Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-24

published the treaty Of Washington while that
document was under discussion. But the
Gladstone governments mas nos IoltoNeu tAS
American example sOfar as 20 imprlson news
paper correspondents
TIE Duchy Of schlesvig. recently wrested
from Denmark BY Germany. is ira state OF
ferment over the Law originating with Bis
marck's forbidding any Of the people from
speaking the Danish language. Even school
children are punished when they speak among
themselves in their native tongue, and 90 lar
has this obnoxious law been carried that
young girls birthday festival was broken up
and the guests arrested and fined because they
sang some old Dsnish folk songs.
A Los ANGELES. CAL. gentleman has
brought from Guatemala plant called the
melon shrub" which grows to the height OF
about three feet. 1t is an evergreen. with
beautiful purple and white flower. and bears
3 fruit shaped like ri1ed canon shell, about
four inches long. by from two 70 three inches
in diameter. q melon Of most excellent taste,
with the outside streaked with yellow ana
brown. and the inside the color Of cante-
loup. The shrub blossoms and bears IN Tour
months from the seed.
CAPr. KosToEITz, the Russian aeronsut, is
quite confident thst be has solved the problem
OF steering a balloon which is being con-
structed at 81. Petersburg. 1t is OF the shape
Of . huge cigar. driven by a screw. but Il Il
also provided with -Sils. The inventor ealcu-
lates that his air ship viii be able 70 make 10
miles an hour. with an ecu page OF 10 men,
Io.oo0 pounds ballast aud an engine OF 0-h0rse
power. The whole balloon. with It's appurte-
naDees, viii be 20 feet long and - feet mgh.
and viii probably make Its nrst excursion
from st. Petersburg IN a Few week.
II original wood carving the sculptor hrst
makes his clay studies and changes them as
be thinks may suit the surroundings for which
they are intended. and then he makes plas-
tor = of rhnrn This east no sends 10 q wood
carving shop and the caryers 20 TO WORK on IT,
a carving machine first comes into play. Ihls
machine has a plane full OF little knives.
which il first placed over the cast ana the
Knives adjusted 70 the various elevations OF
the design. Then the plane Is taken TO the
machine, placed over the block Of wood ana
set in motion. In an exceedingly snort time
the outlines and exact elevations Of the cast
are saroughed" out and the block Is ready for
the hnisher.
AUSTRALIAN housekeepers. becoming des-
perate over their Affections at the hands OF
their dOmestics, have been trying the mild
Hindu. The experiment. however, proved a
dismal failure. The servants were careIully
selected, and at first behaved so wen that
Hindu dOrnestics became quite the rage IN
Melbourne. But good treatment specify
spoiled them. and they soon came to ma out
that servants lad rights IN Australia that they
never dreamed Of IN their native land One
went in for whisky. would get drunk ana De
post himself at full stretch on the drawing
room sofa. auOtleF aUccl6Q D0Ols anu McnA AZ
for desperate nlrtatlons. quite QnMAhuIuI o.
her business. The entire batch have now
been shipped back to Madras.
TIE finest sport in CeylOn is elk hunting on
the hills, which are 5000 to 1000 feet above
the sea level. The hounds are mixed pack,
comprising four or five couple Of English fox
hounds, three couple Of mixed breed, and
some ssseizers," viz: q thoroughbred Scotch
deer hound. a strong grey hound. perhaps a
kangaroo hound. and crosses Of these breeds
with mastiG and blood hound. After an elk
bas been found the run is very fast. and it IS
generally impossible 10 keep near up with the
hounds Occasionally one Of these is snapped
up bv q leopard lurking on the hillside. W hen
at last the elk comes 10 bay, II i generally In
q strong flowing water course, and the selZers
then rush in. aided by the hunting men, whose
only weapon appears to be the knife. with
which the quarry IS stabbed as ne faces his
four legged foes. The elk weighs sometimes
as much as . stone clear, and Is pleasant re-
ward for a run which lasts usually two hours
or more.