The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

intangible way. After q certain time
frozen meat loses some life principle essen-
tial TO lie nourishing quality. Such meat
lacks flavor; Il Is not well digssted o. as
simulated.
"A Brooklyn usan and his wife aave
JUST made a trip by trolley line from New
York 90 Boston. They changed cars TWEEN
ty-four times. paid $50 In five-cent fares
ana spent four days On the way. The
Herald says their journey was 80 like an
ordinary trip 90 their happy homes across
the river that they could hardly realize
they had instead Travelled 81 miles into
New England"
The Australian coasting steamer KAN
eruka. while going from Eden to sydney,
travelling az fun speed. struck on a reef
at Moruya Head. There being no rockets
on the ship the captain tied q life line TO
some pigs. which formed part OF the cargo,
and had the animals put overheard. The
pigs swan to the shore. taking the line
with them. and by establishing conimuni-
cation every soul on board was rescued.
The ice habit Is making rapid pro-
gross in Great Britain. largely owing TO
the calls OF Americans To-day all FIRST
class establishments put ice upon the ta-
bles In small tubs and guests pick out
as much as they desire with ice tongs
Though few restaurants have refrigera-
tors. many private houses are now pro-
Sided with them. The consumption OF ice
would be much greater n regular com
panies distributed II, hut the business is
now largely In the hands OF fshmongors.
Tn. yearly consumption OF ice In Eng
land Is 10000 tons and in London 10000
tons. Much OF the Ice h brought from
Norway and considerable quantity Is
manufactured.
The late King Humbert has left very
handsome potrimony. which Is estimated
at from fsO0oo 10 10000. says the
Rome correspondent OF the London Mail.
His father. III Re Galantuomo." was gen.
erous to the point OF prodlgaiity. and left
only an inheritance OF debts. which his
son paid to the last farthing. In the TWEEN
ty-two years OF his reign King Humbert
put aside at least $4,000 a year from HIS
civil list. the greater part OF which he
spent IN, acquiring vast estates In Pied
mont, and also In the neighborhood OF
Rome and Monza. These estates are the
best cultivated I'm Italy. for the King was
an agricultarist OF the first order Ills
private domain at Monza can compare
with the finest In the world. THE Kings
object in passing the hottest months OF
the year at Monza (Which has the hottest
summer climate OF any town IN Italy) was
10 devote himself 20 the care OF his model
farm. The lamented monarch's SUCCESSOR
Victor Emmanuel III. has never shown
say Of his fathers taste for farming. His
hobbies are study and travel. and he has
the reputation OF being very economical
Tho strangest feature Of the troubles
in China Is that the importation OF gin
seng has stopped. says the New York
Press. The craze for this root or for it's
active principle. Is surpassed only by the
craving for opium. and In times OF uni
versal peace thousands OF tons are ex-
ported annually from thia country the
medicine that a. made from II IL said to
be worth more than its weight in gold.
the price ranging from s. 20 so an ounce
Our home doctors say that its virtues are
unimportant. but the Chinese find the eN-
tract OF inealeulable value In restoring
both mind and body after complete ex-
haustion. The mandarin with paresis will
get well on ginseng. Merchants here who
make a business OF exporting Il buy i'm
mense quantities from the farmers. who
dig Il wild. The price paid for the root
ranges from s2.T5 a pound IN the South
10 s. Tor the best quality In New York.
the New England states and Canada. Gin
seng Is from the Chinese words Tin
tsan." meaning literally the likeness OF
a man" Secret uses are made OF the
root, which Chinese refuse 10 divulge 20
our merchants
Three soubrettes entered a fashi0nab BILE
dry goods store. wearing gowns that at
tracted the attention Of clerks and custo-
mers says the New York Press. A know
ing saleswoman remarked. soto voce:
'All from Sixth avenue near Forty-sec-
Ond street. House up there that deals in
cast-of clothing OF the rich. Many wealthy
women have poor relations in distant
cities and in the country to whom they
hand down an their dresses and under
wear. but some OF the SWEETEST In town sell
what they get tired OF. thus increasing
their pin money. The dresses those SOU
brettes have on didn't cost less than 500
apiece, and they were not worn mone than
twice Sor three times by their original
owners. These girls bought them fer about
Si2 each. The wife OF man who stood
high In the coc-cils OF the Republican
party, whose estate was valued at s35. .
10000. and who represented this country
az ore OF the courts OF Europe gave all
her cast-ofT clothing. up 10 the time OF his
death. 10 some young women from the
South who came here TO - educated
This was not generally known. OF course.
and they were regarded as the best-dress-
cd girls IN their set Their poor little
purses were as fiat as II an elephant had
trod oa them and az times Il was right
hard 20 live up TO their gowns. This ex-
cellent woman would try on a handsome
dress and making believe that il did not
NJ her would present II 10 one or the 9TH
er OF her proteges. all Of whom we're as
proud as poverty. I think she must have
clothed a dozen and married them or In
fine style
We scarcely ever patent anything
nowadays" said the representative OF a
big house which makes woodworking
machinery OF all kinds" according to the
New Orleans Times-Democrat. a patent
II simply n license 20 itigate. and Il gen
orally costs more 70 prosecute an infring-
er than the thing Is worth either in dam
ages or as an example 10 others. What
We really look TO for protection Is the SUI
perior skill and celebrity Of the American
mechanic. AS a nation We have made such
rapid progress in machinery during the
East few yegs that no foreign manufac-
turer can possibly keep up with us. That
Is not braE or bluster or spread-sagle ny
perboie. but a cold. plain statement OF
fact While the English or French or
German maker Is plodding away on an
imitation Of one OF our machines the
model has become obsolete ana we have
replaced II with something better They
steal our ideas all right enough. but they
can't steal them fast enough to stay
abreast Of the procession. was in Man
chester, England. last year. and went,
a.