Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

t9TlOub cohNictS Oh uuLy.
THE atmosphere has been so clear since the
storm of last Monday and Tuesday thai lights
IN the city of Portland have been visible at
the summit OF Mount Washington, 20 miles
away. SailbOats have also been seen on
SebagO lake, 80 miles away.
AFARMER near Middletown, n Y, who
was losing his potatoes by parties digging
them up ats ight. resolved to watch his patch.
lie and friend, armed with guns, took pO-
sition near the patch, but both fell asleep,
and, upon awaking, found that two rows OF
potatoes had been dug and their guns were
stolen.
The proprietor OF a weaving mill, near
Manchester, noticing that the ventilation was
imperfect, put in fan worked by steam
power, and was staggered when his operatives
demanded an increase of wages, on the ground
that in the better air their appetlses grew
heartier, and hence 1t cost them more to live
than when the ventilation was poor. A COM
promise has been arrived at, under which the
obnoxious fan is only run part of the time.
In the northern part of Nebraska an Irish
colony, called jackson, has been settled for
twenty mine years, six of the colonists of
which are worth from $4,000 to 500 600 each
They wereYery poor when they arrived there,
and were so discouraged by the desoiate ap-
pearance OF the prairie and the loneliness and
desolatiOn, which affected the Irish 50 much
have left. Fortunately they had nos 1ney
had come up by steamers from the Southern
states, where they had been digging bitches.
A GERMAN MANUF ACToRY is turning ont
over a ton a day of glucose, made from old
linen rags. These rags, which are composed
Of hard vegetable ibres. are treated with sui
phuric ACID. which converts them into dex.
trlne, anu thence INTO glucose. TIC pr7coss
is said to be very eheaD one, snd the glucose
chemically Identical with grape sugar. A
strong cutlery, however. has risen against 1t,
and the enterprise is understood TO be in dan
ger Of being lnterfered with by the German
government.
DUDE at the beach, at Atlantic City, re-
Gently attempted, in his languid way, to make
sport at the expense of several young lady
walters ENJOYING a bath At length the girls
became provoked. and, selling his dudeship.
all arrayed in purple and tine linen, they
dragged him struggling to the water and
plunged him beneath Ihe waves. therebyre-
moving all his freshn@s. c. E. Perry is
authority for the statement that the merri-
ment which ensued prOveda panacea for sew
eral confirmed cases of dysIepsia.
AN Offering sent to a recent christening in
New York was large cradle. made entirely
of the rarest flowers in the fora of canoe.
The rockers and stand were OF deep PINK
Rothschid roses, with clusters Of arget- me-
nOts placed here and there. The tanoe was
white English snowdrops. A curtain of the
lilies of the valley caught back by single
cluster of vlolets and a little yellow Dlantet OF
crocuses completed this beautiful oherpg,
The baby W as placed in 1t after the ceremony
THE huge bearskin caps which were intro.
duced to the Boston military over forty
years ago are seldom seen nowadays. They
were intended for grenadiers, and looked top
heavy for men of small frames. They be-
Il nf
corps is composed of large men. They were
not as heavy as they appeared, being con
structed of an open, willow worked body,
with a light covering of fur, making them
cool and well ventilated. They were good
for nothing except for use IN marching, being
unfit for employment at drill.
THE orangeries and orchards of New South
Wales are among It's sights, and in the neigh
borhood of Sydney and Port jackson there
are beautiful groves of orange trees, which
extend in some places down TO the waters
edge. Individual settlers have groves which
yield as many as 10000 oranges per annum
If a peach stone is thrown in almost any part
of Australia where there is u little moisture, q
tree will spring mp, which In few years viii
yield handsomely. a weil-known bOtan iHI
used formerly TO carry a small bag OF peach
stones to plant in suitable places, and many q
wandering settler has blessed him since.
MI. KBRGovATz, chemist of BFest, has
remains of humanity which he consider.
preferable in every way both to inhumatior
and cremat ion. His system is an aOtiseptiC
| one, of simpler character and much less eX-
| pensive than the old process. All that is nee
! essnFy is to rub the body over with eoutiOr
| of plumbagine and then plunge 1t into cop
| per bath. But copper being rather an eKpen-
| sive mineral, ENC may be substituted FOL
\ il in the case of the poor. On the other hand
persons of luxurious tastes may use silver OF
/ - a.. -
! the discOverer has tried his system eleven
| times on the human subject, and on a hun.
| bred dead animals, and ne has never once
| known it to fail. Among the manifold adj
/ vantages which would result from the adOp-
| ton OF this system, NJ. Kergovatz mentions
one which, if generally avaied Of, will strike
a death blow at one of the fine arts. BY sim
ply pFolonging the duration Of the bath the
| body is rendered as hard ana as indestructi.
BILE as granite, and thus the country il pro
/ vided with ready made statues of its great
men,"
GEN. WARREN P. EDGARToN, now in Bos.
ton, Mass, sends the following in a letter re-
Gently received by one of his st. Louis friends
"Marshfeid, the home of Daniel Webster, Ii
| only few miles below North sctuate beach
where spend my nights and Sundays during
4 the heated term. Last Sunday visited that
now historical spot in the boat of an ancient
| fisherman who frequently accompanied the
| great commoner' on his hshing excur-
| slons. The old mariner was full Of
anecdotes and "reminiscences of Web.
| 5ter, and related one which wat
new to me. 1t appears that many years age
| the fishermen sailing from Marshheld harboI
were divided in opinion regarding the pro-
! priety OF fishing on Sunday. On one of his
| trips with Webster our old fisherman deter.
mined TO get the opinion of that Hlustriout
statesman on the vexed question, and inter
rogated him as follows: Mr. Webster, do you
| think 1t right and proper to fish on SundayA?
| The reply was worthy OF the great diplOm az
| who negotiated the famous 'Ashburton trea-
| ty.' In my opinion grayely remarked Mr.
| Webster, the proper time to fish is when the
fish bite the most freely"
Since the first OF the month excavations
have been begun at louisiana avenue and De.
lachaice-street, New Orleans, intended for the
reception OF the gas holders Of the New bfu.
nicipal Gas Company. The turning up Of the
earth was followed by sickness 10 the neigh.
| bOrhOOd. and the board Of health cSused an
! investigation 20 be made. IL was apcertained
| that two excavations are being made each
| about 1876 feet IN circumference aud about d
feet deep The contractor states he has had
! about 81 men rs work since Aug. 3. Siuce that
time one gangOf 10 mon has experienced con-
| siderable sickness, % Of the labOrers having
1 been taken sick with vomiting puFginR and
| feYefe. Another force Of about che same
! number has also experienced sickness but not
| 10 the same extent. II was aseertained that
| years ago the accumniaung excreta from
/ slaughter houses and cattle yards was thrown
| into the batture ~ this point The excaVa-
| ton. rs TAR as 10 has extended. does not eXpnee
| river sand, but dark, offensive matter The
1 board OF health, regarding the making Of eX-