The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-14
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ant to see. after the recent war with
Spain the vessel dip her colors TO the big
Alabama as she passed on her way 60
Port Richmond wharves. The warship
did not return the salute. Of course. nc
cord4ng 10 the rule in thc various nayles
nos 70 dip colors TO merchant vessels, as
too much time would be taken up la OBJ
serving the practice. But the incident was
PIE down as one OF Importance In the
history OF the new warsnip"
a Biarncy Castle story involving a
pretty little Irish girl Is being told in
Dublin. Several visitors were exploring
the famous castle. and on reaching the
top became somewhat nervous owing 10
the great hight Presently "A young man
appeared and being "a stranger. asked to
have the real Blarncy stone po.n "a out
20 him ;ha; be might follow the ancient
custom and kiss the ancient relic. This
process OF kissing the stone T.
a rather dangerous one. and me Young
woman. In her nervous state. not caring
TO have the feat attempted in her pres
ence. exclaimed. "Oh, please don't kiss
the stone while I am here" The stranger
II IS limited, politely acceded 10 her re-
quest but not exactly IN the way she
meant
The State Department has received a
report from Consul Brundage. dated Sept
q. 1870. describing the effect on the pco-
pie OF AiN-a-Chapelle Of an American
circus The hil posting was a revelation
IN this line OF work. both IN magnitude
and character. the way Ia which the
tents We're erected and the ground pre-
pared astonished the people. and when
the circus itself arrived not workman
went so the factories. tine spindles were
idle an day Al every performance the
tent was full and the vague antipathy
toward the Untod States has been turned
INTO respect and awe. the people now say
anything is possible 20 Americans "
Consul Brundage thinks that II an agent
for American goods would follow IN the
wake Of the circus these would find a
ready sale.
The Rhenish- westphalisn coal fields.
Germany. are estimated to contain 3L0oo.-
o1o00 tons Of coal. and recent borings
made the basin more extensive stilI than
this estimate assumes Few mines az
/ present are SUNK deeper than 7oo yards.
/ out good coal lies waiting at a depth Of
On yards II 200DO0O0 tons were
{ brought 20 The surface every year. and the
| depth Of 7op yards not exceeded. the point
1 % exhaustion would not he reached 10
I $40 years. The beginning Of the century
I the annual production did not surpa IS
-io.ooo tons Ia 1870 r reached a million
tons. In 1881 the output reached SO 10000
! tons. The iron industry has grown ap3ce
/ with the coal production. THESE facts
/ have the more interest IN view Of the
shortness Of supply in Great Britain. and
| the present high prices now ruling. The
/ coal supplies OF the world are not set fam
| Inc stricken.
Just as the Old colonial city Of
Charleston differs 10 certain marked fea-
| lures from every other o.ty Of the Unit
"a States. 80 viii the South Carolina In
| terstate and West Indian Exposition pos
/ sess characteristics unlike those OF any
other exposition that has ever been he'd
/ In this country. 10 D. not purposed hat
! this exposition shall be- the largest. ply g.
/ eally, that has ever been seen nor that
/ il shall contain the biggest AMI roigia {
/ Midway. the most immense banIings.
/ notable rather for their size than for any
/ other quality, that 30 shall sWai m with "a
greater number OF siEht-seers than en-
I bee comfortably accommodated o. fact. IL
I s. no way the ambition o. rs pr0m9tt as
I 20 out-do al other expeditions Ia poin
/ Of bigncss. What D. proposed and intend
4 ed Is that the South Carolina Interstat-
/ aud West Indian Exposition shall Doe The
most perfect OF its kind. on entirely o.
/ iginal lines
Not the least beautiful OF the many
! semi precious stones. for which there Is
always a laree demand. Is the topaz "
/ said "a wholesale dealer In gems 20 a
writer for the Washington star. THE
name topaz generally suggests only a
yellow stone. yet there are light blue,
/ brown and green varieties which are fire.
1 qucntly sold as acquamarines. The gem
1 uine aquanlarlne may, however. Doe easily
/ distinguished from a topaz as the for
[ msr stone more closely resembles the coll
or Of green sea salt Besides the 'op1z
admits Of a high polish. and Is extremely
/ slippery 20 the touch. Strange 20 say.
| the yellow topaz wnen slightly healed b.
comes pink; heating further. the pink
grows paler and by long heating t is
entirely expelled. leaving the gem color
| less The sherry colored or brown topaz
| IL bleached Ia a very short time by the
rays Of the sun or strong daylight. and an
I the white topazes found IN nature have
been colorized in this way The topaz
Is found 81 granite rocks In Siberia. ia
pan. Peru. Ceylon. Brazil aud Maine. and
in volcanic rocks in Colorado. Utah ana
New Mexico"
Among savage peoples e Is n common
occurrence to find the special senses de-
Z veloped IN an extraordinary degree. for
/ The reason that their subsistence and safe
/ ~ from attack depends upon these or
4 E1us. The American Indian is. or was
q notable example Of this. sight and hear
I ing being trained to a pitch OF excellence
Amos incredible 10 civilized people Even
+ the sense OF smell shared IN the general
/ a,lyancemen IN excellence. Quite recent
/ ~ most extraordinary case was cited
\ by DIT. Bett in the German National Drug
glst OF a friend o. his IN whom tho sense
/ 81 smell assumed almost preternatural
intensity. This gentleman (wish his eyes
securely handagedl could detect the pre-
ence Of persons with whom ne was ac-
/ quainted the instant they entered the
T room and a. distance OF several paces
I by their personal odor and would cnii
/ them by name without once making a
mistake. The sense OF smell IN aim on
/ pearcd 20 b. equally as keen as in the
/ bloodhound and De- one Of the most unlaue
/ Instances Of the kind on record Accord
I ing 10 his statement every family nof-
sesses distinctive odor which varies ip
intensity 10 much that he IS able 10 de-
/ teet the difference in che degree OF pung.
ency Of the door.
"A lady who lives on Beacon Hm has
courtyard at the back or her house
which runs down quite a step hillside ~
l The street below. says the R,s,o,,
transcript This courtyard b. payed
/ With rough ana heavy stones Tn. i,t,.
I had missed many arra from. -