Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-16
NEWS AND VOTES.

Swallows are being trained in France
TO act as carriers of dispatches in case OF
war.
OF the 300 1000 qualified voters IN New
York city only II 900 pay taxes on prop
erty.
The effect of the destruction of trees is
now perceived forcibly by the farmers of
Southern California, who find that their
efforts to lrrigate their lands are him
dered by the insuff1ciency of water in the
rivers That insufficiency of water, the
San Francisco Call states, is caused by
the cutting down of the forests on the
mountains.
The Standard oil company's new
steamers for carrying oil in bulk will be
ready for service in September. The
first vessel, named the Bayonne, was
launched on the Clyde on July 2, and has
a capacity of 1000 tons, and will load its
first cargo here. She will have electric
lights, steam steering gear and triple ex-
pansiOn engines, and will carry 800 900
gallons, which can be discharged in ten
hours.
A new law which has just gone into eff
feet in New York state provides that
whenever the court sees fit it may impose
an indetermlnate sentence to state
prison. The prisoner so sentenced may
be held for the possible maximum term
provided by law for his offense, but he
may be released by q board of parole
during good behavior when ne has served
out the minimum sentence provided by
law tor his offense.
The cigarette habit is increasing. The
commissioner OF internal revenue COL
lected taxes last year upon 2 g, Isl SIS 300,
which is an increase of 2SS ,789 ,260 over
the preceding year. The number taxed
is pretty good indication of the con-
sumption. The number of cigars taxed
during the last fiscal year was 3 1867 -
$50 GAO, an increase Of % sos 800, show
ing that the consumption of cigarettes
is increasing more rapidly than that of
cigars.
The Usage tribe of Indians is said to be
the richest nation in the world The
tribe numbers 1901 men, women and
children. They have in the United
States treasury 81, 758 ,694 of their own
money. drawing per cent. interest.
But besides this they have l 40 900
acres of land, equal to just 1000 acres
apiece. This land would sell for $40 an
acre, or $40 200 for each individual por-
ton. This makes each Indian worth
S15, III. This wealth is curse to them
and the tribe is dying out.
A careful estimate of the Chinese in
San Francisco places the number at 49,
600. The effect of this population upon
the prosperity of the city is thus stated
by local paper: "These 40 200 Chinese
earn at least one dollar day each, over
and above their board That is $40 900
per day, or 81 400 900 for each month of
twenty-six days. That is over twelve
million dollars per year which is being
drained through various Chinese channels
from city of 800 900 inhabitants. The
most of this money each year, directly
or indirectly, goes to China, never tore
turn.
S. T. Merriefeld, business man of
Lima, Ohio, is the father of quite
curiosity in the shape of a midget About
three weeks ago his wife gave birth to
male infant weighing only IL pound and
half. The child now weighs less than
three pounds, and is hearty and has
never been sick a day since it was born
A common finger-ring can be slipped
over its hands, and its ears are no larger
than penny. The parents are medium
sized persons. This is the fourth child
that has been born to them, the three
others being girls. who were small at the
time of their birth, the smallest weigh
ing about four pounds.