Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE English sparrows have disappeared
from several places in the neighborhood OF
Boston, and the suppostiOn is that they have
frozen to death. SO bllZZards are not an un
mitigated evil.
Mr.. ANAGNOs, OF a Boston kindergarten for
sightioss little folks. recently received $4,000
from good Samaritan who wore mask.
The Homeopathic Hospital of that city also
has Just received $4,000 from an unknown
friend of the unfortunate.
THE taxation of the defendants costs in the
action of the London Financial ASSOCIATION
against Kelk and others has inst been COM
pletcd in London. The trial lasted twenty
ulnc davs, and the defendants taxed costs
amount 10 nearly SljO,O0u, lncuding S5,o0O It
the taxing masters lee.
SIR ERASMUS WILSON states in Quain's new
Dictionary OF Medicine, page $40, that hhr
may turn white ia few hours from mental
disturbance, and that 40 is caused by the rapid
development of gaseous iluid within the sub
stance OF the hair Obscurlns the plgmentafy
/ grauuies-
SIMULTANEOUSLY with the reports from
Kansas about the snow blockade in that re-
gion came notes of alarm about the next
wheat crop. not of danger from frost, which
nips the prospective peach every mid winter,
but from the "Hcssian lv," which is now re
ported az work in 20 counties of that state.
A PARIS COMPANY is making white bricks
of a very handsome appearance from the pure
silica used in the manufacture of plate glass.
They are lighter in weight than clay bricks,
but are not porous, being subjected To ny e.
draulic pressure before the final baking pro
cess 10 which they are subjected. Changes OF
climate have no effect upon them
ASIAN FRANCISCO LABORER recently invest
cd IN a lottery ticket, and being advised that
TO insure good luck the ticket should be tied
to "a rabbits tail until the drawing took place,
nc Immediately proceeded to enlist the ser
vices Of p household pet. The scheme worked
TO "a charm--a prize was drawn, and a snug
sum at that. A family rush was made for the
hutch. tbs rabbit was there sure enough, tan
and an. but She ticket was gone. Bunny had
eaten tt.
DIR. DALLINGER, President of the Royal
Microscopical society," in London, lately de-
scribod tie action 81 some new and horrible
monsters. l-l0,G00th Of an inch long, by H.
50Oths OF an inch broad, with SIX long Aagel-
lalike WAip-lashes," bcgOtten in decOmpOsed
Goldfish. rs ''entranclng' when they p0unce
upon their prey. Their march IS like the
rhythmic movement Of peal OF bells" and
mo sight accessible TO the human eye can be
more fascinating or more beautiful than this
a CURIOUS and patient individual has
worked for an indefinite period on the follow
ing problem: When walking against heavy
ram ana some wind, will get more wet by
going fast or going slow! If l move rapidly l
certainly encounter more drops in given
space. but / arrive at my destination sooner.
If | could make the journey, say quarler OF a
mile. in one second, | would have to encOun-
ter all the rain b. tween the two points. Would
I encounter any more if | walked leisurely
over the ground:
Is reviewing a posthumOus work by Dr..
Rolleston of the British Museum, whose early
death was thought to be partly due to the
ia oHn al q nd
bodily mowers the Lancet relates the follow
ing: The Professor was returning home after
4 hard days work IN the museum, when a
stran ger accOsted him with, 'Ah, Prof. Roll
lesion, am glad to have met you, for find
have half an hour to spare, ana should be so
much Obliged if you would show me over the
muse You have found a spare half hour
interrupted ROllestOn; FOR coos SAFE give II
to "a e; l have been looking for 1t all day."
At the meeting of the Academy of Natural
Sciences Tuesday evening in Philadelphia,
DR.. Leidy, who was presiding, said twenty
five years ago he had shown fragment Of a
tooth which he SAID belonged to a rhinOcerOs,
this proving that such an animal had existed
at one time on the Western Continent: but he
was laughed at. \ year or so after com
plete skull was found, and now some one had
sent him the crown Of the last upper tooth Of
q similar beast found near Archer. Fla, in
the midst of a lot OF remains of horses, camels,
elephants and mastodons. The tooth showed
a species hitherto unknown, and had been
named by Prof. Leidy RhinOcerOs pTOterOs.
The remains found there showed that the
former climate of Florida had been like that
Of India.
Ry an almost unanimous vote the faculty of
Harvard University have adopted a new
scheme of entrance examinations, which will
make il possible for a student to receive his
,iiploma without ever having studied Greek.
Tie scheme, which viii 90 into eject IN 1881,
embraces two classes of studies-elementar
and advanced-and candidate for admission
TO the freshman class may, II ne chooses, pre-
sent himself for examination on all OF the ele-
mentary studies, with the exception OF eltheF
Greek or Latin, and on at least four advanced
studies with the same privilege as TO creek
and Latin. There are other interesting Iea-
lures in the new scheme, but the option IN re-
gard TO Greek will attract the most n0tlcei
and a sturdy Sight will undoubtedly be made
by the friends OF the classics to recover the
ground apparently lost by this action OF the
Harvard faculty.
IT isa curious fact that genuine form OF
Presidential election existed several hundred
years ago in Russia, the most rOotedly auto
cratic OF All civilized countries. The ''Setch"
or military Republic that existed among the
COssacks Of Little Russia IN the n1teenth and
sixteenth centuries was governed by fresl-
dent called the kOshevOl, whose election, now
ever. instead of occurring at stated intervals,
took place whenever his predecessor was
killed in battle or depOsed by the popular vote
IL he faile,. TO give satisfaction. The k0She-
vOi's election and Inauguration formed one
ceremony, the DETAILS of which were char
acteristlcaliy primitive. When the claims OF
two candidates appeared tOlerably equal the
question was decided by free fight be-
tween their respective parties. The Pres-
dent elect was presente with q heavy club as
a symbol OF power, and then raised upon
shield above the heads Of his followers in token
- Fis Official exaltatiOn. The inauguration
I hen completed by smearIng his face with