The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08
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the Miramichi and tributaries, Canada, will
this season amount to 100000 feet.
AT the dance at the Brooklyn Country
Club at Bridgeport, Conn, the other even
ing, the men danced in their golf suits.
Salmon last year yielded in Canada
50. 100000; cod, s.. 900, 600 Next in value come
herrings-S2. $4,000, and then Holsters, g.
10000.
Out of the enormous number of wo-
men in Constantinople-the population is
nearly million-not more than 5000 can
read or write.
One woman residing in a Maine village
has been so much annoyed by loafers lean
ing against her fence that she now keeps
it freshly painted.
"A New York man says that he and his
wife never have disputes because the fiat
on which they live is so small there is no
room for argument.
"A turtle dove at Tifin, O., that sur
vived separation from her mate for TWEEN
ty-nine years, has set a beautiful example
of constancy to other widows.
"A real sea lion is loose in the Merri-
mac river, between Lowell and Lawrence.
1t belonged to the menagerie at Glen For
est, and made its escape the other day.
"A Calais (Ie.) correspondent, in writ
ing of a recent smuggling match pulled off
in that city, says the ring was pitched in
a secluded spot, near the center of the
city"
"A report from the office of the regis
trar general of England contains the in
teligence that 225 women reach the age of
100 years, while only s. men out of a mil
lion count the milestone of a century.
"A table taken from the annual reports
of the railroad commissioners of New York
and Massachusetts for nearly all of the
street railway properties shows the cost
of the electric power required to run
car one mile under average conditions of
load, etc. The table gives the number of
cars owned, the car mileage per year and
the cost of the electric power per mile and
per passenger, says the Street Railway
Journal. Of the nineteen companies oper-
ating less than 250,00O car miles four are
obtaining power at a cost of less than
cents per car six between 2 and cents,
five between and cents, one between 4
and cents, and three at more than 5
cents; of the five companies operating over
100000 car miles per year one obtains
the power for less than l per cent. per car
mile, three between 2 and l cents, and
one between and cents other similar
figures are also given between these limits
The Brooklyn Heights Company has the
cheapest power, 0.S6 per car mile, followed
by the Binghampton, with 094; the cost of
power for Massachusetts roads includes
repairs and depreciation of the station
plant, which is not the case Of the New
York roads.
BY the death of Chief Thomas Web
~.
Brothers of the Iroquois confederacy, at
the Onondaga reservation, the last of the
aged wampum keepers of the six nations
is removed. says the Syracuse Post. The
fact is also developed that very little of
the wampum remains in the hands of the
Indians, most of it having been stolen or
secretly sold. Chief Webster kept the
wampum under his bed in his cabin on the
reservation. Investigation shows that the
more valuable pieces of it are missing.
Three years ago, on the occasion of the
Onondaga county centennial, the wampum
was exhibited intact. Since that time
pieces purporting to be the original wam-
pun of the six nations have turned up at
the Smithsonian institution and the state
museum at Albany. The mayor of Albany
is said recently to have come into possess
sion of one of the most valuable pieces,
called the Hiawatha belt How these pieces
were spirited away, and whether or not
with the connivance of Chief Webster, is
a matter for investigation. Chief Web
sters funeral was held at the Long house
| on the reservation to-day. Runners have
| beeen dispatched to the Mohawks, Sene-
| cas- Oneidas. Cayugas and TuscaroraS,
notifying them of the death of the wam-
| pun keeper. A council will be arranged to
| appoint new keeper of what is left of the
Iroquois wampum.
Charles NJ. Stern of Chicago, who has
| just returned to New York, after a jour
ney through Northeast Africa, told a Mail
| and Express reporter of curious meater-
| illogical phenomenon which he observed in
\ district called Gwallah. THE vegetation
In that regions is very luXuriant." said he
| land the plant life must give off an unus-
ually large quantity of carbonic acid gas.
| AT least, that was the conclusion l reach
! ed after seeing three natives die and four
| or five dogs. The moment the animals put
| their noses close to the ground they would
| fall over and gasp, and die in about five
minutes. The natives who died slept on
| the ground instead of in hammocks, as
| others did. My theory is that a strata
/ of the deadly gas covered the ground for
a depth Of three or four inches, and any
living thing breathing in that area was
| asphyxiated. l could not understand,
| however, how the gas was not distributed
/ in a thinner layer and what kept il in
| one place for a whole day. Nothing like
| il had ever been known there before The
| deaths of the men and dogs all occurred
| within twenty-four hours. Then the gas
If 1t was really gas. seemed to be dissi-
! pated. 1t was a very strange occurrence
/ and 1 might have been induced 10 make
more exhaustive investigation if my
| presence had not excited distrust. l got
away as quickly as possible, rather than
| be accused Of being the cause of the sud.
| den deaths. The natives are superstltious
and attribute most of their mistfortunes
TO witchcraft, so l thought it the part OF
wisdom to get away"
In dentistry. cataphoresis is supplant-
ing many of the primitive methods. from
the reproach Of which even that progress.
sive profession has for many years past
/ vainly endeavored to escape, and has made
! actually painless opera tons at last possi-
BILE says the Chautauquan. For by this
method cocaine can be applied not only Ia
the soft tissues of the body. but 20 the
/ hard substance OF the tooth. The teeth. all
! though coated by superficial skin-tho
enamel-internally are composed OF a tubu.
lous structure called dentine, quite capa-
/ hlo Of conveying efv