The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The business agent Tor the Gar
ment Workers Union in st. Louisa
woman's union-recently declared that
true union girl would scorn a wooer
who should come to her without
union card in his hand.
Many of the Java tea estates are
backed by English capital, conse-
quently these shareholders prefer the
London market, although the Amster-
dam buyers try their best to persuade
them to make Amsterdam their head
market.
-Tissandier, the aeronaut, relates
that at a high altitude he once dined
on a chicken and bottle of wine. He
threw out a bone of the former and
the balloon at once rose thirty yards.
He was reproached by his companion
for wasting ballast.
"A French professor has been inquir-
ing into the comparative criminality CT
the professions. He finds that the con-
viction for every 100000 of each are as
follows: Lawyers, 100; artists, 80; doc
tors, rs; lay teachers, 10; clerical teach
ers, 4; Catholic clergy, 4.
Thomas Bent, the new Premier of
Victoria, Australia, began. life as
market gardener, and is a man of ag-
gressive spirit and great determinati ton.
Once when he was Minister of Public
Works he thought himself insulted by
a member of an unemployed" deputa-
ton. He pursued the offender down
Regent street, Melbourne, caught him
and chastised him on the spot.
The service held at St. Pauis Ca
thedral, London, in connection with
the Queen Victoria Clergy Fund, drew
attention to the conditions under
which thousands of clergymen do their
work. Within the last ten years over
100 clergymen of the Church of Eng
land have been admitted to the work
houses and pauper lunatic asylums in
England and Wales. More than half
of the Wears and rectors are living on
incomes not one of which exceeds f3
los. a week, and 1,341 of them would
gladly exchange their revenues for
weekly e..
For several years after 1899 France
economical, accommodating capital, and
exporting it; her merchandise exports
have increased and her imports di-
minished. Its statement of foreign
trade in 1903, however, changes in a
manner which singularly resembles ours
of year before. Exports decreased
$16,500,000, and imports increased $751;
100000. Its export trade in manufac-
lures decreased S4,15O00O, which is a
notable contrast to England and Ger
many. That its experience resembled
our own is shown by the fact that,
in the face of this decrease in exports,
its import of raw materials increased
100000, and its import of manufac-
lures $7,500000. Like us, it's own con-
sumers must have been buying more
than the country would produce.
The recent sale in London of a
pair of canaries for ESQ has directed
public attention to the boom" now
raging in London in these diminutive
pets. says the New York Tribune.
Since King Edward took up the hob
by of canary breeding prices have
been steadily rising and in many in
stances birds have changed hands for
four times their weight in gold. The
most expensive variety are those with
crests, or top-knots of feathers. Per-
feet crested canaries are very difficult
to breed and they are subject to blind
ness, the crest being cultivated to such
an extent that it grows over the eyes
and hides even the beak. Prices for
good "crests" range from 95 to G40.
Norwich plain head canaries are far
from popular, but do not realize such
high prices. At Huddersf1eld shows re-
Gently young bird, in it's first season,
was sold by auction for els los Plain
head Norwich are bred almost exclu-
sively for color properties, the most
highly colored specimen invariably
heading the list.
The finishing touches are now being
put to a bill according to which $780,
900 francs will be at the disposal of
the minister of agriculture for the pur-
pose of exterminating rats in the rural
districts of France. The method
adopted is that of scattering among
the haunts of these rodents small cubes
of bread impregnated with a culture
of BACILLUS that develops fatally in rats
and mice, but is harmless to other
domestic animals; this system has been
a great success so far in the depart
ment of the Two Charentes. But, aft
er all, to get rid of rats and mice from
granaries, dwellings, cellars, and so
forth, there are other methods as eff
cacious and more simple. If one mixes
plain lime with it's weight of granu-
lated sugar, and this mixture is left in
saucerS or small dishes in places in
tested by rats (but out of the reach
of other domestic animals), it will be
found that these rats as indeed most
other small vermin are very partial to
aration; and the action of the lime
when swallowed speedily proves fatal
to the rodents.
An English book of "reminiscences
tells of two country squires named
Leaman of Ivybridge-"two thin, del
icate-looking old men, twin brothers,
70 years old, with white hair, very gen.
tie and courteous in manner, red cuta-
way coats, white cords, black boots.
caps and gloves" When past so years
of age. one night after hunting one of
them said to the other: II have been
thinking neither of us can have much
longer to live in this world and it will
be a terrible thing for the survivor to
have to remain here alone Don't you
think one of us ought to marry?"
Yes was the reply. II have thought
so for long time" well do you
know of any lady?" Eyes, I do. Is
there any one you fancy?" On COM
pairing notes it appeared they had
both selected the same women, the
manager of a hotel at Okehampton.
Well" said one, 1--WE have lived to-
gether all these years without a wry
word and it's a pity we should fall out
at our time of life So they tossed
up which should marry her. The win
ner rode down to Okehampton next
morning and was accepted. All three
lived together and the wife nursed both
brothers in their last illness and was
left their money.
"A recently published book on In
dia tells of a native detective whose
methods xyere nvthincr h,,t corun,,Io,,.