The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-24
ITEMS or INTEREST.

crushed and squeezed dry Of its saecha-
rine matter and formerly was burned
and got rid 81 as nuisance, o. now used
for the manufacture OF paper
THE amount OF unsold lumber OF the
docks al the head Of the lakes Duluth,
superior ana West SUPERIOR Dec. l. was
l1s. 612 90 feet. a. compared with 4aidi.VN
feet ia 1880. on tine same date, t-isl,l"
feet IN 1885 and i0s ss5 .ooo feet IN 1877.
Xix Senator james ". Bradbury, Of
Maine. who. az &c. Is the oldest former
United States Senator. has never tasted
liquor or tobacco. and Is to-day able 10
attend a. his considerable correspond
cnce without the aid Of an amanucnais.
No police officer ia Kokomo, Ind. can
be- induced 20 wear badge No. 3. and Il
has been abolished by the board. Since
the organization OF the department nine
years ago every No. 3 officer has died
within a year after beginning to wear the
hoodoo badge.
Il. T. Davis a farmer living near West
Union. ". Va had his throat cut by a
corn subblo and almost BLEED 20 death be-
fore assistance reached him. While haul
ing fodder he Zen from his wagon. his
throat striking the sharp-poinsed stubhlc.
a tearing cash was che result
Among curiosltics disclosed by the
census IS the fact that In forty-eight Of
the ii9 Kentucky counties no whisky is
sold. SIN more surprising Is the cir
cumstance that thiriy-one Of those cQun-
ties are in the region where mooushine
liquor Is supposed 10 be the regular fam
ny beverage.
So FAR the best emergency ration Is
one devised By American army officers. II
consists Of one pound OF raw lean beef
and one pound Of bread. seasoned with
salt and red pepper. eaten dry without
cooking. one pound OF the mixture sus-
tains a soldier In good condition for TWEEN
ty-four hours
Sir Henri Jolly, the lieutenant governor
OF British Columbia, with the assistance
OF the Natural History Society OF that
province o. taking steps TO import large
quantities Of song birds from England and
Eastern Canada Il o. believed that they
viii be rapidly acclimated and Will thrive
Boz British Columbia.
Rhode Island and Connecticut turkey
raisers have concluded that their fiocks
are coddled too much 20 Doe healthful ana
their plan now Is 90 eive them free
range. one island in the middle Of Long
Island sound is devoted entirely To- the
turkey business. The birds are fed. but
left otherwise 20 care for themselves
a publishing house IN St. Paul has
leased a club building for its $50 employees
| The dues are 10 cents a mdnth. emitting
member 10 an the privileges Of the
club Refreshments are furnished az cost
! and storage for bicycles Is provided There
/ Is a smoking room and billiard room and
| a gymnasium Is planned Tor the basement.
While searching through the basement
I Of the Kenoshn Postoffice the other morn
/ iag Postmaster Frantz found six bags OF
mail which are supposed 10 have lain
| there FOR about "a year as the bags con
/ tain many Christmas presents. The do
/ partment in Washington has been notl-
| fled ANA the mail delivered 10 the various
| addresses.
/ The big tunnel on the Great Northern
/ Railroad in the state OF Washington. b.
/ ready for use a month earlier than had
I been anticipated The bore" Is t3aZi
I feet iu length. one OF the longest ever
I made. and d has taken three years TO
J a.innieie 80. II has made two towns. Cas-
| cadk and Arlington.ron opposite sides OF
the mountain.
| Caroline l.. Jones. a servant la the
/ same rich brooklyn family FOR over a
/ dozen years. died last week. leaving 800
/ which she had accumulated and made m
/ small spcculations. She left h all to her
/ aged employer. Capt William u. Hilton
aud now relatives with whom she never
| could agree are fighting ~ obtain posses
| sion OF her savings
According to "a 81. Petersburg cor
respondeut an invalid who has reached
the remarkable age OF 40 years is now
lying In the hospital Of Tomsk. lie stll
/ remembers Catherine II and talks Of hav-
| ing buried his wife 100 years ago and his
| son ninety years back His record WAS
] nearly approached by "a Georgian who
died Few days ago In Tihis at the axe
Of Us.
New statistics regarding the greatness
OF greater New York have just been
made public a student % municipal ma.
chlnery says II Is costing every man. wo-
man and child S2l.s2 a year 10 keep things
moving. The police department alone
costs 3.6i Dcr citizen, while che average
debt per head Is S72.2l. on the other hand.
! the per capita valuation OF every resi-
dent is tl,6u9.
The chief fire engineer Of the New or
leans. La, department has figured out
that the relative running cost as between
| thrce-horsc hitch engine OF the first
class and an electric power engine is So
a month FOR the former. and 81 for the
same period for the latter These figures
show "a clear gain OF $50 per month. anc
$40 per anuum In round figures for che
electric power engine.
1t o. a popular impression that Alaska
Is a frozen zone and that the soil is bar
ron and worthless This is mistake.
I The sun is hot. the snow moistens and en-
riches the earth aud the soil IN che val
leys Is fertile and productive Wheat.
corn. oats barley, buckwhcat, fiaxseed
and a considerable variety Of vegetables
and forage plants can be- successfully
grown IN many parts Of the territory.
The Russian authorities have always
been aware Of the usefulness OF their
Cossack soldiery Ia quelnng outbreaks
even in European Russia. says the Paris
4 Messenger Forty years ago these wild
soldiers OF the Steppes were sent 20 qucll
the insurreciion In Poland The horrible
/ hutchcry which then ensuei IN Warsaw
and other Polish towns forms one OF the
blacklist pages IN the history OF Russia.
| only eighteen months ago the Cossacks
were let lose ia the streets OF ST. Peters
burg TO restore order among the disaffect-
ed students Of the University. Riding