Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ships a
beauty" in "Pinafore," is declared by f. s
saltus to have appeared originally as a bufro
duet IN The Burgomaster of Saardan," writ
ten by DOnlzetu in 1897 Mr.. Saltus saws ne
has addressed note to Sir Arthur ask e him
II he had ever seen the score of Donzetti's
work, but has received no reply.
DURING the last fifty years Moham nedan-
ism has made great strides on the west coast
of Africa, whence it is striking back into the
interior, and the prediction is freely made
that ere long the Christian missionaries Will
have to reckon with II rather than with pa
ganlsm. he MandiugO merchants are the
most sedulOus and successful agents in dis
semlnalng the religion of the Prophet.
AN EFFORT is being made to restore to Ire
land its olden fame as an egg-producing
country. poultry farm has been established
IN County Meath andstocked with the Houdan
FOWL ana the Rouen duck and the cottagers in
the nelghborhoou have been encouraged to
raise poultry by the gift OF sittings OF eggs to
winch 10 attached the condition that one-half
Ihe ufOod Is TO be returned to the IA IN. The
experiment has so far worked admirably, and
a po ultry show has ju-t been held, ia which
nearly all he specimens we're Matched upon
this poultry farm In Meath.
NEVER, probably, since the Guards left Lon
don for Culloden, and Hogarth sketched them
as they marched under Highgate arch to
Finchley, have they had in England scene
made by the { lty of London Militia on their
departure from y ldershOt the other day. The
regiment was loo strong, nd of that tOta
over coo men, including many non commas
stoned officers, had deserted NJ ars for Bacchus
and were in condition of more or less de-
cded drunkenness. By all accounts the Spec
tacle was very extraordinary. The valiant
auXlllarles moved at will, AMI halted of their
own accord whenever liquor store was en- =
count cred.
The WHALE FISHERY on the coast of Maine
has come to an end. 1t not only proved an
Improbable industry, but the stencil from
the factories at Boothbay and Bristol was in
tolerable. The whales found OF the coast
We're plenty IN number. and were easily cap
tured with bomb lances. While the biubber
Of an Arctic whale generally two feet in
thickness, that of the hu np- backs, which is
the species found on the Maine coast, rarely,
Il ever, exceeds three inches. The yield of a
hump back Is some twenty to thirty barrels,
ana Is low grade oil. During the existence
OF the Industry nearly one hundred whales
have been shot. Three steamers were en-
pIoN ed ana nearly one hundred men. The
capt invested in steamers, factories, etc..
was $4,000.
THE process Of manufacturing nitrous oxide
gas has been greatly simpliied, and the pro-
duct thus derived is prob bly, as perfect as
can now be realized by chemical skill. Salts
OF ammonia are dissolved in nitric acid. and
I'M on being dried oil In a sand bath until it
becomes IKE sugar, Is called ammonium. A
quantity OF the latter is put into a retOft and
subjected to $40 degrees of heat unit. it throws
on Eas. winch passes first through a lar of
water then. successive y, through one Of sui
pn&te OF iron and one of caust'c potash, from
hlch III come forth as nitrous oxide. One
aud half pounds of ammonium W i'll make 100
gal ons of gas. For the purpose of Transport
tatlon thi~ quantity Of gas can be condensed
until 1t becomes liquiu capable of being con-
tanned IN an iron cylindrical jar inches IN
diameter and foot inches high-becoming
gas again when al owed to escape.
a DUEL between a lady and a gentleman
recently occurred at Warsaw. The latter had
offered the lady his hand, which she refused.
whereupon he spread abroad reports injurious
to her good name. Several gentlemen came
forward IN knlghtly manner and volun-
teered 10 avenge her by challenging her
calumni4tOr TO a duel. She replied tlat If a
duel was required in order to indicate her
honOr she conceived that she had a right ana
TILE to be one of the principals. The strong
minded damsel prided herself upon being a
good shot, and resolved to unIsh her tradu-
Ger, but not to lnjure HIM MORALLY. She sent
MIN challenge; he accepted it, and the duel
lists met in place Outside War aw. Happ "
both missed their aim. TIE Lady wan Ell to
hre second time; but her second assured
her mat full reparation had been made. Her
adversary was so moved by her masculine
galantry that he made her formal apology.
which she accepted.
SOME experiments lately made in an Eng
lish coal mine, relating to temperature and
moisture at different seasons, show some in
terestlng facts. The hydrometer was placed
as nearly as possible equIdlstant from roof.
sides and floor, and the highest and loves
temperatures observed were, in summer. IS
Ieg. " mln., and in winter S411 deg G2 min.
Inc greatest and sma lest amount OF moisture
In cubic foot OF air from the first working
place TO the return air was in summer, Ill
grains 30. ana in winter, s.55 grains 8l6 The
observations SHOW ed how quickly and readily
the air assumed the temperature Of the sur
rouna ing strata, which was. of cours. indie
pen ent OF surface Temperature and that the
uluei ence between the quantity of vapor in a
cubic foot OF air on the surface and in the re-
turn air was greater the lower the temDera
ture was on the surface The colder me air
the less moisture 1t contained, and its ab-orb-
Ing power for moisture, and conseauen ly its
dryi ne power, lncreas d the hotter il became
1T Is not generally known that there is
hardly any limit to the sg3 Of fish Prof.
Baird, of the Unit d States Fish Commission.
is the authority for the statement that there
Is authentic evidence TO show that earn have
attained an age of 200 year.. Prlf. Baird
also saws that here is tradition thar within
nIty years pike was living in Russia whose
&c dated back to the fifteenth century.
'Ihere IL nOthlng,' he saws .sto nrevpnt :,
nsh from living almost indefinitely as il has
no period OF MATURE Y, but grows with each
ear of life" Their are gold fish in mi. citv
fHot haNS uc-uu- Ell 10 one family Tor over hftV
years. They do not appear 10 be much larger
imam when tley we're originally placed IN the
40 hrlum. ana are every biz as lively they
were "hen young. There are so many Ash
stories IN clr;uatlon that the ordinary reader
has almost nade up his mind that fin and
truth do net go well together Probably
some persons " Ill doubt wha is said nv Prof
Baird about the age q fish can attain If
they do they are simply dOubting the hest
Known authority on FISH. The Russian Minis
ter says thai in the royal aquarium in ~
Petersburg there are fish to-day that have
been known oy the records TO have been in
them l 40 years. some of them are he saws
over I'VE tines as large as they were when
nrst captured. while others have not grown
an inch IN length. An atra he OF the Chinese
Legation cO'rubOrates this statenant n
saws there are sacred fish kept in some of the !
ralaces ~ Ina that are even older than anv |
Of those in Russia.
AN IMPORTANT damage suit was begun at
Galveston, Monday, IN the United States Cir |
cult Court by the widow OF William stewart
Gibbs, Of Whrton, Texas, against Eugene n.
Brooks prominent citizen OF Wharton. The |
plaintiff claims 100000 damages for the as
sassinatio her husband at the bands OF |
II ooks. Thh Is believed TO be the frat in /
stance m Texas where the United Statea |
Court mas Oten appealed 10 in sucn a case
bnth parties - the suit are veal by and |
nlRhly CONNECTED. Gibbs was killed last
April at Whagbn. His death was the result |
OF an old feud htweeu the Brooks and C;ibbs
lam liles' In tht sun mer OF 1854 this feud was
nc white neat, nd the entire communftv toor
sides in hehap oF ono fau,,t.- =. - - -