The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-26

which followed the coronation the Chief
Magistrate of the city offered the King
a cup of spiced wine. This cup was OF
gold, and with its cover weighed pre-
cisely so ounces. The privilege of pay
ing for the cup, and presumably the
wine, belonged to the King, and it sub
sequently became the property of the
Lord Mayor, as fee or reward for his
/ services. 1t is also recorded that at
the banquet the civic party was seated
Ito the left of the cup board" which,
however is not enlightening to the av-
erage man of the present day, seeing
that all evidence by which the precise
locality might have been fixed has long
since disappeared.
That the improved conditions Of
modern existence have added material
ly to the longevity of mankind is a.
matter that is being taken seriously in
commercial circles, says Success. The
Actuarial Society of America is to COM
pile new series of tables for the life
| insurance companies of the United
ates, which, the society maintains,
Will show decreased mortality among
the people of this country This is ex-
pected to have the effect Of decreasing
the premium rates now charged, as the
whole life insurance business is based
on mortality tables. 1t cannot be doubt
ed that, with sobriety and moderation
in all things, the average man can live
to an old age. The publication of
foods, the marked advance in medicine
and surgery. the wonders of modern
science, are all assisting to prolong the
existence of the man of the twentieth
century. 1t remains for him to educa e
himself to enjoy that existence with
contentment and success.
|
the idea of christening mountains as
you may do in Norway, says Parsons
Magazine. There are not many places
on the earth where this pleasure may
be found. Most Norwegian mountain
names end in the syllable tind, mean
ing point--sharp points being charac-
teristic of many ranges. You may
| give a newly conquered mountain your
own name, adding tind to the end of it,
record the name in the Alpine Journal,
whence in due course it will be trans
! ferred to the map, and there is a fair
] chance that henceforward the noun
tain will be known by the name you
have given it. Rather than call a
mountain Browntind or Jonestind
however, it is advisable to give it a
native name with some local interest
so that the people of the district are
more likely to remember it and keep
it green. For the satisfaction of nam
ing a mountain is somewhat modified
! when you find that no one uses the
name you have given but yourself. In
a summers climb in some parts of
Northern Norway you may discover
and conquer, perhaps, a dozen noun
tains and peaks that no one has left a
record of climbing before. In this case,
of course, the pleasure will fall to your
| a
on the summit of each, thus leaving
lasting monument, which may one day
! cause a great disgust to fill the heart
| of another explorer, when he finds
himself forestalled. In erecting a cairn
it is well to build it as firmly as posi-
BILE, or a storm may dislodge it, and in
it's fall it may set an avalanche rolling
down the mountain side. Cairns are
! sometimes designed with large stones
| to represent human figures, in which
case the stone that stands for the head
is very liable to topple from the Shout
| ders, unless they are given a good
width.
The recent wreck of the torpedo
boat destroyer Cobra, by which sixty
seven lives were lost, was the fifteenth
serious disaster to vessels of the Brit
| ish navy during the last thirty-one
! years, resulting in the loss of some 1000
| lives, says the Chicago News. Sept. Z,
! 1870, the Captain foundered near Cape
| Finisterre with a loss of 472 lives. Sept.
| l, 1875, the Vanguard was sunk by
collision with the Iron Duke, the crew
| of about 400 being saved. July a. 1876,
forty-tive were killed and fifty injured
| by the explosion of the boiler of the
| Thunderer during her trial trip. March
"a. 1873, 300 persisted by the laundering
| of the training ship Eurydice in a gale
| off the Isle of Wight. Ten were killed
and forty wounded by the explosion of
the 3S-ton gun of the Thunderer, Feb.
| IL, 1880. The training ship Atalanta
was lost with all hands in a gale off
| Bermuda. The explosion on the Dot
terel in the Straits of Magellan, April
26, 1881, resulted in the loss of 143 out
of $50. Bad navigation wrecked the
gunboat Wasp off Tory Island, Sept.
%, 1884, with a loss of f1fty-two lives
No lives were lost when the ironclad
| Sultan ran ashore on one of the NAL
| tese group, March 6. 1889, but seven
were lost when the gunboat Lily struck
| on a rock off the Labrador coast Sept.
16. 1889, and two were killed and eight
| injured by an explosion on the cruiser
Baracouta during her trial trip off
Margate. Feb. 7, 1890. Only three sea-
men were saved out or 172 officers and
men WIleH the Ip6QO cruiser serpent
ran on a rock near Cape Vilano during
| gale on Nov 10, 1890. The sinking
of the flagship Victoria by collision
with the Camperdown off the coast of
Syria, June p, 1898, resulted in the loss
of Admiral Tryon, twenty-five officers
and 1896 men. No lives were lost when
the torpedo boat Viper ran aground on
the island of Attorney during the naval
maneuvers this year.
The University of Chicago Museum
of Egyptology is soon to be enriched by
some of the most ancient articles ever
found in the land of the Pharaohs. says
the Chicago Chronicle. Professors and
divinity students as we'll as scholars
in the liberal arts department and
members of the medical school are
awaiting with impotence the arrival
of the curiosities. DR.. James II.
Breasted, the university professor who
deals with mummies and pieces of sill
yer and gold curiously wrought and
inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs.
has recently returned to Chicago from
a trip to the Orient which has lasted
for nearly two years. Prof. Breasted
went TO Egypt for the purpose Of as
sisting in the excavations which have
been going on for many years about
the tombs Of the Pharoahs and he re-
turns highly satisfied with the results
of his diggings Some men are salts
fed when they find gold and silver in
the rough, but Prof. Brested cares lit
tie for precious metals unless they
bear the stamps Of the Menes and Ra-