Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

FLOATING sAwMLLs are common on the
lower Mississippi. They pick up the drifting
logs turn them into lumber and sell the pro-
duct to the planters along the shore.
THE prediction is made that the clock of
the future will run perpetually, being so con-
structed thet the changes of temperature be-
tween night and day will wilma II up,
\ FoUNrAIN is to be erected in Back Bay
Park, Boston, 10 commemorate the early visit
of the Norsemen to this country. II will cost
sG,0Ol, and will BE- Ornamcnted with Morse
men. galeys AID bas reliefs.
SAN FRANCISCO gets SOC, 900 bananas month
from the Sandwich Islands. The number OF
bananas on a bunch averages ito, and they
bring in that city at wholesale 81 per bunch.
The sale is large, but to the retailer the profit
is small.
AMONG the deeds recOrdedin the Monmouth
County N. j. Clerks Office last week was
one from David Knott to John Newman, Sr.,
dated June 5, l766, for a consideration OF f6i,
s'prOcl am alton money" and also one from
William BrlutOn to John Newman. dated
sept. 10. l743. the consideration being TO
.'current money" Both Of these deeds are
for lots Of ground IN Shrewsbury township.
REcENTLY some woOd-c cutters in Wurtem-
berg came upon the remains OF what seems to
have been an extensive set OF farm buildings
OF The Roman period the upper story of which
was built in compartments. a suOterranean
heating chamber was also found; at least THIS
may be inferred from the rows OF short pill
lars on which flags rested, ornamented with
tiles. both nag and tiles being perforated wi n
holes TO allow the escape % heat to the cham
Der.
Ar Leicester, in England. ten persons, the
first batch Of 5000 to be prosecuted. were
charged the other day with noncompliance
with the vaccination acts. The defendants
pleaded guilty. and expressed their willing.
ness to pay any fine, but were determined not
to have the operation performed, because 1t
was useless for protection and very danger
Ous. Each parent was ordered to have the
operation performed in a month. These prose-
cutiOns are exciting a very bitter feeling.
STATISTICS which have just been published
show that cut OF I5e,GCO Germans who in the
course Of last year became liable to military
service. considerably less than IL per cent.
were illiteratc. OF the Wurtemberg recruits,
every ono, without exception, could both read
and write. and it was only IN the eastern
provinces and districts OF Prussia that any
thing approaching to an unsatisfactory edu-
catiOuat average was observed. " sewhere
the proportion of illiterates per 10000 recruits
ranged from two among the Badeners to seven
among the SaXOns, and eight among the Ba-
varlans.
WHEN Finland girl wishes to leave tho
country, she has to 60 first to her clergyman
and partakc CT the sacrament and procure a
letter of recommendation from him; next to
a physician, and obtain from him, after an
examination, certificate OF permission 70
remain absent a certain speclhed NUMBER OF
wears. This certificate costs her about SD. III
She returns prompt at the end OF the time
prescribed. all is we /; bat If not, her name Is
erased from the book in which 1t has been en-,
tered and she is considered as having violated
her contract with the government and loses
her citizenship forever.
A NEW swindling dodge has lust come to
light in London. A solid-looking man rented
a handsome place in fashionable neighbour
hood. Then he called on the vicar of the
parish All Saints Noting Hill. and offered to
place q beautiful and costly stained glass VIM
dow IN the church. His offer was gratefully
accepted. and the rector introduced him 10
the best people. This made it easy for him to
run up heavy bills with every tradesman IN
the parish. Finally he disappeared, leaving
his unpaid bills behind him. The firm TO
whom be gave the order Tor the window gen.
erOusly presented il to the church.
DE. HUGHES gives a curious instance OF the
beneficial effects which brain excitement may
sometimes have in warding of disease. He
saws that "during the week OF the great ST.
I,ouis fire. in ls49, the ravages of cholera,
which up to that event had reached a NOR
IA itv Of over 200 day out of population OF
20 600 almost entirely ceased, so stimulating
and fnVigOrating was the excitement Of that
week 10 the brains and nervous systems OF the
fscnnIp and the psychical eXaltatlOn lnseDara-
bic from the sudden necessity thrown upon go
many business men for repairing the sudden
damage and lie establishing their abruptly
interrupted business"
IL summer the reindeer OF Lapland reed
upon grass, and give excellent milk; in win
ter they feed upon moss, which they scratch
up under great depths OF snow with marvel
Gus instinct. When winter draws near, great
numbers are killed, and the flesh is dried and
smoked to provide food when the ground Ia
covered with snow, and but few birds, like
ptarmigan, partridges, ana caper- cailzie, are
met with. The flesh Is very nutritious. and
after a course OF grass feeding it is surprising
how soon the reindeer become fat and plump.
The skin makes the Lapp's dresses ana boots.
the sinews their thread and fishing lines, and
the horns their spoons and domestic utensils.
THE people Of Paterson n j., were horri-
fed sunday morning when they read paper
posted on the door OF the Office OF the Bankers
and Merchants Telegraph Company in that
city. The paper announced that the landlord
had levied on the effects of the company in
the office to secure the payment OF two
months rent. The document on the door OF
the Office indicated also that among other ar
ticles attached was "a dead man." People
peered into the windows of the Office. but no
corpse was to be seen. The police could not
clear mp the mystery, and Coroner was
about to be sent for when the Superintendent
of the New York and New Jersey Telephone
Company explained that "dead man." IN