The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
FEAyoE has more than $4,000 carrier pigeons

FRANCE has more than $4,000 carrier pigeons
trained for war purposes.
THERE are 5000 insane people in the city OF
New York. and experts on insanity say that the
ratio of lunatics is increasing much faster than
that Of the population
SAMUEL DAY of Wesley claims to be the
champion bear killer Of Maine In twenty
five y, ars he has killed 2s0 bears and cubs. for
which he has received over $4,000 in bounties.
The most densely populated square mile in
the world is in the city of New York 1t is in
habited by 270OOO people. the larger part of
whom are Italians, who speak only their native
language.
ACCORDING TO recent figures the people of this
country are longer lived than those of Europe.
In this country is persons out of every 900 die
each year, IN England the average Is % and IN
Germany 26.
LAKE CHELAN, WASHINGTON, never freezes, al
though in As north. The reason given is that
it is so de p and the warm water always rises
from the bottom to supplant the cold, which
goes down to warm itself.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CoMM1s-
sIoNER OF PATENTS estimated that from six tc
seven Fights of the entire manufacturing CAPT
tai of the United States. or 5000 100000, is
directly or indirectly based upon patents.
A WEAK GALvASIc CURRENT, which will some
times cure toothache, may be generated by
placing silver coin on one side of the gum and
a piece of zinc on the other. Rinsing the mouth
with acidulated water will increase the effect.
POUND KEEPER FINN of New York estimates
the dog population of that city at from 25 900
to 10000. During the past year the dog-catchers
caught 7.46S dogs. 800 of which were redeemed
by their owners paying 50 fine, the remainder
being aSphyxiated.
An Indianapolis woman who has been eight
times divorced is 81 years DID, and comes of a
family noted for it's divorces Her mother has
had six divorces and is living with her seventh
husband. An uncle and two aunts have been
married five times. They still young.
THE NUMBER of murders and murderous
assaults recorded in Michigan, Ohio, New York
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa since Jan
uary are two for evoIy one in the big state of
Texas, and for every cyclone in the south this
summer the north and west have had three.
THE great Bear river canal in Utah. for the
construction of which 100000 has been pro-
vided, is expected to be one of the most extern
sive irrigation works in America To get the
river along the side hill along Bear Creek can
yon and out on to the plain near Plymouth will
necessitate moving 100000 cubic yards of solid
rock.
RALPH WooDMAN, a workman in the Cushman
Shoe Shop, Auburn, Me, risked his own life to
snatch from in front of an on-coming train
little or 4-year-old child who was walking on
the track unconscious of its danger. AS Mr..
Woodman snatched the child from the track the
engine snatched his hat and carried it under the
whee.S.
The ESTATE of Marwood. the famous English
hangman, is in bankruptcy. 1t appears by his
books that his business, although very active
was by no means In tlourishirg condition at
the time of his death. Marwood was a shoe
maker by trade In Horncastle, Lincolnshire
where he lived the people thought he was
wealthy, and they were surprised to learn that
he died inSolvent.
THE Italian prime minister, Sig. Crispi, re
Gently gave most extraordinary evidence IN the
Chamber of Deputies of his superstition regard
ing tue evil eye. Sig. Imbriani having alluded
to Sig. Crispi's life as necessarily terminable,
the latter fumbled in his pocket, drew out one
OF the horn shaped pieces OF coral used in
Naples as a counter spell against the ''ietta-
tura, and openly pointed il at the speaker.
BILLY, the goat, mascot on the United States
steamer Galena, has been transferred to the
flagship Baltimore along with whatever goes
with an able seaman Billy left the Galena
most unwillingly, aud it looked for tim as if
the drill known as abandon ship" would have
to be ordered as the only means of getting him
over the side. Billy was especially skilled in
| this evolution, and he always fearlessly leaped
| into the cutter when the signal for abandon
ship was given.
RIA KITrRIDGE, considered the champion
microscopic postal card writer of the world
1
| last message, containing 100 ordS on postal
clrd, being about twenty days in doing the
work. In writing he uses nothing but pair Of
| common spectacleS. 1t would seem almost in
| credible that anything done with a common
pen could be deciphered after being crowded
into such small space, but with the aid of a
| microscope every letter and word stands out in
| bold relief and are very distinct.
"IT may come to pass" said a British lect-
urer lately, that some African race may, in
| ron 70 l,o,,
| glishmen once dominated the West Indies
and were improved off the face of the land "
| Such fears are real enough. In 1853 there were
| in those islands $500 Europeans to 15OO Afri-
cans. In 1900 the numbers were 10000 Europe
ans and 1000 Africans. In the last census the
| figures were IA ABB Europeans, 1909 946 colored or
mulatoes, 444, 1856 Africans and u. $40 Asiatics.
| SPoRTsMEN in India and Africa have always
regarded wounded elephant as one of the
most dangerous and revengeful of animals.
Frank L. James of England, a well-kuown
African traveller and entertaining writer, had
| occasion recently to test this propen-
| sity of the beast and met with fatal
results. Instead of stamping his assail.
ant out of existence, is sometimes the
| case in such encounters the enraged brute
pierced Mr.. James breast with a tusk, and he
| died soon after.
| SIR HENRY DE BURGH-LAwsoN thinks that he
will revolutionize naval construction by his
plan for constructing ships with three keels,
| between which their bottoms are curved in com
blnation with special internal propellers, worked
| and housed in chambers from which the water
| is partially excluded, each propeller having a
separate set of machinery, working independ-
entity of each other. Sir Henry claims that
rolling would be almost prevented, and that the
| ships power of climbing waves would be i'm
mensely increased.
The West Chester Pa.) Ne,os tells of a fierce
battle between two black blooded stations at
Milford Mills, owned by Michael Murphy. They
got loose from their attendant and at once began
| a fight. They kicked tore each other with their
| teeth and paved each other at a terrible rate
| Mr.. Murphy, with the assistance of several men
was unable to part them. Tney were driven
! from the race course into the fields and from
there into into the public road, and went in the
direction of Glen Moore and continued fighting
each other like couple of bulldogs They were
| followed by several men with WHIPS forks etc
! but with all their efforts they could not part
! them, Finally one got the better of the other
! by paving him down, and they were parted
but not until they were nearly exhausted and
| had inflicted serious wounds in their flesh They
! fought for distance of three miles, and hun
/ dreds of people turned out to witness the bloody
encounter.
THE four masted British bark Falkland, from
Calcutta, which arrived at New York few
days ago, with her four lofty masts presented
| an imposing appearance as she lay at anchor
| She suggested ful-rigged ship to which the