The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| ltary dttacheln Order tnat ne may JOIN ms
regiment, which is now on the Pacific en-
route 10 Tien Tsin, China.
Death from suffocation is pleasant,
according to Joseph Grady, a Winsted
Conn, plumber, who was in cd e in"
! unul unconscious. He said: II thought
of every prayer 1 had heard and repeated
them over and over l could hear the
men working above me Thcn came
sweet music, the sweetest l ever heard
That was the last l remember"
-Hawarden castle. where Mrs. ella l.
stone was born in 1872. and which was
her home Turing the long period of her
life, now passes to her grandson, William
Glynne Charles TIladsl ne, who is a
az Elton, Is years of age. The estate was
purchased by Sir John Glynne in 1852,
and +he old castle dates back to the times
of the Britons.
The demand for American honey is in
creasing, England being the chief buyer
Iowa produces 100000 pounds annually.
and numerous other states produce half
as much or more. The finest honey
is gathered from hives where white Glow
er and Eastwood are accessible, but in
quantity it falls behind that derived from
goldenrod and buckwheat blossoms.
Some enc stole a sack of orlmAal
from the editor of a paper in Oswego,
Kan, and next week the paper contained
this gentle hint: 1.-THE man who stole
that sack of oatmeal from out house
owing TO the sitting of the meal from
hole in the sack was easily traced to his
own home-had better return what IS left
OF the provender or there will be more
anon"
Councilman Charles 4. Smith of Lo-
glnsport received a letter evidently in
tended for some other person OF the same
! name. The stranger was found a. the
Barnett Hotel and proved TO be travel
ing man from Syracuse N. Y. 1t develop
ed that the two were born in the same
town on the same day and hat they bore
close personal resemblance to one an
other.
This is how a Chinese writer describes
New Zealanders in a Chinese paper: They
live months without eating mouthful of
| rice; they eat bullocks and sheep in enor-
nous quantities. with knives and prongs.
| They never enjoy themselves by sitting
quietly on their ancestors graves. but
jump around and kick balls as if paid for
it, and they have no dignity for they may
be found walking with women"
While repairing a music box some
years ago Ernest Wallace of Indianapolis
broke spring, cutting his hand and scat
| tering the machinery all about him. He
recovered every piece except a small cog
| wheel. The wound in his hand healed no,
| but began to pain a few days ago. He
| went 70 a doctor. who, on investigation,
found that the little cog had imbedded it
self in the mans hand. where it had re-
| manned ever since.
Have you any idea of the size of the
! common Greenland whale? Nilsson, the
zoologist, estimates the full grown ami
NAL TO average 100 tons, or 244,0O0 pounds.
| That is to say a whale weighs as much as
/ about 50 elephants or 400 bears. OF course,
some run larger than this. There are
| tales among old whalers of whales 40 feet
| long, and weighing at least $50 tons. But
| such are not seen in these days. A TO
foot whale is a big one now.
For a number Of weeks past there
| has been constantly increasing stream
of Roumanian Hebrews passing through
| Vienna in parties CT from fifty to 100. IT
| is said that the majority of these wretch
| ed folk are on their way to Canada, where
| they intend to settle as latorers. Thou
sands 'of them have been compelled to
| desert their homes by a steady persecu-
ton which made it absolutely impos sib e
for them to earn a livelihood.
| Plans are nov beirg made for the
erection of a gigantic dam 22o feet high in
| connection with reservoir for Denver s
| water supply. The dam is to cost $780, 600
| and is to CXterd across the steep cany on
| of the South Platte river some fifty mi. es
| from Denver, making a great reservoir
| that will hold enough water to last Den
yer for two years. The crest of the dam
| viii be ] $50 feet abeve-th the city. 1t viii
take two or three years to complete the
| big structure.
The Chamber of Commerce of San
Diego, Cal, is making an effort to estab-
lish the production of raw silk in the ag-
| ricultural districts about that city Steps
| have been taken to secure a large num-
Der o: silkworms. and 5000 mulberry trees
| will soon be planted. The climate of
| Southern California is deemed even prefer
able for this industry TO that of France,
the home of silk culture The consump-
ton of raw silk in this country is enor-
| nous, and the entire supply comes from
foreign countries, principally from Japan,
| China and Italy. In 1899 the total imports
of this raw material were valued at $43,
546,S72
The New Orleans Times Democrat
tells of blind man in a Southern city
who goes 10 the post Office every day,
carrying small light riding whip which
he holds slightly inclined 10 the front,
with the zip just touching the pavement.
| His sense of touch has become so deli
cate that the whip is almost an artificial
eye. When the point encounters anything
he makes few swift passes over the
surface and generally determines the ex-
| act character of the obstacle. II is done
SO quickly and deftly as TO attract no at
tention, and few passers have the least
suspicion of the old mans infirmity.
When he reaches the postoffice he turns
| unhesitatingly, mounts the middle stairs,
walks over TO the lock boxes, and, with
out any feeling around, thrusts a key
into the right aperture.
Several years ago the late Payson
Tucker, the railroad man. was on the
mountain division of the Maine Central
Road, and looked over the grounds of one
of the stations. Nothing more than the
usual conversation passed. and he re-
turned to his car and went back to Port
| land Nearly year passed before he had
| occasion to call at the station again,
and then he stepped off the car and
| asked pleasantly: DO you have all the
| help you want here?" YES sir; all that
we need" quite sure you have enough %
| Yes, sir; there is not much TO be done az
90 small station" well, l feared you