Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Army, navy, and now police in Japan are
| to be completely Germanized. The Japs have
| applied for German police officials on loan as
| instructors.
DURING the first part Of August so much
! snow fell on the mountains in Lombardy and
Venice that Alpine clubs had to fold their
| tents and go.
1T would seem as If religions were dying out
4 in China, judging from the fact that large
number Of temples in Foo Chow are leased by
! the priesthood to Europeans for dwelling or
| business purposes.
BLACK walnut sawdust, formerly thrown
away. is now mixed with linseed gum and
moulded INTO heads and flower pieces for the
OrnamentatiOn of furniture. When dried and
vanished it is as handsome and much stronger
l and more durable than carved work
NJ. LEvAT, a learned member of the French
/ Academy of Sciences, has discovered that
melons contain a considerable proportion Of
| alcohol. After wet summer French cult
Vators find their melons almost unstable.
/ HencefOrth they hope to get good price from
/ the dlstillers.
THE amount of crystallizable sugar in the
| Juice OF mature sorghum varies between IA
I and Is per cent; there are also present about
| l or 2 per cent. of uncrystallizable sugar
| ssgiucOse'-and or per cent. OF other sol
| ids, part of which are removed from the juice
| bv the purifying processes employed in sugar
making. When well purified, sorghum, cane
| and beet sugar are identical in composition
| and properties.
PERSONS constantly exercised in mental
labor have few or no children; those of less
active minds have larger families; while the
largest families belong to those who do not
trouble themselves to think at all. The great
Generals Of the world, the commanding states
men, the distinguished scientists, the cele
brated authOrs-al, in fact, who have become
distinguished for superior mental ability have
either left no descendants, or their families
were very small.
AMERICANS who are wont to rejoice in the
progressiveness Of the country, doubtless de-
light themselves with the innumerable de-
laws. appeals, new trials and stays, which
criminal may and generally does obtain in
courts of law. except just after riot. In an
English criminal trial there are no eXcep.
TONS and after verdict of guilty, no matter
how erroneous the law mas been laid down or
how illegal the conviction, there follows no
appeal except for mercy at the Home once,
which is rarely granted.
TEE Boston TraUeUer of Aug. IS, says:
1.-THE largest invoice of New England rum
ever shipped from the United States was
cleared to-day for the coast of Africa-l50O00
gallons. or. say. $500 barrels. More than IS
wears ago old Tidd, an Englishman. who built
the One-time splendid mansion IN Medford,
was a distller on Sudbury street, and he had
at one time the monopoly of the African trade
ont of Boston. He loaded his vessels with
New England rum at an invoice price OF about
20 cents per gallon, which sold on the coast
for about 81 per gallon, in exchange for ivory,
gold dust, ETC."
WHILE eating his lunch in a cemetery in
Brooklyn. naked woman who carried bun
die of clothing under her arm, approached
Adam j. Miller, a gardener. His wife and
little child were eating lunch with him, and
his wife stopped the woman and made her
dress. The woman, who spoke with French
accent, was about So years OF age, tail ana
very thin, with Jet black hair flowing loosely
over her shoulders. She told Mrs. Miller IN
a rambling way that she had been wandering
around the cemetery for thirteen years try
ing to find the gate. Mrs. Miller directed
her. and she went her way.
THE "Duke of Edinburgh fishing basket,
invented by IL. r. H., is a comprehensive
article. 1t contains a tin provision box, big
enough for such a meal as the soul of the
reigning family loveth; a box for bait, a
wicker-cOvered quart bottle, with plated top
cork; two German silver plated cups, gilt in
side; pigskin cover for cups, wide mouth bot
tie with silver screw caps TO fit inside cups;
plated seasoning roller, ivory handle knife,
plated fork, two German silver plated plates,
paddock, two bronze check wlnches, 40 yards
prepared plated silk line. 40 yards plated silk
and hair line. japanned tin case, spinning
flights, waterwitch, artificial bats, fur
nished lines, hooks, shots, disgOrgers and
plummet. legers and leads, paternosters, tri-
angle hooks, traces. fly case. dozen flies,
half-dOzen casting lines, folding ring and silk
net, double telescope handle.