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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
TRANSFER OF TAX CERTIFICATES.

Orlando Record: The transfer of tax
certificates from the state controller
Office to the office of the clerk of the
Circuit Court, that is, those of them
which, under the new law, properly
come to Orange county, has been made.
The arranging of these papers will
keep the clerks Office force busy for
some time, but when the papers are
finally fled the new arrangement will
be of the greatest convenience to the
citizens of this county
Under the new law any person, or
agent of such person, owning or claim
ing lands sold for taxes, or any part
thereof, or any interest therein, or the
creditor of any such owner or claimant,
may redeem the same at any time sf-
ter such sale and before tax deed Is
issued therefor, by making the pay
ments required by law to the clerk or
the Circuit Court of the county where
in the land lies, without the delay and
trouble of having to visit or write to
the capital to make such redemption
from the State Treasurer.
Whenever any lands shall have been
so redeemed the clerk is required to
refund to the holder of the tax certih-
cate whether such holder be an indi-
vidual or the state of Florida, the run
amount received by him for redemp-
ton, less his fee of so cents, and such
certificates shall be surrendered to the
clerk and Cancelled. If the whole be re-
deemed, or if only portion thereof
shall be redeemed such portion and de-
scription of land. with date of redemp-
ton, shall be Endorsed on such certif-
cate by the clerk, and the certificate
retained by the owner subject to such
Endorsement.
Section 10 of the new law provides
that the holder of any tax certificate at
any time two years after the date of
it's issue may obtain tax deed to the
land therein described by application
to the clerk of the Circuit Court OF
the county wherein the land lies, pub
fishing prescribed notice of such appli-
cation, surrendering such certificate and
paying to the clerk the proper amount
for the redemption or surrender of all
other outstanding certificates and pay
ing the clerks proper fees. provided all
applications for tax deeds shall be
made within ninety days after the ex-
piration of two years from the date OF
the certificate, If bought at the sale by
a private party, or within ninety days
after it's transfer by the state after
the expiration of two years from the
date of the certificate.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

crackles. Everything you touch throws
out spark. The hair on your head is
so dry that it stands up from the scalp
and the sparks fly from the feet of a
cat as she crosses rug or a carpet.
This exhileration prevents sleep with a
good many people, and the phenomenon
is usually followed by an epidemic of
nervous prostration. But the doctors
contend that it is conducive to health;
that it stimulates the vital organs, in
vigorates the tissues and prolongs life;
having the same effect upon the human
system that is obtained in electropathic
treatment.
If the aurora borealis could be tanned
and harnessed-and some time it may
be-what a power it would furnish for
industry and the various uses to which
electricity may be applied! But unfor-
tunately it is irregular. Some years
there is no display for weeks, and at
other seasons the lights are burning at
the north pole continually all winter.
Tronsoe is the favorite point for fit
ting our Arctic expeditions. Most of
those who enter the Polar regions east
of Greenland make their headquarters
here. Evelyn Baldwin sailed a few
days ago with his little fleet, but did
not attract much attention from the
residents, because they are accustomed
to such things. While il is not an
every-d day event in their lives, the
whaling fleets that are coming and 60
ing regularly during the winter sea-
son are exposed to almost as many
perils as the explorers.
Tromsoe is a trading place and does
large business in fish and fishermen's
supplies. The harbor is always iilled
with vessels of all nations that come
here for Goldfish and herrings, furs and
oil The shops are filled with attractive
goods the streets are wide and well
kept; the public officials occupy build
ings of pretentious architecture; the
churches and the school houses are as
large and as convenient as any we
have seen in Norway outside of Christi
ania and Bergen, and If a stranger
were dropped down here without
knowledge of the place he would never
suspect that he was in the Polar re-
gions.
One does not realize how far north
he is. seeing the green grass and the
flowers and the people farming, and
Norwegian Maud Mullers making hay
within the Polar circle. Altenfjord. a
thickly settled section, is the most
northern point of the globe where ag
riculture is carried on regularly. There
are little gardens at some of the set
Elements farther north but that is the
limit of farming. 1t is many miles
north of the parallel where Sir John
Franklin abandoned his ships on our
side OF the globe; where Gen. Grecly's
party was rescued, and at least $50
miles farther north than the ice fields
OF Greenland, which Nansel crossed in
1888.
The cause is the beneficent influence
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

