The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-11


son of the Governor of Western Flan-
ders. Belgium, will shortly embark on
one Of the transatlantic steamers ply
ing between Antwerp and New York as
fifth officer.
The first automobile railway in
Austria was opened between st. Peel
ten Kirschiberg and Mank, May 81.
Steam power is used, and the cars,
which have their machinery on a plat
form in front, are of thirty-five horse
power.
lie Matin and LIE Francois of Paris
are inviting their readers to subscribe
in order to form a fund of 100000
francs. which Is the sum required by
DR.. Charcot for his expedition to the
South Pole in search of Baron Nor
denskioold, the explorer.
3 Baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister
in Paris. has asked to be retired from
the Diplomatic service, after fifty years
in the ''carriere," five of which have
been spent in Paris. After retirement,
it is understood, the Baron will con-
tinue to reside in the French capital.
Luxembourg is to have a Grand
Ducal agricultural and horticultural in
ternational exhibition from Aug. 29 to
Sept Z. 1t will be in honor of the
tiftieth anniversary of the local .Horti-
cultural Society. M Leon Metz is the
president of the managing committee
and M. Charles Siegen is secretary.
The new French battleship which
is to be built at L'Orient at a cost of
100000 francs will be the largest
warship afioat Although her dimen~
sions have not yet been made public
1T is known that she will be manned by
$50 men. She will be christened Jules
Michelet, after the historian of that
name.
An under engineer on board the
French vessel lie Courbet has just in
vented a new magazine rife, works
ing model of which has been sent to
Gen. Andre, the Minister of War. The
magazine, which is in the stock, can
hold from twenty to twenty-four car
tridges of the Lebel pattern, which is
now used in the French army.
The Comte de Pourtales, whose
horse Ex-Voto has just won the French
Derby, represents the French branch
of family which was sent into Neuf-
chatel at the time of the revolution of
the E<ulCl u Nantes. In the early part
of the last century a member of it re-
turned to France and established him
self as a landowner in Seine-at- Olse.
The Pourtales who remained in Neuf-
chatel became PrusSian subjects in
1857, and one of them, Count Albert
Alexander, died in 1861 as Prussian
ambassador at Paris.
The strongest member of the Bour-
hon fa &c soil To he
an-Queen Amelie of Portugal, who has
just been visiting Paris. Her majesty
is not only an amateur athlete, but a
medica and a qualified bacteriologist
as well. While in Paris she witnessed
several experiments at the Pasteur In
stitute, taking notes all the while. She
will be IS years of age on Sept. % next.
At the age of 80 she established a bac-
teriologist institute in Lisbon; paying
its first expenses out of her private
purse.
The rhythmic traction of the
tongue, which is used in treating the
apparently drowned, has been success
fully applied to a man suffering from
asphyXia due to an electric shock.
The patient was an operator at the
electric station in Limoges, France.
He fell on a cable and 10000 volts
passed through his body. The ma
chinery was stopped and the man Civ
zen up for dead, when the chief en-
gineer ordered rhythmic traction of
the tongue to be tried. After twenty
minutes the man recovered conscious.
ness, and at last accounts the physi-
clans believed they would be able to
save his life.
Some interesting statistics regard
| inor he L..
| tories of Berlin have been published
in the Labor Gazette of that city. The
average age is 22h years. The oldest
unmarried woman is 54 years old The
| majority, 5S1s per cent. of the whole
| are of age; while AZ per cent are be-
tween 16 and 81, and only Az per cent
are under 16 years of age. On an av-
| erage they work 91a hours per day
| only about II per cent. having to work
| between 10 and II hours. The average
weekly wage amounts to about $2.S3;
| about 1-3 per cent. earn less than
/ $3.50, and something over l per cent
| earn IS to $3.50 a week.
The Christian Church Baseball
| League is an organization composed
| of members of Christian churches in
| st. Louis or pupils in Sunday schools
| connected with the same. There are
six clubs in the league and the pastors
| occasionally appear on the diamond
| Instead of receiving a salary each
| player is required to pay so much to
| belong to a team, monthly assessme nts
being made to pay expenses. In ad-
| dition to this each player was required
to buy his suit and pay for the letters
| on the shirt indicating the church
which holds his membership Players
seVering their connection with team
are not allowed to take their suits,
they becoming the property of the club.
The government is in need of the
services of a first-class man as phar-
| macologist Provided such a man can
be secured for a compensation of So
| 600 per annum, he will be placed in
charge of the division of pharmaco
ogy of the marine hospital service.
On July Is an examination by the
Civil Service Commission of candidates
for that place will be held. Candi-
dates will be expected to exhibit a
thorough knowledge of pharmacy in
all its branches and, In addition, a
general knowledge OF chemistry. There
is little likelihood of the list of appli-
cants being crowded. Men who have
the qualifications required by the gov
eminent for places of this character
can command more than double the
salary fixed by Congress.
The Institute Medico of Mexico
City, says the Mexican Herald, will
send to the Worlds Fair at St Louis
an exhibit of about fifty medicinal
plants of the country and the products