The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-08

aggregate $144,0O0, 900 worth a year, "a
per cent of which go to the United
Kingdom.
There has been started in Maiden,
Mass, a goat farm for the production
of goats milk. The promoters expect
that there will be a large demand for
the milk, especially for the dietary
treatment of sick babies.
The investment in pleasure yachts
in America is about $5O,OOO,OOO and the
annual cost of their maintenance Is
about $4,000, 900 a season. When a
steam yacht is chartered the price
usually is $40 month per yacht ton.
Albert Belt, since the interference
with the work of the De Beers dia-
mond mines during the Boer war, has
yielded to John d. Rockefeller the rep
utation of being the only Millionaire
in the world. Ii Hung Chang had haf
a billion.
German papers state that it is pos
sible to keep eggs fresh for any length
of time by simply immersing them in
10 per cent solution of silicate Of
soda, commonly called LIQUID glass
Eggs preserved in this way will hatch
year afterward.
Bank Superintendent Kilburn, in
his last report, says that there has
been no failure among trust COM
panies in the state of New York in
eighteen years, and, with a single eX-
ception, no trust company has in re-
cent years sustained an impairment OF
capital.
The shipments of remounts from
Hungary to South Africa amounted to
As, $40 in 1902, and account for $5.270, 600
1t is said that the Hungarian-bred
horses are wonderfully adapted to the
climate and soil OF south AFRICA:
There are as yet quite number OF
British officers in Hungary for the
purpose of buying horses for the Brlt-
ish army in South Africa.
Here are a few sentences of Baboo
English, taken from begging letter;
Honoured Sir wrote one man. 1t
may be evident by your blessed race
which combines a faultless symmetry
of feature with a single sweetness and
intelligence of expression, that your
manners in relieving poor natives are
gracious and pleasing. Being informed
that you are fond of figures, they are
appended, viz: that is to say, ], z, ), t.
5, 6, 7. 8. 9. TO-"
Most parts of Great Britain have
idiomatic expressions to denote left
handedness and they are often prefixed
to the unfortunate left-handed childs
name In London the term is knack-
handed, the word being also equivalent
to awkward. In Lancashire 1t is
k-pawed, in Yorkshire gallock or gawk-
handed, an expression dating back to
at least the seventeenth century. In
Derbyshire are used the terms keg-
handed, cork-handed, or corky-handed,
while in the Teesdale district cuddy-
handed is common, and in Noting
hamshire wallet-handed. In the south
of England special terms to denote
left-handedness are also found. In
Dorset it is scrame-handed and in Dew
onshire coochy-handed. In Scotland
gawk-handed is used and in the west
cawry-handed. In Ireland a left-hand-
ed man is called a kithogue.
-"HockerbalR' is the latest product
in the way of parlor games. 1t is ex-
pected presently to sweep the world
clear of all that remains of ping-pong.
The new game is suitable for either
summer or winter, q great advantage
being that it can be played sitting
down by either four, six or eight play
ers. Each of these has his own par
ticular court" to play on-the table
is divided by tapes into as many courts
as there are players from which he
endeaVors to pass" or to shoot goats.
A neutral territory is provided, from
which players can either pass to each
other or endeavor to get the ball into
their own courts, where intruders are
not permitted. At each end of the
table goal is kept in the orthodox
fashion and the game is played with
miniature hockey sticks, being to all
intents and purposes table hockey.
"A recent fatal eruption of the Wal
mangu geyser in Northern New Zea-
land will be of interest, particularly
70 thoSe VINO nave seen the geysers
OF the Yellowstone. A party of thirty
Two excursionists were making the tour
Oh the geysers under the control of an
experienced guide. Four of thenl-two
ladles and two gentlemen-advanced
within twenty feet of the Wainang1I
geyser basin. The guide Shouted 10
them to come away from such a dam
gerous position, and so did the mother
OF the TWO girls. One of the latter re-
Pilso: IN moment, MOTHER when
nave taken this snap shot" The
next instant there was a terrific
eruption of stones, mud and hoiline
water to a hight of 800 feet. Wha1
the steam had cleared away the nm
fortunate four We're nowhere to he
seen. They had been hurled into a
river OF boiling water and their bodies
away. Hiiie
"A remnant of the Sevis tribe of
indians inhabits the Island of Tih,rov,
IN the Gulf of California. and is rulod
eH!lrely by the women. FornnerIv tha
tTIpe numbered about 5000. but is nov,
snrunk to few hundred, living life
OF almost complete isolation. and ra~
IuSIhg TO lntermarry with any of tha
IhuIans OF the mainland. Food and
1resn water are scarce on Tiburon. hut
what is left of the tribe is healthy and
vigorous and has always maintained
us independence, fighting valiantlv for
IL "heh necessary. The woman is mas
Ter or the household, and a. council ne
Hlatrons IS at the head of public af-
lars the men having no voice in them
Iney nave nominal chief, who is a
nlah, put ne has no authority, and anv
ossuLlPtloh or IT would bring the worn-
en aoou ms ears like a nest of hor-
. nees; IL Goes not say much for the
W!suoHl OF female government that tha
tribe is so rapidly diving Off hut ~
would probably be no better with r,e,,
at the head of its inconsiderabIe. hnt
rather interesting, affairs.
Recent mention of the disappear-
ance of the $3.50 gold piece from circu-
latlon and the premium this coin com
mands as curio has set MANY tn
rummaging in old pocketbooks and the
pottoms OF cash boxes and drawers in