The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Massachusetts, death roll for 1879
includes the names OF twenty-one persons
who had lived to the age OF 100 years or
more. Sixteen Of the number were wo-
men, and three OF them had never been
married Eight OF the tweuty-one were
born 10 Ireland. three in Canada and three
/ in other foreign countries. leaving seven
who were native born. SIX Of these sew
en- we're natives OF Massachusetts, The
Oldest was los years aud two months Of
/ age.
The Rev. ]. VI. Bacon thus describes
in letter to the London Times the cx-
perimeutal combination Of ballooning and
/ wireless teic graphy. which was tested al
| the recent British Association meeting at
Bradford. We took "a lofty night and for
ninety minutes space sailed away over
| Wakefield. Barnsley and so on for Shelf
/ field, attaining an altitude Of almost
mile. at which height u would certainly
be impossible for a balloon to be hit IN
warfare save by a laundering shot. We
were in constant communication with our
base and could have minuteiy described
! every feature visible over the wide area
/ below. and practically every feature was
revealed. We looked down every breath
/ ing mole OF the hidden mines over which
woods. and could have counted every
furnace for ten miles round. ana all the
4 while we were receiving constant assur-
ance from distant Bradford that the line
was clear"
New Orleans Is the greatest claret
drinking city IN the world" says a ros-
siper IN the New Orleans Times-Demo-
GRAFT 1T consumes more than San Fran
cisco and Chicago put together. You Will
! find no other place in the country where
I small corner grocery stores order red wine
/ IN los 81 from fifteen 10 twenty-five bar
rels al a time. yet such purchase IS an
| everyday incident here ia New Orleans.
| What Is known as the family trade
of these humble establishments would
| amaze grocers elsewhere. There De- a con-
tinual struggling procession OF children
and colored servants with pitchers and
buckets to be filled with claret. exactly
AS beer Is bought in Nortehrn cities The
sight Is 50 common that IL attracts no at
| tention. but lt seems very strange TO m
| outsider. Thousands OF people here drink
wine at breakfast. something almost un-
heard OF anywhere else. and this IL the
! only city know OF where II IS commonly
called for at nrst-class bars"
"A recent study Of the emotion OF pity
has been made by Prof G. Stanley Hnu
and F. H. saunders by means OF a set Of
| questions distributed among q number o.
school childrCu and adults. Il was found
thas hunger "a some form seemed to be
| that which exciAed the deepest pity IN
most Of those questioned. and In the case
OF the poorer children this proved 90 be
almost invariably the case "The chill
| dren OF the poor who know what hunger
| IS in their own experience have far quick
er and more effective sympathies IN the
-
| children who have never felt the pangs OF
| appetite themselves. Most people Ia civ
| ilized life know almost nothing OF the
| very poignaut suffering due 90 lack OF
food. ana adults have little conception OF
the pain and distress which children feel
from hunger With the young Il is a very
DEFINITE. sharp and localized distress that
may rise 10 the intensity OF agony and
anguish. A. its strongest Il may call out
all che forces OF the struggle for survival
/ and prompt the best children or adults 20
| theft. petty or great 20 forccfuI robbery
and to mutual slaughter ana cannihallsm.
| when we reflect that the great majority
of animals find their grave In the NAV
OF other animals. and that che struggle
for survival has been largely for food, We
/ can understand that Il speaks well for
those OF an alien race and al great dis
lance. who suffer from famine is so e.
fective. To feed the hungry is one OF che
primal works Of charity. and a virtue with
its own benson"
-R. A. Clifton OF So. Louis. speaking AT
the Hoffman House Of che presidential
and vice presidential Offices. according 10
the New York Tribune. said. Il noted
| some curious things Ia connection with
I these Offices the other day. when I was
looking NJ another matter. As every one
knows the vice presidency was originally
{ regarded as almost on a par with the
presidency. and the greatest men In the
land eagerly sought IL ia the beginning u
1 che republic. George Washington'a vice
president was John Adams who succeed
| cd him In the presidential oftlce John
Adams when Pres ideut. had Thomas JET.
/ ferson fof his Vice President and was in
turn sgeceedsd by him. Jefferson had a
close fight for the first Office with Aaron
Burr. whom he defeated By the closest
o. margins Burr took the lesser ofHer.
I which he held az the time be fought that
historic and disastrous duet which result
ed In Alexander Hamilton's death and put
nnal period 20 Burrs political career.
1 Martin Van Buren, also served as Vice
President prior to becoming President
I These three men were elected 20 the great
| er Office after holding the lesser Office. but
since Van Buren, no man who had been
/ Vice President has been elected Presi.
dent Vice President John TYLER sue
| ceedcd William Henry Harrison on the
/ latter's death. a month or - after ne
/ took the oath % office and slluard I'm.
more stepped from the Vice Presidency
into the Presidency upon the death 81
I Zachary Taylor. An assassln's bullet put
/ johnson w the tirst office Ia the eift OF
The people. aHd his subsequent actions
therein almost brought bis deposition
snereFronl The murder OF CARRIED
brought Chester A. Arthur forward. These
are all the Vice Presidents who have
1 served as Presidents"