The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-06
ITEMS or INTEREST.

/ disturbed the business o. the steam roa -
/ Trolley lines are especially numerous IN
/ Connecticut and the Hartford Courant has
heen making a study of their workings Il
has found by an analysis Of official reports
| that. while the trolley lines relieve the
steam roads OF some local travel they
| add 10 the growth OF cities and towns
aud largely increase the freight trafilc.
"A hundred students Of Mount Union
college. Alliance. O.. ala robed in white
and closely masked. broke into Lad es'
| hail one night last week and then In come
way managed TO get Professor Nkcr .
| COW up to the third story, where they
| tcthcred II. Sun feeling funny, they went
I to the college. overpowered the Waterman,
upset the stoves and piano and threw all
portable furniture out Of the window.
sercnade to the faculty followed and the
\ performance concluded with grand var
dance In the public square.
The telegraph from the African co9st
| TO Lake Victoria Nyanza has been com
/ pleted. and according to the Electrical
/ Engineer London, u Will be Of great ad-
vantage to the Inhabitants Of Lower
/ Egypt. The natives depend on the rise
OF the Nile for irrigation. and hitherto
| they have only known a very short time
| beforchan the condition OF the waters
/ NOW however ANaN NOUliEltAt AAaAH AtaF
been made from the sources Of the Nile.
the required information can be sent sew
1 eral months In advance. and the Egyptians
| can regulate their supplies. Messages.
also. are now sent in a few days. which
previously took seven months to commun-
icate."
The use Of automobiles during street
railway strikes was proposed at a meet
ing OF the executive beard OF the Intcrna-
tional Street Railway MEMS Association
! held in Detroit, recently" says the West
tern Electrician President " y. Ma
hon recommended that the board start in
az once raising funds by assessment 10
buy automobiles for The purpose Of put
ting them TO work In cities where the
| companies treat their men unfairly or
where transportation facilities are meager
President Mahon's idea Is to put a com.
piete automobile service IN operation In a
city as soon as a strike Is declared and
TO nave the automobiles operated by the
men who formerly operated the street
cars. The board approved OF the idea. and
authorized the president 10 draft plan
Of assessment 10 be submitted to the local
organizations OF the association. and to
get legal authority 10 equip aud run ths
machines"
The Rumanian Jewish women OF the
East Side have lately started a small but
remuncrativc trade in imitation fruits
They are made OF loose cotton covered
with tissue paper. The stems arc manu-.
featured Of wire covered with cloth OF
paper. and the leaves OF cloth or psptr
Tho favorite fruits are the orange shad.
dock. lemon, peach. apricot. ard pear The
Imitation Is very good. especially IN the
case OF oranges. which are copied with
singular accuracy The cost OF the raw
materials Is trihlng-not more than three
or four cents for a small orange branch
with five or six fruits. These sell easily
for sums ranging from fifteen to twenty.
five cents and are eagerly purchased by
The middle classes and even the WORKING
people OF the city. The manufacturing is
done by the women and the girls while
he selling Is generally intrusted 20 the
men and boys. More than five hundred
arc engaged ia this odd little Industry. an
all or them seem to enjoy considerable,
prosperity.
"A man who recently visited a pie fac.
tory in Chicago thus describes III. 'Ths
day We were there special run was be.
ing made on pumpkin pies. and looked h
vain for any signs OF pumpkin rinds on,
81 tho foreman grinned ana told me. IL
strict confidence that real pumpkin wa,
never used In pumpkin pie at present. OK
c,pt possibly in a few remote and vcr5
primitive New England villages. The sub
sttute was a mixture OF sweet potatoes
apples and cheap -four. Favored with
chemical extract. tasted some of the stun
ana was satisfied he was telling me IN,
b truth. Cranberry pie contained only enough
crauberries 20 make a show ing after
the manner OF the oyster in the church
fair stew. The rest IS apple jelly. coloref
red and favored. I have forgotten tbs
other substitutes employed. but these vii
give sou a general idea OF the morallt,
J OF the business The average output 81
The foundry was one a second or about
thirty-six housand Vies for working oay
Tho manager told me they were shipped
an over the pie belt. In specially prepared
crates
We have an heard about Greenland
Icy mountains. says the Baltimore sun
hut Norway's are a tribe less familiar I,
us by name. despite the fact that che,
are OF far more pre- d,ical service. for IL
summer and winter Europe draws its ic.
supplies from the mountain lakes OF tina
country The lakes OF crysal-clear wa
ter are high up IN the mountains an,
are surrounded by countless pine tree,
that grow 10 a great HIGHT. Europe's ic,
supply from these sources Is controlle,
by syndicates. The ice. which Is con
sidcred by experts TO be the finest In tn,
world. Is cut up into huge square-shapet
blocks 10y means OF ploWs constructed fo
the purpose These blocks are sent dow
the mountain side on huge slides. Owinf
to their great length. the ice often ac
quires an amazing velocity ere Il reachel
che inclosed pool. outside which IN,
bulky toe ships ride az anchor awaiting
their cool cargoes. In spite OF these ar
arrangements " sometimes comes abou.
that the Ice supply does not continue al
together uninterrupted. FOR, apart from
the oc nsional delay OF ships orders some
times come which uccessitate phenomena
quantities being cut from the lakes. on,
when this occurs after a drought tho dc
mand quickly exceeds tho supply an,
scarcity ensures. That IL why Eurone ma,
often 10 pay dear FOR It's Zee even In win
ter time The ice truss Is generally. an,
not without reason blamed for tho hIg4
prices which make ice in summer a lux
ury that only the few can enjoy in Eng
land and on the continent.
The eating Of high" game Is undoubt
eddy attended with risk and the poisonous
effects are probably due o the toxins pro.
duced In the earlier stages OF the nut.
reflective process says the Lancet. Tn,
advantage, Of course Of hanging gam,
is that the flesh becomes lender and
decidedly more d.Ecstiblc than when II
% quite fresh Tho ripening process how.