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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

THE LANGUAGE OF GLovEs-The
following IS said TO be the language of
gloves: Eyes" is said by letting one
glove fall; the gloves are rolled in the
right hand to say No" If you would
have it understood that you have become
indifferent, partly unglove your left
hand To indicate that you desire to be
followed. strike your left shoulder with
the gloves II do not love you any
more, is pronounced by striking the
gloves several times against the chin For
Il hate you, turn the gloves inside out.
81 should wish to be beside you, is said
by smoothing the gloves gently. To ask
if you are loved, the left hand is glo7ed,
leaving the thumb uncovered. If you
wish to make the charming confession,
II love you" both gloves are let fall at
once. To give a warning, BE atten-
tive-we are observed, the gloves are
turned round the fingers. If you would
show that you are displeased, strike the
back of your hand against your gloves
furious, you take them away.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25
THE FRETFUL PORCUPINE.
How the Piutes Amuse Themselves
I'm a Nevada Town.
Wmnemucca (Nsv.l saver State.

~ IthSWhcCu AAep.l StteeT oFQte.
Yesterday some Piutes caught porcu-
pine on Winnemucca Mountain and
brought the bristliug animal TO town.
They offered to bet all the money they
could raise that there was not dog in
town that could whip him. Finding no
takers, they let the thorny animal loose
ON the street, near the marble works,
where large dog got sight of him and
gave him chase. Porcupines are
not very fast runners, and the
dog caught up with this one,
but he would relish his beefsteak
much better to-day if he had not. Dogs
do not see porcupines very often, and do
not know the danger of attacking them.
As this was the first of the species the
dog had seen, he grabbed him He did
not hold on TO bin very long, though,
as the porcupfne's bristly armor pene-
trated the dogs mouth, and when he at
tempted to get hold sank deep in the
lining of his mouth, and caused him to
howl with pain and beat a hasty retreat,
leaving his armored adversary in posses
sion of the field Few dogs that have
any experience in fighting porcupines
care to renew the contest, and it is not
probable that the Newfoundland which
attacked that one yesterday will prove
an exception to the rule.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

The largest lump of ambergris ever
known was in the possession of the KING
of Tidore. and purchased of His Majesty
by the Dutch East India Company. It
weighed 1s2 pounds Another enormous
piece of 100 pounds weight was found
inside q whale near the Windward
Islands, and sold for s., 500. The true
ambergris, which is a morbid secretion
of the spermaceti whale, gives out a
fragrant smell when a hot needle is
thrust into it, and it also melts like fat.
but the counterfeit often sold instead of
the real thing does not present these
features. Men engaged in whale fishing
are on the lookout for ambergris, and
usually find most of it in the torpid, sick,
or very lean fish, consequently it would
appear to be, what all medical practi-
TONERS say it is, the product Of 9
diseased liver.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25
Silk Culture.

One of the most prosperous and prom
Using of recently established American
industries is the manufacture of silk
During the past year the production of
silk fabrics exceeded thirty million dol
lars in value, and it is steadily increasing
all the time. Not only is the quality Of
the domestic fabric improving, but the
prejudice against it in favor of foreign
goods is being broken down. At pres
ent the American manufacturer is
obliged to import the raw material from
Italy and the East, and is thus at dis
advantage; but the movement for the
promotion of silk culture at home is
growing, and in the course of time it
may be expected that our silks will be
American throughout.
No section of the country offers greater
facilities for silk culture than our own
State, where the wild mulberry abounds
and where the species known as the
rsoruS nUEticdults grows TO grest per-
lection The breeding and feeding Of
silk worms is very light work. and can
be performed by women and children.
Our climate is admirably adapted to the
habits and development Of the silk
worm, and there is no reason why every
farmers family should not have a CO
coonery and produce bales of cocoons
for silk manufactures of the country, as
we produce bales of cotton for the world.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

