Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LOWELL. MASS Is to have q semi centen-
MA and James Russell Lowell Is to be the
orator Of the occasion.
4 BIRMINGHAM (Eng.) firm has just pat
ented pocket Ambulance" 1t is a metal
case three and quarter inches in length, and
contains compress for stauching blood, an
lslhglaSs plaster. antIseptic bandages, aroll OF
tape, bottle OF ammonia, a sheet OF waxed
slS ana some safety and surgical pins,
MAJENDIE, the celebrated scientist, took two
dogs one Of which he fed on white -four
while to the other he gave -four made Of the
entire wheat. In forty DAYS the dog o had
re eIved the white -four died Of starvation ;
the other remained In perfect health, and
coutd nave lived indefinitely with no other
food.
IN AsHINGroN stock spectators are said
10 pc accommodated with machine which
automatically registers quotations every half
minute. As the quotations in this case are
purely visionary and the scheme simply eN-
dS&eTateu roulette, the authorities IRE not
uuhaIuraIiy ncll ned to look upon II as akin
10 gambling.
IHE immense prehistoric shell heaps at
Dsmariscotta, Me, are beng dug up and
shipped 10 Boston, to be ground into dust and
sp.d as poultry food. These deposits. which
ere described IN Ernest ingersOll's Census
t1'porus on American Oyster INDUSTRIES
au,iquarians.
a PATIENT in a Brussels hospital who had
contracted some disease Of the foot was ques-
Ioucd as 10 his business. He sa,d he was
''PNH hlErim, hired by those who wished to
lFoWHate certain saints, but who could not
Wa,N around the country and attend 70 the
haiter themselves. He charged according TO
Instance, ana made very good living.
The annual emigration returns for the
United Kingdom show that during 1855 264,-
"9o persons left British and IRISH ports for
places out OF Europe, a decrease of 3s.9l5
compared with the previous year. Five
slAtils OF the Irish emigrants proceeded to the
United states. as did nearly two-thirds Of
those Oh scotch nationality. while England
( contribute under 1900 OF a total OF nearly
l2GJOO.
HE PURIFIED FAT Of sleeps WOOL which
has been introduced into the drug market
under the name Of lanolin. is said to possess
remarkable sus eptibIli to Absorption bv the
SKIN. When 1000 parts of II are mixed with
one part of a soluble metallic substance and
app leu 10 Ihc scalp, metallic taste Is no.
! tceo IN the mouth within a few minutes. 1t
IS Thought the substance will be Of great value
Tor Olntments.
IN A MEDICAL REPORT to the Maritime Gus
toms OF China, DR.. A. Henry refers to the as
/ tonlshlng prevalence OF suicide at IchapR
One day young girl broke basin. and. be-
iuS -Colueu. went into an adjoining and
hanged herself. On the same day q man COM
mltted suicide in the same way after an alter
cation with his father For a similar cause a
young man Attempted on the same day to cut
mis- throat The writer says that suicide Is 9
verltabe Ichang malady.
A FIGHT between German foresters and
Russian frontier guards took place few DAYS
after Christmas near Bibiana on the Russian
Slleslan frontier on account of deer that had
been killed by the former right on the diyid-
ing line The Russian soldiers tried TO get
possession OF the deer. and in doing 50 used
thetr arms and seriously wounded three of the
Russians. hey were finally oVerpowered
however, and their arms taken from them
and were delivered to the nearest authorities
ALI the French papers haveb been filed with
stories more or less apocryphal about the late
Mr. Vanderbilt and his purchases IN Paris
One tale Is to the effect that on one occasion
looking at superb exhibit ornamental iron
Work shown at the Palace of Industry at an
annual Jar, he inquired the price of the lot
! The whole Is worth $4,000 france if Ii is
| worth a benny proudly said the owner
II take it, said Vanderbilt; deliver it to
me after the exhibition Is over" And be
went away. The dealer plucked at the sleeve
of the gentleman accompanying Vanderbilt
and inquired ia u whlsperS is your friend all
right in the heads"
CAPT. GLAZIER, known as the maker OF
some books about soldier boy heroes and the
like, went up into Minnesota not long ago
and. returning, reported that he had dis
covered the true source of the Mississippi
Capt. 9 aZer. ordinarily so modest waived
All considerations of mOdesty IN this case. aud
named the source Lake Glazer " Now
comes Henry Gannett, who writes IRON
! W ash'ngtoR 60 A"ture showing that This 70
1 called trlaZter Lake Is identical with laEe in
/ Township l43 North. Range Sc West W hicb
/ had heen carefully mapped by traverse sur
vey by the General Land Oiice IN 1876. or five
I nj.
uond. has an area of about nalf square mile
On the Land Office plat 1t Ii cslled lex Lake
and It's Coz nectlon with Lake Itaeca is plainly
indicated
On Saturday night, about O'Clock, the
horse and sleigh used for delivery purposes
/ 10y Richmond Co., grOcers, OF Fulton, Mo-,
was halted 10y the driver in front of a resi-
dence on Asylum street, about block from
+ tue PERCEPTIONS blum known as Lovers Lean
anu, whIte the driver was IN the house me
hOrse, which is blind. started of wandered
TO the b ud and stepped OF, drawing the
sleigh after him. He fell on the solid ice OF
the creek below, a distance of i02 feet by
actual measure meut. When the driver and
Others reached the foot OF the blum they found
the sleiPh IN kindllngs, and the horse quietly
muncnlng ONE apples that had been IN the
Sic gh. The horse was uninjured save two
lutte scratches, aud was used on SUNDAY for
sleigh riding. This Is the biggest fan on
record there. Last year lunatic Jumped OF
the Dluh and was killed by the fall.
AT A RECENT MEETING OF the Edinburgh
Medico Chirurgi al Society Or. John Duncan
read paper on TRANSMISSION OF Blood in
Primary Amputatlons." He hiss made il
practice IN several operations OF tins sort IN
collect the blood from the portion OF the limb
removed by expression, and inject the blood
so collected into the chief vein OF the stumn
! before closing tn" wound. In cases where
there has been very severe bleeding before the
patent could be attended to, and " here in
consequence, there was danger OF immedI ,te
death from sync'pe thir method has provpd
very beneficial. The blood H. mixed with a <
Der cent. solution OF phospnateo of soda, which
prevents ne coagulaton, and Is kent at tho
temlerature OF the BODY until il can be in
Iected. Or. Duncan a'so gave interesting
data IN relation 20 q case Of pernicious apPo
mia, iu which hc had performed the operatiop
Of TRANSMISSION repeatedly with very satisfac-
tory results.
WHAT man who went down into the cata-
combs so kiey saw there IL told thus: I'VE are
M rock-cut chamber Presently we reach
the last coffin containing the body OF a certain
holy semon. The cloth shroudiug his remains
ls thrown back over the chest. and 10 the
semi darkness catch glimpse Of what re-
ally ioo.s Ike human face The effect OF
th's upon the p.atapl. ia front OF me d, eler-
/ irral With what sounds Ike howl, but ia
DO reality cry for mercy and compassion.