Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23
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stefan, has been presented with the Albert
medal for removing poison in a case Of diph-
/ tne1a by sucking II away.
BLUE Ribbon BEER" made at Toronto and
! cold as temperance drink. il found to contain
/ between and per cent. of alcohol, or about
mar as much as is put in lager beer.
AS ENGLAND finds 1t needful to import more
and more horses every year in time of peace,
she is good deal disturbed as TO how she
| could properly mount her cavalry levies in
/ case of war.
SEVERAL STRIPS of papyrus, originally
taken from an Egyptian grave and placed in
the Berlin Museum, have been found to con-
tam portions OF lost work of Aristotle on
/ the creek constitutions.
HAMPSTEAD HEATH, one of the lungs OF Lon
don is threatened seriously by the builders,
who are Selling upon the adjacent "Parlia-
ment Fields" and East Park Estate" owneu
by TWO lords. The closing of those two places
will greatly compress the air reservoir of
North London.
AN ANALYSIS of some OF Lord Randolph
Churchif's recent speeches show mat he has
spoken of Mr.. Gladstone as: An unkenneled
fox; a purblind and anctimonious Pharisee;
that evil and noonstruck Minister; the Mo-
loch of Midlothian; Mr.. Glandstone attends
divine service as personal and political ad-
vertisement.
UNDER house in Kiev, Russia. jar has
been found containing several ancient gold
and silver head dresses apparently for wom-
en-, number of square silver coins and arti-
cles OF lewelry, such as racelets necklaces
and ring. Some are in nlagTee, very beauii-
fully wrought, and others in highly artistic
clois 'nne enamel. Their date is probably the
ninth century, A. d.
A CHINAMAN in Hamilton, Cali, has de-
voted the summer and fall to gathering the
horned toads of the red hills, which are as
much dreaded by the inhabitants as rattle
snakes. Recently he shipped 1000 of these
animals to China, where they are converted
INTO various kinds of high priced medicines s.
A horned toad placed in a flask Of whisky
constitutes the most valued of the Chinese
| toncs. se. .r,r.at,r r-,.
THE GENERAL MANAGER of a Canadian rail-
road was arrested last week at Newport, VT,
just as he was leaving the State. He tele
graphed an order for a special train to bring
his lawyer and accompanied the sheriff to
MOTEL near the station, When the special
tram backed up to the station the manager
made dash for 1t, jumped aboard, and was
rushing away homeward before the sheriff
could overtake him. aaiIl
THE CALIFORNIA wtNE-MAKERs at one time
this year thought they had reason 60 hope
that the vintage Of 1885 would come up to u.s.
100000 or 30.O00.000 gallons, but an untimely
spring frost compelled them to rednee their
estimate 50 per cent. end the Weld now ex-
pected is about Is, 000, 600. which are substan-
TALLY tine figures of 1884. The quality of
the product is excellent, however. and the
net result will therefore be satisfactory.
THE LATE Mr.. UNDERWOOD, OF Queens
land had an antdote to The fatal bite of tho
| adders which infcst that country. He had
many times demonstrated is value IN his own
case and that of others. He was fond of let
ing the snakes bite HIM and then of curing
| himself. He offered his recipe to the govern
ment for $4,000, but the offer was declined.
One day when intoxicated he was bitten by
an adder. His remedy was not near him and
he died.
THE Diocesan SYNOD OF ARMAGH lately
discovered the practice existing in various
parts of the north of Ireland of drinking ether
instead of whisky. The habit prevails largely,
and has given rise TO several cases Of insanity.
The cause of the preference for ether is that it
| Is cheaper intOXicant. The synod recon-
mends that the traffic in this and other nOxi-
Qua drugs be restricted; so north of Ireland
men will soon have to fall back again on
| whisky.
THE Servian war brings into print again
familiar names Of places, as the campaign is
laid in the territory where were fought some
of the bloodiest battles IN the Russian Turkey
war. The armies Of the two pires fiercely
commended for the possession of Dragoman
Pass. which King Milan has now captured
The city of Sofia, which is the objective point
OF his march, was taken by the Russians under
distance, and near by is Plevna. whore was
fought, as will be remembered one of the de-
cisive battles of the struggle.
THE other day Gov. Hubbard, Of Minnesota,
| received letter from a convict in Saltwater,
praying for pardon. The letter was intended
70 be very affecting, and the convict stated
that he was glad that he had been sent 10
prison, as there he had found his Jesus. At
Lached TO the letter was the following note
from the warden: "This man is fraud. His
case reminds me OF an incident which oc-
Cured some years ago. man confined here
wrote to Judge Mitchell in the same vein, and
asked the judges intercession to secure his
pardon. Judge Mitchell wrote bauk that, as
he had und grace in prison, he had better
stay there where grace could find him"
THE new universal language. ''Volapuck,"
has already found rival in a language equal
ly new and prOspeetively universal, called
"Pasilingua." Its inventor twho is q Ger
nam has rec ognized that no existing language
could serve the purpose of unlyersality, and
mas accordingly devised q new tongue, which
shall SUIT the mouths of all men. English is
acknowledged to be the dominant principle,
but how far its modifcau don is necessary may
be seen from the following verse of st. Mat
thew Ii, 3: "Et quando lis partitefer schre to
angelo deode aprarifer Josephobi in una
trauma eaganOs ArisireI takare tou iupgon
childon ct tom matren ct aiehire in ERypta ct
ere ibis, quoad mi bFinGRF9 tub WOrdas, car
Herodes seekarar ton childillon pro Ion de-
Tuar." Hi tiitN Na.
NOW that cotton is coming in. the oil mills
are busy. Nothing about cotton need be
wasted. The dbre haydn been separated, the
seeds arc again ''linted,r all the cotton adj
| herring to them being removed and sold TO the
cotton men. Then the husKs are removed
ana used for fuel in the furnaces on the prem
lses. After the seed is ground cooked, and
pressed, the oil beng eXtrac ed, The refuse
forms an I'll cake. which is shipped IN large
quantities. to Great Britain forfood for cattle
Last OF all, the ashes have virtue of their
own, and are sold at high price. The oil goes
To Chieago 20 make butter and lard: to Clnein-
naii, where an Illuminating oil is made from
II, and 70 an Ca tern city TO be m SIDE into pure
olive oil t.r salads. IL Is already taking the
place OF lard in cookery. greatly to the adj
vantage OF everybody. Inferior grades serve
as the basis for the best soaps.
AN INGENIOUS KIND of hand weaving ma
chime or loom has been invented in Germany.
by means Of which silk. WOOL yarn, cords.
strips OF fabric, ETC.. can be woven into pieces
that may be applied to various useful pur-
poses IN the household. In using this machine
the warp threads are FIRST arranged parallel
either on the backs Of two chairs or secured
20 the knobs Of two doors. The warn threads
are then passed through the heddles, arranged
on suitable frame, and the ends OF the warp
threads are tied together and fastened to the
BACK OF ire chair upon which the person
operating The loom sits. and the other ends of
the threads ar h1ld IN a suita ule clampo on the
table Tho heddie frame or comb ia raised
ny means Of the left hand, whereby the
threads ire appNrNteu. and them the ebutfio H.