The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-04

IsdllOIldl SeTNlCe.
With the exception of a lack of
rainfall on the Pacific coast, conditions
are favorable for the winter wheat
crop. Prospects in general are good
for this season of the year. The snow,
which gave protection to crops during
the very cold weather, is disappoint-
ing in southern sections.
The Association of Boot and Shoe
Manufacturers of France, representing
large industries of Paris, Lyons, Mar
settles, Limoges, Nancy and other
cities, has decided to advance the price
Of all kinds of footwear. The reason
given is that Americans are gradual
ly monopolizing the raw material
The German Agricultural Society
of Berlin will send a large delegation
here in April to make a three months
tour of this country to study our ag
ricultural methods. The Department at
Washington will furnish a guide, the
expenses to be paid by the Germans.
A number of students of the Berlin
Agricultural Institute will accompany
the delegation.
The director of the observatory on
top of the Mont Blanc has just pub
lished his report regarding the propo-
sition to construct an electric raj road
to the summit of the Mount Blanc.
The director says that the road, from
a technical Toint of view, could very
we'll be built, and that its entire length,
when started from the Savoy side,
would be Ill miles. Mr.. S. Fabre,
well-known French engineer, has de-
clared his willingness to undertake the
construction of the line.
Samuel Timmins, who died recent
land at the age of 76, was an eminent
ShakeSpearean scholar and man OF
wide culture. He was associated with
the late George Dawson and others in
a movement which gave a great inn
petus to the intellectual life of Bir-
mingham two generations ago. The
establishment of local Libraries receiv-
ed great assistance from the movement,
the most notable result in this direc-
ton being the formation of the great
collection of Shakespearean literature
in connection with the Central Free
Library. Many of the educational in
situations of Birmingham derived their
inspiration from Mr.. Timmins.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana is
firmly convinced that he will be the
next Republican nominee for President.
Indeed, the Senator's belief in himself
generally is no pent-up Utica affair.
1t is told of him that in the earliest
stages of his senatorial canvass he
went to the editor of an influential pa
per and urged him to get right" on
the senatorial matter. why, you have
no more show than my office boy,
said the editor. Said Mr.. Beveridge:
Make a memorandum of what I tell
you. l am going to be the next United
States senator. Now, when 1 come to
see you again you can show me your
memorandum and have your laugh"
The editor made a note of it, but has
not yet had his laugh.
Probably the most aristocratic caddy
in the country is the one employed by
Justice Harlan of the United States
Supreme Court, who is an enthusiastic
golfer. He is a bright-faced lad of IL,
polite and attentive to a degree. When
the justice reached the links the other
day the boy was not to be found, and
he took another boy. AS Justice Har-
Ian approached the fourteenth hole the
handsome Victoria of rich senatorial
family drove up. The boy who had
been the Justices caddy the previous
day jumped out. He run up to Justice
Harlan, cap in hand, and said: II am
o'clock, but, you see, mamma had
luncheon for Senator Depew, and just
couldn't get the carriage to come out
any sooner"
"A coat with a somewhat curious
origin has been recently called to pub
lie attention in Englind by an exhibi-
ton at Newbury. The coat was the
result of wager of $1,000, laid by Sir
John Throckmorton in 1911, that at 8
o'clock on the evening of June of
that year he would sit down to din
ner in a coat, the wool of which had
formed the fleeces of two living sheep
at o'clock on the same morning. On
the day mentioned two sheep were
shorn and the wool turned into a
coat in exactly eleven hours. 1t was
put on by Sir John in the presence of
5000 people, who had assembled to see
the result of the wager. This curious
garment seems to have been well made,
despite it's exceedingly rapid produc-
ton, and is still in the possession of
the Throckmorton family, the present
head of which is Sir Nicholas Throck-
morton, Bart, of auckland House,
Faringdon.
One of the great charms Of py-
Biography as a means of decorative art
is its adaptability to the worker, be-
coming in different hands almost as
many different arts, so variously is it
made use of, says the Art Interchange.
One artist will use the point simply for
outlining, and fill in with fiat color
giving the effect of inlaid woods of
many tints. Another, as with Mr..
Froelichs charming work, seen at the
Architectural League Exposition each
year, will burn only where it is nec-
essary for warm brown tones, and
paint the rest in full color and model
ing. Again, one will use the point to
burn so deeply that the result of carved
wood is obtained. Others again scorch
the wood, as 1t were, in soft tones,
with no visible line, as in a wash
drawing. Margaret F'ernie Eaton Of
the Valhall studio works in still anoth-
er way, as she uses the line almost en-
tirely, and her panels have the quality
of etchings. She has recently execut-
ed number of subjects, of more than
ordinary interest, for application in
quite variety of ways, some of which
are more or less novel. In common
with all artists, Mrs. Eaton is capti-
waited by the beauty and dignity of the
nude figure, and uses it very largely in
all her decorations.
The human mind is so constructed
speaking with all respect of senior
wranglers and men of like ability-that
it is unable to realize bare figures
when they exceed a certain moderate
sum, says the London Globe. AS a
consequence, those people whose task
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