Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

/ chlOrOphyl, the remarkable substance 10
/ which the vegetable world owes the color Of
its fol age, i made poi two colorlnS matters,
a green and yellow, the relative pro- ortions
being 100 Of the former to one IF the Latte I.
| Both have been lately obtained in the crystal
line state.
y NEW MACHINE Tor bicycle practice, de-
signed by Or. Sargent, has been put in The
Harvard College gymnasium. 1t consists Of
a stationary wheel, over which IS scat which
can nc raised or lowered at pleasure TO ac-
commOdate any one. The pressure on the
wheel can be so regulated as to make the work
as hard or easy rs IS desired.
DAVID ANNUs, v lille engaged In eNcavating
a cellar for Il new house at RidgewOod, L. l.,
last week. dug up the retriied leg and foot Ct
a human body. weighing over iftv pounds.
petrl1ed potato was also dug up near the
same place. The petriied leg was gwen 10
Town Clerk O'GOrmap, of Newton, who VIII
send it TO the Long Island Historical Society.
II England the medical profession is re-
cruitCd almost exclusively from the middle
classes OF society. Among the aristOcracy
the idea still prevails that but three pr1fcs-
siOns arc open 10 the scicns o the nobility.
These are the army. the church aud the law,
and a recent writer records that he has yet 80
learn that any one born with sO-cal'ed blue
blood in his veins has hitherto walked to the
hospitals and come physician.
In Caracas. Venezuela, there stands heroic
figure in bronze. with no ms riptIon upon its
pedestal but the name wv ashngton." 1t
was erected 10 celebrate th3 centenary OF
SIMON Bolivar's birth, and its dedic ,tion was
accompanied by ceremony which has never
been equalcd in magni1ccnce on that conu-
ncnt. There are shops and stores. hotels ard
streets in Caracas named after washington.
and his memory is reverCnced there as much
as al home.
UNDERNEATa the approach to the East river
bridge on the New York side, there is q court
or yard IN which day and night are literally
reversed. The bridge supports shut out the
sunlight, while the electric light burning on
the bridge at night makes the court neary rs
light as day. The people residing there, be-
ing OF course, poor, are unable TO pay for gas
or oil in order to see to work when other peO-
Dle DO, so they scnsibly do their sleeping then
and their work at night by the electric Hght,
which costs them nothing.
TIE proprietor of a skating rink in Sing
Sing has lately adopted an ingenious way Of
hoaxiug the public. He offered a prize for
the first successful attempt to give the mean
ing Of the name "BslvOnia,N which he bad
applied to the rink. The local edit +, school
teachers and others puzzled over the name,
and finally declared thai il was Of Italian
origin and meant "place of beautiful resort.
hev were highly indignant when informed
by the proprietor that the word had been
coined by his wife, and had no meaning.
Is the discussions in England as to over
pressure in the public schools, the prevalence
the amount of pressure eXerted, and a child
should he relieved from continuous atten-
dance at school after a succession OF head
aches had given the warning. SIR
Richard owen states that about per cent
of children suffer from headache whether
they 20 to school or not, According TO Live
ing, about II per cent. OF all school children
may be expected to suffer from headache.
THESE are some of the things which make
Dakota proud. 1t has $500 miles OF railway,
more than any one of twenty old settled
states. 1t has 2,00J school houses, more than
any one of fifteen States. II has 2'5 news
papers, more than any New England state
except Massachusetts, or any Eastern state
except New York and Pennsylvania. In the
number OF post offices it ranks above twenty
three states and Territories. and pays more
revenue to the Post Office Department than
any one Of thrty-twO States. and ii has
population as large as Nebraska or COnnectI-
cut, and nearly twice as large as Vermont on
Florida.
IT appears that Major Serpa Pinto, the
Portuguese traveller, ia encountcrIng greater
difficulties than he anticipated IN the new
Journey he has undertaken from Mozambique |
into the interior Of Africa. He has been |
compelled to deYiatc from the course he Origl- |
naliv intended TO pursue, and was at the last /
intelligence still near the coast. lie - az
COMMANDED by a considerable escort OF sol |
ders and his expedition is believed to have |
political quite as much as geographical OBJ |
exercised no real authority over the native |
tyib at a distance of more than a few miles !
from their settlements.
ABOUT a fortnight before Christmas the |
Yacht Iolantho. with three men On board, |
sailed out Of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, ard |
was never seen again. On Dec. z6 |
a huge white shark was caught at Frank |
ston. a small village near Melbourne. Some |
of the loungers on the beach facetiously sug- |
gested that relics Of the missing crew might |
Be- looked for inside the fish. The shark, |
therefore, was cut open, and IN its stomach !
were actually found human hand, mass OF |
sodden rags, a brOKen wooden pipe, and n |
gold watch and cham. The watch was i'm !
mediateIy recognized as having belonged 10 |
one of the yachtmen who had been on board |
the lOlanihe.
TAE Chinese in Colorado are likely to be- |
come partly civilized through the efforts put |
forth in their behalf by phianthropists OF I
Denver. great many of the Chinese in |
that ETY. attend Sunday school, and night |
schools have lately been established where |
tbcv are taught TO read and write. A teacher |
i = ouired for every pupll, and each teacher |
must pos =ess an infinite fund of patience and |
perseverance,, for most Cinnamon ara rather |
dull A man greatly Interested in the Chi |
nese recently gave large number Of them |
partv at his hou SC. They came in their sun |
tiav best. nearly all wearing the American |
costume and were far more self possessed and |
easv in their manners than one would sup
pose they could be.
JOHN LEWIS, coiored Democrat from
Ieesburg, Va arrived IN Washington last |
Monday week, and took up his quarters on a |
lumber pile at the corner of Thirteenth and IL.
streets northwest. He carried sack OF Hour |
on his shoulder, while a tin pan and pouch |
containing some salt and lard hung at ms |
side. and with the flour. salt and lard, together |
with hydrant water, he concocted the tooth |
some slapiack uDon which he has RECALLED him. /
self. AT night John found sleeping quarters |
in a bird store on Thirteenth street. He went |
afoat to see the Democratic President, and, |
havipg seen him, and been oyerjoyed at the |
sight. Lewis left for his home with his |
stomach overloaded with slapJacks and his |
mind saturated with inauguration scenes.
Mr.. Cook, of the firm of tourist agents, who
had the contract for conveying all OF Gen.
Wolseley's forces up the Nile to Wady HalIa,
accompanied the army nits struggles through |
the cataract TO DongOla. lie says the Canadi-
an voyageurs were the finest boatmen he ever
saw. The work they did and the impetus they /
gave the other men fully repaid the govern
ment for the cost of taking them 10 Egypt. |
He especially praises the skill with which |
thew guided the boats amoLg the rocks while
descending the cataFacts on the way home'