The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-18
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The Danish shipyards which turned
out the yacht Standard for the Gar are
nov engaged in the couEiructiou OF an
other yacht FOR the Muscovite Emperor
whicu While smaller. L. 20 far surpass
everything az yet known In comfort aud
luxury. IL l. 20 BE- used 81 the sem.
inland waters OF the Russian euif. ana
espec ally on the great rivers which ira
verse tac empire IN every direction.
Divers who have been a. work in the
sca be- aeen Cape NIaiapan and the island
o. Corieo. the ancient Kythera. report
that they have seen statue and other
archaeological objects They have
brought 90 the surface a hand which
must have belonged to n great bronze
statue The Grecian government has UNI
dertaken the supervision 81 the further
researches which viii be- made.
-Thibet b larger than Fance Germany
ara Spain combined. and has a popuia-
tion q sofoooo IL IS ruled over by Dalai
Lama who acknowledge only nominal
allegiance 10 China. Iic is the head Of
L.amalstn which BE- tho oldest ANA strict
est scot 90 Buddhism. Nearly al Mon
goa is Of the religion Of the pelai Lama
OF Iassl. ani an AMBITIOUS man In the
place could make trouble for china.
Within few weeks the tunnel under
the ROYAL palace o. the quirinal AZ Rome
will D. completed II VIII place The older
part Of the eternal city ~ direct ana
level communication with that now quar-
ter o. Rome erected since 1870 beyond
the quiriual u is 20 BE- brilliantly hght-
- by clertr.eity and will be carefully
watched by ne police who ore iu dread
Test 10 might serve some anarchist plot
10 blow up the palace above.
There has bsen great progress Ga tho
size az electrical machinery since the dy-
namo beran 20 be- on important factor in
Industrial affairs Twelve years ago q
machine absorbing nifty horse-puwer
amps WAS cons derod very large. and m1-
chime. or thIs size were the exception
rather than the rule. Now dyuamo~ OF
ZOO and q 0oo horsepower are usual sizes.
while - number OF machines Of SON horse
power arc working az Niagara falls
A thorough search is being made Just
now AMONG the ruins Of tho Church Of
81 snriion in Missol0nghi for the urn
Do which Byron's heart was contained
Tho towu was long ago destroyed hy zine
Turks and not until this year has an at
tempt been made 60 rebuild the church
II the famous urn can be found tho au-
thoritles wish 20 place o. ln a prominent
position ia the new church. II is thought
unlikely. however. that 20 viii be dis
covered.
The editor o. the Fairfax. Mo. Forum
inserts This notice IN his paper. w. u.
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Calcutta is the first port in India. ami
hence the report o. It's trade is Of great
interest IL isao-ls00 the foreign trade 81
Calcutta was no Jess than 10 SIS con the
import. being i-3.slio1p. and the exports
l.j si1 90. or % per cent. and . per cent.
respectively above the figures Of lSes-9a
More than two-thirds of Calcutta trade
is with Europe. but commerce with other
continents o. growing more rapidly in
proportion. Thus the trade with America
was ts.5s20o0 Ia lSs9-leo a. compared with
f3.s2soo in 1851.
Peach trees On the vicinity Of 81 Jo-
seph Mich. are threatened hy "a more
dangerous enemy than che yelows Local
growers can &c "shot-hole bore Little
white insects with rcd heads invade the
orchards aud cover the trees with tiny
holes. the sap leaks out from these HOES
and the trees die for lack Of nourishmeut
An expcp local fruit grower was sur
prsed when notified OF the supposed exc
isterce OF this disease. He says. Ia De-
common IN Van Buren, county. but ] had
not heard Of lts spreading to Berrien.'
Revelations made recently regarding
Bombay municipal elections show that
Hludoo election agents can excel the
widest achievements iu Europe or Amer
lea. Il is discovered 20 be- common
practice TO dress Up lads 20 impcrsonate
female rotepayers. who are either dead
or are reluctant 10 vote. In many other
cases women are hired 20 represent such
voters PRESERVATION by men OF male yot-
era who ore dead or travelling Is TOO com
men 10 excite remark The most amazing
discovery is that therc o. now class 81
men who call themselves professional
vote brokers" and openly undertake TO SEE
cure votes at a hNcd price head.
The sea = fun OF wonders Of protec-
tive coloring and form end there is one
rea. chameleon ~ it-uamely. the cnl-
mclcon shrimp. This like its land coun-
ternart. changes co.or from minute 20
minute-now green out in the sunlight.
now yellow on the sand. ami again dark
brown under the dark shadows OF some
projecting rock There S. another quaint
little Ssh which haunts the weed-tr1c.s
of the Gulf stream. and there builds lts
nest end lays Its eggs Ike a bird rafhs r.
than a hsh. This animal-the anteuui-
rlus-is not very easy 20 see owing 20 ifs
similarity 20 IS surroundings II imi-
tatee IN color the weed Il lives .n aud
Ike the chameleon, constantly changes
rs color.
Hay as well a. cotton is put up now
adays in cylindrical bales standard
round has bale being IS inches Ia dame
ter and % Inches 81 length. Says the New
York sun. Such babe packed az the
pressure under which 81 would b. put up
for domestic Use would weigh about 81
pounds a. packed FOR export such q bale
would contain about 20 pounds There
u put up FOR army use bale OF the
same diameter, but only ~ inches IN
length. which contains approximately itO
pounds 81 hay. In the cylindrical hale
given quantity ~ hay IL got into less
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