans papers are already
looking forward to the time when The
rice-growers of the Carolinas will be
attracted to Louisiana, 1.-The natural
home of the rice plant" and when New
Orleans will be the largest rice market
in the world, with mills and all other
facilities for handling the crop.
Statistics as to the comparatively
few deaths from lightning may not
avail to lessen the nervousness OF
those who view every thunder head
with alarm, but they may avail to
quote to children old enough to be ap-
prehensive and who may have many
summers ahead of them. 1nveStlga-
tions made a year or two ago showed
that of 29S classes of objects Of which
/ s,.-nz--n : To- eor-u-fer, lightning was
dreaded by the greatest number. Yet
in the record of fatalities there is q
very small record against lightning. as
compared with other causes Of .acci--
dental death. Statistics prepared by
the United States weather bureau show
that for four years the average num-
Der of persons killed by lightning an
nually in the whole country was 1876.
More than that number are drowned
annually. in the waters about New
York city. and many more than that
number annually lose their lives
throughout the country in bicycling.
1t might even appear that oneisin
greater danger Of being fatally kicked
by horse, or of being killed by fall-
ing chimney, than of being struckby
lightning.