Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| Canada issue of 1851. is that of JregHes Car.
! tier, who discovered the st. Lawrence river
BOYCOTTING has extended to France. Al
| the great bazaars have, it is stated, resolved
not to purchase toys of German make fol-
Christmas anu the New Year. 5laI-+
MUsCHENBRoECK found that human han
1ifty-seven times thicker than a silk worm'i
Unread would support weight of 2 1863 grains
| and horse hair, seven times thicker thar
THIS, 1870 grains. .-.5. vr
A BIT of soft paper is recommended by al
English doctor for dropping medicines IntC
the eye, as being equally effective rs brushes
gas troopers, elc., and far less likely 10 in
| trouuce foreign substances.
A NEW HAVEN INFANT over two months
old weighs only pa pounds. She is we
| formed and healthy and of fine vocal
equipment. Hca height is thirteen inches
| ner wrist seven Fights of an inch in circum.
| Terence. the back OF her head measures one
| inch across, and her foot is 4 inches long.
LORD DUFFERIN's health is in very unsat-
sfactory state. He has been more or less I'M
well for long time past, and it is admitted
by his physiciOns that his constitution cannot
| stand the Indian climate. There are grave
FEARS That he will be unable to complete his
term of office as VicerOy, but he declares that
| he will remain in India till he is literally
| compelled to return home.
SOME friends who were calling on the wife
of Western Senator, says the Baltimore Sun,
inquired why her husband did not buy or
| build house, instead of having to hunt for
| quarters every season. "WhatP' said she;
| get house and then have it photographed
| oy some malicious person and sent all over
| the rural districts of our State as evidence OF
the ilches we have accumulated in Washing
ton, and our caring no more for home! No,
| our election is soon to come off, and we can't
afford to do anything like that
"GRAPE CURE" is practised in France and
Germany in the autumn, and is regarded as a
| cure for many diseases due to high feeding,
| The patient is given pound of grapes to Q t
! the first day. This amount Is added to until
| the person can eat five or SIX pounds day.
| I he other food is gra iually lessened, and the
diet at last consists entirely of grapes 1t
! cures obesity and manv other complaints, and
starts the person OFF on new lease of lite.
| truitls necessary In a rational diet, and of
| immense value in detetIc medicine.
A NEW INDUSTRY Is about to commence in
Inverness, Scotland, ground having been Sc
cured by French firm for the erection of a
| curing establishment and sardine factory at
| Tohornbush Pier. The buildings are to cover
a large space, and will cost $4,000 The firm
will employ between 200 and 300 men and
| women. 1t has long been suspected that
| large quantities of sO-called sardnes i'm i
| ported from abroad are young herrings from
| the Scotch firths, and the result of the expert
| interest.
SAID the Leviathan of literature: "While
you stand celebrating which book your son
| shall read first another boy has read both :;
read anything five hours a day and Won will
| soon be learned" There is much ruth in
| this ''growl." Selecting a list of hundred
| 'best books" for boy or a girl is about as
sensible as handing him or her list of 100 of
| the"worst books" Outside of text books for
| educational purposes 'd turn boy loose in
! a library and say to him: 1T is all good II a
| book leaves bad taste in your mouth try one
| on the next shelf; it may be as sweet as cara
| way or marjoram."
ACCORDING to the Belgian savant, Quetelet
man attains his maximum weight about his
fortieth year, and begins to lose it toward his
slXtleth year. A woman, however. does not
attain her maximum weight until her fiftieth
| year. The weight of persons of the same age
In different classes of society also differs. In
the ainuent classes the average maximum
weight IS 172 pounds, and is attained at fifty
years OF age. In the artisan class it is l54
pounds. attained at forty. Among farm Ia
Dorers II Is III pounds, attained at sixty. In
the general classes it is 1874 pounds and is
| reached between forty and fifty years of age.
JOHN CHINAkAN, with his usual shrewd-
ness. has hit upon an article of export from
Germany which has thus far escaped the at
tention of the enterprising Teutons. 1t is
neither more nor less than cast off horse
shoes, of VIII oh some Berlin fir rs are about
to ship some 1900 to 1000 tons. The "heathen
Chlnee" has found out that the wrought iron,
OF which hOrseshoes are made, owing to the
constant and even hammering on the pave
ment. together with the equine animal heat
gradually assumes the hardness of steel. com
blned with great malleabiity and elasticity
qualities which at them more especially for
the manufacture of knives and sword blades.
DIR. PoRRET has published some very curl
GUS instances of exhausted muscular power
| Of course, the writer's cramp is a case in
point; but there are ''professional move
ments" other than writing which exhaust the
powers OF those who use them. Violinists lose
the power OF manipulating the strings with
their left hand, and vioIoncello PLAYERS that
OF making the nut' with their left thumb:
compost ors cease 10 have power over the
SUCK; tallors can no Inoger sew, and even nail
makers can ut last no longer use the hammer
1t is saSaciouslv suggested that, in view of
this disastrous state of things, everybody
should have second calling to fall back upon
when the first gives out.
THE late DR.. Magoon used 10 tell this story
as Illustrating how the Lord took care of his
followers: When he was student he was
very poor. One Saturday he started for
PlNhon's Ferry. intending to preach on sun
cay. Without cent in his pocket He walked
as Tar as the ferry. but how to get across was
problem. The ferryman was waiting, and
to hesitate was to be lost - said the doctor
with apparent unconcern. w Where are you
gong" asked the ferrvman. Going across
To Preach | replied. As we touched the
oher ahore asked how much the fare was.
N0thing, was the answer, and took ND my
ounole ana went on my way rejoicing"
PRINCIPAL POLAND. of the Newark HIGH
School, always dlsmisses his pupils when the
thermometer indicates that the miserable
school furnaces ale not raising the tempera
lure above 30 degrees. On Monday morning
when the boys in his department assembled
they saw that. though The room was rather
cool, stu tle temperature wa too high for
practical benefit. 81 the bulb of the theTmOm
eter was packed IN snow, and each boy turned
up his coat collar, and, as the teacher came
IN, STAN ped his feet and blew on his finger.
Mr.. Poland looked rather surprised and then
looked at The thermometer. The snow had
done us WORK. and the mercury marked forty
something. Tue teacher sGvercd. and dis
messed the boys, VINO rushed for their sled.
with three cheers and tiger.
AN English scientific journal enumerates
the following as among the inventions which
are specially needed at the present time.
Macaronl machinery. good red-lead Pencils.
type writers hat Will work ON account books
and rec"ri books, lndelIble stamp cauceljnu
INK. practical car stprter. good railway
car veutllator, better horseshoes, locomotive
headlights an n trument Tor measuring the
velocity OF wind currents, apparatus for
measuring the depth OF the sea vii bout sound
ing by line, piano lid hinge which shall be
flush on the outside, g1ou fluid India ink for
draught-meD, good metallic railway tie an
effective cut-OH for locomotives, a method of
alloying copper and iron, and a moldinr
material for IRON and brass casting capable OF
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