The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-20

] "A 1eIlldh pOOh OA etiquette, udtcS
1910, had these among its rules: "DC
not use your thumb to spread the but,
ter on your bread" When you drink
raise the cup with both hands," "Dc
not suck the marrow out of bones, OF
knaw. them like a dog" do not drink
the SOUP from the plate"
All the lynchings within twenty-one
years that he could verify have been
tabulated by Mr.. Cutler of Yale Uni
versity. In that time 1872 negroes
have been lynched and 1885 white.
Since the whites are about six times
as numerous as the blacks, the proper
ton of negroes lynched is. of course.
very much higher than these figures
indicate.
The number of deaths from the bu-
bonic plague in India during the first
three months of the present year
amount to $4,000. The annual mortal
ity for the last six years, due entirely
to the pest and not including deaths
from other diseases or from famine, Is
as follows: 1897, $4,000; 1898, $4,000;
1899, 1S5,000; 1900, $4,000; 1901, 274,0OO;
1902, $4,000.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts,,
says that the highest compliment he
ever received was the remark made by
juryman many years ago. Mr.. Hoar
was attorney in a case tried before
twelve good men and true in a Massa-
chusetts court. After the verdict had
been returned one of the jurymen gave
this as his reason for voting as he did:
Squire Hoar told US that il was right
and just"
John T. Gibbons is quoted as say
ing that in boyhood his brother, now
cardinal and archbishop, delighted in
athletic exercises, played a rafting
game of baseball, was a splendid swim
mer, and withal was very methodical.
HE had a certain time for study, a
time for play and a time for prayer.
He was boy of system, just as he is
to-day a man of system"
The report of the Suez Canal Com
pany, Z general meeting of which took
place in Paris June 8, shows that last
years receipts were in excess of those
of 1901 by 3,72S, 033f., while there was a
dinlinution in the expenses of TAI, 257f.
During last year 3,70S passages of the
canal were effected by 1875 ships, there
being an increase of nine passages and
of 424,573 tons over the previous twelve
months. These passages We're, more
over, effected with greater rapidity
than formerly, since whereas the aver
age time was is hours, Al minutes, in
1901, 1t had diminished to Is hours 2
minutes in 1902.
The late Rev. Hyatt Smith of
Brooklyn used TO tell this story of his
little daughter: While walking along
the street one day the child, who had
the happy faculty of looking on the
sunny side of things, saw wagonload
Of sheepskins. What are those
things, papa?" she asked. "Sheepskins,
my dear" But where are the sheep,
papa?" The father explained that the
sheep had been killed for food. Looking
after the wagon, with the tails of the
sheepskins wagging as they dangled
over the side, the child remarked:
'Well, papa, the sheep may be dead,
but the tails seem to be having a good
time"
1T is reported from st. Petersburg
that the Gar has received the consent
of his younger brother, the Czarevitch,
to publish new law of succession I'M
der which the latter would no longer
he heir presumptive to the throne of
Russia. Should the Cars next child
he a daughter, the Car, it is said, will
PUBLISH tNiS law uI1ueT WHICH,, on a
failure of sons, the eldest daughter of
the reigning sovereign would succeed
to the throne. Although to-day the
Sale law prevails in Russia; the new
scheme is in full accordance with the
history Of that country, where women
have so often reigned. Besides, there
is reason to believe that it would be
popular.
The cantons of valais, Uri, and
Grisons, Switzerland, have prohibited
automobiling within their territories
In Switzerland speed is regulated by
law in each canton, in some only TWEEN
ty kilometers an hour is allowed, and
in others as much as fifty-five kilom-
eters. A chauffeur travelling through
this country has, therefore, to study
nineteen separate sets of rules, and if
he, by chance, crosses the frontier"
into the prohibiting cantons he is
heavily fined. These vexations have
practically killed automobiling in
Switzerland. 1t is thought that there
should exist one law for the control
of acknowledging. The Swiss Automo-
bile Club is attempting to obtain a
uniform code of regulations
M. Francois Deloncle, deputy for
French Cichin-China, has asked the
chamber to vote a credit of 10000 francs
as an official approval of the antarctic
expedition now being organized by M.
Jean Charcot, under the auspices of
LIE Matin of Paris. President Loubet
is a patron of the fund. It is con-
sidered that sum of 10000 francs
will suffice, and an appeal is made to |
furnish an example to the world of
a peoples subscription to the patri- |
mony of science. LIE Matin recently
remarked: Let it not go forth that |
the English, Americans, Germans and
Swedes are the only nations who en- |
rich the scientific geography of the |
civilized world. The fact remains that |
for three-quarters of a century France |
has sent no expedition to the South |
Pole"
The Princess Mathilde, who COM
pleted her eighty-third year recently. |
is the daughter of the Great Napoleon's |
youngest brother, Jerome, King of West |
phalia. When the Princess Mathilde |
was born the ex-Emperor had still
nearly year to live. For brief time |
therefore, they were conference.-the
Slxty-four years ago the Princess was
to marry her cousin, the fu-
ture Napoleon III. But for the Rom
logne 1asco and the consequent rele-
cation of the Prince to Ham the union
would have taken place and the Prin-
cess might have been an ex-Emnress
to-day. At the same time she was only
one removed from another throne
queen Victoria was then unmarried
through Wurtemberg and Brunswick
the Princess descends from George
/ IN.