Havana dates are to the 18th inst.
News had been received that a loan Of
$3.50, 900 for the Cuban Central Rail
road had just been taken in London.
Grinding had commenced on many of
the sugar estates. Messrs. Vega & Co,
Of Cardenas, in their weekly circular,
say: las far as the quality of the new
sugars is couceIned, We are fully con-
WINGED, judging from samples of the
new arrivals, that it viii be satisfs Glory,
especially in regard to test" Concern
ing the tobacco crop, we read that plan
ters at Lss Laias. as well as Ranchuelo
in the Villas, complain OF the continue
ton Of dTouth, which threatens to ruin
their fields. On the other hand, reports
continue quite cheering from the whole
Vuelta Abajo, from which locality q
correspondent Of the Prizes Current
writes that the crop will turn out as
large as any ever harvested in that local
ity, unless some unforeseen and adverse
circumstance should occur.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25


THE SOUTH CAROLINA CESsUs.-It is
understood, says a Washington letter,
that Senator Edmunds was mainly in
strumental in having a recount Of the
population of South Carolina He took
it into his head that it was impossible
for the State to have increased so much
in population, and in consequence of his
representations to the President the re-
count was ordered. Colonel Butter
field, the chief census supervisor for
Vermont, was put in charge, with four
assistants. including Mr.. ]. B. Alster, Of
Maryland, and all of them had served il
the Union army The result of the
thorough investigation made by these
gentlemen established the accuracy of
the census of 1880; indeed it was foand
that in several districts the population
was larger than had been stated. As
there was a difference, however, Of six
or seven months between the two emu.
merations General Walker says the in
crease may very well be ascribed TO
natural causes. 1t is hoped that Senator
Edmunds will now be satisfied, as the
work has been conducted under the
supervision of citizen of his own State.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

MA. C. Goddiu. Of vjSksburg. Mis-
rissippi. has been in Columbus for about
| two mon.hs pssa engaged In building q
acottou condenser and doubler,' which
he has invented He claims for his ma
chine that seed cotton can, by it, be
taken from the field and prepared for
spinning, thus saving the cost Of
baling, and dispensing with the
picker" and "opener" in & cot
I ton factory, both of which are
very expensive. A reporter Of the Co
lumbus Engzirsr-Saa has seen this ma
chine at work, and says it viii do al its
inventor claims for it 4 sixty saw gin
is used, and the cotton passes from the
gin direct into the condenser and doubler,
and after al the sand and trash has been
removed from the cotton By 8 revolution
Of this machine. it falls out in the form
Of double LAP roll. and Is ready for
the carding machine.
It is claimed further by the inventor
that his condenser is much superior 20
the Clement attachment. from which it
differs il the carder and capacity. That
attachment hiss carder in the gin, but
can only turn out about 500 pounds
of cotton per day. This conden-
ser uses e much larger gin,
can easily prepare ten thousand
pounds per day. and feed from twenty to
twenty-five csrding machines. It would
therefore, require quite a number Of
Clement attachments to do the work
easily done by the Goddin condenser.
In brief, it is claimed that the advan-
tsges offered by this invention are that it
is not only an improvement on the
Clement attachment, but it does
away with the costly ''picker"
and Opener saving the labor of the
hands necessary TO run them, prepares
the raw material for making strong and
frStclsss quality Of yarn and cloth, dis
penses with the labor of the lint room
and the baling press and the power
necessary 70 run them, and saves the cost
Of bagging and ties.
II this machine should prove to be all
that is sssertedof it, II will be of immense
benefit to the South. As our Columbus
contemporary truly says, pressing cot
ton Injuries the hbres, and the fact that
New England has to use compressed cot
ton alone gives our factories great adj
vantage over those Of that section, and
since seed cotton will not bear transporta-
ton, il the invention of Mr.. Goddin
works successfully, these advantages viii
be largely increased. A few Of these
condensers placed at convenient points
throughout the cotton belt would en-
able the farmers to prepare their cot
ton from the seed for the spinners,
aud this would not only add materially to
the value Of the staple, but would soon
insure the South its proper position as
the great cotton manufacturing centre
Of the country. We see by the In
gllirer- Sun that Mr.. Goddin proposes to
manufacture his machines in Columbus,
and that he win be ready at all times TO
exhibit their practical workings.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

