The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Bible Society shows that it distributed
6,397 Bibles in the families of the
eighty-six towns canvassed in 1903.
The date of the ceremonial unveil-
ing of the French statue, the Wound
ed Eagle" on the field of Waterloo,
says the Gaulois is fixed for June %.
From a report published by the
French Minister of Finance, it appears
that the increase of music halls in
Paris is seriously threatening the ex-
istence of many theaters.
Since the beginning of the present
year gold to the value of $23, OSS, 565
has been shipped from Australia to all
countries, falling off of $5,15S,545 for
the corresponding period of last year.
"A divorced Canadian wife claims
copyright of her former husbands
name, and Toronto court has issued
an injunction against it's use by the
new wife whom he married in Dakota.
During some experiments with To-
comotives on the French Eastern Rail-
way, between Paris and Rheims, says
the Petit Journal, a, train traversed the
hour.
Lion tanners frequently perfume
themselves with lavendar. There is, it
is said, to be no record of a lion ever
having attacked a trainer who had
taken the precaution of using this
perfume.
Hunters in various parts of Con-
necticut are worried, claiming that
quail are not heard whistling so much
as is former seasons, and expressing
fear lest the winter may have killed
| many of the birds.
The largest mackerel ever seen at
steamer A. B. Nickerson. 1t meas
| ured Is inches in length and weighed
6h pounds. 1t has been placed in cold
storage for exhibition.
Sir Richard Sankey estimates that
Ireland's boys contain the equivalent
of 5000 100000 tons of coal and he
advocates creating power for varied
| industries by converting the fuel into
electricity on the spot.
The efficacy of vaccination is
| proved by the fact that during the
Franco-Prussian War % 900 of the un-
vaccinated French soldiers died of
| smallpox, while in the vaccinated
| German army there were only 260
deaths from that disease.
Cloth may be rendered waterproof
| by rubbing the under side with a lump
| of beeswaX until the surface presents a
uniform white or grayish appearance
| This method. it is said, renders the
| cloth practically waterproof, although
still leaving it porous to air.
AS Mr.. Roberts was sitting down
to dinner at Butler, N. j., he put his
hand on something cold on the chair.
Looking down he saw copperhead
snake. Crashing the reptile firmly
about the neck he carried it to the
woodshed and cut off its head with an
| axe.
The Italian tariff is divided into
sixteen schedules of goods. to four of
| which the United States does not con-
| tribute at all, viz, hemp, wool silk and
paper. In the remaining twelve sched-
7 ules; which embrace thirty-one items
we have a marked preponderance in all
| of them.
An old New York ale brewery has
| just gone out of business, because.
| as explained, American lager is TAX
| ing the place of ale except with a few
| old-fashioned persons. Ale was pop
ular while the immigration from Eng
| land, Ireland and Scotland continued
| to be large.
| Massachusetts scientists are maxi
| ing collections of rain water for testing
purposes. The plan is to analyze the
rain that falls in any part of the state
| and then compare it with the spring
| water. This shows whether there is
anything in the soil that contaminates
the supply.
The Western genius who discovered
that there is a market for canned jack
rabbit has probably sounded the death
| knen of the long-legged creature of the
| prairie. The first canning factory has
| been established at Echo, Ore, and
/ thousands of jack rabbits are slaugh-
| tered in that vicinity every month.
That person who has been often
stung by bees becomes in time immune
to the poison of the sting is asserted
| by DR.. H. f. Parker. He reports that
when he first began to keep bees he
was frequently stung and that each
| sting was attended with acute pain;
| but that as time went on the pain and
swelling became less.
The Italian postal authorities have
examined a scheme submitted by an
| engineer for the establishment of an
| electric postal service. 1t is proposed
| to transmit letters in aluminium boxes.
| travelling along overhead wires at the
| rate of 400 kilometers an hour. A letter
| could thus be sent from Rome to Ma
pies in twenty-five minutes, and from
| Rome to Paris in five hours.
To aid the ordinary gas and cleo
| trio lamps. which are insufficient in
foggy weather, there are now kept in
| reserve in Westminster, London, spe-
| cial lamps that are distributed in fire.
| quented streets when they are needed.
| They consist essentially of a large
round reservoir that may contain about
twenty-five gallons of gasolene, in
which the air is compressed.
A representative of a wholesale
firm of Seoul, Korea, has arrived in
this country to contract for idols to be
| used in the heather temples of his
| country, as well as in China. 1t seems
! that few years ago an American Arm
sent some idols to one of the Korean
sacred orders. and the results were so
| satisfactory that there is now a wide
spread demand for American idols.
An article in the Fruit, Flower and
| Vegetable Trades Journal Of London
gives the reasons why Jamaica oranges