Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

pions on roller skates, and beat both with
ease.
PRAIRIE CHICKENS have this year appeared
in abundance in the valley of the Colorado.
Western Texas, where they have never been
| seen hitherto.
Mr.. CLoUDMAN's system Of 'tsentry light
ships,'' to be stationed at short intervals be-
tween Europe and America. aud connected
! by IN ocean cable, has scarcely been noticed
| by the English press.
THREE SNOW WHITE BEAVERS fell prey TO
the cruel steel of Woodsman Flcming's traps
on the Sacramento river, near Chico, CAL, the
other DAY. The fur, as soft as silk, would
make 81 ating caps worthy to he worn by the
Three Graces themselves.
NOVELTY in the rig of ice yachts is a
double mast and single sail. In this rig the
Two masts are spread about six feet apart at
| the bottom, but thev come together at the top
| ike the two legs of q letter a or pair of com
! passes. The sail, huge lateen. is hung be-
tween them.
Mr.. BRANDEGRE, who has been in the Sis
kiyou mountains for a log Of the new spruce,
| Picea Breweriana. describes it as q tree of
most striking appearance. more than 100 feet
| high. with the cones at the ends of long.
! haaglng, Whip-llhe branches, some OF them o
feet in 9Th. giving the tree an appearance
ike that of the weeping willow.
DOCTORS say that women should be eau
tious how they call to offer sympathy 10 neigh
boris having sick children. Women's clothing
Offers Inducements to fugitive bacteria, and
several inst ances have been recorded lately
! IN which contagious diseases are known to
have been brought about by germs carried
into the household in the folds Of heavy WOOL
len fabrics.
A CLEVELAND (O.) special refers to certain
Birmingham parties as negotiating with
Reese, who is interested in the Basic process
for right to manufacture Basic iron and steel
! in Birmingham. he parties referred to are
said TO be Enoeh EnsleV and others of the
Pratt Coal and Iron Company. They are now
building two furnaces on Village creek, three
miles from the city.
A SIMPLE device that Is much in use among
draughtsmen and engravers, and which Is
useful to any one needing a strong and con-
centrsted light npon their woi X. is the putting
oil single lens before the light by filing
round globe, such as goldf h are kept in, full
Of water. The force OF light can be directed
TO any point desired, and the whole arrange
ment. while very simple, is very effective.
THE NAK1NG Of barley into malt is not diff
1cult process. The barley is stepped in water
for thirty or forty hours and then spread on
stone floors, where It is allowed to remain I'M
tll u begins to sprout. When IL has grown
! sufficiently, which usually happens In from
SIX to seven days the growth is stopped by
placing " in kiln and drying IL thoroughly.
" hOh ASN OhoA$h ~ 70 ~ Ouhu lhbO hOui~
AN EXCURSION Of 400 people, ON it's way to
California, stopped at FL Paso, Tex, one day
last week. Nearly every one Immediately
crossed to Ell Paso del Norte, on the Mexican
side, to witness the bull fights in progress at a
festival. They were chiefly Boston people.
and explained that they went out of purely
scientific curiosity: but the Mexican, who
observed their enthusiasm. think otherwise.
Dr.. WILLIAM HAYES WARD. the director
Of he nj 70 nao dad eo;,l kl,o
other evening at a meeting OF the New York
Society of the Archaeological Institute
OF America that IN passing through
COnstantinOnle he was treated with great
courtesy by the professors in Roberts College.
But he added. ''that is all l can say In
favor OF the Turkish Government, or its PEG
pie"
AN INDIANA Congressman recently found
in his mail one letter from a woman who
complained that her husband had left her
seven years sgo, and requested the Congress
man TO go to the CeDsu Ofdce,g get her recreant
spouse's address. and send 1t to her. A sec
ond letter requested the Representative to
require the United States Minister at Rome
TO send the writer, by mail, a living Italian
queen bee.
AN electric boy is reported at Youngstown,
Ohio-Frank Burnett. A special says: ION
his approach chairs and tables dance and
heavy articles totter that his natural strength
I
plain his unnatural power, and has .tlways
enjoyed good health. The tests made thus
far show the lad 70 be able to do more than
he has claimed. IL is probable medical ex-
perts win examine him TO ascertain il posi-
! Bile the secret of his power" He lie described
as being Is years old and slight of build, and
1 lives with his mother.
ACCORDING to a lately issued department
| report of the British army in 1888, the num-
Der of applicants for military service was
59,4Ss. OF these S5,977 were laborers; $3.50
/ we're manufacturing artisans and g. 3sS were
mechanics. The clerks numbered 3,903. ard
| the professional men or 81 leuts 645. An i'm
| provement over former years in the education
| OF the men was especially noted. OF the 81
| 81 reported upon 4,55S are described as well
! educated. IL COS could read and write, 4,5OT
| could read only and Z, l79 were unable To read.
Among the sl.67 men serving in the United
! Kingdom. only SIX cases OF smallpox occurred,
with one death, during the year.
The Chinese Sunday school scholars of Jer.
sey City gave each of their Christian teachers
large Chinese sacred lantern. mahogany
and glass, beautifully painted. Upon each Of
! the lanterns is a card attached thanking the
recipien for their kindness during the year.
| The card hears the following good natured
! sentiments: "Thls is a sacred lantern, the
glory of Eastern gods. When lit with Chris-
tian candle i. Will shed forth its Oriental
light. But. teacher, behold the dim and
| pickering light at your hours OF leisure and
| compare it to the powerful lights Of your own
| civilization. IL will refresh you ami yonr
zeal to do more for those who need a better
light"
JAMES PELLs, a Hudson river fisherman, re-
Gently caught strange reptile in the river
of Kingston Point, which he proposes to take
TO new York for speculative purposes 1t is
eighteen inches long and quite stout and
plump. IL has four vicious looking rows OF
teeth, with hich IL easily snapped in two "A
stick quarter of an inch in diameter thar
I was thrust into it's mouth. II has four short
| legs, and each clumsy foot has four toes each
! tipped with 3 small nail. It has q snake-Iike
! head, and eight gills OF q light maroon color
and Two eyes almost too small to be seen Its
back - dark seal-brown tint, specked with
| large brown spots. II has a long tail. and
while u waddles Awkwardly on the land it ls
n rapid swimmer.
USTAINEERISd in the Swiss Aims has
cost 1874 lives during the last quarter OF a cen
fury. OF these victims. SO were tourists. 40
gnldes or porters, IL workmen journeyins
over the heights. two st. Bernard monka ana
one was crysta-seeker. Most Of the fatal
accidents arose from Shipping on rocks or
grass; avaanchee we're the next chief cauae
while the deaths from falls over precipices or
through thin ice, and from exhaustion were
about equrl. Many disasters again were dive
10 imprudencc, for in IS csses the climbers
we're not rOped, no guides were taken In ~
instances, and on - fatal occasions. the
ntalneers knew nothing OF the state OF Tho
snow. Mount Blanc was hscended ga timos
between 1859 and 1875. and Is OF these ascents