TRIcHINosIs IN ITS Most HORRIBLE
FoRM. Several months ago man named
George Lawrence, who lived with his
family on the farm of Thomas Simpson,
nine miles west of Springfield, Illinois,
and worked as farm hand, was given q
diseased pig by Mr.. Simpson. After
keeping the animal several weeks he kill
ed it. Soon after he and his wife and
children became very sick, and DR..
Price, of Springfield, pronounced their
disease to be from the effects of eating the
diseased pork. The limbs of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence were terribly swollen
Those of the latter burst in several places.
Modification set in, and in few days
days she died, after suffering the most
intense agony. Mr.. Lawrence is now ly-
ing at the point of death. His body is
swollen to almost twice its usual size.
His skin is described as presenting white
appearance and being as hard as stone.
He is unable to move without enduring
excruciating agony, and when touched
on any part of the body screams from
pain. The children had eaten but little
of the meat, and so far have escaped its
effect. Drs. Price. Of Springfield, and
Warren, of New Berlin, sent some por.
lions of the meat to Philadelphia for
analysis, and the experts report it to be
alive with trichinR.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

DENSE Foe AND RAILROAD AccI-
DENTS The dense fog which prevailed
in the lake region Wednesday night
caused numerous accidents. In Chicago
the brightest street lamps were almost
invisible across the streets. The Mil
waukee express train from Chicago at
9:25 D. m. ran into the Llbertyvllle ex-
press, and telescoping the palace car OF
the latter, Mrs. A. B. Cook, of Chicago,
was severely scaIded, and three others
were slightly injured. A similar acct
dent occurred on the Lake Shore Road,
the rear car of an accommodation train
being run into by freight train. VIM.
Gravitt, road carpenter, and Mrs Gen.
PASCAL were injured. Two hours later
the Pacific express on the same road
collided with a freight train at Otis,
fifty miles east of Chicago, smashing
several freight cars and damaging the
express engine. VIM. Piper, a switch
man on the Lake Shore Road. was run
over and killed by train. ]. ]. Laugh
lin, while intoxicated in Chicago, wan.
dered upon the ice on the lake, fell into
an air-h6le, and was only saved from
drowning by his mittens freezing to the
ice, which held him up nearly an hour,
when he was discovered and rescued.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

1t seems that boy who uses firearms
in play, to brighten his little sister, OF
brother, or playmate, never misses his
mark. An old rusty gun used for this
purpose is always sure to be loaded, and
as certain to go off. A gun or pistol is a
great favorite with children. and hand
ling it looks heroic. 1t so appeared to
Frederick Ehredt, of Guilford township,
near Galena, Ill, who woke up one
morning and tried to get his brother
George out of bed. George was sleepy
and would not get up. Frederick went
for gun which was in one corner Of the
room, and threatened his brother George
to shoot him if he did not bounce out
George didn't bounce; he thought he
knew the gun was not loaded,
as well as his brother did. Frede
rick cooked the gun, took aim and
fred, giving his brother heroic treat
ment for laziness. The loud report was
astounding to Frederick, but George did
not hear 1t, neither did he get up. and
now he sleeps soundly under the sod in
the little church yard in the valley.
Frederick sleeps alone, if he sleeps at
all for thinking of how he playfully be-
came a fratricide. 1t is q remarkable
fact that these fatal accidents with fire.
arms are not warnings. Every boy ap.
pears to think that his particular gun
will prove an exception to the rule that
firearms in the hands Of children are un-
failingly loaded, never miss fire, and al
ways kill.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

