The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-01
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ing a series OF sermons exposing Chris
tian Science" said the other evening tnat
Miss Eddy's dangerous doctrines were "a
mere mass OF mystical vagaries and dis
eazed dreams" and that while using the
name Of God she cunningly concealed the
fact that her book Is atheistic In It's real
teaching.
Tho viii OF Stephen Crane. probated
IN England. has been presented IN surro-
gate Howelis Court at Goshen. y. Y.
Judge n. a.. Crane OF Port Jervia, "a
brother OF the testator. Is the executor In
America Mr. crane bequeaths his house
hold gooSs ANA furniture at his former
home In England 10 his wife. ana allows
her all the royalties from his books and
writings AZ long as she lives. The will
provides for the education Of stcplpn
Crane. a son OF =. u. Crane OF Port Der
Wis. brother Of the deceased. The re-
maindcr OF the property r. equally divided
between his brothers. Judge w u. Crane
and r. b. Crane. OF Port Jervis. He had
no real estate.
Though the machines now used by
the postofiice department for eanceiing
the stamps on letters can handle from
0ooo to 5o.o0o envelopes per hour. their
work Is not rapid enough 10 meet the in
creaslng demands Of the service. ana ex-
perimenth are being made with new de-
vices with a capacity three times as great
as that Of the Old ones. The New York
Times expresses the opinion that even
tuaily the work OF the canccling ma
chimes will have to be facilitated by the
universal use OF envelopes OF two or three
prescribed shapes and sizes and by the rigid
enforcement Of the ruse as 10 the position
OF the stamp on the envelope The uni
Of 4 p
lily extend 10 the quality OF the paper out
Of which they should be made. 50 there
would stlli be room for the display Of
personal taste In the matter.
American coal has been tried on the
Bavarian State railways. Il was found
superior to German coal but this Is or
set by It's high price. II costs per ton
delivered at Munich. Is marks (t6.l9 while
the Ruhr coal can b. had for Is marks
S42O per ton. There Is also 20 be con-
sidercd the fact that the American coal.
during It's four weeks journey and re-
peated transshipments. losss a consider
able percentage AZ the mines Il Is load
ed on cars. NJ the seaport Il Is put on
shipboard. at Hamburg or Bremen Il Is
again loaded into cars-by all Of which
Il is broken and suffers a considerable
loss IN weight. In consequence OF all
American coal on German railways Is I'm
der present conditions. impossible.
What are we coming 20 when the
bridegrooms shirt is described In an ac-
count OF wedding. and not word is
said about the brides dress A dispatch
from Cincinnati TO the Chicago Chronicle
says: The shirt-waisted man in the role
Of a bridegroom was In all probability
I u.
Durham. a young farmer residing near
Mount Lookout. who married Elizabeth
Scully OF No. 92i Barr street The cerc-
mony was performed In the lunacy divis-
ion OF court by Rev Clayton Vs. Eldridgc.
| pastor OF the Poplar Street Presbyterian
Church. The bridegroom wore neither
coat nor suspenders. but displayed a
beautiful shirt OF pure white silk elab-
orately embroidered down the button
plat In front with yellow flowers strung
| together by a wavy vine. Mr.. Durham
would scorn to be known as a dude and
| ordinarily cares little about dress. The
weather was warm and his idea met with
| the smiling approval Of his blushing
| bride.
The rights OF the wheelmen IN Indian
/ apolis have been invaded By the Mayor,
who has instructed the police TO prevent
I the standing OF MNeHls against tue tNEla
/ In the business streets. This action was
| taken. Il Is said. at the lnstigat!on Of busl-
ness men. who have made complaints that
! bicycles left at the curbs obstruct the
streets and annoy people alighhng from
| Carriages. Court action TO test the matter
/ b contemplated. and Il would appear that
/ the wheelmen have a good cnse. As The
/ Indianapolis Press argues. "the rider q a
! bicycle Is entitled to the use OF the street
/ equally with the owner Of carriage. His
/ bicycle is IN the same class OF vehicles
| with the carriage. taxed in the same way.
and IN a greater degree than the carriage
/ In proportion to the use OF the street and
I he IL entitled TO cxsctly the same privil-
/ eyes. There would be just as much rea-
son in requiring carriages TO he left az
/ livery stables instead Of kept waiting la
| front of shops for their owners as IN re-
! quiring bcyclists to store their wheels
while they are busy IN the shops"
The report for 1889 OF the United
/ States Commission of Fish and Fisheries.
/ just issued. contains an interesting arti-
/ Gle on the feasibility Of introducing oys-
/ tera and other marine species into the
Great salt Lake. H. r. Moore was deput-
/ ed by the commission to make a series
| Of experiments. and after having done
so he reports as follows: THE main body
/ OF the lake ana large part OF its shores
| are entirely unit for the Introduction OF
marine animals Of economic value owing
/ % the high salinity OF the water. The
/ proportional constitution OF The saline con
/ tents OF the waters OF Great Salt Lake
/ Is not vastly different from that OF salt
water. Great SGlt Lake is salt and not
alkaline. The physiological effect OF It's
/ waters upon organisms placed therein
/ probably would not seriously differ from
that Of sea water were Il not for its high
density. but to attempt TO introduce fishes
or other marine animals into water hav-
/ ing a specific gravity OF LIES when they
have become adapted by nature 20 a dons-
| iiy OF but LOS. would be an utter waste
/ Of effort"
AT last an effective way to dispose OF
the Western pest. the prairie dog. has
been devised. a bulletin issued by the Ne.
br2ska Agricultural Experiment Station
| t@ils about Il. ana gives the fatal prescrlr,-
/ ucn, First dissolve three ounces OF
strychnine and oue-half pound OF potas-
stun cyanide In one quart OF boiling wa
ser. Then add two quarts OF molssess ana
l ore teaspoouiul OF ou OF anise Stir. Then
pour the solution over a bushei Of wheat.
and while mixing II together sprinkle in
| four pounds OF underground cOrnmeal
which enables the grains Of wheat 70 car
| ~ large amount OF poison. Il Is tempt.
ing 4,sh Tor the prairie dog. but one tea
/ spoonful 40 hole ends the career OF the
I whole family and the uropsrt fau gf,srr