The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

a SdQlIOn Is lIe StSle III Which tuc
common flatiron is spoken of in print
says the Syracuse Herald. Sad" is
an old English synonym for heavy, and
Spencer wrote: More sad than lump
of lead" A "sadiron" was a heavy
iron, and long ago was applied to the
hatiron now in common domestic use.
The tailor's goose was so called be-
cause the handle bears fanciabie re-
semblance to the neck of a goose. This
name, because it had reason for be-
ing still survives.
The Socialist Sunday-school is the
latest method of intoxicating into minds
of the rising generation a hatred of
clericalism and capitalism Schools
have been started in Glasgow, Scot
land and in London, Liverpool, Brad
ford and other English cities The Sun
day-schools are conducted very much
IKE the church school. A book has
been gotten up containing simple ques-
tons, and answers explaining the So
cialist belief, and the children are
taught in the schools to strive against
the EVIL giants" of oppression, and
work for the time when all nationali-
ties ana races will be upon the same
plane of brotherly love. The Socialists
send their children to these schools,
ana by this means hope to instill their
doctrines into the minds of the young,
SO that the next generation will see the
socialist movement extended by a race
OF enthusiasts, whose ideas were
shaped socialistically during the time
they learned to lisp the first words of
the language.
Among the least desirable names
that can be found in the postal guide,
says the Syracuse, N. Y, Post-Stand-
ard, are two kinds, first, those that are
selected from Greek and Roman an
t1qu1ty, and, second, those which are
borrowed from American family
names. Think of the eighteen Athen-
ses in the United States, and the
nineteen Romes, to say nothing of the
Clceros, ,1thacas, Pompeys and Myce-
macs. Think of the fifteen cities and
villages whose founders could think of
no more expressive names than West
port, and of the III communities
christened with the family name of
Smith-Smith's Corners, Smithsonia,
Smithville (twenty-seven of these
alonel. Smithland, Smithonia and
others. Neither Mckinley nor Jeffer-
son wcDT be a good name for a new
state. If Arizona and New Mexico
were to be admitted on the condition
that they should bear these names, we
should object to their admission on
these grounds alone.
The Japanese have formed a Young
Mems Buddhist Association on the
lines of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION. The movement was prompt
ed entirely by a desire to counterfeit
the work of the members of the Y. NJ.
G. A, who pushed their missionary eff
forts so successfully in the Mikado's
realm that the Buddhist priests became
alarmed. Members of the best fami-
lies in Japan have lent their support to
this Buddhist association, and branches
are being rapidly formed in all the
cities where the Y. NJ. c. A. has a
foothold. In one of the colleges at
kyoto, where forty-five students form
ed branch of the Y. M. c.. A.. the
Buddhists. to the number of one hum
cred and thirty, established a Budd-
hist chapter. The Buddhists have their
headquarters in house near the coll
lege. They follow the programme
adopted by the Christians as Closely as
possible. In small chapel, furnished
with an image of Buddha, meetings are
held daily. one of the temple priests,
or professor in the college who has
been ordained, conducting them.
The government pays the magnif-
cent salary of one cent year to Maui
rice Proctor for carrying the mail be-
tween DDdgeville and Mineral Point
says the Milwaukee Wisconsin,. Mr.
Proctor operates a stage line between
the two cities and he makes a good
income from the passenger service
Recently he closed II contract with the
government for three years, agreeing
TO carry the mail one way each day
and his bid was three cents for that
period of time. He is to receive his SAL
airy in three installments of one cent
each. He recently received his chick
for his salary last year, but he is not
going to cash it until he is in need of
money. Mr.. Proctor is unique in the
TACT that he receives the smallest sal
airy of any other persons employed by
the government. The distance between
Dodgville and Mineral Point is eight
miles Mr., Proctor is very proud over
the responsibility of having the United
States mail in his care and enjoys the
distinction of drawing the smallest
salary on record. He also feels con-
fident that if the government should
desire to retrench no effort would be
made to cut his salary.
up to a quite recent date the world
has relied on the rubber tree for its
supply of gutta percha, and on account
of the limited area in which this plant
grows the product has been exceeding
ly expensive. A short time ago a gut
ia percha merchant in the Guianas in
examining the Amazon region in South
America found the balata tree growing
III abundance near Para and on the
Amazon and it's tributaries for thou
sands of miles. The Brazilians had
no knowledge of it's gum-producing
properties and were found cutting
down the trees for firewood and build
ing material. A concession was bought
and the practical work of producing
butta percha for the market begun.
There is practically no limit to the
supply of gutta percha on the Anna
ION and it can be produced at frac-
ton of the cost of rubber The meth
cd of bleeding" the balata tree is en-
tirely different from that used to ex-
tract the gum of the rubber tree and
only expert "bleeders," it is said, can
be employed. The trees yield many
times as much sap as the rubber trees
and one man can gather as much gutta
percha in day as twenty men can ex-
tract from the rubber tree. Each tree
will average three and half
pounds and one competent "bleeder"
can prepare forty to fifty pounds per
day. The gum is fermented and then
dried in the sun, after which it is
ready for shipment.
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