The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-24
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ing the eight months ended Feb. Is.
The cat is the only untaxed domestic
animal in Austria, and now there is a
proposal to levy tribute on pussy in that
country.
Within a radius of four miles of Rush
prairie dog towns" They cover $500
acres of pasture, which is rendered al
most useless.
1t is said that 100000 Italian laborers,
most of whom are unskilled, find employ
ment in Switzerland Ninety per cent. of
these workmen spend the winter in their
native country, being employed only dur
ing the summer months.
In good years the average fig crop Of
the Smyrna district amounts to about 60
100000 pounds, but last year the yield was
only 1S00000 pounds. The harvest time
in Asiatic Turkey is November The
figs are generally shipped about three
months later
of the four members of the Porto Ri
can delegation in Washington two owe al
legiance to foreign governments. George
Finlay, one of the two. IS an Euglishman
but has lived on the island for thirty-nve
years, and exerts much influence. Fernan-
DEE Juncos, the other foreigner. is a Span
lard, and says that he will retain his al
lesiance TO Spain. He is one Of the fore
most newspaper men on the island
Nuggets such as are taken from the
Joplin zinc mines are not calculated for
use as watch charms or shirt studs"
says the Kansas City Journal. lone taken
from the Connecticut Zinc Company's
txun nd n
ranks as one of the handsomest speci-
mems ever mined there, weighs an even
ton. The overgrown 'sparkler' is princi-
pally of zinc ore, prettily trimmed in cal
cite, pink spar and cubes of galena."
-Hwang Chung-hu a well educated
young Chinaman of the highest caste, who
represented China at the Court of Spain
three years ago, is visiting friends in Bos-
ton He is making a close study of our
educational institutions, upon which he re-
ports to his government, and will visit
Harvard and several of the high schools
during his sojourn in the Hub. Hwang
was recently appointed Consul General of
China at Lima, Peru and will depart for
his new post in a few weeks.
London has its shady side says the
Deutsche Zeitung, of Vienna. The Eng
fish cooking is terrible. Raw fish, taste
less vegetables, sticky buildings, soon
weary the eater. The awful noise Of the
streets is another plague A man never
goes at a reasonable pace in London. The
people tear along as though pursued by
demons. The most difficult thing to bear
is the boundless ignorance of the English,
combined as 1t is with unheard-of ar
rogance. The theory of the Englishman
that everything English is perfect renders
1t unnecessary for him to learn anything
about the rest Of the world It is painful
TO discuss politics with the Briton for
he believes that God made the world to
be a possession of the British empire.
What is believed to be an ancient Sax
on cemetery has been discovered on the
Tici1ford Park estate. close to Newport
Pagnell, says the London Morning
Leader. The finds include arrowheads
a bronze fibula and several skeletons.
Near the skeleton were found two double
edged iron swords and a socketed spear
head, all in a fair stale of preservation
With the skeleton of a person of slender
build, probably woman, were found a
bronze brooch. ornamented bronze bands
a bronze hairpin, an iron dagger-laid
across the breast-and armlets of various
ly colored beads. Some of these armlets
are of slngularly curious construction,
and are made of clay and enameled. A
broken goblet of amber-colored glass was
tends to suggest the idea that the bodies
had been disposed of in circles. the feet
pointing to the center, and it is surmised
that the central spaces were reserved for
chieftans The discoveries tend to show
that Newport Pagnell must have been a
town of considerable Importance in the
time of the Saxons. Most of the relics
have been lent to the Buckinghamshire
County Museum.
70, Of he
Pentelikon, near Athens, remained undis-
turbed and Silent until this century when
after the browning of the first King of
Greece, the erection of a royal palace
again called attention to the national
wealth in the finest Of stone The read to
the foot of the Pentell hills was reOpened
the bridges were repaired and a large
quantity of the famous old marble was
employed in the construction of a new
Athens. 1t was wisely decided that the
old Greek quarri6s should remain I'M
touched so that we have clear evidence
Of the mode of working these classic
times This Pentelikon marble forms a
part Of the ranges and, fortunately, tn
upper portion. The lower part up to 50
fe is limestone in transition; but thence
up to 1,100 feet IL is pure marble, the esti-
mate being that there still remain 20Oj.
100000 tons Of pure white marble with
blue veins railway has now been con-
structed to the foot Of the range, to meet
theaincned Elane that carries the blocks
down from the quarrles. so this fine stone
from which the Parthenon at Athens Wa
built 2.io0 years ago can be delivered at n
cheap rate throughout Europe sreirg
that the so-called Elgin marbles. obtain.
I'd by Lord Elgin from the Parthouon
were made ffom this marble. IT may read
ily be credited when asserted by an au-
thori'y that the Pentelikon marble
harder has finer grain. and ~ In ever