The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-30
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obtainable. The 10 and % centime
stamps will be put into circulation in
two OF three weeks time.
The Paris municipal returns for
the week ending April 10 show that
the number of deaths registered was
1,055, as compared with 1000 during the
week previous and with<the average
of 1,075. The number of children born
was 1,13e, 500 being boys and $40 girls,
2S2 of the total being illegitimate.
One Of Sousa's bandsmen is quite
humorist. He was once a partici-
pant in conversation where the subject
of tip-giving arose. The bandsman
said that IN Germany, where the wait
crs are satisfied with very small tips,
he always gave a gold piece. Be
cause, you see," he added. when you
give a German a gold piece he falls
in a fit and then you can take IL away
from him."
The dream of Cecil Rhodes is real
lied in America before the funds left
by him have made it possible in OK
ford. The workshop university in the
great electric manufacturing works at
schenectady, N. Y, has among its stu
dents-all college graduates-young
men from England, Scotland, France,
Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Swe-
den, Denmark, Holland, Spain, Italy,
Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Siam
and Japan. Nearly all OF the leading
engineering schools of the world are
represented there.
1t has been repeatedly stated that
the outward cleanliness of Berlin and
other German cities is principally due
TO the general consumption of brown
coal briQusttes for household and
steam fuel; further, that they are
made from ordinary German ignite
without the use of tar or other artifi-
cial binder; that they are compact to
store, clean to handle, easy to kindle
burn with a clear strong flame, are
cheaper than a good bttUminous coal
and are made practically snokeless.
The shipping of about COG, 900 boxes
of lemons to Eastern markets from
California has caused a serious depres-
sion in the lemonzproducing areas
along the Mediterranean, especially in
Sicily, whence the United States i'm
port trade has fallen from four to less
than three million dollars worth a
year. The superiority of the California
product and the duty on lemons, which
is l cent a pound, offset the difference
in freights. 1t costs half as much more
to put San Diego fruit into Chicago
than 1T does Sicilian.
A Detroit man with the jury craze
has just had a hard luck story. In
1878 he was rejected in murder trial
jury because he knew too much about
the case. This was a grave disap-
pointment to him, and since that time
he has only read the headlines of the
newspaper murder stories. Last month
he was drawn on another murder jury,
and his heart was filled with joy and
he felt that at last that he had his
reward. Then he was protested by a
lawyer, because of his age, and dis
missed. Since then he has developed
the yellow journal" habit.
In connection with the settlement
of war accounts in South Africa the
British government has ordered an in
qu-fy to be made into the working of
the canteen system at the present time
and during the war. This has been
brought about through the fact that a
surplus stock valued at f7S,000 remains
to be sold at the Field Force canteens.
TO date these eanteens have dispensed
stores to the value of fS2,0 The in
vestigation is expected to show whsth-
er the canteen, which is conducted
upon the cooperative plans in South
Africa, is of moral and pecuniary ben
eft to the British soldier
The war between the white corpus
Giles of the blood and the microbes of
disease was first described by the Rus
sian pathologist, Metchnikoff. While
devoting himself to the study Of in
Examinations he in each case noted the
presence of white cells in the blood
currents in abnormal numbers. Inside
these white cells he invariably found
the specific microbe of the disease un-
der consideration-it seemed that the
big corpuscles were devouring the pois-
onous microbes. Sometimes the num-
Der taken up by a cOrpHscle was too
great and 1t died as result If this
overcoming of the white c0rpuscies by
the microbes was general the patient
died.
1t is said that when Lady Jeune
first planned her scheme for the
ton she was generally laughed at by
some of her friends, says the London
TIT Bits. One lady especially ridictaed
the affair. Lady Jeune megely smiled
at criticism, but when the association
was working we'd she invited that lady
to be present upAoR one evening. The
critic was speedily turned into the ad-
marer. "Ah, my dear friend" said
Lady JetWs, III no one had laughed
at my scheme 1t would have been a
sure sign that " would naM. Nothing
worth doing is ever accomplished with
out Ttdfcute."
"A considerable number of Austral-
ian girls have achieved renown as
songstresses, but very few as actresses.
! Mr.. ]. c. Williamson, the leading
theatrical manager of the Common
wealth, has been giving the reason
why-"the Objectionable and horrible
colonial accent" He has tested count
less colonial girls possessed of attrac-
tive appearance and naturally good
voices, but they cannot use the latter
correctly. Time after time, in his
thirty years experience of the Aus
tralian stage, he has seen girls who
at first gave promise of achieving sue
cess subsequently developing "a fright
full twang that completely destroyed
the effect of their natural qualifica-
tons"
Fantastic escapes from death were
the Bosr war. There was exhibited
some time ago in the museum of the
Royal United Service Institution one
of Queen Victoria's chocolate boxes, in
the lid of which is still deeply imbed-
ded a Mauser bullet. To that same
collection there has just been added
an even more remarkable relic. This
is a silver cigarette-holder case, which
was struck by bullet at a distance OF
1000 yards while it was in the pocket