The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

boots and shoes are among the new
uses to which paper is being put. A
substantial business firm in Boston is
considering a proposition to take up
the work of manufacturing paper hats.
Toronto, Ont, has a church which
does something which probably no
other church in the world does. 1T
is, of course, exempt from taxation,
yet it insists on paying taxes each
year. 1t is the Jarvis Street Baptist
Church.
Alderman George LIE elise of New
ark, N. j., while tearing down an old
building several days ago, discovered
a silk banner which evidently has a
history. The emblem, which is of
orange and blue, appears to symbolic
the cause of the followers of the Prince
of Orange.
Two young people from DiXfield,
Me-, went to New Hampshire to get
married recently, and when they ar
rived in that state found that they
could not get a marriage license until
five days after their application had
been filed. Their friends claim that the
pair will not try to elOpe again
There is only one place in the world
where the sun sets twice in the same
day, and that is at Leek, in England.
There is a jagged mountain there and
the sun sets behind it and it grows
dark. An hour later the sun reappears
at a gap in the side of the mountain,
and it is light again until the real sum
set.
The Pennsylvania terminal to be
erected in Manhattan will be the big
gest railroad station in the world with
accommodations for handling 200, 900
passengers a day, or about 10000, 900 or
S0,000,000 a year. From sixty to ninety
trains will enter and leave it hourly
The tunnels will be lighted and trains
moved through them by electricity.
"A youth in a school at Find, Okl.,
was recently told to toe the crack in
the school room floor along with the
geography class. Then the teacher call
on him to recite, asking him if he fac
ed the north with the east on his right
and the west on his left. what would
be behind him. The lad began to
cry and finally blubbered out, "a patch
on the seat of my pants"
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, the
comic opera ruler of the Black noun
IeiIIl vi AIlClpdLIyS WHICH mas a pOpu-
lation less than that of Rhode Island,
was a great athlete in his younger
days and is still a good horseman, a
capable shot and a splendid swords
man. To his other attachments the
prince adds that of being a poet and
prose writer of no small talent, his
best-knoWn work being a tragedy.
THE Empress of the Balkans His
civil list, only $4,000 a year, is ample
Gov !, e,sw,
call for great expenditure.
At Newcastle-on-Tyn at periodic
intervals the Mayor and corporation
assert their rights over the shores of
their native river by proceeding in
state to various points, where they
proclaim their authority. Perhaps as
an inducement for the Mayor to I'M
dertake this particular duty, on land
ing on the green he is permitted by
ancient custom to kiss the prettiest
girl present comforting upon her
sovereign as compensation. At
Bournemouth, where the kiss mayoraI
is also conferred, it is an ancient and
loving custom for the retiring Mayor
to give his successor an osculatory sa-
lutte.
Under the old age pension law of
sion must be IS years of age, and must
have resided in New Zealand for the
previous twenty-five years. must not
have been imprisoned for a period of
four months during the last twelve
years for any offenSe punishable by
imprisonment for one year, and must
have led a sober and respectable life
for the previous five years. His year.
ly income must not exceed $780, or his
net capital $3.50, and he must not
have deprived himself of property or
income to qualify for a pension. The
full amount of the pension is $50
year, payable monthly.
The sugar crop of 1923 in Porto
Rico has been satisfactory. In one
district--that of Arroyo-the density of
the sap reached IL degrees Beaume.
The total crop in the district of Maya
guez reached $500 tons Many planta-
tons in the Ponce district suffered
from drouth. This retarded the growth
growth OF the cane, causing it to yield
to 10 per cent. less than last wear.
Ponce has already exported 1900 me-
trlc tons Cof 2,204 pounds each). That
port expects to send out %, 900 tons
during the year. If the weather is
favorable the exports of Ponce in 1904
will be 10000 tons. These figures for
only three districts give a good idea
of what is being done in the sugar
field all over the island.
There's a cafe on lower Broadway
in New York that has got around the
tipping evil in rather an ingenious sort
of a way. At a place on one side of
the room is a panel with several slots
in it. Above each slot is the name of
drink and the price. The exact
amount is dropped through the slot
for whatever drink is desired. then
little wooden lid flies back and I'D
comes the drink to the thirsty boozer.
No waiter makes an appearance, con-
sequently there is no waiter to tin
Keeping the waiter out of sight de-
prives him of the opportunity to as
sumo all the airs and wiles usually
resorted to by his naughty, highway
robber craft to make a fellow paw
double for everything he gets in the
way of eating or drinking.
The Minister of Public Instruction
in France has taken the lead of all
the world in measures for the preven-
tion of consumption in the schools.
new law requires that an examination
of every pupil shall be made once in
three months, and that hight, the
weight, the chest measure and the
general physical condition of every one
shall be entered on the pupils report.
The school rooms receive the same
preventive attention. Carpets are pro-
hbited; curtains must be of cloth that
may be frequently washed; no dry