Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-18
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which went into effect on the 4th, is said to be
enforced in the small towns. but of very little
consequence in the cities. Iowa seems to be
repeating pretty closely Names experiences.
LocUsTs in Southern Russia are committing
frightful ravages. In one district the peas
ants have Just received Ii. 600 rOubles from the
Imperial Agricultural Society as reward
for the destruction of 100000 of these pesti-
lential insects.
AT one of the Block Island hotels the mana
ger, room c7erk and head-waite all are col
lege graduates, and the dining-room table
staff is made up from students now vacation
ing. Guests register on the hy-leaves OF
Latin lexicon. MIR. Logan's arrival Is looked
for by every boat.
A DESTRUCTIVE and v0raciOus enemy of the
beet root has appeared in Germany. 1t isa
black bug. and was first seen in Silesia,
where. in the District of Leopschutz, upward
of so acres of beets were completely ruined.
One cultivator, on patch of less than 10 rods
square, killed is bugs.
ONE Of the first fruits of the entry by Corea
into treaty relations with foreign powers is
the establishment of newspaper called the
Metropolitan Ten-Ddy Gazette, the character
Of which is said to be good. 1t comprises six
teen pages. and the Chinese language has been
chosen in preference to the Corean. Both type
and paper are creditable.
THE celebrated Aderbach echo has at last
been eclipsed by seventeen-tOngued one in
Silesia. II the traveller sounds his horn at a
point called Garves Rub, near Charlotten-
brunn, he will hear, after the lapse of few
seconds a succession OF sweet, clear notes
coming back to him at brief intervals until
seventeen in all have answered.
"UNLAwFUL GAMES. )" said Mr.. Justice Haw-
kins in delivering judgment in the famous
Park Club case, IN London, ''are ace of hearts,
faro, bassett, hazard, passage, roulette, every
Nth Ifan
every game of cards that is not game OF
mere skill, and he was inclined to add any
other game that was mere game OF chance"
ABOUT sixty miles west of Teheran fell
meteOrite FIVE years ago, concerning which
the chief doctor of the Shah has just made
report. The stone belongs to the family Of the
Syssideres. and is identical with those which
fell at Barea, in Spain, in 1912. and at Esther
vile, Iowa. in 1879, and with those which
were found in Bolivia and Westphalia IN 1856
and in Newton county, Ark, in 1860.
WHILE at Berlin Napoleon occasionally
amused himself by playing at cards with his
suite. His favorite game was "vingt-et-un,"
and one evening, having been more than
usually fortunate, he had considerable
number o. gold pieces on the table before him.
''They tell me-" he said, addressing Gen.
RaPP that the PTesSs9s are Iu very fo1 Iona
than they are Of the great one" replied
Rapp.
L'TIlWstratioz, of Paris, prints portrait Of
the late Prince of Orange, whose death has
caused so much excitement in Holland, from
photograph taken at the Hague. The ex-
preston of the face is so british, the brow so
sinister, and the mouth so plainly marked by
low animal qualities, that despite the loss of
male heir to the throne, the Dutch may, if APP
pearances are not strangely deceptive. well
be satisfied to escape the rule OF a Prince
whose physical and mental intirmlties would
hox- tod A
constitutional monarch.
THE. proposed extension of the New York
end Of the East river bridge, as finally deter
mined on, is expected to increase the capacity
Of the bridge from so to 100 per cent. Trains
of three cars can then be handled-enough to
accommodate all travel except on special
occasions Although the bridge Is to be eX-
tended to the park, the old station will not be
removed, and the arrangement Of the sub
structure Is such that street travel viii be
decision is all that stands in the way of an inn
mediate beginning Of the work.
A REMARKABLE vegetable curiosity is to be
exhibited at the next State Agricultural
Fair in California. Several weeks ago
grapeyine. growing in close proximity to an
ample tree in full bloom, was found to have
attached to it a blossom exactly similar to
those on the tree. 1t was watched day by
dav until at last large and handsome apple
had developed from the germ. The portion
of the vine to which the apple IS attached has
been cut of, and will be presented as tangi-
BE proof OF the abnormal growth. which
seems to be an instance of natural grating.
sEpaEwlcK DAVIS says that he attached
telephone to q barbed wire fence half mile
long, after making a circuit of about two
miles. over which he talked very well indeed.
He saws: II believe every line OF barbed wire
can be used with telephone: and if the wire is
of good quality, long distances can be covered
as well as not. predict tnat ere long rail-
road companies viii use their barbed wire
fences in this way, and that farmers and 9TH
ers will follow suit" An experienced prac-
tical electrician at the head Of one Of the
largest telephone companies says that under
ordinary circumstances a barbed wire fence
could be used for transmitting telephone
messages without any special preparation,
but that in wet weather some insulation OF
the wire would probably be necessary. The
whole thing could only be determined by eX-
pertinent He thought farmers would SO
utilize their fences.
HOWARD C. BRISTOL. Of East Tawas, Mich,
has invented a device for discharging bilge
water from vessel. The invention has been
tested and is said to be a success, as it re-
lieves sailors from a vast amount OF hard
work. The device is simple and cheap. A
metal pine runs through the hui from stem
to stern, with a valve at Doth ends winch can
he onened or closed from the upper decks by
means of a rod. Connected with the main
pipe is a series of smaller pipes placed at an
angle and extending 70 tue biSC 6t4Cdhse
Each of these pipes contain a check valve to
prevent backwater entering while the boat is
not in notion When the boat is in motion
the water enters the main pipe through the
bow Of the boat, passes through and is dis
charged at the stern. This causes suction
through the small pipes and draws any water
that may be IN the vessel into the main pipe.
A patent has been applied for.
A STORY OF WRECK on the New Jersey
coast says that the body of one Of the crew,
supposed to be a sailor, was found on the
sunken vessel dashed to the steering gear,
with the eyes and mouth wide open and stand
in an upright position, as il giving orders
during his lifetime. 1t is quite possible that
this one of the cases Of persistence after death
If exnression and attitude assumed at the mo-
ment when life ceased. A recent number OF
the Scientific American contained an article
on this subject by Dir. Brown Sequards which
quotes largely from a memoir by DR.. John
Brinton. ofPhiladelphia, published some years
ago. DR.. Sequard particularly says
that this phenomenon appears al
most always when there has been
intense excitement, and often also when great
bodily fatigue has preceded the last moment