The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-06
ITEMS or INTEREST.

Miss Cara Barton. mead o. the Red
/ Gross Society. has placed with a firm
az Kittreu. y. C.. an order Tor i.ooo ooC
strawberry plants. These plants Will be
Distributed among the frult growers 81
Texas who suffered 60 severely from the
great September storm.
The envied OF all az an Old folks con-
/ cert in Wabash. Ind was Mrs James
Woodruff who on that occasion wore a
gown which was once the property II
Queen Victoria. The garmens WAS given
70 an aunt Of Mrs Woodruff by one OF
the queens maids Of honor
Among che inmates Of the insane asy-
lum a. Yankton. :. D.. IS Frank Susse-
man. former merchant of Redneld Mr..
susseman was Democrat, but az the re-
cent election voted for Mckinley. lie re-
pointed Immediately and brooded over she
matter until be became insane.
Rev James de Normandie, DID. told
the Massachusetts Historical society the
other day that he had just ofieia,ed at
wedding OF "a descendant IN the eighth
geueratlon from the nrst white SETTLER 10
Roxbury and that the family suu lives
on the land OF the old homestead.
An automobile accident insurance
association is about 10 h. formed 90 New
York city. Iis object will be 60 insure ice
policy holders against accidents and 70
defend the iunumera Die lawsuits which
have been brought against motorists al.
over che country. often on very slight
provocation.
The Common Pleas Court IN Phuadel-
paia has sustained the consututionality
OF tho city ordinances prohibiting the dis
trihutson Of advertising handbills and cir
culars iu tho streets II the city and IN
vestibules porChes and yards OF dwell
! inss whence they are likely 10 be blown
90 any moment into the streets.
j Zuchdeld fen from railroad train
on she river bridge near the union depot
a. Dayton. O.. while stealing ride. 81 is
stated The wheels passed over his rather
hashy head Of hair and cut % on as neat
~ as n any tonsorial artist had done che
Job He was uniniured except for a
bump on the mead caused by the fall and
walked on considerably dazed and amazed
-Thir'y-nlne states Ia all are represent
"a by students In Harvard University. as
are Also Arizona. Oklahoma and the Dis
trict ~ Columbia Hawaii Porto Rico
the Philippines Cuba. Japan. the Cana
dian provinces Of Nova Scotia. and New
/ Brunswick. KaFnc natka. Paris Heidel-
berg London. Trinldad Liverpool. Madrid
SamaSov. Bulgaria Mszaggan. Morocco
ard Chrisuanla. Norway.
The fourth census OF the Dominion Of
Canada Is to be taken next year. begin
ming che first week IN Apra II b. ex-
pected 10 b. completed within a month
Besides Tho enumera ton Of people indus
/ tral and other statistics. viii be compiled
as in this country In the United King
/ dom the census Is supposed 20 he taken
tn one day. but no attempt Is made 20 do
more than secure a count Of the popula-
ton
Oscar p. Carpenter. Of South Bend
/ has been enjoying q continuous bath for
the past seven weeks For almost year
be had been suffering torture from n
/ sort of eczema. which refused to yield
| 90 treatment Seven weeks ago as a last
resort he was placed in a bath. the water
| being impreRnated with some sort Of
| chemical he has been up 20 his chin
ever since and has experienced much i'm
I provement
Germany r. rapidly becoming nation
% whisky drinkers. according 20 the re-
{ port % Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue. Wilson. More distilled spirits
are exported from this country 20 Ger
many shan 20 any other foreign country.
The Germans apparently. are partial 10
bourbon whisky in preference 10 rye. For
the year ending June 80. 1870 AZ. ~ gail
Ions % bourbon, and 1881 gallons OF rye
whisky We're sent
A s. bill Issued according 10 an act
o. tho Continental Congress In i77s is
a valuable relic IN the hands o. q F.
Palmer OF Ocouonlow0c. Wis The hill
/ which measures a.x34s inches. was given
20 the present owner hy his grandfather
/ The following words also appear on the
face: This Bin entities me bearer 90 re-
ceire tive Spanish mllled dollars. or tho
value thereof ia gold or silver. according
20 resolution Of Congress. passed az
Philadelphia, Feb. II. l776"
The report OF the Treasurer OF the
United States shows that che coin OF the
realm that is most extensively counter
fciied nowadays Sc the copper 1-cent
piece. During che year there were de-
tected and destroyed 20 the Offices % the
Treasury sli.1i6 ia counterfeit silver coins.
notes and certiflcates. 3 III scent pieces
and l2l6l2 l-ccnt pieces. and she number
q spurious minor coins IN circulation Is
rapidly on the increase. Counterfeit gold
coins are rare. only thirteen having been
presented at the Treasury during the
year
Two wireless telegraph instruments
said 90 be the most powerful ever made.
are 10 De clipped from New York 10
Japan. They were made especially for
Japan and will be installed on TWO % the
fastest japanese cruisers Il IS expected
that they will be able TO transmit mes
sages NJ least 10 miles. They were made
in the nature OF an experiment and were
constructed according 20 the Marcoui sys-
Gem The new instruments develop an
energy OF about -010n0 volts. the in
duct4on coils contain over rs miles 81
copper wire and weigh T. 800 pounds.
a recent number Of the Chemlker
Zeitung describes an accident resulting
from the explosion Of chemicals while in
transit. which is not without interest in
View Of the recent catastrophe in this
city, Nine cases Of sodium peroxide. each
weighing sixty Kilograms. and Intended
Tor Japan. were being unlolded. when one
0f the cases exploded with a loud report
and seriously injured o number OF work
men, besides causing a IRE. The cases
were merely labelled chemicals" and
under the German law 20 is thought se-
rious consequences viii bcfall the shipper.
The same journal also speaks % a mum.
Der Of important improvements in the
chemistry Of fertilizers In making Ger
tain % these substances apatite is used
and hyirofuorlc acid is evolved which
MI HafHsa.H 81.