Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


THE congregation Of which DR.. Burchard
VS. the pastor has dissolved, and The property
is to be turned over to the New YORK Fresby
/ t4rg.
WooNsoCKET, r. l., with q 600 population.
claims t. be The largest town in the United
! - t"s an app .icatiOh for Cit Charter never
hayipg been made.
The word Iowa has heretofore been said to
mean Here ! rest" but recent writer in
/ the Iowa Historical Record" declares 1t sig
/ mites THE eepy people"
MADRID MAN has invented a cane that
/ contain q com lete set of Typographical and
Geographic ms rulnents, Photograph and a
lantern. II is intended for the use Of engl-
neers IN he army service.
THRoUGH several administrati ous the same
pla'e has been used for the printing of Vice
resIiential cords No name. except "Tne
Vice President" is used by the man ncCupY
inE h2 pos ton. 20 when new person comes
/ mo the Office he simply orders new cards
from the old plate
FROM reports filed in Berlin by German sea
captains it appears that the glacial Labrador
current is annually protruding further and
further south. crowdirg the Gulf stream out
OF IT'S WO ted Sprin course. SO great Is the
southwark syeep of tn heavy glacial c.rrent
that when the buoy attached 10 the broken
end OF he Atlantic cal c % is got adrift 10
W found 10 have travtIed nearly due south
distance Of o miles in - days n opposition
TO he Gu stream.
THE great seal of England consists of two
silver discs, closely fitting one to the other, IN
appearance not mu un lie two bright tin
sucepan ids without handles: and thes- &C.
M BON Sc 'erHted. WON'T reveal on tie inner
surface The one n dc p v-cut device OF the
Quocu enthroned. with represents tions OF the
rari'nS virtues arOupd her. and on the other
hff mag sly sltting on highly cansrsnued
horse. attended by page These two silver
d scs are, feet. he matriX hy means of
winch u formed that enormous wax seal com
manly known rs The great seal Of Eug'aud,
and which l. All Xed to acts OF he Sove eign
which " Is the roy al pleasure publicly | make
known.
on the Sandwich Islands an almost exclu-
sive subSti ute for wheat and potatoes is the
taro, dubious root somewhat larger than the
potato. grow ng in the mud and water. 1t is
the principal artic' e of Oh Of he natives 1t
rs eaten bal ed and boiled. but more generally
& IN he form Of mi, which is simply the
roofs boiled and m she'd into q ia paste. Ii
having become IN important rite 2 of diet.
veal ma u'9ctOrieS have heen estahlis he'd
for US product on. marufactOrv l4tplN es
tahlished produces taro flour. which the
vegetable ed and ground 1t Is rs d r
maknE biscuit and tarO axes as they are
called, AMI also FIR making poi and several
other Preparations
THE taste for or nges seems to be as de-
cldrdlY on the increase in France as the taste
for tea. Fifty years ago the annua consump-
tiou of oranges in the country barely reached
l5h00o00 ouuds weight Of the fruit It had
rlS-u to double that q anttv in 1852 to over
.O.O."ah unds n 1866. and lsst wear over
l0',eeo, 0oo puun S Of oranges were imported
Al ne me spain was almOst the sole source
OF suup'y; but both Italy ana Algeria now
send their quota of the fruit to the + ench
market the Algerian contribution being bv
Iar thr lar-er The expectation of oranges
from the lonles to the mo- her country,
Which only amounted to 100 pounds IN SS6
attained the large total of 100000 900 pounds in
1854.
BEFORE the Natural Gas Commission at
Pitt-hurg Mr.. George Hay. a chemist. has
testified that he tn nks n tura gas, until
liberated tron the pressure to which it is sub
Jected in the nth. exists IN a fluid or even
soitd stale. II vol*t izos when PEI forated by
the drlll or hen liberated from the pressure
winch oil imp ses on il. When. for INST nee
me OIL IN well is pumped out the solid or
H1id substance near ha- chance to expand
mao gas. Mr.. Hays theOrv of conduct ng the
g2s under high prrs~u e is to have the nine
carrie HIGH above ground. a. { Q y hich
escapes would then be dlssipated instead of
Collecting in cellars and exploding the mo-
ne lght Is introduced INTO it. The low
pressure pipes may safely be put under
ground.
