The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Eight years ago an attempt was
made to introduce European dress in
Seoul, but the change could not he
made because of conservative opposi-
ton, especially on the part of the wom-
en-. At present the only Koreans who
wear European garments are the SOL
diers and policemen.
The first almanac was published in
1872 by Martin Illxus, as Buda, Po-
land. and in 1873 almanacs were COM
piled nearly in their present form by
John Muller otherwise Regimontanus,
a printer, at Nuremburg. The first
almanac printed in En=lish was Rich
ard Pynson's, which appeared in 1897.
= 1t is proposed to hold a horticul-
tural and gardening exhibition in the
month of June next under the auspices
of the Royal Botanic Society of Great
Britain in the new exhibition grounds
or the society, situated in the center
of the Botanic Gardens in Regents
Park, London. The proposed scheme
embraces horticulture, forestry botany,
educational methods, nature-study
and special section for colonial pro-
duce. In addition to the exhibition,
lectures and conferences are in course
of arrangement.
The smallest university in the
world has just commenced it's TWEEN
ty-third year of active work This is
the American Classical University of
Athens, and the unprecedented total
of six students is sufficient evidence
of its popularity. The scholars are all
Americans, engaged in classical re-
search work, and a notable fact about
this student body is that each mem
Der holds fellowship, Yale, Harvard,
Dartmouth, Smith, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and Wesleyan
University are represented.
What can be done in the way of
saving infants by proper dieting was
shown at a recent meeting of the Paris
Academy of Medicine by DR.. Budin.
Out of 712 infants who were brought
to him, and whom he was able to fol-
low UP daily, the mortality was only
4.6 per thousand. whereas the mean
for all Paris is 17S per thousand. None
of his infants died of digestive trou
bles. of which the mean official NOR
taaity is 65 per thousand. One of his
principles is that undertaking is bet
ter than overlooking, which is dam
gerouS even, when the infant is breast
sed.
One of the United States consuls
sends a note to the State Department
analyzing the daily wage rate to work.
men in one of the largest manufac-
tories of agricultural implements and
traction engines in Mannheim. 1t ap-
pears that "a per cent. of all employees
receive from II to 95 cents per day
of nine and half hours: 50 per cent.
from 95 cents to 81 .13, and none above
81. While cost of living abroad is
lower actually, or. at least, the scale
of living is less pretentious, it is diff
ficult to believe that it bears a lower
ratio to earning power than it does
in this country.
Discrimination against cigarette
smokers is made for good reason in
various employments, and a fiAt-footed
launched upon it's travels that they
are not wanted in the city's fire de-
partment Its portal is not arched
with the grim inscription, "All smoke
abandon We who enter here" The
friendly brierwood is left and the hard
pulling two fer" with some other
regulation censers of the weed. But
for the cigarette men the motto of
the service is Quit or git'--rhyme
in "the posy of a ring"
According to published statistics of
last years shipbuilding, the number
of vessels launched in the whole world
was 2.441, with a tonnage of 2,679, 531.
and an indicated horsepower of 1885,
ASS. For 1902 the number of vessels
launched was 1884, with a tonnage of
2,7l5,6T0 and an indicated horsepower
of 2,017,254. More than one-half the
SOW tonnage of 1908 was produced
within the United Kingdom, England
turning out 81 vessels Of 1926 tons.
Scotland, 1862 vessels of 4S4.s53 tons.
and Ireland twenty-five vessels of 1853. :
ASP tons. With the exception of the
United States, no foreign country
launched an aggregate tonnage equal
TO the Clyde alone, which built dur
ing the year 277 vessels of 446,S69
tons.
did you ever notice there are
more sudden deaths in Philadelphia on
a Sunday than any other day in the
week2" remarked a policeman. Accord
Ing 10 the Philadelphia Press 1T Is
true. and the records prove II. The
police book IN the electrical bureau Ia
the city Hall contains this record.
Sometimes the fatalities OF this nature
are double the number Of any week
day How do ! account for ~ ] don't.
] simply hazard "a guess or two. IL
may be that folks eat more heartily
on sunday and this fact no doubt AZ.
gfaYatef certain ailments, bringing on
acute attacks Of heart disease and in-