Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IN Germanv there has just been celebrated
the three hundredth annlversary - the bir h
al Martin Rinckart. the author of The popular
German ny nm. Praise ye the Lord"
THE HEAT of the earth is caused by light
lmpinginG upon The earth's substances and
It's fricu through the atmosph r., that is.
| II we acrept he -'Newionian" the ry Of
| iRht. III, however, theory If "undulat on"
| y peneVed, then hea Is cause IN subs an
tlally the same way by tine action OF these
! 'apld waves or undulatiOus, for in no Gaze
| VIII neat be found till within the bounds Of
| the atmosphere.
| FOUtTEEN HUNDRED BLACKFIsH were driven
ashore by meD IN boats ut Woad En-, Prov
Incetown. The fish were speAred and sold at
| quo 1 Auct on al an average OF 81 u ap ece.
| the gross proceeds be n : nearly $1,000 Thi
mount was divided among the men rnga ed
l. IN cat h. each receiving about s o. The
| average amount II oil frtm each h is one
| arrel. his IL the first school of nlacklish
| winch has been seen in that locality for 4
number of ears.
| The following are the lotest figures of the
trength of the French army. They are take
from the bo"k, "Avant la Bataillew which
| Wa published Wtet T two ago by the "Pa
| riotlc League" an a lee a sort Of nine
days wonder in Par,s. There are Is rs
| Wtr'"'e, romprisi & $50 Oattalions of infantry.
lA3 squadrons of cav TRY, and 1924 bait ries.
IN total effect We force is said to be: Officer
ISIS en- 81 292. horses 20O,t92, guns l,944,
| carriages $751;
1T is PLEASANT to hear of a strike which
involved no contest. A lot Of woodchopper-
who workedf for Mr.. Stockbrldge in the Hud-
>on Highlands topped work the other day,
ana sent sp kesman to their employer,
VINO sald mat the men were sa isf ID with
| tneir wages and most other things, ut didn't
| IKE your fresh meat; that's too fancy and
halnt got strength into it," Mr.. StOcs bridge
gave them salt PORK three tih es a day, an,
peace at once resumed its sway.
THE wearing of the tires on buggy and
wagon wheels isquite an interesting study.
On arocky road they wear rounding, on
clay road fiat, while in sand they cut out in
ne centre. Through Honey Lake Valley
Nevada, vehicles much USED have two hollow
faces ali the way around the wheel. There
| VIII be little ridge in the centre, with hol-
tow each side an a high place on each edge.
some Of the stage whers are 81. aud many OF
the farmers 6ugges and wagons.
RECENT VISITOR at Old Point Comfor,
was Re rAdmiral Lerov-"the Cbestarfe d
| of the Navy''-who went on tie reiir list
few years ago. THAI eve Cured whl he
was al Nice and he sign lizrd it with fare
! well banquet o. his old ship. the Trenton
! ne festivities over. he ordered his gig to be
made rea y take him ash re, but when b.
went % take hi, plsce in It he found IT
m nned en- ir'ly by Officer, hea ed b. his
successor, The new Rear-Adniral, all in full
| uniform
CITY MARSHAL MORSE recently wrote to
Charles ii. Remission, Portland, Me-, who
| claimed the finger found on the railroad track
| here, AL ing him to prove property. In re-
| ply Mr.. Morse has received Il card from Mr.
he niston In viii that gent eman says: IF
| q l. my finger IL belongs TO the left hand, the
| little finger below the irst joint. / carried
| On my watch chain for ave years. There is a
no In The emf of the bone. Lost 1t sumo ten
years ago, between Augusta and Waterville,
| | think"
HENRY c. BUNCE has for several years past
thrown thOus nds of bushels OF tin cans, hoop
skirts, branches of trees. and other rubbish on
his oyster grounds at Cold Spring harbor. New
| York. He now fin Is a splendid SET OF oysters
on these odd receptacles. The theory Of Mr.