ONE Of the sensational pictures of the
We at the London exhibition will be Mr.
Cflln Hunters Rapids Of Niagara" Last
autumn Mr. Hunter went out to Niagara and
annex d. pro tenn, small is eta mere table
Of rock-which stands out in the rushing
wafer above the fan and is separated bv a
yard or wo from Goat Is an There he set
up ms easel almost on a level with the wafer
ant painted TIE waves as hey tumb' Ell
against The sky amt take all kinds Of Fantastic
-hapes before falling into the gu + below.
The picture is very iarge. some twelve feet
q - ff..aI 1,- n
aud water. for disra hint at the oppos te
uank and the dark tr, es upon it s no more
Jaan a mint; and the samt may be said of
snhAen rock near he lower ge If the frame
the presence of which we divine bv the oilv
now and disc )loralOn IT the water above il
IT IS recorded of an eminent Anglo-Indian
brrlster that, after Wing narrowly watched
the demeanOr # the occupants of the treasu
~ ben Ia the House of Commons under
question fire at highly critical conjuncture
OF foreign polite he muttered to himself.
ana T. the ext eme surprise of his ext door
neighbor urdcr the gai cry: what y Ditv IL
Is t1nt he Deggars wear boots and stock
lng-W TO the inquirie- OF his FRIEND stancb
Mlnleterlall~t-as to his meaning he returned
evaslve answers, and 1t was only upon refer
enc to professional colleague Of the learned
gentleman's that the my-Ie, iOus utt.rspce
was explained. The eminent adyocste n
emed, was accustomed to attribute his
/ afFtlous success IN the cross examination
/ ~ utJlye win s6eS to practice OF inteutlv
tch'ng their naked feet. HIS exper ence
/ Was. dec AIRED, That tn WORKINGS of an in
/ VentlVe I'M glnaiion, tho On they might leave
/ no Tace Whatever on he trained counte-
/ nance Of the Orieutl ftbulist, were almost
/ ways to be detected in the twitchings of his
+ toes. ~
/ THE Arabian pqpcrs publ the full text
OF the manifesto which the Mahdi has issued
IN reference to his claims to the Calphate.
/ In this document the Mahdi saws: II testify
| b fore GOT and the Prophet that am draw.
/ ing the sword. not for the purpose OF found
/ ing an earthly empire for myself nor to
/ amas veal o. nor TO live in magnificent
/ palace nut IN or Ter thai ! may an ri ne u
/ am conrO alton u tue faithful, with n vte,g
/ 70 lhrlr Liberation from the slavery ,mnospd
| ON iLem los the die!s, aud in order thar tho
/ power OF te Mpslem9 IN ~ he res Ored in All
/ lts amer MT Spiendor am therefore resolvrd
,o carry my sword. first from Kh rtaum In
befoef. hence shall pro eed 10 Dorrofa.
caro- ana Alex indrit. restoring NJ Stem rnip
ana government in all tn, Sc G lies From
Egypt ] shall march 10 the land ~ tho
Prophet TO dr. We out the Turks. who,eg vetns
menl t- no better than that Of the in6deis
an / shall restore the land of Arabia vv,tb
MS W. sac "eu cities to Islam. Sons Of Tsmsu
> may denenb uuon my soon MAJ ing NV
aple@i ahce IN your midst with the sword Of
WHEN Mapleson engaged Nevada he agreed
to pay her $1,000 for every performance.
After he had appeared few times In Now
York Co NJ plcson informed her that She
d'd not take well with the public. and womb
have 10 he auft. Gnt ,tt 600.