Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THERE are 30 many seals in the river 81
Oregon City. Ore, that salmon catching with
q seine las been suspended.
TIE Druggist estimates that the annualp pro-
fuction 81 canned goods in the United states
equals 501,000,000 packages, or ten for every
person.
LOT Of so-called currant Jelly has been
seized in New York. the color Of which had
been improved by the use OF aniline dyes VITA
arsenic in them.
NEW ORLEASs papers say that dozens Of
small. low-priced restaurants are being
opened all over that city. and that al many Of
them very decent and filing meal can be
had Tor = cents
WORK i not yet finished on the New York
state capitol, at Albany. which has already
cost about SIC, 10000, and the expense Of com
pleting the vast struc ure Is yarl0usly esIl-
mated at from 5000 600 10 $lo,ooo.0Jo.
TIE crepe veil has received a deadly blow
from a Baltimore physician. who says that
the crepe veil Injuries tire complexion, and
carries poisonous matter into the lungs. Black
silk aud black cotton goods also produce bad
effects.
PEOPLE who are preparing 70 send pack
ayes Of merchandise through the mails to the
old country as Christmas presents or other
wise. ought to understand that instead Of
letter Office. The Post Office Department has
sent ont 8 warning. and il deserves a. much
publicity a. possible.
4 sTRASGE DISEASE has broken out among
the horses in the southeastern counties Of
Iowa, and has progressed with alarming
fatality where it has appeared. The frs in
dicatiOla Of the disease is Z loss Of appetite
from which tie horse grows week ana fails.
without apparent suuefng tllL Inc u-dtA
struggle. when the pain IL intense.
ARRANGEMENTS have just been completed
By the War Department for placing London
and Portsmouth in communication by visual
signaling. If an enemy were to land on the
south coast and intercept telegrs phic com
municatiOn between Portsmouth, London ana
AtdershOt. communication could be main
tanned by flag signaling and the photograph
by day, ana by the flash and rocket system by
night.
The latest offer Of assistance to put up the
Bartboldi statue comes from Miss Elsa Won
Blumen. a feminine bicyclist, who proposes to
ride 100 miles against one horse or two horses
I'm Madison Square Garden, provided the
hOrses can be produced. No doubt sucn an
exhibition would D. a valuable ald 70 the
pedestal, az Gov. Bishop, Of OhlO. aiifrms that
.'her performances are highly interesting ana
her department as lady uneXceptlonabie'
IT is said that a feature Of this seasons
church fairs is the familiar "Cat Duet" sung
by a-handsome young couple, whose heads are
thrust through q canvas, which Is painted 10
represent back YARD fence, while attached
70 the human necks are the bodies Of cats. 20
made that their backs can lie raised, their
tails waved and their paws operated. The
efec. il cOmical. but Connecticut minister
condemned it a. irreligious and suppressed II
On the spot.
SPEAKING Of ''meIicine by Imagination"
writer in the Progris Medical Gays that doc
tors should not tell hypochondriacal patients
that their trouble Is imaginary. but should
treat il a. though IL were a real disease.
s-ThOse who perform miraculous cures, he
saws. do not deny the malady, but state that
they will cure it Is the ald Of higher power.
sometimes cure Is thus eHected: and, when
we say il i faith which saves We use
phrase which is a vigorously =clentlnc eX-
preston. To denv miracles Is no niger IN
question, but 70 comprehend and seek 70 Inl-
tate them D."