Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

\ RUSSIAN BATH for private houses has just
been patented in New York which can be
connected with an ordinary heater and
kitchen range, 9nd costs complete about 500.
THE GErTYsBURG CLUE" is the title of a
new organization of veterans in Boston, and
at a banquet the other night IS persons were
present. Eight Massachusetts regiments have
bought land Whereon to build battlefield
monuments, and 10 IS likely that the other
regiments which took part in the battle viii
mark with stone their positions on the Held.
THE translation of the arabian Nights"
by Capt Burton. the explorer, will probably
be published IN part next spring. No pas
sages will be suppressed, as the book is spc
cially intended for students and scholars. 1t
Will he obtainable only Of Capt. Burton,
Trieste Austria. Capt Burton has been 81
wears at work on it. The special aim kept in
view Is to reproduce the book as originally
written.
THE Governor Of ITkutsll, being OF an en-
terprsing turn, set out some months ago to
explore the regions over which he ruled and'
came across town of 500 people, with l60
houses, / ancient churches and valuable Cos
sack relics, Of which ne nor the Rnsslan Gov
ernment had never heard. This lost town
was found to have republican form OF gov
eminent, although not one OF the inhabitants
could read or write any language. Oddly
enough they told the Governor they were sOr-
ry they had been discovered.
A SCOTCH BOY, having injured his leg
verely, was turned over to local practi-
TONER The cure progressed slowly. and the
mother who had become very anxious, con-
cluded TO consult "bOne setter living some
miles away. The latter worked hard over the
LEG, and at last got the bone in TO the music
of the bOv's Iusty screams. Didn't the setter
do it well:" asked the cheerful old lady, as
the pair hied hOmcward. YES, lie did,
mother said the lad; but l was ma SIC
fool as to gle him the salr leg
AKcHDEAcoK DENIsoN, the distinguished
English ritualist, writing to
friend at Langport, Finland, says
that the highly priced Cheddar
cheese has of late years greatly deteriOrated
in quality and value through what he calls
the insane process Of maklng II rapidly 1t
rs true that enormous quantities OF cheese,
bearing some outward but no inward re
semblance to true Cheddar, are brought to
market, but nothing like the old article Is now
to be found. American and factory lmlta-
tiOns have taken the place of the Cheddar of
years ago.
THE discovery in California lately of con-
siderable quantities of the peculiar stone used
bv photographers is the subject of much re-
mark in the papers of that state. Heretofore
the best photographic stones have been found
at Kelheim and Solenhofen, near Pappen-
HEINZ on the Danube, in Bavaria; but they
have been found also IN Sllesla, England,
France. Canada, and the West INDIES. 1heY
are found in beds. com mencIng with layers OF
the thickness of paper till they reach the d.
mansions OF one and several inches IN thlck-
ness, when they are easily cut, being yet sou
IN the quarrles, to the sfzes required Tor
printing purposes.
THE gale on Saturday did serious damage
TO the oyster beds Of The Great Kills and
Princes Bay, near New York. The low tide
left hundreds of acres of choice oysters eX-
posed. The sudden and severe cold that &C
-cOmpanied the wind froze the oysters solid on
the muddy bottom. The result was that at
least $50. 600 worth of fine. marketable oysters
were ruined. on Lemon Greek the loss was
also heavy. The OysteTmen take the largest
and choicest bivalves 10 the banks OF that
stream for a drink" as il is called. prepare
tory to shipping them to market. These are
extra sized oysters and the latest and most
palatable. Thousands Of bushels were frozen
and killed.