Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-13
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dren. He own p acres OF land, wi ich he
cultiVafes during the week, preaching on
sundays.
Two Afghan snow leopards, or ounces, are
on their way to England. They were caught
on the Afghan mountains by skekarry of the
British mission, and acquired by SIR Peter
l.umsden who gives them to the Geological
Gardens. These creatures are particularly
valuable, as live ounce is rarely caught, and
has never been seen in England,
THE unusually low water in the Swiss
lakes last year made it favorlte time for
archaeological explorations, and many valu-
/ able reicts OF the prehistoric Jake dwellers'
were recovered. Among them were n splen-
dldiy preserved bronze sword, several dozens
Of bronze hatchets, etc, together with many
articles Of stone and charred fab ics.
THERE has been a remarkable increase of
late IN the consumption of raisins. During
the first half of the present fiscal year the i'm
ports Of muscatel were 563,054, while Califor-
MIA furnished to the home market, during the
same period, 5, 430 pounds. During the
year 1854 the East purchased from California
growers $500, 220 pounds of raisins, valued at
$500, $50. California places her raisn crop of
1885 at 100000 pounds.
THE Afghanistan national salutations are
not Mohammedan, but are quite peculiar to
themselves. When they pass each other on
the road or in the street the Supporters say to
the Interiors: MAY you ne er be tiredw To
which he Will reply: MAY YOU ever be pros
per0usW When the host receives his visitor
he says: May you ever come" and the
stranger responds: May you ever continued"
l. e. In the enjoyment OF your home.
DURING the month Ramadan no good Mus
sulman allows a mOuthful of food or drink to
pass his lips But 1t does not dlscommOde the
Turk at all. He simply reverses the order of
things, and sleeps daytimes instead of nights.
There is no law against his eating at night,
| and, 1t not being good for work, he gives his
waking hours to pleasure, and the month,
from sunrise to sunset, becomes a vast carni-
val IN all countries under Mohammedan rule.
JULES GARNER has designed an elevated
railway for the city of Paris, which is to be
completed in time for the exposition of 1888.
Scisace says this will be about Is miles long
and will cost $l0,C0O.00O. The structure will be
composed of two tracks, one above the other,
on an iron frame. The trains will be COM
posed of three American cars, each il metres
IN length, and two platform or open cars.
They Will run every minutes for II hours
each day, and Will connect with the railway
stations.
THE strength of the Spanish navy is to be
increased by the construction of eight first
class armorclads. eight cruisers of the first
class, seven OF the second, and forty of the
| third, including IN the latter coast guard
vessels, thirty gunbOats for the colonial SER
vice. and siXty-fve torpedo boats. The new
vessels are TO be of the best construction, both
IN build and arma ent, and to embrace all
the modern improvements. To q certain eX-
tent the work Will DO done In the arsenals of
the peninsula, but the COrtes, which voted
26OQ0uC0 pcseta5 annually for ten years for
the purpose. provides that contracts should
be open to all foreign countries.
THE officers of the English garrisons in the
Soudan have less shooting to amuse them
selves with Than was anticipated. Sand
grouse are quite plentiful, coming down IN
the early morning to feed on patches of
ground near the river, from which the corn
has lately been cut; but these are learning to
be wary of guns. These grouse are excellent
eating, but the more plentiful doves are not
worth powder and shot. An occasional wild
goose, or a quail, sometimes appears OF
songsters there are none. but the pretty little
sunbird-suggestlng humming bird-and the
c0mlcal hooper are everywhere to be found.
A small species of fox makes its home in the
rocky hills, and leads a good chase with
hounds, but in the neigh bOrhOod of Kurot
gazetles are rare. The fishing IN that part of
the Nile IL poor.
IN GERMANY it is the custom for booksellers
to send to their customers parcels of new
books ION approval" il being understood that
the books not returned are accepted, and will
be paid for. Relying upon this custom, a
bookseller at Worms continued year after
year to send books to person living IN the
none were paid for. At last the bookseller
sent in his bill, which the other party declined
to pay, but offered to return the books. This
did not suit the bookseller for the Duhlishers
would no longer take the books back from
him. Accordingly he brought his action for
the price: but he has been defeated in the
Court OF First Instance. and also on appeal,
on the ground, apparently, that there was no
contract.
THE price of commercial borax has fallen
] from 10 in, 20 A..
the present time. This has been due to the
consumption not keeping up with the supply.
The production of borax on the Pacific coast,
which Is the only part of this country where
il is found, was 1880 tons last year. Its use
has not grown more limited, but it has not
kept pace with tue production. II is en-
/ pioged In welding, glazing pottery. and
cleansing. The iron trade consumes the largest
/ quantity of boraX. New uses are being found
for this mineral. The manufacture of glazed
iron aud earthenware was begun after other
virtues were discovered in bOraX, and now il
/ - employed IN packing meats in Chicago.
I Notwithstanding the supply from italy. large
/ quantities OF boraN are exported to Europe
/ from the Pacific coast. One week recently
/ 10000 pounds were shipped from San Fran
cisco TO Liverpool. Some OF the LondOn illus
| trated papers contain flaming advertisements,
in true American style, laudng the virtues of
soaps made from California borax Boracic
soaps and borax in the shape it comes from
the mines are admirable cleansers. The sun
ply In CalllOI MA Is practically lncNhaustiDle.
ae when crude bOraX is removed from the
fields where il is found renewal of it ensues
ODD as 1T may seem, the;prettiest model in
New York 10 said TO be a colored girl who
lives in YOnkers. She is "a perfect tyne OF
Afrc's golden sand, with low forehead, Jet
black eyes, expanded nostrils, thick lips, white
teeth, but for all that the most attractive IN
appearance. with a figure that is statuesquely
superb. she stands straight as an arrow il
20 years old. weighs l3J pounds, and ia as full
Of life and blood and "go' as it is possible for
human nature to be. Her hn-bs are ike
marble, her bust as If carved in stone She
has never known a sick day in her life and
laueh nc the idea Of beau, Irritation or a
marriage, her sole duty, as she cOnceives
] it, to be, Is to secure the comfortable
support Of an aged father and mother
and q little lame sister, She charges 81 an
hour for limb pose, 81 so an hour for per
fectly nude pose. During the months OF DC
tOber. November, and thence on tO May. she
readily makes from IS 20 $40 a day five davs IN
the week. She lives IN "A modest home quite
near the town Of Nonkers, is well known to
the conductors of the road and the Captains
Of the steamboats,, conducts herself with ex-
| emplary propriety, has no traits OF prudery
in her composition, and "means business" an
the time. Her story suggests that repro
duction Of the lives and sacrifices OF the fe-
make a narrative more interesting than the
liyclest and most exciting romance ever born
in the brain Of curious man.
THE people Of the usually quiet village Of
Caverton, Baltimore county, Md, have been