The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

representing the leaulng CLUBS ana no.
tells of that city, has Just completed an
investigation of the Character of food
products sold there with surprising re-
suits. OF It's samples of oleomargarine
examined 40 were fund to cont ain i'm
purities; of $50 milk samples 1872 were
impure; q per cent. of the must ards
tested were adulterated and 81 per
cent. of the flavoring extracts were
doctored. Many othe-- food products
fell far short of the standard.
What is supposed to be the con-
tinuation of the Yorkshire coal fields
is said to have been discovered a few
miles to the northeast of Antwerp. The
geological formation of the strata COM
posing the Yorkshire deposits is, says
the Westminster Gazette, at all events
so faithfully reproduced in the new
Belgian field that the prolongation and
existence of the vein beneath the North
Sea is a strong presumption. 1t is sat
isfactory that the new-found coal
should be located in the arid and de-
serted district of Campine. With the
probability of some return of prosper
ity to this depressing quarter, new
period Is opening in the industrial his
tory of the whole country which will
make itself manifest in the future of
Antwerp as in the. trade and commerce
of the Belgian kingdom.
-Muzaffer Pasha, who has been
chosen as the new Governor of the
Lebanon. Is, writes the London Times
Constantinople correspondent, a son of
the celebrated Polish author, Michel
RELATIONSHIP, who, under the name of
Sadyk Pasha, was in the Turkish mil
itary service, and during the Crimean
wi
ments composed of Polish and SIav
volunteers. At the outbreak of the
Turco-Russian War, in 1877, he went
to the front-first on the staff and la
ter as colonel of a regiment of Cos
sacks. After the war the Sultan in
trusted him with the preparation of a
plan for the reorganization of the
Turkish army. In 1888 the Sultan ap-
pointed Muzaffer Pasha director gen.
eral Of the Imperial Breeding Studs,
which office he has held ever since.
Most of the rights of peddlers, ven
ders, hawkers and hucksters are as
sumed, says the New York Press. The
privileges accorded them by law are
territory abused. The Friday fish horn
is a nuisance. The law forbids it; the
police permit it. The bells of the
pushcart and the grindstone man are
forbidden by ordinance, but allowed by
the police. No peddler, vender, hawk
er or huckster is licensed to cry his
or her wares on Sundays, nor on any
week days Saturdays excepted) before
o'clock in the morning and after 8
o clock at night. On Saturdays they
are licensed to cry till 1880 at night.
Violations of this law may be punish
ed by fine or Imprisonment or both.
Why groan and bear these nuisances i?
We cannot grin and bear them, surely.
Make an example of an occasional
cryer and tooter.
-Overcrowding Is the motto of the
day, says the New York Commercial.
The factories are overcrowded. The
theaters are overcrowded.a The tene-
ments are overcrowded The one rea-
son why one does not say the street
cars are overcrowded is that they are
something worse. All such overcrowd-
ings, however, are sparseness and lone
illness compared with the overcrowding
of the bar. In 1891 there were So law
schools, with 6,073 students. Now, ac-
cording to an estimate made by Prof.
Hoffcutt of Cornell. there are 100
schools. with $4,000 students. Mean
while the number Of full 'fiedged law
Yers in the United States is said by
the last census, to be- abouti114,000. No
other profession, with the exception of
teaching and of medicine, is so popu-
lous.
The four-masted steel barge No.
e3, built by the Standard Oil Company
of New York. was launched from the
yard of Arthur Sewall & Co, says the
Boston Herald. The barge is of the
following dimensions: Length on keel.
1858 feet, beam. 45.2 feet; depth of
hold, 1858 feet. She will be commanded
by Capt. Erickson and will be ready
Tor sea in about two months D. E.
Ford and E. l.. Ha1enback Of New
York, representing the owners, were in
the city to witness the launching. The
barge is the only craft of it's kind ever
built in this city, and has attracted
considerable attention during her con-
struction. She has four hollow steel
masts, while the foremost is somewhat
larger in circumference than the 9TH
ers, being built to serve in the dual
capacity of mast and smokestack. For
this reason great caution was taken in
stepping 1t, so as to prevent any acct
dent at sea in a storm, and it's connec-
ton with the boiler has been put under
the strongest tests. The masts are all
IS feet in length.
Mr.. Bryan's income is derived
from his lectures and his pen, and he
has time enough left to devote nearly
two months of this year to campaign
speeches and for these speeches he not
only receives no pay, says the Com
moners but for the most part he paws
his own expenses and does not ride on
passes either. He is interested in the
reform which he advocates and Is glad
to aid the men who are fighting for
these reforms. During the past xix
years he has given more than $4,000
to various campaign committees, be-
sides deVoting a considerable portion
of each year to political speeches de-
livered without compensation in differ.
ent parts of the country. If Republic
can papers desired to be fair they.
would compute the amount which Mr..
Bryan might make If the time devoted
to political speeches were devoted to
lecturing, and then consider the sum
a cash contribution to politics. but in
force of his speeches by accusing him
of making money out of campaign
work
Science, as every one knows, is
very often the interpreter of legend,
as often almost as it is the interpreter
of myth and superstition, says the
London Globe. A notable instance of
this happy fate has just been discov-
cred by The Garden in relation to
the humble and familiar Wild flower.
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