The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

has there been a divorce.
"A Washington correspondent CHANGED
to look up at directory of a private Of
flee building in Washington the other day,
and there he saw the names of no less
than nine eX-cong ressmen, not to mention
those of other ex-officials. The inclination
to linger about Washington is so strong
that men who have been poisoned with
the taste for official atmosphere cannot
be content to try their fortunes al home
Charcoal is almost the only fuel used
in Havana, which is a city of 2S0,030 in
habitants, and as the masses live from
hand to mouth and buy only the smallest
possible amounts at a time there are
hundreds of great, unwieldy charcoal
carts constantly traversing the streets
says the Chicago Record. Charcoal has
an advantage as fuel, which shows in
Havanas cleanliness or freedom from
coal, SCOT or ashes. Few houses have
chimneys. Over the large stone and tile
| ranges of the kitchens there is an ex-
panded canopy terminating above in a
square or oblong funnel leading to a fue
which ends flush with the roof
The Paris exposition will be brilliant
ly illuminated at night. There viii be 3116
ncandescent lamps at the great entrance
gate, in addition to II very large arc
| lights; on the cupola and minarets there
will be eight searchlights and 16 simple
reflector lights upon the pylons. The Al
| exander III bridge will be lighted by JOB
| fncandescent lamDs of III candle power.
The electricity building will be lighted by
| 5000 incandescent lamps, eight search
lights and four plain arc projectors. on
| the water palace there will be lG9S incan
| descent lamps. In all, says the Electrical
| Review there will be u, 554 lights. These
will only light the buildings as far as
| The exposition authorities are concerned.
| Private individuals, corporations, etc, will
| of course, require many thousand lamps
| for lighting their exhibits There will be
ia arc lights on the Champs Elysees.
The former official estimate of the
wooded area of the United States, placed
at 26 per cent, has been reised to 81 per
cent. by the latest computa tons of the
| Division of Geography and Forestry of
| the U. S. Geological Survey. That office
| has issued a bulletin containing new fig
ureS on American forests, some of which
| tend to prove the national timber re-
| sources greater than is supposed The
| two latest States to be examined are
Oregon and Washington. The former is
estimated TO contain 23465S million feet,
| B. NJ in standing timber; the latter,
HATS million feet. Destruction by fire
has been exceedingly serious in Washing
ton. On the assumption that the burned
timber as the untouched portion, 10000
million feet have been destroyed since
numbering began. This amount would
supply all the sawmills of the United
States for two years, and at value of
only 70 cents a thousand, means a dead
loss to the State of S90,00O,000. The amount
actually logged in the same period has
been 5000 million feet, making the esti-
mate by the same comparison of areas.
| Oregon has suffered less from both fire
and numbering, owing to the smaller
facilities for marketing the product.
A German critic publishes in the
Frankfuter Zeitung letter on the geogra-
ply of Hamlet which, If the statements
made therein are relable-and there
| seems to be no reason for doubling them
will have particular interest for Shakes
| pearean students. The correspondent
writes: 1.-The question has often been ask
ed why Shakespeare removed Hamlet,
VINO was born in Jutland. to the Castle
OF Kronborg, near Helsngoer, or Elsi-
more, on the Island of Seeland, and how
the English bard came to have such
curiously exact knowledge of the local
| conditions of the little Danish seaport.
These questions are now answered by an
| old document found a sort time ago in
the archives of Helsinger In this record
| we are informed that the burgomaster OF
| the town had wooden fence or shed
erected in the year 1885, and that this was
destroyed by a troupe of English actors.
The names of the latter are mentioned,
| and among them are found some of whom
It is known that they were members of
| Shakespeare's company. From this
| therefore, it may be concluded that this
troupe or several members thereof had
| given representations in the year named
in Helsinger or Elsinore and that Shakes
| peare had obtained from them a descrip-
| di0D of tha Castle TIC
| ST rroundings."
During the terrible struggle in Russia
in 1876 our troops were clad in costly
furs to preserve them from the rigours
of Russian winter says the London
Daily Mail. The coats of the officers
were made of fine brown fur, cut in
the wel-known military shape of the
time. The coats and cloaks for the men
were not of so fine a quality but were
nevertheless, of good substantial make
and were Furthermore, supplied with
waterproof shoulder-covering Both Of
ficers and men alike wore very strong
overalls of cowhide, and it is on record
that one city firm alone secured con-
| tract to supply $4,000 suits of this ma
terial for the men, and 10000 more for
| officers. noted furrier made no fewer
than $1,000 pairs of large fur gloves to
complete a single order Those regiments
Guards, were supplied with sealsl<in
head-dress, an exact copy of that worn
! by Arctic explorers. This cap was pro-
nounced to be both warm and easy to
wear, and was boon to many poor fell
| lows who otherwise must have suffered
terribly from frost-bite. Whatever may
! have been the mistakes of that war there
was no stinginess on the part of the gov
eminent in providing the soldiers with
warm clothing as is evidenced by the
/ fact that one consignment of stores in
| cluded 250,000 pairs of gloves, 100000 pairs
/ of lambs wool stockings, some 5000
! flannel gowns for the hospitals, and 1000
greatcoats for wear over the others
Women have taken no active part in
the profession of arms for many ages, but
abroad the woman colonel is established.
! However, she is nothing more than orna-
mental. During the last few dec
| AIDES the fashion Of naming roy
al women as colonies of regi-
ments has increased rapidly. and to-day
| tWenty-eight princesses hold these nosi-