The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


States on the part of the Dominion of
Canada The remains are to be re-
inferred by the side of Capt. Hull, an
other American killed in this battle.
According to an official report to the
State Department, made by Consul
Brush at Niagara Falls, the ceremony
will occur tomorrow, and the Lundys
Lane Historical Society of Canada, the
Niagara Falls Historical Society, the
Forty fourth Battalion of Canada and
a company of the Fourteenth United
States Infantry will take part in the
exercises.
Men," remarks the Kansas City
Journal, ARE inspired by such lofty
spirit of virtue that they would scorn
to- make a spectacle of their figures
or their graces. 1t may be said, with
out the fear of successful contradlc-
ton. that no man ever descended so
low as to take 10 cents a head from his
countrymen for an exhibition of his
personal charms. And, by the same
token, the innate modesty of man has
kept him scrupulously away from the
field of art. No one ever saw the hg-
ure of a man scantly wrapped IN mos
quito netting and standing on bold
pedestal in representation of morn
or night or JOY, or hope, or any
of the other emotions. Scripture has
recognized this modesty in man from
times immemorial"
Every now and then another giant
keeps turning up at Rouen, anxious TO
convince the executors of the Comte de
Pierrecourt that he is the biggest man
in France, and therefore entitled to a
half portion of the Counts $4,000 leg
acy, writes Paris correspondent. The
Pierrecourt heirs have already begun
suit to have the giant couple" clause
in the Counts will set aside, averring
that the testator was not of sound mind
when he stipulated that method of i'm
proving the breed of Frenchmen. In
the meantime the documents in the
case are filed at the Mayors office and
are accommodating amazingly. They
comprise written applications enough
to create the impression that there are.
not more than a handful of citizens in
the whole country less than seven feet
high.
A paper was read at the recent
meeting of the British Association in
Glasgow which bore the remarkable
title, THE Frequency and Pigmenta-
ton Value of Surnames of School
Children in East Aberdeenshire." The
author had found, as a result of long
and careful fact gathering in his dis
trict of Scotland, that surnames and
complexion go together to a remark
able degree. Among the most fire.
quent of the names in the territory,
he had discovered, Whyte, oddly
enough. was particularly dark in col
oring. So were the surnames of Cruik-
shank, Stephen and Paterson. On the
other hand, Wallaces, Frasers, Grants
! and Parks were blond. Robertsons and
GordOnS were dark. Persons named
Scott, Grant or Thomson were most
likely TO be red headed, whereas mem
bers of the Johnston, Walker, Forbes,
Burnett and Watson families had the
least percentage of red in their color
ing.
1t was the late DR.. Thomas Holmes
of Brooklyn, who embalmed the body
of President Lincoln, which was found
to be in a most excellent state of pres
ervation when viewed last week, says
the Washington letter of the Chicago
Record Herald. His process was a rad
ical departure from the ordinary mode
of embalming by means of fluids. DR..
Holmes placed the body in a glass case
and subjected it to pressure of a pecu-
liar gas, the action of which hardened
the flesh to a degree approaching the
is known of the process to-day. Dr.
Holmes died two years ago a poor man.
Doubtless his invention could have
made a fortune for a man possessing
business ability, but that quality Dr.
Holmes lacked. His discovery was APP
preciated by few and brought little
money to him. During the Civil War
the success of his work on the bodies
of prominent soldiers brought DR..
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coin, who became interested in his work
and ordered that he should be en-
| ployed at his death. President Lincoln
| personally paid the expense of fitting
| out a gunboat to carry the doctor and
his assistants to the army at Fair
| Oaks, where he embalmed many of the
prominent officers slain in battle.
A Frenchman has just died in
Louisiana at the age of 113 years, says
the Baltimore American. 1t is report
ed of him that up to a few weeks ago
| his health was good, he was cheerful,
and enjoyed a good joke" "A merry
heart doeth good like a medicine" and
| physicians can bear testimony to the
| effect of cheerfulness upon health.
| This Frenchman lived in tranquil eX-
'istence in the country, far from the
worry and rush of city life. The
| American man of affairs is prone to
| take his business cares and Vexations
| with him wherever he goes, even on a
| holiday. Worry shortens life more
| quickly than work done sensibly and
| in moderation. Nervous troubles in
| various forms are becoming more and
| more common in this country. and in
most cases among men, at least, can
| be traced directly to the unscientific
| and hurtful way in which Americans
pursue their business. Rapid eating
and overeating are also largely respon-
| sible for diseases that shorten life. The
| consumption of much meat, especially
| by men whose work is largely mental,
| puts too heavy a burden on the kidneys
and other organs, and Bright's dis
! ease and troubles hardly less fatal
| make their appearance before the
| prime of life is reached. We are a
| progressive people in many things, but
we have still much to learn.
The desire for souvenirs upon the
part of the large crowds lined along
the railroad tracks at every point. was
distinctive feature of the McKin-
| ley funeral train, says the Pittsburg
| Post The most popular of all the
| methods adopted was the placing of
| coins on the track so that the train
| might pass over them, smashing fiat
| the pieces of money as a mark of
| identification in years to come. This
! practice was not confined to any par
! ticular point or crowd, but was in
| dulged in generally all along the route.
| The mutilated coins were afterward
! gathered up by their owners and dis