Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-19
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ros' lily" because the burros MUNICH around
1t without touching leaf.
AS THE BRONZE STATUE Of the youthful Bac-
chus, found in the Tiber, is being cleaned,
further beauties are developed. silver
adorned dladem is on the head, and the eyes
are OF silver, not enamel.
A WINE MERCHANT in Hamburg has be-
queathed 1000 thalers per annum, the interest
Of his capital to the baldest man in the city.
with the lroyiso that should s. man turn up
with no hair at all on his head, he is to take
the entire capital.
ANTI-vACCNATIoNIsTs rest one of their
chief arguments on the fact that calves have
tubercular consumptIon-G communicable
disease. Late researches by Strauss show
that the proportion of tuberculosis in calves
does not reach in 100000.
UNDER law granting q right of action
against the party who last furnished liquor to
an intoxicated person who may commit any
damage, a Lawrence (Mass.) man has recov-
cred $l5O forlu jures he sustained by having
u uTuhKen man 1all against MIN, but tine sA-
loon keeper, against whom the award was
gwen, has appealed the case.
The HEALTH OFFICER of New York de-
cided that the germs of cholera can be exter-
minated by what is known as the sulphur
process, and the rag importers who have hith-
erto been compelled to pay S. per ton TO the
steam Heating Company for disinfection VIII
now adopt the sulphur process, which will be
saving to them of about So 40 per ton.
NJ. vIGIER calls attention to the great pros
pective value in the arts of new preparation
called petrobaseline. 1t is a clear, liquid by
dro-earbon, formed from vaseline by depriv-
ing 1t of 2j per cent of paraffine. 1t Is in
soluble in water, and it does not grease, yet 1t
'lubrlies all bodies and preserves them from
oxidation" The writer calls it "a marvellous
agent, endowed with the principal properties
OF water. alcohol, glycerine, and the fixed
oils. 1t seems destined to have many uses,
and already perfumery has employed large
ly to advantage.
A NAUGATUcK CONN FARMER, finding his
field raIded, watched night after night for the
melon thief, but was unable to catch him, and
decided that he must come bare footed, 50 he
took several sharp scythes and placed them so
that person walking about would be likely
10 lind them without much effort. The next
morning one OF his neighbors, young man
who had previously been In robust health.
called the doctor to attend him for rheuma-
tlsm, and was confined to his bed for a long
time, but the depredations on the melon
patch were not continued.
THE itinerant eye doctor of India performs
his operations with a confident celebrity which
the more civilized ocuiist would call reckless
ness. AS he enters town he bawls, "Do you
want back your sight2-One rupee only"
When customer app airs he takes out his
penlSnife and performs the operation while
standing in the open square. Then he binds
up the wound, tells his patient to keep in the
dark Tor fortnight, and pockets his rupee.
writer, who describes this proceeding, says
that it is almost always successful. One of his
own servants. a woman OF so, was in this way
successfully operated upon for cataract.
SAYS A FOUNDER of New York restaurants:
San infallible recipe for destroying any fear
you may have of the waiter is contained in
four wOFls-look at his feet. / never saw
waiter in my life that had presentable pair
of petal eXtremities. He may be bland, suave,
clean shaver, clear eyed, clad in snowy linen,
and the master of superclllous manner. If
YOU feel that he is cOwing you at all, glance
at his feet You viii find that his trousers are
ragged and rolled up from the bottom; that
he wears an enormous PAIR of rusty shoes, and
that they are as h lily and rldgy as the boots
of the equity old uncle in AN old time comedy.
After this you may look him in the eye with
absolute fearlessness."
A SCOTCH CORRESPONDENT writes: "One OF
the stalkers IN the deer forest here has
young fox which he caught when quite cub,
and which he keeps chained to kennel near
his cottage. The other day he gave the crea-
ture dead crow, thinking he might like the
amusement of eating it; but Reg nard, after
careful consideration, thought the birds con
ditiOn rather called for decent burial, and.
therefore, he dug with his forepaws large
rnough hole in front of his kennel, and when
finished he put the bird into it, laying it on its
back, with It's claws in the air. The stalker
who was watching the animal, saw him then
scrape the loose earth over the bird so as TO
quite cover ibs body, but the legs still stuck
up in the air. These legs seemed to annoy
him good deal, and he tried TO press them
down with his nose. Failing in this, and
after evidently turning the matter over in his
mind, ne bit the legs OFF, laid them fiat beside
the bird, and then covered everything over
with EARTH"
JOHN SHERMAN will undoubtedly be one OF
three men of the country elected to 1--WE full
terms to the United States Senate. Thomas
H. Benton, OF Missouri, was the only man
who served thirty consecutive years In the
Senate. Henry b. Anthony was elected to
five full consecutive terms to the Senate by
Rhode Island, but he died soon after entering
his fifth term John Sherman first entered
the senate IN 1861 in place of Senator elect
SalmQpP r. Chase, who went into the Lincoln
Cabinet, and he was twice reelected. After
serving sixteen years, he resigned to enter
the HAYES Cabinet as Secretary of the Treas
ury. Stanley Matthews was elected 20 I'll
the vacancy, but lost the Legislature, and
George Ii. PendletOn succeeded to Sherman's
seat. In 1880 James A. Garfield was mem
Der of Congress. United States Senator-eect
and President elect. or course, he accepted
abe Presidency, and John Sherman was
elected to succeed Garfield as he had been
elected to succeed Chase in full term in 1861
THE great variety of colors and dyes OBJ
Valheu from common plants, growing so
abundantly almost everywhere, is apparently
known to but few persons except chemists.
The well-known hucklebePry. or blueberry,
when boiled down. with an addition OF a lit
tie alum and solution OF cOpperas, will de.
velop an excellent blue color; the same treat
ment with solution of nut gals produces a
clean dark brown tint, while with alum, YER
dlgris and sal amoniac vrrious shades of pur-
pie and red can be obtained. The fruit OF the
elder, 50 frequently used for colOring spirits
will also produce blue color when treated
with alum. The priyet, boiled with a solu-
ton Of salt, furnishes a seryiceable color and
the overripe berries yield a scarlet red The
seeds of the common burning bush "euony-
nous when treated with sal ammoniac. pro-
duces beautiful purple red. The bark Of
the currant bush, treated with a solut on OF
alum, pro iuces brown. Yellow ia Obtaina-
bic from the bark OF the apple tree, the box,
the ash. the buckthorn, the poplar, elm, etc.
when boiled in alter and treated with alum
lively green 10 furnished by the broom corn
A THIcK-sET WOMAN, OF medium height and
uncertain age, clad in dark -coored dress,
wearing light-colored straw hat and carry
ing bunch of flowers In her hand, boarded
the Harlem, MY, train which left the Grand
Central station at $50 p. m. Friday. The
cars were filled with the exception Of one.
which is reserved for the Normal College girls
who board the train at the Seyenfv-0fth
street station. The woman tried 20 get in the
empty car. and when she found the door
locked pounded violently on the window A
workman told her that the car was reseryed
and invited her to go into one OF the OtherA
She did 10, but found It filled. She glared at