Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

luE u Inc PERFUME
IT is said that a cave has taken place in the
once famous but lately deserted Penobscot
mine, NJ. r.. disclosing s5O,O)0 worth Of rich
ore. The mine was purchased short time
ago by John Longmaid for $4,000.
THE city Of Genoa proposes to have Co
lumbus exposition of American products in
1892, to he opened on Aug 3, the four hun
dredth anniversary OF the sailing OF the great
navigator on his momentous voyage.
AN Indianapolis manufacturer is engaged
in turning out log wagons for use in the ma
hogany forests Of South America. Each
wagon is capable of carving lotion load,
ana the motive power will be OK TENS OF from
eight to twenty yoke.
AT Waterloo, n. Y, afew nights ago, two
tons of hay overlooking - wagon forced the
iron arch OF the rack down on one OF the iron
ties. Fire followed the friction, and sparks
flew into the hay Thereupon the horses took
| fright, and flying bonfire on the highway
made the farmers wonder.
A SET of Turkish paper money is among the
most valuable possessions of the Enmismatc
and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia.
The particular value Of this set arises from
the fact that no bank notes are now used IN
Turkey, the many forgeries compelling the
government to stop their circulation.
WIEOOsKI claims the unenyiable distinction
of being the worst governed town in Vermont,
according to reports from that State. The
hoodlums burn and rob as they please, in
spite Of the efforts OF a Law and Order League.
TWO houses belonging to members OF the
lesgue have been burned recently, and mill
where many members worked.
THE humming- birds go hungry all along
the line this summer, for flowers are few and
nectar is scant. Moreover, the lack of pollen
touches trade in an important spOt-the honey
crop VIII be short by hundreds Of tons, Some
Of the bees on the Wissahickon are using syr-
up, provided for them by the be.-keeperS
near the head waters Of that stream.
ELECTRICITY has been brought to the aid OF
the sportsman by the use of a small lamp for
the sight OF 4 rife, to render 1t visible in the
the dusk. or when from any cause whatever
there is insufficient light. The minute cleo
trio lamp is fixed near the muzzle of the gun
and shielded by metallic screen. The cur
rent Is supplied by 1t small battery in the
stock.
| IT is the Yankee notion of dealer at Plain
field N. H., that the price of eggs will 20 up
during the holiday market, and therefore he
has stored away many hundred dozens OF
! them. The '.Silas Lapham" Of Mr.. HOWells,
! with his nice sense of moral responsibility in
the matter Of commercial ethics, would not
I have put those eggs OF upon confding pnh-
! lie at Christmastide as fresh"
SOME FISHERMEN, overtaken by night re
Gently on the banks of the White river, near
Medora. Ind, built fire, using as backlog
what they thought was a part of an elm. As
the Are grew hotter the log burst. and it was
then seen by the men that they had thus
/ brought TO light the femur Of some pre-
historic animal. Later, the Jaw bone. from
which fell tooth weighing four pounds, was
| found.
| b. q. SHINES, Of Milton Mills, Mass, wss
merchant and a shrewd man. One day he
found out that his till had been robbed. He
held his tongue, however. and waited till
Times Whlrligig tossed the culprit at HIS feet
I rms Ia how the cutprit came: Three months
afterward one OF his customers said To him :
| Did you ever find out who took that money
] out Of your ull?' Mr.. Shines replied 81 never
have till now, but now | know it WAS YOU,
| as have never told anyone that | lost it,
Mr.. Shines made the man pay back the money
On the eastern door of Agra Is this inscrip-
ton; THE first year of the reign of Tulef. two
thousand marriages were voluntarily dissolved
/ by the maglstI ates whereupon the Indignant
| Emperor abolished divorce. The year follow
| ing there were three Thousand less mar
| RACES, seven thousand more convictions for
! adultery, three hundred women burned for
! poisoning their husbands, eighty men lmpaled
| for numbering their wives, and the value of
| furniture broken in the houses of unhappy
| couples amounting to three millions of rOu-
bles. The Emperor established divorce"
! AN unusual suit was commenced in the
| Circuit Court at Milwaukee Tuesday by Mrs
Joseph Fischer the mother of female twins
which died at the time of birth, two weeks
ago. The babies were perfect in form, with
| the exception OF being joined by firm growth
| Of flesh AZ the breast, the union extending
| from near the waist to the cheek. They were
! taken in charge by the midwife and placed in
| alcohol, where they have been since examined
| b. great many physicians. The mother
| claims that the manner in which the babies
| nave been disposed OF was without her con
sent and against her wishes, and brings action
! for the recovery OF the bodies.
A NEW and ingenious burglars ladder was
recently taken from a negro thief in Washing
ton. 1t was constructed of light but strong
rope and at one end had two sharp hooks,
| fitted TO fasten on window sill. These were
attached to an iron rod capable of being eX-
| tended 80 or 40 feet. The whole could be
| wrapped in a bundle about the size of an ordi-
nary umbrella. AS the apparatus had hook
| ed handle and was enclosed in case the
| owner could carry II along the streets without
! attracting attention, while in two minutes it
! cOu be turned into a rope ladder and secure
| ly fastened TO an unb0lted window giving a
| burglar cay means OF entrance to house.
! THE National Museum at ashingtOn con-
tains on exhibition collection illustrating
the fOods OF our native races Of redskins
More than 800 varieties are represented.
brought together mainly by Mai. J. W.
/ Powell and his subordinates in the BureAu of
! EthnOlOgy. These include pemmican and
| jerked deBh of several sorts, dried fish, mol
/ lusks, Darnacles and sea urchns, half a dozen
/ edible insects, erase seed of many kinds
! ac0rns and acorn -four seeds Of the inezauit
! mauzanita and several other species of cactus
! screw beans aud large diversity Of nuts ana
! berries, dried fruit aud cereals. kamass and
/ other roots and tubers out OF which bread"
| il made. with specimens OF "tuckahO" and
| other cakes, tho mani food products OF the
/ yucca and other agavea, and the alcoholic
| drink "pulque' made from It, besides many
I other savage c0mestibles.
| FRENCH PAPEBs deny that Leopold OF Bel
GUM would be At all touched by any disclos-
urcs that could be made in England. He ia
said to be a good bourgeois king who has been
latteriy attending very closely to the Exposi-
tiOn Universal at Anyers queer incident
Of this exposition has been furnished by bia
royal highncst KING Nasal OF Congo who ig
one OF the attractions. king Leopold had "A
long long interview with HID brother mon
area under palm tree AZ the exnosition
grOund. and invited his sable majesty and
his court to dinner. Massala has quite
job lot OF wives with him, and the whole
party were az drst for going 10 the
fed IN the African full dress. The horrl0ed
Lord Chamberlain OF the Belgian court
pOlntcd out tn them thar this would never do
The climate wa 800 uncertain and the risk
OF taking cold tOOgreat. Massala accordingly
with his suite OF lhCies came in a COMPOSITE
costume, which the French papers sav was
not 10 very checking as great many Of the
people about the Belgian court had hoped Tor
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