The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-10

"a piece Of ordinary gingerbread makes
a capital barometer. II the atmosphere
IS "a that condition which threatens rain
the gingerbread becomes moist and plant
while the approach OF dry weather re-
stores IL TO its normal condition.
"A police judge IN a Missouri town re-
Gently lcctured the police Tor their laxlty
Ia the suppression OF gambling. where
upon the guardians % the public morals
promptly connscated thirty slot machine
owned By the magistrates brother
in 81 woifsong. a charming little
place IN the Austrian Alps, charity lot
terry was held recently the great prize be-
Ing a season ticket for unique little rail-
road which climbs mp 90 the summit OF
the highest mountain IN the vicinity Cthc
Schafbergl twice a day. The prize was
won by the only conductor OF the rail-
road
An enterprislng English piscioulturlst
has invented a lymph with which he pro
poses 10 vaccinate Young HOLSTERS to pro-
tect them against growth which O. Ia
tai 10 little crustaccans. according To the
London Leader. The vaccinated lobster
viii have peculiar scar az the base Of
vaccinatcd brethren.
Tho new German code oi civil law de-
fines tho rights OF a husband as being SUI
preme IN most social affairs He may pre-
scribe the hour for dinner. the manner
Of serving It. the number OF servants and
may limit the quantity OF linen 20 b. pur-
chased In the year. but he may not open
his wife's letters under any circumstances
without her expressed permission.
What promises 10 be the best app.e
crop in tpe history Of Canada-not mere
~ In quantity. bat quauty-is now fast
approaching the harvest season. In three
weeks the fruit viii begin to come 20 Mon
treal preparatory 10 shipment % Europe
Last year Montreal shipped 2ss On barrels
o. apples the year before. 5000 barrels.
From present appearances this years
shipment will be at least twice as large
as last years
The growth Of the English language e
80 enormous that e. would be- rraeucauy
impossible FOR the most learned man to be
acquainted with every word SAYS the
Chicago Chronicle. Intelligent professors.
do not make use Of more than from 500
20 $500 words ali told. although there are
properly bclonging TO our language over
to-day whether bee uses words TO cxprcs
nice shades OF meaning or ns technical
tools Of thought in his own department
must have a. his command q vocabulary
OF from - on 10 o00o words Tire latter
being the maximum acquired hy any man
now living There 90 "a large number Or
words which until recently have escaped
the attention Of photographer ln tie
text 81 tho ''Fnrvclopcdn Britanulcl"
"a
been formally entered and defined in any
dictionary. In the Century Dictionary
there are ~ 90 words found Ia no other
and IL has been said that there Is not to-
day any man living who Is sufficiently
learned TO write one average page Of e. ool
pages OF this dictionary. To give some
idea Of The tremendous growth ~ tn LAM
guage the words and phrases under the
letter a have increased In hfty years from
7opo 20 nearly eo.ooo
1t is probably news o the majcriiy
OF people 20 know that the rel or rock
goldfish Is a bitter enemy OF the lobster
that has just crawlcd ont OF his shell nni
is soft and unable 40 protect himself says
the Lewiston tMcl Journal. During she'd
ding time these holsters crawl up under
projecting rocks where the seawoed and
kelp are thick AMI where thoy find pro-
Af'ANfts UNITE llA #AAAtfl W 10 taIfHak| NiiN
process Of clipping ont of their old shells
ana taking on "A new coat of mail SO 40
speak For some DAYS after shedding the
Holsters are weak and unable 20 cope with
those fish that wage war upon them This
fact the goldfish seem iutuifively 20 know
and they VIII swarm around these Tee
treats in great numbers and wait for the
sheider- TO crawl out An old lobster
fisherman sah this morning that many
. 3 40 fasA a D. d rsss
large number of these rcd Goldfish and
watched their operations. Tie had even
dropped his line down and dauclsd tempt
ing bait within few feet of them. I'm
less &c happened 60 IAN directly On front
Of their noses. however. they would ,cl-
dom take it. as they were after lobster
meat when the thin-shelied lobster
would crawl ont from beneath tho protect
ing soaweed the coihsh would dart at
them and strike them fierce blows with
their tails. disabling them completely
They would then fan 70 and devour the
helpless crustaceans This perform nee
the lobster fisherman said he had Wit
messed many times The shedding season
is now practically over. and the shells Of
the Holsters are becoming firm and hard
and they are fully able 90 take care OF
themselves.
Mr. clifford Pinchot. the forester Of
the Department OF Agriculture. has com
piled a pamphlet on the Big Trees Of cali
fornia. which has just been issued from
the Government Printing ONCE says a
Washington dispatch to the New York
sun. u is handsomely illustrated with a
number o. fine pictures OF che great trees
showing their size as compared with that
Of other conifers. Mt Pinchot presents
the following salient facts regarding tho
big trees: "The dimensions Of the Big
Tree arc unequalled. Its age makes SO the
oldest living thing The majestic beauty
Of the Big Tree b. unique and world re-
nowned. II exists only In ten Isolated
groves on the west slope Of the Sierra
Nevada mountains and nowhere else IN
tho world Tho Marlposa grove b. tho
only one Of consequence which b. com
pletcly protected Most OF the scattered
groves OF BIG Trees are privately owned
and are therefore tn danger Of dcstruc-
tion. LAUNDERING is rapidly sweeping them
on. ForSy mills and logging companies
are now at work wholly or in part upon
Big Tree timber. The Southern groves
show some reproduction. through which
there Is some hope o. pcrpesuaung these
groves. IN the northern groves the spo.
cies hardly holds Us own The Big Tree
end tho smaller coast redwood represent
surviving prehistoric genus or trees once
widely distributed over the globe Mr.
liuchot says that before the glacial ne
riod the genus 81 Big Trees called So
quota flourishcd widely IN the temperate
zones Of three continents. and Europe
Asia and America each had its share. But
when the ioa HafH4 moved Tovrr ,,ss 81