Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-22
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uence IN Importance TO the OrAnu care Oam-
GROOM"
THOUGH the Hawaiian people have been
partially converted to the Protestant reli-
gion, they are still superstitious. and call up
on their gods and goadesses to help them in
any great trouble.
BRooMs and broom brushes in England
France. Belgium and Denmark are now gem
orally made from a sort of palm known In
Brazil as DidSsdgG. The fibre Of this palm is
also EN- loyed in Brazil for ropes.
ONE of the largest single electric lights ever
constructed was placed on exhibition at Sene-
ca Falls, n. Y, on a recent Saturday evening
1t was of $4,000 candle power. and was made
at lion. The light was placed on the tower
of building at a height of IS feet from the
| ground. II is intended TO illuminate the
whole village
THE only countries upon the globe to which
cholera has not been carried are the islands of
the South Pacific, Australasia the Cape of Good
| Hope, the islands Of the North Atlantic, and
the western coast of South America. These
countries are all separated from India by
| wide eNpanse of ocean, and have no CONNER
elal intercourse with that country.
Browsing animals are proving as destruc-
| tive to California forests as fire is elsewhere
Herds of sheep and cattle are driven up to the
mountains every year to Craze. and they de-
| YOUR every green thing from the foothills to
the meadows on the summit of the ranges.
When the grass fails the young Seeding trees
are eaten off, or the bark peeled so that the
underground is entirely destroyed.
HERR CHASER, the Austrian explorer, is
about to undertake a new journey in Southern
Arabia. He will go first from Sana to Marib,
| and VIII then visit in succession Wadi- Davas-
sir, Nedjd, Omaun and Hadramaut. In a
] similar journey which he made some time ago
he brought back 276 interruptions of the Sa-
| beans, who were regarded in the time of the
Ptolemys as the wealthiest people of Arabia.
In regard to the operation for dividing GER
tain hbrous bands in the little finger so as to
give pianists more freedom in the use of it,
the British Medical Journal says that in the IA
cases OF Or. Forbes, of Philadelphia, good
| functional results have been obtained, but it
suggests that "the effort necessary to stretch
any hbrous band existing between the fingers
Is ltsen useful, as tending to stretch all the
muscles attached to them"
THE employment of cast-iron columns as
main supports has been greatly restricted at
Berlin by regulation issued from the archi-
tect's department of the police authorities of
that city. The order has been issued in con-
sequence of discovery made last winter at a
nre, when 1t was found that the cast iron col
umns had been cracked by the effect of the
cold water playing on them while hot.
THE dome of the Pantheon where Hugo is
entombed rests on rollers. Recently an exact
duplicate of this dome was constructed for
the observatory at Nice, but by an ingenious
arrangement it was placed upon reservoir
of air. which, in turn, rests upon water in a
circular basin. This system of suspension is
said 20 be so perfect that. In spite of its great
weight, single person can turn it completely
round.
BERLIN post-boxes are painted blue and
gold and measure about two feet each way.
They are not fastened to lampposts, but to
buildings. The letter apertures are guarded
by movable spikes setting inward. On the
face the hours of clearing are given, and
dial moved by key shows the next dispatch.
The district station to which the box is at
tached is ALEC shown, so that a stranger learns
at once the nearest office here postal bust
ness is transacted. In all but the suburban
parts of Berlin these street boxes are cleared
~ times between 5:i5 In the morning and 10
at night. On Sunday there are seven clear
ances between the same hours.
THE horn of rhinoceros is apt to grow in
the wrong direction if the animal is held in
captivity. This was the case recently with
one OF the animals in the London Geological
Gardens. 1t is a very fierce animal but Mr.
Bartlett, the superintendent, succeeded in
tanning il by feeding IL several loaves of bread
every morning. While the animal was eating
he took Jagged cane and initiated the action
of saw on the brute's horn. When it had
become accustomed to this proceeding, a car
penter was summoned. who substituted saw
for the stick while Mr.. Bartlett prolonged the
meal. When the horn was almost off, It came
IN contact with the sore which it had caused.
The beast tore away with a savage snort the
saw was broken TO pieces, but the lnclSiOn
made by the saw was 30 deep that when the
animal thrust the horn against the bars in its
rage, it broke of, and all danger was thus
averted.
WEDNESDAY night two young ladies of Bal
timore were left at THEIR home all night with
no one but an old colored servant woman
The latter, instead of going to her room at the
usual hour, went to sleep in one of the lower
rooms of the house. About O'Clock next
morning she awOke and started to 20 to her
room, but the noise she made aroused the
young ladies, who, thinking there was q bur
glar in the house, called for assistance The
old woman. unaware that she WIS the cause
Of the alarm, became also frightened and
locked herself in a cupboard. A policeman
came TO the door in answer TO the call and
rang the bell. But all persons in the house
were afraid to STIR from their hiding places.
Finally, the servant mustered up courage
enough to creep from the cupboard and open
the front door, and in reply to the officers
question, why had she not come before, said:
Laws, honey, knOWed you was thar but /
didn't like to come because l thought I'd
never get thar"
A SERGEANT MAJOR named Ebrard, of the
Fifteenth French Army Corps. four years
ago embezLled some of the funds placed IN bis
charge, and lost all at Monaco. He ran
away, took the name of Antoine Vorner, en-
listed in the Foreign Legion and volunteered
Tor Ionquin. he was wounded at Chu and
lost his left arm. He received the medal
Subsequently he was on the point of being
! proposed Tor the cross OF honor for special
acts Of bravery, when one of his former subor-
/ climates recognized him and denounced him.
On being arrested he admitted his guilt, and
was taken back TO France on board trans
4 port ship. His trial excited a great deal Of
interest. His lawyer pleaded for his acquit-
tai on the novel ground that his glorious ex-
plOits had wiped away his former crime. ard
the court martial. after q few minutes de-
Liberation, unanimously acquitted him. The
/ announcement Of his acquittal was hailed
I with joy by the sym pathetic crowd that at
! tended his trial and with shouts OF Viga Ia
| FTdRceP
ONE Of the exports Of Persia is horses. The
Persian dealer travels over the country, hav-
ing agents in every large town. lie buys for
the Indian market. His destination. when he
has got together likely lot of ANIMALS, is
usually Bombay or Bangaloro; a few dealers
| try kurrachee. As q rule The Persian hor-e
/ deslcr buys nothing under fourteen hands
/ The Persian horses exported 10 India are sold
/ either as riding horses and chargers at an
average minimum price OF 900 rupees. or as
| artillery horses at standard price Of 400 rl-
Z pees, while the animals that remain unbought
for these purposes are eagerly snapped an "a
/ carriage hOrsss. The Persian horse dealer
| even when most respectnble resorts TO bishop-
| ing. which dictionaries define "a ITO use arts
TO make old horses look like young ones" the
arts used consisting In cutting the upper sur
face Of the iuoisor teeth into depression,