The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST,


one American.
The Russian Railways have been
overtaxed in moving the heavy crops
of cereals harvested in 1902, and at a
recent date the stock of wheat in Black
sea ports were almost twice as large
as at the corresponding date in 1901.
"A vegetable farm 100 miles distant
from its principal market is not always
prohtably worked, but there is one at
the eastern end of Long Island whose
owner has good reason to be satisfied.
be sells the yearly product in New
York for an average of $40, 900, the cost
of labor and fertilizing being about
one-hah that sum, leaving him the
other half as profit.
The cost of Atlantic greyhounds is
enormous, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. The two new Cunarders,
which are to be completed in June,
1905, are to cost Sc, 250, 900 each, or near
ly $4,000 per running foot Stood upon
end, one of these great ships would be
more than 100 feet higher than the
tower of the City Hall, or twice as
high as the biggest of Office buildings,
and its great cost may be understood
from the fact that the interior finish
and equipment of this great structure
are much more costly than the finish
and equipment of the finest of office
buildings.
The outbreak which threatens Rou-
mania has been caused by the Minister
of Public Instruction forbidding girls
in the higher and secondary schools
to wear corsets, and, in case of refusal,
directing the forcible removal of the
offending article n
Graphic. The future mothers of Rou-
mania, remembering that the ancient
Romans, from whom they claim indi-
rect descent, wore a kind of stays, and
that the corset, with a short interval,
has been worn ever since, are naturally
up in arms against the arbitrary de-
cree. 1t is a case of war to the whale
bone, and it is pretty certain to proph-
esy that the school girls will win.
Often a scientific man thinks he
has learned one of natures secrets in
his laboratory, but when he endeavors
10 apply his discovery on large scale
he finds the phenomena wear a differ
ent aspect from what he expected, says
Engineering. a storm in a tea cup is
not an exact representation of a storm
in the Atlantic. In Manchester they
are determined to avoid this source of
error. and so have fitted up the Munic-
ipal archaeological School with appara-
tus of immense size and power.
"A story is told of a well-known
phlanthropist of the last century
which aptly illustrates a not uncom-
mon state of mind, says the London
Globe. Two gentlemen were canvass
ing together for a religious or chart
table society. On ascending the steps
of the philanthropist's house they
overheard the master sharply scolding
a housemaid for wasting half a match.
1T is no use calling here" said one
of the collectors to the other But
they did call, and to their great sur
prise received a liberal donation. The
visitors were made so welcome that
the more inquisitive of the two gained
courage to inquire of the donor how
it happened that he, who was evident
ly- so generous, should think it neces-
sary to rate a domestic for such a
trifling offense. "Oh," was the reply,
sit is simply this: If I did not save
in these small matters I should have
nothing to give to charity" Doubtless
the good man thought he spoke the
truth, and so think many people who
are constantly quoting the proverb
which says that if you take care of the
pennies the pounds will take care of
themselves. The fact is that such pet
ty savings are usually more a matter
of temperament than of calculation.
There are people so vehemently utili-
tartan in their nature that they cannot
endure waste. Small economies are
among the things in which men lose
the object of life for the sake of living.
The sense of helplessness is said to
be one of the most terrible parts of
the experience of falling in an avail
anche of snow. In writing of the dan
gers of the Alps in the Pail Mall Maya
zine, Mr.. Harold Spender recountS the
adventure of Mr.. Gossett who was
actually covered up by a wave of snow
which came from behind him and
closed over his head. He managed to
work himself to the surface, where
he was so borne along that he could
watch all that took place, although
unable at the time to free or even
to help himself much This is his
own story: Il was on the wave of the
avalanche and saw it before me as l
was carried down. 1t was the most
awful sight 1 ever witnessed The
head of the avalanche was already at
the spot where we had made our last
halt The head alone was preceded by
a thick cloud of snow-dust; the rest
of the avalanche was clear. To pre-
vent myself from sinking again
made use of my arms much in the
same way as when swimming in a
standing position. At last l noticed
that l was moving more slowly; then 1
saw the pieces of snow in front of me
to stop at some wards distance; then
the snow straight before me stopped
and L heard on large scale the same
creak1ng sound that is produced when
a heaVy cart passes over hard, frozen
snow in winter. l felt that l also stop-
ped, and instantly threw up both arms
to protect my head in case | should
again be covered up Mr.. Gossett and
three of his companions escaped. The
other two were buried by the ava
lanche.
The statement in yesterdays Ex-
press that great quantities of mush-
rooms are being found in the rural
districts around Colchester has brought
in several letters from other parts of
the. country, says the London Express.
All our co, respondents state that they
are enjoying the delights of mushroom
picking, and one of them adds that
this is the best tonic for the season.
Two correspondents have found mush-
rooms which they consider to be of I'M
usual size. What is an unusual size
for a mushroom is a very much dis
cussed matter, but we give our corre-
spondents the credit of their finds.
'Paterfamilias'' writes from High wy
combe to this effect: 1.-THE day before
yesterday l was out in the fields with
my two children. 1t was the sort of
day to which we have got accustomed
now-when rain is regarded as prob