The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

still manages her farm at La Terrasse,
Marsanne, where her famous son was
born.
Count Tolstoi continues pessimistic
as to modern liberty. He is inclined
to think that there isn't anything OF
the kind.
The Dowager Czarina, mother OF
the Car, has completed arrangements
for a children's world exhibition to be
held at st. Petersburg in November.
Prof Paine of Harvard will rep
resent that university at the unwilling
of the Wagner monument at Berlin In
October. st. Andrew University OF
Glasgow will be represented by MI
Carnegie.
1t is said during their recent visit
to Ireland King Edward and Queen
Alexandra carried with them trunks
and other impediments weighing in all
some 200 tons Among the lot were
two large chests of gold plate
Soon after the initial message
around the globe, sent by President
Roosevelt in ten minutes, the Temps
Paris, made a more instructive trial
on the wire every operator was on the
oui vive. The Temps circular message
took the ordinary course and made the
circuit in six hours. 1t was Iemps
Paris" and cost 1855 a word.
"A cabinet officer of the Mikado re-
Gently referred to the fact that there
are $4,000 trachoma patients in Japan
and that in Tohoku district it is I'M
possible to obtain the requisite num-
Der of recruits for the army II some
sufferers from this disease are not ad-
mitted, adding: 1.-The Japanese army
will physically collapse if things are
to go on in this manner" Trachoma is
a chronic Inflammation Of the eyelids
which contracts them inward until the
lashes scratch the pupil, causing IN
many cases blindness.
Rev. Don Luigi Sartori, pastor OF
st. Joseph's Church, Midland, Md, a
cousin of Pope Plus X, will sail for
Rome next month to pay his respects
to the new Pontiff. The Pope and
the American parish priest are descend
ants of the same grandfather, the par
ents of the Midland pastor having
added the ''ri' to their name. accord
ing to the custom of the Venetian
province in which they lived. There is
a striking physical resemblance be-
tween Pope Plus X. and Father Sar-
tori. They are well acquainted.
The London Mail recalls a supper
party given two or three years ago
in honor of the birthday of Mime. Amy
Sherwin, on whose menu card the late
Phil May made an exquisite little
drawing. This was seen by a wealthy
woman present, who sent the waiter
with a G10 note to the artist, asking
him to do a similar drawing for her
Mr. May, disguised at the woman's i'm
pertinence, took a good look at her
and then made an appallingly truth
full caricature Of her features on the
back of the bank note, which he re-
turned.
Colorado will make "Melon Day
at the Worlds Fair memorable. for it
is proposed on one day during the sea-
son to ship a train of thirty refrigera-
tor cars, loaded with the famed canta-
loupes from Rocky Ford. Busy your
self for a minute with pencil and pa
per. There are forty-five melons to a
crate, and three hundred crates to a
car so this train will carry nearly half
q million melons to the Worlds Fair,
and they will all be given to visitors
on a day to be selected by Senator
Swink, and Frederic w. Taylor. chief
of agriculture.
Boston swelldom is aghast at the
announcement that Mrs. Irwin T. Chap
man intends to go on the stage. The
Chapman family dates back to the
Mayflower, and it's representatives have
heretofore lived as austere people of
ancient lineage should. Mrs. Irwin T.
is very beautiful young woman, with
out social position, of whom her hus-
bands family never approved. The
couple were married seven years ago
but she was ignored by his people.
Estrangement and separation followed,
the husband went to Australia. Suit
for divorce Is pending.
All infants over seven months old,
artificially fed in the nursery and
child's hospital New York, during the
food, especially stale bread soaked in
boiling water until thoroughly softened,
when the water was poured off and a
cup of milk added and this boiled for
three or four minutes. After being
sweetened and cooled sufficiently it is
fed to the baby. At first a teaspoon
full once a day is given, but as the
INFANT becomes accustomed to II the
amount is increased so that at the
end of ten days it is receiving one to
two or three ounces daily. 1t is given
between the regular bottle hours, and
never more than half an ounce at a
time. If curds appear in the stools
or if 1t disagrees it is discontinued.
"A letter written by Gov. Penny
packer of Pennsylvania when a candi-
date last year, has received good deal
of humorous attention recently. On a
farm in F7ayette county is a stone
which marks the site of Fort Neces-
sity, where George Washington, then
a British colonel, was forced to sur
render in the French and Indian war.
To the owner of this farm the present
Governor wrote: Dear Sir: I am
the Republican candidate for Governor.
was at your place the other day and
saw "a large stone with a square hole
in 1t lying in your meadow by the
stream. 1 want to give you a dollar
for that stone. If you consent, write
me, at 'Pennypackers' Mills Schwenks-
Vile, Montgomery county Pennsyl-
vania.' One of the PAROLES on this
letter, printed by the Philadelphia
North American, is addressed to the
Khedive of Egypt, and runs Dear
Khedive: l saw to-day a photo of a
funny figure in your country, an old
stone image of some unhuman animal.
If this is not caricature of some i'm
portant person in authority of ancient
times, 1 will give you nine dollars ($9. 00)
for it, part cash, part in six-month
notes."