The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-25

ne IlIteS COIScteQ III new OTk TO
lice Courts last year amounted to s7s,-
s57. In 1893 the total was sle0, 6s7. Prior
to the establishment of the present Board
of City Magistrates the average annual
collections were from 10000 to $4,000 In
1888 the total collections from fines
amounted to SS7,1S5.
"A citizen of Williamsburg, Penn, owns
old lottery ticket which reads as fol-
lows: mo. 257. Presbyterian Church
lottery Authorized by law This ticket
viii entitle the possessor to such prize
as shall be drawn to it's number, if de-
manded within twelve months after the
''r@wing; subject to 20 per cent deduction.
M. Wilkins, president of the board of
managers, Pittsburg, June 3. 1907"
The Deaf and Dumb Institute in Man
chester, England, has what it calls an
annual reunion every year, at which the
deaf mutes from the>surrounding country
dts alumni), and even from Scotland.
come together and renew old friend
ships, and lay the foundation for new
ones This year the meeting was sig
nafized by tea party at the Hume town
hail. which was followed by perform
ance of Hamlet by deaf mutes before an
audience of deaf mutes. The perform
ance was great success; the dressing of
the play was effective, the scenery good
and the acting very spirited" The audi
ence was greatly interested, and follow
ed every turn of the plot with eager
ness. Last year the same actors gave
Romeo and Juliet. The possibility of
such an occurrence, which must mean
tor these poor folk so much more than
it does to their more fortunate brethren
indicates what splendid results have al
ready followed from the self-sacrihcing
work of those who have devoted their
lives and money to the difficult work of
educating the deaf and dumb.
The earliest western coinage was prob
ably that of Lydia or Aegina, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser Be-
fore this the medium of exchange was
uncoined metai-copper, gold or silver
which was exchanged by weight. The
statement of Herodotus may probably be
accepted that the Lydians first introduce
ed the art of coming gold and silver. The
earliest coins were oval; the observe side
plain and the reverse marked with deep
impressions. Examples of these have
been preserved, which were probably
struck at Sardis about 700 B. c., and
which consist of mixture of gold and
silver. coin of CroesuS shows the
head of lion one side, and is sup
posed to date from about $50 B. c. The
first known coin on which a human head
contained the head of Alexander the
Great. The first example of a British
coin dates from about 200 B. c., and con-
tains what is supposed to be the head of
Apollo on one side and a chariot and
horses on the other. A Chinese bank
note, issued during the Ming dynasty
about A. D. 1890, is owned by the Brit
ish Museum. The surface of the note is
black with age. 1t is supposed to be the
nf hon Dnfa
issued from any country, and is about
800 years older than the earliest known
issue in Europe-that from Stockholm.
1t is well known that the glaciers of the
Alps have been decreasing in size during
the last forty years. A recent volume is
sued by the Swiss Society OF Natural
Science contains a report on the Inter
Grindelwald glacier by Prof. Baltzer,
which seems to indicate that they are
dwindling away much more rapidly than
has been hitherto supposed. In 1858 this
glacier descended to the level of the val
ley beneath Grindelwald, where the
Weisse Lutschine in the summer of that
year issued from an ice cave. By 1870 the
glacier had reiterated up the glen, be-
tween the Eiger and the Mettenberg, ex-
posing three great rocky steps, and its
thickness higher up had so much dimin-
before one might step on to the glacier,
there was sheer cliff fully 60 feet high.
at the bottom of which lay the shrunken
ice stream One of the interesting results
of the shrinkage has been the uncover
ing of an ancient quarry in bed of met
! tied pale red and green marble, which had
evidently once been extensively worked
In the Swiss Alps, according to DR.. Rich
ter, of 81 glaciers observed in 1897, fifty
naoaraa c inc in els
yet been no satisfactory explanat ton of
these changes of volume, which occur
quite regularly, a period of increase be-
ing followed by one of decrease and the
oscillations being continued century after
century.
The latest yarn about the negotiations
between the United States and Denmark
as to the future of the Danish West In
dies has just been told and denied 1t
came via London from Copenhagen and
was promptly squeched at Washington.
1t brings into notice a peculiar coalition
prevailing down in the Caribbean Sea
The story said that if Denmark was not
to sell the islands the United States
would insist that St. Thomas be fortified
In a way, the beautiful little harbor of
Charlotte Amalie at st. Thomas is forth
fed now. At least. there is a fort there
ehNN ~ 10 5oAA iSOhSQ ny DdIilSH Troops. IL
is almost a landlocked harbor, and on the
high headland at its entrance there is a
signal yard and an observer who is con-
stantly alert to sight while they are still
lar at sea the large number of ships of
all kinds and all countries which make
the port busy place. When the signal
shows that foreign man-of-war is max
ing for the harbor. one often does, the
port being free and an excellent coaling
place, one of the soldiers of the garrison
gets himself in readiness TO fire the re-
turn salute to the visitor when she shall
have fired the requisite number of guns
in honor of the Danish flag, which may
be seen rising to her peak as she steams
up the harbor. This little exchange of
amenities may never be omitted, and
they say down at st. Thomas that these
salutes cost the Danish government more
for powder and the necessary garrison
maintenance than the total OF the govern
ment's receipts from the island.
Conditions such as bad food, bad air
excess in foods and drinks, defective
drains and the like, are all parts of what
we may call the environment of dis
ease, says the Scotsman. They weaken
us and lay us open 10 germ attack They
may not cause disease in themselves but
they cause our bodies to be favorable
soils wherein disease may flourish and
grow. We say that house with defec-
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