The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the omnibus horse in the conveyance
of persons to and from the railway sta
tions and the hotels in Chicago. Such
is the belief following the announce
ment that syndicate has been formed
to purchase and take over the property
and business of the company which
does most of the transfer business.
According to the Canadian Ga
zette, a woman in England said not
long ago to one who came from the
city of Quebec, Il suppose you fire.
quently see the Falls of Niagara"
"Oh, yes" was the reply, II often take
a morning walk there before break
fast" adding, 1T is only about 500
miles, According to another story,
at the time of the Queens jubilee in
London. lady of rank sent an invita-
ton for a garden party to some Cana
dians. 1t was a very pleasant letter
and very kindly expressed, and she
ended by saying, please come in your
native dress"
The United States are the great
bread producing country of the earth,
and if our supply of foodstuffs was
suddenly cut off half the people or
other countries would starve to death.
Recently published statistics show that
the = DlIGQ SoldlcS sell dPpA OAAlAeAbSAJ
81, 900. 900 900 worth of surplus agricul-
tural products in a year. They feed
the armies of Beers and English, and
a squeeze in prices in America is felt
all over the world. England is the best
customer of this country in food sup
plies. In 1900 we sold her $40S, 100000
worth of farm products. Germany spent
here 1874, 100000 for agricultural pro-
ducts. About half of this was for cot
ton, the rest was for food. France buys
annually from us about 100000
worth of agricultural products, mostly
bread and meat.
"A Partisan matron of wealth and
position saw in a park one day a young
servant girl seated on a bench with a
half dressed baby on her knees. The
girl F:tIs crying hefpiessiy. N response
to the matron's questions she made
the naive confession that she had been
spending the previous hour in fruitless
efforts to arrange the infants attire,
and after hopelessly struggling with
the mysteries of swaddling clothes had
given up the attempt. How was she to
face the anxious mother, her mistress,
with the child in this undressed state?
Despair at the thought had driven her
10 tears. Between the SobS she explain
ed that she had that morning accepted
a situation as nurserymaid without
ever having held a baby in her arms
before. The kind-hearted lady dressed
the hapless infant and determined
there and then to start a school for
servant girls The institution is now a
nourlshing concern and the lady who
founded 1T has had the satisfaction of
turning out several hundred domestic
servants fully equipped for the efficient
olscharge of their duties in various
branches.
The Wedding Ring of England is
OF plain gold set with a. large table
ruby on which the Cross of st. George
is engraved, says a writer in Iipnin-
cotts. Legend says that this ring
belonged to Edward the Confessor,
and that he bestowed it on an old beg
gar who asked an aims of him, he hav-
ing nothing else at hand at the mo-
ment. Soon afterwards two English
pilgrims lost their way in the Holy
Land and were succored by a ''fayre
olde man." who on parting said to
them' L am Johan the Evangelist;
and save we Vnto Edward yovr lvne-
that I CRETE him we'll by the token
that he gaff to me. thys rynge, with
hyS one handles" Certain il is that
James IL, when detained by the fish
ermen of Sheerness on his first at
tempt to flee the country in 1858, con-
trlVed to hide a ring, called 1.-THE
Coronation Ring" in his clothing. This
was favorite ring of Mary Queen of
scots, and was sent by her at her
death to James l.. finally coming in
to the possession of George "
through the channels by which he
obtained all the remaining papers of
the house of Stuart. The archbishop
puts the ring on the fourth finger of
his maJesty's right hand, saying: Re
ceive this ring, the ensign of kingly
olgnlty and of defense of the Catholic
faith"
On the first of November the treas
ury department put into circulation
the first of its new issue of $40 buffalo
pllls, says the Washington CORE
spondence of the Brooklyn Eagle The
note is so named because of the CEN
tTaI inquire which is large buffalo,
standing in a. position as though to
charge an enemy. 1t is the largest
single figure ever placed on a treas
ury note. and at the time the design
was adopted, fear was expressed by
some that it was hardly suitable. Il
has been found that small vignettes
are more serviceable. as they take up
the ink more readily than a large
inquire. Although the buffalo bills
weeks. a number of them have found
their way back to the treasury for re-
demption, being either too mutilated
smeared or disfigured for further use
In all of the bills thus returned the
buffalo has been sadly disfigured. The
explanation for the short life of these
bills is that they were put into cir
culation before being properly cured
None of the notes of the new issue is
more than couple of months old. and
some OF them have not been from the
press more than thirty days. When If
IS possible to do so, the treasury Off
Gals subject their paper currency to
treatment of six months or a year
before sending them out. That much
tlme Is required to permit the ink to
become thoroughly absorbed and to
iet the paper dry out. This is called
the curing process and Is a very i'm.
portant factor in the life of a. note
There was great demand for SO
notes at about the time the new ones
came from the engraving and printing
bureau. and the buffalo bills had to 90
out before they were properly cured.
The maidstone is supposed TO he
taken from the stomach of a white
deer. It is about the size of an En-
lish walnut, and slightly porous. When
person is bitten by an animal aflict
ed with rabies the stone is placed on
the bite. II Immediately sticks. some
times for half an hour. One of inc
greatest fears of the cowpuncher Is
OF being bitten by a skunk. In the cat
lie country, where the puncher is on