Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

way of the valley Of the Euphrates.
GLUE is rendered waterproof by first soak
! ing IL in water until it becomes soft. and then
melting it. with gentle heat, in linseed oil.
SOME OF the medical papers say that greas
deal OF quiet tipping, especially among
women, is carried on by means OF the quasi
medicament called beef, iron and wine."
An INTERESTING DISCOVERY has been made
uring the excavations of the Athens Aero
polls. A tablet was dug up on which was
painted warrior. with helmet, shield, and
spar. Near the figure WIS an archaic in
scription. ArchaOlogists fix theldate of the
fifth century before Christ.
TIE SHAH is a great sportsman, and it is
partly to this that he owes his continued ro-
bust health after a reign OF forty years. In
his travels the Shah has been known to be fol-
loved by tram OF attendants numbering
% OO0 persons. msn's rank in Persia is
largely reckOned by tho SIZE Of his escort.
THR SLAUGHTER of birds in the name OF
fashion continues. Al a single dealers in
London there we're sold between December,
1854 and April, 1885, no less han 6.s2S birds Of
! paradise, A,974 lmpeyan pheasants. Al. 464
/ West indian and Brazil ian b rds and $50. $50
! East lad an birds OF various kinds. One wO
man Of fashion purchased the skins OF LOCO
1 humming birds FOR a ball dress. Another had
dress tr nmed with the skins of 500 cana
/ ries. ! he taste that demands such adOrn-
/ mepts is a savage one. akin to that which
! revels in the spectacle OF bull fight.
! CONGRESSMAN DINGLEY, of Maine, favors
/ the use Of granite in the construction Of the
( government building at Pittsburg lie went
INTO Assistant Secretary Fairchild's office the
other day. just as Congressman Cobb. of In
diana, was telling the Assistant Secretary
! that Indiana limestone was inst the thing for
/ the Pltlsburg structure. The Assistant Sec
rotary turned to Dingley and said: My
/ friend Cobb tells me that limestone is just as
| durable as granite for building purposes"
We'll" said Dingley. "a man who would put
/ up Limestone building in Pittsburg would
/ pat up a snow house in sheol."
IT'S SAID that large part of the popcorn
used IN the world comes from Bloomington,
/ H., where the farmers wives and children
used to consider it their perauisIte. In 1884 the
crop was 80 large that the price fell to .
cents a pound. and then experiments were
! made TO use it as a food rather than confec-
/ ton. \ farmer who fed his cows with pop
/ corn says they gave more milk than ever be-
! fore. others made "mush" of 10. and found
| 1t more palatable and nourishing than the
ordinary article. Then the chemists ana
/ lived 1t and declared il to contain more
! a buminoids than most of the other cereals; so
/ popcorn bids fair to become recognized diet.
a SINGULAR SORT of manure for potato
/ fields has been introduced on a POmeranian
model farm. Hitherto herrings and potatoes
! have been known as a palatable dish ip family
/ households. The manager of the farm in
! question has hit upon the idea OF blending
them from the start, by planting his seed
/ potatoes with a herring placed in every heap,
and with so decided a success as to cause him
to increase the area thus planted from 20 acres
last year to GO in the present one. The eX-
! pen~e he calculates at ABOUT marks per acre,
which is cheaper than the cost Of any other
| kind of manure, ana amply repays the out
lay. OF course it can only be employed near
the sea coast.
As to the silver wedding and golden we'd
ding, most of us know about those anniversa-
ries; but here now is something new in the
same pleasing line-a bit about crown
diamond wedding. The crown-dismond an
| nivers8rv is the sixty-6fth and such an annt-
versary was observed a short time ago at Mae
buell., in the island of Alsen. Having completed
! their sixty fifth year of Weclock, Claus Jacob
sen and his venerable spouse were solemnly
| blessed by the parson OF the parish, and went
| for the fifth time in their long welded life
| through the form OF mutual tToth- Dlightlng
before the altar at which they had for the
! first time been united before the battle of
| Waterloo was fought. The united age of the
couple is l7S years.
The HISTORY of the first Burmese war is
curiously rendered in the chronicles of the
Burmese kings. These authorities declare
that some sixty years ago white strangers
| from the West ventured to dispute with the
| Lord of the Golden Palace. They came IN
! ships, capturing Ran Don and Prone; and,
| because the Lord OF the Golden Palace, in his
piOus adherence OF taking life. made DO prep
! aratiOn to oppose them, they reached Wanda
| boo. BY then, however. they had spent vast
sums of treasure, and their resources were
( exhausted, leaving them in great distress.
/ But the Burmese sovereign, in answer TO their
| prayers, mercifuly helped them. giving them
money for their return, and only ordering
| them to leave the country. Why they did not
comply with the gracious request the vera
clous chronicler saith not.
"On the morning Dec. IS. workman
was employed repairing the ceiling of
the dining hall Of the West London District
Schools, when he noticed man concealed be-
tween the ceiling and the roof. On ascending
to the loft the m mayer discovered several
| parcels OF bread, butter and dripping, and
I a dark lantern, together with some old and
filthy clothes, upon which the prisoner had
been in the habit OF slee,lng. The loft was
not visited more than twice a year. The
! prisoner stated that he had lived in the loft
for about five years. In the daytime he re-
NAMED concealed, but at night he visited the
lower parts Of the building, picking up All the
odds and ends Of food that he could i0d. He
loft at sOuthall schools, and afterwards he
! repaired TO Ashford. Prisoner was sentenced
to three months hard labor.
JAMES WILDWOOD, farmer near Melville,
Tenn. had on Tuesday last, singular expo
rience playing patience with and trying to
stare a bear out OF oOuntenance, escaping
narrowly with hs own life. He had gone
out bear hunting with couple of dogs. He
! soon fonnd game, and in the fight that re-.
| suited they were so badly used up that they
had no more stomach for the fray. At this
Juncture MiwoOd came on the scene. The
| bear, a big fellow. set up on his haunchos
| and the hunter drew bead on him. The gun
! snapped and a second trial resulted the same
way. With the bear only a few feet awav
Milwood removed the lock from his gun, re-
placed it, and still il would not FIRE. The only
thing then to do was to take a tree or run.
As neither was practicable the man stood
facing the bear until twilight fell, when
brun, evidently tired OF the game OF freeze
out, returned 10 his lair in disgust.
TIE science Of gunnery is hereafter TO be a
special study in the navy, both for officers and
men. The seaman gunner will no longer be a
petty officer OF the vessel, although all petty
officers will have to be qualified seaman gum
ners. The gunner Of the navy VIII be termed
skill cd seaman, and there will be many more
OF them than there are &c present and at a
reduced compensation. The two training
schools OF the navy, one at Newport ana the
other in this city, will be looked TO for A sun
ply OF men fully qualified 10 handle modern
guns. All graduates OF those schools who de-
Nelop -pecial ability In guDnery will have in
dorsed upon their papers, "dualihed seaman
gunners," and from number of 40
80 qualified Will be selected All
gunners for vessels fitting out for sea
and all petty officers Of the future. This plan
has been suggested by Commodore Schley and