Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE vaccinations against smallpox in the
Punjab last year reached 3.062. The natives
Of INDIA hail the operation as the greatest Of
blessings.
il is estimated that the Hawaiian census
now being taken win show population Of
So 90, an increase Of $4,000 since The last cen
sus. The increase is mainly OF Chinese and
Portuguese.
TIE Irish jaunting car, which became un-
popular after the PhmniX Park assassination,
is again coming into public favor. The Prince
OF Wales used one of them on the occasion OF
his recent visit to the Lakes OF Killarney.
NEAR Milwaukee resides a man who is such
firm believer in eternal punishment for sin
10y fire that he has decorated his cellar with
painte3 flames. wooden demons and other hor-
rlble lgures. To this place he takes his chill
dren to punish them.
IN Paris a telephone ticket at half a franc
is issued at any of the post offices, which en-
titles the holder to 5-minutes' conversation
with persons at any other of the city post
offices, or 1t any Of The telephOnlc cOmpany's
stations. The telephone company offers. az
the same rate. conversations at any OF Its
eleven stations with persons at any other
station, or at the residences of any of its
members.
THE house or sObbing wren is bird pecu
liar to Southwestern Texas. It's melancholy
notes is described as very impressive. 1t he
gins in high, clear key, like the tinklng of
silver bells, and descending gradually from
one chime to another, it suddenly falters
breaks OF. and sobs like a chIld-tbe song dy-
ing away in gasp. The song is beard only
in the opening light Of dawn, and rs repeat
but few times. The singer is rarely s5en
during the day.
OF Naples $4,000 population, $4,000 live
underground in noisome cellars that extend
far back from the street. Crime is so ram
1oA,. =
of the city highway robberies are of frequent
occurrence in broad daylight. The natives
feel that the world owes them living, and
they are going to get 1T. Defending the crlmi-
mails gives occupation to 1000 lawyers of the
Italian school, who work for fees ranging
from five cents upward.
A NEW EXPLOSIVE, known as kinetite. is at
present being studied in Germany. 1t con-
sists il is said, of mixture of oils and gun
cotton. and is superior to dynamite, as it's
manufacture and manipulation are absolutely
without danger; it will detonate only under
certain peculiar and well-dehned conditions
Of shock. only the part exposed to concus-
SION eXplOde5, and when dred it burns quietly
with o brilliant light. The true composition
is being carefully Kept secret.
on Dec. % last Dr. Weiss, of Vienna, was
called in to Prof. S., who had scalded his
| eyes, forehead, nose, checks and upper lip,
owing to an explosion of the apparatus dur
ing an inhalation; pain was very severe. He
first ordered linen soaked In OIL to be laid on,
and oiled bandages on the top of these. Then
he ordered the application Of carron oil and
. per cent. solution of hydrochlorate of CO.
caine. AS soon as the scalded spots were
painted with the above named solution, the
pain disappeared at once and did not return.
IN 1870 women were first admitted to the
University Of Sweden. In Russia women
may now pursue their studies in all the great
universities. Last year for the first time
women entered the University of Brussels.
| About score of women are now in attend
ance at the University of Geneva, and the
number of women is much larger at the Uni
versity of Zurich, among them being several
American girls. The way is now open in
Italy for women topprsue q collegiate course;
and in fact many are availing themselves OF
| the privilege.
THE construction of a ship railway to con-
meet the Bay of Fundy with the Gulf Of st.
Lawrence has now been finally decided en-.
| This will not exactly make Nova Scotia an
! island, but ships of LOCO tons and under will
be able to reach st. John from Montreal
! Quebec and other ports on the st. Lawrence
/ without having to enclrcle the dangerous
| Nova Scotia coast-a saving of 500 miles. The
ship railway, which is to be II miles long,
| will be supported by subsidy OF 100000 a
year for twenty years from the Canadian
| Government.
THERE is large pawnshop in New York
that is fitted up with an electric alarm. de-
signed by the owner, who is of an inventive
turn OF mind. He always closes his shop at
night himself. and sleeps over the store. To
/ a casual pasSer-by, who happens to glance
into the office where chairs stand about the
safe in confusion, it might bear the appear
ance OF having just been deserted by party
! of lOungers who broke up in a hurry. But the
chairs are not as innocent as they might seem.
! Their legs stand on electric buttons, and the
slightest touch that would disturb them
would summon the pawnbroker from his bed
| room with a seyen-shooter IN each hand.
"a VERY amusing game is now being ex-
ten5ively played in London streets. To play
it you require a heavy little billet of wood
shsrpened at both ends. Place your billet on
the ground and wait till a stranger (if posi-
BILE a respectable and corpulent elderly gen.
tleman) is within twenty yards of you. Now
] strike your billet smartly on one OF its pointed
ends with q stick. This will cause it to fly up
in the air, and you then propel 1t with your
| stick in the direction of the target 1.-THE
strangers head). If your aim hiss been true
the game is won. This beautiful sport is tech
nicaly known as "up-cat." 1t may be played
anywhere aud at any time. 1t is peculiarly
suitable to q wide and frequented thorough
fare at about or 10 in the morning.
THERE were only 500 copies of the trial of
Guiteau printed at the Government Printing
Oflice, and these were controlled exclusively
by the Department Of Justice. Certain specu-
! latOrs have, however, managed to get most of
them in their control. The report Of the trial
| is only valuable from the fact that it contains
a great deal Of expert" testimony on the
! question Of insanity, which lawyers use fire.
/ quently in other cases. II is generally adj
/ mittod now. however, that the testimony
| offered by the defense was much more valu-
| able than that offered by the prosecution.
| from a legal as well as a scientific standpoint.
! Congress refused 10 rerpetuate the record by
| increasing he numher OF copies, the opinion
being that the history of the case ought TO be
blOtted out.
THE second trial Of Lawyer Rosenzweig's
100000 suit gainst the Lake Shore Railroad for
personal damages sustained by being elected
from the New York express, began at Erie,
Pa, Monday. The railroad company moved
the court r an order TO ch orofOfm the plain
] tin, that experimental tests might be made on
| his alleged paralyzei limbs. Hosenzwetg
/ offered to submit, but the family physician
. sWore he would not be responsible for his
/ patlents life under anWsthetics. Judge Call
/ brath overrulod the motion. saying that after
the plaintiff had Submitted 10 electric and
other tests for three hours by defendants
/ doctors. 10 was carry ing the thing too Ter TO
1 ask q at ho be made iuseu-ible with defend
| suN5 drug' ard risk his life. Coz. Royce. the
Lake shores attorney, came from Chicago to
| try the case.
Az interesting point in connection with the