The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

BILE to pungent and acid tastes, the middle
portion of sweets and bitters, while the
back is confined entirely to the fiavors Of
roast meats and fatty substances.
"A pair of Louis XIV Sevres porcelain ta-
bic candelsticks from the art treasures of
Sir Charles welby sold in London recently
for s12,075. This is probably the highest
price ever paid for articles of the kind.
John ]. Tanner of Brighton. Mich.
has a beard eight feet long. He is only 5
feet 6 inches high Mr.. Guiles of Orion
vile. in the game state, has whiskers sew
en- feet long. They decline to enter the
museums
Bermuda and the Bahama islands
boast of the finest roads in the world
They are made of coral, and are smooth
as a dancing floor and never dirty The
coral is smoothed and pressed with rollers
until 1t is practically solid.
Cremation has steadily grown in public
favor since it's Introduction into Switzer-
land some years ago. Well-known public
men have given the Cremation Society
their support 10 assist the society in its
project for building a crematory.
rem county, New Jersey, are convinced
that herd of catamounts must be in
hiding therabouts. Chickens and turkeys
are disappearing by the dozen and even
young cattle have been devoured.
People who nibble at the brown cones
of Edam cheese may be interested to know
that the genuine article-of which, by the
way, little comes TO America--is made in
Brock. Holland, a town of 2700 people
and reputed 10 be the cleanest town in the
world.
The soil Of Peru contains large num-
Der of mineral species AT the present
time the number of mines In exploitation
is $780, employing 10000 workmen. The
value of ore has increased by more than
so per cent. within the last two years over
that in 1898.
Many saving banks are being institut-
ed all over Italy, and the people are taxi
ing very kindly to them. In some cities
the prizes given in the public schools are
in the form of savings bank books, with
a small sum entered to the credit of the
prize winner
Boston has a floating hospital which
makes a daily trip down the harbor with
a number of sick women and children.
Some of the patients are taken by the day
only, but the more seriously afflicted are
permitted to remain on the vessel con-
stantly until cured.
That modesty In dress is a matter of
geography is proved by the fact that the
limit of propriety in bathing suits at As
bury Park was drawn at the smallest pos
Ill 80 L. ~ h
mont the suits are so scant that they are
not worth discussing.
There are some rich beggars in Chi
cago, but few of them have the income
of man arrested last week in New York.
When searched 531 pennies were found In
his coat. He had collected them in less
than half a day. At this rate his income
would be $3.50 a year.
An old Chicago detective says: Don't
take any stock in stories of people being
chloroformed in open rooms by burglars.
Chloroform in an open room is no more
effective than it would be out of doors.
Its unpleasant odor usually awakes Sleep
ers and keeps them awake"
The Jewels in possession of the Greek
Church are worth more than the collec-
tons of all the crowned heads of Europe
The church has been accommodating these
treasures for many years. The figures and
pictures, as well as the holy books in the
Greek churches, are studded with gems
of immense value, and the church plate
is so costly that it is impossible to esti-
mate its value.
Two Viennese, merchant and a res
taurant keeper, have made a wager OF
S1,040 to visit the Paris exposition on foot
trundling before them huge wine bar
rel made to contain over $50 gallons, but
quite empty With this rotund travelling
companion, which is decorated with the
arms of Vienna and Paris and stamped
with the figure 1900, the men left Vienna
not long ago They count on covering
sixteen or eighteen miles a day and are
likely to be seven or eight weeks on the
journey. Paris has already had a wheel
barrow man from Vienna, the man who
had himself transported as luggage and
the automobile journalist.
Consul General Guenther, at Frank
fort, says that there are in Germany Sc
schools and institutes wherein manual
training is carried on in 1,514 workshops.
OF this number. 1916 schools and institu-
tutes conduct the training on pedagogi-
ing schools. Five hundred and thirty-five
workshops are devoted to wood carving,
527 to working in cardboard and 1856 to the
carpenters bench. OF these 6S are close
ly connected with wood carving, n with
preparatory roughing out work, 35 with
metal work, % with country timbering II
with wood and metal turning and IL with
modelling in clay. over twenty-five hun
bred German teachers have been taught
to become instructors in manual train
ing.
Save on ceremonial occasions or by
servants Queen Victoria permits only the
title Madame" to be used in addressing
her, England's ru,er bsing in this respect
the most democratic Of all. The Emperor
of Germany is "Majestat'-no pronoun
being used-even to his own family, except
when in absolute privacy. The Emperor
Of Austria is "Eurer Majestat" at all
times; the King of Greece using the
French equivalent and the King of Swed-
en- the Swedish form of the same The
Car of Russia is Gear" to his courtiers
and officials, no pronoun being used.
According to an English expert dia-
monds are in process OF formation in Ha-
vail writes correspondent of the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. He spent much time
and seine money following up the first
indications that attracted his attention.
In many respects. he says, the formation
hara iS like that Of fhe diamond Acids Of