The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-04
ITEMS or INTEREST.


Vice President and Governor have had 60
be taken down IN consequence.
-Engiand's arst war vessel OF any pre-
tensions was called tho Great Harry. She
was a double-decker and was built IN i5oe.
She had a capacity OF loo tons. carried
eighty guns. Was is3 feet long thirty-
eight feet beam and cost fif,ooo.
The practice OF taking arsenic ia
minute doses is very prevalent among the
peasantry % che mountainous districts OF
Austria-Hungary and France. They de-
clare that the poison enables them 10 as
cend with ease nights which they could not
otherwise climb.
In a communication to the Lancet Dr
Eidridge Green remarks that. incredible
as 8, mAy seem. shipowners are able to.
and really do. employ color-blind Of
hcers who have been rejected by the
BOARD 81 Trade and vino may have been
discharged By other companies.
-Abou, 80 prominent Chinese business
men met Ia tho han Of the United Chinese
society OF Honolulu recently and organiz-
Ell a political good government club. II
was not decided which party the organl-
zstion would AFFILIATE with. The main
purpose Is to secure the rights OF the
members as American citizens. The pres
eut members are either naturelized clti-
gems OF Hawaii or native born.
General Aiexel Nicolaievich Kuropat-
kin. the Russian minister OF war. is prob
ably the most trusted. The most powerful
and most faithful servant of the car His
rise TO rank and power was gradual but
sure, and in isss he was made absolute
master, under the czar OF the armies OF
an the Russias. He began his military
career IA Turkestan when a youth. and
has served with distinction In all Rus
sias wars for many years.
The Empire State Sugar Company.
which Is building a large beet sugar plant
az Lyons. y. y. has ordered ten auto
trucks OF flve tons capacity. which are
10 be used TO cart sugar heets from farms
TO the refinery. The company has s. 500
acres OF land contracted for. Three cleo
trio omnlbuses have also been ordered TO
run between Lyons and Soius Point on
Lake Ontario. a summer resort. TO com
pete with the steam railroad.
A Waterloo Ia. man Of INFINITE re-
sources and sagacity has utilized rats TO
lay the telephone cables through the con
duits Several rats were turned loose in
the conduit with a ferret after them. 20
whieh was attached q cord Through 100
feet OF the conduit the merry chase was
carried and the Nrats emerged into day
light at the othsf end just a few feet
ahead OF the ferret which was probably
impeded somewhat by the cord.
The English have long laughed az IN.
American ice habit" but they are now
falling victims 20 1t themselves. Not very
,ong ago the attendants OF public places
in England where nearly everything ex-
cept Ice was provided. would be insulted
n one complained because ice could not
be had, To-day all hrst-class places have
few small humps swimming In a glass
dish. and you pick these out with sugar
tongs. And IN country inns. and even IN
second-class public-housee they apologize
for not having e.
The police officials OF saiina. Kan.
were made the victims Of senseless hoax
one day last week. when stranger call
"a az headquarters and related a clrcum-
~ antial story Of how he had been robbed
Of so bill. Every policemen in town was
furnished with a description OF the al
leged thief. and n whole day was spent
In looking for him before Il dawned upon
any of the slcuths that there is no such
thing as a so bill By that time tho Joker
1900 49, AANAN t1HAAAAhs
a curious story Is told OF President
Kruger. for which Natal Newspaper is
responsible Many years ago the President
bought from an old half-breed woman
pedder a meerschaum pipe. to which she
sscribed the power Of foretelllng the fu-
ture The old woman predicted that three
important changes In hts life would be
forttod by accidents. Detailing the pipe
Early In the year 1851 before the lnde-
pendence OF the Transvanl was modified
the stem came to pieces. a little before
the jameson raid, he chipped a piece on
tn bowl and just before his departure for
the BlOemfontein conference last year the
pipe fell TO the Eround and was smashed
10 fragments. Emperor Francis Joseph OF
Austria. according to the Duchess de Be
limere, dislikes the pipe. and though he
owns perhaps the finest collection In the
world, including al varieties from n crude
clay presented him by the King OF
Cambodia, 20 a magnificent go,d article
incrusted with diamonds and delicately
carved, he never uses them His prefer
ence Is for Havana cigars which are
made specially for him az a cost OF 200
Forms $1,000 a thousand. They are made
from the very best tobacco carefully
dried and prepared and put up ia boxes
Of 100 These are then sealed by an en-
pioye OF the Austrian consulate and sent
direct 20 Vienna IN the diplomatic trunk"
10 avoid being opened by customs Of
ncials. Victor Emanuel III has not inner
tied his fathers falling. and never uses
Tobacco In any form. The Kings OF Greece
koumania, sweden, Denmark the Prince
or Bulgaria and Emperor William are
very moderate smokers. INDUCING orca-
sionally In cigar and more often in
cigarette. King Alexander OF servia
smokes. as he does many other things
by nis and starts sometimes consuming
a. many as y cigars and cigarettes a lav
and then 1gain never lighting one FOR
weeks
twenty-five OF the twenty-thre, pavil.
ions In the Street OF Nations a the Paris
exposition are Of style OF architecture
Characteristic Of the countries which bull,
them. The twenty-third is that Of the
United States and is In style OF Roman
Pantheon. The great trans Atlantic Re
public. says the Paris Illustration. has Lost
this fine opportunity 20 show US that il
has national architecture II could not
of course have built on the banks Of Tho
Seine ''gratte ciel." "skyscrapera OF
twenty-five stories. But why not have
erected one OF those cottages residences
or country seats. those mansions IN a new
and original style which are scattered
among the Italian villas and Gothic man
sions Ia the richer quarters OF New York
Philadelphia or % st. Paul. and IN the al