The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

silk is a Cherokee. He served in the
Sixty-ninth North Carolina Regiment
from April, 1862, to the close of the
war.
One of the most wonderful watches
in the world is that owned and made
by Maj. Doping HepenstaI, Of the
Royal Engineers. 1t is a comparatively
small watch, not much bigger than an
ordinary lever, but it performs u va
Tiety Of services in addition to telling
the time. 1t rings an alarm bell in the
morning TO wake its owner. then it
proceeds to light spirit lamp and boil
a kettle of water, and finally pours the
boiling water into a small teapot. The
Prince of Wales witnessed The won
derful performances of this watch and
partock of a cup of tea which it made
for his royal highness.
old silver still maintains it's hold
on the desires and the pocketbooks of
the collectors. A few weeks ago at
Christie's, London, a Henry VII beak-
er cup, weighing short of seven ounces,
was sold for $3.50. An expert says it
is possibly the cup of a farrier's guild.
as around the lower part is a band of
ten curved ridges of tapering triangu-
lar sections similar to horseshoe nails
1t bears the London hall mark of
1896, and is only three and a quarter
inches high and three and a half
inches in diameter. A tiny Charles
II cup two inches high, weighing less
than two ounces, cost the purchaser
S100.
In behalf of the ottawa people,
the Ottawa Herald protests against a
theatrical company which rendered
"Sapho" in that town recently. The
people feel that they were buncoed.
The stair scene was omitted entirely.
Jean was husky young man." says
the Herald in the course of its criti-
cism, but his doctor had warned him
against heavy lifting. He let Sapho
take the elevator or stay in the base
ment-the audience couldn't tell which.
The kissing part of the play lacked
the spirit and understanding which
had been expected from Sapho, and
before the first act was over it was
clear that the show was going to be
as proper as high school dialogue"
The New Palace, says the London
Chronicle, where the German Emperor
entertained his distinguished maneu-
yer guests, is only new" in the sense
that New College, oxford, is so; that
is to say, it was new when it was
built, about the close of the Seven
Years War. Frederick, whose Pots
dam residence had hitherto been Sans
sOuci, determined to construct it to
show his enemies that his finances had
not been exhausted. The chief of these
enemies were three women-Marie
Theresa, the Empress Elizabeth and
La POmpadOur-and when his new
palace was finished. Frederick, with
bitter mockery, surmounted it with a
crown supported by the nude figures of
these three illustrious ladies, each with
her back turned toward her own coun-
try. They are there to this day. EN-
peror Frederick. who was born and
died in the palace, renamed it Fried
richskron," though one of the first
things done by his son, on succeeding
him. was to decree the restoration of
its old title.
The advocates of vegetarianism can
triumphantly point to two remarkable
athletic feats just accomplished, as
proof that the eating of flesh is not
necessary, even for the trained athlete,
says the London Chronicle. Yester-
day the young Wimbledon cyclist, G.
A. Obey, broke all records for a twelve
hours ride on Southern roads over
hilly course, traversing 1913 miles in
twelve hours, and but for five pune
lures he would most certainly have
accomplished 200 miles. The ride was
done without the adventurous aids of
pacing by other cyclists or motor cars
Mr.. Obey is vegetarian, and has been
so from his birth. A still more not
a BILE feat is that of a lady, Miss Rosa
Symons Miss Symons, who is also
vegetarian, rode from London to John
o Greats, thence to Lands End and
afterward back to London inside nine
teen days, the distance being 1850
miles, and the average nearly 100 miles
a day, through all sorts of weather
and roads. Clearly a vegetarian diet
does not interfere with athletic ex-
cellence.
"A number of years ago, says a con-
tributor to the Los Angeles Times,
three prospectors were working some
mining claims south of Prescott, Ariz
When they left town they had expect
ed to return in two days, but, finding
more to do than they had anticipated
worked a third day without grub in
order to finish up. They worked as
long as they could see, thinking they
should have no trouble in following
the trail after dark The night, how
ever, was unusually dark and they
could not see the trail Being fatigued
and hungry, they were losing much
valuable time roofing about to no pur-
pose, Iney ndQ DIack-and-tan hound
with them and the idea occurred to
one Of the boys to rub the phosphorus
from bunch of matches on the dogs
tail. 1t was done accordingly, thus
making sort of pillar of fire by night
The scheme worked beautifully. The
dog found no difficulty in following the
trail; the men followed the phoSphor-
lied narrative of their canine guide
and reached Prescott in time for an
early breakfast.
Bakers have curious way of
telling just what the temperature of
the oven is said a down. town baker
who has been in the business for more
than quarter of a century, accord
ing to the New Orleans Times-Demo
crat, and they can tell, too, with al
most marvellous accuracy. You take a
man who is an expert in the business, |
and he can tell what the tempera-
ture of the oven is oy simply touching
the handle of the oven door. In nine |
cases out of ten he will not miss it |
the fraction of degree. Bakers have |
other ways, of course of testing the |
heat of the oven. For instance, when |
baking bread they sometimes throw
a piece of white paper into the oven. !
and If it turns brown the oven is at |
the proper temperature; or, when bak- |
ing other things they will throw a. lit |
tie cornmeal or flour into the oven in |
order to test the heat But the bakers |
fingers are the best gauge, and when |
you come to think of the different |
temperature required in baking differ |
emf things If iS No small oobio.vo,,,e,..