Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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house says that simple way to ease heart
burn from smoking is to touch some Of the
ashes to the tongue.
THE German railway administration is
engaged in a series of tests on the lighting of
cars by incandescent electric lamps The
/ tests already made are said to be very salts
factory.
| THE Anarchist Leiske, condemned TO death
for the assassination of the Chief of Police of
Frankfort. is sentepced to be beheaded, then
! TO four years at hard labor. and then to ten
years surveillance by the police.
THOROUGHLY built locomotive ought to
run 10000 miles before it needs a complete
overhauling. There have been cases, how
everywhere one has made 10000 miles without
any repalrs, except that which the engineer
| himself had made.
1T IS said that all along the southern coast
OF Mexico people have a habit of inoculating
themselves with the virus of the rattlesna axe
odder, which novel vaccination renders them
absolutely safe for ever afterwards from the
bite OF sting of the deadliest reptile.
CoNNEcTIcUT leads IN longevity in this
country. The majority of very old people
are women. Among men, soldiers and farm
ers are the longest lived. A recentlnvestIga-
to0r near Hartford found 100 ministers who
| had pa sed the century limit, but he found
only thirty doctors, ten lawyers, and ten &C
tors.
THE policeman in the City Of Mexico is
usually strong, fine-looking young man.
wearing military uniform and openly dis
PLAYING six-shooter. His beat is in the mid
die OF the street, where he can see and be
seen, and. instead of yielding the right of
way TO vehicles, makes them turn out for
him.
The forecasts of the weather bureau of
France were verified last year in 80 cases out
of every 100, the percentage having risen
from 81 in 1881 to So in 1882 and 81 in 1888. Out
of lS9 alarm signals sent to the harbors 12S
were fully verified, q were fairly correct, 81
were Incorrect, and only two gales were not
fOreseen.
AT the school meeting at Muskegon, Mich,
last week, a taxpayer moved to abolish the
teaching Of Latin and German in the high
school, on the ground that they were dead
languages. On being asked why he had not
Included Greek IN the motion he explained
that he regarded it as identical with Latin.
Ills motion was lost.
A PAPER PIANO is the latest product Of Par
isian ingenuity. The color of the instrument
IL cream white, and the material is so tightly
compressed that it has hard surface and will
receive q perfect polish. The tone of the IN
Strument is said to be very sweet and its mu-
sic without the short, sharp sound that marks
every touch of the keys of the ordinary piano.
IT is remarkable fact that poisonous
snake cannot poison one of its own species.
1t can slightly poison other kinds of veno-
nous snakes and can kill quickly h rmless
ones. vigorous cobra can XII several dogs
or from dozen to twenty fowls before its
bite becomes harmless, and then its rapid Sc
cretlon OF virus makes its soon as dangerous
as ever.
A MEDICINAL sTATIsTICIAN In Boston took
the trouble to examine 3.726 prescriptions at a
drug store to see what remedies were the
most popular. Quinine took the lead by max
ing part OF 292 prescriptions; morphine came
next in l72; bromide OF potassium was in III !;
lodide of potassium In 1856, and muriate of iron
in 1874. The total number Of articles in the
pharmacopPla IS 1874, and 504 of them were
asked for in one form or other.
JOSEPH COOKS HOUSE on his Ticonderoga
farm has two towers, and piazzas on the first
and second stories, on the sides and ends, of
an aggregate length OF 200 feet. The house
rests in little valley, with Adirondack peaks
on either side Mr.. Cooks study is in one of
the towers, from which he can overlook his
entire farm. He rises at and devotes the
frat five hours TO study. The restOf the day he
devOtes to general experimenting of his place
and to his family. A bell on the house. which
is rung three times per day, can be heard all
over the neighb0rhOod. The bell is runE at
a. M, at noon. and at in the evening. At
the latter hour the family. with the hired
men. assemble on one of the piazzas for eve
ming prayer.
THE daughter of Judge Kelley writes
that the Prussian volksschulen are over
crowded and the teachers underpaid.
Pupils to the number of from so to 300 are
placed in charge of single teacher often a
boy not more than Is or IS years Of age. The
pay OF the teachers l1Eetohedly inadequate.
ployment in order 70 Get enough to live on
So unattractive is this profession that there is
q want OF teachers to fill the schools. In 1869
there were in Prussia 595 teachers and IA as
sistant's positions vacant There were school
districts where there had been no teachers for
Il generation. 1t is worth while to add that
In the year IN question $40 teachers and S22
assistants employed in the volksschulen were
BOYS.
DANNY BREEsE Saturday morning had
quite an interesting adventure near Wyoming
station, Wy. T. He was sitting in his engine
thinking that his run was nearly over and he
would soon be home. when suddenly an ami
NAL bounded out from the grass on one side OF
the track and ran directly in front OF the en-
gine, which was running perhaps 30 miles an
hour. On looking clOaely it was seen to be
magnificent specimen of the mountain lion,
now SELDOM seen so close to civilization. 1t
speeded down the centre OF the track ahead
of the engine. much as a dog would run
ahead of "A team. and although the engineer
expected to run it down easily il was too fleet
footed even for his iron steed, and on reach
ing the hollow near HuttOn's ranch it sprauq
from the iron pathway and disappeared
THERE is in the extreme north Of Utah
magnificent subterranean reservoir Of first
class soda water, bubblIng and effervescing
out Of The ground in such quantities that all
America might be supplied. In the extreme
south, )n the road TO Orderville, is an exquis-
tie circular iakelet that is ALWAYS inst fun to
the brin with water as clear aud as green as
beryl, and wherever the water Overfows the
lakes edge II In trusts the ground and the
grass and the fallen leaves upon It with n fine
coating of limestone, so that the brim is per
petually growing higher and higher with the
| imperceptlble but certain growth Of coral
reef, and in course of generations the lake
will become a cOncreted basin Between these
two points are scattered all over the country
springs and pools Of the strangest waters
There - one pool only foot deep and stu
ated aJ high altitude, that refuses to freeze
even IN the severest winters. There ia an
other That mysteriOuely Teplenishes itself
with hilf-grOwn front. One stream though
clear aserystal to the eye and tasteiess, stains
all the vegetation IL flows over deep brown.
warn spring near salt Lake CITY 10 the
strongest sulphur water IN the world A ..hot
spring. a few miles OF. with waters 40 hot
that you can hardly put your hand into them,
and as bright as diamonds, is one OF the most
remarkable combinations Of chemicals ever
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