The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

was SelZeu with the u6luSlOH that iC was
Cup against good thing" got into full
cry at once, and, after an exciting run,
made a good kill of the dead fox, the
young lady being SO much mauled that
she was nearly in at her own death.
The preparation of simple and cheap
artificial stone is becoming an important
German industry and likely eventually to
supplant brick-making. The ingredients
are only lime and sand in the proportion
of from four to six parts of the former to
between ninety-six and ninety-four parts
of the latter. The materials are thorough
ly mixed and shaped into blocks of the
desired size. The latter are then put in
a boiler which is sealed, and submitted
to a steam pressure of from 120 to $50
pounds to the square inch. This opera
ton gives fiinty character to the blocks,
making them very hard.
People of a supersttious turn of mind
who believe that i'll luck is associated
with the number 10 may perhaps derive
confirmat ton of their opinions from
study OF the history of the Irish Hunt
corps, which formed part of the Impe-
rial Yeomanry. The Hunt corps was mo-
biliZed in Dublin on Jan. 13, 1900. On
March 10 it sailed for South Africa and
on arrival at the Cape was attached to-
ttlC MI lGtillH DdlIdliOtl VI tI6 ltIlDe-
rial Yeomanry. On the occasion of their
first encounter with the Beers thirteen
men of the corps were killed and the rest
were forced to surrender.
I'm the chief room of every Japanese
house built by rule there is a Slightly
raised dais, which is sometimes so ar
ranged that it can be entirely shut off
from the rest of the building This is a
sort of holy of holies," where the EN-
peror would sit If he ever honored the
house with visit 1t is not SO very many
years ago since 1t would have been I'M
lawful to look upon his Imperial Majes-
tvs face, and he would have sat entirely
shut off from view, his food being served
through side opening, so arranged that
no one would obtain a glimpse of his
sacred countenance. Even nowadays no
subject must look down upon the En-
peror. and therefore the raised platform
is still necessity.
The United States Supreme Court
the past with more tenacity than any
other body in the country. This fact is
shown in little as well as in great things
says the Washington Star The court kept
up the practice of filling its official snuff
box longer than did the United States
Senate, and the Senate held on to the
once-popular drug long after it had
ceased to be used. The love of the old
way is shown in the Supreme Court ev-
cry time that august body meets by the
array of quill pens distributed over the
desks. When the quill was the only pen
instructions were given to have a GER
tain number of them placed on the desks
for members of the court Very few peo-
MI o,.G Il
would get along very we'll with a steel
pen. But no one has ever dared to in
terfere with a custom once established
and the quill pen doubtless still has a
long life in the court The Supreme
Court holds cigarettes as an abomination,
though it gives a respectful place to the
custom of smoking tobacco. In the clerks
room there is displayed a large notice
Cigarette smoking prohibited"-but ci-
gars may be freely used.
The collection of Assyrian and Baby
lonian records at the British Museum has
revealed more of the domestic life of peo-
PIE who lived 5000 years ago than is
known In the case of our own country
men 1,O0e years ago. says the London
Chronicle Such was the opinion express
ed by Mr.. w. st. Chad Boscawen when
he explained these relics to an interest
ed audience recently. The clay bricks and
cylinders beneath the glass cases We're
covered with characters testifying to a
completely organized system of justice,
marriage, divorce and commerce. The
bookkeeping of 5000 years ago was shown
to be wonderfully accurate. A curious
form of record is that preserved in the
form of baked clay tablets, which were
inclosed in clay envelopes also inscribed
with the terms of the transaction, so that
a double record provided against the pos
sibilities of damage. The open and closed
evidence" spoken of by jeremiah is sup
posed to refer to this system The prac-
tice of recording on brick the name
of the King, of the building and of the
city in which it was being erected has
had the advantage in modern days that
an odd hrr"r may become the means of
disinterrinG a city hitherto unknown.
AT Hoogstraelen, small Belgian
town, Bald Headed Club, to secure ad-
mission to which a calvous area of n
square centimetres, or 50 square inches,
is imperative, has lately been founded,
says the Golden Penny. Its antithesis ex-
lists in the Long-Haired Club of Client,
whose members must wear either beard
of 30 centimetres lone foot or hair of 20
centimetres (eight inches) in length. Les
100 klos" a Parisian club for which no
one weighing less than 100 kilos DC stone)
is eligible. is II striking contrast with
Les 80 Kifos." of Marseilles, to which
entrance Is alone permitted to such as
are over 10 cent;metres Is feet inches)
in hight and under so kilos e stone) IN
weight. For several years the president
of this club was NJ. B, who, though
nearly six feet, weighed less than seven
stone Two years since, however, he took
unto himself wife. under whose solicit
Gus care he so reridly gained flesh that
in less than twelve months he was COM
PEELED to resign his membership. Berlin
boasts of Big Mouth Club. In the club
room is kent a wooden ball. as large as
a medium-sized orange, which every can
didate for admission is required to insert
IN has mouth before his name can go for
ballot. In the same city, too, there is a
One Handed Club. composed only of
such as have suffered the loss of hand.
The modern sprinkling wagon is very
different from the old-timer, says the
New York Sun. The chief Improvement
is in the spray head, which enables the
driver to control the flow Of water much
better than the old style Thus, whether
IL is a dirt or a macadam road or a
stone-paved or asphalted street, there can
be supplied from the modern street sprin-
killer just the amount of water required
to lay the dust in it, without waste The
spray head on each side has its own valve
rod running to the drivers seat with a
step there for the foot. The driver can