Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ONE Of the most interesting medieval build
ings Of the north of Europe, the Cathedral of
Upsala, is threatened with restoration. The
original structure, cOnsecrated in 1875, was
L severely damaged by fire in 1902; but enough
/ remains of the antique work to make the
lovers Of architecture tremble.
! DURING the recent severe persecution Of
| the Jews IN Russia many of that race depart
ed for Cyprus. They did not find the success
| in that island that they looked for, and have
| now returned to Odessa as destitute British
/ subjects. The British Consul General at
| Odessa has undertaken to send them to their
/ homes in the interior.
| CHARLES W. ROEDENBURG, Of the Elysan
Fields Garden, New York, dug up, on April
Is last, a cannon marked LA GirOuette,
| Strasbourg. 1770." Mr.. Roedenburg has had
| the piece mounted on his grounds. He says
| he knows nothing about the history OF the
| gun. 1t is supposed to be one of the guns
| brought from France during the revolution.
AT small French village named Auberine,
| in the Department of Isere, lives a woman
named Marie Durand, whole age is said to be
| 1913 years. What is claimed to be the certi-
cate of her baptism declares that she was
born on March IL, l76l. She belongs to the
peasant class and lives on public charity. She
has been a widow for 90 years. and is there
fore probably the oldest widow of which
there exists record.
THE adornment of Paris has recently been
increased by two noble groups in bronze IN
the gardens of the Tuileries. These were
already well known in the plaster models 10
visitors of previous SalOns-the one a lion and
lioness quarreling over the body of boar, the
other rhinOcerOs attacked by tigers. They
were modelled by the eminent animal sculp-
tor. Auguste Cain, the pupil of Rude, many OF
whose works already form the ornament Of
Paris.
DR.. KLACZKo, of Vienna, suggests power
full preventive of cholera in petroleum or
paraf6ne. In Galicia, says he, there are many
petroleum wells. and here it has been observ-
ed that the wOrkpeOpie have always enjoyed
perfect immunity from cholera, even when it
has broken out with great Vlrulence IN the
district around them. This fact the peasants
themselves attribute to the emanatiOns from
the petrOleum-laden soil. which, they say, Kill
the pestitential germ and all kinds Of insects.
THE following statistics about the ascents Of
Mont Blanc were recently published in Nor
way: The first was in August, 1856, by two
Frenchmen. During 80 years no less than 5S5
expeditions. consisting OF 66l persons, reached
the highest point. known as the Monarch. OF
unsuccessful attempts, ll5 were made from
l7S6 to 1861, while in the following fifteen
400 such are recorded, fact which shows how
much mountain climbing Is developing In our
davs. The number of victims claimed by
Mont Blanc during the last century amounts
to about thirty.
THE RUSSIAN authorities have been an
moved by the distribution of religious and
moral tracts among the people. This began
in ST. Petersburg, and at the head of it stood
we'll known men, such as Count korT and NJ.
PashkOf. The people appear to have APP
preciated the tracts, but not so the ar:stO-
cracy. for, according to the St. Petersburg
Eraaqelisches S0HHtagsbldtt, "the distribution
has been stopped, and a further printing
interdicted. Count korff, as well as NJ. Pash-
kof. has been ordered to leave the country
within two weeks. Their booklets will be
burned"
a COMMITTEE, Of which NJ. dc Lesseps was
chairman. was appointed by the French
Academy to investigate the claims Of Claude,
MARQUIS de Joufroy, OF having been the in
ventor Of steamboats,. The conclusion arrived
at was, that while Papln, according TO the
French tradition, conceived the idea OF
april ling steam as a motive power to nayiga-
ton. the practical application of that idea was
first realized by the Marquis de JOuur0y. In
l7SO it is alleged, he built boat 40 feet long,
which steamed up the river saone az the rate OF
two leagues an hour. This was called pyros-
eaph, a term which still survives In the Italian
language.
NINETY thousand pineapples were unloaded
at BurIing slip, y. Y, Wednesday from the
schooner Homer j. johnson. Among the
number was one notified with small eye-like
spOts The helper who picked IL up recog-
nized It as 9irs-eye pdn sait ~ was "a.
sale by auction. After brisk bidding IL was |
knocked down for 81 % to L. Il. McCarthy. |
who presented il to Fruit Inspector J. Shugh- |
rue Mr. Mccarthy. who has hao large ex- |
perience in picking, shipping, buying, and |
selling pineaUples. SAYS that a blrd'5-eye is |
seldom fOund IN a cargo. 1t is cOreless fruit, |
cuts like cheese, and has line naYor.
SHORTLY before two O'Clock Wednesday |
morning, at St. Louis. just at the beginning |
OF the rain-storm,a vivid fash Of lightning |