Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! Brazil IS estimated at l.E1,O22, OF WHOM
/ 623,2I4 are males and 1914 females.
| THE German authorities. with view to
/ discourage emigration, have forbidden the
| railways to carry emigrants at reduced rates
/ PEPPERS were given to the world by Amer
/ lea. Columbus carried them to Spain on his
| return voyage in 1893. from whence they were
| disseminated throughout Europe.
a RESIDENT of Bergen county, y. j., is just
recovering from what came near being fatal
attack Of erysipelas. caused by wearing a pair
of spectacles which Rugged his nose so tightly
as TO bruise it.
A MOUNTAIN EXPLORER, just returned from
Asia, states that, during a four months resi-
dence at a height Of 1900 feet above the sea-
his pulse, normally only 63 beats per minute.
seldom fell below 90 beats per minute. and
his respratiOns were often twice as numerous
as at ordinary levels.
THE founder Of the still lingering dynasty
at COnstantinOple was Gilman or Osman
during the early part of the fourteenth cen
fury. II name attaches both to the ruling
class and the empire, in that the former called
/ themselves Osmanlis, and the latter is gem
orally designated as the Ottoman.
A GRAND monetary bonfire will shortly take
place in Rome. The bank notes withdrawn
from circulation in accordance with the law
suppressing the forced currency of paper
/ Il
/ erected furnace, when greenbacss, once
worth nearly G3,0OO,O0O, Will vanish into
smoke.
DESPITE the heroic efforts of the German
students, England still retains her reputation
as the greatest beer-drinkng country of the
World. Some recently compiled statistics
show that, while England's 2I000 breweries
/ produce 930,Op0.000 gallons OF beer in q year,
the Germans. with 1000 fewer breweries,
make 9UO,O00,OO0 gallons.
IT is reported from Paris that experiments
made in the hospitals show that sulphide of
carbon is the best agent to restore the nor
! nal action of the bowels in case of cholera.
/ lt has restored to consciousness in thirty Sec
onds hysterlcal patients, who previous to its
/ administration were lnsenslble to even the
/ pr4cking OF needless
/ AN Italian ship has been sheathed with
glass plates, cast like iron plates, so as to fit
the hull, to take the place Of copper sheath
| ings. The joints Of the plates are made water
/ tight by the use of water proof mastic. The
! advantages claimed for glass over copper are
| its lnsensibillty to oxidation and its eXemp-
| ton from lncrustatiOn.
a GREAT Paris drapery house is selling
bath bags" by the use of which ''reined
people" may obtain a sort Of velvety, oatmeal
soap complexion abution for the moderate
| sum OF cents. This queer article consists of
bag containing half pound Of bran. some
meal and u little powdered SOAP. On wetting
and pressing the bag a lather is produced.
ana, at the same time, soft pad for rubbing
| purposes.
| A CORONEB's JURY in San Francisco re-
Gently rendered no less than three verdicts in
the case of man who died from injuries re-
ceiyed by being run over by horse car.
! -Four of the jurymeu rendered a verdict of
| accident. four others were of exactly the OPP
/ poslte opinion. while the ninth went it alone
"a dora al.
/ himself: i come to the conclusion not to
| say how the deceased came to lose his life
| whether by accident or by being thrown from
| the car as the testimony given has not proven
! which,"
THE practice of litigants conducting their
cases in person is one that seems to be daily
! gaining ground in England. Occasionally a
! jury will make strange blunders but, as
| rule, what they want is to have the facts
/ brought fairly before them. This a counsel
/ often does not do. He Is thinking of the rules
/ Of evidence, or he fancies that it would be
| polite To suppress this particular fact, or to
| avoid that particular circumstance, or in
| some other way TO Enesse the evidence. This
| IS what q jury dislike. They can get on
| much better with - litIgaut in person who
/ blurts everything ont with supreme con-
| tempt for all established rules and who, If a
| thing Is not evidence, viii somehow make it
! so.
WHAT may be done by community in the
way of tree planting in an arid district has
/ been exemplifed at jamestown, in South
Australia. Five years ago the corporal on
| commenced the plantation of a previously
/ treeless region with timber. Up to that date
! the place must have been as undesirable town
! TO live in as could be found. In summer there
was nothing to mitigate the binding glare of
! the sun OF the lnttlerdDle radiation of the
! heat from the h7sured surface of the hard
! baked earth. The hOt'Wlnds swept across a
/ wide eXpanse Of scorchlug country, bringing
/ with them clouds Of all penetrating dust. In
! the winter there were no natural means of
/ breaking the force or diminishing the lnclem-
ency Of the gales which came bowling down
| from the north. But the corporation has
/ changed all that. Il has planted over 10000
/ trees Of various kinds, and the once glarIng
/ and dusty streets are protected, shaded aud
/ ornamented with several beautiful varieties
/ OF gums, now IN flower, aud standing twenty
/ five feet to thirtyfeet high, and this after hav-
/ ing been twice Topped during the FIVE years
/ since they were first planted. But gums are
/ not the only trees, for they are relieved by
/ hundreds of pines, catalpas. tamarix, 1icus,
/ willows. cypress, olive doing splendlQly),
acacia lophantha, and a lot Of others.
TIE increasing popularity of horseback
riding among people OF all classes in Wash
ington emphasizes fact that seems rather
surprising to some of the readers of this cor
respondence, that a great many Washington
/ ladies' wear trousers, and it has been mis-
/ chievously remarked IN certain quarters that
aA
! gone great way towards inducing some
! rather timid ladies To undertake the TASK of
/ learning TO ride. The best riding habits are
made by tailors who make this line of bust.
/ ness speciality, and who have in some Of
/ their mysterious back Uarlrrs q wooden horse
on which The ladies sit vs. lille their clio n 81 irts
are drapei 20 hang well over the tight fitting
pants. or course said one OF these tail0rs
recently. "0f course ladies wear pants with
I their riding habits. They wear them under
] their riding skirts. This has been the custom
] for some time. They wear their skirts horter
. than formerly. just so a. 10 touch the
/ ground when they stand. Then they wear
F. pants underneath, nothing else: no skirts
] Washington Is very ike Paris The ladies'
/ have GOOD taste. / could name lots Of ladies'
I doa't know how m2uy-WhO come In and
/ have their measures taken. just a. graciou-ly
/ a. men would, and they are much easier TO 1t
aud gicasanter 80 serve than men. Aud the
/ trying un Of garmeutsf We have parlOrs and
maids IN attendance They retire 10 parlor
ANA put ON the garment, which rs basted to-
gethcr, and when they get IL on / am sent for
and 20 in and 40 h., taking 10 in here. marking
7 % for alteration. and letting IL out there
] When have finished retire. ami the lady
/ again changes her garment. This is the Gus
I tom altogether IN Paris, and Is very rspidly
becoming eO here. The average Washington
price ri a lady IS riding habit Is about Sl00."
THE Apache raid into New Mexico has
reached up across the section OF country Occu-
pied by the Dorsey cattle ranch. This is
where Col. lngersoll and bis family spent last
summer. The had intended TO so back there
this spring. If the RAID had been a little later