The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-23
ITEMS or INTEREST.

MINI. has cleared shipments o. trihe
over 80 90 gross tons o. iron ore for the
reason. Thls ls the largest shipment ."
notut OF tonnage ever made py any nlhe
ln the world. being al tho rate q anoat
oo0 tons a day fol every shipping any OF
the season.
A Ros.onian. while exploring the hles
OF paper printed in his town just a
century aeo came across this rather
startling advertisement -. Roger. ~
forms those ladies who wish % Boz dress
- bv him. either on assc emily or bai
DAYS. 60 give him notice The previous day.
Ladies who engage 10. and don't dress
must pay him hllf price
col George =. Gross OF Kansas city
has spoon shot cost him $500. Years
ago he was offered that sum for his share
10 Mexican mine. tie refused nnd
day OF Two later the property was noois'i
81 rains Then came cave-in wairh
ruined tho property out 81 Che ore on
tho hank Mr Gross had a silver spoon
mnIe. and that is all he has 10 show for
hia 5000.
As the result 81 an election bet two
black bears via march IN the inaugural
parade IN Washington next March. ".
3
GALES All. made she bet. The former
won ana by the terms Of the wager
Will iead the bears. which were captured
Ia the santa Rita mountains. After the
parade they will be- given 20 the Wash
nrton geological gardens
Ia s. believed by many that The Dry
climate Of Southern oklahoma and the
southern district Of Indian Territory is
g. ton
81 the finest grades ~ cotton. During the
season lt has developed that tna cotton
grown IN the ChoctaW Nation was ~ q
good fiber. grading above the average ana
ia great demand for export. A great don't
has been shipped 70 Germany ana Eng
land.
The display o. Lecnl5s this year has
been very Disappointing. only few hay-
lns been seen. il Is probable that their
orat has become changed taking them
farther away from us. Assistant Probes
sor Wendell OF Harvard University. says
that un8ess during the next g years the-e
Z shah be another change in the orbu Or
the meteors bringing them back near
the earth. We shall see no more or tho
ancient November shower o. Leonids
The few which have been seen TINS year
were STRAY mctcors which had wandered
out OF -. I'sN'"' pan ~ -.
' ~, =, 80 IS, 80, ,,nc ale
I .,,rn.r1,, b. sr,... ,ghi,b mas brought a
large BODY near the path OF tho Lconids.
I -hus cVerung an attraction on thcm and
f causing them to change their orbit.
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'i tNe '"'''"- num-
/ Monthly Mr. Werkerk gives 40 htefe''
T fne sketch OF the coffee tree Kanra ir
the eoutherr part OF Abyssluia. is given
IL tho native home OF coffee. IL was not
uutU b haA been h. usr for centuries hy
tho Arlbf,na thss a plant was carried "a
lava la f-s a trre from lava was sent
~ Arn.tertln ana when if lowered ana
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b.e. concludes che writer. that we shouls
owe 9" hueh To so small Beginning
Prof Norton says in Popular sciencs