The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-03
ITEMS oF INTEREST.


In North Carolina.
"A mandatory OF spurious Brazilian
bank notes has been discovered IN Paris
and has resulted In the arrest OF six
forgefs including Horace Urban Massard,
son u The engravcr OF the same name
Snakes OF an sizes abound IN che SUI
matra jungles. Monster lizards are there,
measuring six and seven feet The house
lizard Is about twelve inches long and
makes a noise like the bark OF a toy ter
rier.
The farmers living IN the vicinity Of
Harvien IN Butler county. Missouri, have
sued FOR The possession OF a cemetery The
graveyard r. In the center OF a farm. the
owner OF which has been guarding IL with
a shotgun 10 prevent any more burials.
Exports from the United states durins
the past fiscal year increased 20 every
section Of the globe Next TO European
exports. the largest Increase was IN ship
ments 20 Asia and Oceania; the third
largest increase was In exports to other
parts OF North America.
In his annual report for the fiscal
year ended June 80 Land Commissioner
amount OF land now held b. the state Is
aN0i5 acres. During the year. q. III acres
OF land we're disposed OF. Tor which tiif-
as viii be received. all but Sii.23S having
already been paid.
When Gen. Gatacre was young en-
sign he was present az the fogglng OF a
soldier and was so much upset by the
sight and the screams OF the man that he
had 10 be present at many more affairs
OF that kind. "You'll get used to IL IN time.
sir" said n color sergeant TO him. How
ever. soon after this hogging was abolish
ed IN the army.
"A civil engineer who Is in Alaska has
written home TO Chicago that tho rails on
the Chilcoot Pass Railway oxpaHd with
che cold instead of contracting as they
would be supposed 10 do. A temperature
ranging from y 10 40 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit would not appreciably affect
che length OF rails, but severcr cold than
that would be attfnded with expansion.
THIS Is certainly an exception 10 law OF
nature. although water shrinks as Il cools
until 80 degrees Fahrenheit a. reached.
when Il begins TO expand
1T has always been thought ,has Il was
the ancient Egyptians wrapped their
mummies. a Manchester tourist brought
home small bit Of the fabric and asked
cotton expert " nc could tell from what
mill ~ came. lie examined IL carefully ur-
der his glass and then said that q came
from mill near Oldham. England and
WAS known by the manufacturer as his
NO S5." Investigation showed that he
was right. The ancient mummy cloths had
worn out and the Egyptians were rewrap-
ping the relies in Engllsh-made fabrics.
Some OF those who are watching the
Belgian hare craze which IS sweeping this
country at present fear that when It sub
sides the land VIII be afflicted with pest
which viii threaten the agriculture. T. $
Palmer. acting chief OF the Biological
Survey has sent out warning letters IN
which he suggests that steps be taken to
keen under observation the hares that
have been liberated and that all possible
measures be adopted 10 discourage the lih-
Grafton Of the animals. All countries have
these crazes for animals not indigenous
20 them. Japan twenty years ago went
daft over rabbits and pigs and the spec
ula,ors made vast sums Of money out OF
them.
Wherever in this country the Hebrews
have established charitable bureaus these
associations have accomplished their work
much more successfully than have the as
ISOLATED charities Of other denominations
or OF secular origin. 1t Is hard 10 rcmeu,-
Der seeing "a Hebrew hegEar. Yet there
are such but they orc aided by their own
people. whose charitable bureaus. how
ever. know no nationality or religion 20
far the the benenclarics are concerned In
a.
report that Of those who sought aid IN
1894. 60 per cent did not return lascr. 3
per cent. were absent after 1895. - per
cent after 1896. 95 per cent. after 1897 90
per cont. after 1892 leaving only per
cent OF the applicants Of 1884
a curious piece OF news has been sent
TO the London Times by It's Rome CORE
spondent. to the effect that the Vatican
purposes going into the news agency bus
mess as a competitor OF the existing en-
terprises OF this kind. the idea being to
establish such an agency under che direct
control Of the Vatican. which will be sup
piled with tclcEraphic news free Of charge
by all the Catholic clergy In the world
The promoter OF the scheme Is said to be
Cardinal Rampolia. who has been negoti-
atlng with various eminent French hnan-
ciCrs and politicians The idea underlying
the scheme is that by turning the clergy
into reporter and getting the news with
out cost the agency can secure a monopo-
ly by undertaking all existing enterprises
and therefore secure corner" on tho
news market. which ~ viii then be able
60 control. and thus make the lay and
Jewish journals take Catholic versions OF
everything" This would make the Rev
Mr. Sheldon Of Topeka and his Christian
newspaper look like a babe Ia arms.
Tho Red Cross Society reports that
during the first period (from July !. 10
July ~ OF the experiments now being car
ricd on under its auspices In the Agro-
Romano 80 patients were conveyed 10
Rome or elsewh here by tho seven ambu-
lanccs engaged In the work From July
= 10 Aus %. 81 patients we're 30 trans
the nmbulances attended during the nrst
period $50 patients. % whom SOS were suf-
fcring from malaria. and during the sec
ond period so patients. 81 whom sol were
malaria in spite OF tho notoriously I'M
healthy condition Of tho localities IN which
the ambulanccs are stationed no single
member u the stan. either among the me1-
loal men or attendants. had contracted
fever during these TWO periods. The inn
munity thus enjoyed by tho members Of
the mission b. ascribed to the precautions
adopted by the municipality for prevent
ing the entrance OF mosquitoes TO tho
rooms ln which the men sleep and IS re-
gard,d as n further confirmation Of the