The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

e. b. Sweet Escott, c. NJ. G., gov
ernor of the Seychelles, tells a story
which should have interest for Mr..
Chamberlain. One Of the latter's great
est admirers was. it seems, ex-King
Prempeh of Ashantee, who carried his
admiration far enough to order a COM
plete suit of clothes like those worn
by the ex-colOnial secretary, plus a
monocle.
In some parts of West Africa, says
the Lahore Times, the girls have long
engagements On the day of their
birth they are betrothed to baby boy
a trifle older than themselves, and at
the age of 20 they are married. The
girls know of no other way of getting
a husband, and so they are quite hap
by and satisfied. AS wives they are
patterns of obedience, and the mar
riages usually turn out success.
A curious and fatal coincidence oc-
CURED last week at Lassa-Patak. in
Hungary, says the London Express. A
woodcutter named Jassa was crushed
to death under a tree, leaving his wife
and children destitute. Finding no 9TH
er work, the widow Joined the wood
cutters and was killed in exactly the
same manner as her husband had been
a few days previously. The supersti-
tious population refuse to fell any
more trees.
Perhaps the strangest use to which
music can be put is to stop the flow of
blood from a wound, says Tit-Bits. An
army doctor noticed that when a
wounded soldiers was taken to within
an easy hearing distance of music
hemorrhage was greatly reduced or
stopped. Neither he nor others, who
confirmed his observations, could I'M
derstand how this phenomenon was
brought about, but it is now believed
that the vibration of the air produced
by the music causes the patient to be-
come faint, in which case the action
of the heart is so considerably lessened
that the overflow of blood is reduced.
The starter of the running races at
Joplin is a big, black negro, says the
Joplin (Mo) News-Herald. He has
created much amusement in getting
the horses off. A half dozen or more
attempts were made, when the negro S
patience became exhausted. Most of
the jockeys were negroes, and as a
final warning to one who persisted in
swapping the rubber before the others
does dat again I'll come out dar and
knock you off dat hoss," and he ex-
hibited a good sized stick attached to
the end of a rope, which he COM
menced to unwind. The exhibit of the
stick had its effect.
The japanese government in For
mosa has decreed the abolition of foot
binding in the island. fine of 500
nil 10 tto,v, hpna TIl lnf
the law, and Chinese girls under six
years of age whose feet have been
bound must now have their feet I'M
bound. After that age the feet are
hopelessly deformed but young chill
dren's feet, even though already
bound, may still return to their nat
ural shape if the cruel bandages are
unwound. Chinese mothers are max
ing a great lament over the enact
ment, but in few years the enforc-
ing of the law will be acknowledged
to be wise and beneficial.
While the Russians are on the run
it is interesting to recall the remarks
of Prince Ukhtomsky, a confidential
companion of the car, away back in
February "The difference of race
between our troops and the Japanese
is so great that there can be no ques-
tion of measuring ourselves against
them in regular hostilities. The yell
low men will not so much be beaten,
they will be simply slaughtered. We
cannot consent to look upon them as
an equal breed. That is, so to speak,
an anthropological axiom. The Jap
anese will take good care not to face
us in large bodies in the open field.
Yellow is simply not equal to white"
Mr.. M. B. Forbes of Camden coun-
ty, who is attending the summer
school, boasts of teaching the most
ponderous pupil this country has ever
produced, says the Chapel Hill On. c.
News. His name is Lewis Lewark, son
of John Lewark, fisherman on Abe
marie Sound. He is II years old and
weighs ITO pounds. When he went to
school to Mr.. Forbes he weighed over
500 pounds and his mother told Mr..
Forbes that Lewis weighed $50 pounds
before he was weaned. He exhibits
himself sometimes, going to Virginia
Beach, Norfolk and other nearby
places. He will not venture far from
home-is afraid of an accident or that
he will get sick. He sleeps on an iron
bedstead and has a chair especially
constructed for his use. He spends his
time with his father on the beach.
JuliuS SPEARS VI Odlllle county, dBeQ
20 years, has just been restored to his
relatives, after having been separated
from them ever since he was 3 years
old, and having never as far as he
can remember, heard of them. Young
Spears parents lived in Illinois, says
the Kansas City Journal. One night
Willard Spears, the father, disap-
peared, taking his youngest child, Ju-
illus, with him. He went to Arkansas.
and later came to Missouri, locating
near Camden. The father died several
years ago, leaving his son without any
knowledge whatever of his family
connections. While in Bedford, Ill. a
short time ago, man from Marshall
met a family named Spears. CONVEX
sation revealed that they were rela-
tives of Julius Spears, and the old
mother has recently had restored to
her the son whom she thought she had
lost forever.
The Jail at Whiting is an old box
building that is seldom used, says
the Holton (Kan) Record. On July
4. however. a young man imbibed too
freely of some tonic that not only
toned him up but made him unduly
fractions, and the city marshal was
compelled to gather him in and place
him in the little-used Jail. Just after
they left him the most horrible cries
OF pain and shouts for help were heard
issuing from the wooden box, but il
was supposed that these were only
the rawlings of a drunken man. who
desired to attract attention. Some time
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