The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-02
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tenary Of the Lodge of Scotland (May's
Chapel No. l, Of Edinburgh, which claims
to be the first principal Masonic lodge
in Scotland and the Oldest in the world.
The Prince of Wales will be present as
grand master of England.
-"On Saturday night" remarks the Pc
tit Journal Ilustre of Paris. "in the Lon
don streets one meets numbers of men
walking automatically, their teeth clinch-
ed, their look fixed. They do not sing nor
speak words, but suddenly fall like logs.
1t is a miracle that they do not fracture
their skulls on the pavement. To these
men, in the bars of virtuOus England, has
been dispensed for Lhe sum of a penny a
pint OF an atroclous mixture composed of
the dregs of bottles and casks of gin,
whisky, absinthe, etc. I do not know the
name Of this horrible concoction, but 1
have seen its terrible effects"
England has advanced a step beyond
other nations in the use of the bicycle as
an adjunct to the military service by the
Introduction of the motor cycle. It has
been enlisted for the purpose of hauling a
Maxim gun. One of these -motor-hauled
MaXims was shown at the eastern maneu-
vers of the Twenty-eighth Middlesex cy-
clists, Y. II. c., which took place at Alder
shot. The cycle on which the gun. one
VI tAAS iI5 IdtAOil PATTERN, was mounted
derived its power from a two-horse-power
oil motor, which was buRt in the frame
of the machine. 1t was fitted with 21z-inch
ilres capable of withstanding the Unequal
tiles of the worst road imaginable with
out imparting too severe a strain to the
mechanism of the machine or the gun it
self. This twentieth century gun car
rage during the maneuvers was accom-
panied by team of six men, mounted on
single wheels propelled by themselves.
Each man carried go pounds of ammuni-
ton.
There is a great deal of dlsappoint-
mert in Washington over the announce
ment at the navy department to-day that
three young men, distinguished on ac-
count of their fathers or other
relatives, have failed in the on
trace examination to the Naval
Academy, SAYS the New York Mail and
Express. President Mckinley some time
ago, in recognition of the gallant deeds Of
their relatives nominated these boys for
naval cadets. They were Gridley OF Penn
sylVana, son of the gallant commander of
the olympia, Admiral Deweys flagship in
the battle of Manila; Bagley of North Car
DINA, brother of Ensign Worth Bagley,
who lost his life at Cardenas. being the
first naval officer killed during the war,
and Busbee of Washington, a grandson
OF Rear Admiral Worden, the hero of the
Monitor Merrimac battle during the civil
war These three boys all failed in their
examination, and, therefore will not be
able to enter the academy unless they re-
Give another appointment.
The geographical distribution of red
headed girls is, fortunately, wide. They
can be found in every Inhabited quarter
of the word says the New York Journal.
The so-called dark races are frequently
elorihed by glowing locks. The Spaniards
are sWarthy as a race, nut the purest
b'ooded Casulians frequently show traces
OF their Nisigothic blood by blue eyes and
red hair. The Infanta Eulalie. who visit
ed this country in 1885, is red headed.
Red-haired Italians are fairly numerous
in Italy though not in New York. They
are most numerous in northern provinces,
where there is the greatest infusion of
German blood. And there is no girl in
the world prettier than a red-haired Ital-
ian or Spaniard, except it be a red-hared
American girl In Ireland a red-haired
girl is made misera bic by being called
Dane" This epithet Is a legacy of
thousand years or more, from the time
when the Danes actually did override
the coasts of Britain. In a similar man
ner the Norsemen, who invaded Sicily
centuries ago and intermarred with the
| inhabitants, left descendants with gleam-
| ing brain matches. And when there
aren't any red-hared girls by nature-as
among the Moors and Arabs-the glowing
! locks are commonest of all. The women
all dye their jetty tresses to a most lovely
red with henna.
"A manufacturer of files publishes these
suggestions regarding the care of these in
dispensablc tools: Files are frequently in
jured by improper care while not in use.
When boxed at he factory they are brush
ed over with Oil and wrapped in oiled pa
which them from
When this oil has disappeared they will,
if exposed to moisture, rust readily. AS
there is a large exposed tooth surface the
deterioration due to rust is rapid. Files
should never be thrown together in
drawer, or even allowed to come in con-
tact with each other, or with other tools,
| as the delicate edges of the teeth are most
| easily broken down, and the value of the
file seriously impaired. They should be
kept In a drawer, separated from each
other by low partitions, and arranged ac-
cording to length, section, cut and condi-
ton, thus facilitating the selection of any
desired file. Any form of file rack, in which
the file hangs from its handle, is satisfac-
tory The tendency is for files 10 accumu-
late, large number that are nearly worn
out lttering up the file drawer or rack
injurlng the good ones and doubling the
time required in selecting a file for any
piece of work. A number of these partially
drawer of the mechanic who Is engaged on
work of a general character, as he will
very carefully avoid putting the new or
better ones on the hard scale of castings
or forgings.
Very few people in the United States
know that almost all of the food of our
soldiers in the Philippines is brought to
them either from the United States or
Australia, SAYS the Washington CORE
spondence Of the New York Mail and Ex-
press. While the Island of Luzon is very
productive and fertile, yet food products
raised there are not of the kind which the
American soldiers are accustomed to. Rice.
sugar and tobacco are very well in their
way, but as a constant diet, especially for
an army, they are not exactly good. Ever
since our soldiers and sailors have been
in the Philippines the subsistence bereaus
Of both departments have had to furnish
the men with great amount of food. Re
ports of the work of the quartermaster's
and subsistence deDa rtYnents ara asraoiot