Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

At Niagara they throw the electric light
through different colOred glasses On the falls,
and the effect u magnificent.
A SEw YORK ice cream manufacturer
claims to be able 10 make Ice cream keep a
wear IL Just ~ good condition a. when frat
made 81 b. In brick form. about sXfxB
Inches, aud wrapped up IN white paper
AT BfsGERA. New south Wales, the dscov-
cry 81 a new diamond field has been reported
which promises 70 rival the Kimberly diamond
deposits 81 south Africa. a eoneiderablc
number Of fine diamonds have been discover
ed within the last few months.
a Bosrox lady il making presiding OIL
GERS gavcl of rare wood and stone Of historic
cal value. 10 will contain fragment from
Waahingfon's tomb, marble from CBsars
palace III Rome, and piece 81 a torch found In
the VOLTS den occupied by Gen. Putnam ut
Pomfrct. Conn. The gavcl j. to be used at
the National Democratic Convention, and Is
10 be presented % the successful Presidential
candidate.
THE Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
has established an insurance department,
loan and building association, and various
other departments for its employees, such as
provisions for pensions and approximation.
n has also planned technical school Tor the
instruction Of boys and young men in the me
elIanical arts, ~ that they can be prepared 10
enter the shOiH Of the company as skilled
workmeu. Thus Il will have a succession OF
experts coming 10 maturity year after year
Is swansea, Wales. during a recent bank
scare an old woman drew $3.50 from a savings
bank and hid Il m sack. Not long after the
sack became filled with wheat and was taken
10 the mill Then she remembered that the
yold was in the bottom Of t, and rushed fran
tlcally after n. reaching the mill only In time
10 hear the miller prOfanely wondering aloud
what allied the wheat that it clOgged the
i'm rqa ~ a nd
all the gold recovered, though IN much bat
tered state.
TnR London Sidnddrd says: "The doctors
have made life almost not worth living with
their precautions against its being premature
lv cut short. The air b laden with germs, the
earth cxudes poison, the slxpences we handle
contain the seeds Of zymotic plaques. the very
cat that we stroke may. have passed from a
typhus patients bedroom 20 bear on its fur
the Incssenger OF death next door. And now
we are told that we smell Glolre dc Dion at
our peril, and that the azalea In our button
hole may ia the course Of half an hour impart
hay fever 10 carriage iull OF railway tray
elers."
A REwARKABLY laughable incident occurred
near oil City, Pa, during thunder storm a
few days ago. The workmen who are stFinging
the new telegraph line had q coil Of wire
partly up on the insulatOrs, while the main
coil was still on the reel IN the wagon. There
who was attending 10 uncoiliug the roll OF
wire was seen TO spring from the wagon, drop
upon his knees In the muddy road. and, amid
the descending torrents OF rain, was heard TO
pour forth a fervid prayer, and at the same
Time confessing his past sins. II took the re-
OF the gang some minutea TO convince the man
that nc was not struck with lightning. but had
been merely shocked by an oyereharge OF
electricity. .
IL RUSSIA, 100 years ago. the grand menag-
cries nj 81. Petersburg were kept solely for
the Court. Many Of the animals were caught
alive 70 be used at the hunting festivities OF
the Imperial Court. The Empress Anna
Ivanovna VISA paesl0nately fond OF huntiugi
she kept $40 hounda. and was capital shot,
ON one occasion august ~, l7a0l she killed ]
wolf. / Wild boars, stags, 10 turkeya, 81l
rabbits Bs ducks and several large hcrons-a
bag even for an Empress. The
numerous elephants ia her menagerie were
expensive pet. for they were fed on sugar.
butter, wheaton -four, wine and salt. One OF
them required q large daily portion Of brandy,
and the keepers were sent 10 siberia II Bin-
gle qil was abstracted from the elephants
portion.
r1s cold day when the man who rents the
bathing beach at Coney Island gets left. Ow-
ing to the eoldness aud backwardness OF the
season he was left for some time after that re-
.ort opened. The beer booths and the bowl
inc aileya and such other attractions as could !
10 enjoyed with ovcrcoats on naturally took |
an the trade. But as the man with bathing |
suils 20 let wandered by the sad sea waves he |
put his wits TO work and the result was a |
number OF cork figures dressed In bathing /
rarb and fastened 20 the lifeline with such |
ingenuity that they were mistaken for real /
bathers Thaf decoys worked 10 charm. /
Numbers came down 10 enjoy bath, but they |
were soon out again. A single dip served, |
and the ola man OF the sea, or rather OF the |
beach, got his clothes back with very little
wear aud tear done 90 them. IL Ii a very cold /
day when the man OF the bathing suits gets
entirely left now.