Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

BETWEEN th-ty-lve and forty privates Of
the Royal IrislRi1es have deserted from Hal
flax. n. S., sine July |, and only two OF them
have been captured. such large number OF
desertlOns within such q short time is UMPIRE
cedented in thu garrison.
THE solado etate in Mexico has an area of
more than elglt hundred square miles and
lies partly in fur States. Chains of noun
tains, some Of item rich in minerals, traverse
1t. And tlourshing farms, mining settle
ments, factorls and Incorporated villages
may be found within its lImts.
AT his regula Sunday service at Bumstead
Hall, Boston sunday, the famous Psrson
Downs read long communication detailing
the oTenses committed by certain members
OF Bowdoin square Baptist church, and then
announced that at q special meeting of the
church held Friday evening slXty-seven mem
beers whose names ne read had been expelled.
The list includes tnrty-0ne males and thirty
SIX females.
AXEL GUsTAFsoN, the Swedish author,
whose wife Is an American correspondent Of
the Pail Mall Gazette attended the trial of
the anarchists in ChicIgo, and was particu-
larry struck by the presentation of bouquets
by outside friends to tht anarchists. He says
1t would be possible to secrete small steel
saw or a dynamite bomb in these bouquets,
which would either contribute to the liberia
ton of the anarchists or cause destruction of
life, and thinks that the bouquet feature
should be stopped by the tourt.
AT the Colonies and India Exhibitions in
London the amount OF precious metals pro-
duced by the several colonies is shown by va
rlous monumental devices. British Columbia
has an obelisk containing $50, 100 cubic inches,
representing $49,342,90 worth Of gold. Nova
Scotia shows an output of about 81, 800, 900
worth, and other places exhibit specimens of
quartz ana ore from which lSTge amounts are
yet to be taken. Among tho most promising
ha Il 20 from hn Wv
opened dlstriCts or British Columbia not in
Guided IN the $49,0o0,000.
THERE is considerable excitement over the
new coal mines discovered on the Colorado
river, twenty-five miles ntrth Of Brady, Tex,
and twenty miles southwest of Santa
Anna. four foot vein OF solid coal is now
being worked and there isno doubt but that
the SUP ply IS abundant AMI of the best quail
ty. town has been surveyed at the mine
and named Pueblo. About fifty lots have
been sold. An effort Is beng made to induce
the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Company to run branct road from Santa
Anna to Pueblo. Coal has been found in va
rlous places in that vicinity, but the four foot
vein has just been reached
IOWA took census in 1885, and the results
OF that census have never been made public,
because 1t did not make by any means as good
showing as the national census of 1880. No
State wants to show retrogression. especially
one OF the booming Western States Iowa es-
peclally brides herself on her shape and gem
eral getup, and she was not going to let any
body know that her fair proportions are
dwlndllng. Iowa is just as wealthy in re-
sources rs ever but the Dakota racket ratified
many of her people. Dakota is the best adyer-
Used piece of property on Gods footstoo and
the iowa people wanted to get there and they
went. Dakota has for the past five wears
been draining Iowa, and the result of that
draining was very perceptibly shown by last
years census.
A WRITER in the British Medical Journal
after referring to the disagreement among
surgeons as to whether mokng may be the
immediate cause of cancer, remarks that
there is condition OF the tongue which. IN
many cases. is the precursor of epithelioma
namely, "leucoplakia," and this disease is
more generally considered to be caused bv
smoking. The fact is pointed out that among
seventy hVe recorded cases, all but four were
smokers. One authority has shown that len
| coplakia may be the starting point of epi-
| thellOma, and, out of the above mentioned
number of cases, forty four developed epithe-
| iona, and in one only was there family
| history of cancer. Another authority states
! that, out of fifty five cases of cancer of the
| tongue, about one fourth had been the seat of
| leucoplakia.
The swords for the English army which are
manufactured at SOlingen, Germany, are sub
| jected to the following tests: The blade has
| hrst OF all TO support weight of sixteen kjlo-
"
| ing the least detection. This pressure is then
increased to such an extent as to cause the
bending blade to shorten by sixteen cent?
metres ana, on It's removal. to snap back per-
tectly straight. a hard blow is then given
| nrst with the edge ami next with the back OF
| the blade, on an iron block, the prescribed
curvature being carefully measured. Then
| comes the bending test, in which the blsde ts
| subjected to a bend of ninety degrees from
| which il has to spring back into the strai0bt
Inc. flnAlIy IL is weighed and not until the
centre OF graYltyls carefully adjusted does the
receiving oLlcer put his stamp on the blade
SOME years ago story was afloat to this
intent: At dinner in the city of Washing
ton Lieutenant of the United States army
| was present, lust returned from a Western
campaign. He was very voluble and enter
| tanning with anecdotes of his experience and
| among them related the following; His regi
ment he sald, encamped for while near a
| hill manly composed of soapstone and after
| rain the wash down its sides was so sal
urated with soap that the people living near
| used 1t, finding 1t sufficiently saponaceOus for
washing Their soiled clothes. With single
| exception all within hearing expressed their
| surprise and wonder. He, a thoughtful ner-
| son, remained unmoved. On being asked
| why he was so silent and undemo strative
| he replied that he was thinking How mucb
! I've QieO 1t took TO make that mountain
| soap"
SOME Of the Paris physicians warmly rec
ommend the treatment of obesity by the adj
! mlnlstration OF sea water, combined with a
| residence at the seaside. 1t is urged that
| sea water, taken internally, acts like diuret,c
| ana puFgatlVe salts. a remarkable fact hetn0
| that the dluretic effect increases when the
| purgative dimlnishes. The water ia TO he oh
| tanned, when possible, from some depth ami
| far fr m the shore-being then left to SETTLE
| for six to twelve hours, and filtered. ItIs to
| be taken three times day, in doses of a small
tum blcrful, or in half that quantity at a tIne
| with fresh water or milk. The claim is thai
sea water thus used facilitates the oYvgene
ton OF the blood. AMI that it hastens the eli
mination Of Offete materials. In cOmbinotior
with this treatment, sea water baths are 70
be taken, free exercise is to be carried ont
and at the same time tattenng foods are. of
course, to be avoided. - VI
NOTWITHSTANDING the prominence attain
ed by coca, within comparatively recent
time, it was in fact introduced some wears
ago in France, where it has rendered most
valuable service In therapeutics Prof. Ron
chardat considers the coca as a stimulant IN
the nervous and muscular systems and terms
II also substance depargne," or that which
prevents the rapid waste of tissue and thus
enables the consumer to go a long time with
out lo0d. Inc leat contains an essential oil
which is OF an aromatic Odor coupled with the
flavor of the fresh plant; and the slightly acid
and bitter taste OF the leaf Is attributed to the
presence oil tannin, and to the alkaloid-some-
Nhat AKIN TO atrOplne-so well known as
COCAINE" a Dharma cist named Balm was
The first, or one of the first, to introduce il
into medicine years ago, in France in the
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