Bunce is that the spawn floats along about a
| loot or more from the bottom. and is more
| readily collected by the bOughs ana ntner ar
| tictes. The bough4 will rot do vn IN time. an a
| the large oysters Will find secure resting
| place on the bottom.
In his latest prospectus the editor of the
Chieftain, pub lshed in WallO va, Washing
ton Territory, tells how C implicitly he covers
the news of the world in his paper, from the
war cloud in Greece" to the lasi shooting in
| Walowa. After which he adds: For the
first time in The ChItftaIn's existence H.
wood pile has got down to chips ANY sinh d.
scriber who is long on wood and tIort on
money can bring load of the first named
article to this office The wood shpnid be
dry and must be cut into two-feet lengths"
THE completion of the Ca adian Pacific
railway appears to have given fresh incte-
ment to the discussion among Russians of
their own long ialked-of line to the Pacific
across Siberia to Nladivhst OK. II VIII te a
long timr before Russian locomuti YES compete
with thpse OF England and America in reach
ing the shores of the Pacific. The braucn TO
Ilumen has not yet been m de, and the Ufa
Ziatust secli to hkateriu burg has only lately
been decided upon, after years Of DISPUTE
over the conflicting claims OF different towns
At recent meeting OF the Society for
kurt herring Russian Trade and Commerce a
Iii cussiOn took place on the .everal pr ecl 8
for the great work, among them being ont.
rendered by an enterprislng exile living in
SIBERIAN Punishment. All difficulties re
satisfactorily disposed OF excepting the ques-
ton where the I50,OC 900 rubles required for
the enterprise are to come from.
THERE is a man in Kingston. N. Y, who al
ways 'loes things the wrong way. His phys
ical make up is rather against him. He Is
not only left. handed and crossed in both ewes.
but he has no hair on the I, D of his mead. and
| mis- bod Is Thick wnere IL ought TO be thin anu
thin where 1t ought To he thick. hen he
meets Acquainthnces on he street. he walk.
all over them" In the spdc of two minu es
and half, and, II one is unfortunate enough
TO ne s"fferln4 fr m corn , he or size will con .
time e. suffer Tor sometime = terward He
VIII n yer see a joke ill ever, body el-e has
laughed long aud hea'tily over il, and wh N
lravIty Is restored. and perhaps very seri-
aus subject introduced, this crooked indl-
viduAl will burst gut iuto the loudest Kind of
a gnfraw With the eXclam ttiOn. have il! 1
naveItw Thls odd elbow is quite a favorite
with Kingston people in sp. OF HIS &C.
centric ways and peculiar makeup. He il
always bright and cue rlu amt can be seen
walking over his vlctims at al hours of the
day and evening Hi manner of bowling
friends and acquaintance is not the least OF
his funny "a ?, for the movement is always
upward ana backward.
A "oNE-sTAvE" barrel is being m manufactured
in Michigan. Whlle the size an shape of
This barrel are the same AS the ordinary kind,
he body Of the barrel lists OF single
sheet of timber held by hoops. The timber
used is elm, W len Is cheap and abundant.
canada il the main ba e OF supplies. Tue log
VIII be RATED over du ing the seas n OF nayI-
gatUu, and ought by rail in winter time.
The logs are = en- from the noOD or yard into
the saw NUT aud cut into two barrel lengths,
Thence they so mt steam chest, where the .
remain until thoroughly rte ame In HE
condition the log c inverted into thin she, is
or vencering. used In IN O0dy of the barrel
ny a SD ciS process two DOT log herOmes
r0l Of " 0den sh, citing In a minut, e tim. .
There remains upon he mandrel an Gig Il
inch core, which 10 Il ilized In making barrel
heads. Tn 81 sheets 20 nrXL / n 8 ndinR
machine. b, which bOtn des are maze G, =
fec IL smOo h. At err yltss ng thrDu IN a rut-
| ting ana growing ma hine AZ to adapt th. m
t. tho shape Of "A nArrel. Thence hey 90 10 \,
dryi u h. use. FIR m the dry n1- Que tie v
sNs.f eli Inn h.aW 81