The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-19


/ en- them to open crime in order to Sc
| cure shelter in lock-ups. Bhrglaries and
/ assaults are common and officers are kept
on The jump
Here. on the authority of the Seoul pa
per, is the literal translation of a procla-
nation which was issued in the middle of
| December by the local magistrate: Be
| holdi Smoking grass" (Korean for tobac-
COZ lis a species of food but in smoking
one has to hold up long pipe obliquely
! and swallow fire-how can it be without
| injury to his hygiene? Furthermore, one
generally drops live ashes on the roadside.
| Should they be taken up by the God CT
| Wind, grass-roofed low huts will. in a
| twinkle of eye, be prey to the flames.
| This is the reason why an inferior Off
cial, like myself. issues herewith an order
strictly prohibiting you the people to fool
! with long pipes and to swallow fire.
Should any of you dare to violate this
! prohibition l shall show no hesitation to
confiscate the long pipe and the pouch of
the offending party. When your offense
deserves to be further dealt with. you
shall receive 900 lashesr'
A cable from London says: One OF
/ the most interesting features of King Ed
wards coronation will be the probable APP
| pearance of the Kings champion, who, in
! The presence of the assemblage, rides
! forth, throws down his gauntlet and chal-
/ lenges all to dispute with him by personal
| conflict the right of King Edward to
| reign. The present Kings champion is
/ hard-working young farmer who glories in
/ the name of Dymokee. He lives in Lin
| colnshire, is of modest retiring nature
and Is much exercised at the prospect of
| the greatness which is likely to be thrust
upon him. Neither in his figure, which IS
small, nor in his appearance. which is
| that OF the typsical Lincolnshire farmer,
is he cut out for such martial duty Since
the times of the Norman kings the Dy-
mokees have been champions. Several rul-
.ers, notably Queen Victoria, held their
| coronation without the appearance of the
| inevitable Dymokee, but it is thought
| King Edward is likely to revive the duty
so long devolved on the ancient family.
1t will probably be at least a year be-
fore a new great seal is issued, says the
| Westminster Gazette. Formerly it was
| necessary for the King on his accession to
! issue a proclamation sanctioning the use
| of the old seal till a new one was made,
| but the convenient act of Anne has rem
| dered this unnecessary. George III did
not have a new seal made till four years
| after his accession-on Aug. 3, 1864. George
" sanctioned a new seal Sept II,
1921; and William " on Aug. 81, 1881. The
| Queens first seal was issued on July is,
1888, and lasted till Jan. %, 1860 Her sec
ond seal lasted from that date till Aug.
H. 1878, when her third great seal was
made. Her fourth great seal was made
only year ago. 1t is not surprising that
the great seals have soon become worn
out for until 1877 the great seal consum-
ed two and a half tons of sealing wax
a year. Then a statue was passed en-
abling a wafer great seal" to be used
for all except the most important docu-
ments 1t is generally known that an old
great seal is the perquisite of the Lord
Chancellor; but it is not so generally
known that by pleasant act of courtesy
| in political life it has become customary
for the Lord Chancellor to give ona-half
of the seal to his predecessor in office.
TO speak of photography in fog
sounds like cutting from a comic paper
rather than a serious scientific fact; but
| it is a scientific fact, none the less, says
the New York Journal, and the man who
is conducting Investigations in this pc
cular line of photography is the shrewd,
energetic ruler of the German empire.
Quite recently the Kaiser has been steam
ing about in the Baltic on his yacht os-
tensibly on pleasure bent, but in reality
with a far different object. He was
accompanied by two men whose skill with
| the camera and whose knowledge of its
| construction are uneQualed, and the re-
suit of that little trip will be the begin
ming of important Developments in con-
nection with the navy and merchant SER
| vice of Germany, if not of other coun-
tries. BY means of a specially construct
ed camera the Kaiser's friends succeed
ed in obtaining clear and distinct photo
graphs of vessels, and of the coast line.
when those objects were a mile off and
MOL ba nh
graph were enveloped in a thick fog.
| This wonderful result was obtained with
an exposure of two seconds only. The
| necessary complement to the camera is
an apparatus that will enable the opera
tor to develop his picture in few sec
onds. so that it can be thrown on a
screen. The perfection of this apparatus
/ is now engaging the attention of the two
scientifis men. the expenses being paid
| by the German government Merchant
| vessels in a fog could take their bear
| ings in similar way, and they would
| find it more effective than sirens in pre-
venting collisions.
The marriage of the Duke of Westmin.
ster is the elimination of a romance that
might have had very different ending
had it not been for the death of the first
Duke over year ago, and the Boer bullet
| which, a short while afterward, killed
a young English officer in South Africa
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor. second
Duke of Westminster, the Wealthiest Duke
of the United Kingdom, was born IN 1873
and was Lord Hugh Grosvenor. wnen,
three years ago, he fell in love with the
beautiful daughter of Col CORVALLIS
West He was even then the heir appar-
ent to the Dukedom, his father, Earl
Grosvenor, the first Dukes eldest son,
having died in 1884. His Grace bitterly
opposed any engagement between his
grandson and any connection of the Corn
wallis Vests. There have been various
explanations of his attitude, the best
credited being that Col. CORVALLIS West
deeply offended the Duke by some biting
sarcasms when they were both young
men. 1t is also said that the Duke as
PRED to a royal marriage for his grandson.
At any rate, the young man was shipped
off to South Africa, where, as an aide-de-
camp to Sir Alfred Miner, he was at once
removed from Miss West and from dan
ger of death on the battlefield. Then on
Dec. % 1899, the old Duke died. and the
new Duke hurried home. During his alb,
sence, however, Gordon Wood. a hand
some, but poor captain. had won Miss
Vests heart. The young Duke, on learn
ing of this state of affairs returned to
South Africa. In the meantime his rival
was killed while fighting the Beers. Capt
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