The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-13
ITEMS or INTEREST.

nuns 70 AH ne goes 70 tcuoot. ~ - PiuF-
ed in every street hut my publisher
shakes his head sadly when that day
comes. Il Is generally the beginning Of
the end-a boom whica dies away. Peo-
pie gci tired 81 hearing the same song
wherever they 80. whatever the song may
b.. and the song OF che barrel organ u
not welcome 81 the drawing room. -
that the putting OF a song on the street
organs means . fecting fame. and shcn-
wei too often an utter relapse ana com
pieic oblivion"
Ask the average whcolman 10 estimate
the total number Of parts in his wheel
and the chances are that he viii fall far
short Of the number says the New York
Times. The various bearings contain
more than a hundred balls. and the chain
alone consists Of about $50 pieces There
are sixty eight spokes and as many spoke
nuts and washers, 50 that the two wheels
coninin over sl0 parts. not including the
bearings. Each pedal consists of dozen
or more parts. and the head. handles. SD
dc and brake viii yield a surprising num-
Der OF pieces. Tho Total number Of sep
arate pieces IN an ordinary wheel Is there
fore found TO be- IN excess OF 30. When u
Is remembered that each one Of the parts
Is made separately and yet 20 precisely
that "a fits TO It's place exactly. IL Is re-
markahle that such complicated piece
OF machinery can be sold ne che low
prices az which even the best wheels now
may be bought.
Il knew a man who trained his dos
never TO bark. says writer In Chambers
Journal. Three years were necessary for
perfect success in the making Of nom
barking dog. aud my friend iattered him
self that he had novelty But ! am in
clined TO think that he would not have
wasted those three years had he known
that there are at least three Varities that
never bark-the Australian dog. the Egyp-
iian shepherd dog and the 'li6n-headed''
dog OF Thibet In some japanese cities
q ou-barklng dog would be deemed valu-
able. Tor there they have quaint law
which makes the owner Of night barker
liable 20 arrest, and the penalty OF years
work FOR the benent OF neighbors who may
have been disturbed. The fact that the
barking OF dog on the earth can be
heard hy balloonist ut a hight OF about
four miles does not appeal 20 the average
man So much as the fact that that same
barking can often be heard four streets
away.
The late Lord Russell Of Kflowen had
a weakness for lecturing people on thcir
shortcomings. when In October. issS. the
London lrish Rugby Football Club was
mutched 10 play Hammcrsmth Club on
ihe London County Athletic Ground.
Hcrne HIN. Lord Russell was invited. and
consented to kick on the bali. on arrlv-
ing punctualiy az the hour appointed he
found chat some Of the members Of the
London Irish team We're not on the
ground. lie waited patiently for some ten
or fifteen minutes until oil the pl- -crs
were assembled. and then called up Mr..
Dyas. the captain OF the London 5rish.
ard delivered the following bomily: Capt.
Dyas and member OF the London Irish
Football Club: desire 20 point out 20 you
that one OF your cardinal rules in life
should be punctuality. Unless you study
that rule. whether IN business or in play
you will never be successful men, and I
hope that you viii take to heart the lesson
! am now reading you" The Lord Chief
Justice. with the utmost gravity. then
proceeded TO kick OF the BAH.
The Oldest paper in China. and prob
ably in the world. is the Pekin Gazette.
II publishes Official notices and gives
some news. but without comment. II
dates at lens, 100 years back. A study
of its columns reveals better than any
thing else the Official corruption OF China.
for the punishment OF corrupt mandarins
as related In the news columns. Is ridic-
ulously inadequate. An other Chinese
newspapers are published Ia treaty ports
The reason Is obvious. Under the pro-
tection OF the foreigners the publishers
ana editors are secure from prosecution.
1 Many 81 these papers have foreign con-
tributOrs ana some have foreigners as
dummy" editors to prevent interference
The Shen-pRo. Shanghai s. the most i'm
portant Il comhats corruption and abuse
OF all sort, and Is very influential. More
than once & has caused unjust DEGREES
70 De- declared nun and void. apd It has
done much 10 lessen tho application Of
torture in Chinese courts. It's collections
Tor famine sufferers. etc. are always sue
cessful. More than once the viceroys
have tried to suppress a. The Viceroy OF
or Chch-kianR. whom the paner once Mt
tackled. complained 10 the Tsung-li-Ya-
men; but the foreign Office confessed It.
self unable 20 suppress the paper More
over" said Prince Kung ~ Is very in
tefesting. We read II ourselves here IN
Pekin." Even the Empress Is reported 10
taste OF this forbidden fruit. Advertising
Is carried on 20 a great extent IN the Chit
nose papers for the Chinese have not been
slow IN discovering the value OF this
method OF improving business. The for
eiEn news Is meagre. The answers 80
correspondent" are important and very
htNI"stihks ana the local news Is extern
sive. Some Of the Chinese papsrs are
very decided jlngces and the present
troubles are doubtless IN part due 10 their
efforts
The Celestial Empire OF Shanghai con-
tains an interesting article on the HIS.
torical relations OF Pekin 20 the Chinese
Empire, which. the writer says. have
ever been Of the most sinister deserip-
ticn From the commencement OF its no.
lticai career u has been an obstacle IN
the path OF China 20 emlnence. From
time 20 time u was the capital of one
or other OF the iutruding dynastles whose
ephemeral rule marked the weakness OF
the empire. but u rose 20 political as.
tendency only when Khublai Khan ,nade
u the chief Of the Monaghan Fmnlrc
about 1870. Under his two Immediate sue.
cessors u became the capital % the pov-
ertul fuens, but. being removed from, Tho
heart OK the empire and che Influence ~
me nation AZ large q soon became ho.-
ned CT intrigue and corruption. When
the founder OF the Ming dynasty over
throw the Mongols. he ixed his canli,l
az Nankin Ia order 10 preserve the ma
ton from the evils caused BY the isolated
situation OF pekin. on his death. hls
young son was overthrown bv his uncie
ana the capital was again transferred ~
fekin, whore Il has ever since remained
With this began the decadeuce 81 ,hc
Minas. who called IN the Manchus 10 IA
them against Chinese rebels, with Tho M