The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-11
ITEMS or INTEREST.

school To- jerrey city ana taking their nrst
lessons in reading. Several Of the oder
women were born In slavery. and some OF
these have become sufficiently accomplish
Ell 70 read simple history Of the United
States With its record Of the emancipation
OF their race.
"A biu is TO be introduced IN the COM
ing Ncw York Legislature providing that
citizens who fan 10 register and vote
shalt be- drawn for jury duty before those
who exercise the right % suffrage Many
rich residents Of the Eastern metropo f.
have been escaping jury duty by refusing
to register. and the measure IS intended
20 reach such dehnqucnts.
Notwithstanding a report 70 the con-
trary. the Laplandcrs who are returning
10 their native land from Alaska. where
they have been engaged IN the care Of
reindeer state that the experiment OF
trnnsplaniinr the deer has failed. ana that
the climate q Alaska Is not healthful FOR
Laplauders. The failure Of the plan Of
propaEaung the deer Is duo TO the differ
enccs iu food conditions.
a committee has been appointed 10
revise the French naval signal book as
well as the system q tactics Tor light
squairons. 4 similar revision was made
Bon 1921 hy "a committee under the presi-
dencv % Admiral Charles Dupcrre The
present revision is due 20 tho fact that
when the squadrons met for mancuvcrs
IN she summer some discrepancies were
found 90 their practice.
Plans are under consideration az the
navy department for the employment Of
an naval cadets who shall graduate next
June as watch and division officers. and
the idea is 20 make these young men Of
flcers IN fact rather than as hitherto
keeping them as "A sort Of upper messcu-
ger boy. lin eveTbodys mess and no.
body watch" This action Of thc depart
ment Us In anticipation OF the abolition Of
the two years course az sea.
An authority on bacteriology says
that many disease may be traced 20 the
cltlng az unWashed fruit. and particular
ly 90 unwashed grapes. After washing
some grapes which had stood Tor Ions
time Ga 4 basket on a fruit stand the
man Of science found that the water con-
tanned tubercie hacilH in sufficient quani-
ties 90 Kill a guinea pig In two days. Two
other guinea PIGS which were inoculated
with the serm-infected water died within
six weeks.
The conee-g growing industry in tropi-
cal Africa IS developing tremendously.
The seed was introduced into the country
about i've years ago by some mission
aries. with the object OF ascertainius
whether tho resource OF the country were
favorable 20 the culture OF the article.
Tho ground appears peculiarly adapted to
the Industry. since last year 100 tons OF
conee were exported from Uganda alone.
ard tho rssGt ~ .his years production
will Dee even greater.
-Oll-umc rawubrokers IN New York
are 10 meet increased competition from
The Prov.dent Loan society. which was
"A pct scheme o. tho late Commodore Van
ierbilt 3 third branch or the society IS
about 20 be opened. this time ia che Ten
derlOin district. richest Of an fields for
the ptwnbrokcr. Its ucNt-door nclghb0rs
vii BE- John L. Sullivans saloon and
I gambling house. ana viii charge / par
cent q month The eight pawu-hrokers
already located Ia that district charge
three times as much.
China IS peculiar as being the haN-
tlt OF the most northern species Of mon
key found These inhabit the mountains
north OF Pekiu. ana are entirely frcs
from the diseases which carry of tropical
monkeys when introduced into cold cli-
mates. They enjoy playing in tho snow
I and apparently do not suffer IN the least
{ from the cold. They. too. grow 90 a
/ large size. adults reaching nearly three
/ and enc hall feet Ia hight They a q
I very intelligent and large numbers arc
{ taken and trained Tor exhibition by the
Z Chinese.
( "A Missouri boy serving in the Philip
/ pines. writes home: Cotton grows spon-
taneously here as does nearly everything
q 4. go
I Is no war The danger We are IA Is by
{ being caught out after dark alone or on
the road with only four or five men. Then
YOU are liable 90 get your head cut on
l with a. bolo. the Filipino knife. IL is all
most like tho American cornkuife only
4 it has slight curve IN II and is pointed
/ They tell me that 80 you ore captured by
I the insurgents YOU are treated an right
/ bus n you fall into the hands Of the negro
/ buswhackcrs the chances are that you
/ will never live 20 tell it,
--latest reports from the Kentucky
| sent from Gibraltar. show that this fine
/ ship bids fair 60 be "A record breaker tn
/ the matter Of efficiency. for on her ar
I rival az that point. following "a very sue
/ cessful run across the Atlantic. her ma
/ chinery and boilers were reported as be-
\ Ing IN the same condition "a when she
]
/ The Kentucky 40 Manila viii he watched
I with deep interest by the navy desart-
meut officials. for the anticipation amoug
l those competent 70 Judge IS that this yes
fel Will be as efficient In the matter u
/ long and successful cruising as her Illus
/ trious predecessor. the oregon.
some boys IN Macon Mo, recently
I fed the contents OF a box 81 seidntz pow
/ ders to a goat belonging 20 a family
which had recently moved into the neigh
1 borhood. Then taking 10 for granted that
I he was thirsty. they LED Billy 20 near
/ hy trough and permitted him TO drink
/ heartily. Soon the nzzlng began and the
I goat tore down the street toward the
/ woods al a reckless pace. some neg rOes
I living several miles out OF town claim 20
Z have seen Old Nick himself. as they YER
[ iiy believed. rushing along the road m
I broad Daylight His majesty resem hled
Z an enormous goat they said. but they
/ recognized him as the devil because he
I was splitting fire and birthstone
"A collection Of Civn War relics has
been landed in Brooklyn. n y by a
| freight steamer. Il consists Of 500 tons az
/ she'll grapcshot, bullets and fuses The
proJectiles. running from thlrty-two
round shot 10 tcn-inch shells. had been
/ crushed ana broken under trip hammers.
| but the grapeshot aud some canister. also
I the fuses and lo1den bullets. were infect
| The collection comes from Forts Gaines
md Morgan. which were a part Of the
defeueCe Of Mobile bov ard lt will be