The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-15
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ty-day sentence. He escaped, but was re-
captured and has just been sent to the
penitentiary for year for Jail breaking.
Prof. Hodge of Clarke University es-
Inmates that toads are worth $19sS each
for their work as destroyers of cutworms.
He thinks the propagation of toads would
solve the gypsy moth problem.
Missouri is not burdened with ex-
penses for the care of it's convcts. The
$4,000 appropriated for the penitentiary
for the past two years is offset by the
$S3,99l remaining in the treasury from
the earnings.
"A stage wedding of two members of.
burlesque troupe was announced to be
performed in a Washington theater, but
the high contracting parties found it i'm
possible to secure the services of a person
competent to perform the ceremony.
"A Tall Mems club has been organized
in the University of Pennsylvania. 1t
has twelve members, each of whom is 6
feet inches tall or more. Six other men,
termed 'shorties,' because they are only
feet inch,. are associate members.
-"On Friday morning a train composed
of twelve refrigerator cars rolled out of
Newton, Kan. for California, and each
car was laden with eggs gathered in the
vicinity of that town by one firm" says
the Kansas City Journal THE twelve
cars contained $4,000 dozen, or nearly
100000 eggs. The train goes as a special,
and it is the frst instance Of d train car.
rying nothing but eggs which has been
reported by any road running into Cali
forna."
The London Lancet warns the pub
lie against the use of fanneiette in chill
dren's nightdresses, owing to it's infiam-
mable character. Great care needs to
be taken to prevent it from coming any
where near fire. candle, or gas flame.
In any case, whatever the clothing may
be, children should always be protected
from such possibility by adopting fire.
guards. There is no doubt that when once
flannelette is ignited the fire can only be
put out and a horrible sequel prevented
with the greatest difficulty. The life of
the person dressed in it, according to the
experience of such cases. is hardly ever
saved, than which it is difficult to mag
inc a worse indictment against flannel
cite.
"A masonry bridge is being constructed
across the Valley of Petruffe, in Luxem~
bourg, which will have the largest single
span Of any masonry bridge, viz, T7
feet of a span width and a rising &C
clivity of 102 feet Previous to this. the
largest masonry bridge span was that of
Cabin John Bridge, near Washington,
viz, go feet, with a rising ACTIVITY OF
571s feet and a hight above water of 10l
feet. Following Cabin John Bridge comes
the railroad bridge at Jarenge, over the
Pruth, followed by the Grosvenor Bridge,
over the Dee, at Chester. These three
spans have been among the worlds great
est architectural triumphs in bridge ma
sonry.
The Paris public, says the London
Sketch, is much worked up over the case
of a respectable young sewing girl who,
out of work and hungry. attempted to
steal three little bread rolls of the value
| of a sou apiece, which, passing along the
| street, she saw lying on the sill OF an open
| window. Taken in the act, she was fined
| 16 francs, without Imprisonment but be-
| fore her case was brought into court she
had already been detained in prison p
| days. The law permits this in France and
| there is no redress. The statistics show
| that every year 10000 persons, reputed in
nocent by law, suffer without compensa-
| ton the pain of preliminary prison. The
| French public begins to clamor for the
rights of the individual as they are I'M
| derstood and have prevailed in England
| for more than three centuries" and 1t is
asserted that NJ. Henri Coulon has decid-
| ed to create a League for the Defense
| of Innocent Victims of Justice.
| The Paris Gaulois states that a duel
lately took place between a Marquis and
a Count both Spaniards. The Count was
a deadly shot, and as the duel was to
be fought with pistols the mother of the
Marquis, who was passionately attached
| TO her son. visited her sons opponent on
the eve of the fight and prayed MN
| not to aim at her son. The Count yield
ed to her entreaties and promised to aim
away from her son. The duel came OH
in the morning, and the Count, true TO
his promise, aimed away from his oppo-
nent, but the bullet, striking stone in
the ground rebounded and hit the Mar
ous in the head killing him instantly
The mother, on hearing the news, went
raving mad, and the Count was so over
\ come that he has entered a monastery
of the White Friars, with view TO LAX
| ing the vows of that order. The story
of the duel has caused a great sensation
in Spanish society, but the names OF
the persons concerned are so far kept
from public knowledge.
| According 10 the IeCOluS, law - Po'"
to the royal apothecary for the amounting
oil, writes the New York Commercial
London correspondent, which it is his
business to provide. When the Archbish-
op of Canterbury has placed the crown
on the Kings head the crowd assembled
in the Abbey acclaims him loudly, shout
ing: God save the King" In fact the
4 history OF coronations proves that the
rule of silence in church is by no means
observed at Westminster on these august
occasions. As soon as the sovereign is
crowned, the peers and peeresses put on
their coronets, and the Bishops their
miters. Each peers coronet has been pre-
viously borne by a page not above IA
years Of age, who carries it on a cushion
and walks behind him. The peeresses do
rot have pages to carry their coronets
| Hundreds of coronation medals are struck
in gold and silver, which the Treasurer
| of the Household scatters among the
spectators in the Abbey. Twelve new
peerages were gazetted to commemorate
the coronation of the late Queen Victo-
ria.
Alcohol is formed by the decomposi-
ton of sugar in the process known as
fermentation: and it is believed until re-
Gently that this process was always de-
pendent on the growth Of low vegeta-
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