certain sum is allowed for the table,
increased so much a head if guests are
present. The present Empress superin-
tends the mending of the children's
clothes, and in regard to her own ward
robe no royal lady is as modest. The
Emperor, in spite of his many cos
tunes, has economical ideas in this re-
spect, and cuffs and collars to his uni
forms and even to his shirts are many
times renewed. The stable is one of
the Emperor's fads. 1t is not as large
as the majority of royal stables, but
is most perfectly appointed. The car
riage horses are especially we'll train
ed. On leaving the palace the COACH
man receives no orders as to where he
is to go, but is directed at each square,
where the horses must obey the slight
est touch of the reins. The Emperor
likes snowy horses, and all the car
riage horses of the imperial stable are
trained to step high"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
OIL AT PENSACOLA.

Pensacola Press: From the latest re-
ports current in this city it is evident
that Pensacola is soon to become one
of the oil centers of the country. 1t
was given out Thursday night. and
generally credited that the property
ir the rear of the bar pilots office
which has been the subject of con-
siderable attention of late, will soon be
worked by u local company. According
TO the rumor, the property had been
bought for $4,000, and a large con-
sideration offered in the event of oil
being struck. One of the members of
the Pilots Association denied the re-
ported sale, and said that the amounts
mentioned were fictitious. He admitted,
however, that an agreement had been
reached and signed by the bar pilots
and the purchasing parties. but de-
clined to reveal the conditions of the
transfer. 1t is generally believed, how
ever, that the parties who are backing
the scheme, are to organize a company
for the purpose of drilling for oil. They
are among the substantial citizens of
the city, and if they take charge Of
the property will undoubtedly succeed
in developing it to the fullest extent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
Does Roller Flour Hurt the Teeth.
From the London Chronicle.

FROM the LOnQOn CnTOnlcle.
At the annual meeting of the British
Dental Association yesterday afternoon
Thomas G. Read read a paper on
Some Chemical Changes in the Mouth
During the Mastication of Bread Com
posed of Roller Flour" and contended
that the increase In dental carries dur
ing the last forty years was due to
roller milling having largely replaced
stone milling, and argued that modern
bread itself directly caused the destruc-
ton of tooth tissue, as there was
greater amount of acid generated in
the mouth during the mastication of
bread composed of roller flour than
when composed of stone milled, 1t APP
peared that wherever the roller mill
was in operation carious teeth were
found, instead of the sound ones of
the days of the stone mill.
1t had been noticed that in various
parts of the world the natives in the
interior had better teeth than those in
the towns and those near the coast. 1t
was found on testing for acid that the
roller flour bread bolus was much more
acid than the other. Hugh Candy.
chemist of the London Hospital, hav-
ing tested both kinds of bread, reported
that he found in the case of the bread
composed of stone mifled flour that the
acidity remained stationary; whereas
in the case of the bread composed of
roller -four mastication appeared to
promote an increase of 43 per cent. IN
the acidity. Dentistry. said Mr.. Read
was a liberal profession, and, besides
correcting the ravages of dental carries,
II was their duty to endeavor to pre-
vent dental carries occurring. After a
long discussion 1t was decided that Mr..
Reads paper should have the careful
consideration of the profession.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
o. P. Austin in the Forum.

