The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-04
ITEMS or INTEREST.


cheese and less to butter than in former
years The number OF cows from which
milk is furnished 20 cresmeries greatly
increased last season.
In many Of tho census returns from
The Southern states men OF means ana
leisure are entered In the occupation col
umns as gentlemen" aud IN one in
stance as rich An invalid IN Illinois is
given occupation as laid up and q para
iytic figures In the same column as has
fits"
The passion for football saved an en-.
tire class al West Point from doing pen
sncs for I'VE months The second class
had been punished BY being ordered 10
do constant guard duty. Then the officers
discovered that the football team would
be a failure without three big members
OF that class So the whole class was par
doned that these three might play on the
team.
"A society IS being organized by DR.. A.
J. Austen Kelly Of Brooklyn for the pur-
pose Of establihnisg colonies for consump-
tives in Northern New York. Something
like g. 600 acres OF land have been bought
ia the foothills Of the Adirondacks. The
purpose IS 10 establish number Of small
farms EHEA WIN Tvs OWL IoAaNt AhtA WV
patients will be given light work out OF
doors when the weather Is favorable
David briggs Of Higgsnum. Conn. n
devout Christian and member Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. was seized with
what he believed TO be a fatal Illness ana
begged that his four sons agree 90 be bap-
tized beside his bier. The younger men
gave their word and the old gentleman
A., f,fnAua u
their father was fulfilled. Row. Mr.. Hag-
geriz performing the ceremony beside the
chin
Ships can now so 20 sea with frozen
ammunition. method Of utilizing lique-
ned air on warships has been discovered
which viii render the explosion Of = mag
azinc even when tho ship IL In action. al
most impossible The method is TO so
place the liquid air that It will freeze tho
ammunition 20 several hundred degrees
below zero. In that condition II could not
explode. even n n shell should burst IN
the magazine.
Lots Of Cinnamon" says Phlladel-
phia wigmaker come 10 US for wigs.
They want 70 look like Lee Toy. the May
or Of Chinatown. 20 they wear wigs. ard
some pay as much as SO for them Lee
Toy brings lot OF them go us But. al
though they want TO look like Americans
They won't sacrifice their queues. From
our third story We can look into one Of
the Chinese barber shops. and there see
our customers come in. take OF thcir
wigs and have their heads shaved. Just
the same as the other Cinnamon who
don't wear wigs I, IL very funny"
The authorities whose duty IL IS 70
enforce the game laws OF Kansas recent
~ had reason to suspect that some mar
ket hunters were illegally shipping quail
from Wellington. but the gathering Of ev-
idence was found 10 be an almost i'm
possible task Finally tho officers hor-
rowed a pointer dog and took Il 20 the
freight depot and the animal promptly
centered It's attention upon a large egg
case. The case was opened, and under It's
two top layers OF eggs were found sew
eral dozen quail. The iawbreakers were
located without difficulty upon reference
TO the railroad company's books. and ar
rests promptly followed.
The jury which made the awards in
the wine departments Of che Paris EXPO
sitlon had 5000 brands 81 wine 10 taste
II would seem that such a task woud be
enough 70 paraiyze the nerves Of every
mans palate. and that moreover. the
wine-tasters would have some dlfiiculty In
getting home after their days work
These useful members Of a reputable pro-
fesslon, however. know their business far
too well 20 be led into any mistakes OF
that kind IL is estimated that not a quart
OF wine was swallowed by the entire com
mittce while engaged in the testing n
they drank much they would soon lose
their sense Of taste. when testing wines
these men take but small mouthful OF
the sample. VI Il slip back 10 where the
taste nerve b.. and then spit Il out. Af,sr
trying three or four samples the faster
win chew a mouthful Of dry cheese. eject
II. and wash OUT his mouth. This fresh
ems ~ the power o. taste and the Juror
socs az his work again The process OF
wlue-tasting recalls another method Of de-
tcrmining the quality OF liquors which is
used IN the West Indies In Jamaica par
ii,ularly many Of che sugar estates rely
for their income mainly on the superior
quality 81 tho rum made In their distil-
icries. IL Is highly essential that the man
aver OF the estate should DE a good tudeo
OF sprN flavor. The way in which this
81 determined is not by the uaIate hut
by the nose. A "rum-smcller'' OF supcrior
nos may command 81 salary OF many
thousand dollars. ln order 10 keep himself
lu touch with Che distilicry and preserve
the discriminatiug power OF his nose.
'he manager % che estat. wiu have N
series 81 small vials containing the rup
ming Of various stills ranged on his side
hoard These he will run over as n
pianoforte player would practice his scales
whenever he has spare moment Tho
best time 6 in the early morning. when
the oitactory organs are fresh A table
spoonful Of the spirit Is poured into a
glass The glass 81 twisted around ear
second and applied 20 the nose. In ,his
way the quality Of the spirit Is accurate
~ told.