The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AN ISDIscREET BRooKLYs BOY dropped a
lighted match into an empty whisky barrel,
and has since been going around with his head
bandaged
MICH SPECULATION is INDUCED in among
Catholics in New York regarding the object of
| arc bishop Corrigau's approaching visit 70
/ Rome. Some think the archbishop il TO be
/ made cardinal.
4 THE ITALIAN LABoRERs are largely given to
the quaffing Of sarsaparlla and other light non
intoxicating beverages this season of the year.
| Comparatively few Of them indulge in beer or
other alcoholic h4 lors while at work.
! GFN. BoULANGER has been compelled to con-
/ fine his diet 10 fruits and cereals He al
| lowed to drink milk. but is vigorously denied
/ Vine his complexion is very pale and he looks
far from well. He is now obliged TO pay more
attention to his own constitution than 10 that
/ OF France.
THE new cartridge recently tried at Vincen-
mes, France, has given surprising results. The
| met''l cartridge is dispensed with, aud it can
| thus be iapled instantly T. all military rifles
| IL IS also sm0keiess, does rot clog the barrel,
and viii cost 10 per cent. less than the ordinary
/ cartridge.
SPEAKING of the lower classes Of Japan, Mr..
Arthur May Knapp, himself a mis- ionary to the
Yankees Of the Orient. " says they are morally
| so much superior to the corresponding classes
/
whether It be not an impertinence TO talk of
converting them.
JOHN d. NUTTING, while prospecting for gar
nets III the mountains near the county house in
Warren county, New York, has discovered ore
which he believes to he rich in silver He also
states that there are traces of golG and copper
III the ore. There is considerable excitement
over the discovery.
IN the machine hall of the Paris exposition is
far 7ofor ,Ja
founderie is not intended to serve any useful
purpose, but merely intended to show what can
be accomplished by pattern makers, molder
am tounder AS regards iutricacy Of detail, 1t
mas never been surpassed
A GREENLAND EXPEDITION has been planned
Tor next summer Seven men, under the com
mand of an officer of the Danish royal navy
Will leave Cope hagen in tie spring taking
with them proviSi ms sufficient for two and q
half years. Their destination will be the east
coast OF Greenland, and they will explore it be-
tween the degrees Of 66 and - north latitude.
ALASKA seems to bs the utmost boundary of
our continent and the suggestion of reaching it
by rail serves to excite more or less ridicule.
ANA yet 1t may not be very many years before
the traveller can take a of the Northern Pa
enc company at Chicago and journey steadily
YER lines under the same control to the border
OF that remote and now almost unknown land.
ONE of the most curious inventions is a
|
the joint production of two men from Switzer-
land 1t proyld IS two ponds aud passes the
| fSh from the first pond to the second, allowing
| the eXcremenU to remain and develop animal
cude. and returning the fish to the first pond, to
| 1eed upon the anlmalculGe, while it is develop
| ing IN the second pond.
| ICE BUFFALO FLY has made its appearance in
large numb rs in Middlesex, Somerset aud
| Mercer counties, New Jersey and is creating
nuch CONSERVATION among the farmers and
stock raisers there. On Friday, three cows
| near Kingston. Somerset county, died from
! StlnEs OF the flies. A farmer of Sorrel noun
tain is reported to have lost six head of cattle
within week from the same cause.
THE Italian bersagleri, or rihemen, are taught
a marching gait which astoniShes the military
men of other nations. A bersaglieri regiment
stationed at Cremona recently male a forced
march OF about seven and one.sixth miles in
| seventy three minutes. After halt of half an
| hour The regiment set out on its return march
ing Wltnolt a pause to Cremona. and passing
the review at double time as fresh as if they mad
| not covered fourteen miles in three hours.
ZONE of the annual frequenters of Casco bay. -
says the Lewistown (Ie.) Journal, "is mon
ster whale that has been named old Creed.
| moor, from the fact that military companies
! on excurs ms down the bay have oft IN used his
black sides as target Like all big fishes this
| one is very fond of lttls fishes, and devours
| whole schools of herring. The sardipe packers
| at EaStp TT are his sworn enemies, and would
! they say"
| NEW WRINKLE that has broken out is for
| ladies to wear masks in the water The masks
are either black or white and made of chamois
| skin. 1t is currently remarked that the mask,
| are worn as protection to the compilations
| and not from a sense of prudiSh modeSty. Some
| of the wicked, SO it is said have started pools
| on esplanade, the bets being as to the ident-
| ity of the maskers but this is becoming unsafe
| as it is hard to unravel the secret of who is De-
| low the MASKS. The wagerS are chewing gum
and bathing tickets.
A FEW process for hardening plaster of paris,
making t at substance suitable for flooring Dur
| pos S, has been communicated to the French
| Academy eff Sciences by NJ. Julie The plaster
is mixed with one-sixth of its W ight Of fl le
! freshly slaked lime, and use with as little
| water as possible After becoming thOrouvhlv
| dry it is treated with saturat ID souti IN of
| either zinc sulphate or iron sup ate. With the
| first the hardened plaster remains white while
the second, by gradual oxidation, yields the
| color OF iron rust, which gives a fine imitation
| of mahogany under an application of linseed
| oil.
| THE strangest canal in the world is a canal
| sixteen miles long, between Worsely and St
Helens, in the north of England, and is under
| ground from end to end. Many years ago the
| Duke of BrdgewaterS managers thou sht they
| could save money by transporting the coal in
| his mines underground instead OF on the sur.
| face. S the canal was constructed, the mines
| connected and drained at the same time Ordi-
nary canal boats are used, but the power is
| furnished by men. On tine roof of the tunnel
| arch are cross pieces, and the men who do the
work of propulsion lie on their backs on the
coal and push with their feet against the cross
| bars on the roof.
| COUNT Won DEM BORNE, the famous fish cul-
| turlst of Germany, writes as follows under date
of June q to Fred Matber, superintendent of
| the New Y ork fishery commission: Il am greatly
| pleased to inform you that the black bass
! am )tOp(ites RUDeStrtS, which you sent me two
! years ago, account of the United States fish
! commits sion, have spawned this spring and the
| eggs have Matched we'll. Tus fish will be a
| valuable a EDITION to our limited number Of Per-
! cold fishes. in which your country is so rich
! The black bass which you sent are now firmly
| established here, and when we rec live the white
| perch, which you PROMISE we will be fur her
| indebted to America for valuable fishes of a
| family in which all Europe is poor"
GROWING out of the masonry of the French
| Catholic church steepe in Biddeford, Me.
almost at the upper limit of the brickworS. ale
| two youHg trees. One is upon the side of the
! steeple facn : down Elm street and the other is
| upon the opposite side. They are so high in
| the air that they look much smaller than they
! really are, aud probably very few who d ISIS tbs
| chllrc notice them, yet masons WAC are able to
! make comparisons by a knowledge Of distances
between points upon the spire, say that the tree
upon the south side of the steeple is fully feet
| tall and the other about 6. Both are green and
| healthy looking, and have grown rapidly within