The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-04

that country, thing which he applied
| for because of his superior's criticism
upon his handling of his cavalry at
last falls maneuvers. He was a ma
jor general, is but SO years old, a good
sportsman and generally very popular.
"A new rife has been ordered for
the English army, that is to say 1000
of them have been ordered for expert
mental demonstration. The chief new
feature of the weapon is that it is
five inches shorter than their Lee En-
field, and the barrel is encased in wood
to within one inch of the muzzle, the
idea being to enable the user to grasp
the gun anywhere without inconven-
fence from the heat generated by firing
Other alterations affect the sights and
the trigger, which has a short idle
movement before the action is engaged,
and in the loading arrangement. which
is of the carrier type.
The world to-day gives honor to
Louis Pasteur, says the New York Tri-
bune. 1t has hitherto done so in no I'M
certain manner. Long ago it's best
judgment enrolled his name among
those of its great beneficent geniuses.
But to-day, in peculiar and especial
inanner, 1T pays him peculiar and es-
pecial tribute. which is none the less
marked because it is not ostensibly in
tended. What was practically an in
ternational tuberculosis congress was
last week in session in London. 1t
was attended by some of the foremost
physicians and scientists of the world.
Its purpose was to devise means of
mitigating, If not of wholly extirpat-
ing, the greatest physical scourge of
the human race. And it acted in every
step on lines laid down by Louis Pas
teur. We may not say it would never
have met had 1t not been for him.
America might have been discovered
and colonized had there been no Co
lumbus. But without Hesitation it may
be said that the congress merely con-
tinued and elaborated the work of
which he more than any other man
was the founder.
1t has been officially reported that
there are nearly 900 lepers in the Unit
ed States, says the Philadelphia In
quirer, and it appears from the ex-
pressionS of opinion which this state
ment has elected that the circum-
stance thus disclosed is generally re-
garded with surprise and with a feel
ing not far removed from consterna-
ton. There is no justification for
either sentiment. Leprosy, which is
one of the most ancient of human
maladieS, exists in every quarter of the
world. It's place of origin has always
been subject of dispute, but whether
it came, as some insist, from the val
ley of the Nile or from Far Eastern
Asia, 1t has always been most preva-
lent in the Orient, and it is from there
that the contagion has proceeded. II
had reached Europe early in the Chris
tian era and it had lost much of it's
virulence and extension when it's dis
semination was enormously stimulated
as a consequence of the crusades. AT
ter that it became terribly prevalent,
and it is we'll authenticated fact that
in France alone in the year 1926 there
were 1000 leproseries or establish
ments where lepers were confined and
treated.
The recent law passed in Austria
regulating the fees of lawyers would,
if applied in this country, make every
limb o. th-law seek some other channel
in which to exercise his earning ca
pacities. There would be nothing in the
business; none of those juicy pickings
such as make the average layman wish
that he had made Blackstone his dear
est companion. Under this new law the
lawyers may charge a maximum fee of
81 .25 on all cases involving less than
what is approximately in our money
$21. This includes all the legal services
except the actual trial, for which law
yers are paid so much per diem. On
lawsuits involving more than $40 and
less than $406, the lawyers are allowed
IS. Al. Then up the charges increase at
the rate of Al cents for every addition
al $406 in the value of the amount in
volved up to a total of $40, 1888. Above
that total the rate of increase is 20
cents for each additional $685. Provision
is made by which additional fees may
be paid, but they must be agreed upon
in writing before the case is taken up
to court and submitted to the Judge
who has the power to rescind them. AL
ready an organization has been formed
in Vienna to break the law or break the
government.
In this country last year there was
one horse for every five inhabitants
(men, women and children), one mich
COW for every four inhabitants, one
mule for every thirty-five inhabitants,
one OK for every three inhabitants and
one sheep for every one and two thirds
inhabitants. Including swine with
those already mentioned there was a
value of farm animals of $500 for every
man, woman and child in the country.
The average value of all the mules
in the country was $40 a head more
imam the average value OF horses. Inc
average value of mich cows was 81 a
head more than the average value of
oxen and other cattle. The average
value of sheep was $22 a head less than
that of oxen and $3.50 less than that
of swine. Every man, woman
and child in the United States
consumed four and three quarters
bushels of wheat and wheat
flour and sixty-five pounds of
sugar, nine and three-quarters pounds
of coffee and pound of tea. The per
capita consumption of liquors was:
Distilled spirits, 1.27 gallons; malt Ii
quors. 1901 gallons, and wines, 40 gal
Ion. For every man, women and child
in the country there was in circulation
in lawful money $26.93. The per capita
debt of the government was $14.52. The
per capita interes on the public debt
was A cents. To maintain the public
schools of the country costs every man,
wamon and child little more than 50.
The news that The Marseillaise"
was played by a German band at Ber-
lin when M. Fourier, the winner of
the motor car race, arrived at the win
ming post adds present interest to Mr..
Karl Blinds article on the strange
origin of The Marseillaise" in the
July number of the Nineteenth Cen
fury, says the London Globe. The or