The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-14
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by extinct in the great lakes and on the
Atlantic coast unless their existence he
maintained by artificial propagation.
Something entirely new in China is
that the red cross floats over fully equip
ped hospital, where from so 20 100 or more
patients are treated daily. The hospital
Is IN charge of four native physicians.
There is a lemon grove of 1000 acres
IN San Diego county, California, and il is
said to be the largest in the word Ii
was begun in 1880. when 10 acres were
planted. and it has been annually added
TO- unti 1t has reached its present size.
The last federal census showed that
during the ten years 1S67-1S76, there were
l22,121 divorces in the United States. and
during the next ten years. 1S77-1SS6, there
were 1855 divorces. The ratio of in
crease greatly exceeded that of the popu-
lation.
A firm in Albany, y. Y, recently sent
an advertisement to La Presse, news
paper printed in Montreal, and by return
mail received the following: Replying
10 your favor of the Sth inst. we are sorry
TO say that we do not publish any adj
vertisement having fer its object the i'm
migration of our people to the United
states. Yours truly, La Presse."
1t is said to be the unwrtten rule of
Boer warfare to kin the enemy's officers
For this purpose the Boer commander gen
orally selects six of his best maTksmen
and instructs them to shoot simultaneousy
a The particular officer in view; aud they
would rather kin general than a sergeant
any day Their .dca is TO leave the foe
aeade-.ess.
In Wales they have devised plan for
giving non-transferaAle checks 10 persons
leaving theaier or other place of enter
tainment. and at the Cardiff Eistedfodd
there was some Indignation because the
new Plan (said to be of Japa nese origin
was not adopted. II consists simply in
stamping the back Of the hand with a rub
Der stamp, the ink, il is 10 be hoped, not
being too indelible Indeed. in the north
OF England. where The plan has been tried
it was given up because of the case with
which the impression. could be transferred
The Semaine Medical a Paris journal.
announces that the Royal Academy of
Medicine of Belgium has appointed a com
mission to request the Belgian government
to take the initiative in calling a conven-
ton of representatives of foreign states
and governments. with the view of ar
ranging preliminaEies for an international
pharmacopoeia. The present call does
not as we understand IL, contemplate a
universal pharmacopOeia. but an agree
ment international in character, regard
ing the preparation, dosage, etc of the
more potent and poisonous substances used
as medicines. That such an agreement is
however, step, and very long one, to-
ward universal pharmocopoeia all must
admit, and we hope that the movement
on the part of the Belgian Academy will
meet with the success is deserves.
Joseph Pribanicz. ased &C. of Hoehein
a man who has always been considered 10
be in a normal state of mind, was travel
ing by train when his hat was Blown off
and carried out of the window, says the
Vienna EXtrablatt With scarcely a mo-
ments hesitation Herr Pribanicz opened
the door of the carriage and jumped after
IT. He fell down the railway embankment
and remained insensibie for some time
When he came to his first thought was for
the lost hat. He dragged himself although
severely wounded, up the embankment
again, and crept on to the rails to get the
hat AT this moment an express train came
round the curve, and before the injured
man could escape he was caught by the
engine and dragged for a distance of some
fifty yards. This foolish man died fearful
death rather than lose a hat worth about
) shillings.
Judging from a recent report of the reg
istrar general of the New Zealand. that
fine martial race the Maories is going the
way of al abrOSines whose country has
been colonized by the whites. They may
not become absolutely extinct for a few
more decades, but their doom is sealed
Among the causes officially assigned for
the thinning of their numbers are the high
infantile mortality resulting from improp-
er food, exposure and The want of ordinary
care, constitutions debilitated by past de-
bauchery, the belief in native doctors and
neglect of the sick, and the adoption of
European habits and costumes, leading to
diseases of the respiratory organs A Mao
ri M. A., Mr.. Ngata, in addressing a re-
cent conference of his countrymen. said
that drink was pauperizing them and sap
ping their vitality.
Opium eating is described as making
serious ravages among the working people
in the fen district of Hants and Cam
bridgeshire In England, who buy it in
pieces as big as your two fingers" from
the local chemists, and make 1t I'D into
pills themselves. Possibly poverty and
hard work have much to do with this de-
structve debauchery, for opium has an
unrivaled power as an anodyne for misery
aud the effect lasts longer than that of al
cohol. In the East it is credited with Civ
ing additional strength and endurance I'M
der prolonged stress, but such claims
which are also made for coca, seem not 70
be realized among Europeans. To them
either opium or cocaine is simply swifter
or slower ruin. with no compromising ad-
vantages. Fortunately there are few
places where the practice has as yet any
general hold.
In one way and another the inferior
character of many French army officers
becomes a matter of public knowledge. An
instance to the point occurred recently at
AuXerre, where was published in one of
the papers a letter denouncing the treat
ment accorded by a lieutenant and a cap
tain to body of reservists. These men.
fifty-six of whom signed the letter after
the regulation twenty -eight days service
said that the lieutenant insulted them with
the coarsest abuse and that the captain
was aware of the fact, but made no effort
TO improve matters. The letter was ad-
dressed to the minister of war, Gen. De
Gallifet. who will probably punish the Off
GERS. On the other hand, the regulations
forbid the publication of any complaint or