The Savannah morning news., 1903-12-20

wife eloped with one of his friends, but
later returned to him. They then went
to the Pacific coast and opened a
hotel. The wife eloped at odd times
when there was nothing else to do,
and then they went back to Kansas.
Now she has eloped again, and the
man says that this must be the last
time.
Sir Benjamin Baker, who built the
Nile dam, has just given out some new
figures concerning the dam and it's
consequences. During the critical pc
RODS for the crops-March to June
the supply of water for irrigation was
doubled by the dam. The irrigation
of rice, prohibited in previous years,
was allowed, and the increase in value
of land now converted to irrigation is
calculated at over $25, 1000, 900.
There is CONSERVATION in the town
of Henley in England. A man while
walking through a street Saturday
suddenly sank through the footway
into the earth and was engulfed in a
coal mine long since disused. All at
tempts to rescue him were fruitless ow-
ing to the poisonous gases. The town
Council is now facing the problem of
how to deal with the disused coal pits
which undermine that district.
"A New York Judge resorted to King
Solomon's old game in his court last
week. Two women appeared before
him, and neither would claim a baby
which the judge was trying to dis
pose of, He said that he knew it be-
longed to one of the two, and that he
was going to cut it in two and give
each half. Then the childs mother
broke down and claimed the infant,
and the judge went out to have his
picture taken,
Many of the deer which have been
seen in Connecticut recently are re-
ported to be of large size, and some
observers, who are familiar with deer
in Maine and other sections to the
northward, claim that the Connecti-
cut animals are larger for their age
and in better condition. A possible
explanation is that in the milder cli-
mate of Connecticut the deer have
abundant feed, excepting in the sever
est winter weather.
The Sacajawea Statue Association
of Portland. Multnomah county, Ore
gon, whose object is to commemorate
the services of Sacajawea to Lewis and
Clark on their expedition to the Pacific
| NOoSoNs 10 ~ GACSl a OIOliHC Statue 10
the Indian princess who led the ex-
petition through the ravines of the
Eastern slope of the Rockies, safely
past the retreats of the Blackfeet In
dams. The statue will be of heroic
size, and the entire cost is not to ex-
coed $1,000.
The people of Egypt, who had
many idols. worshiped the cat, among
others. They thought she was like the
moon, because she was more active at
night, and because her eyes changed
like the moon, which is sometimes full,
and at other times only light cres-
cent, or, as we say, a half moon. So
they made an idol with a cats head.
and named it Pasht. The same name
they gave to the moon, for the word
means "the face of the moon" The
word has been changed to Pas and
'Pus," and has come at last to be
"Puss."
The candlenut is a native of the
Pacific Islands and the name is de-
rived from the fact that the kernels are
so full of oil that when dried they are
stuck on reeds and used as candles.
The people of Hawaii, after having
| roasted these nuts and removed the
| shells. reduce the kernels to a paste,
which is favored with pepper and salt
| and is said to be a most appetizing
| dish. The husk of the nut and the gum
| which exudes from the tree have medi-
| cina1 values. while the burned shell of
| the kukui is used to make an indeli-
BILE ink with which tattooing is done.
| Noticing that the gray winter uni
| forms Of German troops and the blue
clothing of Chinese spectators could
not be distinguished from each other
| at long distances, German officer
| in China experimental on the visibility
| of uniforms. A column was divided
| into five sections, each with it's spe-
| cial clothing, and was placed in close
| formation behind bushes without foil
age. At about 1,400 yards the section
in gray and that in overcoats appeared
like uniform dark posts, while the
section in khaki and that in canvas
were hardly visible. AT 500, yards, the
gray began to. look lighter than the
dark blue. The gray overcoats, like
long dark stripes, made very good
marks, but both khaki and canvas
were difficult marks at all distances.
Mrs. Mary Lee, who recently died
at White Waltham, England, was the
Oldest public-house landlady in the
country, for she was 80 years Of age.
The Bee Hive, which she had superin-
tended for more than half a century.
was believed to be the best-conducted
house in England, for no complaint
was ever made against it. Over the
fireplace in the barroom stands the
notice: "No swearing or foul lam
guage permitted in this room or indie
cent songs allowed to be sung. Any
one infringing the above will be ex-
PEELED" And often the picturesque old
lady, with her cheerful unwrinkled
face. would walk into the room on
Sunday evenings. bearing her old BIZ
Bile, and read the scriptures to an
audience that listened with respect to
her explanations and comments.
The curious spectacle OF a battery
Of italian artillery bombarding a
mountain was witnessed in Savoy re-
Gently. At Notre Dame de Briancon
there was a landslide which sent 10. 900
cubic yards of rock into the valley,
blocking the highways and the road
ways. When an ATTEMPT was made TO
clear II away Il was discovered that
another slip was imminent. IL was de-
cIded first to use dynamite TO dislodge
the loose rock about the mountains
crest, 1000 feet above the valley. This
seemed TO be too hazardous, so two
heavy guns were hauled 10 the top OF
another mountain, 1000 yards away,
and began 10 lombard the offending
summit with common shell. The pFnc-
flee ruoa excellent and fu Two hour aver