Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

SNOW TWO feet deep was found last week by
a bennington (VT.) man under sawdust, near
his mill.
AMONG the interesting events at recent
church picnic at New Haven was a boat race
between Two muscular young ladies of the
Sunday school.
TIE edelweiss will grow in common garden
earth, mixed with little lime, and tourists
can no longer have the excuse Of hunting 1t
by rlsklng their necks on the Alpine rocks.
AT recent Socialistic meeting in Berlin
the fact was mentioned that two prominent
merchant tailors paid girls from l2c. to l5c.
Ior making complete suit Of boys clothing.
A FOUR FOOTED BIRD is found on the leland
Of MSrago, at the mouth of the Amazon. In
time one pair Of legs ale changed into wings
Dy as singular process as that which makes
the tadpole frog.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" are to be tried in
place of ironclads in the British navy of the
future The first series of experiments will
be undergone by fl. NJ. S. Resistance, which
Is 10 DC coated with indiarubber to con-
slueraoe thickness and shot and shell Will be
hred at her.
sAVANTs interested in botany and horticul-
ture are preparing for an international con-
gress IN Antwerp, to be held In the present
month. The fora of the new Congo Free
state the methods of culture there and the
possibilities OF acclimatiz'ng new plants will
De among the subjects discussed.
THREE YEARS AGO the farming of the amber
fishery Was let out by the Prussian govern
ment to parties who have worked it with so
much care and practical foresight that the
states share OF the increased yield for 1884
was 10000 marks, nearly 300 600 marks for
loo4-5, ana bids fair to be still larger for the
present term.
COPENHAGEN has been suffering similar
exposure to that of the Pal NAL Gdsette, with
the more speedy result that ten culprits were
arrested and two committed suicide. A pro-
! fessor in the university the Preside Of the
leading scientific society, an eminent author,
several wealthy merchants and one or two
| magistrates were publicly charged with the
crimes.
AN Englishman has obtained patent for
extracting gold from wheat straw; the straw
! is first stepped in warm water for 10 hours and
strained OFF into shallow pan; it is then
kept in moderately cool ace for "a hours,
when a thin scum arises on the surface of 81 o
| liquid, anu thi is again taken up on a cool
surface, and when the scum is dry the result
Is thin films of gOld.'
AN unknown man was Frustrated by heat
last week in the woods at Pegtsford, n. Y.
When found he could only indicate that he had
! been without food or water for two days. The
! local reporter adds: "A man, who shall for
| the present be nameless, refused to give the
| sufferer drink of water without half dollar
IN payment. The money was paid and the
poor wretch got the water"
LORD DERBY reminds those who weep over
the decay OF British trade that fifteen years
ago the total value of imports and exports
WAS ESQ, 600 600. Now it is f79O,O0O,O00. Aud
he added: although in consequence of the
| extreme cheapnes3 which has prevailed of re-
! cent years, the apparent value has dimin-
] lshed, the real volume of our trade has not
diminished, but it has actu4Ily increased"
MUNICH has 244,O0O inhabitants and only
! ll,000 citizens. To become a regular citizen it
is necessary to pay 100 to 100 marks ($25 -s37),
and this only a small portion Of the inhabit-
| ants have done. Those who are not regular
| citizens are obliged to pay the same taxes RS
! the others, although they are not entitled TO
| vote on commercial atfalrs. Regular citizens,
| IN cases of extreme poverty, are entitled to
| liberal pecuniary assistance.
The Duke of Westminster has "found it
necessary to shoot his heavily engaged 2-year-
old colt Ravenglass, by Muncaster, out Of
Adventuriere, as it was found impossible to
! train him, in consequence OF a defOrmed leg.
! The mare died last year, and this makes the
! ilfth colt since Avant Courier with defOrmed
| limbs that never lived to be trained. Two Of
4 them had lie IS scarcely larger than tobacco
pipes. and the bones have been preserved at
! Eaton Hall as cuFiOsities"
THE last sign OF Christianity was removed
| from the Paris Pantheon just before the last
national fete day, when the cross which sur
mounted the dome was taken down. Its great
! weight made the operation difficult and dan
! gerOus, but the government and municipal
council were both determined that the tri-
| color should float on July IL in its stead, and
| by good engineering 1t was cCOmplished.
The dag is now tied to the lightning rod, and,
IN the opinion of architects, looks ridiculous
IN the gardens of a well-known nobleman's
country seat in the south of Ireland painted
boards were set up in different parts of the
| pleasure grounds, with this request: 'Please
| do rot pull any flowers without leave" Re-
Gently the district practical joker passed that
! way, and at daybreak added an 50 to the
| at WORD on ali the boards, which had the
eff ct of making things pleasant-until the
| cause was discovered for tourists and strange
visitors who cherished latent passion for
fora gems.
LORD SALISBURY, though the third Cecil
who has been a Premier, is the first one who
has been professed journalist. AS Lord
! Robert Cecil he was for a time on the regular
salary list of the London Chronicle, when a
| Conservative paper, in the columns of which
| his scathln9 satire and the bitter If ny OF his
| pen equalled in strength the severity of his
/ speeches in the Commons. He was also for
| several years a paid contributor to the .Sdtur-
! ddV Re0ieio. The Press Club mediate offer
| ing him dinner.
/ LIE IcCcptlOu u LOIl lkpItbSllIu among
the Peers was a notable event. The new pill =
al Of the state is a plutocrat of goodLy pres
! once, with the physical traits OF the much
| chosen people strongly developed. He was
| sworn in the Jewish form, upon II brew
| copy of the PeniaJeuch. and allowed TO keep
| his hat on. The ceremony over, he took his
| seat on the front Opposition bench below the
gangway, adding to the wealth represented
/ on that particular form a sOud estimated sum
Of nins millions sterling.
HUGUEs BOGY, of Geneva, Swiss ie-sink =
er, has made, perhaps, the handsomest and
| most artistic medal Of Grant. IL appeared in
| 1863, and is valued at 800. The diverse pre-
sents fine military bust OF Grant. on the
reverse appears the warriors celebrated dc
| UNI: II in end to eight 10 out on tins lire if it
takes all summer" Inclosing these words:
Patient of tot,
Serene ami 81 alarms,
InfieXible in faith.
lnyincible in arms.
WRITER describes natural bridge, al
most as interesting as the Virginia curiosity,
spanning a canon, about twenty miles north
OF the point where the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad crosses the boundary between New
| Mexico and Arizona. The bridge is 65 feet
| long and 10 feet wide at the narrowest point
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