The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Nearly half of the 1871 steamships
and 12,1S2 sailing vessels in the world
are British.
London took about 29 per cent. of
the whole number of letters delivered
in the United Kingdom in the last ifs
cal year.
Official statistics for 1908 show that
the British have 1856 steamships of over
5000 tons, against 50 Germans, "a Ameri-
can, 80 French, 16 Japanese and 10 Rus
sian.
Female wigmakers in Paris have
just formed a federation to protect
themselves. Their trade soon ruins the
eyesight and they work eleven hours a
day.
1t is said that red hair will be
fashionable among stage beauties next
season, the fad having been started by
two French vaudeville performers, who
made hit in New York not long ago.
Mr.. Jochelson, chief of the Jessup
North Pacific exploring expedition,
states that the tribes which he studied
In Siberia possessed characteristics in
common with the Indians of North
America.
Sir John Cockburn, an eminent
English authority on matters medical
and surgical, says that women are less
nervous than men in surgical cases and
are altogether better fitted than men
to become doctors.
ALFRED Lewis of Shelby county.
Kentucky, has pair of large Califor-
MA goats which he. drives like a. team
of horses. One day recently he drove
from his farm into DanVille, four miles.
In less than thirty minutes.
Mrs. Valentine Tnton and Miss
Eveline Perrin of New Hampton. Ia.
are probably the Oldest twins in the
country. They recently passed their
nlnety-second birthday and are still
IN good health, mental and physical
Ihey We're born in Vernon, Conn.
Three generations of one family
are compositOrs in the office of the
Trenton, Mo-, Republican-Tribune. They
are Grandpa" Allen, aged IS; his son.
e. A. Allen, who is foreman, and the
latter's son and daughter, Thomas and
mabel, aged IA and 16. respectively.
family, of which the celebrated evan
gelist, Ira d. Sankey, is a member,
have been holding their fourth an
nual reunion In New Castle, Pa, Ow-
ing to Ill health the evangelist was
unable to attend, being confined to his
home in Brooklyn.
The first steel manufacturer in the
United States was Cornelius Atherton.
Born in Cambridge, Mass. in 1883. he
went into the iron business early and
made his first successful experiments
in the manufacture of steel in 1859.
He died at South Bainbridge, N. Y,
(now Atom, in 1909.
Two Englishwomen have received
from Heidelberg the first honorary de-
gree of doctor of theology granted by
a German university to a woman. They
are twin sisters, Mrs. Agnes Smith
Lewis and Mrs. Margaret Dunlop Glib
son, who discovered the Sinaltic
pallmpsest and have done important
work in Bible research.
I'm New York the street car COM
panies instruct conductors to refuse
anything larger than a 50 bill for fare.
owing to the impracticability of carry
ing enough change to break I'D the
nves and tens that would be forced
upon them. A majority of fares are
paid in nickels; then come. in the or
DER named, dimes, quarters, halves and
pennies.
The Belgian premier, M. De Smet
DE Naeyer, the Dutch premier, DR..
kuyper, and great number of Belgian
and Dutch deputies and senator's. will
De invited to attend the Paris meet
Ing of English and French members
OF parliament. The gathering win
thus assume the character of an in
ternational peace manifestation of the
west European Parliaments.
George B. Smith has been mourned
and eulogized on every Memorial day
at Augusta, Me-, for about thirty wears
as one OF the gallant soldiers who fell
with Custer at Little Big Horn. Mr..
Smith has been alive all the time
however. He writes to his sister. who
IS resident of Augusta, that he is very
much alive, and Is making money run
ming stock farm at Oakland, Cal.
In order to fill his appointment to
make a speech at Grayson, KY, Col.
Morris K. Belknap the Republican can
didate for Governor, was conpelIed to
pull a hand car with Steve Willis from
Lexington to Beattyville Junction to
catch train for Grayson They had
the right of way and kept the engage
ment, but Mr.. Belknap was almost
exhausted by his hard work on the
hand car.
Most of the English pulpit orators
who came over to this country lectur-
ing had very moderate success. DR..
Parkers tour was cut short. Rev. Mr..
Watson was the only British preacher
TO have striking success in the
United States. His prices were high
and he went home we'll content with
ms pronts. Dr. Watson, however, had
the double advantage of being both
pulpit orator and popular writer
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