Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE rifle carried by John Brown is owned
in Hagerstown, Nd.
AT Nantasket Beach Hotel a Sioux Indian
is employed as a waiter.
WORK Is progressing on the Yorktown mon
ument. A wharf has been built to land the
material, and a temporary railroad track is
being constructed from there to the site Of
the monument.
THE longest single line of pneumatic tubes
in successful operation runs between the
London England Central Telegraph Office
and the House of Commons, distance OF two
and three-hfths miles.
TIE Moravians have just been celebrating
their 427th anniversary. This leaves the
Edinburgh tercentenary far in the rear. The
Moravians claim to be the oldest Protestant
sect in Christendom. They are able to go
back to the year 1857.
HONIGNASN's fireless locomotive, with the
eaustIc-soda condenser, has been used regu-
larly since March 81 for passenger traffic be-
tween StOlberg. near AK la Chapelle and
Wurfelen. The locomotive, when charged, it
Is found, will 90 for twelve hours.
NJ. JABLOCHKoFF, whose electrical candle
is well known, has invented sodium battery
which is stated to possess much higher cleo
trO-motiYe force than any other hitherto de-
vlsed. The sodium is used IN thin plates,
coupled with compressed carbon. When not
in action the sodium is kept covered with
naphtha.
THE brewery of Bass, who has just died in
his S5th year. covers 200 acres of ground, and
5000 people are employed in it. He was the
grandson Of the founder of the brewery, and
was local benefactor, having built churches,
constructed baths and endowed a free library.
The Bases have always been Liberals, while
the other brewers. the Allsops, have been
Tories
j. SANFORD SALTUs, of Fairfield, Conn, has
in his possession an ivory image of an ele-
phant. The image is. about inches in height,
is cut from a solid piece Of ivory and is inlaid
with diamond, rubies, sapphires, emeralds,
and other precious stones The eyes are two
unusually bright diamonds. and in the centre
Of q crescent at the top Of the head is a sap
shire of great brilliancy. The image is the
badge of Office Of the standard bearer Of the
King Of Siam.
THERE is an invention spoken Of which it IS
thought may abolish the bit. 1t is called the
Garage, or anti-horse torture. 1t is COM
posed Of a steel band placed over the front
bone of the horses nose, and to this appliance
the reins are attached. The inventor claims
for this substitute for the bit that it gives
complete control to the driver over the horse
without in1icting the least discomfort or tor
ture on the animal itself. 1t has been tried
with satisfactory results.
a PHOTOGRAPHERS at versailles Is 5alu 10
have invented a method of taking photographs
which retain all the colors Of the scene re-
Elected on the lens. Similar discoveries have
previously been announced from Germany and
in England. 1t was said some years ago that
A photographer in Dorchester had the secret,
and he was able to sell for small sum well
executed color Photographic copies OF pic
lures 1t was understood, however, that there
was some after prOcess-Which probably
meant that the copies, when taken in the or
binary way. were simply painted by hand in
the usual way.
DR.. ERNEST HART has been visiting Naples,
and describes it in the British Medical journal
as the dIrtiest, raggedest and most squalid
city in Europe, and one whose taxpaying
population is but 50, 900 persons out of total
number of 500, 000. lie says, moreover, that
macaroni is fast losing its performance as
food-of which it is one of the rudest forms
and is tough, tasteless, and made in a foul at
mosphere. The bread is tough and cavern
GUS. and meat scare and dear. He believes,
nevertheless, that Naples is to have great
future on account Of the vines Of the Hercu
laneum district and the slopes OF Nesuvius.
WHEN the subscription list for the erection
of the Garibaldi monument was opened. the
Catholic community at Loreto, cOnsenting for
the moment to forget Garibald's ant-cleri-
calism and looking at him only as a great pa
trit contributed toward the carrying out Of
the scheme All went well until the final
came to be settled when the religious sub
scribers were shocked to learn that the COM
mittee had decided to engrave on the base of
the statue a denunciation Of Christianity in
general. and Of the belief in the famous Lo-
reto manifestations" in particular. The
government promptly vetoed the inscription.
FARMERS in England are taking tol beet
growing. In Norfolk they have undertaken
to grow this season at least 900 acres of sugar
beet from selected seed, and on the faith OF
this an association has been formed, which,
long before the beet is ready, VIII nave $780,
600 worth of plant on the grouna ready ITO 10
farmei viii get IS a ton for the white beet de-
nvered at the works, and as ne can grow from
Is to 20 tons to the acre he VIII, aiter Allowing
for heavy manuring and all cost of land,
labor seed and transport be able TO reckon,
even in an Indifferent season, upon return
OF at least SIS an acre, when must seem TO
him. after recent experience, wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice," as DIR. johnson said
OF the revenue Of Barclays brewery.
AT Monte Carlo it is the custom to fill the
pockets OF suicides with bank-notes, so that
il NAV be seen that they did not kin them
solves on account OF losses. recent letter
from there relates how presumably dead
Iri-hman succeeded in getting ms pockets
filed a short time ago. Alter using shall
iumned nm exclaimed Il am ruined !. ana
rushed into the gardens. Almost Immediately
afterward the guards heard plstol shot ana
tbSn n crv Of pain. and rushing to the spot
found the irishman dead. Il was dark, with
no one around, so they filed ms pockets WIN
morning ,or9ii s' They had scarcely gone out Of
sight. however, before the lrlshman was on
his feet again and skipping away IN the most
lively style,
A FOREIGNER, who went west year ago
with more money than experience out VINO
is now returning wiser albeit a poorer man.
recently related to chicago reporter tne
- :, hts ,,entnre in the cattle business.
s'yV6v = ne said in talking OF a wicked part
no.. Le met in Denver, "he began to bulldoze
me from the very time we went INTO partner.
shin We started out on the range 10 count
o,,r cattIe we two. and took only darkey
conl win ma, The first night we camped he
proposed that we decide Who should I1d pc t the
meeiing. consisting Of himself, the ,darkey