The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


rect proceeding. LAqueurs are decidedly
stimulating and induce sense of warmth
and comfort after a meal, and probably
promote digestion. The oils of aniseed,
absinthe. cinnamon, caraway, etc, are
Independently stomachics. Chartreuse
and benedictine are distilled from a mix
ture oil various natural aromatic sub
stances, many of which, it is said, are
in the regular pharmacopoeia- Kuemmel
is distilled from caIaway seeds, and IS
considered by many authorities as the
most wholesome of the iqueurs. Among
the substances used for co oring lqueurs
are pIussian blue, sulphae of indigo
burnt sugar. spinach or parsley green,
oochlneal, logwood, saffron and turmerc.
Chic dorm Is said to be cons titus MT of
many cordlals; it has a sedattve act on on
the stomach and is an ant-spasmodic.
Certain celebrated liqueurs have an inter-
eSting and classic history, and the Sc
crets OF their manufacture are still most
carefully guarded
The story of the original Stars and
Stripes is worth recalling, says the
Springfield Republican. 1t was made in
Philadelphia by Misses Mary and Sarah
Austin, under the supervision of Gen.
Washington and Capt. John Brown. 1t
had only II stars, as Georgia had not yet
JOlHeu the ISQeTdtlOn. 1T was pT6S6HlSQ u
Paul Jones, who put it at the masthead
of small boat and sailed up and down
the Schuylkill river TO show the Philadel-
phians what the ensign of their nation
looked like. Next he raised 1T on the Bon
Homme Richard. On capturing British
ship he found among her American pris-
cners James Bayard Stafford, young
man of education. whom ne made lieuten-
ant on the Bon Homme Richard. In the
battle with the Scraps the flag was shot
away, and Lieut.. Stafford leaped over
| board and saved it, whereupon it was nail
ed to the mast and taken to the Alliance
when the Bon Homme Richard was sink
ing. After the war the relic was presented
to Lieut.. Stafford, and was handed down
~ his descendants until finally presented
by one of them to the nation and placed
in the Smithsonian Institution.
Herr Zschorner, of Vienna, has been
experimenting with peat for twelve years
and has shown very conclusively that 1t
has many astonishing qualities, says the
London Leisure Hour. In Ireland, in par
ticular, this intelligence should be well
ccmed. A building has been exhibited in
which everything, from the carpets on
the floor to the curtains on the windows
and the paper on the walls, was made
from peat. The fibres of the remains of
the reeds and grasses of which peat Is
COMPOSED have, of course, their original
physical and chemical characters chang
ed but the fibrous structure remains in
tact, and the fibres themselves are very
durable, elastic, and non-conductors of
heat. Fabrics woven from them are
found to have the toughness of linen with
the warmth of wool. There is no textile
fabric that cannot be woven from these
hbres. Blankets and other coverings used
for horses and cattle have been found in
use to excel in warmth and cleanliness.
Paper of several qualities has been made.
and the uses to which peat fibre has al
ready been applied indicates possibilities
that may render the peat boys of Ire
land valuab BILE addition to the resources
of that country.
"A recent bulletin of the Paris Museum
of Natural Sciences gives an account Of
the humane" conduct of a bird toward
suffering companion, which, indeed.
may make man blush" In the Jartin
des Plantes' Zoo two of the inmates of
an aviary section were Chinese titmice.
both females, which heretofore had been
showing a kind though not intimate be-
havior to each other One morning a gray
cardinal bird, who was in the same cage
with them, picked a quarrel with one of
the tits, plucked off her plumage and
finished by breaking her leg The Grip
pied bird, no longer able to support her
self upon the perch, could only with diff
ficulty drag herself along the floor of he
cage. trem bling from cold. Her compan-
ion visbly took pity upon her and soon
evinced her sympathy by deeds of char
ity. Every evening she alighted from
her percn, prepared a nest of moss and
grass for her and then closely nestled at
her side. covering her with her own
wings. So she remained nursing and pro-
tecting ner sick sister during the night
in spite of the discomfort the unwont sit
uation must have caused her For whole
week the charitable titmouse performed
her Samaritan service until the object
of her care died. And then, from anxiety
and grief. she stopped feeding squatted
immovable in a corner of the cage and
only ended mourning for her friend when
she herself followed her to Birds Para
disc.
A Washington dispatch says: The
latest development in the electrician bus
mess of this city Is the establishment of
Seeing Washington line. The cars
hear this INSCRIPTION across the front in
large letters, for the week they have been
running the questions of the curious have
been stimulated as to what this legend
meant. Sometimes only one or TWO per-
sons would be seen within a car, and for
a modest individual to travel about with
a great label declaring that he was See
ing Washington" suggested a new haziug
device. But the fact is that these cars
are designed to show tourists and other
visitors the city in a two-hour ride, made
without stops, covering most of the prin-
cipal lines guide explains the objects
of interest as they are passed, and col
lects 80 cents a head for the trip. To
the total stranger who has but few
hours in this city, this is obviously good
way of seeing it; he can cover so much
more ground than in a cab, and at so
much less cost. The street-car companies
here are beginning to put on vestibuied
cars, OF their own volition, and the new
construction seems TO be working salts
factorily. The streets of Washington are
SO wide that the objections TO vestibuling,
which has been raised in more Northern
cities. would not apply, and at the same
time the protection is less of necessity
here. Fer years efforts have been made
to secure legislation requiring the car
companies to do this, but they now seem
10 be dong 1t without compulsion, which.
is a fortunate settlement of the question.
A curious and interesting discovery,
which may prove of the highest archaeo-
logical and artistic value, has been made
off the coast of the Peloponnesus. says