The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-30
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icaI Scnooi IN Baltimore. She gradua ted
with honors, though for a long time dur
ing her course of study she was the de-
voted nurse of her husband, who died of
consumption some months ago.
The people of Winchester. w. Va, are
very anxious to make that town attrac-
tive as a summer resort, but the abuud-
ance of mosquitoes has thus far inter
fered with their plans. In order to do
away with the mosquito pest, therefore,
the Town Council has just passed an or
dinance requiring every citizen to pour
Kerosene on every open pool on his prop
erty daily, and providing that every open
RAIN barrel shall have a spigot az the bot
tom, so that its contents may be drawn
off before they become stagnant.
The authorities of Sydney, New South
Wales have been conducting a vigorous
fight against the plague, with encourage
ing results. The starting point Of the
disease in Sydney was in the waterside
premises in Darling harbor. where nearly
all imported produce is unloaded and
where rats abound. The government
treated this section of the city bit by
bit, quarantining a certain area, catching
all the rats possible, pulling down prem
ises thaF were absolutely intolerable and
disinfecting and withdrawing every
where.
The population of Belgium according
to census returns. which have just been
made public, was 6,744. $50 on Dec. 81. 1899
OF this number 1858, 1876 were males and
1881 096 females. Officially, Antwerp is
the most populous city. witch 2S2 01S inhab-
itants, and Brussels follows with 21O O65;
but if the eight contiguous suburbs of
Brussels (Which are practically parts of
The city, had been counted her popula ton
would have been $40. SS4. The other prin-
cipal cities of Belgium rank as follows
Liege. 171,O3l; Client, 163, $50; Bruges, S.
$50; Namur, 81, ITO. and Mons, $3.50
The Supreme Court of Rhole Island
has just decided that flowers are a neces-
sary feature of funeral. The case I'M
der consideration was an action brought
by florist against the administrators of
the estate of a deceased citizen, who had
refused to pay the plaintiff for flowers
furnished on The credit of the estate The
court justified the expenditure. remark
ing that the custom of having flowers at
funerals is well-nigh universal in this
country. and that when not abused by
extravaganza or unseeminly ostentation
1t is certainly to be commended giving
appropriate expression to our feelings of
respect and love for the departed.
- nc ISiGClIlCdl NOIlQ anu LIHSlilttT
suggests that in view of the difficulty in
getting news from Pekn, it might be as
well for the legations in barbarous re-
gtons to have apparatus sent them at
once, as news from the legations should
be available at all times, and, imperfect
as the wireless system is. it is far better
than nothing, and a lot of lives might be
saved by its use. The journal also de-
ciares that it is equally imperative chat
direct cable communication be established
with China. as, while ii would be STRAIT
egic" at first, it would be commercial
within a short space of time. The fact
that the only way of getting news to and
from China by telegraph is by way Of
Asia and Europe is declared to be folly
in these days.
German business mel hods are super
Tor to ours" says the American consul at
Sydney. Australia, in his last report
THE American agent too often says
You want this; it is the latest and best
thing OUT And while he is arguing his
customer into good humor. the German
says: Tell me just what you want and
you shall have it by the Barbarossa.' The
American wants to satisfy himself; the
German wants to satisfy his customer.
The German is a merchant, while too Of
ten the American is a missionary. If the
Germans would improve the quality of
their wares and give half as much at
tention to style as Americans do, we
would have to look out for our laurels
But in view of their enterprise we have
hard competitor in this people,
When Sir Richard Burton was travel
ing among the Afghans in the disguise of
holy fakir. he came to a village that i'm
pressed him favorably as a place to stay
for a few days of rest Wishing to keep
tip his assumed character, he exerted him
self to make a good impression as a holy
man. He was surprised when an elder
quietly sought him and advised him to go
away. Sir Richard not unnaturaIly in
quired whether the villagers were not
pleased with him, or whether he had done
anything to offend them. quite the con-
trary," said the old man. "'The people
are so impressed with your holiness that
they think your tomb or shrine would he
most valuable thing to have in the vii
lage, and they have been discussing all
night what would be the best means of
securing it," At that point Sir Richard
Burton became convinced that he had
overacted his role, and that it would be
but the part of wisdom to put few miles
between himself and the village as uuick xiv
as possible.
London Morning Post from Germiston,
South African Republic, describes a pic
turesque incident that occurred on the
eve of the occupation of that town at the
end of May. In the course of an isola ed
attempt by body of mounted infantry
to enter the town two troopers were shot
one fatally, as the men were cantering
back TO cover. The horse of the other
stopped for a while by itsNmaster then
walked over and took a look al the dead
n an, and then went back to the other,
rubbing him with its nose and pretend ng
to 80 away without him. Finally, as
though realizing the wounded mans help
less condition, it knelt down beside him.
the trooper making several Intellectual at
tempts to scramble into the saddle Mean
time the enemy had begun to fire on the
horse, which scampered off, while the
trooper-a Colonial-managed to stagger.
a few yards al a time, to the shelter of
the railway. There raising himself on
one arm, he waved the other to his horse
which cantered back at the signal TO the
rest of the troop" 1t is interesting 10
know that the horse can thus be disci-
plined to the display of sagacity almost
as great as that of a collie
DIR. A. E. Wright, professor of pa
thology in the British Army Medical
School, at Netley, has published some ex-
tremely interesting and significant tables
showing the results of the ant-tvnboi5a l