The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-13
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ply over the line that is now followed
by the Chelsea ferry two hundred and
sixty years ago. Since that time, in fair
weather and foul. through ice and fogs
and storms, the boats have regularly
continued to cross the harbor. None of
them has ever met with serious disas-
ter, such as happens not infrequently in
New York harbor.
AT Kingman (Kan.) one of the
churches has just been refurnished and
the pews covered with a fine coat of
varnish." says the Kansas City Journal.
THE varnish was supposed to be dry,
but on Sunday the whole congregation
found itself glued to the seats. When the
people arose it sounded like a bunch of
cattle pulling their feet out of stiff mud,
and on each seat there was left lost
of lint pulled from the garments. So
much of this lint was left that it is easy
to distinguish the sitting place of each
person, and all of the pews must be sand
papered and vanished over
The following Is a copy of a war
rant issued by an Alabama Justice of
the Peace: ito any lawful officer of the
State Complaint on oath having Bene
made before me that the offense of
Busing E. ]. Whelar BY Coming in
Hear Hous Cursing Hear and threatting
to Knoc her down & for her to sheat her
mouth & drawed Back his arm and sead
he void Knock hell out of her & then
jump on Chapel and got out DORIS Dis
appeared for one hour and Come Back
a CINE & did Kick her Dor & Brock the
lock & Busted the Dore in too Places &
Sead if She did not open the dore he
void Brake hit Down to any lawfuel Of
ficer of the state you are Commanded to
Bring frank Steveans Before me this
Aprial the 10. 1898. F. NJ. Price Justice
of the Peace.
Some ingenious figurer whose soul is
not moved by high art has been calcu-
lating the price paid per square inch for
Hoppner's portrait of Louisa Lady Man
ners, which was sold in London lately at
auction for 1850 guineas. He learned
that the dimensions of the portrait were
four feet three inches by three feet five
inches BY a simple process of multi
plication and division he finds that the
purchaser paid nearly e. sterling for each
square inch of canvas, or, to be exact
and in our money. little over $3.50 a
calculation of this kind goes far toward
removing the glamour surrounding the
great price paid for the picture. Innum-
cradle pictures have been sold at a much
greater price per square inch than this.
To be sure. most of them were much
smaller pictures. We recall one tiny
MISSIONER sold in this city few sea-
sons ago for 5000, which must have
netted much more per square inch, and
doubtless the price paid for the Hoppner
is surpassed every winter at sales in this
city
The first complaint of abuse of Fourth
of July privileges has been filed by a
delegation from st. Andrews African
Mission Chapel at Omaha. The church Of
ficials demonstrated to the chief of po-
lice because their regular prayer meeting
had been disturbed by the intrusion of
large, gaunt, yellow dog, trailing behind
him a bunch of cannon crackers, in full
cry and an assortment of tin cans. The
dog came charging into the church while
Brother Breedlove was leading in pray
err said the spokesman of the delegation,
land took refuge under one of the pews.
The firecrackers were shooting off and
the caps were rafting and making a
terrible rumpus" From the standpoint
of young America the dog was literally
bowling success, but the prayer meeting
was a fiat failure The yelps of the
frightened animal are said to have
awakened even the hardened sinners on
ed at the mission to prevent recurrence
of the evil
Some time ago the inhabitants of
Schwanden. near Brienz, in the Bernese
Overland, decided, on account of the i'm
minent collapse of the mountain-whch,
according to expert testimony, is inevita-
bIe-to leave their village and even the
valley. says the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger.
This decision was come to unwiliHgly,
but after a deputation from the Central
government had visited the spot and
found no other solution it had to be
taken. According to the expert testi-
mony of Prof. Helm. a famous geologist
tremendous landslip is imminent which,
on account of the mass which will be
hurled into the valley. will equal the
catastrophe of Elm. For several decades
past Schwanden and the small neighbor-
ing village of KlenholZ have been strug-
Cling for their existence. They have been
several times threatened, and in 1896 a
tremendous flood from the River Lamm
and the River Schwanden destroyed a
part of Kienholz. Both rivers have their
source in the Rothhorn. In the spring
and summer. when waterspouts burst over
the mountains or when the warm wind
melts the snow, these rivers pour in flood
into tie valley with such force that it
was only at the cost of desperate efforts
that the villages were saved from de-
struction.
Capturing tigers by a novel method is
now being adopted in Sumatra and is
proving almost invariably successful. says
the London Telegraph. AS soon as a
tigers lair has been found. natives are
employed to construct a wooden fence
feet long and feet wide a short dis
lance away from it, and in this Enclosure
is then placed as a bait a dog, which is
tied to one of the fence posts. A nor
row entrance leads into the Enclosure
and, there. deity concealed under earth,
leaves and boughs of trees, is placed a
strong steel trap. which is so designed
that any animal that places its foot on
it is certain to be held captive. This trap
is OF recent invention and consists OF
strong steel plates and equally strong
springs. When 1t is set the plates form
a sort of platform, and as soon as the
tiger which has been lured thither by
the dog sets his foot thereon the springs
are released, and the cruel steel grips the
leg and holds it fast. Powerful as tiger
is, he cannot free himself from such bond
age. and those who have set the trap
are never far away. he is in a short
time either killed or securely Gagged. At
the same time the dog Is released, and
indeed, he could not be removed from
the Enclosure as long as the trap was
set. since this instrument. strong as it is
nevertheless is so delicate that the pres
sure even of a dogs foot would release
the springs and cause the animals leg to