Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-09
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"A NEW DIRK BAR'R has invented 'bar-
DER DID, wnlch lsesigned to abolish the |
nuisance OF swathn the neck with towels
ana uemorallzlng Gle, collars. The achieve
menL Is sheet of rQer with hole Ia the |
MIuule, through WINE the victims head is !
pushed.
-FOUR supple, stronlimbed lads of Mon
mouth School, Engan training for race,
spun their outrigger a4g the chopped sur
face Of the Wye the othday, when over the
shell went. Two swamshore. the hero of
the crew tried to save thtxswain. hut could !
not swim, and both the us clad in CAV red |
racing suits, were found ithe black mud at
tn bottom.
IN Egypt. on the river Ne, as we'll as in
Italy, on the Pc, the custobf travelling for
bee pasturage has been coipued from the
remotest ages to the presentme, as there is
about seven weeks difference in the yegeta- |
ton on the Upper and LOwerile They use !
large tlatbOats holding from TO 100 hives of |
bees, and 1o4t slowly along ahe vegetation |
advances. The sinking of theoat TO a GER
tam depth in The water indicas when they
nave hlled the hives with honey
THE Bishop of sodor and IN and the |
Bishop Of Aberdeen are engaged an uufor-
tunate personal controversy. te former
prelate, during a recent visit tea berdeen.
preached in a Presby terian ch,ch. The |
Bishop of Aberdeen cons dered Il act not |
only an ecclesla Stical misdemeanor, It A yio- |
latlon of the comfy that should Oain be-
tween Bishops. Acrimonious lettel have |
been exchanged, in which the good Llates |
courteously call each other rather bad INES. |
Dut always In parliamentary language.
STRAWBERRIES from Florida come in,ce
boxes with capacity of twenty eight quas,
The ice chamber is in the centre Of the L.
and the cold air from it passes down throu,
slit, then through small apertures into IL
TWO frult chambers, one on each side. through
these the cold air runs MP among the straw
berries, carrying with 1t whatever impurities
may be IN Them up to the ice, which absorbs
more or less, keeping the atmosphere purer.
THESE ice boxes are in freight cars, and icing
Is done every twelve hours. 1t costs about Is
Genus quart TO transport them thus
SINCE the foundation OF the gold colony in
the new California on the banks of the river
Amoor there have been only three murders
and two infections of the death penalty-a
Russian having been hung tor adulterating
the gold dust, and Jew logged TO death for
having spread false news as to the approach
Of body of Russian troops, hoping thereby TO
send down the price of gold owing to the
panic. There are twenty seven taverns in the
colony, and, owing to the competition, the
prices are not high, except for spirits. The
gold fields, which are twenty-five miles in
length by three miles broad, are said to be
very rich.
RESTING on a stand in the cool and inviting
parlors of the Merchants Club, New York,
Tuesday, lay a fifty -four pound salmon caught
by Robert Graham Dun last week while fish
ing in the st. Lawrence river. The huge fish
ls SAID to be one OF the largest ever caught by
an American, and was taken in Canadian
waters in spite of watchful cruisers. He was
fishing on Thursday last with Indifferent sue
cess when he suddenly hooked this big fellow.
The successful haul was made with four flies
on single strand Of catgut and was safely
landed by MIR. Dun with some assistance after
few minutes struggle. The fish is male
specimen and measured ffty-four inches in
length and thirty ght inches around the
glrth. 1t was served TO the club members.
THE ''sensophone'' is the name given to a
new telegraph instrument. 1t derives its
name from the fact that the message is re-
Geived on the finger by the sense of touch. in =
stead OF by the ear, as In the sOunder. Other
wise the apparatus is similar to a sounder
and consists of an electro magnet, which il
traversed by the signal currents from the
telegraph line. and attracts an armature
The armature operates a small probe or style
which rests against the finger with its point
and presses upon it SO as to be felt by the re-
ceiver. The attraction of the armature &C
tuating the probe is interpreted by the re-
CelVCr. and written down as the message. OF
course the advantage Of the plan is that nc
sound IS heard, and therefore the telegraph is
a silent one.
KING GEORGE of Greece, who is said to be
tired of his throne. is one of the most popular
monarchs in Europe. He is son of the King
of Denmark, and has always sighed after the
climate and scenes of his northern home
For the first few years of his reign he was
specially incOnsOlaDle for the lack of skating
facilities, but finally mad roller skating
rink erected near the royal stables. Every
evening at O'Clock he dons his roller skates
and. accompanied by Queen Olga, gives him
oil III tn 70 Va n ri fpr hon 10,
Majesty frequently joins him in his amuse-
ment. and eXcels MIN in skill and dash. Only
privileged few are allowed to witness this
royal recreation. After their skating bout
their Malesties hasten to the palace and dine
with their encourage, but occasionally er
| famille.
WHAT shall be done about the cycloneP il
becoming serious question In our Western
territory. A recent writer says that the only
means of which we can conceive within
human power for tine prevention, or at best
the rendering less frequent. of cyclones is in
the covering of the face Of the country az
much as possible with trees and verdure. Lei
there be ascending moisture instead of as
cending currents of heated air. In the great
tlmbered valleys of the Amazon cyclones are
unknown; yet when we look at the form atiOu
of the land. 1t is probably one of the mos
mOnoJonously level regions on the face of the
earth. Take away the forests and yerdure,
and leave this region a vast desert PLAIN, and
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ground of cyclones.
INQUIRIES recently made among the EN-.
ployes of gas works in Paris reveal some in
terestnG facts concerning the effects of coal tar
and its products upon health. 1t was found that
those whose duties did not necesstate a pro-
longed stay in the parts of the works where
tar vas to be found were liable to all kinds of
ailments, and formed considerable proper
ton of the number of the sick list; while
among the workmen specially occupied with
tar, only three were sick IN the course of
seven years. This result, medically con-
sidered, is all the more striking IN view of the
large number of workmen employed during
the period in question-more than 20, 900: OF
whom nearly 500 were employed in some oc-
cubatiOn connected with tar. At the Bayonne
gas works, too, the records show not only an
exemption OF the workmen from cholera. but
also their immunity from skin diseases
A WRITER points out the interesting fact
that the future heir to the Bavarian throne is
the stuart heir apparent to the English
| throne. the Jacobite Prince of Wales, Hem
| rietta Maria, daughter of Charles | married
! Phillip, Duke OF Orleans the brother of Louis
| XIV. His daughter, Anna Maria, married
! Victor Amadeus H. Of Savoy. The legitimate
| claim to the throne Of ENGLAND remained with
| the Kings of sardinia to the death of Charles
| Felix in April, 1881, when the crown passed
| TO the distant line Of Savoy Carrignan 1t was
| to this claim that George III. alluded when
| he said that if he broke his coronation oath
| by admitting Catholics to Parliament the
crown Of England would pass 10 the House OF