The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-19

"A burglar attempted to ener a ere.

a bottle Of nitro-glycerine in his hip pock
ct, and the trap door, falling, struck him
on the hip He was literally blown to
pieces by the force of the explosion which
followed.
Since 1850 the population of France,
allowing for alterations of boundaries
has only increased from 100000 to 49,
100000. In the same period the Unittd
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has risen from 1900 600 to 100000. Ger
many from S5,O00.Oo0 to 100000, Austria
from 100000 to 100000, and Italy from
2S,OOo,0O to S2,OOOOo0.
Cleveland is the field of activity of
an ankle bug" which promises to rival
the kissing bug" in evil notoriety. 1t is
partial to low shoes and openwork no.
siery and it's bite is said to be so severe
that the swelling sometimes~extends to
the knee In some cases the victim has
been crippled for a week or more. The
local scientists have not yet discovered
the insect that causes the mischief
The first leather bound Cor library
bound'O book published in America is to
be Offered for sale in Boston on Aug. 7
next. The volume, which was printed
on Pearl street. New York. is entitled:
Letters to a, Young Lady, on a Variety
of Useful and Interesting Subjects: Cal
culated to Inspire the Heart, to Form the
Manners and Enlighten the Understand
ing, That our Daughters may be as Pol
ished Corners of the Temple
Hans Jensen a Dane, recently APP
peared before the Judge of the District
Court held in Garnet0, Kan, to be nat
uralized. AT the close of the usual ex-
animation the Judge asked the applicant:
Hans are you satisfied with the general
conditions in this country? Does this gov
eminent suit you entirely?" "Yas, yas,"
answered Hans; "only 1 would like to see
more rain" You may be sworn" said
the Judge. 81 perceive you already have
the Kansas idea"
Both the Presbyterian assemblies
which recently met in Edinburgh discuss
ed the question of non-church-going. Sta
tistics show that none of the churches in
Scotland is increasing in membership in
the same ratio as the population. 1t is
estimated that but LII of every 10000
people in Glasgow attend church (all de-
nominations being included in this cal
culation); that the ratio in Dundee is
1855 per 10000, and in Aberdeen 1,751 per
10000. The figures for Edinburgh are not
available.
"A dispatch from Albany, Mo-, says:
An accident in which three children, a
pet dog and some dynamite figured here
to-day resulted in one death, two persons
seriously injured and part of a dwelling
was demolished. The three children of
George McCurry, a contractor, found
some dynamite in the cellar of their
home, and thinking it was putty fed it to
their pet frog. A tool chest fell on the
frog and exploded the dynamite. A CHS
ell pierced the temple of the youngest
child and killed it. Another child and
Mrs. McCurry in the kitchen above were
seriously hurt.
The commission selected to draft plans
for the Carnegie Technical School at
Pittsburg has presented it's report. says
Science. The commission proposes three
divisions, the Carnegie Technical Col
lege, the Carnegie Technical High School
and the Carnegie Artisan Day and Even
ing Classes. 1t advises that expert
mental shops and laboratories be built,
that the college support one or more pub
locations, to give the fruits of research
to the world: that English, French, Ger
man and Spanish be studied. 1t also
recommends courses of study for the
three divisions. The commission consists
of Profs. V. c. Anderson of Chicago,
Robert H. Thurston of Cornell Univer-
sity; Thomas Gray of Terre Haute,
Ind, and J. B. johnson of Wisconsin
University.
Lord George Hamilton has written to
Sir Alfred Hickman, NJ. p, ex-president
of the British Iron Trade Association,
says Nature explaining why certain con-
tracts were placed with American firms.
In the course of his remarks he says:
You seem to think that orders have
gone abroad only because those who gave
them did not understand their business.
1 wish that 1t were so. The competi-
ton we have to face is founded on some
thing more formidable and substantial.
Chemical research, concentration of cap
ital thorough technical education, i'm
proved industrial organization have made
in recent years greater advance in
America than here. 1t is with the pro-
duct of these combinations and not with
the assumed stupidity of Indian officials
that the British engineer has to contend. "
"A very sad state of affairs exists in
the theatrical world of London, says the
New York Times. 1t appears that a play
called 1.-THE Secrets of the Harem'' had
been running at the Shakespeare The
alter appropriate place. in Chaplain for
two years, when it was suddenly stop
ped in Its successful career by the Lord
Chamberlain, at the request of the Tur-
kish Ambassador. Now the theatrical
managers are in a panic lest such ex-
celently profitable works as THE Mi
kado' and THE Geisha' should be
stopped at the instance of the Japa-
nese Ambassador, or that the minister
of his Imperial Majesty of Russia should
take offense at the performance of
"Called Back" One manager is much
exercised about the preservation of the
entente cordiale between England and
this country. He says: "A London come
dian trying to speak American is enough
to bring every feather out of the eagle"
This seems to be an unnecessary fear
The efforts of an English comedian to
travesty American speech are not, in
deed, likely TO put any American into a
hilarious mood, but, on the other hand.
they would hardly arouse In his breast
anything more dangerous than that tired
feeling" so frequently mentioned. And
then. even If revenge is sweet we Amer
leans have it when our actors endeavor
to simulate for us English noblemen of
real aristocracy.
The Marine Journal comments with
no little pertinence on the fact that the
navy has at last decided to adopt the
stockless anchor Warships built in flu
ture will be provided with anchors OF
this type says the New York Times 1t
might be well TO explain to the lands
men that a stockless anchor when not