Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS Or INlEhES1.
\ NEW YORK market woman Is getting
rich selling 800 bowls of oyster soup
dav. at 10 cents a bowl. That city has
SO. 900. 900 invested in the oyster business.
A TOUCHING scene in New Orleans re-
Gently was boy Is years old causing the
arrest Of his 16-year-Old sister to rescue
her from life of shame. They were both
orphans.
CAIRO, having had tyranny, war, pes
thence and famine, has recently been
visited by a terrific hailstOrm. The stones
were as large as marbles, and the lnhabl-
tants were paralyZed with terror at the
celestial bOmbardment.
DYNAMITE has been employed by Herr
Pradamovic, civil engineer of Pesth, to
drive piles. The downward force of an
explosion of u pound he found equal to
the weight of a $3.50 pound hammer 1all-
ing from height OF 10 feet.
Count DE LESSEPs lecturing on the i'm
portance of canals presents about the
same spectacle as an undertaken lectur-
inc on the necessity for funerals. 1t is
believed that if nature had never created
an isthmus between two oceans De Les
sens would have invented one to enable
him to dig a canal through 1t.
THE Nicaraguan Congress has taken an
important step towards the construction
Of the Nicaraguan canal in adopting
law authorizing the government to unite
with the other republics of Central
America in guaranteeing that the net
profits of the canal shall never amount to
less than per cent. on the capital EN-
plOyed in its construction.
PROFESSOR HUXLEY maintains that IN
fishing districts an acre of sea was more
profuse in food production than an acre
of land. Salmon rivers require protec-
ton. but the cod, herring, pilchard and
similar fisheries, he says, are ineXhausti-
bic and are entirely beyond the control of
man. either to diminish the number OF fish
or to increase their cultivation.
THE grain ofcorn that grows on the ends
of stalks with the tassel will produce new
varieties if planted by themselves. 1t is
in this way that many curious and some
times valuable novelties Are secured.
Varieties produced from seed grown this
wear ought 10 be adapted to untavOrable
seasons if the conditions of the seed Affect
the future plant, as is generally believed.
Tur nfUrmuns sevu h-.~o seasApod d.
strong foothold on the Sandwich Islands,
and it might not be bad idea for all the
sect to cmigrate to this far Pacific group,
where il could be quarantined against the
world. Recent dispatches say that their
missionaries report that their converts
there already number $500 souls, and
I that the mission enjoys the countenance
( of royalty.
THE Herald cable announces that Mi.
/ Lewis Cohen. of London, has been eX-
empted from duty on a Coroner's jury
\ because he is a lineal descendant Of the
/ High Priest Aaron. This will work a
| revolution in London legal proceedings,
/ for according to the orthodox Hebrew law,
as interpreted 10y the old authorities, all
| Cobeus-the word ''cOhen' meaning
/ priest-are the descendants of the Leytes,
/ of whom Aaron was one, who have the
right. in certain matters Of ceremonial,
( before all others.
THE scriptural injunction to lay up
/ treasures where thieves do not break
/ through and steal must be taken with a
reservation in favor Of that Zion of the
J West-Salt Lake City-a dispatch tel
1 ling MS that a son of one of
| the apostles of the Mormon Church
/ has been sent to the penitentiary for rob
bling the lions Savings Bank. Apostles
sons have evidently advanced far beyond
J.
ing without purse and scrip, even if such
things belong to somebody else.
\ REMARKABLE phenomenon has been
observed lately at several places in the
Madras and Bombay presidencies, and
has caused much interest the Indian cor
respondent of the London Times says ),
mingled with not little alarm among
, the superstitious. For some days the sun
? a fIr~f
eral explanations have been put forward,
of which the most plausible appears to be
that offered by the government astrOno-
mer-that it is due to the passage across
Southern India of clouds of sulphurOus
vapOr from the Java volcano.
"A WORKMAN says Ell Did. "whO has
acquired a certain celebrity for his for
tune in the hunting field, as well as for
his success in training wild birds and
animam. had succeeded in domesticating
an eagle so far that the bird would come
down from the greatest height in answer
to a simple sign or a slight whistle. The
eagle flew about with the pigeons, caus-
ing no little CONSERVATION among them at
first. 1t used to fly long distances, but
came back two or three times day to
take it's food out of the hands of its mas
ter. After a few days, however, "A flock
Oh td-lte Ndo cttb III AtlC
and their dOmesticated fellow disappeared
with his friends, never TO return"
THE new British cOlonizing field of
North BOrneo presents an unusual form
of impeachment TO settlers. A view Of the
island from a distance shows one vast
forest. whose soft depths and curving
lines as they follow the undulatiOns of
the hills are attractive TO the eye. But
to the cOl0nist these forests are objects Of
detestatiOn. The trees composing them
are magnificent in height, crowned with
bushy tops which cast a dense shade over
the open fern-grOwn eXpanse below. In
order to cultivate these park-like Vistas,
the trees have to be cut down, and in
their removal is developed their peculiar
dement's. Their trunks near the ground
are enormous, and their fibres are like
metal i'm toughness. When, after long
endeavors, they are felled, they are too
green to burn and too heavy to float. I'm
der these circumstances, it is no wonder
that land in North BOrneO sells for 81 an
acre.