The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

population Of the country. as shown by
the new census-the population. that Is.
OF Faces containing 5000 inhabitants or
over--will reach % per cent. OF che total.
as against % per cont. In 1880.
so successful has been fnoculation
against cholera among coolies employed
by tea planters In India that the natives
are now eager for the simple operation
The planters have clauses in their con-
tracts calling FOR inoculated coolies.
The Minneapolis City Council has re-
fused 60 give the Populis,s representation
or tho election boards OF that city. The
Prohibitionists are accorded the third
place. o. that party cast a larger vote
than the Popuhsts az the last election.
1t r. said that many French medical
men are abandoning the use Of tobacco.
owing largely 20 the government monop-
oily OF that commodlty. According To the
physicians the cigars of the "Regss'
those made at the government factorlesl
are so uniformly bad and the tax on all
other brands Is so prohibltive that the
only sensible thing 20 do Is not to smoke
at all
In the county OF Kent. England. 70 has
long been usual for farmers 20 lose i'm
mense quantities OF frui, for lack OF rail-
road transportation. They nov engage
automobile cars. which they load In the
evening and take TO London during the
night. The arrangement Is working well
and railroad officials are busy devising
plans TO head OF what may develop into
serious rivalry.
a crusade against prairie dogs Is 60
he made in Northwestern Kansas.
strychnlne and cyanide Of potassium arc
mixed with wheat and put around the
hole OF the prairie dog. When this is done
a couple OF times the prairie dog Is no
more. In the prairie dog neighborhoods
there are an average Of $50 holes on every
100 acres OF land hundred and fifty
prairie dog families Will play havoc with
a crop
Since 1864 the total vote AZ each sue
cessive presidential election has shown an
increase over the vote OF the preceding con-
test. From 1854 to 1865 the gain was i.7oo,-
600: from 1858 to 1872. 10000: from 1872 TO
1876 s.Oo00o0: from 1876 10 1850. soooO; from
lss0 70 1854. 10000. from 1854 20 1855. 1900
COO. an abnoTmally large increase. not ac-
counted for BY the admission OF new
states from 1855 TO 1872. 10000. and from
1899 to 1896 10000 This year the prob
able total popular vote Is estimated at
100000
There was rather an odd wedding over
in Lansing. Mich. last week. when J.
A. Greenough was married for the second
time 10 the same woman. Twenty-Five
years ago. Immediately after his first
marriage. he started for the Black Hills
to seek gold After q time he ceased TO
write home and his wife. after securing
a divorce. married u. A. Zimmerman.
who died three years ago. Last spring
the widow learned that her FIRST husband
was stili alive. correspondence ensued and
now they have been joined in wedloek
once more.
Another mode OF treating the drink
habit Is said 10 be In successful operation
In Paris. where three physicians-Drs.
Rapeller. Thehanet and Broca-annouRce
that they have discovered a new serum.
OF fifty-seyen cases treated thiTty-two
were cured and fifteen were improved.
only ten failing 10 show improvement.
The serum n obtained from horses that
have been dosed with alcohol until their
systems are drenched with the poison.
When administered 70 patients the serum
revives natural repugnance 10 alcohol
Seldom has anyone shown such pres.
ence OF mind as was exhibited by William
T. McCracken. who was fatally Injured
while repairing a broken telephone wire
lr Kansas City. In some way the line
became crossed ard McCracken fell with
Ing TO the sidewalk. Don't touch me.
he cried TO a bystander who hurried up.
you'll be killed II YOU do. Get a dry
boari and stand on Il and wrap your
hands IN a felt hat. then YOU can get
the wire on without hurting yourself. :"
The man dashed on IN search OF the hoard
but before he came back McCracken was
dead. the wire still grasped In his charrel
hands.
"A mountain OF copper has been dlscov-
cred at Howe Sound. within thirty miles
OF Vancouver. Assays from All over the
mountain have been taken and the ore
runs per cent. on the Daisy claim.
the CHIEF showing In the group. nature has
done what gang of 200 miners could
not 90 IN nve years. stream OF water
mas worn away the soft chlst and exnoaei
cln Of copper ore g2s feet high sur-
face openings have also been made win
powder which exposes the big quarry Of
copper Tor l.at1 feet. The tremendous out
cropping Is less than half a mile s,or,
me famous Britannia group of prospcc..
winch have Just been sold in London FOR
Down in Guatemala" saws n MAN
quoted by the New Orleans Times-Depo.
erat. the favorite weapon OF the ra,,vs
bandits and desperadoes Is a sawed-oo
Misunderstanding shotgun OF the bh,nder-
suss pattern and when they run short ~
puehshot they sally out 10 the raIlro.a
ana steal few dozen seals. which -
SIMPLY disks Of soft lead about Inc 49,
OF quarters. Pounded into rourht b,fS
tney make proiectiles by the side Of which
a buuinum Is an angel OF mercy. ana wrne,,
one OF their hlunderhusses goes OF n ,va,.
eraiiy Kills everything IN sight excent 49,.
man directly behind a. IL was n hsrat,,t
OF car seal slugs that laid ont Mai "a,
Laiande' the Guatemalan chief 81 r,,l,,s
VINO came here for surgical treatrar,
aoout year ago. He got Ave Of ~, ~
the back. and how he survived IA a ~
lery. me scars were the most harrft.,.
looking things I ever saw. One ~ -
slugs had lodged under his collar 49,
ana was cut out BY DR. Matas. When IA.
iauoe got out OF the hospital he hsd a
koid ring put in one lump OF lead ara
wore II as a watch charm. The other fo,,-
ne carried around IN his vest pocket ,,d
wnen ! asked him what he was golng 20
90 with the collection ne said he tnter4-
ca 70 hand them back TO Senior Tos, v,he,,
ne returned home. Senior Rosa was ~.
man VINO perforated him. I.alands ku,@d
MN Win sawed-ois shotgun about =
month afterward