Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

W AAbAlG lGAAlf OOusyNU VI llfC w bS pOuIGu usN
the Papal Golfers as Peters pence. Bishop
Nulty, OF Meath, presented $500.
AN epIcurean doctor says that in order to
obtain the full flavor of butter the bread upon
which 1t is spread should be introduced into
the mouth with the buttered surface down
ward.
THE knights of Labor are talking about es-
tablishiog pine foundry in Philipsburg, N.
j., and furniture factory in the same neigh
b0rhood. They already have a successful shoe
factory IN Easton, Pa.
THE 10000 surplus from the "Healtheries'
(London) Exhibition last year stands over to
cover any possible loss in she present Inven-
tors exhibition. As matters stand it looks
a. II the latter would pay even better than
the healtheries.
AN invention which would be of great SER
vice here has just been patented by Mr.. Cram
mond, of Belfast 1t shields the wheels Of
tram cars so rs to prevent the possibility of
injury to any person falling between them.
Though simple it fulGlls its purpose.
THE safest per cent. bond in the world APP
pears to be that Of the United States, which
sells for 1887. Then come those of the State
OF Connecticut, which sell for 1929, and next
thOss OF Great Britain, which sell for 100
Inc per cents OF France are only worth 81.
THE steam yacht Galatea, formerly owned
~ III 100 AldA tAuNNIbOus Dub uON bll6 property
Of W. Howard Bender of Hulett's Landing
on Lake George, has been successfully
launched upon the lake. She has been re-
named the MARY Anderson" and will go
into commission June Is.
IN a pigeon-shoOting match for $3.50 a side
and the championship of the world at Chi
cago few days ago, between Capt. A. H.
Bogardus and Capt. Andrew Meaders, OF
Ma -hvlle, Tenn, BOgardus won, shooting 4S
single and 80 double birds, against Meaders Al
single and Il double birds.
THE Australians are discussing the effect Of
the climate on the physique OF children born
and brought up in the colonies in comparison
with that of Europeans. A New South Wales
journal points out triumphantly that the
average height of the men composing the
volunteer contingent to the Soudan is over
five feet ten and One-fourth inches, which
exceeds the general average of English regi-
ments.
To test the enamel or timing Of cooking
vessels, etc, for lead, Nj. Fordoz recommends
drop Of strong nitric acid placed on the
enamel or timing, and evaporated to dryness
by gentle heat. The spot where the action of
the acld mas taken place is then wetted by q
drop OF solution Of potassium iodide-5 parts
iodide to 100 Of water-when the presence of
lead is at once shown by the formation of yell
low lead iOdide.
PAUL PINKHAM, Of Mllbrldge, Me-, blind
man, has followed the lobster business for ten
years. His boat is guided by his wife, but he
hauls his traps, takes out his Holsters and puts
on the bait as quickly as if he could see. He
has caught ton week for three weeks. Mr..
Flnkham makes his own traps and builds his
own boats. In the BURBERRY season he picks
berries for the local canning factory nearly
as fast as those who can see.
IN the Superior Court Of San Francisco lane
K. Flint brought action to compel a medical
board to grant her a certificate to practice
medicine upon a diploma from the Field Col
lege at st. Louis. The court held that the pc
titiOn must aver that the Board of Examiners
was guilty OF irregularity in its proceedings,
and this must be proved on trial. If the board
proceeded regularly and impartially the court
could not interfere with its decision.
DIR. WORMLEY, in a recent work, concludes
as the result of a most searching study OF the
bloods of forty different mammals, that ga
microscope may enable us to determine with
great certainty that blood is not of GER
tain animal, and is consistent with the blood
of man; but in no instance does it in itself
enable US to say that the blood is really hui
man or indicate from what particular species
OF animal it was derived" The statement
has high medico-legal Importance.
A CORRESPONDENT, writing on the subject
of black flags, says that the soi-dlsaat "Na-
tional party" in Ireland are probably so igno-
rant of Irish history, ETC., that they are not
aware of the fact that the black flags they
displayed ON several occasions during the
progress OF the Prince of Wales were in
reality most appropriate and expressive of
loyalty. Black was the color of the ROYAL
banners of ireland, and Cassanaus states
''that the arms OF Ireland was a king en-
throned In majesty IN a field Of sable"
THREE casks of ale, equal to six barrels,
burst at the Birmingham Conn., depot on
Ia 4 ~. l.
mill suddenly found themselves in clover They
abandoned their rolls and furnaces, and sub
sequently the mill had TO shutdown until their
appetites were appeased. The beverage was
scOOped up of The floor Some with pals got
under the building and caught it as it leaked
through the floor. Others got what remained
in the casks, as only the heads were forced
out 1t was a sight never before witnessed in
Birmingham, The ale was consigned to
Michael Flahertv, but the brewers are re-
sponsible for the loss.
A NATIONAL EXPRESS CoNPANY's messen
ger on arriving in Albany from Troy on Tues-
day discovered that three packages, contain
ing $4,000 in money, bonds, etc, were miss
ing. Reporting his lose at the Troy office
suspicion fell upon Ezra Herring, another ex-
press messenger. subsequently the pouch in
which the valuables had been placed was
found In closet under the express office.
Two officers were accordingly sent to Her
rings house, in Lansingburg. where the vain
able packages were found secreted behind
picture frames. Herring was arrested. lie
SAYS that the messenger left the packages on
a desk and that he could not Withstand the
temptation to take them.
The real colloquial acquisition Of any foreign
tongue 10 stated by DIR. Walshe, in a recent
work on the linguistic faculty.to be extrem ely
rare. He thinks 1t next TO impossible for a
man to learn his own and even one other lam
kuaRe go as to speak both Of them
with proper intonatiOn, infection, vocal
finally, 30 well as TO be able TO translate from
oil her language into the other with correct
phraseOlOgy, word cOllocaton and idlom an
epgrammatic article on the topics OF the daV
and serious dsqusiti0n on problem OF art
or literature. Apart from the mental quali-
tications which must be united In one indi-
vidual to enable him to really master a for
elen tongue, there are many OF a physical
character which evidently can be but very
rarely overcome.
A CORRESPONDENT writes from Lake View.
Ore, May %, AS follows: "A wonderful fish
is becoming numerous IN Goose Lake. II is
called by some the greenback fsh, for il is
certainly an innationist. IL mas the power 10
nm Itself with air until It becomes very much
like round ball. Ofovenings about snndoWp
they may be seen playing on the surface of
the water. They will swell up by taking In
the air. and the wind VIII blow them over the
lake. They reflect all the cOlors OF the rain
bow. and when sporting over the lake are a
grand sight, A hunter several weeKsagO saw