The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-15

The house porter at the Turkish
embassy in Paris is the only Turkish
official who receives his salary pune
| tually. Owing to some old arrange
ment the French government pays the
rent of the house occupied by the
Turkish ambassador, and even the fur
niture in it belongs to the French
state. 1t also pays the house porter's
salary, the Turkish ambassador bein%
in reality only the tenant of the house.
-Evangeline Hearth Davidson, the
first child to be named by legislative
body, was christened at Salida, Col,
recently, says the Chicago Tribune.
The baby is the daughter of Repre-
sentative j. A. Davidson, of Chaffee
county, and the name of Mrs. Evange-
line Hearth, member of the House from
Arapahoe county, was given it in
March last by the General Assembly
of Colorado. The child enjoys a fur
Their distinction in being the first baby
in the land to be named for a woman
legislator. Mrs. Hearth acted as god
mother at the christening ceremonies,
and many of the solons who were pres
ent the day the child was named at
tended the christening and showered
gifts at the little ones feet.
Though it is possible that cases of
burial of living persons may still oc-
cur fortunately they are more rare
than in former times. Even the doc
tors orders against interment were
not always obeyed, for the Gentleman's
Magazine of 1851 relates the case of
Richard Carson of Hay, Herefordshire
Eng, who was supposed to have died,
but a doctor declared that Carson still
lived and ordered that he was not to
be buried. His relatives paid no heed
to the injunction and the body was
committed to the grave next day. A
person passing through the church yard
heard noise and prevailed on the
clerk to open the grave, where the sup
posed corpse was found in a profuse
sweat and bleeding at the nose. I'm
fortunately, the man was beyond re-
covery and soon died.
1t must be difficult to get
drink in the Republic of Chilli, says
the London Express. A new act con-
sisting of 169 clauses, writes the Brit
ish consul, has now come into opera
ton, and it's effect will be compre-
hensive and ar-reaching. In rural
parts retailers must close at sunset,
and remain closed until the daylight
comes again. But in the cities the
retailer may keep his establishment
open until midnight No intoxicating
drink may be sold in theaters or other
places of entertainment, or in railway
stations and trains. Nor may intox-
eating drinks even be advertised in
these places. The act curiously groups
together churches, schools, charitable
institutions, jails and barracks as
places which may not have a public
house within 22O yards of them Ex-
listing establishments in such positions
are to be closed within three years
and no more licenses are to be grant
ed.
While four young men were swim
ming in the Mediterranean sea at Ma
rina de Nicotera, near Naples, a few
days ago, a huge ocean shark made a
fierce rush at them. says the Chicago
News. With cries of terror they swan
for the shore, but before they, could
reach there the shark had seized one of
them and dragged him under. Some
fishermen, hearing the cries of alarm,
haStened to the rescue and were in
time to see the unfortunate victim
come again to the surface The sea
around him was stained a deep red,
and the man turned an agonized face
toward his would-be rescuers but be-
fore they could reach him the shark
was seen TO make another rush at him
and he disappeared from sight. The in
c1dent has caused great excitement, as
no previous case of a shark taking a
man is known on the Italian coast
Many sharks find their way into the
Mediterranean through the Suez canal.
but they usually perish in the cold
weather.
-Exery class now seems to have a
special newspaper or "organ" in
Paris, says the London Telegraph. The
Journal des Concierges has long exist
ed, and weekly has now been start
ed in the interests of the police. 1t is
not quite clear if the paper be writ
ten by policemen, but, at any rate
many of the secrets of the profession
are revealed in 1T, and it is also per-
llously personal. 1t even contains sar-
castle paragraphs about high officials
OF the prefecture, which is uncere-
monlously alluded to as the "haute
Dolte Minor persons attached to the
stations are also referred to as hav-
ing certain weaknesses, notably of an
amatory kind, and nicknames are be-
slowed on evidently unpopular super
lntendents and inspectors The ante
cedents of disfavored superiors are
likewise insisted upon, and one of
them is described as an ex-dustmsn
while another is reproached for hay-
ing been seminarist or ecclesiastical
student, like M. Combes.
Mr.. Forder. an English missionary
has recently published a book describ-
ing a perilous journey made by him
to Jowf, city inhabited by fanatical
Arabs, about 300 miles from Jerusa-
lem. He spent a risky and anxious
thirteen days at Jowf and, in spite of
the kindness of Jofar, the Governor
ana MS sons was practically a nriso
her' says the Chicago News. Great
EFFORTS were made to convert him to
Islam and on these failing he was ex
PEELED Johar himself saying that thew
were taught by their religion to xiii
all Christians. An unfortunate incl
cent nearly cost Mr.. Forder his life
Ihere was storm of wind and rain
ana one of the adobe towers of the
castle, being soaked, fell inward into
the room in which Johar was seated
reading the koran, crushed him Sc
Verely and broke his leg. A man re
marked as the bleeding form of tbe
reVered governor was extricated from
the rubbish This is the Christian's
doing; he must have been out and
looked at the tower and affected II GO
that 1t fell; this is the BEGINNING ~
evil. Then the pent-up fury of the
people exploded in cries of ar OF nc
XIII the Christian!" emphasized hy Tho
orandlshing of clubs, dageers and re-
NolVers; but when the travellers daath
seemed inevitable he was rescued hv
three Arabs who had been in India
The gaming and the tumult dies.