Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1899 — Poor Return for Coutesy. [ARTICLE]

Poor Return for Coutesy.

The London Daily News says that thfe Russian man-of-war Gerzog Edinburkskij, whose officers and men were recently the recipients of Swedish courtesy at Kariskrona, reciprocated by secretly taking soundings under cover of darkness until they were dis-’ covered by the Governor of the fortress. Kariskrona is the chief naval station of Sweden; its approaches are well fortified by modern naval defenses and It has also a ship channel which is difficult of navigation.

Stole a Fortune In Diamonds. A hole in his right heel enabled a negro workman in the diamond fields of South Africa to secret and steal gems to the value of .$273,000. These he expressed In small parcels of fruits to t cousin in King William Town, in the extreme south of Africa, from which place both recently departed for England. We hope that when we die some kind friend will head off the officiating clergyman when he approaches the family to ask in a subdued voice, "At what age was he converted?” A homely man .always consoles himself with the belief that he la smart.