The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

NaDarro, was dispatched from London
in February last on behalf of the gov
| eminent and the Royal Society to
study the sleeping sickness in Uganda
has left Mombosa for England on the
| conclusion of his mission. Lieut.. Col
Bruce is reported to have stated that
the ravages of the disease are un-
abated.
A London journal states that Mai
! Powell-Cotton, who has been explor-
ing in Africa for the past year. ar
rived safely at Wadelai, on the Upper
Nile, in the middle of July, from
Mount Elgon, where he had been
studying the cave-dwellers. Mai.
Powell-Cotton had had satisfactory in
terViews with the Congo officials and
was then preparing to start on an ex-
pedltlon in search of okapi.
According to the Cri de Paris, NJ Le-
baudy, the self-styled Emperor of Sa-
hara, has had a number of notes print
ed 10 serve as vouchers for payment
IN his new empire. These notes are is
sued in the form of check books, with
counterfoils. They are of white paper
with a watermark bearing the letters
u. L." The printing is in three colors
pale yellow, mauve and black. The
design is clever one, and the notes
cannot be easily forged.
-Beets, turnips and carrots can be
kept in bins in the barn or cellar. A
layer of carrots, and layer of dry
oats or corn, or even of sand will
Keep them at an even temperature and
prevent sudden freezing and thawing.
Inc same applies to potatoes or other
root crops. Cold does not do them
as much damage as warmth. 1t is
when they thaw suddenly that they
pegln to decay. Apples will remain
frozen without being impaired in keep
ing qualities, but they thaw soon show
the effects of thawing. All root crops
mat are kept just above the freezing
point Will remain in good condition.
In an article on Red Rain" con-
tributed by Mr.. F. Chapman and Mr..
II: j. Grayson to the Victorian Natur-
INST they direct attention to falls of
red mud in Victoria in February and
March of this year. In one case the
amount was estimated to equal flftv
TONS per square mile. The material
comprised much limonite, and MANY
mineral fragments and diatoms. The
material was probably derived from
areas from thirty to 300 miles north
ana west of Melbourne being swept
up from the borders of swamps and
NNA AA4S Gil abnormal season
of drought.
hallway trains have often been
stopped by curious obstacles. but prob
ably, says the London Animal Life mn
enslne-driver has had a more surpris-
ing experience than that which recent
~ betell one employed upon the Assa.,,
llne. He turned a corner suddenly TO
iiiiu nlnselt just behind troop of
savage elephants. The great atures.
evidently finding the iron road a meas
ant path for travelling, had spread
themselves across it. making such
considerable obstruction that the train
was driven off the rails before the
driver could bring it to a standstill
Then ensued confusion among the pas
sengers, but still more among the ele-
plants Happily the former was
scarcely hurt; the latter fed in wild
confusion, utterly terrified by an enc
envy they did not understand.
The Louvre Museum seems to be
Passing through an era of bad luck
The unfortpnate curators, who are de-
pressed by their misadventlire with
the tira of Saltaphernes, have been
made still more unhappy by the pub
llcation of a pamphlet by the learned
Austrian professor, Albert Lovoy. Prof
that another of the Louvre Museums
cherished possessions, known as the
STEELE de Mesa is of modern fabrica-
ton, and, in short, merely a cleVerlv-
executed forgery, with which the Moa-
bites had nothing to do. What gives
special point to the pamphlet is the
fact that the stella was purchased nv
the Louvre on the recommendation of
NJ. Clermont whose careful
investigation and minute report on the
tiara of Saltaphernes left no doubt as
to the lack of authenticity. But to
err is only human, and collectors of
antiques do not seem to be an excep-
ton to the rule.
The capacious theater hat that OBJ
scures the view of the stage 10 all who
have the misfortune to sit behind if
has been brought into prominence in
New Zealand by the practical protest
OF Miss Annie McDermott. She was
seated in theater of the town Of
Oamaru and in front of her was Mrs.
brady, wearing volumnous headge3r.
AS Mrs. Brady refused to remove the
obstructive hat Miss McDerp1Ot+ bor-
roWed gentleman's walking stick and
Tilted 1t out of her line of vision. Rut
MRS. Brady was not prepared to Wel,,
ner nat at rakish angle all the even
ing ana so she put it straight again
Every time she did so Miss McDern1ott
repeated the performance with tha
walking stick. The magistrates de-
clded that Miss McDermott had com
mltted "a series of minor but agera
waiting assaults" and fined her 10 shiII-
lnSs and costs. The money was pronnt-
~ subscribed by the citizens as q nro-
TEST against large hats in theaters.
The American who was reported in
the London Times as having let loose
dozen rattlesnakes in Ireland in or
der TO see whether St Patrick's edict
OF determination is still in operation.
has probably not heard, remarks the
Westminster Gazette, of the story of
SIR Henry Hayes. 1t is told in Mr.. I.
+. Hogan'S History of the Irish in
Australia" Sir Henry was an Irish
baronet who, at the beginning of the
nineteenth century, abducted a wealthy
Quakeress and was sentenced to death
but the penalty was commuted To
transportation for life. Sir Henry re-
celVed ticket-of-leave on landing in
Australia, and took up his abode at
Nancluse, a beautiful spot near the en-
trance to Sydney Harbor. But the
place was infested with snakes, and So
Sir Henry imported a shipload of Irish
soil and scattered it all over his estate.
Never afterwards, according to local
tradition, was snake seen near the
place.
Reading the sixpenny edition of
"Rhoda Fleming" says a writer in the
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