The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-09
ITEMS or INTEREST.

boston mas IN annual uhnu organ re-
ohal. on a certain day all the hand or
gans IN the city are gathered at one
place. and~ each organ grinder In turn
plays for the benefit OF the censor. II
che music is up TO the Boston standard
q license Is granted 10 the organ grinder,
II II be OF The wheezy. squeaky variety
ne gets 40 license.
In 1900 the sweet-pea was introduced
into Great Britain from Sicily. and on
July % and q an exhibition and confer
ence was held al the Crystal Palace IN
London 10 celebrate the bicentenary. BY
some English authorities It was claimed
that two forms having q general relation
ship 20 each other were introduced, one
fs.s.. sicily and the other from Ceylon.
The history and earlier development OF
the flower were discussed, and q paper
read describing its culture and develop
ment In the United States.
These are the provisions OF the rev
method OF reckoning tame IN Spain. 20
take eject on Jan. 4: First In all rail-
way. mail Onciud.ng tels & aph), telephone
and steamship service Ia he peninsula
and the Balear.c lsands. and N all the
public works. time shall oc regulated ny
the tlmo Of the Greenwich Observatory
commonly known as western European
time Second The computation Of the
hours in the above mentioned services
will be made from the hour OF midnight
20 the following midnight la hours from
1 10 q. emitting tho words tardc after
noon and noche (nighO. heretofore IN
Gus omary use Third. The nour of mid
night will be de siguated as =. Fourth. me
interval for Instance. between midnight
| CA and / O'Clock viii be designated as
0.05. 0.i0. 0.5s.
The ship Discovery whi,h IL 10 he
used in the explorations OF the National
Antarctic Expedition. sailing from England
next year. Is now under construction At
the yard OF the Dundee Shipbui.ders' Com
nany The vessel was designed by w. =.
Smith. one OF the chief constructors Of
| the Admiralty and Is 20 be- hark-rigged
aud have three decks The length Of the
vessel y III feet. It's beam % feet. aud
depth "a feet oak Will be used for the
| timhers and inside beams. while the
| plauking Will be OF American elm and
pitch-pine There IS Co be a heavy stem
OF the ice-breaker type. but for con-
siderable radius amldships the knees and
fastenincs are to be entirely OF naval
brass. Ia order to have as little effect as
| possible on the magnetic and other scien-
| tinc instruments on board. The vessel
will be driven hy engines having an az
gregate OF 40 indicated horsepower. and
should Il be found necessary to pass a
winter in the ice. "A heavy awning OF felt
Is to be provided.
In accordance with the estimate OF
Postmaster General Smith. the acting di-
rector Of the Bureau OF Engraving AMI
Printing has been authorized 20 prepare
| for the next fiscal year. subject 90 requisi-
| lions from time to time. the following
described postage stamps; i-cent. los. lS6.-
90: 2-cent. LEE. S3i. on: scent, 3i.Toeo; 4
cent. $3.50 600: scent. 62.2o00e0; 6-cenL
$4,000. scent. 16.S0Q.oeo: io-cenf. @.lco.-
90: 15-ccnt. 10000; 50-cent 1000; Idol
lar 1000: 2-dollar. 5000. 5-dollar. 400;
i0-cent special delivery. $4,000. The to-
tai OF ordinary stamps is A3s4.5s on.
against 3986. 20. 600 estimated for the pres
ent year. Postage due stamps-i-cent. c.
| 5000: 2-oent. 1415O0oo: scent. 5A0ooo. s.
cent. 1.5aooo0: io-cent. 2.oooo 900: 3o-cent T.
600: 50-cent. goo. The total Is 2i.6j5 On.
| AGAINST $4,000 for this year Compared
with last year there IS "a large increase
IN the number OF be printed AZ this time
| last year the bureau was ordered TO print
s75.000o00 Is and 100000 Is. The number
Of special delivery stamps is also largely
Increased. A year ago the estimate was
6.o2ioo0.
Recent investigations attribute an even
closer connection between rats and the
| propagation OF the plague IN the East.
| In a Bombay cotton factory. where a
| number OF dead rats were removed by
some OF the coolies. IL was found chat
about half OF the number were taken
| with plague in the course OF three days.
/ while none OF those who had not touch
- IA
similar instances are quoted. and Il Is
suggested that the plague can also be
communicated by the ileas natural 20 the
/ rats. IL Is well known that a perfectly
| healthy rae viii. harhor few feas. as the
Il animal IS particularly expert in remov-
/ ing them. but when the RAJ Is sick the
fieas are very abundant. After death
the neas leave the rats body. and on
/ reaching another rat or n human being.
they may inoculate She blclill they ac-
/ quired by ingcsting the blood OF their
former host In an experiment In sup
port Of this theory. u was found that n
sick and healthy rats. In separate cages.
were enclosed In a glass Jar. the healthy
animals did not become infested when
there were no fieas present
London is complaining Of an extraordi-
nary and unprecedented scarcity OF clerks
and Office boys. merchants saying that no
amount OF advertising and the promise OF
| good salaries are able 10 fill the many va
| cancles. Those who have looked into the
matter say that there IS nothing uncx-
/ pecSed In IT, because for several uears
| past Il has been becoming more difficult
20 get good Office help. but now the pinch
Is only beginning TO be really felt one
Of the explanations offered as TO the
shortage OF Office boys Is that they are
beginning - realize sha; ;hey caa :s.s!..,
much better wages IN factories than in
Offices. The average pay for an Office boy
is from six 90 eight shilllngs a week aud
the same boy In factory can get all the
work he wants At an average OF fourteen
! shillings, and al the same time can be
learning a trade. Another reason for the
shortage Is the increased exodus OF the
/ poor from the central part OF the city TO
the suburbs and the out districts. unused
| by the general pulling down Of the Ola
city tenements 20 make room for buslrces
! buildings. In this case the question of
railway fares enters into the calcula,ton
| or the boys who do not see their way clear
toward spending most of their wages in
going TO and coming from the city. As TO
| clerks the experts say, the reportod
shortage only means thar the SUNNY of
| "capables' has not kept pace with he
constantly growing demand.
Count Waldersee who has lust sailea
for China. is, like many other German
mobiles, descended from a morganatie al-
lance between reignlng sovereign and