The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ing IN lnuIdHdpoIls tAAC
when a judge in one room granted a
divorce to the wife Of judge OF me
same court who was sitting on the
bench in another room. The divorced
Judge is named feathers, and ne put
in no defense to the charges OF cruelty
brought by his wife.
The Rock Island Railway keeps
one of the largest supply houses in the
United States, in Trenton, Mo. The
SHIPMENTS from this store are sald
to exceed the combined sales OF all
other business houses in Trenton. IL
furnishes supplies to every point on
the line between Muscatine, Ia, and
Missouri river points.
M. Fremiet, the French sculptor
has received a commission for monu-
ment, to be erected in Paris, in mem
ory of the pigeons which carried mes
sages during the siege. At its COM
mencement the institution of the
pigeon post was of marked service, and
thousands OF letters and dispatches
were sent out from Paris by this
means.
Secretary Shaw of the Treasury
has distanced all endeavor in beautiful
covers for reports to Congress. His an
nuaI statement was topped by an eX-
Quisite creation in morocco, with gilt
filigree work, as fine as the bookbind-
ers of the government could supply.
The daintily prepared pages, detalllng
Treasury transactions and policies 1or
a twelvemonth, were tied UP in equally
beautiful red ribbon, with the loYeliest
kind of bowknots.
1t is not often that a church is
eaten, at least in Southern ATTITUDES;
but an Esquimau community has just
witnessed its newly erected edifice suf-
fer this fate. The church was built
of forty sealskins, and party of dogs,
more hungry than reverent, attacked
the walls and finally swallowed the
whole-so it is said. 1t is probably
equally true that a church built of
pebbles in Rhodesia was entirely con-
sumed in one night by colony of
ostriches.
Two German explorers are planning
to go to the North Pole in submarine
boats. They think it will be easier To
steam under the ice pack and come
out at or near the pole than TO climb
over the pack with dog sledges. They
are not afraid of getting lost. for they
intend TO use wireless telegraphy to
keep in communication with their base
of supplies. Let us hope that they may
be more successful than Andre, who
sailed away in balloon to find the
pole and has not been heard from
since.
"A Viennese naturalist, NJ. Werner,
has been investigating the sense per-
ception of reptiles and amphibans. and
has arrived at some unexpected results.
After examination of 1856 individual an
1mals he has come to the conclusion
that these creatures have some power
OF finding water not possessed by HUI
man beings. They seemed capable of
going direct TO a body of water of the
| existence of which they would, it ap-
peared, have no ordinary means of
knowing. According to Mr. Werner.
the sight of the reptilla. is like that
of fish, distinctly limited TO near OBJ
jects, while their sense of hearing is
very poor.
The railway across the Andes, be-
tween Chile and the Argentine Repub-
lie, which was projected twenty years
ago, is at last to be completed. the
Chilean Congress having recently pass
ed bill for the purpose. The Hottest
part OF the pass, which lies not far
south OF the great Andean giant, Aeon
cagua, and which has an elevation OF
1900 feet, is to be penetrated by a
tunnel. which will serve both to avoid
snowdrifts and to decrease the maxi
mum elevation Of the road. The terni-
nails of the railway on each side of the
pass are now within one days travel
by mule caravan from one another.
This will be the first rail line to cross
the South American continent.
Provided one can keep afloat few
minutes, and provided, furthermore
that somebody gives an alarm. to fall
overheard III mid-ocean does not neces-
sarlly mean that one must drown.
While a German liner was going al
express speed the other day a crazad
coal passer jumped from the rnidshir
ran. Someone saw him, an alarm was
raised instantly, the great vessel
swung on her keel and a boats crew
got away, and in eight minutes from
the time the poor fellow jumped he
was in the lifeboat. There need he
no experimenting to test the efficiency
or the arrangements for rescue. hut
since accidents do happen it is com
forting to know that such system and
discipline are the rule of the Atlantic
ferry.
Candy and confectionery to the
amount of 100000, 900 are sold in the
American home market every year. and
10 this total of manufacture New York
contributes $4,000, 900, or one-fifth
pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Illi-
nois are the three other states which
contribute largely to the total. which
Is constantly increasing, for three rea-
sons. The candy making interest of
lhe united States, now centerine in
and about New York, where there are
nearly 800 candy making establish
ments' shows steady and constant in
crease, and it is a noticeable fact that
IN localities in which foreign born resi-
dents are numerous there is less candy
eaten than in those neighborhoods
which are inhabited by those of Aneri.
can nativity.
II Is amazing the number OF fell
lows who smoke cigarettes" said an
ooserVant man, according to the PhiIa-
delphla Record. II had often noticed
thsl on the street. stood at the cor
ner of Twelfth and Chestnut streets
watching every man and bow who
walked on the south side of the street
Inc result OF this observation amazed
me IN nVe minutes l had exhaustaS
ele aPers on which / was making INV
I1piu-ilre marks and had to give il up
When l footed up my figures 80, ~;
mat SlS men and boys had passad ~ NJ
gong IN both directions. OF thai 49,
a oeI only ~ were not smoking or tba
-to VINO We're, 1913 We're putting cioar.
e.tes' % men were smoking cigars ana
strange as II may seem onlv three -