The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Coal mining is developing rapidly in
Canada. In Nova Scotia both the areas
worked and the number of mines show a
great increase The coal areas of Canada
are estimated at 81, 200 square miles, not
including areas known, but as yet unde-
veloped, in the far North.
A correspondent of a Connecticut paper
thinks that the Beers are really fighting
ireland, instead of England, judging from
the nativity of the British army and navy
officials: Lord Charles Beresford, head
of the British navy, born in Waterford;
Lord Wolseley, head of the British army,
born in Dublin; Lord Kitchener, born in
Kerry; Lord Roberts, born in Waterford;
Lord Lansdowne, Minister of War; Gen.
Methuen and Mr.. Windham, Under Sec
rotary. born in Ireland; Gen. White, born
in Antrim; Gen. Clery, born in Cork; Gen.
French, born in Roscommon; Gen. Butler
who was superseded b. Gen. Butler for
telling the truth about the Beers strength,
was also born in Ireland; Gen. Kelly-ken-
ney now with Lord Roberts, was born in
Kilrush, near the mouth of the Shannon.
number of other South African colonial
officials VINO were born in Ireland could
be mentioned. There are eleven Irish reg
iments either in South Africa or on their
way there. besides many 1rishmen in the
Scotch and English regiments"
William F. Cody CBuffalo BID speaks
thus of Alexander Majors, the originator
of the pony express. VINO died in Chicago
the other day: THE man who could in
the face of all dangers and obstacles, car
ry to success a dine of freighter wagons,
a mail route from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc and a pony express flying al the ut
most speed of a hare through the land
was no ordinary individual. Although Sc
we're in discipline, Mr.. Majors was never
profane or harsh He was Christian
temperance man through all. He gov
erned his men kindly, and was wont to
say that he would have no one under his
control who would not obey an order I'M
less il was accompanied with an oath. In
fact, he had a contract with his men in
which they pledged themselves not to use
profanity, get drunk. gamble or be cruel
to animals, under pain of dismissal, while
good behavior was rewarded Every man,
from wagon boss and teamser down to
rustlers and messengers, seemed anxious
to gain the good will OF Col. Majors, and
to hold it, and he had more friends than
any man I know who had to deal with
such men as he had TO deal with
The Philadelphia committee in charge
of preparing the hall for the Republican
National Convention to be held in that
city next June have been in Washing ton
this week in consultation with the men,
bers of the National Committee says the
Washington correspondence of the New
York Mail and Express. One of the most
important promises the Philadelphia COM
mittee has made is to keep the conven-
ton han cool. They claim that no mat
ter how not the weather outside their
cooling and Nentilating system will be so
perfect that the tempera ture inside will
not exceed 6S or 70 degrees. The plan
is to have the great structure supplied
with big fans, which will draw currents
of air over tons of ice before being turned
into the hall Arrangements have been
made to seat $4,000 people. The National
Committee is to get 10000 of these seats
and Philadelphia is to have the rest. Each
delegate will have two spectators tickets,
and each alternate one. This is of
course in addition to his own admission
ticket gallery is to be added to the
Exposition Hail. which besides increasing
the seating capacity 5000, will improve
its acoustic properties
TO many people, to most, perhaps, says
a writer in Lippincott's, a photograph is
a photograph. and only photograph,
and, because a photograph, of little or no
consequence as art; but just as soon as
they will learn to examine it for qualities
rot dis imilar to those which make etched
prints and Autographs full of charm
and real value, they will find to their
own great surprise, that these qualities
actually exist there in as abundant rich
ness, providing the skill of the creators
have been equal. The values of light and
shade as produced with a lens run as
wide a gamut and are as capable of as
delicate variations as were ever produced
by means of slabs of stone or plates of
copper. The feeling in texture is presented
with as much nicely in a print from a
Photographic negative as in that from a
piece of engraved metal. Yet we have
discovered that all this may be and no
art exist. unless our example possess that
subtle quality of great variety A few
there are in England and France and Ger
many and our own country who are bend
ing all their efforts to prove that this
quality may be as fully possessed by one
who chooses to express it through the
means of a camera, as by his brother who
has made choice of other implements. The
critic should bear in mind that the me-
dunn is new, that scarce half a century
has gone by since its inception, and not
more than five and twenty years-nay.
not even so many-since the discovery OF
many of the processes which are of ines
Unable advantage towards the production
of what he will, / believe, sooner or lat
er be forced to acknowledge the new art