The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

NchCOLu, ~. II, Judge mas ueCldeu
that soda water is one of the necessaries
of life and may be sold on Sunday.
There are two we'll known families in
Devonshire, England, the Carews and che
Careys, and it is said that the members
of the Carew family pronounce the name
Carey" while the Careys call themselves
"Carew."
The acreage of sugar beets in Europe
is shown by Consul Diederich's report to
be greater this year than in 1899 Ger
many has 1,090521 acres in sugar beets.
Austria Hungary SS9151 acres, France
eS5,s9l acres, Russia 1,356,075 acres, Bel
GUM HOOPS acres, Holland 112,S7S acres,
Sweden 1,2n acres and Denmark 1884
acres. Each power, with the exception of
Denmark, shows an increased acreage Ii
Will be noted that Russia has the largest
area in bests This circumstance is an
unfortunate one for those who wish the
bounty on beet sugar abolished. At the
recent conference of the producing pow
ers Germany, Austria-Hungary and 9TH
er large producers were willing to stop
the bounty which no longer serves a use
ful purpose, but Russia would not agree
and her increased acreage will make her
less willing than ever to agree.
Utilizing the wind as stump roller
is an Oregon invention, says the Farm
er's Advocate. 1 was the idea of the
farmer at the state penitentiary, whose
task was 90 clear six acres, and with the
aid OF the wind he cleared the whole
trect in six weeks, although the timber
was dense growth, the first measur-
ing from one to four feet in diameter. The
winds in the quarter blew strong from
the south at this season. The farmer put
his men to work on the north side of the
fir grove. They cut log and dragged it
close TO the north side of the bases of
the fir trees that were to be feled. The
preparations were made during the first
day, and then the men went home and
slept while the wind did the rest Dur
| ing the night a strong south wind blew
the trees down, and they, in falling across
the logs, pulled up the taproots. The
next day the saw sawed up the fallen
| trees, burned the brush, and laid their
log for another lot of trees. They pro-
ceeded in this way until the whole grove
| had disappeared.
According to Messrs. 7. NJ. Aldrich and
L. A. Turley two well-known European
biologists, man is not the only living be-
| ing who delights to go skyward in a bal
| loon. There are certain flies, they say
which invariably go through the air, in
| udllOOHS, whenever lu6N get tlI6Q OF ny
| ing in the ordinary way. These airships
are composed of small bubbles. which are
| eXuded from the bodies of flies, and the
| air in which suffiCes to support the in
| sects whenever their wings become weary,
| and the fancy takes them 10 ride through
| the air on their tiny gossamer bladders
| They can go, it is said, in any desired di-
| rection by simply swayng their bodies to-
! ward the goal which they expect to reach
| In IF Dir
| sists found the body of very small in
sect, and they are now wondering whether
| the proprietor of the balloon thoughtfully
placed it there with the object of feeding
on il during it's aerial journey. AS an
| argument in favor of the latter hypothesis
they point out that flies while travelling
in balloons cannot satisfy their hunger un,
less they return to the earth.
According to Prof Hans Gross of Ber-
| lin, valuable clues toward the detection
Of criminals may be obtained through an
examination of cigar tips. OF course. this
| applies to those who smoke cigars, the
| tips OF which they carelessly throw away
| In the street or elsewhere. "If YOU pick
| up any tip" he says, land examine it
closely, the chances are that you will be
| able to learn something as to the person.
| atty and social position of the man who
the first point to be considered is the man
ner in which it was cut off from the cigar
| IL knife or any other instrument was
| used for this purpose, then this instrument
Will doubtless be found on the criminal
| H. on the other hand, it was bit off with
| the teeth, thorough examination of the
UP Will show what kind of teeth were used
Tor this purpose. A man with a row of
| even teeth will bite off the end of his ri
gar squarely and evenly. whereas one with
| Jagged, uneven teeth will bite il cIunnsilv
| ana IN such manner as to leave clearly
visible the marks of his incisors BY com
| pairing the marks on cigar TIPS with the
teeth of supposed criminals. prosecutine
oihcers and detectives will be able to OBJ
tam much information which they could
not possibly obtain any other way +" Tho
| police do not thank Prof Gross for tbis
| suggestion, since they are afraid that =
new outy may be imposed on them-that
Oh LOOKING out carefully for cigar fins
winch may be thrown into the streets
So much to see, if YOU have a,,es -
see, there is not a moment that 80
thing wonderful does not take place saws
rorest ana Stream. AT this junction of
the thoroughfare and island lake on a
| dead pine more than 100 feet high sat -
White-headed eagle. In the air a large
HSh-haWk was sailing over the water
looking for his dinner 200 or 800 feet he.
low him. What p netrating orbs of vision
nature has endowed this bird With There
ne gives his lightninglike shot to the wa
ter, seems almost submerged only to re-
appear with a four-pound nike in bi
talons. Slowly he rises, going toward tho
woods, where he hopes to enjoy his vel
earned meal, but he has reckoned with
out MS host The king of birds has been
watching his every movement and If
round successful is in readiness TO exact
that tribute which the stronger ALWAYS
demands and compels from the weak AL
most quick as thought the eagle Is mr.
SUNG the hawk and for little while a
merry chase it is. But the eagle is tbo
master and the hawk instinctivelv feels
1t, as after sudden, violent swerve. only
just to evade the terrible claws of the
now enraged eagle, he drops the prize
and slowly flies to the other side of the
lake. There is no need for haste NOW AZ
the master was after tribute not the
hawk. Payment having be- n made Nv re-
lnqu!shing valuable property, the eagle
once more displays his wonderful activity
by catching the pike before ii strikes the
water and then as leisurely to cover to
gormandize.
There ore many fine epigrams and
proverbs in Spanish. Many of them can
not me translated so as to preserve the