The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The report of the business done by
these elevated railroads for the year
that ended June 80 last, shows that in
that year Us. 000, 900 passengers (round
numbers) were transported. 1t might
have been added that they were trans
ported without accident to one of these
passengers exceeding some trifiing
bruises.
BY request from the Rev. T. c.
Topper. chaplain at the United States
prison in Atlanta, Mark Twain has
given a six-volume edition of his books
to the library supplied for the pris-
oners. 81 would gladly send the other
set" writes Mr.. Clemens to Mr.. Tup-
per, "the complete one if could afford
the expense, but it would cost me s55
and there is no cheap edition. The
newspapers are trying to make me
out a rich man, but the continued dis
crepancy between my income and my
outgo convinces me that they are not
succeeding"
king of watermelons is that which
has been grown at Rocky Ford. Col.
This agricultural wonder measures
feet in length, weighs 1856 pounds ana
is feet in circumference. BY expert
ment it has been found that the soil
of this section of the state is unusually
adapted to the growth of melons. The
giant melon was first exhibited at the
annual Watermelon Day and Fruit
Festival which is held each season at
Rocky Ford. The Rocky Ford growers
claims that the watermelon industry
has not yet reached it's maximum, and
that the next seasons product is ike
ly to bring forth a record-breaker of
six feet, surprising even the present
one.
A combination of the foremost mall
leable iron concerns of the country,
with a capitalization of $25, 900, 900, is
under consideration, and will probably
soon be affected. The Headquarters
will be in Chicago, where the National
Malleable Iron Casting Company, The
largest concern of the kind in the
United States has it's home offices.
Concerns mentioned for places in the
consolidation are the Malleable Iron
Company, Stockholm Manufacturing
Company, Chicago Malleable Casting
Company, all of Chicago Dayton NAL
leable Iron Company, Dayton, g.:
Michigan Malleable Iron Company, De-
trolt; Pratt & Letchworth, Buffalo;
northwestern and Wisconsin Mallea-
Die Iron Company of Milwaukee.
The saying that Irishmen flourish
been brought nearer home lately by
various illusions to sons of Erin who
nave made great fortunes in the West.
says the London Chronicle. Mr.. Mac
kay died the other day in London per-
maps the richest man in the world.
Ihen the fatal motor car accident to
Mr.. Fair in France reminded us of the
millions made by his father, an Irish
emlgrant to the states. And now Bat
tie Abbey has been leased by Mr..
Grace, the member of a Furnishing
Irish family, which never, however,
Hour1shed to the pitch of spending
thousands year in rental. The
Graces of Grace Castle, county Kill
kenny, possess a baronetcy which
dates back for more than a hundred
years; and Battle Abbey is appropri-
ately enough inhabited by the des-
cendant of LIE Gros, one of the earliest
OF the Anglo-Norman settlers in Ire
land.
AT Wegscheid, on the Austro-Bo-
hemian frontier, an extraordinary oc-
| currence recently took place, saws the
London Telegraph. A medical practi-
toner, DR.. Spitzberger, accompanied by
MS young brother, drove from Bud
Wels with a pair of horses to visit
| patient there, leaving the wagonette in
charge of his brother during his short
absence. Unfortunately, the carriage
| waited near beehouse, out of which
| swarm OF bees suddenly rose. The
horses SHE'D and knocked down sew
! eral beehiVes Thousands of bees then
| attacked the horses which broke the
| axle and bolted still pursued by the
! FURIOUS insects, until they fell into a
pit. Here the poor animal were actu-
ally within an hour stung to death
| by their relentless enemies. Every Of
tort was made to rescue them. Dr.
opltzperger, his brother, and several
other men were severely stung: but.
as they could only descend into the pit
at the risk of their lives, they were
obliged to abandon the horses.
The experiment by the American
District Telegraph Company of en-
| ploying in Chicago 400 messenger girls
In place of the boys. who are said to
nave caused much trouble by striking,
mas led to discussion of the advisable
! lty OF employing girls IN other places.
| says the Philadelphia Ledger. The
| change is reported to have had the eff
rect OF 1nfusing a little more life and
| efhclency into the messenger bows of
| New York, who regard askance the
| new competition, and the officers Of
| the company are reported to be watch
| ing the experiment with interest. We
| trust that the messenger girl, expert
ment will be dropped 1t is an outrage
| 10 employ young girls in such work. In
| chicago the girls are employed as vel
| only IN the daytime, and in the busi
| hess and residential districts. but
| messenger must go wherever the mes
| sage is directed and the vile dens tn
| which kilograms are frequently sent
are UNIT places for young girls to en-
ter
potatoes contain poisonous aka
loid known as solanine. Little of This
| poison is found in the new potatoes
but even fresh potatoes which have
grown above the surface of the soil
and have green skin are generally
known to he poisonous, says the Chi
cago Tribune When potatoes are kent
long time they contain a large
amount of this poison and MANY cases
or serious poisoning have occurred in
late summer from eating old potatoes.
ABOUT ten years ago many soldiers in
the German army were i'll from an I'M
known cause. They suffered with head
acne, collie, diarrhea. vomiting, weak
ness and slight stupor, and in some
cases dilatation of the pupils The mat
ter was investigated and If was dis
covered that the men had been eating
potatoes which had been kent for :
long time in a damp place until they
had begun to sprout. Chemical exam
ina ton revealed the fact that these no.
tatoes contain twenty-four times as
much solanine as is found in new DO