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

store "saleSperson' The new word
has already appeared in advertisements.
BY the falling of tank containing 49,
600 gallons of water a fire which had as
sumed serious proportions at Cape May
Court House village; N. j., was quenched
Because OF lack Of fire fighting facilities
the fire was spreading in all directions,
when the tank of water was thrown into
the heart of the fire below.
Army recruits are scarce in England
as well as in this country. In order to
stimulate the laggard military spirit
among British yolSels genius of the war
office in London has devised what he calls
a ''recruitograph' This is moving pic
ture machine which shows all sorts of at
tractive views of army life.
During harvest last year Edward Pal
las of Maysville, Kan, was caught in a
machine and terribly injured While ne
was still laid up his wife deserted him.
In October he secured q divorce, which
under the state law did not become final
until the expiration of six months. He
died before that time and now his divorce
ed wife claims his estate.
Mexico knows nothing of the dilatory
court methods so common in this coun-
try. A California prospector had case
involving some mining property in Sina-
ioa. 1t came up first in February, 1900
and went against him. 1t has since been
appealed three times. all four decisions
having been secured in eleven months.
Three of the courts favored the Amer
lean.
Out of $Sl 1884 contributed in 1900 by
charitable persons in the United States
90 educational Institutions only little
more than 81, 100000 was given to southern
schools and colleges. This amount in
Guides donations for institutions intend
cd for the exclusive instruction of both
white and black. and but small part
of it came from the hands of northern
givers.
lit has been decided by the Taft com.
mission that civil employees in the Phil
irpines shall work no more than six hours
day, exclusive of Sundays and holidays,
and that the larger mans salary the
longer shall be his annual vacation. The
vacations will range from fifteen days
to the man who gets $500 to thrty-fiv e
days to the lucky fellow who is in re-
ceipt of over $500.
A Russian clergyman whose church is
located at Woods Run, Pa, has been
making a census of his countrymen in
the United States and finds that there
are in adj only about Co., These, he ex-
plains, are real Russians and do not IN
clude many thousands who, though speak
ing the Russian language and belonging
| to the Greek church, are merely the Sla-
vic blood in partial degree.
The Billposters Association of Eng
land exercises a censorship over the pos
ters appearing on the London hoardings.
A recent case was the poster of the play
Greed of Gold" The scene pictured
showed a woman In the foreground, in
light attire, with her throat cut All the
members of the association refused to post
| it. The duties of the censors are said
| to be exercised with tact and discrimina-
| ton.
There is hint to Carrie Nation and
| her followers in the action Of the W. C.
7. U. women of Fulton, Mich. Charles
| Sherman tablished poolroom there and
the temperance people purchased his out
! fit, he signing contract not to SO into
the same business there. Everything in
| the place was destroyed and it has been
| given out that If another 'joint" is start
| ed in Fulton 1t will be smashed and not
| purchased.
|
the last census is the rema rkable increase
| of tenant farming. The percentage of
| farms operated by tenants showed a con-
| siderable increase by the census of 1890.
| For the whole country this percentage
| has increased in the last ten years near
| ly twice as fast as the per cent. of popu-
| lation of the nation, four times that of
| the purely agricultural population and
| twice that of the farms operated by their
| owners.
Mrs. Ella Downey of Fontanelle, Ia,
seeks divorce on altogether unprecedented
grounds. Her husband. Frank Downey,
suffered the amputation of an arm last
fall and has kept the dismembered limb
ever since. This was bad enough, but
whenever he gets in tantrum he BRAN
| dishes it around the house, knocking
| dishes off the table and beating the dog
| with it, thereby severely shocking his
wife's nervous system. Wherefore the
| lady seeks separation and alimony.
Fire Commissioner Diehl stood on a
street corner in Trenton, N. j., couple
of evenings ago when he saw something
| crawl out of a sewer inlet. He tossed z
small stone at the creature and then APP
preached it, when the air became over
| poweringly redolent. skunk" yelled
Diehl and fed. Other citizens threw
stones at his fragrancy, but the animal
| held it's ground until chemical engine
was brought into action. The first squirt
from the hose knocked 1t silly and the
capital of Jersey settled back to its nor
NAL somnolency.
The new French law as to the pro-
vision of seats for shop assistants came
into force on Jan. /. All shops and SINH
lar places where goods are offered fol
| sale by female staff must be provided
| in each room with a number Of seats
equal to that of the women there en-
ployed. This law differs from that which
will come into force In Germany on
| April L The latter provides only for "a
| SUFFICIENT number Of seats. The English
law of 1899 provides one seat for each
three women employed, the suppositiou
being that oil are not idle at the same
| time.
Archbishop Chapelle thus describes his
plans for work in the Philippines: First
came here to reorganize church affairs
on American lines and to place her in a
| position similar to the one she holds In
| the United States. Second, to accomplish
| this l will do my utmost to bring Ameri.
| cen priests here as soon as possible, and
| the friars win not oppose them. On tbs
| contrary, they will be pleased II goodly
| number come, and they promise to dc
everything toward their maintenance and
! their instruction i'm the character and