The Philadelphia Record regards the
attitude Of the national banks in opposi-
ton to the funding act, intended to re-
duce the rate Of interest upon large
part Of the public debt, as unfortunate.
1t says the people are not indisposed to
continue in the hands Of the banks q
practical monopoly Of the business Of
supplying the people with paper money.
The value of the national banking
system is fully recognized But if its
advantages are to be purchased at the
cost OF maintaining high rate Of interest
upon government securities the price
must be considered too dear Proper
reduction in the rate of bank taxation
should be conceded as q matter Of
justice; the business of banking is OPP
pressively burdened But the servants
Of the people must not be allowed to be-
come their masters. The rate Of interest
upon government bonds should be the
lowest that the national credit will com
mand, and untrsmmelled by any con-
siderstion Of policy not making for the
financial advantage of the whole people.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25
NV YoRx January 81 188t

NEW YORK, January 81, 1881.
GESTLEMKS-I have received your
communication Of the 9th ult, inviting
me to join IL a subscription to procure a
portrait of Mr.. Rutherford B. Hayes TO
place in the Memorial Hall Of Harvard
University at Cambridge, along with the
portraits of John Adams and John
Quincy Adams, Presidents of the United
States and graduates Of the University.
decline to join in such . subscrip-
ton. / am not willing to do anything
that may be designed or construed as q
compliment to Mr.. Hayes, or that may
recognize his tenure of the executive Of
fee ct Washington as anything other
than an event of dishonor He was not
chosen President He was defeated in the
election; and then q band of conspirs-
tors. Mr.. Hayes himself conspiring and
conniving with them, setting aside the
Constitution and the law, and making
use of forgery, perjury, and false count
ing. secured for him possession of the
Presidency TO which another man had
been elected; and when he had got pos
session Of it, his most sedulous care was
to repay with offices and emoluments
those authors, managers. and agents OF
the conspiracy to whom he had been
chiefly indebted for its Infamous success.
Sooner than honorably commemorate
such an event or do public homage to
such man. beg you, gentlemen, with
your own hands first TO destroy the por-
traits of John Adams and John Quincy
Adams in Memorial Hall, and then to
raze to the ground the hall itself.
How great an insult you are proposing
to the two illustrious Presidents Of the
name Of Adams is made manifest by the
following words from the son OF the one
and the grandson of the other:
Il think Mr.. Hayes was elected BY
fraud, and do not mean TO have 1t said
that at the next election | had forgotten
it. do not say that Mr.. Hayes com.
mitted the fraud, but it was committed
by his party. l have no enmity TO Mr..
Hayes, but after the fraud by which he
became President | could not vote for
any person put up for President on the
Republican side who did not dissvow
the fraud committed | would not sup
port any member of that party who had
any sort Of mixture with that fraud. l
feel that the counting out is just as much
a fraud now as at the time it was per
petrated."
remain your very obedient servant,
CHARLES A. DANA.
Messrs. ". Am0ry, A. A. Laurence.
Edcard z. Hale, John L0teeH, Joseph
FL CR0dte.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

The money order system of Great
Britain has just been simplihed, and,
therefore, greatly improved. Every
money order Office in the kingdom is sup
piled with the new postal orders, which
are. printed check, each having on lte
face specific amount in plain letters.
The checks are of various denomina-
lions and fractions, so that almost any
amount likely to be wanted can be OBJ
tanned. The purchaser calls for check
of the denomination he wants, pays for
il. and the transaction is done with. The
price of the money orders has been re-
duced about one-third. This system
saves TO the applicant the trouble and de-
lay Of filling out blank application and
then waiting his turn, in q crowd per-
haps, TO reach the pigeon-hole through
which the order sare supplied.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25
SOLVED AT IAsr.
An Explanation ef HermanRss Celes
brated bird Trick.

