Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-11
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as a trick horse No one cen ride HIM.
/ THE officials OF the Pope AID those Of the
/ King OF Italy met for the first time am'caniy
on the occasion of the recent marriage OF the
| Pop s nephew. Count Pecci, to the Countess
| Marie Vincent Cenci.
! CAPT. ANDY MEADERs, Of Nashville. has
accepted the challenge OF II. a. Peurose, TO
shoot three matches for $3.50 each, fret match
] 100 live birds, 80 wards rise from I'VE traps
| he condition. of the other two matches are
! to be named by Meaders. The trst match
| Will take place at Memphis April7.
! AN interesting souvenir OF the inauguration
OF the mercantile canal system Of Great Brit
ain IS now in the possession of Manchester
bookseller, heiog the original plan of the
/ Duke or Bridgewaters. or, as 1t is now TERM
! ed, the BrIdgewater Canal drawn to scale Dy
| i eng neer the celebrated Brndley. the
! plan is executed in evenly and eminently
| unprofessiona manner.
GOOSE FARM is one of the curiosities OF
agriculture on the eastern shore Of Virginia.
Within an area of about 5000 acres i've 5000
geese, OF several varieties, attended by herd
ers and regu ariy fed with corn, exc. The on
rect Is the collecting OF down for quits ana
/ pillows, and once in about six weeks pluck
! ing takes place. Only the breast ami sides
| under the wi g are plucked, and i requires
| the yield of nearly 100 geese to weigh pound.
| The raw feathers are sent to Philadelphia for
cleaning and sort ng.
THE prevention of decay in wood is said to
be effectively accomplished by exhausting the
air from the pores and filing them with a
| gutta percha solution, a substance which pre-
| serves the wood alike from moisture, water,
and the action of the sun. The solution 10
made by mixing twO-thirds of gutta p, rcna
| to one third OF parahne, this mixture being
| hen heated TO llquify the gutta percha, when
| it is readily introduced into the pores of t1c
wood. the effect of the gutta percha being,
WREN 1t becomes cool, to harden the pores.
The GREEN COLOR which sometimes Affects
American as well as European oysters has
formed the subject Of late special investiRa-
ton by a microscopic at the Smithsonian In
| stitutIon He finds that it is the minute blood
| ellis which become tinged with green, ami
| that these tend to lodge in the heart aud the
| gills in numbers great enough to give green
! appearance. The 'lO~ing matter, which may
be vegetable or an abnormal product or d.
| ges'iOn, is entireiv harmless, and in no wise
due to a copper tincture, as is popularity sup
posed.
CHICAGO has poker club called 1.-THE
Social Aalf d gen." and it is unique. in that
half of the number are ladies, and that none
Of the club has ever won a cent at the game.
The game is played strictly according to the
! best rules, and no one can 90 shy IN pot ;
but all tue money at the end of the game goes
| to the kitty" and thus becomes a comm N
| fund for The club. and oyster suppers, theatre
| parties. and ne like fol Ow. Scores of times
! a r u sum has been devOte 10 C arity. It
| is said t. be the most gent emanlike and
| ladyllke poker game" in existence.
A SOLDIER writes from Fort W ngate, N.
NJ, as 70 lows: as it true that Vice President
Hendricks is dead? If so. no order was pub
lished at this fort and 10 salute fired in honor
Of him. There are thirteen officers or their
families stationed here. and every one Of them
ha~ an enlisted man working for him, doing
9 no. Of NH oh
/ month and are excused from all uty. The
! men who are doing duty have to saw wood for
/ the officers, ana the dog robbers. as they are
termed. stay in the officers kitchens and wash
| dishes. II is strictly against army regulations
for an officer to hire an enlisted man to do
any work in his house in the capacity Of SER
| want"
THE SOUND Of the cars is plainly heard on
the line of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad
at the Needles, W. T., for a distance of
IS miles to place called Cottonwood island.
The scharge OF the sunrise gun at Fort MO-
jave can be plainly heard at Colorado Canon,
distance Of 100 miles. Sound can be under
stood in the narrOws of the Grand Canon OF
the Colorado for distance of Is miles. or, in
other words, if a man at one end shouts
"Bobn' the man at the other end can plainly
hear the echo. The whistle of the dorado
steamer can be heard from Ell Dorado Canon
to Weaverville, the head of navigation. dis
lance Il IS miles, and by umbling rock over
the DreClpice at Lees ferry you can plainly
hear the echo down the river at WeaverviIle,
a distance of S6 miles.
PROF. HERMAN, a mining expert from
! White Oaks, Tex, reports that an important
discovery of coal fields has just been made on
the line of the new railroad, which will hasten
It's construction. The mountain where the
coal is found is twelve miles south of White
Oaks and has been practically isolated. A
few sheep herders have occupied IL and nc
one was permitted to invade their privacy
until few days ago. Several prOspectOrs To-
Gated veins Of excellent quality of semi
anthracite coal on the mountain side, which,
on eXamina ion, is found to crop out at about
the same height more than half way around
the mountain, indicating that it is a solid bed
of coal in places. A partyof twenty five left
White Oaks a d located 5000 acres Of land on
the mountain, and kilograms h we been sent
to prominent railroad men announcing the
disc very. This settles the question of a coal
supply accessible to Ell Paso.
CORK LEATHER, as produced in France is
claimed TO possess some special advantages as
compared with the natural skins. In its pro-
duction thin eheets or pieces Of cork are COW
cred on both sides with an extremely thin
India-rubber skin, with any ordinary text lie
fabric outs de of all. the whole becoming thus
a sort IF homogeneous texture or tissue: aud
although the cork sheets, IN their normal
state, are readily permeable by water friable
and brittle, and possessed of very little
strength or cohesion, having only the positive
qualities OF lightnCss and nOn-cOnductiOp of
hegt, vet. when subjected TO the treatment in
question. the product is very supple. and ex-
hlbIts great strength in resisting tensi e
strain. While also still retaining its compar-
alive 'ghtuess ami impenefrabihty 10 heat il
| Is rendered both waterproof an imperme Bile
| 70 moisture. The external appear ance Of the
material varies according 10 the nature OF the
| textile substance used in combination with
| the cork.
MRS. ARTHUR KENNARD, IN her biography
/ of the famous actress Rachel, tells the follow
ing characteristic anecdote: zone evening.
while dining with the Minister of the Interior.
Comte Duchatel, she admired the centre piece
on the table. NJ. Duchatel presented her with
1 the flower. but she exclaimed: %, it was not
| the iOwers but tie bowl admired so much g
You shA have IL, hen, as well as the flow
ers,' answere her host, in a sudden ht OF gen
/ crosby. Monsieur IL COmte.' was the answer
your r. ses and viOlets delight my heart but
/ Your centre piece will be the ornament and
| wonder OF my dining-rOOm.' Rachel had
/ come in a cab TO dinner. When the time for
leaving approache the Minister offered her
his hr0ugham TO take her home. with pleas
/ ure.' she said: then can take your present
| with me vi bout fear Of beng Wavlntd and
! robbed Her host conducted her TO the ton
! OF the staircase himself Il am delighted
| mademoiselic,' he said. with a sarcastic smile
| AS he babe her Good nj ght.' that YOU would
| have my silver bowl; but you will send me
back my brou CHAM, will you notT"
THELAsT NEw THING in hats beats all that
has gone before it, and is scarce likely to no