The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-25

the pillars of the old bridge at the same place erected by the Emperor Trajan, the Roumanian engineers having found that the old Roman work will stand the strain after 1,sO0 years. A statue of Trajan will be put up in the middle of the bridge.
 The scheme for connecting western and central Denmark by a bridge over the Little Belt is so far matured that it will shortly be laid before the legis- lature of Denmark. At present the only ready means of communication between Jutland and the beautiful It, tie island of Funen is by gigantic fer ry. which takes trains and passengers, but this is infrequent and communica- ton by boat, which is liable to inter- ruption in bad weather.
 The Treasury department will experi- ment to determine the best material for minor coinage and to submit new designs for such coins to congress The reason is that the copper penny be- comes dingy, dirty, dull and by corro- sion poisonous; the five-cent nickel, three quarters copper, is too soft. It is stated that Switzerland, Austria Hun gary and Italy have adopted pure nick el for their minor coinage with very satisfactory results, the coins being hard, durable, magnetic, velvety to the touch, retain their color and do not corrode.
 There is at least one part of the world where the bicycle isn't welcome. This is Morocco, where the grand vizier has steadfastly tabooed the use of s'such dangerous instruments" A vis- itor to the Moorish capital has received a caution to that effect. The riding of pneumatic-tire bicycle caused an im- mense crowd of Moors to assemble in the main thoroughfare and they ac- cording to an eye witness, regarded the
 
 The grand vizier immediately issued a decree forbidding bicycles to be used in the streets, as it was probable that they would interfere with the peaceful ness of the country.
 Consul Dickenson writes to the State ,sfyv aor,f land, that the shipment of filled cheese" from this country has greatly injured the demand for American dairy products in the English markets. This report again discloses an abuse which threatens the most serious con- sequences to an important branch of our export trade. American cheese has long enjoyed a place of high favor in England, where it Is known as "the workingman's mean,' and as long as its excellent quality is maintained it is sure to retain controlling position in the market, which means large and in- creasing profit for dairymen of this country. The adulterated product however, known as filled cheese" which has been introduced into Eng land by unscrupulous dealers, has brought suspicion and discredit upon American dairy goods of all classes.
 Another progressive step in cotton manufacturing in the South, taken in Georgia, is the production of cotton ribbed underwear, sweaters, golf hos iery and similar goods. It is only a comparatively short time since the first knitting mill in the South was an- nounced, but now they are numba~o7 by the dozen. Their output thus far, however, has been hose or half-hose, which are the simplest forms of knit ting-mill products. The advance from this to the "f1ower and fruit of the knitting industry is regarded by the Charleston News and Courier as quite significant. Tt shows" it says, that our people are gaining confidence in their ability to conduct successfully unfamiliar lines of manufacture. and are disposed to new ventures" It sees no end to the evolutionary process and expects a rapid increase in the number of knitting mills, regarding them as particularly suited to the South, inas- much as they can be capitalized at much less than the more ambitious cot ton mills.