Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AMERICAN SHOE MANUFACTURERS are max
/ ing rapid inrOads into the shoe market of
/ Cuba, fact which is causing shoe manufac-
/ turerssin Spain and the Balearic Islands con-
! siderable uneasiness.
! THE projected new bridge over the Tiber is
! to be commenced Immediately. 1t will span
/ the river at the point known as the OrsO,
| where the ancient inn OF that name is still
/ standing 1t was at this house that Montaigne
/ lodged when he was in Rome.
/ PANFA is the Chinese name for the shay
| ings of a species of elm, fragments of which,
! soaked in warm water one night, produce
! vegetable mucilage or bandoline as useful for
/ dressing, curing and crimping the hair of the
/ Cnlnese beauty rs Is the ounce seed.
A WATER FAMINE Is reported in Singapore,
and many of the public buildings and facto-
| ries have been cut of from the city supply.
| Private houses are allowed to take water
| from the hydraDts only from to 10 O'Clock in
! the morning and until in the evening.
! GOV. HILL, of New York, granted his first
! pardon to a widow with six children who had
! been sentenced to five years imprisonment
! order from 81 so to SO so. The Auburn papers
! have now started fund to buy the widow a
! COW.
! A FARMER of Peacock, n. j., while plough
! ing recently, lost his watch out OF his pocket
! and turned it under" He did not miss it
] unbll nlgut, ana next morning ne commenced
| ploughlng the ground over again, and soon
! ploughed 1t up. The watch had been under
/ the ground eighteen hours, and was still run
| ming.
DIR. LABORDE reports some recent observa-
tions upon the heads of decapitated persons.
He found the reflex action of the pupil to exist
| for twenty eight minutes after the neck was
| fully severed and even after this time had
! elapsed slight eXcitatiOn Of the membran-.
! GUS lining of the skull produced contractions
| OF the eyelids and some of the muscles of the
! jaw.
AN attempt is to be made in Brooklyn to in
duce the Chinese Sunday scholars to save
their money for purposes of practical charity.
! They are enthusiastic entertainers, give fire.
quent parties to their teachers and to each
! other at which 5000 or $3.50 will be spent for
! delcacles, and viii expend perhaps $1,000 on
! their annual steamboat excursion. Yet they
nave no organizations for aiding the sick or
destitute among them.
THE oldest house in Oregon is a65 years old.
About the time that John Hancock and those
other three or forefathers were signing the
| Declaration of independence, says the 4 6t0-
| rfdn the top of this house, which was then a
tree, blew or broke off, Its present occupant,
few years ago, dug around the stump,
| trimmed it out, cut door and window and
made a habitable room about by 10 feet
THAT beats nothing all to pieces"
THE Queen of England's Asiatic army num-
bers three distinct classes of troops, viz. !:
European, Indian and those belonging to the
| native princes, the latter having frequently
/ rendered efficient aid. Lord Ripon. when
! Governor General, reported in favor of unity
/ IN the organization and command of the three
classes, the policy of trusting to the honor and
/ loyalty OF the native soldiers and princes hav-
| ing been found much the safest.
STOVE POLISH is made from plumbago, some
of the richest mines of which are IN Guaymas,
ba I,oo
IN sacks weighing $50 pounds each. 1t is then
| crushed and separated by the use of huge
/ pans, the coarse quality being sent through
the crusher again, and only the very fine going
into the bins to be mixed with oils and made
| into stove polish. A factory with a capacity
OF ton of backing per day has just been
started in San Francisco, the first and only
/ one on the Pacific coast.
THE finding of large deposits of resin en-
bedded in the earth on the Island of BorneO
has long been puzzle to naturalists. The
I subject has recently been investigated by NJ .
| POsewicz, who found that the resins are
product of number OF trees belonging to the
families c0nifers, dipterOcGrpB and 6Urserd-
ce@. The gums exude on the limbs and form
large masses, which finally fall to the earth
Of their own weight. The heavy tropical rains
soon embed the Jumps In the earth, or wash
them down into gullies, where they are buried
by subsequent rains.
The famous Panama hats are all made in
!
cause Panama merchants formerly controlled
the trade. They are made Of the pita fibre, a
sort OF palm, and are braided under water by
native women of strands often twelve and
fifteen feet long, and fine ones are very ex-
penslve. 1t often takes two or three weeks
TO braid single hat, which sells for IS or So,
and lasts forever. traveller speaks of one
made OF single straw or fibre, as fine as
thread and soft as silk. The woman who
made it was engaged four months in the work,
and 1t was valued at $3.50.
DURING the month of May all the affairs of
the Virgin in the Roman Catholic churches of
Paris were gay with flowers. The floor
spaces In front of those in the more fashion
able shrines were literally covered with floral
wreaths and bouquets, in many cases W tn
cards attached to them, on which the fair de-
voice VINO deposited IL had written some
special request for the Virgins inJercession.
At church much frequented by rich WOr-
shippers, conspicuous among other wreaths
was one of orange blossoms with a card with
the following inscription: so, blessed mother
OF God. pray for me this month and grant it
may be mine to wear such wreath this,
standing beside the husband of my choice, be-
fore the year is ended"
THREE destructive varieties of worms have
made their appearance IN the great onion
meadows in Orange county, New York, and
are doing such damage to the growing crop
that it will yield less than half the usual crop.
There is striped worm, a dark worm with
reu mead, ana q BLACK WOrm-all raVeDOus cut
worms. The striped worm commits its raw
ages only at night or on cloudy days, and
scores of men. women and children are hunt
ing them nightly by the light of lanterns and
torches. They are 80 numerous that they are
gathered by the pailful in a very short time.
A gang Of weeders flied y quart pail with
them in one onion patch the other night in
les than two hours. The red-headed worm
is anew conner, and is present in less numbers
than the other two.
JACOB THOMAS, Of Somerset county, Pa,
believes that there is a wagon load OF gold
hidden on the mountains on the edge Of West
moreland county, guarded by seven devils,
the latter being the departed spirits of as
many emlgrants. One OF Jacob Thomas an
cestors discovered large deposit of gold on
the mountain where the spirits now have
their home, but the emgrants took possession
OF Il ana became fabulOusly rich, as they were
artisans and able TO get the gold out Of the
quartz. Finally they quarreled over their
possessions, and in the fight which ensued All
were killed. From father TO son the story
came down in the Thomas family, and finally
Jacob got into communication with the spirits,
who, after much persuasion, agreed TO turn
over the gold to It's rightful owner. The ar
rival OF persons beside Jacob and the three
Gardner brothers Knocked the thing in the
head, however, for another year. Scores OF
people have visited the spot, among them De-
fective Pickering and eX-Regster Stutzman
of Somerset county.