Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Triple and bone dust, Oleomargarine and
artificial manures, tallOw and glue stock
such is the curious list OF productions turned
ont by one factory in Rhode Island.
FIVE noted German artists are engaged in
Chattanooga preparing grand panorama OF
the battle Of Chicamauga for a Philadelphia
company. They will receive $4,000 for then
work.
SENATOR FEB. VANCE says that the admin
istration is working the business Of removals
and appointments about as they used to make
soft soap in old times in North Carolina. The
art of making good soft soap consisted greatly
in the way in which il was stirred. The stir
ring should be slow and easy-nOt too fast aDC
not too hard-but then it must be kept going
He thinks every body will be satisfied when
the political soap Is made, although they may
get a little tired of waiting.
Mr.. TORTAT, an Episcopalian missionary al
Gettysburg, has resolved on raising memoir
al church, which shall not commemorate the
triumph of Federal arms, but be "a tribute to
Him who out of strife has brought reunion,
and in honor of those who on either side of the
fierce conflict attested the strength OF their
convictions by the surrender OF their lives.
The stones Will nearly all be inscribed with
the names of those who fell during the civil
war. OF these MANY have already been con-
tributed. Internally it will be finished with
encaust.c tiles, bearing also memorials Of the
brave.
4 GERMAN PAPER reports a singular exam
pic of what 1t regards as the sagacity OF
sharks. man fell overheard from German
ship. The place was known to be infested with
sharks, but to the astOnlshmcnt of the crew
not a single specimen appeared. The man
managed 10 keep ahOat and a life buoy was
thrown TO him. Unhapplly he missed IL,
whereupOn another member of the crew
Jumped in to the rescue. He had barely
reached the drowning man when a huge
shank rushed up u Ike a nash OF IL htnlng' anu
seizing both men in his jaws. dragged them
under. The shark evidently did not believe
that bird in hand is worth two in bush.
VISITORS to the petriled forest near COrizo,
on the Little Colorado, begin to see the signs
OF petrefaction hours before reaching the
wonder. The road at distance of ten miles
from COriz0 enters an immense basin, the
slope being nearly semt-circle, and this in
closed by high banks OF shale and white clay.
The pefrlfied stumps, limbs. and, in fact,
whole tr es. lie about on all sides: the action
OF the waters for hundreds of years has grad
ually washed away the high hills roundabout.
and the trees that once covered the high
table lands now lie in the valley beneath,
Immense trunks, some OF which will measure
over five feet IN diameter, are broken and
scattered over surface OF 300 acres.
LAWRENCE BARRETT is down upon middle
men in the theatrical business. These purely
speculative managers, who care nothing for
art, and who enter upon theatrical manage
ment for the sole purpose OF getting as great
a return for the money they invest as posi-
be are by him declared to lie the bane Of the
stage IN this country. "Ihey came into
existence simultaneously with trashy plays"
he says; "they have not the best interests OF
the theatre at heart, since they care not what
they produce so long as 1t draws money from
an minimizing public. They are not content,
either, to cOnfine their efforts to a reasonable
limit They all want to be NapOleons, and
a. IA n a
since in the course Of time they all meet their
Waterloo"
THEY'VE got a funny way OF catching fish
on Seneca Lake." said the travelling grocery
man, "and if there isn't any law to stop it,
should think there ought to be. They build
a circular Enclosure or docking out from the
shore. There are sliding or drop gates to the
Enclosure, ana when the fish trap is set these
gates are open. At regular intervals they
are closed by the fishermen, and the water is
Dumued out of the cribs by means OF a steam
engine When the water is ont the fisher
men tlke out the fish by the wagOnlOad. Bass,
lake trout, pike, and al kinds OF game fish
are taken in this way. The fish are peddled
around the country at prices that would
make Fulton Market fish dealer sick.
bought a l0-pound lake trout for 30 cents of
one Of these fish trappers. thousands OF them
are sold at the same price, and for less. too, II
the buyer wants TO haggle with the peddler"
THERE'S plain little red church in Albany,
~ in which the Quakers have worshiped
for more than half century. Formerly the
edIfice was filed every Sabbath by prim,
quiet congregation, who gathered from the
surrounding country. OF late years the MEM
bership has gradually decayed, until now
there is no pastor, but at IL O'Clock on sum
davs the door is unlocked and seven or eight
nersons enter and take seats. No word is
spoken usually, and after an hours quiet
meditation the oldest one present VIII arise
and stretch out his hand to the one sitting
nearest him. Hands are shaken all around,
and the congregation departs to repeat the
same thing the next Sunday. IL the spirit
moves any one to pray or speak he does so.
Four times year general meeting 10 held,
and then 20 or Is persons gather, and once or
twice a year preacher attends. And this Is
the life of the church.
A WEEK AGO, when farmer James Meany,
who lives FIVE miles from Pocono, Pa, on the
Balsam swamp road, went out to feed his
cattle one morning he discovered large doe
standing at the hay rick with the cows. She
sprang over the fence ard ran across the fields
to the woods. The next morning the doe was
eating with the cattle again, and with her
was a buck. When the farmer appeared they
sped away to the woods. The next morning