The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-26
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same years IHdI MlIle. houJeShd, the
actress, has lost the large fortune she
earned, in this country. The fact is
that she has been quite able to cease
acting any time she wanted to in the
last ten years, but continues her pro-
fessional work because she likes it.
Most of her fortune is invested in her
California ranch, which has increased
in value largely of late.
The Protector differs chiefly from
the Holland and other types of sub
marine boats in being able to run along
on wheels upon the floor of the ocean.
Travelling on the bottom is declared
to be the most simple, safe, and re-
liable method known to underwater
navigation. There are two wheels fit
ted to the keel-one in advance of the
other. They are three feet in diam
eter, with nine-inch face.
When the worlds supply OF coal
is exhausted, which is not a matter for
immediate worry, the eucalyptus tree
may be grown as a substitute. This
eucalyptus stores up more of the suns
energy than any other tree Il per cent.
of that received on the unit of area),
and in South Africa it has been found
cheaper to raise it than to import coal.
. An acre of eucalyptus plantation will
produce each year the equivalent of
thirty tons of coal.
The German Emperor is particu-
larly fond of thrush salmi, kind of
stew made of thrushes. Queen Will
helmina of Holland prefers roast joints,
and the King of Spain like UNDERGONE
beef. Custards are the favorite of
the King of Italy, while cod fry in
oil finds favor with the Car of Rus
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dent of the French republic. The
grandfather of the King of Italy had
a peculiar taste for a monarch-he
| preferred bread and cheese, and used
| to carry it about with him, even in
the opera. King Edward has a special
| liking for well-cooked mutton chops.
Mr.. Richie, the English chancellor
of the exchequer. found himself in an
odd predicament recently when called
| upon to officiate at the formal opening
of public hall. The nicely laid plans
of a committee of arrangements had
| been upset by an oversight. When the
| chancellor, with all due dignity, in
| serted the key which was to fling wide
the portals there was no response. The
| lock would not answer the pressure of
the key. Too late it was discovered
| that the chancellor could not perform
| IHO ulO5L important ceremony Ol the
| day in the manner arranged. Some
too anxious officer had turned the key
on the wrong side of the door.
William Kemp, an English comic
actor, who f1ourished during the last
year of Queen Elizabeth, and who be-
| longed to the same company as
| Shakespeare, and Created Dogberry,
! danced from London to Norwich, a
fCfn Of u
| panied by servant, an umpire and
a man with a tabor and pipe. Crowds
hindered his start on Feb. IL, 1880,
| and many met him at every place. Sew
| eral tried to dance with him, but none
could rival his pace, the most success
| full were women. Although delayed
| by a snowstom, he did 1t in nine days,
| and on the way accepted a challenge
| or two, each time coming off best, ex
cept when a Chelmsford maiden Of IA
| danced till he was ready to lie down."
! Perhaps one of the most extraor-
| binary experiences in public life was
that which befell DR.. MIGUEL, minister
| Of finance. at the first sitting of the
Prussian diet in the new buildings at
| Berlin, a couple of years ago. He in
/ troduced his budget in what was be-
| Ieved to be a long and impressive
speech. But there was no positive evil
dence upon the point. It was all dumb
| show to the assembly. The acoustics of
| the hall were so bad that not a word
| of the speech could be heard save by
those in the immediate vicinity of the
orator. The chamber declined to dis
cuss the matter before them, on the
quite reasonable ground that they
| could not enter into matters the merest
details of which they had not heard.
Hence the debate was adjourned to
await the delivery of such notes as the
reporters had been able to take.
1t often happens that a man who
has been through the gravest perils in
his time comes to his end by some
tritling misadventure. Only short
time ago a gallant British admiral,
who had been through many wild
| storms and had many narrow escapes
by food and field. met his death with
shocking sWiftness by a Slight brush
| from passing cab in London News
has just come from South Africa of
the death at his home in Bechuanaland
OF the veteran pioneer settler, Charles
DAILY who was brought to his end by
a Kick from one of his wagon bullocks
| OF the $50 persons on board the Birk-
enhead frigate that went down in
False bay on April 26,. 1852, only 1872
| contrived to get ashore and Charles
DAILY was one of these survivors. His
desperate battle for life on that tragic
occasion formed one of the most thrill
ing stories of that night in False bay
over half a century ago. and he had
since been through many desperate ad-
ventures along the Kaffir frontiers.
Two new incidents have contrib
uted to the good-fellowship of the An
glo-French rapproachement When
King Edward was in Paris soldier
| named Robert of the One Hundred and
Fourth of the line, who was undergo
ing months Imprisonment at the
Cherche- Midi, was so overcome by the
desire to see his Britannia majesty that
he eluded his jailers and escaped. 1t
was not until President Loubet had
landed in London that he returned to
prison and gave himself up. A court
| martial was promptly ordered, and the
man was acquitted, as a Paris paper
remarks, evidently because the court
| took into consideration the strength of
| the temptation" An important Paris
advertising concern is suing M. Lepine.
project of police, for 10000 francs dam
ages for the destruction, by men I'M
der his orders, of the famous poster
depicting ex-President Kruger Offering
cough lozenges to the late Queen Vic
toria. Ms. Beurdeley appears for the
project and Me. Jacobson for the adj
vertising firm.
Herr Coupin, French naturalist
draws attention to the fact that ami
mails as a rule are wonderfully neat