The morning news., 1899-05-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Jenaische Zeituns of Jena, which has
just celebrated its anniversary, has been
the property of ore family.
Since the war of 1894 the Chinese pop
uation of Shanghai has grown from 400
OoO TO 10000, The attraction lies in the
many new industrial establishments.
The Japanese railways have introduced
newspaper reading cars on some of their
passenger trains. Tail plies of newspa-
pers are kept at the service of travellers SO
that they may read as they ride.
-Irving's latest success has started
some of the English exquisites to wearing
Robespierre hats, not limitations in plant
felt, but the real article in black and
glossy silk. AS yet they have TO be made
to order, but there is not telling how far
the fashion may spread.
"A number of farmers in Sumner coun-
ty, Kansas, have filed with the County
Commissioners a protest against the con-
tinuance of the bounty on wolf scalps.
They claim that the wolves are of great
benefit to the country as rabbit extermi-
nators, and that they do little, if any.
harm.
Each American soldier in the Philip
pines is provided with two fun suits of
khaki, two white duck suits, an unlined
blouse, pair of kersey trousers, a cam
paign hat, a cork helmet, pair of leg
gings, one pair of barrack and one of rus
set shoes, and both wool and cotton un-
derwear
The recent cyclone at Kirskville, Mo.
is responsible for law suit over the dis
position Of 100000. A man and his wife
possessed of that amount of property and
money had agreed that the surveyor
should administer the property, and the
heirs of the woman claim that she gasped
few times after her husband died
The New York State College of Fores-
try at Cornell University has just replant-
ed fifty acres of the Adirondack burned
lands with white pine and other conifers
ard has started nursery with enough
seed to cover $500 acres with seedlings two
years hence. 1t expects to replant at least
500 acres of denuded lands every year
"A new method of illumination on the
ocean consists Of using a hollow cylinder
of steel tubing, charged with calcium car
bide This shell is to be shot from a gun
10 a distance of two miles. When it strikes
the water it generates acetylene gas and
gives ] 900 candle power, which burns from
the end which floats. This light cannot be
extinguished by water.
The agitation against the excessive use
of liquor, which already has made such
headway in France and Belgium, is ex-
tending throughout Western Europe This
work in Alsace-Lorraine is carried on un-
der the auspices of the Blue Cross League,
which devotes it's attention both to reliev-
ing misery caused by alcoholic indulgence
and-as its principal activity-to prevent
i've work among the workingmen.
in Lincoln county, Kansas. Michael
Garrity. a well-to-do farmer, decided all
his property to his wife on a recent
Wednesday. The following Saturday Mrs.
Garrity had her husband tried for insan-
ity, but he was declared sane At once
the wife handed her husband 81 900 in
cash and they agreed to separate. An
hour later the husband made the separa-
ton permanent by shooting himself
through the heart.
"A gigantic scheme is on foot to buy up
the vast timber and mineral lands
throughout West Virginia and Eastern
Tennessee and build railroads to all the
principal points to open them to trade.
There are millions of dollars interested In
the project. There are thousands of acres
of the richest lands in the world living
idle in that section because of the lack
of railroad facilities. Northern and Eng
lish capital is back of the scheme.
Out in Kansas City three months ago
church-goer wrote to newspaper thar
he would pay no more pew rent at his
house of worship unless some guarantee
should be given him that his view of the
minister should be unobstructed. Our of
this missive grew an anti-hat campaign
with the result that on Sunday last the
feminine members of the church capitu-
lated, and removed their new spring head
gear at the opening of the service.
"A young man in New York civ with
an extremely sympathetic voice has found
an occupation as a singer at funerals
HIS career began in the accident of being
asked to sing at the funeral of a friend
who had often expressed pleasure in lis
tening to him. He found himself in de-
mand in friendly way, and finally decid-
ed to ask for low price for his services
chiefly TO prevent their being reouired
so often. Instead, he is steadily enlarging
his clientele.
"A recent summary shows that twelve
systems of mechanical traction have been
adopted on the street railways of Paris
These operate thirty-one lines or routes
OF which six use accumulators, two com
bnation of accumulators and overhead
lines, two overhead lines, one an overhead
conductor and conduit, one surface CON
facts and others compressed air. steam
etc. On new railway line the overhead
trolley will be used beyond the citv limits
and the underground conduit in the CITY.
Lord MonksweHs new copyright bu
introduced in the English House of Lords
provides that a book published in the on
thor's true name" is to possess copyrieht
for the term of the authors life. and for
thirty years from the end of the year in.
which he dies; but if the book is published
anonymously, or under an assumed name
the copyright is to be limited to thirtv
years from the end of the year in which
the first publication takes place. Bv is
suing a subsequent edition bearing bis
own name an author may regain the full
rights that he jeopardized by anonymous
or pseudonymous publication in the first
instance.