Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-10
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been converted into straw berry patch.
A NEwGILT- EDGED SOCIAL CLUE has recent
ly been organized in Boston. 1t will be known
as the algonquin" and will have s2O0,OC
clubhouse.
In THE SCHOOLS Of Copenhagen "a boys out
of every 100 suffer from headache. They
study too uch-eight hours a day-and do
not romp enough.
THE municipal authorities of Rome are re-
moving antique works OF art from the open
air and substituting exact reproductions
The antiques are placed in the various mu-
seums.
In ARRANGING HOUSE PLANTS suAless win
dows can be safely occupied by ferns, lycopo-
diums and ives and flowers will bloom on
Chinese primroses, calceOlarias, azalias and
begOnias.
MASSES of deep-sea coral, many tons IN
weight, which were torn from their ocean bed
by the volcanic explosion in Sunda straits,
two years ago. may now be seen two or three
miles inland, whittier they were borne by the
tidal wave.
WATCHES may be sent for testing to the
Kew observatory, in London, and certificate
Of excellence VIII he eiven, but so extreme is
the accuracy required that no watch can be
marked fr~t- class which varies as much as
one tick in $4,000.
A PHOTOGRAPH Of a section Of the sky has
been taken at the Paris Observatory some five
degrees SOU re. which shows 5000 stars on
ten-iuch square plate. This would indicate
that therr are 20000,000 stars up to the four
teenth magnitude, inclusive.
RoYALToN, VT, becomes Loyalton, Oak.
In May Of this year a colony of several hun
dred Vermonters was organized at Royalton
and moved in Il body 10 fine rolling prairie
IN EdmundS county. Oak. Now, at the be-
ginning of winter the colonisrs are snug in
good houses, with a church, a school, Grand
Army post and Il dramatic club.
TIE manufacture of malleable nickel, as
the result Of NJ. Carriers experiments, has
been realized by the addition of 03 per cent.
Of pho, phorus or manganese and others have
foun that, Dy adding one-tenth or one-third
per cent. of magnesium, It is practicable to
weld the nickel thus obtained to iron and
steel, roll it out in sheets, and shape it into
tubes, pi Yes, etc.
THE body servants of the Queen in Sweden
are called Lopare or state attendants, and they
wait solely on the Queen and her daughter
These glorifed footmen wear very quaint
uniform. consisting OF tunic, pettieoat and
brerches edged with gold lace. But the most
surprising part 81 their attire is wonderful
head dress, consisting of kind of embrpid-
cred skullcap, from which rise three ostrich
feathers, none of which is less than three feet
high.
An authenticated story comes from the
Scotch Highlands TO the effect that donkey
died recently, the property of Mr.. Ross, of
CTomRrty. IN whose family it has been for 106
years. II can be traced back to the year 1879,
when it came into he hands of the Ross of
Cromarty Of that day, though what WAS its
age at that time no one can say. Further
more, it's death was the result of an accident.
for 1t was hale and hearty" when Kick
from horse ended its career.
TIE new style OF paving block Is composed
of hollow iron shell filed with any desired
concrete, the shells being arched underneath,
an A xrrifJ
from 10 to y inches long. The blocks, or filed
shells, are laid against each other upon the
prepared roaGbed, and the form of the bottom
compacts the sand underneath, making the
whole structure very firm and son. The
surface of a street paved with these blocks
would oe about as smooth as if paved with
asphalt.
ACCORDING to DR.. R. Koch, out Of 7oS small
pox patients in the stockweil hospital there
died Of those having no scars AZ per cent, of
those having poor scars Is per cent, having
one good scar per cent, having two good
scars per cent having three good scars 20
per eDt., having four or more scars IL per
cent. From this it would be inferred that
person having four scars on his arm Is almost
certain. even il he gets smallpox to go
through it safely. Koch himself takes the
position. positively, that the protective power
OF vaccination is n direct relation to the mum
Der OF vaccnia pustules."
THE further examination of the recently
discovered papyri at Vienna has led TO the dis
overy of an interesting and valuable fragment
of Homer's odyssey" This copy dates from
the second century. Hitherto these panyri
we're not known to contain more OF Homer
than some fragments of the "Iliad." Another
stlll more interesting discovery is thai of a
| strip OF ARABIAN paper dating from the ninth
century and cOntaining "a wood cut with or
| naments and initials. This relic shows that
the art of wood-cutting was probably of Arab
| ian origin, or That IL was, at al events, known
to the Arabs in the ninth century.
A sITKA letter says: AS the wild geese flv
along there is always a couple Of old males as an
advance guar Several times have watch
ed the manpuvres of these scouts Our house.
| strange object, was special source of curl
oslty to them. As the flock came along the
scouts would fly over it, circliug around and
crying in their goose language. The main
flock would defect TO right and left So
too. any unusual object in their path would
be a subject of inquiry. AS examples Of at
tachment the gOpse Is pattern Whenever
the fem ale bird has been shot its partner NAV
be seen lowering for days over the spot, ut
! terlng loud cries, and in many instances fall
ing prey to the hunter.
IT has been long known that place named
/ Campodunum, not far from the Lake of Con- !
stance. was the centre OF great Roman mill |
| tary settlement in Vindelicia, and the head !
quarters Of the third Itaic legion. 1t seems
TO have held the next place in Importance to |
/ RatlsbOn in al that region. But various de- |
su.tory searches, renewed at irregular inter- /
yals failed 10 bring TO light any of The relics |
| which ought to have abounded in such q site |
| quite. lately more careful exploration has |
| laid bare the foundations of a great Roman |
buildi g, the mortar, pavement, opus retieu- /
t0tu'N, drain pipes. and gutter tiles being OF /
/ UNREASONABLE Roman origin. Further in /
vesligatiOns will probably disclose more ex- |
| teusiVe remains.
THE new water works for Venice, involving !
the construction of an aqueduct to convey
water from the main land TO that city, under |
the auspices of the Compagnle Generate des |
Faux Of Paris have reached the finishing |
point after lanse Of some nine years, the I'm. |
lshed works comprising the nqueduct . heh |
pas es nder the lagOons. the underground |
/ pipes for the distr button of the water and |
I TWO large reservoirs in the town the wafer
/ 70 be taken from the canal knewn az Del |
/ Moranzihl Private families will be- supplied |
/ with water at the price OF 20 centImes Der |
| cubic metre-LOO0 hres-speca arrange |
ments being also made for the supply Of larger |
| quantities OF water at lower rates, while the |
/ minimum guam ity of water which will he /
furnished is $50 litres per day.
In the Liverpool county court there was an
action affecting dressmakers. A fashiouably |
/ dressed young women had given a dressmaker
some silk TO be converted into a bodice.
which, however. hal TO he altered several /
/ times and considerably padded. ami the cus.
/ toner now refused 20 pay for the making nm /
I anu claimed ~ ehIlliueg dana0aa Tt9,va. /