The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

All aiNA~AlCdAAAlS movement 10 tildh-
ing considerable Roadway in Montreal,
Quebec. Members of the league pledge
themselves not to accept from nor Of
fer to others intoxicating liquors in
any public bar, hotel or club.
Fifteen murders were committed in
New England during March, most Of
them without apparent motive. In
only seven cases were arrests made
or suspected persons. Five of the
victims of the murderers were wom-
an.
-Behr. the inventor of the monorail
railway, that has proved a success on
the continent of Europe, is trying to
induce London to adopt it. 1t is much
less costly than the double-rail sys-
tenn, and he says he can arrange to
run it at the backs of houses, instead
of along the street.
"A grocer in Liverpool England,
was recently fined $25 and costs for
selling marmalade containing over five
grains of salicylic acid a pound. The
offense was held to be aggravated by
the fact that properly made marmalade
VIII keep for years without the addi-
ton of preservative.
"A Partisan journal says in regard
to the numerous Russian female stu
dents in the French metropolis that
they are for the most part very
plain and without any feminine
charms. Most of them are very poor,
live in garrets and starve their bodies
while they study hard. Most of them
are Nihilists.
Only saucer remains of the por-
celain set presented in 1888 to Martha
Washington. This is carefully pre-
served in the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington. In the center appears
the monogram of M" and w" for
Martha and Washington, and about the
edge is the name of every state which
was then in the union.
The natives of India are becoming
so much addicted to the use of CO.
caine that the British authorities are
taking measures to restrict the distri-
button of the drug. The Hindoos chew
it in a leaf, mixed with areca nuts
and various aromatics. Within few
weeks $4,000 worth of cocaine was
shipped from London to Calcutta.
in California there is a fad for eat
ing abalone, a large mussel, which fur
nishes the beautiful shell used for or
namental purposes. The Chinese have
eaten them for years, but until re-
Gently Americans scorned them as
food. Now abalone chowder, soup,
and even abalone steaks are consid-
cred great delicacies in San Francisco.
king Edward created a sensation
when he attended a horse show in
London recently by pulling from his
pocket a pocket handkerchief with a
deep-red border-a shade that matched
his necktie. 1t was the first time he
had been seen with a colored pocket
handkerchief. Colored handkerchiefs
with town" cloths are now good
form"
-Intercolonial (Canada) railway en-
ployes are making a concerted effort
to get their pension scheme before Par
liament at the present session. The
scheme originated with the Employ
ers' Insurance Association, and is de-
signed to cover cases that are not in
Guided in the insurance scheme, as we'll
as to promote greater efficiency in
the various branches of the railway
service.
-Habitual drunkards after convic-
ton in Montreal, Quebec, are now
given the option of paying fine, un-
dergoiag Imprisonment or taking a
certain cure. At present there are
twenty-five under treatment, ten at
their homes and twelve at the Jail.
Each patient is expected to take six
teen doses of the prescribed medicine
each day. and is warned not to drink
any intoxicating liquors during the
time of trial.
"A jury in a Chicago court has
awarded 500 each to two negro wom-
en- who had sued a theater manage
ment for damages after being exclud-
ed from occupying orchestra seats for
which they purchased tickets Aug. II
last. Employees of the theater told
them that the tickets were for Aug.
II, but offered to refund the money
or give them seats in the balcony
They refused these propositions, and
began suits under the Civil Rights
act.
Few Greek emigrants take their
wives when they leave their country.
Most of them are members of the
Greek Church. of which the Car is
Pope, and half of them are illiterate.
They are under medium hight, but
have strong constitutions. They near
ly all have had to labor for very low
wages, to live on coarse, cheap food,
and to wear homespun or other cheap
clothing. About one-half of the males
who emigrate have served in the Greek
Army or Navy. Storage passage to
the United States costs $35.
The existence of permanent chem
ical elements is questioned by Ruth
erford and Soddy, who have investi-
gated the newly discovered radioactive
substances. What are called chemi-
cal elements are merely residues left
after ages of disintegration similar
to that which radium and bodies of
its class are now undergoing. The de-
composition of these substances does
not go on steadily, but proceeds by
definite sta ges, producing intermediary
substances that persist for longer or
shorter time, some of them a few sec
onds and others for thousands of years.
The Canadian Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION, which is appointing agents
circular makes the following COMPARE
son between the United States and the
British consular service: Canadian
manufacturers have found themselves
hampered by not being suitably repre-
sented in the many foreign cities likely
to prove trade centers for the domin-
ion. The United States consular serv-
ice, extending, of course, to all for
eign countries, looks after such mat
tiers, and thus the American manufac-
turers have long enjoyed an advant-
age which Canada, and even England,
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