Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-19
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Few FISHES die natural death. Some have
such immense maws as TO be able TO engnlf
thousands Of their kind in day. A shark is
said to destroy > 600 fishes in year. Fifteen
full sized behring's have been found in 3
stomach of cod. A hOgshcad OF behring's has
been taken from the belly of whale.
AN INDIAN BOY on Mai. Ellis plantation.
near the boundary line of Yazco and sunflow-
er counties, Miss, being missed, the lads
father started With some friends to search for
MN. tie had been killed by panther, which
thev discovered watching the boys half de-
youfed body. The animal was killed, and
found to measure ten feet from nose to tail.
a PROCESS has just been patented in Great
Britain by which metal castings can be
punched, bored and tapped as readily as
wrought metal. 1t was discovered in a Mel
bourne foundry. where casting at duh red
neat was dropped by accident into q mixture
OF treaHle and water having a specific gravity
or 1905 and when taken out was found to
nave become remarkably soft.
THE latest declaration of independence has
been made in the Friendly Islands, where the
King, the Court and II GOO adherents of the
Wesleyan Methodist Church, have severed
themselves from the New South Wales Con-
ference and formed the Independent or Free
Church Of Tonga. The grievance is that the
New South Wales Conference would not CON
sent to transfer them to the New Zealand
Conference.
TIE Russian Admiralty have under consd-
Grafton proposal to construct an electric
boat. Its length is to be about 100 feet, and
its width 20 feet. The electrical power is to
be stored in fifty accumulators, which it is
calculated VIII suffice for four hours. Its
mean speed Will be nine knots. In the fore
part a lightning apparatus Of $500 candle
power is to be placed. 1t IS especially in
tended for action against hostile tOrpedoes.
THE British Admiralty have determined to
accept the invention of a petty officer on
board H. NJ. s. Vernon for launching steam
pinnace without a crew. The pinnace which
would contain ii heavy charge Of gun-c cotton,
could be submerged for an indefinite period.
and the charge may be exploded at any mo-
ment without the enemy being aware of the
presence OF the craft. II Is understood that
within a month 100 of these pinnaces could be
prepared for service.
a CORRESPONDENT describes a sled acct
dent, by which a 10 year-old girl had two
upper front teeth knocked out. She was
taken to dentist, who replaced the teeth and
strapped IN the Jaw. For TWO days she could
scarcely speak and no solid food was allowed,
but the operation was successful, and the
teen are as firmly set as ever. The teeth are
little clipped. but later on, when il is safe
to work on them, they can be patched with
gold and be about as good as ever they were.
A FEW WEEKS AGO good Looking Egyptian
who called himself Charles Costick, late Of
Arab Pasha's army, came to Campbell
county, Va, and worked for a farmer. He
fell in love with Miss Annie Harris the
pretty daughter of a farmer, who encouraged
him until he presented her with $ll5 and a
silk dress, when she Tilted him and went to
stanton to visit relatives. Her lover fol-
lowed ana brought suit for the money he had
given her. She was about to go to jail, but
capitulated and married the Egyptian.
WILLIS BOYD ALLEN told a Boston audi
ence Of a saloon keeper who sprin&led liquor
on the sidewalk in front of his dram shop for
the purpose of tempting the appetite through
the sense of smell, of some poor victim. Many
accepted the statement as a mere embellish-
ment of a fictitious tale, hut city missionary
who was present cOrrObOTated it. Another
active temperance worker related how care
fully it is necessary to guard tanks in which
ice water Is kept, in places for reformed men,
lest whisky be poured in surreptitlously.
The reddish brown paint that is now used
has the advantages of durability and cheap
ness. Dutch farmers paint their big barns
red, because red paint is cheap and lasting
Yellow Ochre is another similar color. An
old fellow out West, who had mortgages on a
whole town "a small town. made il a
condition Of his loans that the buildings should
al be painted red. That was a funny looking
village. There were about thirty houses and
stores and large factory and a bridge-all
red. The people in neiehboring towns made
lots Of fun over it, and the place was finally
known as RedtOWn.
THERE was a novel execution at Baltimore
Monday. Richard SewelPs yellow dog bit a
son of Mr.. Charles Walters. and Mr.. Sewel
went to the station to have the dog killed.
The dog was cOrnered in an alley, and the
policeman was about to shoot when half a
dozen women implOred him to stay his hand
One said her baby was asleep and the shots
would awake it, the other said her baby was
just falling asleep and the noise might scare
II, anOtheTs baby was sick, and 80 on. Ont of
consideration for these Numerous babies the
dog was taken to the station house and there
hung by the neck by Turnkey Welsh until it
was dead.
VIENNA will this year be the scene Of a
congress Of philOlOgists who are anxious to
persuade the world to adopt a universal
language. The scheme is by no means novel.
In the thirteenth century a Toulousian monk
named Roger worked very hard TO convince
his contemporaries that it would be TO the ad-
vantage Of humanity If tongue of his own
invention were generally spoken. But his
nOngrel largOn was more Wordy than French
and nearly twice as diffuse as Greek, and
although the apostle of reform wrote several
books In the new language. there is no record
that any one save himself ever knew exactly
what they treated Of The Vienna congress
VIII not try 10 fOist Rogers system upon the
nations, but IL is just possible that it will
recommend for universal adoption an arti-
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said to have been devised by an enthusiastic
Wurtemberg clergyman.
JAPAN is made up of cham of volcanic
mountains, and the arabic land Of the empire
Is officially put at ll,2l5, 900 acres--less than
one-half the area OF the State OF New York
and this is so fertile and thoroughly cult
waited That II feeds population OF 81 ,00O, 600
about that of France. Rice is one Of the erin
cipal crops, and OF this some 200 900 OeO bushels
are raised annually. Hand labor is generally
used, and two or three crops year are raised
on the same land. Artificial irrigation is gen
eral, being necessary over more than one-half
OF the cultiya0le land. and frequently the |
water is taken from streams from twenty to
thirty miles distant The total number OF
horned cattle Ia l,ll5,0G0. and Of horses 6O5
600. wood OF all kinds is cheap and abund- |
ant, nearly all the buildings being Of timber
anu wood constituting the principal fuel. The |
area OF forest land is nearly three times as |
great as that under cultivation.
The collection OF sculptures from Pergamos.
which is being gathered at Berlin, has lust |
received valuable and useful addition. It
is slab representing the death Of giant IN |
the war between the gods and the giants. The |
.cene Is represented'with wonderful yividpess.
He slowly SINKS backward from left To rient. /
apparently crying aloud with pain, his couu- /
lchhnce Netokening agony. Instead Of fingers
and toes be has claws ike an eagle. a pair Of
wings ndorn his back. while the spinal column
i'Vel1p into long tail. A comparison with
another slab has led the Berlin autuunrinn TO
believe thar they are companions. rhis eec-