Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-28
GENERAL NOrE !.


A Russian Countess, W no appeared in the
New York Marine CouJ charged with con-
tempt, showed love of art that should
touch all aesthetic minds and rouse their
sympathy. Rather than sacrifice painting
bY the great mas er Murillo, which she
values at S15O 900. she allowed herself to be
sued Tor 1888 On n unpaid board bill.
From sydneYts reported the discovery Of
new building material at SuYa, on one Of the
Fill Islands. II is known as fossil coral, and
when cut from a mass is soft, but on expos
ure to the air it looks and is very much like
brlek. During the short time It has been
| known 1t has satisfactorily stood the tests
that have been applied to 1t. Orders have
already been received for quantities of it to
be used in building.
A traveller was leaning at night against
railing at the Rarper's Ferry railroad sta
ton, A locomotive came along, and he
sprang lightly over the rail to escape posi-
bic danger. He thought it was q meadow
on the o5her side, but knew his mistake
when be struck a muddy stream forty feet
! below. On being rescued he was asked his
name. Il wouldn't tell you for a thousand
dollars" he replied; describe me simply as
fool"
a man in the dress OF farmer, driving
lazy horse attached to ramshackle wagon,
did good business in s'rale, honest coun-
try butter" in Providence. The housewives
bought OF him extensively, in order to be
sure that they did not get oleomargarine.
he has since been exposed as no farmer,
but shreWd agent for an oleomargarine
factory. A grocer caught him filling his
pots from the original packages OF imita-
ton butter.
a refreshing case OF Observation-Disclosures
was developed during the recent session of
the Methodist Conference in Detroit Mich.
a gentleman had invited one OF the visiting
| ministers and his wife to tea, and when the
guests arrived at the hospltable'mansiOn the
| host and his family had Just risen from the
| table, having wholly forgotten the invita-
| tion. Meanwhile, the table had been 60 de-
| pleted SIS to render journey to a down.
town grocery necessary before the visitors
could be entertained.
Probably the only man who ever played
policy with profit lives in Ohio. He evolved
a scheme which ne thought would win q
large amount Of money by the systematic
investment Of $1,000 during three months.
That part OF the calculation failed, OF
| course. and he found himself exactly the
$4,000 behind at the end OF the stipulated
| proofs against the dealers who had sold him
the slips. The law OF that State makes not
| only gamblers liable for double their win
| nings, but also holds the owner of the
houses wherein gambling is done. The
| player IN this instance gets his money back,
and, deducting legal expenses, about 81 500
more.
Ia Boston confectioner has been fined
$40 for sending ice cream to his customers
on Sunday that they might have it for din
ner. The court which inflicted this flue
| decided that ice cream is not one of the
| necessaries of existence 10 such a sense as
to warrant sending it out on Sunday. The
old-time practice among the Puritans Of
| Boston ana its vicinity was to have cold din
ners on Sunday. The absence OF hot cook
cry on the Day OF Rest was considered the
| essence OF household goodness. The de-
generate sons of these staid old sires have
introduced the modern luXuries of hot SUI
| day dinners, ice cream being the only really
cold thing on the table to remind them of
early days. It will be sad hardship for
many family If this frigid cor lection is
legally torn away from the Sunday dinner
table.
According to the Paris Figaro, Pope Leo
XIII. frequently finds diversion from the
cares OF his office in the sport of bird
catching, which he used also to practice
much when he was q bishop, at the Villa
| Passigna1i, on the shore of Lake TrasY-
meme. The pontifcal bird trap is called
| "RCccolo," and it is after this fashion: In q
suitable pert Of the Vatican Gardens have
| been planted two concentrlc circles OF tree.
Among the branches Of the inner circles are
hung numerous cages containing song birds
of various kinds, which serve as decoys
Between the two rings are large network
snares, and IN these the birds, allured by
! the Gagged sOngsters, are stricken with i'm
| plements resembling enormous battledores
| by the hunters, who conceal themselves be-
meath the outer circle of trees.
The Louisville Courier Journal is some
what disguised with a quarrel going on
through the three leading newspapers of
Cincinnati. Louisville, being a neighbor
and commercial rival of the Ohio city, is
| shocked at the exhibition, and the JON nal
| deV0tes several columns OF generous, peace
making advice to the belligerents, which
advice 1t closes In these terms " In truth,
for the honor Of the cloth, If not for Cincin-
cinnati the Cincinnati editors should mend
their manners, which are really most at fault.
A newspaper will be none the worse for 8
| little good breeding, even If It is published
ia Cincinnati nor is courtesy incompatible
with vigor Let our Cincinnati colleagues
Jake q lesson or Two from tQelE uelBuDOFSg
| and give their days and nights to the study
of Louisville editors, who write in kid
| gloves, wear white ties, and eat ice-cream
out OF Seyres china 10 golden spoons ~
It is reported from Italy that the ply
loxera pest has Of late made considerable
hesdwsy among the vineyards OF that coun-
try. Gays one OF the reports: The nursery
ground at Monte Cristo, in which 10000
American vines had been planted, at an ex-
| pense of nearly 9l, 900, was attacked short
| time ago, and the Minister at once ordered
all the plants to be sacrificed and the ground
to be well soaked with sulphate of carbon.
This treatment was applied to all the other
vineyards in the island, and the pbylloxera
was got rid OF there, but it has more recent
ly made it's appearance in Caltanissetta and
Messina, at Como and Milan, and in the
| neighborhood OF Ventimiglia. Vigorous
measures are taken everywhere by the
authorities against the pest, and it is hoped
that the ravSges OF the phyllOxera may thus
be prevented from making the progress they
have made in France. Whether this can be
i done, however, remains to be seen.
Some one who signs himself Cor herself)
"a Lover of Cleanliness" writes to the
usual English newspaper that the condition
of the monuments in Westminster Abbey is
I AlS1ASooluSs A4C AN9 AOSNAOJ DCpA blofCAAhE
in the Northern and Midland counties, and
has availed himself of the opportunity to
visit several cathedrals, and In all OF them
was struck by the great cleanliness and Or
der displayed there. 1t appears that he has
! been accustomed to attend the services at
Westminster Abbey, and "would beg YOU"
| he writes, ''to raise your powerful voice
| against the slovenlV and dirty manner ia
| which it is kept. The pillars and monu-
ments are hidden in cOGtings Of dust. One
| can trace peoples footsteps In the flag
stones. II keeping the Abbey In such or
| der as, for instance, Lichfeld Cathedral is
kept be too much for the energies Of the
officials, at least allow me to suggest that
| the dresses of the visitors should not be
made to serve as busters for the seats and
kneeliDg cushions"
A few days ago large body Of red men
met to dedicate the council house, which
the Mississguas have erected on their res
eryation in Canada. The Missisaguas who
now number only 220 persons, own 1000
| acres of land divided into fifty-acre farms,
and all under cultivation; they maintain a
| church and school, and have $500, 900 in
the government funds. Thinking that their
| prosperity entitled them to the convenience
| of a council house In which to transact their
business, they erected neat and comforta-
Bile building, and asked their friends to help
| them dedicate it. About 1,500 members OF
the Six Nations, and Indian delegates from
remote points, we're present. Songs, speech
q. Sanoaa tho musi0 of brass hands and an