The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


just now enjoying their third honeymoon
their previous marital experiences having
been diversified by two divorces, all within
eight years.
There are lisa foreign students at the
German universities this summer, includ-
ing 800 Americans. Only a few of these
are medical students, although proportion
ately their number is fairly great.
The faculty of the University of Pekin
consists of two presidents, eight foreign
and eight Chinese professors, sixteen as
sistants, thirty-two secretaries and about
100 minor officers. OF $50 students of mod
ern language 100 are learning English.
In Germany the number of girl grad
yates is increasing in a remarkable fash
ion. Three years ago the ten great schools
had on their books 1T female students
At the end of 1897 the total had risen to
Sf. AT the beginning of this year the to-
tai had again. increased to 400.
That the japanese consider sailed
whale meat a delicacy would appear by
the quantities purchased. The whales are
caught off the coast of Korea, the flesh
and blubber cut up, sailed and sent to
Japan for sale as food. Over 100000
pounds of the whale meat was imported
into Nagasaki alone last year.
The British are about to commence
their Pacific cable, extending from Van
couver via certain islands to Australia and
New Zealand II will be 5000 miles long,
and complete the electric circuit of the
globe. The cost is placed at $7,500,0O0, and
is to be borne by Canada. Australia and
the British government, but chiefly by
Australia. The object is to unite the scat
tered fragments of the empire more close
ly. and also TO reduce cable rates.
In London is an individual who can
scarcely be described otherwise than. as a
smile" doctor. Fer small fee he will
transfer ire most uncomely laugh or smile
intc q dainty and elegant playfulness of
the lips-cnly he must have his fee first.
The smile" Goetor puts his subject
through lip and mouth exercises which are
Of his own invention. The eyes are the
organs which are most concerned in the
act OF smiling or laughing. and the subject
is taught how TO use them most effectively.
BY constant practice the desired pretty
smile Is obtained at the end of a few
weeks. Actresses and music hsll mr.
tistes patrcnize this smiling tutor.
The American mosquito has invaded
London this season for the first time 1t
is supposed that they. or the germs came
with fruit from South Africa or South
America, with plants from the continent
and in timber from Canada. The speci-
mems seen in London exactly resemble in
size and other features the Canadian mos
| quito and one Right go still further and
Suggest that mosquito germs, and even The
| insects themselves have existed in Eng
land since Can1diar timber was first i'm
| ported, and yet have never made their
presence Cbjec tionabie until now, when, in
! larger numbers, they have become accit-
mated and spread abroad about their ne
! farious work
The Germans are about to establish a
record with one of their coast-defense IRON
clads by Iengthening her some twenty
| three feet. says Public Opinion. The YES
| sci the Hagen, is a present only 239 feet
G inches and 40 feet inches beam, dis
| placing 3,495 tons on mean draught of
| II feet inches. She was built at Kiel
! in 1885, and is one of eight similar yes
| sells, though the two latest of the class,
/ the Odin and Aegr have length of 255
/ feet and a beam of 81 feet, the two latter
! being knot faster, though engined with
! only 200 horsepower more than the 9TH
/ ers. Tho Hagen and five of her sisters
have complete armor-belts feet 6 inches
! deep, aud varying from inches TO "a
| inches in thickness.
"A Wichita (Kan.) dispatch to the Chi
cage Inter Ocean says that hundreds of
white men are camped on the borders In
| the principal towns of the Choctaw In
dian nation. They are seeking Choctaw
| Indian girls for wives. The Choctaw cit
| izenship rolls will close on Oct. 1. and
| thereafter white men who marry Indian
| girls viii not be allowed to share in the
| tribal funds. Already thousands of Choc-
! taw girls have married white men, and
| these white men are now worth thousands
of dollars. Choctaw girls at the present
time are worth $50 acres of land and about
| 81 coo i'm cash. They are pretty-that is,
| a majority of them are-and they have
been fairly well educated. They like the
| white people generally, and it is not such
| a difficult task to win one Tams BiXby,
! chairman of the Dawes commission, says
that he expects 900 weddings to take place
in the Choctaw Nation before Oct l.
Mr.. Crispi. the father of the triple al
| lance" and former premier of Italy, will
be 50 years old Oct. 4. He was born in
Ribera, Sicily in 1919 Great prepara-
| tions are being made throughout Sicily 20
| celebrate his coming anniversary. and the
| occasion will also be observed in Rome and
| certain other cities of the peninsula. In
Sicily the whole of the inhabitants seem
| to be coming forward to manifest their adj
| cry syndic in the island has written or tel
| egraphed his wish 10 take part in the
demonstration and subscriptions for the
funds necessary for the festivities and Cor
| the gold medal which is to be presented to
! Crispi at the banquet. D Rudini, Girls
pts political rival. has joined in the testi-
monial as also have several deputies and
| senator's, though not belonging TO his par
| ty Till now he has reaped but little else
| than abuse from his countrymen, but this
manifesto ton from all parties, it is be-
! Heved, will reward him for all the years
| of contumely which he has suffered from
| his enemies. Such is almost the general
| sentiment of the Italian press,
The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat tells this
story OF an old farmer in the lead region
of Southeast Missouri: He had 800 acres
for which he would have been glad to take
$40 an acre any time during the last twen-
~ years. He would probably have thrown
in his whole crop at the figure, One dev
recently some men came along and asked
the privilege of boring hole In the
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