The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Each year the secretary of the Sem
ate buys five pounds of the best snuff
for the use of the United States sena-
tors, and it is kept in two big boxes
on either side of the entrance to the
Senate chamber. 1t costs $3.50 each
year. and no one ever uses it. The
custom was handed down from the
old days of snuff-taking, and the Sem
ate never repealed the law which called
for the buying of the snuff, which is
wasted.
Mime. Monti de Rosa of Paris is
trying to find out whether or not she
is officially dead. Five people swore
that they saw her burned to death in
the Opera Comique fire in 1887, and
on the strength of their testimony her
husband married again. Now she has
hunted him up and says she is very
much alive and that he is bigamist.
The courts have been called on to de-
eide whether De Rosa is a bigamist
or his first wife is a legal corpse.
The discovery of an Antarctic chain
of mountains by Capt Scott does not
seem to create much excitement. When
compared with the thrilling tales of
discovery in the fifteenth century the
latter day explorers suffer. But this
is due to the exactness of science, by
which much can be figured out and
which leaves little to be speculated
about, while in the early days it was
a jump in the dark, with the chance
. of landing on fame and the probability
of hitting ridicule.
"A strange and heroic rescue was
| made by tramp near Peru, Ind, re-
Gently, but he did not even stop to tell
his benefactor his name or receive his
| thanks. An old man was walking along
| a railroad track near that place, and
did not hear the whistle of a fast ex-
press. A tramp jumped from the
trucks of a passing freight, pushed
| the old man from the track and
| jumped back on to the freight train
almost before the man realized the
| danger he had been in.
The members of the Missouri
House of Representatives have the
newspaper habit during the time de-
voted to the opening prayer, which
| does not please Chaplain Russell.
! Recently he offered this prayer, which
| had the desired effect: "Oh, Lord, l
ask that those in this House who rise
to their feet Tor prayer may not con-
tinue to read their papers while the
| chaplain prays Grant that they may
have some respect for God if they
have not for the chaplain"
BY a variety of employments,
ranging from teaching and technical
work to sweeping rooms and washing
| dishes, 1854 Columbia University stu
| dents earned in three months last year
! $15.00O-an average of about $50 for
each man. One student earned more
| than 800 a week during the three
months by advanced tutoring, and an
other gained 81 1850 during the twelve
| weeks. Several students earned 5000
each. OF the women students seven
teen gained $2,43469, an average of
$143, or $50 above the mems average.
"A Philadelphia baker is authority
for the assertion that the latest fad of
| dyspeptics is bread made with sea
water, instead of fresh water. TT has
| a Saltier taste" he says, than we
are accustomed to, but it is very palat-
able. In fact, he who likes salty
things is apt to like it better than
the other kind of bread. A physician
asked me about three months ago to
make some of this bread for his pa
TENTS. At first 1 made six loaves a
day, but now l make thirty. My sea
water comes up to me from Atlantic
| tics who buy the bread say it is the
only kind they can eat fresh without
| discomfort"
There Is some talk. in Paris over a
scheme for building a bridge in the
form of a letter X across the Seine.
The plan is due to an architect, NJ.
Henard, who proposes to reunite by HE
bridge part of the Rue de Rennes with
| the Rue du Lower and the waterside
near the Church of st. German FAUX
errois with the Quail de Cont on the
| opposite bank of the river. There is
| already one bridge in France in the
| form of the letter X; it is over the
| Swathe at lie Mans. and was con-
structed in 1907 from the plans of a
! Government engineer. M. de la Noe
| Although this bridge is very pictur-
esque in construction. NJ Hanards
| plans provide for a much more i'm
portant and imposing structure.
Lord Kitchener is famed as a stern
and exacting commander, and his men
| fear him. Once. while on the march to
| Khartoum which made him famous.
i he met a man of his own sort who was
| his match. although his subordinate
A young Canadian engineer was in
| charge of some railroad construction
work, and the sirdAr expressed his
| disapproval of his work in scathing
terms, which was entirely uncalled
| for. The young officer looked up and
1 said, Am l bossing this railway; sir,