The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Somaliland about 10000 cameIs have
been used.
The electric roads of the United
States carried last year three times
the population of the earth.
A Cuban editor declares that this
country is not the father of the Cuban
republic; only the stepfather.
Coin Harvey has become a gold
bug; he is conducting a summer re-
sort in the Ozark Mountains.
Kilkenny Castle is one of the old
est Inhabited houses in the world, many
of the rooms being much as they We're
500 years ago:
The largest electric generator in
italy is at Vizzola, on the River Tes-
sin; it supplies 10000 h6rse- power to
sixty-six communities:
While one-room tenements in Lon
don have decreased from 172, SOP to 49,
524, or IA per cent, thfee-room and
four-room tenements have increased 16
per cent, Is per cent. and 81 per cent,
respectively.
Two mammoth silos have been
built on, the ground DEVOTED to live
stock at the Worlds Fair. The silos
are now being filled and the the ensi-
lage will be fed to the cows partici-
pating in the dairy demonstrations next
year. The silos are built of California
redwood.
The California Worlds Fair Com
mission has prepared 1000 jars of fruit
for exhibition at the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition. The glass jars vary
in capacity from one to eight gallons
sAt Chicago ten years ago the Jars
ranged in size from half a pint to
three gallons.
One hears a great deal about the
glaciers of Alaska, and it is satisfac
tory to know that Uncle Sam possesses
a few more important ice rivers of his
own. But few people are aware that
there are IN Montana Some OF the fin
est glaciers in The world, even rival
ing those otthc AIns.
The bashi- bazouks ere gueriIlas
from Asia Miner, are transported by
the Turkish government to scenes Of
trouble and are then expected to make
their own living from loot. Large num-
bers of them recently have been trans
ported into Macedonia, but the Sui
tan .disclainns responsibility for their
acts, saying they are an uncomfortable
mob.
An interesting scheme has been
launched with the view of alleviating
the misery caused by the failure of the
sardine fisheries off the coast of Brit
tany. 1t consists in the emigration of
the Breton fishermen to the shores OF
Algiers and Tunis, where the FISH is 50
abundant that one Sicilian fleet of $500
boats employs over 1000 men. AL
ready several hundred Breton families
have handed in their names at various
towns and villages; but danger of the
scheme failing lies i'm the absorbing
love of country, for nearly all the fish
ermen make the condition that they
shall be brought back to spend the
close season iii their native haunts."
In oriental countries the reckless
ness of drivers of vehicles and their
Disregard for foot passengers is very
marked; but in Cairo they have
series of curious cries with which they
warn a footman: They specify the
particular part of his anatomy which is
in danger. as thus: Look out for thy
left shin, o uncle" boy, lrave care
for the little toe on thy right foot" 20
AlAluf, pCS S1is loOh' OQN Luz lily stan
And the blind beggar, feeling his way
With the staff in his right hah1, at
once obediently turns to the Ief. sc:
FTaBkish:.Eoma1f," loci ont for thy IGfs
foot - 20 burden bearer, thy load js in
danger 20 water carrier; look cut for.
the tail-end of thy pigskin water bot
tle.'' A-..
Among the Arabs an Interesting de-
partment, of Woman'S4 duty is dairy
work. This, like all other operations,
is carried out on an old-fashioned and
patriarchal plan. To make butter, for
instance, a. small sheepskin is filled
with milk and tied to a ring in the wall.
The woman then sits fiat on the floor
and rocks it to and fro till little balls
of butter begin to form within. These
grow larger and larger and accumulate
and are finally brought out as one big
lump. The remaining milk is then boil
ed on the fire with bits of meat The
male members of the family now come
together, a large dish of cooked rice is
placed over it.. Then, making balls of
the mixture with his hands, each men,
Der quickly swallows his share, and
rises to wash his hands. Fhis done, the
girls and mother sit down and eat what
the men are pleased to leave.
The death of the famous Spanish
toreador, Reyerte. recalls to the Lon
don Globe one of the most thrilling
incidents ever witnessed in the arena.
1t was at Bayonne. After dispoSing
of two bulls Reverte had twice pfung-
ed his sword into a third of great
strength and ferocity and as the beast
continued careering wildly the specta-
tors began to hiss Reverte for bung-
ling. Wounded to- the very quick of
his pride, the Spaniard shouted "The
bull is SLANT" and throwing aside his
sword sunk on one knee with folded
arms in the middle of the ring. He
was right, but he had not allowed
for the margin of accident. The wound
ed beast turned, bounded at him, and
as he sprang he sunk in DEATH with
his last effort giving one fearful lunge
of the head that drove the horn into
the thigh of the kneeling man and
laid bare the bone from the knee to the
joint
According to the San Francisco
,Argonaut few days ago a lady whose
husband had gone. out for. the evening
was about to retire for the night with
her infant child when to her amaze
ment she perceived the foot of man
beneath the bed. Instead of calling
for assistance she cooily went to the
child's cot and sat and sung till the
little one went to sleep Two hours
then remained before her husband
came in. He was surprised to find
her waiting up, but when his wife
handed him an envelope saying, "You
might run and post this" the cause
of her waiting was revealed. Instead
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