The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10
A.B.CIRARDEAU
Savannah, Ca.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A cup or not COHee Is an uuLdlllh5
barometer, if you allow lump of sugar
to drop to the bottom of the cup and
watch the air bubbles arise without dis
turbing the coffee. If the bubbles collect
in the middle the weather will be hne;
if they adhere to the cup, forming ring
1t will either rain or snow; and II the
bubbles separate without assuming any
fixed position, changeable weather may
be expected.
Cape Dutch, Zulu and other South
African languages are henceforth to be
regular subjects of instruction at Kings
College, England. When the term began
recently classes in these subjects were
formed, and they are to meet on we'd
nesdays and Saturdays for the study of
the primitive conversational media OF
tribes ranging in shade from tan TO
black. The authorities of Kings College
believe that as South Africa is now be-
ing brought more and more under Brit
ish rule the number of young English
men going out there as rulers or mer-
chants or settlers will greatly increase,
and hence the necessity for instruction
in Zulu, ETC.
Ia British Congress on tuberculosis
will be held in London next July, in
winch every E1ltlSH cOlOuy anu NSPOh
dency is invited to take part by sending
delegates, while the governments OF
countries in Europe, Asia and America
are invited to sond representative men
of science and others, who will be the
guests of the Congress. The Congress
was to have been opened by the Prince
of Wales. It's object is to exchange the
information and experience gained
throughout the world as to methods
available for stamping out this disease.
In the United Kingdom alone 10000
deaths from tuberculosis are recorded an
nually, and it is stated on good authority
that at least thrice this number are con-
stantly suffering from one form or an
other of this disease.
-Kipling years ago when he was in San
Francisco, says the Louisville Courier
Journal, saw something of a dance-han
singer whose Greek head he liked, but
whom he laments in his American Notes"
as having mo ideas beyond the consump-
ton of beer" This lass, while admit
ting Kipling's kindness, didn't consider he
was much to look at" regarded his
spectacles "hideous'' and couldn't, as she
expressed it, waste time thinking about
a man who has no dough-" But she died
the other day, and now that Kipling is
famous the insatiate babblers and CAB
blers of the press are turning out col
umns OF copy" about 1.-The girl that
Kipling loved" 1t is not given to all
men TO become famous, but it is given
to all who have nothing better to do to
romance and lie about those who do be-
come famous.
j. s. SchiAing, of Enterprise, Kan,
whose saloon was demolished recently by
Mrs. Nation and whose wife in turn at
tackled Mrs. Nation, has this to say: II
did not get fair deal. Myself, wife and
child were through the Galveston storm,
and came back penniless. A Junction City
firm gave me some money to start i'm bus
mess, and / went to Enterprise to look
over the field. / went to Mayor Emmett
Hoffman, son of c. B. Hoffman, and ask
ed him about il. He said: All right; your
fine will be $50 a month. l had two talks
with him, and he seemed entirely friendly
to me. After paid $50 the time was ex-
tended to two months, and at this rate [
have paid. Al any time Mayor Hoffman
had told me to quit ] would have quit
gladly, for / wanted no trouble. Yet moth
ing was said, and yet $50 was paid after
/ have reason TO know that the Hoffmans
knew Mrs. Nation was coming. / am go
ing TO ask the return of this money, and
/ think ! ought to have it. Common fair
ness would have prevented all the
trouble"
-"X-rays are becoming quite a fea-
ture in law court proceedings. Their first
appearance" says the Paris Figaro, was
connected with Me. Labori's suit against
the Libre Parole. The famous barrister
was able by their means to prove that he
had really been wounded by a bullet at
Rennes, whereas the defendant newspa-
per had libeled him by saying that the
attempt on his life was sham. Since
then it has become quite common for
plaintiffs asking for damages for injury
sustained in accidents to produce a ra-
diograph of themselves. Hitherto X-rays
have played the part of witnesses; now
they appear in the character of accusers
Such a case has just been argued be-
fore the Fourth Chamber of the Civil
Tribunal Nine. Devevey sued DR.. de
Bourgade-Ladardie director of the Ra-
Geographic Institute, for 1900 francs dam
ages She had been suffering from facial
neuralgia and had been treated by the
Doctor with applications of the X-rays.
After nine successful repetitlons of the
treatment M. de ourgade-Ladardie COM
missioned an assistant TO carry out the
operation The next day Nine Devevey
was suffering from conjunctvitis and her
hair fell out over an area OF 30 cent?
meters. She lays II down to the assis-
tant's lack Of skill, aud holds the Doc
tor rcgpOnEibleit