The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-29
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teen scenes, a pallet OF peacock Iedun-
ers and a dance of open umbrellas. on
the first night there were thirteen
rows of stalls, yet in spite of all
these things Mother Goose" is one of
the biggest successes Drury Lane has
had in the last twenty years. The
gross receipts are 80 to 40 per cent.
larger than those of amy previous an
nual.
A report from Moscow states that
the first effect of the opening of the
great Russian trans-Siberian Railway
has been the appearance in that city
of some twenty or thirty Chinese ped
dlers who have arrived with large as
sentiments of silk stuffs. ivory, and
wooden articles. The newcomers are
headed by kind of chief, who is said
to be paying particular attention to
the Russian market. 1t is expected by
the authorities that the new invasion"
will presently assume large proper
tons.
The people of Kansas are under
going the anti-liquor protest row over
the christening of the new battleship
which is to be named for their state.
Some want water used and some wine,
but A. c. Brown of Rogers, Ark, hav-
ing heard of the trouble, has offered
George Bailey a bottle of white mule"
moonshine whisky for the ceremony
He says that it is very old and was
made by him from corn shelled by
hand and each kernel was selected. The
whisky is the last of it's kind, but
Kansas is hesitating. 1t would be such
an awful waste of white mule
Although Mr.. Chamberlain is 81
years older that his son Austen, who
is Postmaster General and said to be
the best groomed man in England, the
likeness between the two is striking.
They dress alike, each wears a mono
Gle and the Colonial Secretary has
such a youthful look and air in spite
of his sixty-seven years that one is
often mistaken for the other. When
the young man was running for Par
lament he was interrupted in one of
his speeches by the boots and jeers
of an unfriendly audience and the
derisive cry, Get out, old Joe! Let
the young 'un speak for himself" He
had actually been mistaken for his
father.
An interesting International case is
reported from Milan. The other night
at San Reno the Genoese Riviera po-
lice arrested. man giving his name
as Vessel Helmuth, who is described
as a lieutenant in the German Intelli-
gence Department. He is charged with
having sold to France important plans
of German fortresseS near the French
frontier, and there are also other
charges against him. When arrested
he desired to be set free, stating that
he was the victim of political persecu-
ton. He had formerly lived in seclu-
sion at Nice under an assumed name
The German government when in
formed of the arrest announced that it
would apply for extradition.
"A circular has just been issued by
the French Customs notifying that the
payment of the sanitary tax is now
imposed on harness and saddle horses
imported by strangers temporarily stay
ing in France. Such horses are also
to be subjected to sanitary inspection
on arrival, but this inspection may be
dispensed with if the animals arrive
on those days or at those hours when
the Custom House is not open for bust
ness of this kind. In such cases, how
ever, the animals must be accompa-
MED by a legally attested certificate,
available for three days only, fur
nished by a veterinary surgeon of
the place of their origin, giving
| description of the animals, and declar-
ing that the locality from which they
| came was and had been for the six
weeks preceding their departure free
| from any disease contagious to horses.
Race horses are exempted from sanl-
| tary inspection under the same con-
ditions.
The harp as the emblem Of the
Emerald Isle has been given a very
exalted place by many historians, but
according to most recent research it
| appears that it is not entitled to such.
| The harp it is asserted, from remote
antiquity has belonged to the CIV
! iIiZed world. Its cradle was the East,
| and in various forms it gradually made
| it's way among the nations of Europe.
Still, the harp is of great antiquity in
| Ireland, too. A son of Brian Boru is
| said to have presented his fathers
harp to Pope John XVIII in 1908, and
| it was a treasure in Rome until Pope
| Leo x sent it to King Henry VII.
| That monarch in turn gave it to the
| first Earl of Clanricards, and after
| passing into the possession of several
Irish families it eventually found a
home in the Dublin College Museum,
| where it is now to be seen. Irish his
| torians assume that the emblem OF
| Erin was in existence at the time of
the Deluge.
There is no hanging on to straps
in the street cars of Berlin, even in
the rush hours. The police regula-
tions forbid the carrying of a larger
number of passengers in a car than is
| authorized, and that number, which is
| posted conspicuously in every car, is
the same as the number of seats, plus
| few permitted to be carried on the
front and rear platforms usually six
persons on the two platforms. When
| all the seats are filled no passenger is
permitted to enter the car. Standing
| in aisles or holding on to straps is not
permitted. Similarly on the platforms
when six passengers have found places
| there. This regulation" says Con-
sul-General Mason, "often separates a
| man and his wife, who are not al
| lowed to return home by the same car,
but it has the effect that there is no
overcrowding and standing on each
others feet. The conductor and mo-
| tormen are instructed to enforce The
| regulation and they do it without fear
or favor. The conductor is, in this
| country, clothed with the authority of
a policeman on board his car, and can
| put off any passenger who miSbehaves.
| This is probably the meat of the whole
matter. The conductor is municipal
officer within the prescribed limits of
| his duty"
Partisan shopgirls are now going
in for fencing. A society called
L'OEuvre de Mimi Pinson. after the
poem in which Alfred de Mussett sang
| the graces of the ouvriere, has under
| taken to teach Mademoiselle Mimi the