The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-08
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cago sent to the isolation hospital this |
year, SO were unvaccinated children |
under school age and fourteen of these
died.
In most of the other civilized couA-
tries the female population, on az
count of unfavorable economic condE
tions, has to contribute in a larger deA
gree to the support of the families \
In Italy the percentage is 40 and in
Austria AZ.
&C, NJ. Palmer of New London, N.
c., has invented a wood distilling APP
paratus that he claims will convert
cord of fat pine into 100 gallons of pine
products in the shape of turpentine and
oil of turpentine, creosote and tar, to-
gether with about twenty-five bushels
of charcoal, all together worth from
$40 TO $50
Sometime ago it was announced
that 500 bachelors of Rugby, N. D.,
were seeking wives Through friend
ly intermediary, over 100 women open
ed up correspondence. Forty-eight of
these are just about to leave Kokomo
and Howard county. Ind, to share their
lives with as many lonely bachelors.
Canadians are regretting that there
is no means of indisputably deciding in
what building at Niagara the first Par
lament of Upper Canada held its meet
ings, but The Toronto Globe thinks
there is some reason TO believe that
Parliament met in the old Indian Coun-
Gil House which stood on the Garrison
Common until few years ago.
The biggest monkey ever exhibited
is a gorilla feet 10 inches high with
an arm spread of feet inches, from
the Camaroons, West Africa. He
stands, with his skeleton beside him,
in the Museum of Hamburg. The
crowds at the museum have been
enormous, and the comments upon it's
marked resemblance to the human spe-
cies have been general.
Under date of June 20, 1909 Consul
General Richard Guenther of Frank
fort reports that, according to German
imperial statistics, the losses of Ger
man registered ocean vessels during
the year 1900 were IS, of 57,O7S tons
gross and 44,720 tons net OF these 80
stranded, 2 capsized, Ia sank, II were
lost in consequence of collisions, 9 as
the result of severe damages and II
have never been heard of Of the 1,073
persons aborad the foregoing-9S2 of
whom were members of crews and 81
passengers-S passengers and 2S6 mem
bers of the crews lost their lives, or
total of 2S9 fatalities.
The sirdling or ringing of grape
vines is done to increase the size of
each cluster. 1t is not practiced exclu-
siVely, however although some find the
method profitable. The bark is entire
ly removed below the fruit cluster
about a month before the period of
ripening, which hastens ripening about
week or two in advance, and enlarges
the bunch and berries. The sap as
cends through the pores of the wood to
sustain growth, but the elaborated sap
descends through the wood and the
bark, and can go no lower than the
point at which the girdle is made
where it stops and is utilized in feeding
the grapes. Some injury is done the
vine below the girdle, and it may not
pay to girdle on an extensive scale.
Great efforts are being made to
further the cotton culture in the Ger
man colonies, and the most important
cotton mills of Germany have, after
thorough trial, declared Togo cotton to
be of excellent quality, and are indors-
ing the efforts of the German colonial
cotton growers, hoping thereby to be-
NOiAiC iA0CPVllQCll VI american COllOn,
especially as Germany manufactur
at present about $20O,OO0,OO0 worth of
cotton goods yearly giving employment
in its cotton industries of all kinds to
over 100000 workmen. 1t is claimed
that America is unable to cover the
worlds demand for cotton, thereby
causing cotton to become not a staple
article of commerce, but one of specu-
lation, and, therefore, greatly detri-
q tn hn
The famous cherry stones which
had 'once dallied with the teeth o.
royalty ITSELF must retire to the back
ground. At d London auction recent
ly a sale took place of IAN interest
ing collection of Victorian relics.
formed by Miss Margaret French, VINO
was for seventeen years chief maid TO
the late Queen" A pair of CATERS
worn by the late Queen brought los; a
pair of black shoes, IS; two handker-
chiefs. marked w. r." los; an EN-
broidered lace handkerchief marked
w. r. with crown, and a piece of
the late Prince Leopold'S christening
cake, June %, 1865, made together, Ice;
a pink silk parasol used by the Queen
when child, les; a white satin PIN
cushion, 81 Is; a green satin sun
shade, with pearl and gold handle,
uSSu ny sQueSH Victoria, 4 Is, a
square box, formerly the property of
the late Queen, is, and number of
other articles fetched prices no less
sensational.
Some readers will remember the
spirited account given by Scott in Guy
Mannering" of the form of salmon
fishing that used to be known as
burning the water" 1t was favor
lite amusement in England, Scotland
and Wales. The practice is no longer
legal and can be INDUCED in only at
the risk of penalties, with the disgrace
which attaches to things denounced as
sportsmanlike. Torches were ussd
and the salmon were speared by the
thrust of a weapon having barbed
prongs, called a lester. Scott again
may be quoted for his description of
the spearing of salmon from horseback
In the Solway. The Tweed, which was
the river of his lifelong affections. was
one of the worst sufferers from "burn-
ing the water" in the days when 1t was
permitted and 1t was computed that
thousands of salmon were annually
taken by this form Of capture The
water may be burned" even now here
and there, and in Wales two years ago
there was a short-lived revival of the
practice.
A traveller in the interior of Africa
thus describes the effect which his
presence had upon the natives: my
appearance on this occasion. as on
many others, excited a universal Shrek
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