The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The largest factory OF cnemlcalS IN
the world is said to be the aniline and
soda establishment of Baden. The
works employ 14S scientific chemicals
seventy-five technical engineers, S05
clerks and more than 5000 working
men.
The Indian elephant is found
throughout that peninsula and also in
Burma, Siam, and the French East
Indies, but his range among the is
lands of the archipelago is confined to
Sumatra and Borneo. He is not known
in Java.
of the 140 colonies, dependencies,
protectorates and spheres of inf1u-
ence" belonging to the different ma
tions, the United Kingdom has nearly
one-half. The area of the British en-
pire is estimated at from l1,25O,O0O 10
II, 100000 square miles.
The annals of the Pasteur Insti-
tute state that during last year the
number of persons under treatment at
the institute at Paris was 1,lO6, OF
whom only three died, one of whom
had not completed the treatment When
he succumbed to hydrophobia.
The daughter of Sir Hudson Lowe,
governor of ST. Helena during the cap
tivity of Napoleon 1, has just passed
her eighty-fifth birthday at Balham,
England, where she lives. She is said
to have retained no memory OF see
ing the Emperor.
The figure 10 seems to play an
important part in the life of Edward
Rostand, the new immortal. He was
born on the thirteenth of the month, his
name contains thirteen letters, and he
is the thirteenth to occupy the thir-
teenth seat in the academy.
A New York insurance man tells
of an old woman who called on an
agent of his company down South to
arrange for insurance on their house
and furniture 1--WE haven't had no
insurance for five years." she explain
ed. 1--WE heV jes, been dependin' on
the Lord; but I says to my old man,
1 says, tibet it's terrible risky, / seys."
Suppose one should hold a crystal
of radium in his hand with his face
turned to the east. Suppose that one
of the electrons were a leaden bullet
circling the earth to its starting point.
He would be shot in the back from the
westward five times before he could
fall to the ground, so rapid is the
movement of the electrons.
Circular mania," a mild form of
hydrophobia has afflicted many New
York dogs The symptoms in all cases
were the same, and only dogs which
are obliged to shift for themselves
were afflicted. Experts say that the
malady is due to a lack of drinking
fountains for dogs. During the heated
periods, dogs require plenty of fresh
water, and attention to this detail will
minimize "maddog" scares.
Whenever queens or expresses of
royal parentage have attempted to in
fuence feminine fashion they have all
ways failed. and no better illustration
can be given thereof than the fact that
In spite of the circumstance that Queen
Alexandra dresses beautifully and with
the utmost elegance, yet she has never
succeeded in setting the fashion. or in
even influencing in any way the toilets
of English women.
Probably no famous bird has a
smaller habitat than the bird of nara
disc, whose beautiful feathers are so
highly priced in the millinery trade. No
one knows why the varieties of this
beautiful bird are confined to the is
land of New Guinea and the neighbour
ing coasts of Australia. There are
many other islands not far away where
the conditions would seem to be equal
ly favorable to their existence, but they
are not found among them.
The London Globe prints "char-
acter'' which an English servant leay-
ing kindly gave her mistress: I'm an
ser to your letter, it's not a bad place.
the Mrs. understands her dutys. and is
slvel and obliging, but troubles about
getting up early of the mornings
Ihere is plenty, and If you don't mind
d pace where only one other young
might give them a months trial. 1 like
more society, which is why 1 am leav-
ing"
Mrs. Jeanette p. Coin is one of
New York 8 richest women. but is new
er seen in society, for which she ex-
presses vast contempt Mrs. Coin
owns an immense deals of valuable real
estate. Adjoining her home on Firth
avenue is that of Mrs. Perry Belmont
VINO oullt an extension some time ago
lnerepy cutting off Mrs. Coins light
ana arr The latter thereupon ouiatI1y
purchased a lot around the corner ~,
Whlch she has built high stone fence
MRS. Belmont's extension has heen
luch darkened in consequence h,,t
0hte' Goln declares her fence will re-
MAIN until Mrs. Belmont's extension
snail nave been taken down.
According to French writer %,
ored bills posted in streets reveal tba
character of the people the posters are
intended to interest. He finds the Enc
nsh poster cold and ironical TIE
french light and subtle with veiIad
Tenectlons, the Austrian soft and frasb-
~ lie observes stiffness and awL.
Waroness in the Swiss posters and in
trlcate design in the German. ItaI,,
IN her posters shows herself noisy
with debauches of indigo and soIfeT''
mo red, while Spain posts bills witb
UNITS or an orange omelet. Posters T.,
thls country, says the discoverer Twill
renect the puritan ancestry Of tba
people, which remark seems To indi~
cate that he has not as yet crossed the
Atlantic. 'iie
The agricultural authorities at
Barbados have been carrying ont in
vestigations to ascertain the effect
produced by falls of volcanic dust nm
insect pests and other parasites Of tba
neld. The first examination was made
after the fall on Oct. 16 last wear to
study the results. Taken on the whole
the dust appeared to have exercised
put little effect, most of the insects
having hidden themselves during ths
actual fall 0hSarva4; o,,-