Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

fOkMEM.N IN CONNECTICUT iueFe were lew
unmarried men between the ages of Is andS5
years. NOW 1t appears the custom Is the re-
verse.
WHEN yoJ dine with the Viceroy of India
you present Yourself in the reception room In
your regulation swallow tail but before you go
TO dinner you change it for nice, cool, white
linen Jacket.
SEVEN hundred and eighteen miles of I'M
foreground wre have been laid by the Chicago
authorities. To these, it is said, the Western
Union company Will add 500 miles ana the
Baltimore ami Ohio company $50 miles.
AN uncommon form of strike is the quitting
OF pastoral work by the lower clergy of Bull
garia. They refuse to hold church services.
haptize or s0ldnnize marriages and burials.
Their grievance is the very worldly one OF
reduction Of wages, which are paid them by
the State.
IN a recent contest of telegraphers 800
words with punctuation marks, involving
2,36S movements, were sent by the successful
competitor IN le MINUTES and 30 seconds. inns
Is an average OF nearly four movements each
second, and IS probably the most rapid tel
cgraphing on record.
FOREST fires have been raging in different
parts Of Virginiafor over a week. The old
battlefelds of the Wilderness, Chancellors-
Vile, have been laid bare by the fire. Many
old shells exploded. Thousands Of acres of
county as many as 500 persons were required
to put down the flames. The loss cannot be
estimated.
AT recent party in Florence, given by
well known and popular people, lady, when
leaving, said TO friend as they went down
stairs: "Never was more bored in my life"
The host, who CHANGED to be just behind,
chimed in with 'Sorry to hear that. Count
ess; but" looking at his watch, lit is l2:45,
so that you might easily have gone at least
an hour ago"
A NEW ALpUNTARY substance, the seeds
of the Bolivian cotton tree, has attracted the
attention of the Academic DIES Sciences. 1t is
rich in ntrogenized substances. and contains
90 per cent of fJrine and of casein. NJ. SAGE
thought that 1our from the seed would be
very suitable for pastry and sweets. 1t is
Hksly to be used in sugar making as y sub
stitute for carbOnic acid
DURING the recent wsrlike excitement in
Panama and Colon prices of provisions went
to a high figure, and thousands of country
people rushed in to profit by the rice. This
sent prices down to what a Panama paper
years. Here is sample Of the ''low'' prices:
Chickens, so cents; turkeys. 81 so; ducks, 81;
potatoes, 81 20; eggs, Y cents.
A NEW ironclad, the Formidable, said to be
the most powerful vessel of the kind in the
French navy, was launched on April Is at
ROrient with complete success. The Formi-
dable has been building for six years, and is
slsler ship to the Admiral Baudin, which is
still in the Brest dockyard. 1t is $40 feet
long, SO feet wide, 40 feet high, and built of
steel and iron. 1t draws 1885 tons, and its
speed is reckoned at Is knots per hour.
THERE are, according to RoweH's New York
Directory, IA, AZ newspapers and periodicals
published in the United States and Canada.
OF these the United States has 1888, an aver
age OF one paper for every 1897 persons. In
1884 the total number of newspapers was less
by S23 than at present. and while the gain this
year is not so marked as III some previous
wears, 1t is still considerable. Kansas shows
the greatest increase, the number beng rs.
while Illinois follows with a gain of AZ. New
I Ork has Ore-third as many new papers as
has Pennsylvania.
A PITTSBURG WRITER makes the assertion
that in fifty years, or in perhaps half that
time, coal will not be carried from the mines
to its place of destination IN bu k. but onIy
its actual heat energy win be transported,
ana that by wire. process which, he SAYS,
can be accomplished by converting the coal
into heat, the heat into motion. and the mo-
ton into electricity; storage battery at Gin
cinnatl would tak e II up as fast as generated
at the mines, and from this battery il could
be taken AMI converted back into motion and
heat, or chan ed into light.
THE laco weed. which has appeared with
fr:ghtful rapidity on the Kansas range with
in the last is months, to the dismay of stock
mon, will doubtless disapper within the next
Is months. Two years ago this singular plant
had free swing in the PeXas Panhandle and
New Mexico, but now 1t has nearly disap-
peared IN those sections. The plant is q
tramp, and makes itself mighty disagreeable
to the localities where it effects temporary
Judgment. This plant does not have the ap-
pearance Oh guile, for chemists have failed to
detect any poisonous qualities therein, but it
Is an established TACT that horses and cattle
are made mad by eating it,
MOSES TAYLOR. a coiored crank, was ar
rested few days ago in Washington and
taken before the Police Court for yagrancv.
Taylor claimed that he resided in Virginia.
and the Judge took his PERSONAL bonds 10 re-
turn home. Friday night, about u O'Clock
word was sent to the Eighth precinct station
that man with shovel was near the outer
wall Of The Congressional cemetery. and the
officers went at once to the scene, surprising
there were grave robbers about. They found
IfVO or who was digging a hole with an old
broken shovel. At the station house Moses
claimed that he was unable to pay rent and
going TO dig a cave to live in In The
and was sent down for 90 days.
\ STANDARD ROSE, said to have been
planted by Charlemagne, is one Of the great
curi0sties of the ancient city OF HID sheim.
in Hanover. This rose bush is gnarled and
rugged, as becomes its extreme age. and IN
some places the principal stem is "a thicg IA
mans body. II grows at the eastern side of
the apse of the cathedral, and this year the
venerable and venerated object has put forth
several new and thrifty sh. OTIS. Fears have
been entertained for long time past that.
after It's life OF thousand years, the plant
was losing e vitality. But now il is taking
q new lease of life. and tn re is 10Y in Hide.
soeim. The gardener in charge is strictly
forbidden to give away a cutting, and lis
flowers. the very sweetest Of their Kind are
jealousy guarded from vandal hands.
IN no other city in the world does the prac-
tice Of giving customers something ito bootD
obtain to the extent that it does in Berlin.
This tax on merchants has grown heavier and
heavier under the strife of competition. until
now IL is sad TO be almost cheaper TO buv
than to 50 without. CORRECTION hOuses Give
Chinese ahaWls, hats and aRtChel-: grocers
bride cooks with gifts Of soap: butchers give
extra slices OF nam and dry goods dealers ave
dress patterns, valuable according as the
value OF the purchase IL much or little The
practice Is most general among bnoksellers
who give toys. dolls. games, pencils and the
like, aud recently M one Of The Berlin schools
the police mad actually 20 be called in. the
pup having gotten into violent quarrel
over some fire crack ers obtained by one OF
them as boot IN a bookstore purcha-e.
TIE central station Of The Municipal Flee
trio Light company is ia South Fifth street,
Brooklyn. The engine which furnishes the
power has high dy-wheel which runs in a