The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

translated into Chinese with illustra lions
by native artists Before the Boxer out
breaks the volume was in great demand
in Pekih.
The largest steamers in the world are
about to be built at stettin. in Germany
by the Vulcan shipbuilding firm for the
Norddeutsche Lloyd's service from Brem-
en- TO New York. Their length will be 700
feet, horse power about 1000, speed 23l2
knots.
The Kentucky Legislature evidently
does not believe in the didn't know it was
loaded" excuse, as it passed an act some
time ago which reads as follows: TT shall
be unlawful for any person to fire or dis
charge at random any deadly weapon,
whether said weapon be loaded or unload
ed"
Artificial stone steps are becoming
popular in Germany. A design imita ting
a staircase carpet of any desired color
is pressed into the steps when the ma
terial of which they are made is still
soft. The figures penetrating to a consid-
cradle depth, and last as long as the
steps.
An ingenious Frenchman has invent
ed a tobacco pipe which has a whistle
i'm the stem in order to enable the smok-
err to summon a cab without taking the
pipe from his mouth. The inventor thinks
that when his device shall be put upon
the market people will wonder how they
ever got along without it.
Two well-known and well-to-do men Of
Washington city were arraigned in po-
lice court there the other day for swear
ing Both of them were overheard by a
policeman on the streets. One confessed
he was a frequent sinner and was fined
S.. The other blamed it on the weather
and was released on his personal bond.
In the window of an old curiosity shop
not far from the British Museum in Lon
don may be seen an deliberately carved
ivory toothpick, with the following init
nation attached "Toothpick formerly
the property of Oliver Cromwell; supposed
to have been the one he picked his teeth
with before he signed the death warrant
of Charles L.
Among the few good results OF the ter
rible fire at Hoboken is unwonted ac
tivity by the police authorities of Jersey
City, in connection with the precautions
against loss of life by fire. Factories,
theaters, halls, hotels, lodging-houses,
tenements and flats are all to be inspect
ed, to make sure that the proper fire es-
capes are attached and are kept ready for
use.
Ii may not be generally known that
publicly to insult a Jew is punishable by
French law. In Paris recently NJ Gus
tave Kahn, a well known writer and rel
alive of the chief rabbi, lodged complaint
against his concierge, whom he proved
to have assaiied Nine. Kahn with vile
epithets. The accused was fined 10 francs
and ordered to pay Nine. Kahn rs francs
| damages.
The Paper-Haugers' Union in Phia-
delphia has passed resolution warning
the public that health lis jeopardized by
allowing old wall paper to be covered with
new, thereby permitting all dirt and filth
to accumulate and remain, and with it
germs of disease" Some ugly testimony
is presented in relation to the papering Of
rooms in which contagious diseases had
occurred.
A collie dog named Major was laid in
hardwood casket covered with heavy
black cloth and lined with white satin
and buried with great pomp and many
symptoms of grief in the new cemetery
for dogs at Tarrytown The deceased ami
NAL belonged to Mrs. John T. Stephens of
| =
Of several hundred dollars and is now in
deep mourning.
-Mulhall, the statistician SAYS that dur
ing the year 1897 British shipping earned
S2I9 100000, over a half OF the total earned
by the worlds shipping. Germany came
next with Sal, 800, OOO Norway. $4,000 600:
France, $A,0O0O00; Canada, ST., 10000; the
United States, SIS 100000 The total earn
ings of the worlds shipping were 500 900, =
600, of which $467. goo is credited to Eu-
ropean countries.
About $50 prominent Chinese business
men met in the hall of the United Chi
nese Society at Honolulu recently and or
ganized a political good government club
1t was, not decided which party the Or
ganization would affiliate with The main
| purpose is to secure the rights of the mem
| bers as American citizens. The present
members are either naturaized citizens of
! Hawaii or native born.
Victor Hugo's great-grandchid is now
the subject of litigation The boy who
is now in his tenth year is also the grand
! son of Alphonse Daudet, by the marriage
of Leon Daudet with Jeanne Hugo, who
| after her divorce, married Jean Charcot
| the son and successor Of the distinguished
professor. The ex-husband demands the
| educational control of the child while al
lowing the mother free access.
"A pathetic sight was witnessed in the
Soldiers Orphans Home at Atchison
Kan, a few days ago A poor mother
came to see her child boy 2 years old
She was allowed to put 1t TO sleep with
the understanding that when the child was
asleep she was to go away. The child
soon went to sleep and the mother walk
ened it, she was so anxious to be with if
She did this half a dozen times.
Cutting the sud- on the Upper Nile
has released mass of long stagnant wa
ter which is working 1t ways down The
river, killing the fish as il goes. Az AS
souan, where the great dam is being built
the dead fish have been cast ashore In
millions and the odor Is unpleas SAINT. The
Nile water is all the workmen have Ia
drink, and though, when filtered, it seems
to have no i'll effect upon them cells
plunged into the filtered water are suffo-
Gated in few moments.
"A peculiar but very serious difficulty
besets the operation of telegraph lines in
the Argentine Republic. The small spider.
OF the variety that spins long cobweb
and floats il in the air. is so plentiful
there that the floating webs settle on The
wires In enormous quantities. As soon as
dew falls or a shower of rain comes i'm