The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

senator nees the camera.
The London Graphic says that Lord
Roberts, Notwithstanding statements to
the contrary is not at all likely to be
created a duke Only two men, Marlbor-
ough and Wellington, have ever been
created dukes for achievements purely
military.
of the British generals in South At
RIGA Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener, Lord
Dundonad, French and Macdonald never
passed the final examinations at the staff
college, as a critical NJ. p recently point
ed out to the House of Commons
Lord Kitchener has younger brother
living in New Zealand, who. instead of
following his three brothers into the army
chose lonely PASTORAL life. Arthur Buck
Kitchener is bachelor of 4S, and the own
er of an estate at Waihems Grange, near
Dunback, on the Shag river
Mile. Lucie Faure, daughter of the late
President of the French Republic. who
was known to be fond of study. has
made her debut in public as an authoress
In the liberal Catholic review Quinzaine
appears what is apparently the first of a
series of articles from her pen, entitled
Cardinal Newman, His Life and Works"
The etymology Of the word "picka-
minnie" is discussed by a writer in the
current number of the American Anthro-
pologst who says that its possible de-
rivation was pointed out by Sir Hans
Sloane in 1901 in his History of Jamai-
ca" "Plganinnes." said Sir Hans 'is a
corruption Of pequcnos ninos applied TO
the black or slave babies of Jamaica"
The Shawinigan Water and Power
Company will have its electrical works
ready early next summer, and will then be
ready to deliver 5000 horsepower The
company proposes to furnish electricity to
Montreal, eighty miles away, in the
spring of 1901 Ii is expected that Gle
tricity can be delivered at a low cost. as
the expense at Shawinigan Falls, where
the plant is placed, is very small.
Cardinal Ledochowski is the only
member of the Sacred College who has
had experience of the unpleasant side of
prison life. AS Archbishop of Posen and
primate of Poland, he refused to obey the
Falk laws, and was cast into prison in
consequence He was still the occupant
of cell when proclaimed cardinal in
March, 1876. Released and exiled in Feb
ruary, 1876 he proceeded to Rome where
he has resided. ever since.
The New York Press thinks that card
playing is on the increase. over 5000
600 capital is invested In this country in
the manufacture of cards." says the
Press, AM the output is no less than
100000 packs annually. Nine-tenths of
these are made by two concerns, which
export large quantities TO every country
on the globe with the exception of France
and Italy, whose governments control the
| business, manufacturing their own
stock
The electric locomotive, while slow to
make its appearance on the railroads of
| this country, is finding much use on the
INDUSTRIAL railways of manufacturing
establishments. In a locomotive recently
| built the novel combination has been
made of crane with an electric locomo-
| tive. 1t cannot only haul heavy loads, but
pick up such weights as frogs, switches,
! crossings, and rails, load them upon cars,
! and then haul them to any point desired.
1t runs by overhead trolley, and has been
| found to work successfully.
! "A woman who had ignored a sub
poena to appear as a witness in case
recently tried in Westmoreland, Kan,
was brought before the court by the sher-
| if to answer for contempt. What rea-
son, madam" said the Judge, severely,
have you for not obeying the summons
of the court?' 81 haint got none, Mr..
Judge she replied, "only we have small
pox down at our house, an l thought
you might be kinder sorter prejudoed
ag'in it" Court was instantly adjourned,
and the Judge, sheriff and onlookers
| stampeded for the outside
| "A good deal of ink is being expended
at the present moment on Comics prob
able pedigree Like Gen Joubert, he is
claimed as the descendant of French
! Huguenot family. His ancestors were
according to some, Calvinists, who, at the
time of the revocation of the edict of
| Nantes by Louis Quatorze, in 1885, emf
| grated to the Cape and settled there. The
| original name of the family was Crosner,
! which gradually assumed the Dutch name
| of Cronje The town of Meaux also
claims to be the cradle of the Cronje
family. At Meaux there were the Crog-
| nets or Crognes, some of whom were pub
| licly burned hereucs.
During last year the Swedish match
industry has increased in spite of Euro
p an and Japanese competition. The orig
| inal Swedish safety match is rega rded a
| safer and cheaper than those manufac-
| tured elsewhere. The Swedish industry
however will soon suffer from the want
of wood. The injudicious cutting down
| Of trees has produced the usual effect and
the destruction of slow growing trees has
not been accompanied by r5afforesting
and has all but exhausted the stock of
| trees, so that the wood has now TO be
| -
| land In 1898 $500 cubic feet Of this wood
came from St. Petersburg, Riga and LII
| bau. Russia has now begun to manufac-
ture safety matches herself and export
! duties have been put on the timber
Louis Goldschmidt. the United States
consul at La Guayra says that in the
whole of Venezuela there is not an Amer
lean dry goods store, this branch of bus
| mess being controlled almost exclusively
| by Germans, Frenchmen or native Vene-
| Zuelans. European manufacturers also
| seem to be able to book large orders
among the weather. classes there, al
!. though there is no reason why a lively
! American firm could not outclass any Esu-
| ropean merchant represented in the coun-
try. Great care should be taken, says the
consul, to make the packages or bales as
| light as possible. Articles of a dissimilar
| classification never should be put up in
! the same package or bale, as the whole
is sure to be assessed for duty according
| to the goods on which the highest rate is
| demanded.