The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-04


river country in Eastern Siberia is the
opinion Of E. B. MCGOWAN, a mining
expert who has just returned from a
1900 mile trip of exploration through
the Asistic possessions of Russia. The
Russions, he said, took out $40, 1000, 0O5
of gold last year from the placer de-
posits and have not yet begun to work
the quartz The mining methods of the
Russions are very crude, Mr.. MCGOWAN
says, and do not compare with Ameri-
can methods.
We witnessed a fierce combat be-
tween a snake and wasp a few days
ago." writes the Belvidere correspond
ent for the Kiowa County (Kansas)
Signal. 1.-THE wasp would watch it's
chance to sting the snake, and then fly
to cactus. The snake would crawl to
the plant, but would not strike while
the wasp remained there. The wasp
made several false attempts to fly, and
finally induced the snake to strike. The
reptile in striking became attached to
the cactus, and could not get away.
The wasp then flew away, and in a
few moments returned, bringing with
him several of his friends. who settled
upon the snake, and stung him to
DEATH
In a few years white oranges may
grace the American dinner table or the
Italians fruit wagon. One of the ex-
plorers of the Agricultural Department
discovered this freak of nature in his
rambles along the shores of the Medi-
terranean some months ago. and
brought some cuttings from the tree
to the United States. These were
carefully grated on an ordinary stock
at the department grounds, and are
now three feet high. A cutting of
this plant was sent to Santa Ana, CAL
to be tried in that climate. couple
of years will see the first fruit If it
proves of fine flavor, cuttings will be
widely scattered, and in time the
white orange may be as plentiful as
the seedless orange.
The farmland and the farmhouse
are rapidly being supplanted on the
level tracts of the West by the trac-
tlon engine. The farms are large
comprising several hundred acres,
| sometimes thousand, and usually
| without trees or stones. Under these
conditions the engine can do any kind
OF work. 1t is a compact little ma
| chine run by gasoline, and not at all
| ike the ordinary attachment to a
| threshing machine. 1t runs a gang
| plow," with five in row; three or four
| harroWs at time; is coupled when de-
| sired to a separator for threshing
| grain, runs the mill for grinding cat
tie feed and hauls farm wagons to
market laden with grain. In fact.
there is scarcely a thing about farm
! work that the little traction engine
will not do.
1t is said that one of the great
enemies of the overland telegraph line
| in Central Australia is the common
/ IN TO
sulators from being broken by the light
| ing, says the Argonant they are
| provided with wire choppers" leading
round them at a little distance to con-
| duct on to the iron pole in case of
need. The frogs climb the poles and
find the insulators cool and pleasant to
their bodies, and fancy that the drop
per- is put there to furnish them with
| back seat. After a nap they yawn
and stretch out leg until it touches
| the pole-result, sudden death to the
frog, and as the body continues to con-
| duct the current to earth we have a
| paragraph in the papers to the effect
that lin consequence of an interruption
to the lines probably caused by a cy-
clonic disturbance in the interior, we
are unable to present our readers with,
the usual cables from England"
Walking is an art, almost one of
| the lost arts, says Country Life. 1t is
astonishing how few know how to walk
know how to acquire the measured
stride, the springy step, the easy poise
| of the body and the swing of the arms
| which make walking at once one of
the most healthful and enjoyable forms
OF physical exercise. For the real pleas.
| ure of walking one must turn to the
| country. PaVements are but dead I'M
yielding matter at best. In the turf of
the country there is a spring in re-
Spouse to the pressure of the foot
which is delight and an inspiration
in itself The purity of the air sets the
blood to racing gloriously. Good walk
| ers ind twenty miles a day COM
Portable average, allowing of plenty OF
time for rest and "loafing." Two weeks
thus spent will afford memories to last
for all time, and with them a measure
of health and strength, a quickening
| of vital forces, nervous energy which
will find expression in increased pow
er for accomplishment in the worlds
work.
For nearly century past Germany
has been alive to the Importance of
training the children of agricultural
districts in the intelligent cultivation
of the land and has been advancing
year by year toward the attainment
| OF this end. Opportunities are offered
| at well-equipped horticultural centers
to land owners to attend courses of
instruction in forestry vine culture and
fruit growing, landscape, gardening
| and horticulture, no less than to ele-
mentary teachers, farmers and pro-
| fesstonal gardeners, the latter classes
being assisted by government grants
! for expenses and fees when they are
unable themselves to defray the cost
| of such practical education A large
proportion of elementary village
schools are provided with garden
ground, where the elder children are
trained in the grating and manage
ment of fruit trees, of vegetables and
of flowers, as best suited to the condi-
tons of the particular district. Even
town schools are not left out of the
general scheme and have their allotted
garden plots.
/ Information from Louisville, KY, is
to the effect that library of great
value and extent, containing many rare
and precious books is to become the
| property of the University of Virginia
The following statement is made:
| Hidden away in a too-long closed
| building on Jefferson street, Louisville.
obscured by layer on layer of dust.
is a wonderful library of books. whose
! owner denies their existence but who
has made will bequeathing the entire
collection to the University of Virginia.
| For years these books have only been
seen by chance. For years their own
cr1Jn o. th0vN 81.