The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

relative to KeIantan, just signed, the
administration of the principality re-
mains in British lands, while the
British resident there must be approved
by the King of Slam. The British
guard of 300 men, which was Dispatch
ed to Kelantan last September, will be
maintained there.
The largest tree in Oregon was felled
recently to be sent as a curiosity to
the Worlds Fair. 1t is the Aberdeen
spruce, and stood nearly 800 feet high
40 feet around and 11S feet from the
ground to the first limb. It's age is
calculated at 440 years, being a good
sized tree when Columbus discovered
the land that was afterward called
America.
According to the London Local
Government Boards report, the people
of that city pay 100000 year for the
water which is added to the milk The
rate of adulteration for London was
1872, as against 1913 in the twenty next
largest towns of England and Wales
and 9.5 in the rest of the country. The
milk received into London, says the
Dairy Trade and Can Protection So
ciety, is approximately $4,000 imperial
gallons.
"A Paris court has just decided a
suit brought by the Marquis de Lu-
bersac against a picture dealer About
two years ago the Marquis paid a
large sum for a supposed portrait of
Lady Kilmorey. made by Romney. A
few months later the Marquis came to
the conclusion that it was not a like
ness of the lady, although it proved to
be genuine Romney. He refused to
keep his purchase and the sale has been
cancelled.
The Corporation of London has be-
gun a crusade against persons who
make a practice of sorting dust boxes
placed outside premises in the city to
be collected by carts. The action has
been taken on sanitary grounds. Re-
Gently two men were arrested, who
were found taking some pieces of
bread and fat and waste paper. By
provision of the Sewers act, the prop
erty in the dust is vested in the Cor
poration. Then men were imprisoned
for one day.
"A curious case has been settled pro-
visionally by the Ninth Correctional
Chamber of Paris. A man named
Lillier had been forbidden by the civil
authorities to make Paris his home. On
the other hand, the military authori-
ties ordered him to remain in Paris.
The Judges were sorely puzzled when
an opportune charge of theft was
made against the man, and they SEN
fenced him to a months Imprisonment,
in order, as the president of the court
remarked, to enable the conflicting au-
thorities 10 come to a conclusion as to
his ultimate disposition
The annual report of the Paris So
ciety of Foreign Missions, the largest
Roman Catholic foreign missionary
society, has just been issued for 1902.
The society has charge of 32 dioceses,
or Vicariates apostolic, in Japan, Chi
ma, Tonkin, Siam, Burmah and South
ern India. It's European members
(priests) number 1926, who are assist
ed by 625 native priests under the spir-
itual jurisdiction of thirty-five bishops.
The total number of adult haptisms for
the year was 81, 5S7, representing act
ual conversions of heathens, and 133, 494
baptisms of children of pagan parents.
Many missions still continue to suffer
great prosecutions at the hands of the
Boxers. In West Szecuhan a native
priest, Father Joseph Hwang, and no
less than 1,e0O native lay people were
massacred.
President Loubet has issued a de-
NACC ndt1Ve corps OF
gandermerie for French Indo-China.
The members of 1t must have served
for at least three years in the rank and
file of the corps troops, the navy, or
the Colonial Guard. They must know
how to read and write in French or
Chinese or in the Annamite vernacular.
They are required to be not less than
rs years of age, and must be of a good
physique. Their conduct must have
been irreproachable. The Governor
General of the colony will fix the
strength of the corps each year and
divide the force between the brigades
and the military posts. In time of peace
the auxiliaries will serve. so far as
possible, in the country of their origin,
but their district may be changed
either at their own demand or in the
interests of the service.
Mile Cauchet, young lady Hv-
ing in Montmartre, France, is said to
have distinguished herself as a globe
trotter. In 1899 she began to tour the
world, supporting herself by giving
lessons in French. She went first to
Belgium and then to London, Dublin
and Glasgow. Subsequently she visit
ed America, Africa, Australia. China
and Japan, and returned to Paris via
Russia and Germany. In addition to
AACi lSiiN1l ACSSOAS she uellVeTeQ lee
lures in various cities. While in New
zealand she made a special study of
the Maori tribes, on which she was
to lecture before the French Geograph-
ical Society. 1t is said that Mile.
Cauchet is an accomplished linguist.
knowing thoroughly no fewer than
seven modern languages and Latin
and. She is a member of the Polyglot
Club of Brussels and possesses some
university degree
Among the Greeks of Macedonia
there is belief that if cat jumps
over corpse the dead man win be
transformed into some strange animal
unless kept quiet by long pins thrust
INTO MIN. There is also a superstition
that Turks who have led a particular
~ wicked life, when at the point of
death turn into wild boars, and the
ring worn by the man on his finger is
retained on one of the boar's forefeet.
The metamorphosis takes place as fol-
lows: The sinner first begins to grlnt
IKE a pig, he then falls on all tours
ana nnally PUSHES out of the house
grunung wildly, and leaping over
he9ges, bitches and rivers until he has
reached the open country. At first
ne visits the houses of his friends. and
more especially those of his foes, and
knocks at their doors for adnittance
He chases with evil intent all those
whom he meets on the way, and gen
orally makes himself disagreeable
This he continues doing for forty DAYS
ana at the end of that period he be-