The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

HAlleu Sulclue last LlBnt, leaving a let
ter to explain that as the weather was
cold and he did not want any Of the
tenants to be shut out in the street by
his being unable to pull the Gordon to
admit them. he would postpone his sui
eide until after midnight Even at
that hour the scrupulous janitor was
not sure that all the tenants had re-
turned. So, in order to make assur-
ance doubly sure, he hanged himself
to the Gordon, so that the weight OF his
body would cause the door to open
The captain in charge of a light
ship situated at the entrance of San
Francisco Harbor recently reported to
the United States Lighthouse COMMITS
sioner that a large number of land
birds took refuge on board the vessel.
A dense smoke from northern forest
fires hung over the locality and COM
pletely obscured sea and land. Evil
IDENTIFY the birds had lost their way,
and, exhausted by their long flight,
the wanderers alighted on the ship I'M
deferred by the presence of the crew.
At one time sixty of the feathered
guests were counted on various parts
of the ship. Owls, cranes. humming
birds and other non-marine species
were noticed during the time.
hG OCf0ttAu1 l1SyP lOluS OCOo
which for the past quarter of a CEN
fury have lined the extreme westerly
shores of Lake Erie. from Monroe,
Mich, to Point Place. near this city,
are threatened with complete annihil-
alton by fish, says the Cincinnati En-
quirer. At the present rate of destruc-
ton, which has been going on for the
past FIVE years. it is said by good au
thorities that not a single lotus bed
Will exist in this locality within the
next three years. The carp has found
that the roots and bulbs of the lotus
make splendid food for himself and
family, and they have completely ex-
terminated thousands of acres of these
water flowers to satiate their appe-
titles.
The following inscription has been
placed above the grave of the late edi-
tor of the New York Evening Post at
Hazelbeach, England: Edwin Law
renee Godkin, Publicist, Economist,
Moralist; born at Moyne. Wicklow.
1881; died at Greenway, Devon 1902. For
forty years a citizen of the United
States. Gifted with a penetrating in
tellect and singular powers of express
sion; constant in friendship: tireless in
energy; dauntless in courage; a stead
letot VI SOOQ CduSCS anu IlS
ideals, he became a foremost part in
all efforts to make government just,
pure and efficient, and wrought un-
ceasingly to strengthen the ties be-
tween the nation whence he Sprang
and that to which his services were
given through a long and laborious
life. Sapere aude."
"A man who would literally shake
britain If hic mic
of iron the size of a pins head, and
who holds the safety of from 100 to
300 lives and $40O0,000 worth of prop
erty, as we'll as the whole neighbour
hood around, is the examiner of the
workmen who go to their daily task
at the great government powder and
explosive factories, says the Chicago
News. Though excellent workmen,
the employees are apt by long use. to
grow less careful of all the little pre-
cautions that mean so much One OF
the most devastating explosions on
record-at Ross-was caused by sin
gle nail in the shoe of one of the en-
ployes. Such a trifie will strike a
spark that, though quite unnoticeable,
VIII explode as much powder as would
fill a theater. The examiner has To
search every employe before he enters
the works, and not the tiniest scrap
of metal is allowed, nor, of course, any
matches, nor metal button, and ev-
cry one has to leave his boots away
from the factory, and put ON a pair
of felt shoes. So dangerous is the
work that a stray piece of metal
would almost certainly cause an ex-
plosion that would wreck half the
neighborhood. One result of the recent
explosion at Ardeer. in Ayrshire. was
the breaking of 800 eggs in shop at
Irvine, mile and a quarter away.
M. Jules Clareti, manager of the
Theatre Francois, writes the Paris cor
respondent of the London Telegraph,
recently dispensed with the services of
the claque, or hired applauders, who
used to clap and encourage players
when the public happened to be cold
The services rendered to the dramatic
profession by the claque have been fire.
Quently enumerated and descanted
upon, but it has occurred to some man
ayers of late that the fabricators of
mercenary applause are rather out of
date and unnecessary. NJ. Clareti sent
his claque away six months ago, and
now he is sued by the chief of the
band, M. Darlaud, for a sum of 80, 900
francs compensation for dismissal. NJ.
Darlaud joined the claque of the prin-
cipal theatre in 1881, and since he be-
came chief had a monthly salary of
f12. Toward the end of last April he
received a mournful message from the
manager to the effect that he and his
band would no longer be wanted at the
Francois. NJ. Darlaud seems to have
been engaged since then in preparing
for a law action. In the statement is
sued he carefully describes the nature
of his employment and the manner in
which he fulfilled it through all the
theatrical yicissitudes of the last TWEEN
ty-two years. During that long period
he helped on many a timid and shrink
ing actress, and warmed" according
to the phrase of the claque, the exits
and entrances of many players. After
having done all this, NJ. Darlaud holds
that his dismissal was arbitrary and
unjust, and he accordingly expresses
his determination to fight, without
fiinching, for what he considers to be
his rights, even though his opponent
be powerful and influential manager.
Cyanide of mercury, prussic acid,
strychnine and arsenic are strong
poisons, yet right here in Rochester a
poison that is far. more powerful is
being manufactured, says the Roches-
ter Post Express. This is the powder
made from the venom of rattlesnakes
by Rattlesnake Pete at his Mill street
museum. So wonderful in its work.
ings is this deadly powder that scien-
lists in all parts of the civilized world
are engaged in studying it's properties.
Some weeks ago Pete received a COM
munication from Germany directed to
'Rattlesnake Pete, Rochester, Ameri-
ca" asking in what quantities the VEN