~. +. AuSLln IN the OtuHl.
Belgium had in 1897 a population Of
$40 per square mile, with 1857 miles OF
railway. 5,743 miles of public roads, ana
1870 miles of navigable waters and ca
nails; the area is less than that OF
Maryland, but the population sustained
is six times as great. Netherlands IN
1898 had a population of 401 per square
mile, with about 1000 miles of railway
5000 miles of navigable water, exclu-
sive of canals, and 1907 miles of ca
nails, in an area about equal to that OF
Massachusetts and Connecticut COM
bined but a population so per cent.
greater than that of those densely pop
ulated states England and Wales hao
in 1891, a population of 498 per square
mile, with $4,000 miles of railway, 2,20S
miles of canals, and an admirable hlgh-
way system, the area being ABOUT
equal to that of the state of Georgia.
and the present population twelve
times as great. Porto Rico, which Is
looked upon as having an extremely
dense population, has only about 20
inhabitants per square mile, with very
little development in railways and
roads; and Gen. Roy Stone. who mas
spent much time in that island since
American occupation, stated, in a re-
cent address before the American
Academy of Political and Social Sci
ence. that in his opinion the island,
which now sustains less than 1.O0O,OOO
inhabitants, can we'll support fully o.
900, 900 people, since not more than one
fourth of the soil is now under cultl-
walton.
BY properly developing it's produc-
ing powers and exchanging these pro-
ducts for foodstuffs from other parts
of the world, it would probably be able
to sustain more than five times i6s
present population, or more than l,0VV
per square mile. Barbados, one OF the
British West Indies, has a population
of more than 100 per square mile. yet
is looked on as prosperous community
The two most prosperous countries
in the world, aside from the unlteu
States, are England and Germany; yet
they now sustain on a combined are"
less than that of Texas, population
greater than that of the entire Unlteu
States and twenty-five times as great
as that which Texas now supports
With a great railway system stretcn-
ing from Patagonia to Alaska and con-
Meeting across Behring Strait with an
Asiatic Railway system; with wireless
telegraphy, enabling instantaneous
communication from city to city, anu
telephones so developed that man may
speak from continent to continent
with the art of, ocean navigation mucn
more highly developed. and perhaps
the navigation of the air as completely
mastered as that of the ocean is TO-
day, the United States, with its power
to interchange its products, will be n
touch with those of other lands anu
it's power to sustain a population o.
300, 900, 000-yes, even billion-will pe
greater than that by which the pros
porous nations of Europe sustain tneh
present population
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
INTERNATIONAL COMMENT.

Dahlonega Nugget: Col. ]. H. Estill
is our choice for governor, because he
runs one of the most reliable and best
daily papers in Georgia, has done its
people more good than any of his OPP
ponents and should now be rewarded.
Atlanta Journal: Col. Estill says his
platform is printed in the editorial col
umns of the Savannah News every day.
Now is the time to subscribe.
Oglethorpe Echo: The Savannah
News advises Atlanta that If she will
be patient for about two years she will
have a union depot that will be credit
to the city. but that mustn't be con-
strued into promise from Editor Es-
till. who also expects to be living in
an Atlanta mansion in about the time
mentioned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

during that period every steamer on
the regular lines is crowded Excursion
steamers come from Hamburg and
other ports, while those who are for
tunate enough to own private yachts
consider this the most attractive of
cruisers. But at the risk of offending
the steamship managers l am impelled
to say that the great majority of peo-
pie who make this journey are doomed
/ TO disappointment. The midnight sun
IS usually seen once, and sometimes
two or three times during the cruise,
but is very seldom visible from. the
North Cape, where people most desire
to see it.
If the steamship companies could
regulate the winds and the other pc
culiar features of the climate nobody
would be disappointed. The sky is us
ually clear during the summer season
from or o'clock in the morning I'M
I'll or O'Clock in the afternoon, when
northerly breeze usually springs up
and the warm air from the Gulf
stream, meeting the cold air from the
ice fields of the Arctics condenses the
moisture they carry and forms thick,
heavy clouds which hide the sun and
bring great disappointment to the
traveller Last year the officers of the
steamer upon which we sailed saw the
midnight sun but twice at the North
Cape, although the men in charge of
the restaurant at the top of the noun
tain reported that they were able TO
see ii frequently.
The North Cape is in the same lati-
tude as Point Barrow, the northern.
most limit of Alaska. 71:10:40 The
same parallel runs north of Hudson's
bay and through the middle of Green
land Iceland, which was a Norwegian
colony for a thousand years, is direct
ly west of Trondhjem. The language is
said to be spoken there with greater
purity than at home. The nearest land
from the coast at Bergen is the Shet-
land Islands. where the people stil
talk Norwegian. Twenty four hours
sailing south from the Shetland Islands
are the Orkneys. the Hebrides and the
Isle of Man, which were Norwegian
colonies for several centuries end were
stations on the western route of the
gian kings ruled in Dublin for 900
years, and they civilized Normandy
Directly north of the North Cape ic
Franz Joseph Land, about 500 miles
distant: about 200 miles to the north
west of Spitzbergen; about the Same
distance in the opposite direction is
Nova Zembla, and perpetual ice begins
about $50 miles away.
Russia, Sweden and Finland lie along
the eastern limits of Norway. Lapland
lies like a wedge between Norway and
Sweden, a desolate, trackless waste of
900 square miles, with less than 49,
900 inhabitants, who are nomadic
Lapps and Firms. An arm of the sea
of the same width or a high chain of
mountains could not furnish a more eff
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

