The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-25

church. lie served two TENS as c.,y en-
ginecr.
Paul. the distinguished ostrich in The
Cincinnati Zoo, has been cured OF paraiy
sis by the application OF electricity. The
bird caught cold and his long legs become
paralyzed. The keeper applied a sirens
electric battery and on the fiIst day the
ostrich began to witch The treatment
was continued until now the bird is as &C
tive as ever.
A resident of IMo. Kan, MN M
Clelland recent Y tod a Mr. Sharp that
unless the lat err should ase payifg at
tenton TO Mrs. McClci.a, d there NO II
lie a murder and funeral. Sharp there
upon caused McClellard to be lodged in
ia On the charge of having mad homi-
ciCal threa' S and then pi o ,teded to cop,
with the prisoners wife.
The building al Guthrie. Okla. in
which most of the ter itorial Offices are
located seems to lie infes ell with soor-
pi,ns. Two OF the TO soncus rep les were
recently Had in the rooms occupied by
the school and d-partms Mt. One o. the
scorpions stung Charlts Cur ming am a
clerk, n three pieces on lis he DIV. but
The injuries did not prove s, rlous.
The act proviting a civil government
for tie territory OF Ala ka is sa d to b.
the most voluminous m assure ever PASSED
y Congress. AS fiji in The state part
ment II max s PSI pages # printed parch-
mont For conV enience in handling the
sheets we're not fastened tog he in the
custom airy form, but were divided irto
six "a is, ard each OF the six par was
priced in thin wooden y. Fh of thes'
cover ngs we're each fa-tan.d wi the
u 10 a ixT
VIII oh n eined The concluding p'ge Of
the measure. to which The President af-
fixed lis signature, was provide with
siiGing top 50 that its contents could be
east y removed.
If the idea OF \. N. Arckae, a Syrian,
should be adopted. the picturesque COWBOY
of the Western prairies would give way TO
the sti'l more picturesque Syrian horse
mon. Mr.. Arckae has evolved tire plan IN
his journey across the country. Tho o.her
day he wns at the Union DEPOT al Denver,
waiting for an eastbound train to br ne
MIN back to New York after a visit in
the interest of business to San Francisco
The problem OF finding suitable occupl-
Lon for my people who are comiog to the
United States has been long a serious one
to me- said Mr. Arckne "and it struck
me when | saw the great catte ranges
over which the herds roamed that tbs
Syrian, who is by nature a horseman, l.
exactly suited 10 the work done by the
COWBOYS"
The loadei OF the Coomassie relief
force, Lieut.. Col. James Wi lcoc5s. c.
n. G.. has long and dis inGuishcd reco~I
of war service beginning with tie Afghan
War OF 1879 From 1856 to 1857 he acted
in Rurmah as a transpor, officer and IS
head OF the field commissar'at acting also
as road commandant. The Chin Lushai
expedition of 1880, the Manipur expadi-
lion of 1891 and the campaign ON the
northwest frontier OF India also found
him actively engaged In the last named
campaign he was assistant adjutant gen
oral Of the Tochi field forces During 1897
% he was on the Niger. Col Wlllcocks
hos frequently been mentioned in lis
patches. and for his services n the Bur
mese expedition he received the Di tin
gushed Service Order.
Sir Claude MacDorn d, British MINIS
ter to China, is a son OF a soldier and
was soldier himself lie joined tie
Scventy-fourtb Highlandcrs as a yoltl.
and in 1882 served throughout the Egyp-
ian campaign, being pre- sent al the bat
tie of Tel-el- kebir Not satisfied with
his experience Of active service he VolIa-
teered for the First Battalion BLACK
Watch two years later and took part in
the battles of FL Teb and Tamai ia
war Office then attached him 10 the agAn-
cy at Cairo. where he worked with such
good will that he soon became Zanzibar
consul general. West A rica. the Nieer
territories, the Oil river protectorate
Fernando Po and Camoroons have also
felt the value OF his service. &; d he OBJ
tanned his present post in 1855.
The rapid developmcnt Of what NAV
be called balloon meteorclogy has r sui
ed, says Science, in The publicati n Of
large number of articles on this subject
within the last four or five years. 50 lar
indeed that il has been din ,ult ev n for
the student of meteoro'ogy to keep M with
the literature. One Of the test of he e
publications is q German work an octave
pamphlet Of lel pagfs. a resume o
entire subject edited by Dr. A SIN nm ana
containing articles by several Of 9 sar
wants. who have been active associated
with scientific bal coming in Europe The
book IS a striking illustration Of lie ap-
idity with which the Investigation Of tn
upper air by means of balloons has pro-
crossed. Record is given of II asc nts
from Feb. 10, 1895, to the end of 1889
Prof Able. in the Monthly Wca her
Review, takes 10 task a ce,tli1 sctol
textbook OF geography because OF t.
statement that "Jhc warm winds known
as the Chinook winds, from the z cidc
heated by the Japan current may sp ng
up even in the coolest weather" This
view as 10 the source of warmth Of the
Chinook winds is entirely erroneous, &C.
cording TO Prof Able, just as Is a < mi ar
view formerly commonly held in regard to
the warmth OF the Swiss "foehn." viz.
that that wind, coming down warm d
dry IN the Northern Alpine valleys has its
origin in the desert o. S hara. Thu
'foehn" arc the result OF the wa ming
by compression Of The descending aie. n
was very fully explained by Ha, Il. 10 the
case OF the "foehn" some years ago Com
pliers Of school text books should max.
an effort 10 keep a little closer 10 the heels
OF the rapidly advancing sayants than hey
sometimes do.
The parish Of Holme in Ely diocese
has. in consequence OF the drainage of
the fens especially the famous Whittlesea
Mere, so extended itself that about half
The population ere practically out OF roacn
Of Their parish church says Tit Bits.
The vicar, to Gssist him In getting at these
outside parishioAcrs. is using a kind of
houSe-boat which can be moved from poiut
to point on the large fen dyke or canalized
river surrounding three-fourths Of the
parish. The craft, fitted up as a church
with small American organ. portable
pAlpit, and lectern. and conveniences for
INC administration Of the holy conn1unin,,
an3 baptism, has received the full license
81 inc Bishop cf Ely. and been so.emnly
ueocoted by the archdeocon of Hunlinc.
uOn. lhere Is accommodation far , -.