The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

passed in 1902 has been used as a
prolific source of income by the police
officers charged with the execution of
its provisions
Nice has become the headquarters
of fugitive Partisan criminals TO such
an extent that the French officials find
their work considerably facilitated.
Whenever a man is wanted they
promptly hunt for him in that city,
often with success.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria, is nine times king, twice a grand
duke. once a grand prince, and the
multitude of the titles as count and
so forth is past enumeration. In ad-
dition, as King of Hungary, he bears
the title of most apostolic" which is
one of four honOrs bestowed on him by
the Pope.
In natural history museums clay
models of animals over which the
skins are stretched and made to appear
entirely life-like are coming into use
This radical departure from taxidermy
threatens to render that art extinct,
as the carefully modelled figure made
by sculptor and placed in a life-like
pose is deemed far more desirable than
mere stuffed animal as a natural
history exhibit.
Gen. Won Trotha. commander of the
Sixteenth Infantry division of the Ger
man army, who recently sailed for
German South Africa to take charge
of the campaign against the Kaiser's
rebellious subjects. the Hereros is Sc
years old. From 1894 to 1897 he COM
manded the Kaiser'S colonial forces in
East Africa, and in 1900 he accom-
panied Count Won Waldersee to China,
with the rank of major general.
Lady Eleanor Wickham, the Lon
don society leader, has a craze for
wearing little grass snakes for brace
lets. She enticeS the reptiles to Irvine
themselves around her wrist, then she
plunges her hands and arms into icy
cold water for a few moments, with
the result that the serpents become
torpid and remain in a more or less
comatose state for some hours Thus
she is able to preside at afternoon
tea with her arms covered with living
snakes as bracelets.
The dogs of war" in these davs
assist in field hospital work. In Ger
many and Italy st. Bernard dogs have
oeen trained for years so as to aid
after an engagement, bearer parties
IN their search for the wounded
especially at night. Russia, apparent
~, has no canine corps, and Mai.
Richardson, of Carnoustie, England.
who has made a speciality of training
ambulance dogs. has received, a COM
munication from st. Petersburg ask
ing him how many he can supply for
service in the Far East
That the highest point in Missouri
is but 1900 feet above the level of the
sea is one of the many interesting
Typographical facts discovered bv
those who examine the large relief
map OF that State in the Model Library
IN the Missouri State Building at the
Worlds Fair. This mountain is Iron.
known by the residents of the coun-
" as TomSuck, and from its nOint
radiate the different geological forma-
tons of the Central MississipDi Valley
Another interesting disclosure is the
evident route Travelled by the Missouri
river IN past geological ages. In the
NORTH central part of the State Tho
Missouri's present course devfates from
the northeast to the southeast BY the
map can be seen the logical continual
Ilon. or its course from the western
border of the State to point between
where Hannibal and the Iowa State
line are now situated, which biologists
declare was the original confluence of
the Missouri and Mississippi River
souri, has lands below the river level.
in the recent visit to the public
institution, penetrating to the kitchen
in the region over which the culinary
genius presided, Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland, after tasting the food and
praising it, wished to inspect the pan
tries and other receptacles where the
materials were kept, says the New York
tribune. The first door opened by the
cook to facilitate this examination
disclosed the figure of the man. strong
and stalwart, who looked, such are
the mysterious device of female cooks
as II he might have been stored there
for Interior matrimonial purposes. But
he turned out to be only a newspaper
reporter. He had learned of the in.
tended royal visit and had tucked him
self away in the most promising poclxet
which the institution opened to him.
therein, in stuffy, half suffocated
manner, awaiting developments. AIS
well that ends well. When the Queen
found out who and what he was she
shook hands with him and asked him
to sent her copy of the paper con-
tanning his report. Such a generous
royal recognition ought to have re-
council the cook TO his intrusion,
and perhaps it did. but of the occur
renee nothing is said about it in the
report
The man commonly found in the closet
opening out Of the cooks pantry is
Policeman X, cousin, his presence
| there too familiar to attract much at
tention. But when it's occupant turns
out to be reporter explanations are
| naturally in order. and it will be
creditable to the profession in the Low
Countries If the same are as salts
factory in future cases Of the kind as
they have been proved to be in the
present one.
The Withdrawals of special deposits
of United States money from the ma
tional banks that were made to meet
the obligations in connection with the
Panama canal payments, are of much
interest. The requirements for the
purpose indicated amounted to $50. OOO.-
OOO and the Withdrawals were gen
eral all over the country. The amount
withdrawn from banks over the coun-
try was $42,Ss2,0O0, distributed as fol-
lows:
Cities -