The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-05

street. Boston comes next with thirty
-FOUR lamps to the mile, and Providence next
VIII thirty lamps. New Haven il the town
| which has the greatest area of parks in proper
| ton to its size. New York being a close second.
ST. LOUIS is waxing enthusiastic over q pro-
Ject to swing monster bell in the new city hall
tower The worlds fair year is thought to be
| the appropriate time for such an enterprise
and the bell is to be the biggest in the United
| states and 70 be christened the Bell Columbia
It's position will be 250 feet above the street
and OF course the question CONES up whether
| an additional weight of u, 900 pounds-so heavy
Is the bell to be-will not be too much of a strin
for the city hall tower. A prominent architect
thinks 1t would be, but Is sure tire bell might be
swung safely at hight Of 100 feet without
heartily into the plan, Of which he says: Il
| should think that the amount necessary could
DC easily raised by popular subscription. 1t
YOU'D DC something the people could be proud
| want to hear the biggest bell in the nation,
Another good thing about the bell Is that it
conld ring the hours and would thus be a valu-
able aid to travellers. bell OF $4,000 pounds
| would be heard, l should think. for several
| miles in every direction" President Burnet of
the board OF improvements sees difficulties In
the way. "A bell weighing rs 900 pounds" he
| says, would be eight or ten feet in diameter,
| and there is the problem Of getting up such a
monster after it is on the ground beside the
| building. 1t would cost immense sum to
| construct derricks and false work around the
tower. and something would be likely 10 give
| way; After all, st. Louis would need to cast
nell OF nearly 30, 900 pounds to have the biggest
| oeli IN America, for the one in Notre Dame
cathedral at Montreal, weighs % 400 pounds
How MANY people are there IN st. Louis who
| know that the popular air of "Ta-ra-Ea Boom
decay" originated here in st. Louis and how
many who hum it know what that origin was!
asks the Gtobe-Demoerat. There are few in
! deed. In fact, the origin or authorship of the
| ar ana song is a matter which has been dis
| cussed at length without any satisfactory CON
cluslon being reached. The facts were given
knows whereof he speaks The air,
ne says. was composed by an old
blind musician named Hanley, who, as one way
| OF making living, played tho piano in several
| questionable resorts. The Clara "a Boom
decay" was an imagination to which there was
| very exciting dance, and il at once became
| favorite among the habitues of these places
! Then the bootolacks and the messenger boys
| got 1t, and it was whistled around the streets
| The respectable young man young lady who
BY plying ssnoe Of Vas Wss
not to repeat 1t, as Il wasn't Moe or respectable
II wouldn't go in polite society. 10 was
| through hearing ST. Louis bootblack whistle
| 1t that the attention Of Alexander Spencer, a
| theatrical musical director, was attracted to-
| ward 1t. He at once noticed its catchiness aud,
| taxing mold OF It, got words to it. But nobody
| seemed to think anything of It,. Nobody
| wanted it. and when it was tried on the public
| Il fell as fiat as pancake. Then it rested In
| which time he incurred the publics lack OF ap-
| probation Suddenly il doomed up and gained
q prominence and popularity that even Mr..
| Spencer had not dreamed of much less the
blind piano player who bad really originated it.
| THE starfsh has been unusually destructive
to the oysters of Nsrragansets bay this season,
| says the New York Post. Tn is pest fastens its
| rays around the oyster and slowly destroys tho
| outer nbrous edge Of tho shell, and. having
made an opening, foasts upon the contents
| The process Ia supposed to take week but az
| the startish move over the bed by thousands,
| the work OF destruction is almost lnoalculable
| 1t Is estimated that four nfths Of the oyster
| crop In the bay would have been eaten by the
starfish but for the use OF remedies, one of
| which. the invention Of an old dredger In par
ticularly effective. 1t consists OF q TRAN ular
| framework OF Iron an inch or moro in diameter
| with the sides about six feet in length and the
| rear bar little shorter. Iron braces extending
| In all directions strengthen the frame. Solid
IRON wheel: SIX inches IN diameter are placed at
| turbance Of the oysters Two chains are at
| tached in loop form TO the rear of the dredge
TO which are appended from sixteen TO twenty
| ropes, interviewer with cotton warping which
trail behind the dredge and form a mop that
| covers all the surface passed over by the dredge
The startish adhere to tho fbrous surfaces of
the mop, and are taken out of the water and
destroyed. All the principal planters use steam
| boats in dredging, and on these crafts a not
water tank is utilized in Killing the fish. Some
| times q peck of the fish are taken out at a
single haul. When a sailboat is used for
| dredging purposes the fish piled up on the
| shore In heaps and subsequently used as a
| fertilizer. The work is begun in MAY and
| steadily prosecuted at frequent intervals until
| the first or second week of December or until
| the cold weather causes the fish to cease work
| The star1Sh are said to be destructive ONLY To
| the oyster beds between Martha's VINEYARD and
| the mouth Of the Hudson river. the tempera-
ture OF the waters Of this latitude being favor
able TO their Increase In bays fed partly nv
| fresh streams they do not seem to thrive which
accounts FOR the preservation of the natural
beds in the Taunton and Providence rivers.
NORTH Of Senegal is Q verdant region sur
rounded on all sides by desert. White men
| have known very little Of this region and have
never until now entered into relations with the
country, says the New York Sun. Il In known
| as Adrar and Is separated from the basin of the
| Senegal river by massive mountains The
country Is rich In pastures and 10 the center of
| supplies or the nomad tribes which wander
| through the desert from Senegal 70 Morocco
and from the Atlantic ocean 20 the wastes Of
Ell JUL, the part OF the Sahara north of Timbuc.
from the French government to an.
| ter IL possible into relations with tbs
King OF Adrar, and IL he found that
he was disposed to make q treaty with France
| TO profit by his friendly attitude In Decemo
Der last Mr.. Fabert entered Adrar and received
hospttabie welcome from the influential Mar
about known as the Sheik Sadi-Beou who GOV
ems the southern part of the country fhs
sheik promised to use his influence with the
king and induce him, IL possible. to enter into
reiatlons Win Tine french. he said he Thought
the king would be fsvorsbIy disposed, paSticu.
lsrly as he was engaged In war with desert
tribes that had been laundering some parts Of
the country. 30 Mr.. Fabert went north 70 the
chief town OF Adrar, where he
had long negotiations with the king.
which resulted most favorably for Franco.
treaty was signed byl which France and
Adrar agreed to live upon Q footing OF friend
| ship and to encourage the development of com.
merce between the two countries France agreed
not 70 interfere with the internal affairs on
a ha g.,
country against her enemies. The king engaged
not to make any similar treaty with any foreisn
power, but to content himself with the protec-
ton offered him by the French eovernment
To encourage the king to send caravans south
for the purpose of opening trade with St. Louis
the capital Of Senegal. France agreed TO nav
him an annual subsidy OF 800 pieces OF cloth.
The treaty Is to continue for thirty years, and
is TO go into effect upon its adoption by the |
French government. The government is ex-
pected 70 act upon the matter at once Thus
Franco ia the flrat cnnntrv 70 chtair. q f..AAai1