Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TO destroy all the churches ana leave IN
touched the saloons.
1T is PREDICTED that buffaloes will soon be n
curiosity IN any part of Dakota. The over
coats made of buffalo hides have nearly
doubled In price since last year.
A DRUGGIST Of Lancaster, Mass, has taken
contract to keep the stately old elms of that
town free from canker worms for a year at
zoe. per tree. There are about 400 of the trees
IN all. ana IL he does not succeed he is to get
no money.
The FINEST STAG that has yet been shot in
a Scottish forest is one which was stocked re-
! Gently on Ben Damph, in Ross-shlre. The
beast had been known in the neighborhood
lor several years past, and its ''clean" weight
was 2lst. 7ib.
FIRM of Buenos Ayres have lately manu-
featured an iron safe for the Provincial bank
In La Plata It's length is metres, height 5
metres, width metTes, and it weighs $4,000
klOgrammes, and Is a highly finished work of
aft. Alter It's completion the firm gave their
workmen dance in the safe. for which. there
was ample room.
A CARRIER PIGEON owned by Samuel Hunt,
of Fall River, Mass, was released in Mont
gomery, Ala, on Aug. o. and arrived in Fall
River on Sept. u, flying distance OF 1881
miles, which is the longest ever down by any
similar bird in this country. This bird was
| countermAr ked by seven different parties
who are unknown to Mr.. Hunt. e.5l
SPEAKING of the triumphs of German sur
gerry, writer points out number Of men
now walking around in the empire with only
a fractional part of their digestive organs.
Some are referred to as being without
spleen, or having but a single kidney, others
lack gall bladder and several metres of in
testines, while the climax is reached by 'the
man without d stomach"
80.
party about is miles from Leadville saw a
large eagle swoop to the earth and rise with
4 snake in his beak. One Of the spect ators
seized gun and fired at the bird. which fell
MORALLY wounded, carrying the snake with
IT, The reptile was large specimen of the
pull snake, measuring feet inches in
length The eagle was six feet from tip to
TIP OF his wings"
ONE Of the Rothschilds is said to have lately
left a hotel at Deanville on account of being
charged 81 Is Tor bottle of beer. At Trou-
vile, two years ago. 3OOf. was put down TO
Baron AlphOnse for night lights. His steward
suggested this was rather piling it on. ''Oh,
IL should have been 30f.." was the eXplana-
ton, which was accepted, though at that price
the whole house could have been kept in the
article for month.
THE AUTHORITIES Of the Congo Free State
have forbidden the importation into that
country of percussion guns and breech-
leaders, and announce that they will fine any
trader $4,000 francs who violates this regula-
ton. Among the largest articles of import
are hlnt-locks and very poor shotguns, made
for the African trade. Traders are still per-
mltted to sell the natives as many of these
articles as they will buy, but, in the interest
OF the public security, it has been deemed
best toprohibit the sale Of improved weapons.
THE stone efgy of Queen Anne in London
"a fertile source of epigram and satire in the
eighteenth century, when, among other
irreverent comments. it was observed that
her Maiesty's back was turned to the church
and her face to the brandy shop at the
churchyard cOrner-is in process of demOli-
ton. The corporation having latterly taken
in hand the work of restoring this monument.
IL has been determined that a replica in
Slcilan marble shall take its place, and the
choice has fallen on Mr.. Richard Belt as the
copyist.
A FRENCH sAvANT, NJ. GaIaud, has Just
published book which processes to settle the
vexed question Of pronunciation of Latin by
the ancient Romans. He says: 1.-THE patois
Of Painters. In the department of Ariege, is
nothing else than Latin exiled on the borders
Of the Arlege. 1t has been brought there
with its original pronunciation and accentua-
ton. without the aid OF any BOOB, the ear
has sufhced to preserve its first form and in
tonation after Is centuries use. The most
delicate infections OF the voice have been
kept. Thanks to the instinct Of harmony and
the love OF sorority, Latin pronunciation has
been exactly transmitted to u.s."
A MAN was lately tried in England for
giving a FIVE weeks old child four drops of
laudanum, thereby causing its death. The
examination Of witnesses showed that the
ideas Of womankind concerning the admins
tration of narcotics to infants are dangerous
" hazy. One woman thought the dose of
laudaDum for a child was one drop for each
year of its age; another thought it was a drop
for each week. A physician testified that
most soothing syrups were composed of
opium, and fatal results often attended their
use. He thought they were unsafe at any age
under one year, and that even homeopathic
preparations were unsafe for infants.
THE CHANGE in the leading industries of
California is strikingly illustrated in the me-
chanics' fair at San Francisco. few years
ago the machinery hall resounded with the
din of quartz mills and other machinery de-
voted to mining purposes. There were ANAL
gamatOrs, pumps, and aninfnite variety of
metals. Now there is scarcely ANYTHING to
remind one that California ia a mining coun-
try. except a few modelsof mining machinery
and handsome display OF miperhlspeoI
There is machinery enough In the building
however, but 1t is almost wholly of an aeri-
cultural character. This industry has dis
placed mining as the chief business OF the
State.
"A COhhhHFONDENI VI bnt san ETdnelecO
Bulletin says that Brigham Young, Jr., and
his agents are busy perfectiDg arrangements
for Mormon colonization in Mexico. and that,
too. within the zone wherein foreigners are
prohbit' 4 from acquiring real estate. They
lease land for 80 years. and Introduce a clause
by which the lands are to be released to the
assignees or their heirs at the expiration of
the lease for triflng sum. Hat fhey select
ed land In Mexico beyond the zone they could
have obtained better land and better terms
and the inference Is that they desire TO erect
n territO.y OF their own between Mexico and
the United States whereby they may, in the
event of the American purchase OF the north
ern States OF Mexico, have location ont
rivalng that of Salt Lake.
N. DARNELL DAVIS has put forth d deriva-
ton Of the word rum, which gives the only
probable history Of 1t. II came from Barba-
does where the planters first distilled it.
somewhere between 1910 and 1915. A Ms.
subscription Of Barbadoes." in Trinity Col
lege. Dublin, written about 1851, SAYS: 1.-THE
chief fudling they make in the island il Rum
bu lion alias Kill Divil, and this is made of
sugar canes distilled. p hot. hellish. and terri
bic liquor" G.. WHrren's "Dcscription OF
Surinam," 1851, shows the word in it's present
short form rum is spirit extracted from
the Juice OF sugar canes, d. called Kill
Devil in New England" "Rumbullion'' is A
Deyonshire word. meaning "a great tumnlt,"
and may have been adopted from some OF the
DevOnshire settlers IN Barbados; at any
rate, little doubt can exist that IL has given
rise TO our word rum, and the longer name,
rumbowling, which sailors give to their grog