Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| A NEWSPAPER CARRIER in Philadelphia has
/ a route which he values at $1,000. He serves
| about 1900 papers daily, the profits being over
/ S. 900 a year, the expenses for five assistant
| not over 81 800, and losses by bad debts small
| AN English writer states that unripe APP
| pies, pears and plums. to the consumption OF
| which cholera has frequently been traced
/ are absolutely wholesome in comparison with
| oyerripe straw berries, FaSpDerrles, and cher
| ries, which swarm with incipient and occs-
sionally fully developed life.
ABRoKER's CLERK In New York has had hi.
arm tattooed with Jay Gould in blue ink
looking at a ticker in black ink. Young men
have the names OF their sweethearts picked
in. with a surrounding wreath, and then
show il to the girl and say; 'See how much
| suffered for yOuW After being pflcked Tor
five minutes the skin ceases to be sensitive.
DOG BEDsTEADs are now popular. One
owned by New York lady is the lower part
OF barrel sawed through at ten inches from
the ground. The mattress is filed with hair.
and has an artificial leather ticking The
wood is painted in dark colors. and around
the edge il an embossed leather trimming
fastened with brass headed nails. On a front
stave Is an oval, in which appears the dogs
name in gold letters, From bar attached to
the back falls mosquito netting, enyeloping
the bed and occupant.
A Gun with real twist barrel is a costly
article. Instead of being rolled from plate
or skelp between grooved rollers and welded
at one rapid operation, as most guns are now
made. II is patiently hammered into a CylIn-
der bv hand. The notified Damascene or
striated appearance is produced by a set Of
wires Of different sorts OF Iron, twisted into
cables and then welded into square bars.
These are placed side BY side. heated to q
weld, and given a half turn. Then they
are sealed against one another By repeated
taps with a small hammer The strands OF
dne wire for the cables number from thirty
five 10 fifty.
CHEWING GUN is made from cnlcle, gum
which exudes from a Mexican tree, the fruit
of which is called sapodilla. The fruit is
about the size Of an apple and as delicious in
flavor The gum is collected by tapping the
trees runs OFT freely. Is moulded in the sand
into cakes hardening in the sun, and u
brought to the market on pack mules, each
mule carrying about 500 pounds. When the
natives start out on a long journey they always
provide themselves with chlcie In order to
alias the pangs Of thirst, for by chewing the
gum the mouth and throat are Kept moist and
the desire for water diminished.
1T has often been said that nothing was
impossible to man, yet wag has discovered
that many things are impossible, for instance,
to find female cook who refuses the ''tip''
from tradesmen; a lady's maid that never
listens at the door nor peeps through the Key
hole: to hook a fish out Of the seine, or shoot
a hare in the suburbs of Paris; to feel sure Il
is that animal when eating rabbits stew; to
completely avoid borrowers. A handsome
reward is furthermore offered TO the person
who succeeds in coming across polite Jehu,
a comfortable hotel bed. playwright with
out an eYe-glass, or woman who aeknoW-
lodges her right age after 20.
WHEN the rains come IN the autumn mil
lions Of salmon crowd into the mouths OF riv-
ers on the Pacific coast. Lawyer Charles f.
KN-z.=~ 1F Xsa~L in r5 a re-
cent visit to one Of these streams, says: They
were so closely packed together that l could
wade in and touch them with my hand. At
the points where the river made its turn the
salmon were so crowded that the back fins Of
many appeared above the water. Hundreds
al thousands of these fish are destroyed by
bears and other animals. But IN the face OF
all danger the female salmon make their
ascent TO the warmer waters 10 deposit their
eggs When the eggs Of the nsh have been
impregnated the fish are anected with great
lassitnde. In this weak state the current
bears them back to the sea, and II Is not until
they again reach the salt water that they re-
gain their normal state"
IT is interesting to know, remarks the Pau
Nal Gazette, that go long ago as 1913 express
trains had arrived at a maximum speed which
has not since been exceeded. Below is the
copy Of a card issued at that time as a me-
mento Of the pace of Great Western train
between London and DIdc0t. The pace here
for starting and stopping, more than IS miles
an hour. We doubt il many OF our present
expresses are timed 10 run AZ more than fifty
miles an hour: ssGreat Western Railway
broad gauge engine Great Britain, which ac-
complished the fastest journey on record,
namely. from Paddingt0n 70 Dldeots 5Sz4
miles in II minutes. The train was the 9:l5
express 10 Bristol, and consisted OF four car
RACES and van and was driven on May II,
ls4s, BY j. Michael Almond, driver; 4. Den
ham, fireman.
THE body Of 8 lady named du Iilet, re-
Gently deceased in Paris arrived at the