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


house az Marluette. Wis. has been
burned Il was built in 1856 on Mission
point. where there was a government
trading post IN 1874 The late samuel J.
Tilden was a guest there on one occas.o on
and numerous other interesting facts were
connected with the Old structure.
Experiments are being made in Rus
STA with a new fuel. "petrollzcd pea
Ordinary pea Is impreguated by specill
methods with crude petroleum or with
petroleum residue. The product IS @ald
10 be impermcaole 10 moisture ana does
not absorb 10 even after being lett IN
water; IL does not dry TO a powder Ike
common peat. and It's heat-giving value
Is almost equal 10 that OF coal.
-Automoblllsm and the increasing ne
cessity for some form OF traction FOR
goods and passengers better suited to
cities than that furnished by the horse
have given another impetus to the search
for a storage battery that combines light
ness with high output and enough me-
ohanical and electrical strength TO insure
long life Nothing is more urgently
needed and nothing seems further from
attainment.
-Mallrlal FOYER IS the greatest scourge
along the west coast OF Africa, says the
New York sun, but the country has us
u1lly. though not always. been spared
visitatlous or yellow fever. which IS far
more prevalent along the tropical west
ern coast Of the Atlantic than on tho
eastern side Of that OCEAN In the PAST
summer. however yellow fever has
| scourged West Africa from the desert OF
Sahara southwark through Senegal In
/ August last says the Revue Franchise,
/ many Of the officers OF the French army
/ Of occupation and also several sisters OF
charity died Of the disease The govern
I ment OF the country was completely dis
organized on account Of IL. Mr.. Chaudie
the governor general. departed Tor Europs
| leaving Gen. Combcs IN charge OF his
duties The army doctors herolcally re-
NAMED az their posts and have done
| gplendid service la fighting the scourge.
! IL IS believed that the plague was intro
! duced by a Syrian and his companions
who spread IL over the country. The re
suit was a complete embargo upon com
merce. as no vessel anchored there ana
no European was able to leave The lcca
/ government is very much blamed IN
France for not taking better precautions
against the spreading OF the scourge.
-''one Of the regrettahle consequences
OF the row In China" says a business
man. quoted BY the New Orleans Times.
| Democrat. will be the temporary inter
ruption OF che daylight hrework indus
t:y. which had It's headquarters at tho
| city OF Tien Tsin We have learned TO
beat the Chinese all hollow in almost
everything else in the pyrotechnic line
| he continued, but We don't understand
as yet how to produce the wonderful day
light effects at which they have become
adept. They are put up in the shape OF
| rockets OF different sizes. and when thu
] fuse Is ignited they soar 10 four hundred
or five hundred feet IN the air At their
greatest elevation they burst and release
fantastic figures made Of tissue paper.
which become inflated and viii float for
ten or fifteen minutes before they begin
TO descend our pyroIcchnic experts have
taken these rockets apart With this great
est OF care, but. strange to say. they
nave been unable 70 discover how the
papcr devices were launched at exactly
the right moment. All their imf, ai0nA
nave been failures. The things were made
az only one native factory al Tien Ts.u.
and since the bombarding and capture az
he city by the allied armies the deal
ers have been unable TO learn whether the
establishment IS sim IN existence. Very
likely IL was destroyed and the operators
scattered"
The Chicago Record says: Foot-bini-
ing in China Is ia obedience 10 custom
merely ana not TO law. The same may be
said about wearing cues. No gentleman
In China would 90 without a cue any
more than Eentlcm would wear uue
in this country. 10 Is not true th4t Chi
ucse who cut OF their cues are executed.
They are not punished IN any way except
by common contempt Men without cues
- IA A
sidered disrespcctful for Chinamln
without cue 20 20 into the presence OF
his parents or his elders or any other
persons Of Importance or even TO appear
upon the streets. 10 would be the same %
a man were 90 wear womans clothing or
n Chinese woman. Ike DR.. Mary
Walker. were 10 wear mems clothing.
Manchus do not bind the feet Of girls
only the Chinese. The Empress Dow iscr
has natural feet and nearly all the ladies
Of the court also. being Manchus. are
equally fortunate. The Chinese women
however. have small feet. Some years
ago society organized al Snargh
known as the Tien Tsu Hui (natural-feet
society sent n petition 20 the Empcro-
and the Empress Dowagcr asking hem %
forbid foot-hindlnE. II was respectfully
received but the reply was unsatsfa, e
tory. The Emperor. through one OF tho
minister explained mat the nlnding or
the feet was an ancient custom but was
entirely voluntary. No one could compel
IL and there was no law 10 prevent H.
The people were allowed to do exactly as
they pleased Ia that respect. and ne EN-
peror took the liberty to suggest that Il
would be better 20 exercise "A moral in
huence rather than 10 attempt to change
a venerable custom by law The society
took the hint and ms since been az work
with great energy circulating documents
amon& the women Of China showing the
not TO observe Il.