The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-26

temperate zone, believing that the
stock so produced would be better able
to Withstand the severe winters of the
West. He has been in correspond
ence with Lieut.. Peary on the subject,
and the Arctic explorer is favorably
impressed with the project. 1.-The vast
loss of the present season among herds
on the Western ranges" says the
Sioux City man, emphasizes the ne
cessity of trying to infuse harder
blood into American CATTLE
According to United States consul
Gottschalk, at San Juan del Norte, in
a report to the State Department,
sharks exist in large numbers on the
coast of Nicaragua. The Nicaragua
fishing laws" he says, seem to per-
init Of their being caught as vermin,
and there appears to be no export duty
on any industrial product derived from
them. A number of persons here believe
that they could deal with the United
States in shark fins or in shark back
bones and skins The former are used
extensively in some countries in the
making of walking canes; the latter
are made into leather employed for
sword grips and fancy articles. Large
quantities of these products could be
sent to the United States, were there
market for them. l should be glad
to communicate with parties interest
ed. If these articles are marketable
in the United States
The French Chamber of Commerce
in London has just published a bulle-
ten respecting the results of the last
census of England, from which 1t APP
pears that on March 81, 1901, the total
population of England and Wales was
about ~, 200, as against 29, 000 900 on
the 9Th of April, 1881. In 1901, the pop
ulation of Scotland was 4,400 900, of Ire
land the same, although in 1S41 the lat
ter country counted more than S,000,-
600. The total population of Great Brit
ain and Ireland is thus nearly Al, $780,
600 at present; of London, 4,536,034, and
of London and its suburbs, 6,57S, 1884,
There are 571,76S occupied and 40,069
unoccupied houses in London, and L.
Ol9,546 families, comprising, on the av-
erage, 4-10 persons per family. For
elgners abound in London and the
principal nations are thus represented:
Russia, 3S,117; Germany, 27,427; Russian
Poland, 1890; France, IL ,264; Italy, TO-
SSg. OF the Frenchmen, 6S4 are head
cooks, 391 commercial clerks, ETC., 1,205
servants and 300 teachers.
There is a south Side lady who
owns Gordon setter which she be-
lieves is endowed with almost human
Intelligence, says the Chicago News.
This is not a hastily formed nor I'M
founded opinion, but has been devel-
oped by years of experience. Here is
one of the many incidents from which
mas sprung her faith in her dog: One
Sunday, having finished her dinner, the
lady went into the drawing room to
read the paper On a rug near the
window the setter was basking drowsi-
" n fta
sons were still in the dining room fin
ishing the repast, and the mother over
heard something said about bones.
Now, the good lady has a mortal dread
that her beautiful dog will choke to
death on bone some day, so, raising
her voice, she called out, Boys, don't
give Dan any chicken bo-n-e-s,"
spelling these two words so the dogs
attention would not be attracted. I'm
afraid he will choke" AS she spelled
chicken" the dog raised his head; at
bones" he got up, walked into the din
ing room and looked at the bones the
boys were picking.
New Workers have grown so fond
of unsalted butter that there are few
first class restaurants that do not Of
fer it and it is in use in many pri-
vate houses, says the New York Sun
known variously as fresh, sweet or
French butter, it has become a regu-
lar feature of New York gastronoTi1ic
life. Yet it was only few years ago
that unsalted butter was almost I'm
known here. A few diaries manufac-
tured it for certain patrons. Some of
the French shops kept it for their Gus
toners, but it was manufactured in
quantities only for the French restau-
rants. They made it popular in New
York., one OF the uptown dairymen
said the other day, but even that took
some years. One of the most famous
lin fact, the most famous-restaurant
that New York ever had, always used
unsalted butter. But that did not tend
to increase its popularity to any no.
ticeable extent. With the growth in
the number of French restaurants and
hotels and the use of this kind of but
ter by other places with the idea of
appearing French, the taste for the I'M
sailed butter grew until it has come
to be a regular part of every dairy
mans supplies"
Professional bounty-jumpers were
developed during the Civil War; but
it may be doubted if any one of them
displayed so much activity in his pro-
fession as Harry E. Mason has shown
as an enlister and deserter during the
past two years, says a New York pa
in the army at Brooklyn, and on April
l deserted. On April Is of the same
year, under the name of Harry E.
Low, he enlisted at Detroit, and de-
-serted the same day. Then he waited
year-at least, he seems to have done
so; but on April %, 1902 as Harry Ed
wards, he enlisted at Philadelphia, only
to desert five days later, on May 3, on
which day he enlisted at Louisville as
Harry Briggs to desert on May Z.
Coming to this city, he enlisted at Har-
ry Dubois on July 25, 1902 and desert
ed on July 29. At Mobile, on March 21
of this year, he enlisted under the
name of Harry E. Bates, and deserted
at Jefferson Barracks on March o.
The day before his departure, however,
he had gone to st. Louis and enlisted
as Harry Hastings; but on the way to
Columbus Barracks he deserted again,
and hurried to Cincinnati, where, as
Harry Lewis, he enlisted for the eighth
time, on Apuril 2, only to desert while
again en- route to Columbus Barracks.
AS no bounty is given for enlistments,
and as he could have drawn pay only
during his first enlistment, the reason
for his performance is not clear.
One of the enduring effects of the
Chicago Fair of 1898 was the amount
of slang originated there. There are
many persons whose best recollection
of the Chicago Exposition is founded
either on the Turkish melody of the
Midway or the singing of After the
Ball." the street anthem of Chicago
at that particular period. The Phil
adelphia Centennial is indissolubly con-