The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


autopsy showed that his heart was
five times the size of the normal hui
man heart and twice the size of that
of an OK.
The German millionaire, Jacob
Piaut, who died in Nice last Febru
airy, left the greater part of 100000
for charitable purposes and institu-
tions in Berlin, Hamburg and Saxon
cities. The Tageblatt names more than
three dozen institutions in Berlin alone
which were remembered by him.
In an official history of the Empire
of Japan now in preparation by DR..
G.. Mitsukuri, an instructor in the
University of Japan at Toxic, the
United States will be given practically
all the credit for the greatness of mod
ern Japan, and Commodore Perry will
be lauded as the country's liberator.
Dr. Mitsukuri is now in Chicago, on
his way home from Europe, and was
delegated by the educational depart
merlt of his government to study the
histories of European nations in order
that he might acquire the best meth
DDS for the compilation of the annals
of his own country. He has spent two
years on these st;tt6Gaies is the universe
ties of Berlin and Paris.
"A businesslike wedding was cele-
brated at Fort Scott, Kan, the other
day. The parties were aged, respec-
lively, Il and Ga. Both are possessed
of valuable property, and the bride is
the owner of several farms. Before
the ceremony an agreement was sign
ed to the effect that each should have
control of the property belonging to
each. However, the good woman got
little the better of the dickering.
BY the terms of the agreement she is
to have a life interest in his estate after
death, but he is not given the same
right with respect to hers. After every
thing had been completed comfortably,
the two stood up and were married,
and then the husband attempted to sa-
lutte his bride. Go way, John" she
said, 81 amt agoing to let you kiss
me in public"
The outfitters' organ in London, the
Tailor and Cutter, says that there are
to-day a few men who have their own
ideas on the subject of dress and are
not afraid of carrying them out. Gen.
Brabazon, for instance, who is persona
grata at court, may always be seen in
a silk hat, rather bell shaped, with
slightly curling brims Mr.. Chris de
NAdAl 10 iGCNOueQ dDOuI InE pest
dressed man in London. Others who
are equally known for their perfect
taste in dressing include Sir Edward
Hulse, Mr.. Francis de Murietta. Capt.
Berkeley Levett Lord Chesterfield.
Capt. Milligan and Mr.. Ralph Sneyd
In the diplomatic world nobody comes
UP to the Portuguese minister. Senior
de Several. who with his immaculate
frock coat, glossy hat, gardenia and
lavender kid gloves is a we'll known fig
ure in Hyde Park.
-Cobwebs are considered signs of
good luck in Porto Rico, and many
shopkeepers there refuse to brush
them out of corners or from the CELL
ings. Attention is called to the sub
ject by DR.. Cordero of San Juan, who
says it is time for the Superior Board
of Health to act The board recently
issued an order prohibiting splitting on
the floors of stores and public build
ings, and DR.. Cordero heartily approves
this order. He adds that the board
should continue it's good work by de-
claring war on cobwebs. These webs,
says the doctor, contain more germs
TO the square inch than most people
imagine. They hang, in many in
stances, over counters and cases where
articles of food are displayed for sale.
and pieces dropping from the web reach
this food. In this way disease is
spread. DIR. Cordero warns the board
that it will be difficult to enforce an
ordinance such as he suggests, for in
Porto Rico a good-sized cobweb wove
over the door is considered luckier than
a horseshoe.
The French government has just
No. 20. rt-xr nj IF
humanity in Madagascar. Until re-
Gently medical missionaries were the
only doctors in the island. Several
years ago the Governor General estab-
lished a school of medicine and a hos
pital at the capital; and now this
school is turning out regularly grad
uated physicians. Fifteen native doc
tors thus educated are already proving
themselves to be competent practi-
TONERS. With his white medical staff
and the intelligent natives who are
being trained, the Governor General
now hopes to widely extend the med
ical service. Many natives trained for
medical service will travel from one
village to another distributing medi-
cines and treating the i'll. Particular
attention will be given to the care of
children, as the mortality among in
IdlllS ID actually ~ per cent. OF the TO-
tai deaths. Pamphlets are now being
printed in the Malagasy language CIV
ing rules of hygiene. II is hoped that
the measures which are being taken to
improve the health Of the people may
result in the rapid increase Of the pop
ulation, which now numbers only .
500. 900. The Governor General saws
that in a half century the population of
Madagascar should be doubled.
The southern part of the Red sea,
from the Strait of Babel Mandeb,
which joins it with the Indian ocean,
to about 16 degrees north latitude,
distance of over 200 miles, has always
been regarded with some anxiety by
navigators. There are many islets and
rocks of volcanic origin. Turkey had
neglected to supply lighthouses. There
are three lighthouses near the south
ern entrance to the Suez canal, and
the Daedalus light crowns an islet
about $50 miles south of the Gulf of
Suez; but the southern waters have
no adequate provision for warning sail
ors against sandbanks and rocks. The
dreaded Abu-Ail Archipelago, a collec-
tion of little islands near the southern
end of the Red sea, have been called
the cemetery of navigators." A little
further south are the shallow water !
around the port of Mocha, which gives
its name to a famous variety of cof-
fee. In order to render navigation more
secure the Turkish government, two
months ago, instructed the French of
hcisls who have charge OF the Otto ,
man lighthouses to construct four
lightships. The lights on these ships.