Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST,".
MOST Of the pulmonary and bronchial dis
orders of the day are attributed to over
heated public conveyances by New York
physician.
CANADIAN official reports show that in Jan
nary 1850 Canadians left the Dominion for
this country in search of employment, and the
ottawa Free Press says thai. II any, the fig
uTcs are underestimated.
A WRITER in Boston paper SAYS that the
family refrigerator contains many of the
disease spreading germs often mistakenly
supposed to be in the drain pipes, and he
thinks that the boards OF health in the diff
ferent cities should make regular inspections
of all Of them.
A NEW PIANO, invented by NJ. Wilhelm
Fischer, has been brought out at Leipsic. In
outward appearance it resembles cottage
piano, and it has the ordinary hammer action,
but, in lieu OF the familiar strings, tuning
forks are substituted, for the purpose Of pro-
curing pure as well as sustained tone.
THE boys in the western part of Erie county,
New York, have organized themselves into
cat killing society. and whenever favorite
'tabby" Is indisCreet enough to wander from
the confines of the owners dOmicile they are
sure to fall under the proves of the neigh
boris boy. The skins are sold to curriers', Who
are Offering special inducements for cat hides.
THERE has been started in Berlin 'share
company for the removal of trchina from
pork" A patent Is beng applied for to ex-
plot recently-invented process to that ef-
feet, consisting Of picking pork by means Of
a highly heated brine, IN which muriatic acid
forms large ingredient, which process, it Is
claimed, Will Kill any trichnG that NAV be In
the meat and preserve the latter perma-
nentiy.
THE late organist Of a London church left
bequest, amounting to more than $500 year,
for strewing gravel in slippery months along
the steep ucliues of streets in the neighbOr-
hnod where he lived. His widow for several
years supervised the opera ion in person when
the weather was bad, but she is now dead;
and. though the work is still carried on, the
horses are said to miss the energy of their old
friends.
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST is al present being
displayed in Russia concerning the temper
ance question. The sale of Intoxicating
drinks was prohibited in the district Of the
Ural Cossaeks, apparently with perfect sue
cess. The advocates of prohibition were con-
graduating themselves and admiring the good
sense OF the COssack5 until they discovered
that a certain kind OF eau de cologne, manu-
featured in Russia, had been made a substi-
tute for the forbidden drink. On this one can
get quite as drunk as on E0dki, and the Cos
SACKS were satisfied. The temperance re
formers, however, are not.
GOV. CRITTENDEE informed the newspaper
reporters that he spent several hours with Mr..
Tilden at Gramercy Park the other day and
found HIM not only royal entertainer, but
vigorous clear headed and busy man, taking
a very active interest in politics, and keeping
two secretarie- busy doing something, he does
not tell us what. Whether the Governor OBJ
tanned Mr. Ttlden's promise that he would not
break MissOuri's heart and the Democratic
party's heart by declining, he does not say,
but he announces positively that Tildrn and
hendricks viii be nominated If they consent
to the use OF their names.
IL the latter part OF October an old man
choked to death while at dinner in one OF the
hotels at Niagara Falls. An undertaken took
charge of the body and emba med it with the
expectation that some relatives would appear
and claim the remains, cOmpensating him for
his work. lie was doomed to disappointment,
for thus far no one has appeared to claim the
body. The undertaken is now exhibiting the
corpse as a specimen of his work" The case
has created much interest, and people have
come from far and near to view the body Of
the unknown man. number of physicians
have been invited and will examine the body
in a few days.
BARTON GRISDROD, the great elephant
dealer, says that in 1871 eleven elephants
were shipped IN the Nehemiah Gibson for
Now York, Of whom ten arrived safely and
one died on the passage to New York. The
cost Of the eleven in elephant land was
s2,775. The highest price paid was 1925 for
a female elephant Hebe, which gave birth to
a Young Yankee over here. Rajah and Man
drie. notified cost $500 each. On their arrival
at the dock Barnum offered 100000 each for
them, which was refused. lie agrees with
Professor ankester and the other experts in
pronouncing the white elephant mockery, q
deluslOn and snare.
THE old regimental hospital system in the
British army is abolished, and the new sys-
TEN which was worked at Tel-e- Kebir by
Lord Wolseley established in its stead
new divisional organization. called the
bearer company of eight doctors, some 200
trained bearers and drivers, with ambulance
wagons, operating tables, soups. wines, chic
reform, and all The ma IS Of performing op-
eratiOns and giving temporary support. is
formed for the division az "A whole. and to II
all the regimental wounded are taken by the
regimenta and its own bearers. Here they
are examined, operated on, ANA fed When
this is over they are carried by ambulance to
the field hospital, generally some further dis
lance from the field and there deposited.
A NEW YORK SCIENTIST claims to have dis
covered, along the Lehigh valley, hitherto
unknown metal, which will some day sup
plant nickel in general use. He was making an
experiment with an explosive substance mixed
with pulYeTiZed furnace Stag, which, On being
heated, caused an explosion to take place.
Upon examining the crucible in which the
mixture Of material had been he found that a
chemical process had taken place by which
an apparently valuable, but hitherto IN
Known. metal had been eliminated from the
Stag. 1t was s'lvery white IN color, of fine,
smooth texture anu susceptible Of brilliant
polish that no exposure viii ,'Fhlsl, II was
also found to be malleable, ductile ana OF
great tenacity. shOwing a tensile resistance
of 10000 pounds to the square inch. Further
experiments only confirmed the results Of the
first trial. and company has now been or
ganized for the purpose of working" the
large Stag banks along the Lehigh valley for
the new metal.
THE MENNoNITEs, who recently settled in
Nebraska, now occupy three whole counties,
and, besides being good farmers and hard
workers, arc extremely economical. re-
cent traveller says Of their habits: "When it
comes to economy they are right there, early
and late. What can't be sold on their farms
they feed to the pigs. and what the pigs won't
eat they eat themselves. ] know family Of
father, mother. five chi dren and one grown
relative, eight OF 'em in all, and their grocery
bill doesn't average 30 cents week. And
why should itY They don't use sugar, nor tea,
nor baking DowCer, nor anything OF that
kind. They make their own butter, and use
Drowned barley for coffee. They go to bed
nightly soon after shutdown to save oil, and
never buy any coal, but make the children
carry in corn-stalks and such things to burn.
Everything they buy-harness, tools, lumber.
etc.-is bought at wholesale in Chicago and
then parceled out around at cost. Most OF the
time they ship their grain TO Chicago them
selves.