Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

pay. ''Colt tt a" is more profitable than milk,
ana ne is Lot al owed to sell 1t.
PENNSYLVANIA has standiog army OF ig-
norance-325, 900 children who do not attend
he public schools. Lack of proper accom-
mediation. a. well as disinclinatiOn on the
part OF the children, IL SAID TO oe the CAUSE
DOCTOR who has had much experience in
treating laborers in gas works say that PER
sons who have become insensible from bre ath-
ing Illuminating gas will usually evive AFTER
me admin tratiUn Of few drops o. acetlc
ether in water.
BY THE WRECK Of a bank IN Lancaster,
Mas, recently, widow lost her hole for
| tune-$2, 00-whereupon an unknown person
in Boston arranged to pay her $3.50 annually
representing per cent. interest on her loss
| as long as she lived.
A JAPANESE INVENTOR has discovered
a m ans OF making paper from seaweed. 1t
Is thick IN texture. and, from its Transparent
cy, can be substituted for glass in windows
ana, when colored, makes an excellent lmlta-
| ton OF stained glass.
RAILWAY MEN complain OF the weight Of
the passenger cars now built, and show By
| h9ures that an engine hauls between five and
six mounds Of dean weight for eve one pound
OF paving passenger weight, reckoned when
All The seats are llled.
AT Philadelphia auction there was col
lection OF Confederate money in which every
| issue was lepresented, but it sold for next to
nothing. Confederate flags and passes, orders
nj documents signed by Gen. lee ana many
Others were on The list.
THE London Times lately contained an sd-
vertisement for a smart looking second foot
man, who must have unexceptionable charac-
ter and be active, an early riser, and speak
French and English. The inducements held
out to this ragOn are $50 year.
TIE DISCOVERY has been made in Columbia
Of a shrub which exudes Juice having so
power III an effect in arre-tug the flow OF
| blood that large veins may be t by a knife
and smeared with it without cau~ing hemor-
image. The plant is called ''aliZa" by the ma
| lives.
AN Oldham In Stoughtou, Mass, described
as ''stalwart, robust and vigorous" has
bathed every morning for years in a cold
spring near his house. The baths were not
! omitted recently when the thermometer was
| below zero. H. says the custom cured him
Of cata RI, and il the lanacea for all lille.
THE president Of the New York Press Club
! has been presented with a gavel made from
| large chip II the heel OF the old shp New Or
leans, which has lain in Sackett's harborslnce
| The war of 1872, when it " as butt to meet the
| ST Lawrence, which the British sailed into
| axe Erie. she WAS never used, however, as
peace Was declared before she was completed.
AN INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EXHIBITION
| will open at Rouen on Feb. Is. The exhibits
will include horse and dog specimens from
| England, Spain and Switzerland. There will
! also be good show of hunting requirements,
| and musica competition of hunting horns.
| The organizers also promise ''rato- phi ge,"
I or rat-desLrOy wing de partment. The N scella-
/ neOus part Of the exhibition will be made up
OF velOcipedes, rowing boats, fishing lmple-
ments, balloons, etc. The exhibition will last
until the end of February
THE railway cars of Russia, says a writer,
are among he most commodious in the world.
| They resemble ours raj her than the compart-
| ment cars IN use elseW here on the continent
of EurOl e, but in Russia the aisle is shifted
| TO one side, 80 that the seats on the left Will
| accOmm Odate three passengers eide by side,
and those on the right but one. This Is espe
| clally convenient when the car is not crowd
| ell in hight travel. The end doors Of the car,
| instead OF opening upon the platform. lead
| into q small enclose vrstibule, " hence doors
/ open out at tight and left.
/ AT the Royal Academy exhibition in Lon
/ don, which gives fair idea of the architec-
| tural TASTE OF the time, it will be found that
/ the plain early English style, so popular with
| architects for many years past in he designs
/ for churches, Is giving way to later styles,
/ especially the dambOyant decorated. A curl
I Gus examp Of this new depar ure Is shown
| in he subjects cho-en for study by she art
/ students in the Architectural Museum, West
| muster. A few years slnee scarcely any sub
| jects we're selected for drawing or modelling
/ but the beautiful foliages Of the thirteenth
/ entury, whereas now perpy ndicular details
are preferred almost to the exclusion of all
/ others.
| A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL gives an account Of
a pisnoforte made IN Paris IN which paper
vas made TO take the place OF wood, the
whole case being made from paper 80 COM
pressed that it was enabled to receive hard
surface, which took perfect polish. The
| color was cream white. The tone Of the in
! sti umenJ IS epOrted TO be not loud, but very
weet. The short. broken char cter Of tue
| sound emitted bS ordinary pianofortes is re-
! paced by soft, full, quasi continuous sound,
/ resembling sOmew hat that Of the organ. IL
| ma been suggested that the eveupess Of tex
ture OF tie compress ell paper may have some
| influence in efecting this modification Of
! sound.
MRS, CRAIG WADswoRTH. who has juet died
in Washington, was a brilliant figure in the
-Ociety OF tue capital. and was he only wo-
man TO whom r. Arthur ever paid any
| marked attention while he was President
| sue was very beautiful. ana the first two win
| tiers Of the Arthur administration she STONE
| at The hlte House. beng always invited to
| stand with the ladies of the Cabin,t. Two
| years ago she went TO Paris TO visit Mr.. and
| Mr.. evI p. Morton, and v Ile there an IN
| durable malady deve Oped itself She was very
! Ill at he Mortous', and returned t. Washing
| ton to de. She appeared few timrs after
her return in society. but she was soon too far
on the road to death for that. For the last
| month sue has been dying by inches. aud on
/ Weduts lay evening, when he dra ing rooms
"a ere at their gayest, and the streets around
| her mouse were messy with carr ages dashing
/ back aud forth TO balls and receptions, she
! died. She lett large fortune 10 her two
| young sons.
| The CANADIAE MILITIA DEPARTMENT has
/ decided TO replace the knapsacks at present
| in vogue with the new vaise tqui ,,mei {, the
same as issued on regular service In the i'm
/ peri army. Instead OF a square box resting
on the soldiers back the valise is a black
| leather-bag which rests on the hips below the
/ waist. the weight OF the XII and contents being
| uniformly distributed by means Of straps aud
/ bells which go over The shoulder. aud are
1 hooked 10 the wAist bell, rendering perfect
/ freedom OF act on IN lying down, firing or on
/ the march. The old knGpsack generally cut
/ the wearer III the armplts. The new Valise
! arr Augment has no pressure on the arms
/ VIVA ever. TIE A, e, aud q BHtteries OF Ca
| nAd an Art llery and the IN antry schools are
| already furnished with the va Use equipment.
| ana no doubt the trcveruor-'B eneral's oot-
/ guards and Other CITY co ps will he SINH arly
! furnish d by the deDHr ment. In the new
! equipment tho oyercOat can either be rolled
aud carried over the shoulder or f,lded and
! strapped abO q the vAlise on the back Win
! the valise are twoammuuition pouche. hold.
| ing 10 rounds OF bal c8ttridges each, and an
eXpenss-bag OF the right side.
Fly "a Fireman.
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