The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-06
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ed by his doctor to go abroad for the sum
mer.
Representative ]. P. Deliver of Iowa,
one of the best orators in the House, has
never, unlike most public speakers, taken
any lessons in public speaking or vote
culture, never takes any precautions
about his throat, and yet has never been
hampered in speaking by the Slightest
throat trouble.
"A recent traveller says in a Washing
ton interview that such scie ntific men as
have examined the stand of the Alaska
district or the chance speciments of it
that came their way unite in declaring
that diamonds and rubi.s and perhaps
some other precious stones ought to be
found in 1t. OF course, there are two
good reasons why, thus far, they have
not been found. The first is that they
have not been sought, and the second is
that, if found by chance, there is proba-
bly, not man in the country who would
know diamond in the rough. But the
answer to the riddle is alrt ady at hand
The traveller in qutstI-n says that when
his party goes back this season he will
take along a diamond expert and begin
careful and systematic search for the
gems.
The Gar of Russia's suite consists of
173 persons of whom saventy-three are
gen raj and seventy-six extra aides de
camp. To the suite belong fifteen mem
bers of the imperial family; seventeen
princes of not imperial birth: seventeen
counts, nine bar0ns and Ill other noble
men. Their mali naliti are: Ona hundred
and eweuty-eighe Russians, thirty Ger
mans, six Films, one Pole, four Circas-
slams, two Greeks and two Roumania
The ne Cunard fine steamship Ivernia
brought 1,735 steerage pass myers to New
n ha4 Il ~.
number ever brought over at one time
by an English ship. They were mostly
f ON Ireland. Immigration to the United
5 ates is once more rising to a volume
not approached before since the notable
years of the early sos.
The law passed by the Chickasaw In
dian nation, providing that white men
| must pay $1,000 license fee to marry Chick
| asaw Indian girls is now in effect and will
| be rigidly enforced The law also pro-
! vides that white men wishing to marry
must also prove that they are Of good
| moral character. There is a provision in
| the act which gives a non-citlzen the right
| to marry Chickasaw Indians in Kansas
| or any other state. He can only select
| an allotment of approximately 500 acres of
! land, one-haf the amount he might have
shared had he married under the Chick
asaW laws The measure was enacted
TO lessen the abuses of intermarriages
Since the bill was passed by the Chicka-
| saw Council last December it is estimated
| that LOO white men took out licenses to
marry Indian girls in order to escape the
new tax of $l.0O0.
The New York Press Club is determin-
ed to abolish tipping in its new and COM
modious quarters in the Morton building
and this Is held out as one of the many
attractions of the reorganization. Twice a
| year the club will remember its faithful
| servitors in honorariums sufficiently een-
| erous to compensate for the lost tips from
| Individual members. This plan has b en-
| tried before, but never strictly lived up to-
| In many clubmen the tipping disease has
| taken so deep a root that it's eradication
can be accomplished by only the most he
| role measures. Victor Smith would slAg-
| gest system based on the laws of usiry
| Penalze the waiter who accepts a tip re-
| curing him 10 refund not only the me
quarter or half dollar presented, but 10
| give up anothed dime, quarter or half dol
lar out of his own pocket. This method
| might be harsh but it would be drastic.
1t is one of the cu-iosities of literature.
says George F. Parker in the Atlantic,
that. although the consular service has
not produced reports of either economic
or informing value, many writer's have
| done conspicuous work, before and during
| SCI VICE anu d1lSt retirement w. u.
| Howells wrote some delightful books on
| Italy. Besides his Life of Peter the
| Great" Eugene Schuyler wrote an &c
| ceptable short history of American diplom-
| acy and translated some of Tourgeniev' S
| novels, Hawthorne, flfhu Burritt, Under
| wood. Bret Harte. Penfield Richman-to
| mention only a few-have done notable
work in literature, but not an official re-
| port of value. In the one case there was
something to say, united with freedom of
view and opinion; in the other there was
nothing to say, and red tape was too
| strong for them The fault is in the sys-
tenn, not in the men.
Among the most interesting delegates
to the ecumenical conference in New
York is DR.. Mary Pierson Eddy. She has
| the distinction of being the only woman
physician authorized TO practice medicine
| within the dominions of the Sultan Ct Tur-
| key. She is a tall and graceful girl. and
she is devoting her life to practicing II 9
healing art among the nomadc tribes of
SYRIA. She studied mediciCe in New
York, and with diplomas from six Ameri-
can colleges to prove her ability she wect
| to ConstanIinople seven years ago. There
she had TO fight for a diploma of the I'm
| perial Medical College Of Conytantinorle.
| and after rigorous examine ton and oD-
| position enough to discourage almost ary
one but an American girl she managed to
| ODldlll lHe precious document. 1t TeQuir-
| ed the intercession of United States Min
lister Terrell to do II, but that gentleman
| persuaded the Sultan TO break all prece-
| dents and allow Miss Eddy to become a
| physician in his dominions. She speaks
| well of the Sultan
1t is more than 2,C0O years, says
knowledge. since philosophers began to
| speculate about the food of plants and
| what we may term their digestive pro
cesses, but it is only during the latter
half of this century that really clear and
definite notions concerning the food sup
| plies Of the vegetable world have been
| generally accepted by scientific men. AS
| far as is known the first botanical expert
| ment ever pelformed was conducted by
| Van Helmont. He placed in a pot 200
pounds of died earth, and in 1t be plant
| ed a willow branch which weighed five
| pounds. He kept the whole covered UP
[ and dai y watered the earth with rain wa
| ter Alter five VRars' growth the vvillou,