of the Gulf stream, the kindly pro-
vision of nature, which, as an irish
orator once said. people the uninhab-
table parts of the globe and makes the
desert smile like a rose"
We had no heat in the ship during
the entire voyage to the North cape
and return. Ordinary oVercoats were
sufficient, and at night we slept under
a single blanket. But we are told that
this is an exceptional season; that the
hot wave which brought so much suf-
fering and death in the United states
and Europe invaded even the arctic
circle. Yet it cannot be very cold dur
ing any summer, because there are
meadows in which we have seen wo-
men making hay Immediately beside
the great glacier of Svartisen, an enor-
nous 1ield of Snow and ice which COW
ers a plateau 800 miles square and
reaches the sea through several deep
ravines into which it has flowed like
molten lava and filled to the depth OF
1000 or 1900 feet Nor is this excep-
t!onaL Among the patches of snow and
and ice that CLEAN and glitter in the
crevices of the mountains you can
catch vistas of beautiful verdure,
fields of waving barley and rye. patches
of the modest potato growing briskly
under the continuous light of the sun
and cattle grazing in the valleys to the
very tip end of the world.
1t is continual daylight, and the sun
might be seen continuously but for the
clouds and fogs, which are frequent.
The greatest inducement for people to
visit the North Cape is to enjoy the
novel experience of seeing the sun
above the horizon twenty-four hours in
succession. A good look at the mid
night sun is promised in the circulars
of every steamship and tourist agency.
and thousands of people come every
summer to see it. The season is very
short-limited to seven weeks-and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
FLORIDA.

The Tallahasseean: Last Monday
afternoon there passed by st. Teresa
a party, consisting of a man and wife
and two children, bound for San Mar
co, Fla, which we under stand is be-
low Charlotte Harbor. They had
started in a little flat-bottomed boat
from a point up the Flint river, with
in six miles of Atlanta, Ga, and had
been one month last Sunday on the
way. The boat was hardly fifteen
-feet long, and had a small sail to help
it along whenever the wind happened
TO be favorable. AS stated above, the
party consisted of a man. wife and
two little children, the oldest just
able to walk and with them were two
small gray kittens. The man seemed
very confident of being able to make
the trip in safety. We trust he may,
but it seems to be very dangerous
voyage,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
THEY WANT SAM JONES.

Gainesville News: Since our mention
in the News of Tuesday about Sam
Jones to come to Gainesville, quite a
number of our leading citizens have
expressed a desire to have him come.
Mr.. Jones will be communicated with
on the subject. and if a suitable date
can be arranged for, and other neces-
sary arrangements made, Gainesville
will probably be honored with that en-
inent divine and lecturers presence
before long. Now, If those of our cit
liens who have been wanting excur-
sions to Gainesville this summer will
just put their shoulders to the wheel
and help to get Sam Jones here they
will see more people come here-over
all railroads leading into the city
than they ever saw here before, and
the coming will result in great good in
various ways.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
THE FAR NORTH.
TRoMsoE, NORWAY, A SURPRISE
To TOURISTS.
Verdure and Ice Contend-City Is
Made Beautiful With Luxuriant
Trees and FIOwers-View of the
Midnight sun.