Hermann's bird trick, which has de-
lighted and mystified many audiences, ID
thus explained BY one who claims to have
solved the riddle: They who have seen
the trick performed viii remember that
a small glass box about SKA inches was
exhibited, containing q number OF
canaries. This was placed on the side
table, and cage of ordinary size and
appearance was passed among the
audience. who were thus enabled to see
that il was perfectly empty. The
cage was then suspended from two wires,
which were fastened to couple of up
right brass rods fixed in the centre table.
Two large silk pocket handkerehiefs
were placed over the cage and box, and
Hermann, standing at small table, fired
9 pistol, instantly Withdrew the pocket
handkerchiefs, and showed the glass box
empty and the cage full of canaTies. For
a long time it is said this trick was pug
zler, but the following was found to be
its explanation: The ordinary looking
cage had. in reality. false top, or,
rather 3 false bottom to the top. The
roof of the cage was peaked, and be-
tween its ridge and the bottom of the
caves was what may be called a garrett
Before being brought on the stage, the
same number of canaries were therein
confined as the box contained. The
wires which held the cage suspended
were connected with 9 battery outside
The glass box was also peculiarly con-
structed The sides were secured by
brass mitre joints, but the bottom aud
top were held together by wires
concealed by these joints, and could
at will be slid down until the top formed
the bottom, and the bottom hung below,
sustained by the corner wires, like the
standard of what not When the box
is placed on the table it rests on q spring
trap, and the momont the pistol is
fired Hermann presses the spring, the
trap descends, with it falls the sliding
top and bottom of the box. and the Ca
naries are thus forced out OF their quar-
tiers. The spring Is relieved, the box re-
ceives again its top and bottom in their
places, and the eanarIes are left in the
table. Coinstantaneously with this ma
neuvre, the watchful attendant presses
the bottom of the battery, the floor Of
the cage ''garget" gives way, and the
released birds hutter down into the
cage.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

4 village moral philosopher found
more than his match one morning in a
small boy who was smoking a large
cigar and attending diligently TO bust
ness. Professor Morality stopped,
shocked, and asked the 5. B. il he knew
what he was doing. ''Smokin' power
full fve-center won bet" Don't you
know you're poisoning yourself 2 mo,
l don't" ''Well, you are; that cigar
contains enough nicotine to kill cat F"
"Tm Dot a cat" 81 know; it doesn't
kill suddenly, but poisons the blood.
You may drop dead on your way home. "
I'm not goin' home" boy, you are
DESTROYING both body and soul throw
away that cigar" 81 das'nt, some other
boy would pick it up and be pizened Z"
Throw it away and III buy you three
nice apples" Don't like EN-" Tor a
pocket full of peanuts. This was going
too far even for philosophical patience,
and answering foolish questions
the boy was wasting valuable
time and letting his cigar go out. So he
fred up, took q long and strong puff
and said: 81 bet boy the cigars that
he couldn't tech his tongue to lamp.
post and then sing right off, Babies on
our Block He teched, and there's a
crowd up there tryin' to thaw him loose.
Yer can't scare me with pizen, and /
don't 90 much on advice, but if you've
got any spare time yer might go up
there and tell that ere boy that chunk
of natural philosophy is worth more'n a
world Of experiments Solong" And
rather than put temptation and danger in
another boys way, as the philosopher
had advised, the brave boy took all the
poison himself, and doubtless got home
alive without a load OF apples or pea
nuts to lug.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-25

The Washington Star says: IF the
House OF Representatives shall order the
investigation contemplated by Mr..
Springer's resolution into the affairs of
the telegraph companies. the people will
be made acquainted with all the stock
gambling schemes and the other secrets
OF manipulation by which millions of
dollars have been made outside of the
legitimate use of the telegraph lines.
That is, this exposure viii follow if the
investigation shall be thorough and
searching. The inside history Of the
manipulation of telegraph companies
would convince the country. no doubt.
that the people cannot expect accommo
dation or even consideration from the
present organizations that control the
wires. These wires are used mainly to
help few millionaires grow richer
that is all"