The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

corn juice hit upon the happy idea of bap-
tizing each other in a mill pond on Hoss
creek. The baptizing was kept up until
by natural causes their stock of religious
fervor was exhausted. So loud were the
shouting and praying that the less turbu-
lent residents of the surrounding country
were much scandalized, and the indict-
ment followed. Each offender was com
PEELED to pay fine"
"A writer in Nature, discussing the
rise of the new chemical industry. of pro-
dTcing artificial perfumes, makes a sig
nifcant remark concerning the sense of
smell in human beings. He declares that
it is. as yet, wholly uncultured. In
walking throuhg the country ne says.
we can rarely identify particular odor
caught until the sight of the plant from
which il emanates makes us wonder at
our hesitation" He suggests that the
growth of the perfume industry. which re-
suits in the continual production of new
odors, may lead to a cultivation of the
neglected sense of smell, which may be
capable of as artistic development as that
which color perception has attained.
The utility of the telephone, says Rho
desia, has already impressed the chiefs
of the Matoppo district. Some cattle were
lost from Bulawayo and their descrtp-
ton advertised in the local paper offer
ing reward for their recovery. A day or
two afterward one Mayakavulu, an In
duna of the Matoppo district rang up the
chief native commissioner on the tele-
phone and by own word of mouth COM
municated as follows: "A native mas just
arrived here with six head of cattle. He
says he has bought them, but 1 have my
suspicious, and l have detained the cat
tie here What do you want me to do in
the natter" From the description that
followed it was seen that the cattle were
those that were missing. and the thief
was caught. Oh, shades of Lobengula and
thy witch doctors, how have your pow
ers been surpassed 1t is a very far
stretch from this brisk and honest chief
to the days of raid and rapine, yet the
years are but few.
Prince Michael Tsereteli. private sec
rotary to the Prince of Boukhara. figured
in a curious case before the Moscow
courts q few days ago. The manager of
the Muhlbacher piano firm, as the Navoe
Vremya reports sued him for obtaining
two uprights under false pretenses. The
defendant told a romantic story. He was
the son of wealthy parents who had be-
come bankrupt Thereupon his two
brothers had committed suicide and he.
being thrown upon his own resources,
for Odessa. There he applied to Count
Shouvaloff for employment and was offer
ed a post as policeman, which he indig-
nantly refused. He then returned to
Moscow and vainly tried to live on the
s roubles month offered to telegraph
operators. For a long time he starved.
till one day the Prince of Boukhara met
and befriended him. The acquaintance of
a number of registering officers led the
dafA int md he had
obtained the pianos and pawned them.
in order to please his associates. The
jury acquitted Prince Michael.
A dispatch from Quincy, Ill, says:
Packed in Theoretically sealed cans, forty
balloons have been shipped to Tromsoe
Norway, where the outfit will be added to
the equipment of the Baldwin Zeigler
North Pole expedition. These balloons are
not to be used for carrying passengers,
but to mark the path of the expedition
To each will be attached ten buoys, ten
feet apart, hanging one below the other,
weighing ten pounds each, and arranged
with a lberator for detaching the buoys
one at a time as they strike the earth
Each buoy will contain a message, show
ing the latitude whence the balloon was
sent up, and such other word as the ex-
plorers care to leave behind. The buoys
are made of copper and cord, and are
shaped like a top. In the center is a hol-
low space, which will contain the message
When a certain amount of gas has es-
capped the balloon will descend. AS soon
as it gets near enough to the earth for
one of the buoys to strike the lower one
is Immediately detached, and liberated
from its weight, the balloon at once begins
another ascent. This operation is repeat
ed automatically, until all the buoys have
/ ~ hall aAxrV
emptied of it's gas, collapses and sinks TO
the ground. AS there are forty of these,
| this operation will be continued until the
400 buoys are scattered over the Arctic
regions.
"A man who was well known in the
best society of Paris. although not in
the ordinary way, has just died there,
according to the Paris dispatch of the
London Telegraph. This person was
known simply as Charles, and had been
for many years valet de chambre to the
| Due RAumale. At Chantilly and else
where Charles, during the lifetime of his
master, was brought into periodical con-
tact with the highest people in France
When the Due d'Aumale died his valet
| resolved to utilize his society knowledge
| in very practical manner. He estab-
| lished himself as what is termed an an
nonceur--that is to say, a man who calls
| out the names of persons invited to SOL
| rees in fashionable mansions. This pc
| culiar profession Charles exercised with
the greatest ability. He knew everybody
of note, and had little or no difficulty
| in seizing names, even when they were
only muttered or, as IL were, thrown at
| him. These names the eX-valet called
out in manner which frequently edcit-
| ed the praise of hosts, hostesseS and
| guests. He possessed a carefully modu-
| lated voice, and he was supposed to be
able 10 show in the most delicate man.
ner possible the different social grades of
| the persons whose names he announced
! without giving the least offense and with
out making anybody feel uncomfortable
! Charles only operated in the most aris-
tocratic salons. and his services were
well remunerated.
In London it was noticed that when
the streets were muddy there was a
marked diminution of diseases that were
prevalent when dust is blowing says the
Boston Transcript Bowel troubles are
plentiful when people are compelled to in
hale dust. Consumption, too, often gets
its start from dust. Other illnesses al
most equally grave follow from the
| breathing of flying particles of filth. Add
! sufficient water to transform the dust into
mud, and the power of harm is gone, for
mud is not inhaled The germs that in
| fest dry dust become inert in mud, be-