The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

office alomst every day during the
heated term, an unusual thing for him;
and it is said that he has not planned
to indulge in any extra holidays later
on. Mr.. Keene is supposed to have kept
at work unremittingly more in the in
terest of the market for the United
States Steel Corporation stock than for
any other reason.
The new royal title of King Edward
reminds one that Queen Elizabeth d.
rected the herald at her coronation to
announce her as the most worthy EN-
press from the Orcade Isle to the
Mountain Pyrene," thus claiming
very wide sovereignty. 1t was the
same great and rather masculine Queen
who first used the term Great Britain
as the comprehensive appelation of
England, Ireland and Scotland" but
it was her successor, James l, who re-
ally adopted the title.
1t may not be generally known
that Abdur Rahman, the Ameer of
Afghanistan, is a horse breeder on a
large scale. Some years ago he found
ed a government stud, which now COM
prises about 1000 animals. Some are
English thoroughbreds and some Aus
tralian, while others are Arabs. Turko-
To look after them, the Ameer employs
an English veterinary surgeon, who
teaches twenty young Afghans his
profession and imparts to them the cor
rest principles of horse breeding.
The ascent of Mount vesuvius in an
automobile is a feat which has lately
been accomplished for the first time,
probably, by Count Carl Schonborn,
secretary of the Austrian Automobile
Club. This performance, while not par
ticularly dangerous requires consider
able skill and sangfroid to carry out.
In spite Of the complete absence of
practicable route, the pieces of stone
scattered about and the lava streams,
the Count was able to reach the sum-
NIT of the cone in only an hour and Il
half. The descent, which was relatively
less difficult, required about two hours.
The Hazeltines, says the Carthage,
Mo-, Democrat. who owns 1000 acres
of 'big red apple" orchards in Green
county, have already sold $4,000 worth
of the fruit this season. A ST. Louis
dealer has taken nearly 100000 worth
of the Ben Davis variety from them. A
Chicago buyer offered S. 1. Hazeltine
$40, 600 for so acres of his apples, but
the offer was rejected. The apple crop
Of the United States this season will
be the shortest for many years, the
big orchardist told the interviewer.
There will be no New York or Canada
fruit for export, and buyers from near
ly every state are coming to Missouri
to buy for export. The European crop
is short, which makes the demand still
greater for export. All English mer-
chant who purchased large quantities
of apples from the Hazeltine family
last year, on which he made profit
of about SO a barrel, has notified them
that he will be here again this season.
The first pan-Celtic Congress ever
held was opened in Dublin last night,
and will continue to hold sessions
throughout this week, says the Lon
don Express. The five Celtic nationali-
tieS-Ireland, the Highlands of Scot
land, the Isle of Man, Wales and Brit
tany-are all represented by delega-
tions, several representatives adding to
the picturesqueness of the scene by
wearing their national costumes. The
Congress is under the presidency of
Lord .Castletown, president of the Gel
tic Association, and has for it's object
1.-The furtherance of Celtic studies and
the fostering of mutual sympathy be-
tween the various branches of the Gel
tic race in all matters concerning their
language and national characteristics"
At the opening session yesterday the
Congress was split into a number of
sections, including those dealing with
art and economics modern Celtic Ian
guages, music, philolgy, folk lore, etc.
These will deliberate during the pres
ent week and issue reports.
For twenty years, says the New
York Press, Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich
has been known as the Chesterfield of
the United States Senate. Always
under the most absolute self control,
master of himself, genial, courteous, re-
sponsive, handsome in face and figure,
faultlessly dressed, firm and athletic
in bearing, he presents many points of
resemblance to Chester A. Arthur, and,
like the former President "Our Chef"
is man of the world to his finger tips.
Though proud of his native state Mr..
Aldrich has had forced upon him the
belief that the dininutive size of Lit
tie Rhody' has been the chief obsta-
Gle between him and the White House.
More than once his name has been
prominently mentioned in Republican
conventions, and if Rhode Island were
as big as Ohio, New York or Penn
sylvania and as far west as Colorado
II might have gone on the campaign
banners of the victorious party. AS it
is, he has been obliged to content him
self with being a Providence million
aire and one of the most popular men
in the Senate, and one of three or four
who manipulate legislation when his
party is in control.
The extraordinary drought which
has prevailed during the last two years
in Queensland is having very disas-
trous effects on the manufacturing and
mining, as well as on the agricultural
industries. The total annual rainfall
for the years 1S91-99 inclusive averaged
forty-one inches, despite the fact that
in three of the nine years the total
was below thirty inches. But in 1900
the total fall at Mount Morgan was
only 1888 inches, and during the first
six months of 1901, which included the
rainy season, only IA. 1S inches. The
effect on mining industries has been
serious all over the country. AS an
example, the Engineering and Mining
Journal cites the case of the Mount
Morgan Gold Mining Company, which
has for a long time been paying an
nual dividends of 40 per cent The
mine is in good condition, the ore
maintains it's usual richness, and there
Is no apparent falling off in develop
ment work, nor in the ore opened up
Despite these facts the company has
been obliged, solely owing to lack of
water, which has compelled a sharp
curtailment of work at the reduction
plant tn drOn IFS YEARLY dividapd Fro,..