The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

lean piano-makers 20 use dogwood, stain
ed. oiled and polished, as a substitute for
the ebony hitherto employed for the black
keys. The wood is cut into strips and
piled up dollhouse fashion out of doors I'M
Ill thoroughly seasoned for use.
A complete list of all the vessels
launched in Maine during the six months
ended June 30 shows ts~t the net register
tonnage aggregated 20N1 tons. There
are at present on the stocks vessels ag-
gresating 1880 tons. The total tonnage
launched in 1899 was 50095 tons
A new industry which has now as
sumed considerable Importance in Italy
is the manufacture of carbide of calcium,
which is used chiefly for making acety-
lene gas. The United States and France
occupy the first and second places as pro-
ducers of carbide, Italy coming next.
Counsel for three men accused Of lar
ceny in Canadian court asked the judge
to protect his clients from a couple of am
ateur photographers who were trying 10
snapshot them during the hearing, but the
court ruled that no person could be pre-
vented from attempting to take a photo
graph.
An automobile congress has been re-
Gently held at Padua at which was decid-
ed the itinerary of the race called the
Tour OF Italy" which is being organized
on the same lines as the long touring
race held in England 1t will be held in
April 1901, and the distance covered will
be 3,100 miles.
Two young men in jail on the charge
of theft at Eureka, Kan, tried to saw
their way out. The sheriff made them
undress so he could search their clothing
for the saw, giving them other clothes to
wear in the meantime. These the pris-
oners burned on the floor of the cell, and
the sheriff. by way of Furnishing them, has
left them naked ever since. And the
mosquitoes are very active there at night,
too.
John Stevenson, the iron and steel
man, built a $65 600 house in New Castle,
Pa Then he became displeased with some
of his neighbors. He sold out his holdings
in the New Castle mills and has had his
house taken down, stone by stone, carried
to Sharon, twenty miles away and put
together again. 1t cost him a lot of
money, but it relieved his feelings, and
possibly those of the New Castle people as
| well.
An astonishing piece of news now
comes from Bolivia, where the newspa-
pers are talking of annexation to this
country as a means to avoid submission
to the aggression of Chiie. Moreover, in
the provinces of Tacra and africa, which
are held by Chile, there have been meet
ings of the populace where it was form
ally resolved to raise the Stars and Stripes
if the provinces were not restored to
! Peru
American shoes have met with such
success in French Switzerland that Eu-
ropean manufacturers, in order to com
! pete have begun 10 make limitations of
! them Recently Vienna houses have be-
/ gun to copy the American article and TO
| flood the market with their imitation
! goods They are said to copy everything
| American they can find and in some in
stances they have marked their goods
made in America
-Workmen employed in the direction of
a new primary school at the corner of
Pearl, Bartlett and School streets,
| Charlestown Mass, struck a vault be-
low the surface and found lot of cor
roded coin in ii which proved 10 be silver
| dollars and seemed to be stacked up in
| some semblance of order. Most of the
coins could not be identified, but a few
in the middle of the piles were clean
enough to show the dates.
The magnificent giraffe sent by an
| African monarch as a present to Queen
Victoria some time ago proved a costly
passenger TO bring over, for its expense
ran nearly to s. 800. But the sender spar
| ed no expense in making the giraffe S
/ Journey pleasant one and, with this end
| in view, employed a specially prepared
| ca bin on a large liner, Unfortunately the
! passage was stormy and, despite these
precautions, the animal died of seasick-
ness as soon as the ship entered port.
in the eye of the law. says the Lon
don Mail, a valet is not a man servant.
The question was raised before Sir A. G.
Marten. ct High Wycombe County Court.
Walter Fisher, a valet, sued his employ er,
! Mr. James Davis, of Bourne End, for fl2
! Is. 4d. due to him, and also for a months
wages in lieu of notice. The evidence
! showed that Fisher though calling him
a valet, had been expected to wait at
| table. Both he and the judge considered
that his indignant refusal to become a
waiter was justified. Mr.. Davis had
thought otherwise and had dismissed his
/ recalcitrant valet on the spot. But judg-
ment was given the valet.
! 1t is not often endt a uOB pays It's
own travelling expenses but certain sa-
| gacious animal that has been greatly in
| evidence at some of the London music
| halls of late draws an enormous salary
! and Is, therefore, well able to pay for any
! luxuries its master may think ft to or
| der, says the Chicago Daily News. 1t al
ways has a special carriage when travel
| ing and rooms at the best hotels in the
| same manner that a human being does.
! Some of the hotels in the West End
! charge as much as S125 day for dog
of any kind and in che case under con-
sderation the figure is undoubtedly four
times that amount, seeing that the clever
animal has its own rooms
Perhaps no animal ever Travelled more
luxurously than did the favorite cat of
an eccentric woman residing in Leicester.
| England, few years ago. 1t CHANGED
| that the unfortunate animal became at
tackled by an incurable complaint and. al
though the owner spent large sums with
/ the veterinary surgeons, the fiat went
| forth that she must part with her pet for
ever Reluctantly she decided to do so
and resolved TO send il to London for ex-
ecutou in the lethal chamber. Anxious
| that her cat should be caused as little
pain as possible during the journey she
engaged a special train to convey it to the
metropolis, much TO the amusement of the
railway authorities. However, as their
client paid the price asked, the train was
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