The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

lIdL tOkGlS SHOULDERS ana DdCks puts
veto on free play, and gives rise to the
false impression on the part of the be-
holder that the unfortunate child has
carelessly put on his shirt wrong-end,
upward.
"A serious problem confronts the en-
gineers in charge OF the erection of the
New York peace memorial on the summit
of Lookout Mountain, according to the
Boston Transcript The question is how
10 get the material for the monument to
the top of the mountain, 1900 feet ABOVE
the surrounding country. The railroad
which has been running 10 the top of the
mountain as a freight line has been dis
continued, and the rails will be sold for
Old iron. The track in its present con-
dition. Will only safely stand a load of So
60 pounds, the engineers say, while one
OF the stones to be used in the monument
will weigh nearly 5000 pounds and many
of them $4,000 pounds. There is no road
way near the spot where the monument is
being erected il beng high above all ihe
surrounding country. IN case no Other
means can be devised TO handle the mate
rial and remove il TO the top a road four
miles in length will be constructed by The
government or by the New York Commits
sion especially for this purpose.
How St Francis tanned the wolf of
Cubic is the most famous, if not aho-
gether the most credible, of the animal
stories related OF him, says the Contem-
porary Review. That wolf was a quadru-
ped without morals; not only had he
eaten kids, but also men, All attempts
to Kill him failed, and the townsfolk were
afraid of Venturing outside the walls even
in broad daylight. One day st. Francis,
against The advice of all, went out to
have serious talk with the wolf He
soon found him. and Brother Wolf"
he said, you have eaten not only ami
mails, bur men made in the image of
God. and certainly you deserve the gall
lows; nevertheless, I wish TO make peace
between you and these people, Brother
Wolf, so that you may offend them no
more. and neither they nor their dogs
shall attack you" The wolf seemed to
agree, but the saint wished 10 have a dis
tinct proof of his solemn engagement to
fulfill his part in the peace. whereupon
the wolf stood up on his hind legs and
laid his paw on the saints hand. Francis
then promised that the wolf should be
properly fed for the rest of his days, for
well I know" he said, kindly, that all
your evil deeds were caused by hunger"
upon which text several sermons might
be preached, for truly many a sinner
may be reformed by a good dinner and
by nothing else. The contract was kept
for two years, "nutricato cortesemente
dalla gente," at the end of which he died
of old age sincerely mourned by all the
inhabitants.
The one ring circus has gone and now
the red lemonade is in danger, says the
Cleveland Plan-Dealer Out in Illinois
they have framed new pure food law,
and on the first day of July it went into
effect in all its startling sections. The
law says that all lemonade must hereafter
contain a. least per cent of pure lem
IN juice. Reflect on it! Not a solitary
suggestion of any exception in favor OF
red lemonades! Think of circus lemonade,
red or otherwise, with 5 per cent. of lem
on juice in it-let alone pure lemon juice,
| Why, they couldn't dream of washing the
snakes in a strong solution like thar!
And, of course in all well regulated cir
cuses they always do wash the snakes
in the lemonade. The acid is good for
them, you know, when it isn't TOO strong
| and it never is To snakes brought up
on the usual lemonade bath 5 per cent.
of pure lemonade juice would act like
turpentlne. There wouldn't be any liv-
ing in the house with them. It's evident
those Illinois Legislators haven't any hu-
manity in the direction of snakes-nor
small boys, either. If they had they
wouldn't want it on their fossilized old
| consciences that they had forcibly soured
the disposition of both the serpents ana
the youth of this country with that un-
| necessary acid But there's no use ar
guing on the subject They might as well
t order the arsenic mixer 90 co-or his deco5-
ton with per cent of imported red ink
He can do it, but it won't be the real
thing. He can put per cent. of lemon
juice on his snake, but 1t won't be cir.
Gus lemonade.
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IN the northern part OF the state of Wash
ington, has been given out by Gen Mer-
RAM He saws in his rsnor+. ",rbe CLIFFS
- 80, 49, -
oin,to,, nc an illoS' ~
bfob+ 90 zoo -, . n,o 80 r,. W
49, 80 80 80 - ~ 1t 10 nc I
waters are clear and blue and bv actual
soundirSs have heen found to be of an
average usP pm Oh SV'V Ieet' rms seems al
v,idtb If Tho lal,a ,.arias froro ona ga
one-half to two miles. but he length is
the most remarkable of all. When I point
ed UP toward what appeared to be the
head of the lake and asked the Indians
If the lake was not about three miles long
they laughed and shook their heads. They
said it was a three-day journey for a
four-oared canoe. Il de ermined to see for
ba fr,ur