Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Ina recent work entitled THE Health of
the Senses" DR.. II. Macnaughton Jones states
that ''eye troubles are found more frequently
in inveterate smokers who abstain from
alcohol than in those who take some Oh H.
a JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEB., man produced
I20, 600 silk cOcOons from his worms last year,
all OF which he sold 10 the Philadelphia Silk
Culture Association at 81 % per pound.
also sold many eggs, the price OF Whlch aver rc
aged 81 per pound. He Is now growing IVV'VOU
mulberry trees.
QUEEN MARY, of England-that Mary who
reignet jointly with William Of Orange until
cut of by the smallpox once wrote TO a
friend about her forthcoming "crOwn-a-tiOn,"
for coronation, and the letter exposing the
royal Diunder can now De seen IN the oOulu
kensingtOn Museum.
PAPER from the yucca, hairy plant found
in Arizona, New Mexico, and Lower Cali
fornia, is becoming popular in Great Britain.
1t Is readily bleached, and has a fibre almost
as strong as hemp. 1t can be manufactured
at about the same cost as paper made from
mixed cotton and linen rags.
OSHKOSH, WIS, has a factory which last
season turned out $4,000 pounds OF genuine
Swiss cheese. For years Americans have fur
nished England with the greater part OF her
old Stilton cheese and Westphalla with her
celebrated hams. Next year Americans VII
likely be manufacturing genuine Lyons SINS
and West Of England tweeds.
TEE Canada Pacific Railway is erecting at
Fort William, Manitoba, the largest grain
elevator in the Dominion of the United States.
Over 4,0OO.O0O feet of lumber Will be used. and
it will contain 229 bins, having total capaci-
II of eco, 600 bushels. Eleven cars can be I'M
loaded At once by the shOyels that are being
put in. 1t will be completed IN February.
UNDER the hands OF the European MOslems
A sixth CITY Is rising on the site of the ancient
Imperial City Of Herod. During the past six
months they have pulled many Of the ruins
to pieces and have worked the material up
intO new forms. They are treating HerOUs
Temple as Rome treated the Colosseum,
making il serve as & quarry from which ready
dressed stones can be taken.
THE way to get to sleep is not by repeating
verses or staring st nothing but blank dark
ness, or counting. but by not thinking at all.
For instance. as the mind takes up trsin Of
thought it should be instantly recalled. 1t
Will. of course, directly settle upon something
else; again recall it. In fact, do not mediate
at all. There Is nothing treSOmc ABOUT TINS
process: on the contrary Ii is rather amusing,
and person who first tries 1t VIII be sur
prsed to find how soon he viii begin to lose
himself. As the mind puts out feelers 1t Is to
be continually patted down, ana In an IN
credibly short time it viii withdraw itself
and like tired child go to sleep.
4 DOCTOR was lately brought before the
German tribunals for having neglected to
keep himself informed as to modern methods
Of practice. \ servant who received a wound
in the chest in April last died from septica-
mia under the care of this doctor. who. uespls-
ing antiseptic dressings, treated his patient
according 70 ancient usages. The court held
that every medical practitioner should keep
himself informed on the accomplished prog
ress of science. and have an exact knowledge
Of modern systems of treatment. If these
had been employed the patients life might
have been saved, hence the liability for negli-
gence." The Court Of Appeal sustained the
judgment.
\ CURIOUS phenomenon was observed re-
Gently at the London Zoo. Afew weeks since
a fine lIOness began to eat her own tail. In
one day she removed at her leisure about y
inches, and after a brief interval she re-
sumed her repast and swallowed some more
She was then placed in a very narrow box in
the hope that something might be done with
the bleeding stump, and that she might be
prevented from further assaults upon herself.
But she was not to be denied. The tail has
almost entirely disappeared, and she has now
directed attention to one Of her fOrepaw5. If
time only Is allowed she may succeed in per-
forming the astounding feat of disappearing
down her own throat.