The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-23
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essary funds.
The Pullman Company OF Chicago
last month sent 20 Mexico two privat"
cars to complete the special train Of four
intended for President Diax's use. The
TWO Just forwarded are for the servants
ana horses q the President
The new Turkish university "a Con
stantinople will not accept students over
Is years Of age Except the theological
courses Koran. etcJ. which will be op u
to thirty students. no faculty will accep;
more than twenty-five students
.-Bcnevolent assimilation may be accom-
plished IN hurry by means OF bomb
invented by Prof Camphausen of Amster-
dam The bomb Is said 10 be capable 81
generating fumes that viii make breath
ing impossible within radius OF 100 yards
Of the explosion.
China imported in the first six months
Of 1900 3.5COo0OOQ cases OF Russian pc
troleum. against $4,000 cases In the
same period OF 1899. and $1,000 cases or
American petroleum during the nrsi ak
months OF 1850 against $4,000 cases ia
the same period Of 1879.
The German Ambassador has lodged
a formal complaint against the conduct
of the French Thirty-seventh Regiment
Of the Line who. II Is stated. during the
recent maneuvers deliberately crossed the
German frontier and wrote insulting re-
marks on the frontier posts.
THE French Court OF Cessation is now
engaged in trying iibel suit growing
out Of the battle OF waterloo-certainly
81 ffss al VI.
The defendant Is the author OF recently
published history. who said Ia his book
that Count de Bourmont deserted 90 the
enemy IN the famous battle. He - being
sued by the noblemans descendants Tor
this dispersion upon the Counts mem
DRY
1t IS reported on high authority that
the petroleum industries OF Roumania
have made great progress OF late. and
that. II transportation becomes cheaper
and better. this country will be a formld-
able competitor Of America and Russia.
-UntH the middle OF the last century
cavalry deployments were by two right
angle turns. and when the diagonal march
was adopted instead OF making the dag
onal BY a half turn OF each horse the
movement was by the whole troop on
unit
The butterfly invariably goes TO sleep
head downward says the Spectator. II
folds and contracts ks wings 10 the ut
most The effect s. 20 reduce its size
and shape 10 a narrow ridge. hardly dis
tinguishable In shape and color from che
seed-heads on thousands Of other stems
around The butterfly also sleeps on the
top 81 the stem. In the morning. when
che sunbeams warm them, all these gray
pied sleepers on the tops open their wings
and the colorless benneis are starred with
"a thousand living flowers OF purest assure
A Chlcagoan who is gifted with a mas
slve intellect has suggested that the Fer
ris wheel could be utilized as a locomo-
tive roundhouse II IL should be laid on
its side. The wheel which would Of
course. have to be rooted over. would re
volve on horizontal plane and would
receive sevcnty-two engines from sim
gle track II IS 20 feet in diameter. o. In
width and weighs 100 tons. There are
almost insurmountab,e engineering diff
culties IN connection with the plan sug-
gested and IL is unlikely that there VIII
be any attempt 10 carry the scheme into
effect
The University Of Chicago. through
one Of its faculty. Prof Nicholson. has
htfn UMAiNtu "A HlhuA IflA AoI n phys
zeal research instrument named the eche-
lon spectroscope. II Is designed for in
vestigations IN optics. and is used for the
separations OF rays Of hghs. BY means
OF u the exceedingly minute period Of a
wave length OF light may be used as a
standard Of measurement for inhnitesimal-
Is small distances and differences Of OPP
teal density. II Is wonderfully sensitive
IL being asserted that IL wo rays Of light
vary one three hundred-thou part
Of their own wave length. II will detect
the difference and record the lengths Of
the two waves"
1t is not generally known that during
his recent visit 10 Hamburg the Prince
OF wales was driven In "a steam motor
car 10 Laugenschwalbach " here he had an
appointment 10 meet the Grand Duke Mich
ael OF Russia. says the Westminster Ca
zette. The Autocar which reports the
fact. says the run was most enjoyable
The Grand Duke showed as much inter
est In the autocar as the Prince OF
Wales. In the afternoon the party start
ed on their return journey in the pres-
ence Of "a large crowd. who cheered wfth
enthusiasm as the car bore of the Prince
Ills Royal Highness declared himself 30
pleased with the run that ne requessc cd
NJ Ssrpollet TO take him for another ride
the following Monday Before the start
on that day Mcssrs. Gardner and Ser
pollet lunched with the Prince OF Wales.
who gave them an agreeable surprise by
presenting each with a scarfpln composed
Of bnliiants.
Finland Is no longer a member OF the
International postal union. rs by an i'm
perial Russian ukase the Finnish postage
stamp Is Withdrawn from use. and the
Russian postage stamp substituted. says
the Chicago Times Herald While che
Finnish postage stamp until few weeks
ago had no value w the eyes OF stamp
collectors. Il has now NJ one jump reached
20 the head OF the list. and will probably
De the most valuable IN the stamp col
lector's albums. The Firms are. Of course.
furious against Russia for this additional
demonstration Of the Bear 10 blot their
country on the map OF the world but
the Firms are by nature a stubborn PEG
pie. and the method they adopted to stlil
compel the Russian authorities TO for
ward letters with the Finnish postage
stamp is amusing. Their correspondence
they Enclosed in an ordinary envelope. on
which shey placed the Finnish postage
stamp IN the usual corner This envelope
was then inclosed IN n thin transparent
envelope. plainly showing the Finnish
stamp. The outside envelope was then
properly addressed and provided with
Russian postage stamp placed by the side