The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-26
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dents OF the metropolis look down on the
streets from above and hence they are
beginning 20 paint elaborate signs on the
tops Of their delivery wagons as adver-
tisements OF their~sto
The news OF the recent fight between
Fitzsimmons and sharkey seems 60 have
GUST reached japan and several papers
10 Toxic have printed long accounts OF
the fsiic encounter The names OF the
principals appear In the japanese accounts
as "Fultsuzushlmon" and "Shiyaker.'
Two Of the old cannon which The Brit
ish took from the French in l7s and
threw into the harbor % Louisbourg have
been tshed out OF the water and sent TO
Toronto. having been purchased from the
finders by the Canadian government Each
cannon Is about nine feet ,ong. and weighs
over 800 pounds.
Arguments for small horses in war is
one capable OF almost mathematical dem
onstratIou. In every campaign horses
have necessarily 20 put W with short ra-
tons. often with semi-starvation, and the
horse that can do with the least and
worst food lnsts ,ho longest. and the
longest lasting wins. II. then a small
horse can maintain himself where a big
one s'arves. doing equal or nearly equal
work. the small horse Is demonStrably the
better
1T Is the rule OF the War Department
20 grant honorable discharges RON the
army 20 soldiers who desire TO get into
business IN the Philippines 4 large num-
Ter Of officers and men In the volunteer
regiments have already done 50. and
many other whose commissions or
I terms 81 enlistment expire in July next
/ have made applications. This Is consid-
| cred ono Of the most effective methods Of
Americaniz.ng the island.
The English ana American Register.
/ published AZ Berlin. Germany. says Jun
der date Of Nov q that the United States
| consulates at Frsnkfort-on-M Main. Stuff
CART, Munich. Nurnberg and Bamberg
tavc received subscriptions aEgregating
2i.0o marks for che relief or the victims
OF tho Texas hurricane food. Al the sug-
I gestiou OF Vice Consul Hanauer. Al
/ Frankfort -on-Maln. other United States
Consuls In Germany made collections for
the Galveston fund and RENTED the same
direct 20 this country.
During the past year the state OF Penn
sylvania has purchased more than 100
90 acres OF land to BE- used as a forest "
Is not adapted TO agriculture for the pur-
pose OF timber culture has been adopted
b. both Pennsylvania and New York. thc
/ objects being 20 insure a necessary meas
ure 81 rainfall 10 preserve the purity Of
mountain streams. 20 provide for the even
flow OF streams the power OF which is
utilized by manufactures and the like.
The French student who follows the
traditions" says an American who has
Just returned from Paris. wears his hair
in tho Venetian manner. In heavy masses
It Hes on his forehead and cheeks. cover
lag his ears. and In the back II H. cut
square a little below his collar His soft
felt hat has a brlm five or six inches wide,
and the crown Is not creased. hue pinch-
ed up into a kind Of cone. He wears cor
duroy trousers that are tight about the
aukle. but so voluminously wide from
there up that they fan in folds and pleats
like tho divided ski-ts OF women. lie has
a belt around his waist. with a dagger
stuck in In cold weather he wears a
Spanish cloak. throwing tho end over his
shoulder with the air OF a grandee In this
dress the young man does not attract any
comment in Paris. He 10 merely one OF a
million there who are all got up in a
manner equally odd.
Philadelphia Record. there was once ar
old woman who kissed her COW and said
| Every one 10 his own taste out az Bus.
tlet0n there D. gentleman farmer who
can give the aforesaid old woman card.
and spades and beat her at her own game
He does not kiss his COWS, but does some.
thing more remarkable. lie actually
Z scrubs their teeth with a large tooth
brush, This man has many peculiar
ideas about his live stock. and particular
Is his COWS which are OF the very fines
breeds. So cautious is he about their eat
ing and drinking that all the weter th'
COWS use Is distilled II Is said that h
has a separate toothbrush for each COW
and as he cannot depend upon his met
! 10 do the brushing. he does IL himself
using the very best CASTLE soap. lie feels
that IN adopting this course ne is assured
OF pure milk, free from the possibility o
microbes.'
In the way OF financial deals. says thu
Golden Penny. the Sultan has scored
few successes. Here Is an amusing story
on the point Some time ago he sent foi
a well-Snown Jewish banker OF Stambou
TO hear the latest gossip OF the exchange
While Abraham was being conducted {,
the palace the court messenger beggef
him, should the sultan question him OF
the matter. 10 say that consols were a
30. as His Majesty had been so Informed
! by his ministers. tnsuspecting Abraham
saw no harm In corsentinE to the request
sure enough. during the audience. tn,
Sultan inquired as 10 tho state OF tn.
funds. and the banker made the proniset
reply. Abdul expressed himself delighted
and 20 the horror OF Abraham. HANDED
him "a large bundle Of bonds and instruct
cd him TO sell at 30 They were on,
salable ~ p however. and poor Abraham
70 keep up tho plot. had TO make up N,
difference out OF his own pocket Tn.
whole plan" moreover. was arranged h,
the sultan himself
If any one is so lucky as 10 fnd on.
Of the shooting stars" which will fal
IN the mcteoric showers due the 1sth and
an OF this month. says the Washington
Post' he may congratulate himself or
having captured a prize worth its weigh,
IN gold The number OF collectors OF me.
teorhes IS increasing. and the conpeti.
ton between the different cabinets. pub.
Tic and private. has caused a great ad.
vance in the price OF rare specimens
The largest and finest collection Of me.
teorites on this side % the Atlantic - the
one In the Harvard Mineralogical Mu.
scum In Cambridge Reckoning Europear
collections II ranks about nth or SIKH
In tho world. The British museum has the
best collection. as q has OF 50 many other
things. and the cabinets in Vienna and
Paris rank next. The principal part OF thu
O. q HHalr aaiN aNf H. a..