Made Beautiful with Luxuriant
Trees and FIOwers-View of the
Midnight sun.
William E. Curtis in the Chicago
Times Record.
Tromsoe, Norway, July 27.-Tromsoe
is a surprise to every visitor, for no
one expects to find such a pretty town
decorated with turf and trees and
flowers in the arctic circle. 1t lies upon
a gentle slope; the streets are planted
with birch and mountain ash, which
have attained considerable size, and
in the center is park and a grove of
birch trees. There are several streets
of frame and loge villas, surrounded by
gardens, wild cherry trees, foliage
plants and flowers, which the people
take a great deal of pride in cultivat-
ing, and one does not wonder because
they are half buried in snow for two
thirds of the year.
1t is midnight at Tromsoe for seven
months, MONDAY for three months and
twilight the rest of the time. The cleo
trio lights are kept constantly lighted
day after day for seven months, except
when nature gives an exhibition of
electrical fireworks more brilliant than
any ever seen al the Buffalo Exposition
Then the lights in the streets are ex-
tinguished, but they are still needed in
the houses, The effect of the aurora
borealis is described to be exhilerating
The air is so full of electricity that it
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

ed a dark red, which color 1t is under
stood, will henceforth be the rule with
the passenger cars, the order having
been sent out from Savannah.
The activity of the Atlantic, Valdos-
ia and Western Railroad in building
first-rate accommodations for it's
freight and passenger departments at
Jacksonville has already been comment
ed upon. The Seaboard Air Line and
Southern are also wide awake and are
engaged in improvements.
Though it cannot be said that the
amount of trackage has been very con-
siGerably increased throughout the
state recently, yet, in the laying of
tracks and extensions to lumber camps
at various points there have been ad-
ditions of some Importance. A reporter
was informed yesterday that at least
twenty-five miles of track had been
laid altogether. On the Jacksonville and
Southwestern the track has been ex-
tended to logging camps for some dis
lance.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
STATE RAILROADS ACTIVE.

Though little has been said publicly
in regard to railroad improvements in
Florida lately, there has nevertheless
been very credtable activity along
this line during the last few months.
The railroads entering Jacksonville
have had their section gangs engaged
busily all through the summer and the
roadbeds have been kept in prime con-
dition, allowing no deterioration. Mile
posts and crossing signs, etc, have
been freshly painted at many places
and crossties showing the slightest sign
of decay have been replaced with new
ones The depots also have been care
fully looked after. The rock ballasting
of the Florida East Coast Railway is
progressing from Miami. The roadbed
of this railway will be the equal of
that of the best in the country. The
Plant System also has devoted special
attention to It's tracks and it's rolling
stock. The changing of this railroads
colors from yellow to maroon and gray
will shortly be put into effect, II is
said all over Florida. Some of the pas
senger coaches are alreSdy being paint
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
Wilmington l.. 10 Sc 6S 90
Oklahoma ....T 8 "a Y .06

Remarks-Slightly cooler in the dis
tricts of Galveston and Oklahoma, sta
tionary temperature or very slightly
warmer elsewhere. Rainfall apparent
ly heaviest over Georgia, South Saro-
lima and Texas.
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time at all stations, Aug. 81,
1901, s p. M, 18th meridian time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01
sILx ER's REMAINS INFERRED.

Funeral of Baseball Player, Killed
by Pitched Ball, Took Place at
cambridge.
cambridge, Ga, Aug. 31.-Mr. FL
mer Silvers, a member of the base-
ball club of this city, who died in
Quincy from the effects of being
struck by the ball, was brought back
here, and the remains inferred We'd
nesday. He was from Terre Haute,
Ind, where his father now lives.
The first bale of cotton, raised by
Mrs. Matte Davis, has been received
here. 1t weighed $50 pounds; it was
sold to H. B. Erich for cents a
pound.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

fective boundary Physically. Lapland
is an offshoot of the Tundra belt of
the Polar region-snow- covered from
200 to $50 days of each year, and the
lakes solid ice kom October to June.
Nevertheless, in the same latitude, un-
der the same influence of the Gulf
stream, whose course lies along the
western shores of Norway, grain,
strawberries and vegetables are grown.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-01

THOSE Gumleigh girls" said Miss
Maud, put on such youthful airs, and
they are as old as the hills"
mo" replied Miss Mabel, looking
at them critically, II wouldn't quite
say that, but they are certainly as old
as the mound builders. Chicago Tri-
bune.