The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-06
ITEMS or INTEREST.


quincy Fowler. an is-year-old newsboy
OF Lake odessa, Mich, mas developed into
quite a political orator and will speak for
Bryan and Stevenson In his section Of the
Wolverine State.
shaft No OF che Tamarack Mine.
Houghton. Mich. viii be completed about
the end Of this year and will theh be a
fun mile tn depth--the deepest in the
world. The shaft was begun In August.
1885
The police department Of Berlin. Ger
many, has undertaken thorough revision
OF the bakeshops. much to the sstonish-
ment OF the Master Bakers Association
there, which has begun 10 udicule the
bakeshop law.
This paragraph appeared in the Chick
asaw. l. T.. Press. under the head OF
Society Notes" "A Chickasaw girl who
several years ago had "a startled fawn'
look IN her eyes has cultivated the look to
such an extent that she now looks Ike q
scared rabbit"
-Niagara Falls is the latest city TO
adopt voting machines. The list now in
cludes Buffalo. Rochester. Syracuse and a
dozen 81 the smaller cities OF the state
50 that good estimate Of the result OF
the election IN the empire state viii be OBJ
tainable early on the evening Of Nov. g.
Last year two Italian railway lines
passing through swamp regions supplied
all their statlon-ho with mosquito
nets. In consequence there has been such
a diminution In the number OF cases OF
malaria that other tines IN Italy and IN
Sicily are about 90 adopt the same meas
ures.
1t is said that the Canadian 500 canal
may be closed because OF lack OF patron
age Vesselmen say thas this would be
a bad move. for IN case Of accident in the
American canal there would be n block
ede They say that they viii use the
Canadian passage more in the future that
q may be maintained.
Scores OF sheep and hogs have been
killed recently on the borders Of Virginia
and North Carolina by animals which
seem 20 he half dog and half wolf In for
mer days wolves We're very numerous In
that section. and Il may be that the pres
ent-day marauders are descendants OF that
race. crossed with stray dogs.
Mayor Mott United States military
| representative at the recent French army
maneuvers. reports that the autotTaction
car. which r. OF immense service in the
French army commisariat. drawing six or
seven heavily laden cars over the excel
lent roads OF that country. would be OF no
use whatever on the rough American
roads"
The United States lead an other ma
lions in the matter OF fruit growing.
Strawberries were valued az So COO 0D7 last
year and grapes az Slo0.e0 900 Peach or
| chards containing as many as 3O0oo trees
are 10 be found. while the apple crop has
been known 90 return In barrels 2i0oo1 90
IN one season. OF these England has
taken $4,000 barrels.
At the sessions Of the prison reform
congress In Cleveland J. b Tomllnson.
warden Of the Kansas state penitentary.
was one Of the most Interesting delegates.
The irony of this circumstance lies in the
| fact that while Warden Tomlinson was In
Cleveland the mismana cement Of the in
stitution he controls was being thoroughly
| exposed by Kansas and other newspapers.
with Thanksgiving day and Ire In
evitable mince pie In the not distant fu-
ture the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Of Hartford. Conn. has struck a
blow at a cherished Yankee institution@by
| declaring wine cake and brandy sauce on
| the index cNpurgatorius. Even cider IL
| tabooed by this exceedingly strlct organ
ization. and much grumhiing has conse-
queutly been heard among some OF the
members
Over the greater part Of the New Eng
land coast the supply Of clans has sud-
| denly diminished 20 an extent which has
I become alarming. Extensive areas when
/ four or five years ago produced great
numbers OF clans are now Practically bar
| rem The explanation r. simply that the
| demand has Increased az such q rate that
| too large o number of the natural seed
clans have been removed aud extinction
suddenly follows.
The Queen OF sweden. who went 70
! Germany when she left England on a visit
10 her sister. tho Princess Dowager Of
/ WED, Is now staying for a month at Hon
/ nef on the Rhine. whore there IS a larGe
water-cure establishment. Honnef Is
/ prefty village a. the foot OF the Drachen-
! fcls. nearly opposite TO Roiandscck Queen
] Sophia Will probably pay another visit %
/ England next winter. IN which case she
| contemplates staying for some time a;
/ Torquay.
! The Emperor and Empress Of Russia
are dividing their time between two OF the
| imperial hunting lodges IN the Crimea
/ before going to Livadln. whore Il Is their
| irtcntion 90 stay until the beginning %
| December The Emperor and Empress
are both well and have been entertaining
] in great state. The Empress has been rid
| ins "a great deal and the exercise seems
20 agree with Her Majesty. who Is sail
/ "a be looking handsomer than ever and
ls most popular.
Baron Rothschrd Of Paris has bought
/ from Castle Johannlsherg on the Rhire
/ 10 bottles Of the best sparkling hook PRO
| duced there az the tremendous price OF So
/ a bottle The castle was originally a cen
vent 81 the Benedictiues who planted the
1 celebrated vineyards around 81 After
passing through the hands OF Napoleon I.
Marshal kellermann and one OF the en-
| perors OF Austria Il was. presented by the
4 latter 80 1911 10 Prince Mctternich. whose
descendants SIN draw large income
| from H.
Conservative figures Of government
statisticlaus show that there Is general
decrease IN tho number Of hogs now be-
| inR fattcned. as compared with the rec
ords OF recon, years This decrease varies
considerably 10 the different states. rang
tr~ an tho WAY from I per cent IN sat,,a