The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-07


(France), The Lingao Internacia (Hun-
gary, The Lumo (Canada), The Ron
diranto (Bulgaria), and The Esperanto
(Spain).
Probably the shortest paying street
railway in the world, and certainly one
where more rides can be obtained for
dollar than anywhere else in America,
is the Angel Flight" in Los Angeles,
CAL. says the Scientific American. For
merly the pretty residence portion of
the city, Olive Heights, could only be
reached either by a long detour or
climbing up great number of very
steep steps. One of Los Angeles citi-
zens conceived the idea that a railway
up the steep incline could be made
to pay, and within a few weeks he
had his road in operation. The road
is $50 feet in length between terminal
points, and rises 100 feet in this dis
lance; it is built on the three rail au-
tomato turnout system. The two cars,
Olivet and Sinai, are attached to the
ends OF double cable, which is wound
over drum operated by a ten horse
power electric motor at the top of the
hill. AS one car goes up the other de-
Scends, the two cars counterbalancing
each other, and thus effecting a great
saving of power. Entering the lower
station, the first thing we notice is the
bill of fare" One ride. 8 cents; three
rides, 10 cents; ten rides, rs cents; 100
rides. 81.
1t is wise horse that knows his
own Blackstone. says the Pail Mall
Gazette, and very thankful must the
csrman, charged yesterday with being
drunk in charge of a horse and cart,
have felt to his learned Rosinante for
her keen legal acumen and decisive
action. When this good steed felt her
Teins go slack, and heard. likely
enough, the stertorious breathing of
her lord and master, she pulled her
self together and thought out a plan
for escaping the penalties that would
hefall them if they were found thus
incapable on the public road Taking
the bit between her teeth and the mat
ter into her own hands, she calmly
walked up the private garden of a
house in Green Lanes. In the garden
she was found with her master fast
asleep, and in spite of her no doubt in
telligent protests, was taken to the
police station. In the morning the
young carter was charged with the of
tense above mentioned; but 1t appeared
in the course OF the case that no one
had seen him in charge on the public
highway, and so the case fell through
Verify perfect treasure of an animal
who could so provide for her driver I;
safety; we hope the carter appreciates
his steeds value.
II pray you write to John Smith
that may be furnished against East
er with a thousand chains" Thus. il
is interesting to recall in connection
with the tercentenary of the Bodleian
i d. i
dress good Mr.. James," the first libra
rian, who received $40 a year in order
that IF God send my books safe out
OF Italy" each Should be safeguarded.
says the London News, The volumes
were chained to the desks and readers
were enjoined to fasten the clasps and
strings, to untangle the chains, and to
leave the books as they found them
Bodley did not believe in giving admis-
sion to all and sundry: "A grant of
so much scope would but minister &C.
casion of daily Fostering all the room
with their gazing, and babbling and
tramping up and down, disturbing out
of measure the endeavours of those
that are studious.'' Every graduate on
admission had to take an oath against
razing, defacing, cutting, noting, slur-
ring, and hanging the books. AS to
cleanliness Sir Thomas expressed de-
sire that after the library is well
swept and the books cleaned from dust,
you would cause the floor to be well
washed and dried, and after rubbed
with a little rosemary, for a stronger
scent I should not like" Book collec-
tors of three centuries later have no
such fragrant regard for their libraries
The excessive infant mortality in,
France has been the subject of much
investigation of late, not only on the
part of physicians, but by many prom
inent laymen. A recent article by M.
Castor. published in the Paris Matin.
has created good deal of comment by
the fact that he ascribes the majority
of the deaths to bad and adulterated
milk. In the course of the article. M
Leroux draws a comparison between
that part of the country lying to the
north of the Loire and the region TO
the south. In the former, where the
manufacture of butter is a great in
dustry, more than one-half of the chill
dren succumb to gastritis, whereas to
the south of the Loire, where but com
parativeiy little butter is produced, not
more than one-third die from that
disease. At Troyes the percentages of
the infants carried off by gastric dis
eases is SO, at Mans it is So, at Rennes
"a, at Boulogne-sur-Mer 49, at Amiens
%, dl Lille %, dt HarlS So In the south
of France the comparatively few deaths
of infants from that disease is most
striking. At Toulouse it is 81 per cent.
OF the total infantile mortality. at BE-
ziers IL per cent, and at Clernont onlv
per cent. From the showing of M
Leroux, the fact seems to be estah-
lished that 1T is particularly dangerous
to feed infants on milk from which
cream has been taken, and that such
food IS responsible for much of the
mortality in France of children un5ar
5 years of age. While on this sllhfect
1t might be as well to mention IRE
success OF the philanthropic work now
being carried on in New York bv Mr.
Nathan Strauss. For several wears
Mr.. Strauss has been providing tba
poor of that city with Pasteurfzed milk
during the summer months. The milk
is given free to all who, on exarnina-
ton. are found unable to pay, a nom,-
nal charge being made to Others In
the use of this milk is ascribed the
low death rate present among chill
dren under years Of age In the Bor-
ough OF Manhattan. There are too
few philanthropists of the stannn az
Mr.. Strauss living to-day.