The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

WITHIN hfteen years the wealth of
Basel has increased $50, 900, 900 and the
population has almost doubled, which
is most remarkable showing for a
town that is 1,50O years old.
The record of voracity belongs of
right to stoat recently caught at
Pennyhill During the night the blood
thirsty little creature had killed eleven
turkeys, thirty ducks and twenty chick
ems.
-Fifty-eight feet is the hight of a
colossal monument to the late Prince
Henry of Orleans which is to be erect
ed on Cape St Jacquez. at the mouth
of the Saigon river, French Cochin
China.
"A farmer of South Dakota has
discovered that a sprinkling of hops in
the brine when bacon and hams are
put to pickle adds greatly to- the flavor
of both and enables them to be kept
longer.
The oldest man in California has
| added two years to his century. He
| has been a smoker for eighty-five and
| a moderate drinker for seventy-five
years, but never touched modern break
fast foods.
big Ben" the world-famous clock
in the tower of the Houses of Parlia-
ment, London, is being lit by electric
ity, so that its time may be read dur
ing the occasional clear nights. 1t is
still unreliable, however, not having
been cleaned since 1888, and it's weekly
winding takes two men twelve hours.
1t is a familiar fact that a lawn
which was once watered during dry
season will have to be frequently wa
tered or the grass will suffer often
times more than if it had not been
watered at ALL The first watering in
duces a superficial root development
which must be supplied frequently
with water.
Nearly all the important manufac-
lures entering into export trade show
an increase in 1902, the chief exceptions
being iron and steel and refined min
eral OIL Iron and steel manufac-
lures show a decrease of over $4,-
800 900 and mineral oils a reduction of
$4,000,000. Copper manufactures show
ed the largest gain. $12,OO0,OO0.
There is no barbaric splendor about
the court of Japan nor does the EN-
peror insist on fantastic forms of
homage. He is just a plain individ-
ual. His guests he receives standing,
and he enters freely into conversation
with all. There is scarcely a subject
that does not interest him or one on
which he is not we'll informed.
DIR. Ducalaux, director of the Pas
teur Institute of Paris, is the most
recent of the French savants to join
the ranks of those who advocate the
use of alcohol in moderation. He is
quoted as saying: "As regards alcohol,
only ignorance or prejudice can pre-
vent anybody from recognizing that
its advantages are greater than it's
inconvenience"
The surviving soldiers who served
under Gems. Taylor and Scott in
1916 and 1S47 are invited to be present
at the thirty-seventh National En-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic in San Francisco next Au-
gust. The pension rolls show that
5000 still live and 1000. dwell on tn
Pacific coast. The managers hope to
attract at least 400 of them to the
neurtion, believing that it will be
the last they will ever attend.
The city of Nanlfn, though the
southern capital of China, does not
possess a waterworks system. The
American consul, Mr.. Martin, put down
drove" well. The American we'll"
as it is called, soon attracted the at
tention of high officials living in the
city, who one after another came to
see and test it. The result of their
Investigations was the setting apart of
an amount of money to be used in
securing like wells about the city. to
the number of 100.
In Germany the motorist is in a
sad dilemma. A sedate gentleman was
returning home one evening in his mo-
tor and passed through a small town
called Dingsda. At that hour of the
night the streets were empty. so he
omitted to sound his bell at the local
regulations prescribe. Shortly after
committing this crime he was served
with a summons for not sounding a
warning while crossing a public thor
oughfare. He protested. but In vain,
and the fine was paid. Some weeks
later he made the same journey at the
same hour and, mindful OF past mis-
deeds, loudly sounded the alarm az the
crossroads. The result was the issue
or second summons, this time for
causing notwithstanding noise"
Why the sardine has left the coast
OF Brittany has not yet been explained.
u now appears that the fishermen IN
the little Isle Of Man are beset By a
hiinllar toable-the schools az mack