The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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from 5000 TO $4,000 year The average
| English girl will not work hard enough to at
tain the highest excellence as a dancer.
An interesting incident of wild beast life
was witnessed by hunter in Asotin county
Washington, recently. A deer came bound
ing down the steep side of a bare. rocky hill
| on the edge Of the Snake river just above the
| mouth OF the Grande Ronde, closely followed
| by big mountain lion. The buck plunged
| headlong into the river and swan for dear
| life towards the farther shore. The big cat
stopped short at the water edge. put its
! paw angrily but gingerly into the water, and
| then drew Lack and watched the deer gam
! the oppaSite bank in safety and disappear in
| the woods. With disappointed snarl the
! lion bounded away.
The estimated population of the world to-
day in round numbers is 500, 900, Co., says the
Chicago Herald. OF this 3600O)0O0 are in
Europe, s5O,00OOO0 in Asia I27 600 900 in Africa
100000 IN North America. $1,000, 900
| in South America, and 100000 In the
AuStrallaS. Population per square mile is
| lOl In Europe 81 in Asia, II In Africa, l.5 in
| the Australians, IA in North America, and in
South America The greatest progressive in
| crease In population at present is in Austria
LA, 80 per cent; North America shows 20 per
| cent, IN decade, Asia per cent, Africa 10
per cent. South America IS per cent. Two
| republics stand at the head of all countries in
wealth. France has 1873, 800, 900 of gold coin,
a a1d - S529 l le6.5oo ip silver coin India has
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$3.50, S67 800 in gold coin and more than $780,
| OOOOO0 In silver. India France and the United
States suner from excess of silver coin, and
| the one OF the three that has most is the
poorest of all countries at the present time.
When Las Vegas, New Mexico. was red
hot town, in the years from 20 to 80" said
the ex-southwestern journalist to a New York
Sun reporter, lit required careful wording of
paragraphs, based on poker judgment OF
human nature to avoid miSapprehensiOn on
the part OF persons mentioned, with the best
| intentions, in our columns 1 remember that
| in the Las Vegas Optic the city editor crack
! one, once wrote a careful criticism of drama
| presented by local talent in aid think, of a
nre engine company. Ed Johnson, OF the
AtchlSon, Topeka and Santa Fe division su-
| perlntendent's office-he was murdered last
summer In Kansas poor fellow-had taken
| one OF the leading parts with marked success.
but When IN complimentary notice of the
play the Optic referred to him as the heavy
| villain he took umbrage at the term and
thrashed the city editor. All! those were
great days, and our territorial newspapers
Pltched IN for all they were worth, but an ed
| ltor who cared for longevity and quiet had to
| ponder over his praise. AS for criticism
| even the most discriminating comment was
| dynamite"
One OF the worst tramp-ridden states in
these hard times is Iowa. which being a rich
farming country presents a tempting field
Ior their depredations. The scenes of 1887 are
| being repeated. During the summer of that
| year the Vagabonds poured into every town of
the state, and in such numbers that the au-
| thoritles, in order to avoid riot and pillage
gathered them In public parks and fed them
| hnally calling on the militia to conduct them
| out OF town. The'tramps of 1898 do not seem
| TO threaten the peace, but nevertheless thew
are great nuisance. They keep clear of the
| larger towns finding the country full Of re-
| sources to which they can help themselves
| without much risk.In bands of ten and twenty
| they break open the SchoolhouSes, and levy
on the wood and coal bins to build fires In the
| stoves Some of their number go out to
| forage Tor provisions. which they get by theft
| and intimidation. The evenings are spent in
| eating. carousing, and card and dice -playing
| sometimes. the netghbOrs band together to
| ulSlodge their unWelcOme visitors, but it is
| not always an agreeable undertaking. In the
| cities or Iowa charity associations have been
organized to feed strangers as well as the
| local destitute, but the professional tramp
prefers the free-and-easy time which he has
| In the country.
1.-The generally accepted theory of the
cause Of thunder never satisfied me-" said a
| wellknown physician to Pittsburg Dispatch
writer. 1T seems to me that, instead of be-
Ing caused by the vacuum produced by the
| electric bolt going through the atmosphere,
| II would be more plausible to attribute it to
the very reverse OF cOntraction-toe expansion
mean that the facts attending the phenome-
non OF thunder are such as to warrant my put
ting forth the theory that the cause OF it is the
| explosion OF the oxygen produced by the
| action OF the electricity upon the air. One
| OF the arguments in favor of this theory is
| the great amount of ozone in the atmosphere
| after thunder storm. Then, if it was con
cuSslon OF the air rushing into the vacuum
that caused the noise. heat would be pro
uuceu whereas after every peal Of thunder
you Will notice sheet Of rain falls. showing
| that instead of heat being produced the
atmosphere must get colder to produce this
| greater condensation. The explosion OF the
released oxygen would produce this. Then
consider the nature of the noise made; to me
| II seems more like an explosion than con
cuSslon. l cannot conceive how electricity
passing through the atmosphere could create
| a vacuum great enough to make a noise like
| thunder. This theory came to me MANY wears
| ago, before electricity was so generally used
now the TACT OF being able to transmit
electricity through solid iron without even
heating it seems to justifym my theory regard
| ing the formation of vacuum"
new lighthouse having unique feature
has just been completed on the estuary of the
Gironde in France where it stands upon an
isolated rock in the midst OF treacherous
and rocky reef says an exchange The me-
culiarity of this lighthouse is that il is rn6c
cuped and yet its lamp is burning perpetu-
ally. The famous Eddystone light on the
coast OF England, rising from rock that is
only large enough to afford foundation for
the structure is remarkable because the men
having II in charge are able to leave their
confined quarters only once in three months
when vessel comes to them with supplies
4CGbtlSf pdpCtS anu IL new QetaClmeQt of
watchers. 1t was to do away with this exact
ing and lonesome life that the French engi-
neers set themselves about the task of devils
ing method by which the usefulness of the
lighthouse could be maintained without so
much personal attention. 1t thus happened
that lamp was invented that would hurn
continually for two months without being
trimmed or replenished. The burning finid
used in this lamp is an ordinary min.
eral oil. The tube in the interior Of
he lamp is furnished with a wiclr
having a thickness three times as great as
those employed generally IN lighthouses
Around the burning surface of the wick is a
cake made OF patented preparation consist.
ing largely OF Carl OniZed tar This protec
ton assures the duration and the uniforn1itv
of the flame. A chimney made of mica IL
placed around the fame, and this insures an
increase In the power OF the light. The sun
ply OF oil is assured by means OF a reservor
containing 100 quarts, the lamp CONSUMING 51
grammes ca hour. To provide always for
the reservoir being furnished with sufficient
fuel gauge is fixed at its side that governs
the supply flowing in from another reservoir
at a distance and this gauge permits inst 5o
RrammeS per hour to peryolate through the
little supply pipe into the supply reservoir
The diameter of the lantern is 56 inches "a
ii cost Sl.400. The intensity of the iigbt
keeps equable until the expiration Of f1vo
months, when 1t IS necessary to visit tbe
lighthouse and replenish the wick The Iiybt
can be seen more than twelve miles AT SEQ
The wick is cleansed and drawn m cradnaIi,,
by the action OF the tar cake at its moutb
The French government is arranging 10 80
up others OF these houses, and it is also 6er.