Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-08
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water supply is brought by rail distance of
69 miles, and sold Tor 80 cents per barrel.
THE New Orleans Picdyune is printed on
paper made of new material-bagasse, the
crushed refuse of the stalks of the sugar cane
The paper is fine and soft, with almost silk
ike surface.
! GERMAN CoLoNIsTs in West Africa have mi
nutely examined the district of Angra Pc
quena for minerals, and find that the ground
! Is rich in copper and lead, while traces are
also Ylelble of silver and gold,
ONE Of the new laws Of Nebraska prohibits
the marriage of divorced persons within SAX
months after the granting OF the decree. in
! orGer To allow time to be given for setting
aside SAID decree by proper legal proceedings.
THE richest colored man in Philadelphia is
John Mckee, real estate dealer. who Is es=
tmated TO be worth between 100000 and
S3OoOOO. There are two or three others in the
same city whose fortunes run up into the nun
dred thousands.
THE employees of the Street Department Of
st. Louis have encountered a good deal of
opposition IN the performance of the work cut
out for them by the Board of Health The
owners of the wells are inclined to be violent
and mobs boot and pelt the men as they shovel
/ SOIL into the poisonous water.
THERE are only four fur-seal grounds of
/ any importance in the world--the islands of
st. George and st. Paul in Behring's Sea,
/ which belong to the territory of Alaska and
the Commander Islands, lying 200 miles west
! of these, in tie Czars dominions. The first
| two islands produce the greatest number Of
! seals.
EDMUND GLoYD, of Gaithersburg, Md, fired
at an owl last Saturday and killed it. To his
surprise he found a steel trap fastened to each
| foot of the bird, and he was still more aston
! lshed when he discovered that both belonged
| to HIM. The chain of the first trap, which
/ was set a month ago, had been broken by the
! owl and the second trap HAD been wrenched
1 of at its staple. The owl was quite large
! enc measuring four feet eleven inches across
/ the tips Of its wings.
! MAUD S. is altogether different from any of
the rest of the record breakers. Flora Tenn
! pie had a temper of her owl. Dexter was
/ even vicious at times and Goldsmith Maid
frequently chased Budd Doble from her box.
! Maud, on the contrary, must be petted. Billy
/ Blair. her trainer and driver, says that the
/ crowds who came to see her are her delight.
/ She must have company, and the only sign of
/ petushness she shows is when she IS not adj
mired.
A GENTLEMAN in Germantown, Pa, who
was greatly annoyed by colony of sparrows
that had taken up their quarters in a mass of
ivy covering one side of his house, got rid of
them by novel eXpedient. One day he pur
chased half pound of red pepper, and. going
up to the third story, opened the windows and
sifted the pepper down through the ivy. The
alarm of the sparroWs was evinced by the
haste with which they lett their hiding places.
Every bird took Its departure, and his prem
ses are now clear of them.
A TENNESSEE Justice of the Peace some
years ago fined himself $40, and paid it, for
having INDUCED too freely in stimulants the
previous evening. His conscientious discharge
OF duty is matched by that of the Probate
Judge of Muskingum county, Ohio, VINO had
to postpone his wedding because he could dis
cover no law authorizing him to issue mar
riage license to himself, and no other local
official could come to the rescue. Ultimately
a bin was introduced in the Legislature which
lifted him out of his dilemma.
IN his Saturday lecture at the Johns Hop
kins University, Baltimore, Mr.. Leonce Ra-
billion displayed a good deal of curious re-
searches, pathological and historical, concern
ing the mannerism of language in the time of
Louis XIV. and the fashions and customs of
200 years ago, among which he introduced the
history of the fork RS relative novelty on
our dinner tables. Up to the eighteenth CEN
fury. he said, Frenchmen, as well as other
most cultivated peoples-the Egyptians.
Greeks and Romans-used fingers instead of
forks.
OK the subject of color blindness a cor
respondent writes: ga very large proper
ton of the cases of so-calied color blindness
is, am convinced, due to ignorance, and, in
confirmation of this opinion, there is the I'M
doubted fact that it il rarely found in eXami-
nation of female candidates. If cOlor-blind-
ness is an organic defect of the visual appa-
ratus, surely 1t ought to exist in somewhere
about the same ratio in the male and female.
| don't for a moment deny the existence of
genuine color blindness: but | do contend
that the genuine defect is a rare one. NY
suggestion is that instruction in colOrs and
their names ought to form distinct item IN
the curriculum of all elementary schools"
The Prefecture of Marseilles has issued
voluminous report on last years cholera
visitation, prOfusely illustrated with maps
and plans. The leading physicians, taking
up different departments of the subject, de-
scribe the introduction and progress of the
epidemic, the measures adopted for with
standing it, and the results obtained. The
infection is clearly traced to TOulOn. The
aggregate number of deaths was ,235 in July,
$50 in Ausust ia in September, and 43 in
October. the total being l,772 In 1866 there
were l,l04 In 1865. 1883; in 1855, LAO; in 1854,
1909; in 1919. 2,252; in 1887, 1926; in 1885,
1916, and in 1885, $50. 1t should be borne in
mind that the population has increased.
THERE are seven or eight dailes published
in Havana city. The best of these costs $2l
per annum. Two hours before paper is dis
tributed on the street copy must be sent,
with the EDITORS name, to the, government
officers and one to the censor. When the
paper is returned with the censors indorse-
ment the paper may go out to the public.
One OF the newspapers disregards the law,
publishes what it pleases, and distributes
when it gets ready. Every few weeks the
government fines the editor and suppresses
the paper The next day the paper appears
under a new name. It's frequent brushes with
the government advertise il, and people buy
it to see what new indiscretion it has com
mitted.
DICKENS has been much criticised for his
apparent acceptance of the fact of spontane-
GUS combustion, but Sir w. Gull lately testi-
fed to a surprising case before the committee
Of the House OF Lords on intemperance A
large, blOated man. who was suffering from
q mculty OF breathing and great hi 'tentIon of
the venous system, died at Guys Hospital. At
the post norton OF the following day there
was no sign OF decompOsi ton, and the body
was believed TO be dstended with gas. "Wben
punctures were made into the skin" said Sir
william, "and a lighted match applied the
gas which escaped burned with the ordinary
flame Of carburetted hydrogen. AS many as
dozen Of these small flames were burning at
the same time"
IN report upon the overcrowding Of Dub
lin, DR.. Cameron points out certain OF the
disastrous results Of the desertion OF the city
by wealthy families who prefer to live abroad
or in England. Their empty houses are, for
the most part, turned into tenements for the
poorest class OF the population, who are hud-
dled together with an appalling disregard OF
health or cleanliness. No ieag than 32 20l fam