Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IHE sparrow mas not only lost caste abroad,
out ne Is losing it at home The country
papers of Englanl are filed with a discussion
Dy farmers as TO DE best methods for his ex-
termination.
A MORMON COLONY hes formed settlement
at Corrallitas, in Mexico, and discovered a
silver mine where 5000 Of silver is said to
be IN sight. If tie expectations concerning
al Sills silver sn!uld prove true, Mormonism
WIN nave no dl1culty In obtaining recruits
Tor this colony.
The BOARD OF STATE EQUALIZATION has
nXed the equallzei value of the real and per
sonal property inNew York county at g.. Alb
$1,000, which sSll2, l4s,s90 more than the
assessed value. Kings county they fixed
the equallzed vaue at $309, 23s, $40, which is
sIS'4S2'5O6 less thin the assessed value.
AT recent sal in London Of an ornitho-
logical colectionthe high price of 81 guineas
was paid for a gle specimen of duck. but
u was the lttlebuffie head, or butter ball,
Iamlllar TO Amelcan sportsmen, whch had
wandered as fai north as Norfolk Roads.
rms nlrd Is rarel seen in Europe.
The sentence thief in the Northamp-
ton, Mass, Houseof Correction expired last
Monday and he WIS released. On his way out
ne entered prlsQer's cell and stole two hair
chalhs' Inc tibet was quickly discovered,
.he eA-conVlct rarrested and Immediately
- 49, NAAA 9OlhChOh W q now lCflu.
A BUENos AYRs paper contained an an
nouncement, signd by eight physicians, that
connection by telephone will be made on APP
phcatlon by any ntlents requiring medical
attendance at nigh. The fee for visit after
II 2. m. would seen somewhat large in our
latltude-$30-but not thought to be ex-
Orbitant there.
SO DETEsrABLE is he French language to
the inhabitants Of Iagdeburg and Tiist,
Germany, that certaa circles in those places
nave formed a societ agreeing to pay a fine
OF a cent every time they are found using a
french word that light easily have been
Sailors Society.
Or. FoTHERGTLL, greatly respected Eng
llsn authority on dyspepsia, speaks strongly in
IaVor OF milk puddigs and stewed fruits for
the dyspeptic, the blIous and the equity. He
says: sugar Is undoubtedly Objectionable to
many, but 1T Is by u means necessary to add
sugar to stewed frut. If the acidity be neu-
tralized by little f-carbonate of soda, the
natural sweetness oithe fruit will be brought
out ana the DISH be made more agreeable than
though altlhcially- made sugar were added"
SPoRTsMEN should be careful not to eat of
meat from animals rhlch have been much
tortured by dogs durig the death agony. DIR.
Detmars Of the Natlonl Society of Microsco-
plsts, In examining samples of the meat the
eating of which had Killed several persons in
Momence, H. foundchanges which were
clearly attributable to frenzied condition of
the animals from whih 1t was taken. The
DOCTORS opinions upn the subject were
formed after careful m crOscopical examina-
tiOn Oh nundrecs OF samples of meat from cat
tie slaughtered IN Chicago while they were
In frenzled coalition from fright.
IN 1885 the plato was first brought into
Germany. Thefrst seed potatoes in Saxony
VIC O ~, n A. =
Hesse to the Elctor of SaxOny. In l647 they
were grown asexotics in gardens at Leipzig.
Swedish sOldies brought them into western
germany aO0u the conclusion Of the 80 years
war. In l7l7 hey were relntroduced into
oaXony from RADIANT, and within rs years
they began to e regularly cultivated, their
use being uchieveloped in the famine pc
rlod OF l1lO-1l. In the year 1882 over 000,-
GOO acres were gten up to the cultivation of
potatoes IN Germany. the produce amounting
to 100000 tons.
AN INTEREsTIN CALCUL ALTON of the force
of the explosion q the 1000 pounds of dyna-
mite and rackarGk has been made. Accord
ing to this, had the power of the charge at
Flood Rock ben concentrated, it would have
lifted 2,3O4, 600 pounds of dead weight one foot
high, and haC it been exploded in the open
air IL would lave undoubtedly killed every
person on Manhattan island as well IS Tor
miles around. As 1t was, the force was ex-
HCLhCo ~ inc TUCK. anu IL must
have crushed ts lower tunnels into pieces as
small as marble. According to the sam, es-
innate, l.2S4, QUO ubic feet of gas were liner
ated by the explosion.
AMONG the AUDIENCE at stratford on Avn
on the occasion ofAIiss Mary Anderson's pb-
duction there of -As You Like IT. was M.
Fox, London artlt in hair. of much repuh
IN theatrical circlel 1t was he who provided
the leading Wigs fol her company. After the
performance, we ar told, Mr.. Fox fell a-talk-
ing with one of TIN actors, who, full of the
triumph OF the hour could not help turning
toward the church where the dramatist sieeps
and remarklng, mlsingly: How pleased
Shakespeare would have been if he could
nave seen our perArmance." "Ah," sighed
Mr.. Fox, 'how prod he would have been If
ne coald nave sen how the piece was
wigged."
The VILLAGE Of iinussinsk, in Russia, has
been troubled by te pest among its cows, and
the conscrlpJ fatafs Of the Community held
meeting to decldl upon the best means of
putting stop to tP calamity. 1t was agreed
that resort should had to the old 5 4yOpic
custom OF round piwing. A Russian paper
gives an account olthe process. Seven vir-
gins, Two oid wOmd, and young bachelor of
@ood character ardeected. AT midnight a
procession OF Jhe pfsants IS formed, led by
me TWO OLD women hrrying pictures Of saints.
In the rear OF tf procession the seven
maluens are harnssed to pillow, which is
GUIDED oy the youn Imam. A light furrow is
plowed around the lllage; and thereby, ac-
cOrulng 70 the Deileio1 the local agricultur-
ISIS, narTler Is foVided against the evil
spIrie. ne mas nopower TO pass over the
mystical furrow.
THERE happenedlt the Princess. in Lon.
uon' recently mis- p which has moral for
managers generall1 An elderly gentleman
ana MS TWO sons wf leaving the house after
the performance W p, the gas being sharply
turned on before { \ audience had cleared
9ut, there was gef pal scramble in the dark.
me uhlucky patrd OF the drama, cropping
ms way; messed MS poting. fell down stairs,
anu broke MS arm | two places. While he
lay on tne ground I attempt was made to
rOD MIN DY some te1 Tvs passing out, but his \
sons mere laus, oetePed him with such spirit
that the thleVes Noi batled. not. however
before tne eldest boyd been so roughly han
uleu III the sIuIle IN ne mad 10 be removed
WIN VIII. nls taener 70 4aring Cross hospital,
"heIe JOIN AIe sun pig the father in rather
- serious ConullondIhe Gaze will figure
shortly IN court OF W. in which case some
mug Is certain 70 ne fard about the incon-
s, ,,, e. hasIe Win Ich the lights are put
out AZ the conclusion dhe play.
WHEN, in February, W. saws Ben. Perlav
foore' french papers Vre receivedat Wash
ington which containecn account Of the cir
cumstances under who Monsieur Merce,r
had visited Richmond h,year previous. there
was ageneral expresswnbf disapprobatlon nv |
the radical Republicans nth Mr.. Seward the !
-ecretlry OF State, VIII had charged the |
Frenct envoy TO say At lichmond "that for |
himself he should with Measure end hinself 1
again ID the Senate irthe presence OF an those /
whom DE South thought II 10 send thither.| /
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