The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

there were Is, 6Sj hoggtngs administered in the
public schools o. that city, which nave an en-
rollment of 1850 boys
IN the quaint old Anglican church of Capel-
le-Ferne, near Dover, there is no provision
made for lighting it at night. and at the even
ing service those who attend are in the habit Of
bringing candles and La nps along with them.
TEE following letter from Nr. Fitz Hugh to
John Buckner, written in 1881, and to be found
in the ViroiRiG Register, sounds odd now,
although when written it was serious enough:
Il nope you will axe me some Abatement fer
the dumb negro you sent me. Had she been
new negro recently ported | must have
blamed my ia e and not you. But one that you
hal for two years, must conclude that you
knew her qualitys whic is bad at work-worse
at talking: and took advantage Of the softness
Of my messenger to qlit your hands Of her"
THE STRAITS Times translates the following
from Manila paper: During the wreck of the
Spanish steamer Remus, the other day of the
Philippine coast, Jesuit missionary, Father
Pablo Ram N. slowed remarkable self den al.
He was passenger on beard, and beheld all the
distressing scenes that generally characterize
toward self preservation. He did all that he
could TO ensure the safety of others When
called TO repeatedly fro the boats TO save
himself he refused to come, aud stayed kneel-
ing on deck, saying that be would be among
the last to leave the vessel. The vessel soon
after sank carrying him into the deep.
SonE fishermen whils engaged near Belfast,
Ireland, picked up large seagull, which was
seen approaching the boat with wings out
spread floating on the water, but quite dead.
The men wers puzzled to accou 1t for the pro
gress il made through the water, as It went
faster than the boat, but as 1t came near it was
found that wound securely around the body
and under the wings, was string. which they
discovered was attached to a large paper kite
then Tying above them at considerable hight.
The kite had furnished the pror elling power.
The bird had evidently, while flying at Belfast,
got entangled in the strings of a boys kite had
been unable to extricate Itself, and. taking to
the sea, had been drowned in its efforts TO OBJ
tain freedom
Foxes are very plenty In Connecticut this
spring. Not many months age New London
man killed a fox with a bean pole in his hen
house on Jay street. The animal had killed a
score OF hens belonging to dwellers on that
street before be met his death. IN Tollaud
county foxes are so numerous that the farmers
strew poisoned meat in the fields. and some
times Tag half a dozen of them in a nj ght. A
few weeks ago Charles Crane of Atwoodville in
that equity, while following his hounds that
were tracking three foxes. saw the dogs lead
after one of tle ami mails, while the other two
sat in lot apparently watching the chase with
professional concern. He stole up within range
Of the idle foxes and killed one with eac1 barrel
of his breech-lcader.
From report of the Belgian consul general
made to introduce European vegetables and
fruits in that riot have been rewarded with
great success. Tee government has imported
tobacco seed from Havana and Sumatra
which it cultivated in conjunction with native
tobacco. The natives cultivate tobacco badly.
it is said, but efforts are being made by the
government to teach them better methods. Tn
inhabitants of the Lower Congo have been very
successful in cultivatiny not only the usual
African products, such as maniOc. sac potato,
etc, but also sOr tna-n, maize aud he "Wandu
harlcot, called bona by the natives. The
cottonplant grows in its wild state and the
natives manufacture from it hats, wallets etc
Soup have come, Soup is the Rhode Island
name for porgies, one of the sw etest and most
delicious fish in the Atlantic The fish are in
weight from one to three or four pounds, and
because they are boneleSs with the exception
of a broad backbone many people prefer the n
TO shad. Soup I'll b on the New England coast
in vast numbers at this season, are caught by
the million by fishermen for a week or two, and
then they disappear to return onlT about the
same time the following year. Except for a
few weeks in midSprinZ. they are said TO abide
in the deep waters of the OCEAN off the asst
The fishermen are very busy when soup come.
They bu Id great pounds ont into the sea all
along the Connecticut and Rhode Island coasts
and frequently load schooner from a single
nights catch.
TIE st. Louis Age Of Steel states that some
interesting inquiries have been made touching
the question of motive power on street car
lines The re ;ult OF these based on several
hundred replies. shows that the desire among
street ra lway managers for something better
than animal loco notion is very general Only
IS per cent. of those reporting do not contem-
q ate any change from horses; 1919 Per C MT
did not answer. and hence may be place in the
same category of conservatives: IS per cent
are on the fence awaiting developments and
preferring some kind of mechanical traction:
1913 per Mt favor mechanical methods other
than electricity: "a per cent are using or will
adopt tle electric motor. In this last class one
third prefer the overhead system and one
ninth like the storage battery.
DR.. ABBOTT o. Trenton, is a warm admirer Of
the catfish. not so much on account of its Gull
nary excellence as because the females of the
tribe are good mothers. He ha' studied tie
habits of thu fsh long and carefully, and he
knows this to be fact. He says that on enc
occasion he captured an entire BROOD OF little
catfish in a hand net, letting their mother. who
was swimming with the u, esci Pc. She would
not leave the spot where she had heen bereaved
and when the doctor put tue fry into a jar
and placed it in the river where she could see it.
she dashed herself furiousy aga lst the Obsta-
Gle that separated her from her young ones
When the jar was drawn slowly from g water
she followed il to tue surface and then ALSO
lutely left the river a wriggled twelve inches
up the sloping beach in her frantic efforts to
recover her progeny.
WHEN PATRICK WILSON, stalwart Irishman,
who arrived at New York Saturday on the
steamer City of Berlin, was asked at Castle
Garden where be was going, he replied emuhat-
ically according to the Herald: TO Wards
Oisnd, plaze yer honor. Sure and wasn't it
me triDd blond Michael az towld me that
thera'S plenty Of attn. and not str1oke of
w1rruk wud hev to do at all on that same
oilanIY' How much money hav you$'
queried the used reg stry clerk -Four and
X pence, yer honor, aud Michael Sc it wed
lasht me fer liver so long on Ward S Oiand. and
ef yez will tell me onct how am to get there
shure OH not be for troubln you amy more at
all" Patrick was put on the Wards Island
bis stay there will be mucl shorter than he
expected, for he is to be returned to ireland.
A DISPATCH from Baltimore says: Andrew
Mitchell died at the city hospital Sunday Be
fore his death he said he left a good home when
20 years old and went TO California. where he
remained short while and then embarked on a
vessel rounded Cape Horn and came 90 a port
on the Atlantic coast. II followed a seafarin-
lite from that time until he was taken with
disease and brought TO the hospital Father
Bartlett. who attended Mitchell, endeavored to
persuade hi to ask the aid Of his relatives at
New Haven, bu. Mitchell refused, saying that
he deserved no aid. e, soon died. IN au-
tnorties were about to have the body taken TO
Potters field for burial. but through Father
Bartlett the remains wers given IN charge Of
st. Vincent de Paul Society aud burie IN Holy
Cross cemetery. immediately after the funeral
word was received from New Haven that
Mtclell's parents had died a couple Of years
ago and left him 81, 100000.
THE Photographic World continues It's study
OF the manner in which notable writers do their
work. and aptly precedes IT,, articles with an