The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

son required one man for every four tons
or burden IN his ships. Modern machinery
enables vessels 81 to-day 20 DO with enc
man 20 every seventeen tons.
tis said that owing TO the mysterious
disapeparance % relics az che Naval Mu-
scum. Boston. Mass. Rear Admiral
sampson has ordered the place closed I'M
"a suitable arrangements can be- made 10
protect the properly On exhibition.
In Holland a law making vaccination
o. school children compulsory went into
erect in 1873. Prior 70 that time the
average death rate from smallpox was
elehty-nine IN every 10000 For the en-
SUNG sixteen years the average was sew
Ga tn l1a0o.
"A report o. Frank ". Hitchcock chief
q the division of foreign markets IN the
Agricultural Department at Washington.
says that. while butter S. the most valua-
BILE export 81 the Danes. "thcy import a
good deal 81 butter OF the cheaper sort
from the United states.'
The Columbus. O.. odge Of Elks asks
an members Of the order 60 discontinue
the use Of elks' soeth as emblems OF the
order Tho price % tusks has risen 20
such figure that hunters are killing the
animals Tor the teeth alone and exter-
minatiou Of the creatures s. threatened.
The japanese Man reports that tho
Coreau court has gone into mourning for
three days because the portraits OF me
imperial ancestors were destroyed In the
recent connagration. All oficialdom VIII
robe itself ln white and the inmates q
the palaces will wear sackcloth and fare
roughly.
Central America o. the tramps' Mecca.
There are many "hoboes" who drift down
there and none who come back. IN Mica
ragua or Costa Rica. for example, all they
have 10 do is 10 marry native wlfe aud
settle down in some little banana or co..
coanut grove 90 the interior TO life Of
peace and no work.
An enormous bed o. coal. which can
b utilized by the Russian navy. has been
discovered al q small place called oeheusk
in the Caucasus. about twenty miles as
tant from the sea. The coal extends over
an area Of about thirty miles and the
quantity Of fuel To one OF the districts in
vcs,igate-i is reckoned at about 53."1to3
tons.
When all other methods Of controlling
wild beasts fau the keeper has only to
employ an iron rod which has been made
reihot at one end" says an old circus
man Lions and tigers viii crinse be-
fore the heated poker. and no matter no"
restless and fretiul tney may have been
the sight Of the glowing iron Immediately
brings them 20 their best OF animal sen
ses."
omaha capitalists propose 70 tunnel
/ the great continental divide eighty mikes
Z west Of Denver aud twelve miles south %
/ Georgetown. and operate al electric road
! through H. IL will start at the base about
I fourteen miles from Grant and terminate
a. tho headwaters OF the Snake river.
aiIl b. 7.0pa feet long ami Loo feet deep
I The object is 20 facilitate mining oper-
ations.
III one may safely Judge from verdi,i
/ Just returned by jury In Valparaiso
Ina the citizens OF that town put an
uuprece,Ientedly low estimate on the value
/ OF a wifc.s affections. Dr. Claude IT,
/ Thompson OF Athens o.. sued Maurice
/ I.owenstein 81 VALPARAISO for winning
/ away the love ana regard Of Mrs Thomi-
/ son. The doctor sued for $1,000. the vet-
/ dict was for $40 and every woman IN Val
paradise is furious.
-Afrald-of- cloud. Crow Creek brave
/ % - has just been granted a divorce az
! Chamberlain. s. D.. from bis spouse,
I known as Mr. Ir0n-N al-Face- Afraid-oi-
/ Cioud. aged a. The defendant failed 10
appear in court and decree went by de-
fault plainfim having shown that his
wife whom he marr "a two years ago. rec
| fused to live with him a single day. The
| gay old brave intends TO make mother
hts fourth-veuture on the matrimonial
sea
a New Jorseyite with wife who is
"a church member and holds orthodox
views wanted 90 see the sights q New
I York IIe took a trip ana saw them. but
when he finally reached home he found
( nis wife had left Now she has CON
/ scented 10 return. but only after forcing
! him 20 issue "a public document 90 which
I ht- announces to an whom b. may con
Germ that he VIII never smoke. drink or
/ swear again and viii be a. home az 10
/ o clock each night
Lord Beauchamp's failure a. Governor
Of New South wales IS declared 10 have
/ been due mainly 20 the fact that he wac
/ unmarried. Australians do not like bach
/ eior Governors and have ia the past 20
empha,icaliy manifested this dislike that
/ candidates for the position have been
/ known 70 qualify by getting mlrricd 81 a
| hurry. The society women Of the colony
I want moro 'dones "a the capital than
I are easily obtalnabie with bachelor
| executive: hence Lord Beauchamp's M
/ zie.
a movement for the relief OF over
1 worked store employees has been organized
/ BY the Utah Federation OF Women 3
/ Clubs. The following rules have been
adopted. Not 10 shop or market on Sal
I urday afternoon. not 20 shop or market
I after O'Clock not 60 insist on packages
! being delivered on afternoon Of pure ass:
Z not TO delay Christmas shopping until last
I few days before Christmas By observ-
ing these requests the shoppers will re-
/ iievc employer and employees and abol-
/ fish The necessity FOR late hours. over
work and SUNDAY delivery.
IF j. Smith, che wcli-known politician
/ and ex-sherif OF Emmett county. Ohio. Is
/ circulating a petition to-day 10 clear his
record IN the civil War which reveals a
/ romantic statement or facts. In the early
I 60'H DIS older brother Garrison +. smith
% S. Chir. was enlisted ~ Company IL.
! Fourth Volunteer Infantry when he
was 20 start. his wife was sick unto
death aud Fiavel J.. by consent % the
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