Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-22
GENERAL NO TIES.

IIGEllEub
has announced in published advertisement
that he will prosecute as public nuissnces"
all parties riding on bicycles on his turn
pike because they "endanger the lives OF
those travelling in vehicles on said road"
And the bicYclers are laughing at him and
his threats.
Following the example Of bicycle rider,
a rider of the tricycle. has just made the
journey IN Great Britain from John o.
Groat's, Scotland to Lands End In Cornwall.
His time was thirteen days twentY-thTee
hours and fifty-fve minutes, the distance
being 995 miles. His machine weighed IS
pounds, and he carried an additional weight
in baggage Of 10 pounds.
Mr.. VIM. Il. Vanderbilt'5 new palace car
for hts private use made It's first appearance
at Saratoga last week. Its designer claims
that in elegance and comfort this car excels
even the car owned by Baron de Rothschitd,
of Vienna, and in which he recently visited
Beyreuth. The Vanderbilt car includes a
sleeping room furnished with bedstesd
instead of berth, small parlor, an office
and a smoking room. 1t is intended when
ever guests accompany Mr.. Vanderbilt to
be connected by bellows cover with an
other car which Mr.. Vanderbilt has hitherto
used.
Oscar Wide's latest criticism was ad-
dressed to a New York actress last week,
and was as follows: "Your dress as the
Princess was quite delightful, and the sill
yer bracelets you wore very beautiful indeed
II you would allow me to suggest a change,
| would ask you to consider whether the
formal black and red horizontal stripes IN
the lining Of your cloak IN act five do not
DESTROY by their over-definiteness the effect
of your drapery and the long lines Of your
figure? Do you not think plain, dull red
lining would give you the same color effect
without the distraction Of commonplace
pattern ~
NJ. de Lesseps probably understands by
this time that there are occasions when it is
a good thing to hold ones tongue. On his
recent arrival at Paris he assured a reporter
of the Figaro that Arab was the representa-
tive of progress and civilization, while the
English were the representatives Of barba
rism: that the war must last q long time,
and that its issue was doubtful. 1.-The
French Government has been most wise, :"
he added, sin leaving England to act alone.
The English will not have to fight against a
leader of insurgents, but against the sover-
Egypt is with Arab"
Whether or not ex-President Hayes
"builded better than he knew" when he
bought his big Dakota farm, 1t seems to be
pretty well settled that he selected the
choicest piece of land in the Territory, both
as regards the land itself and its location.
1t lies in the northern pOrtion-Burleigh
countY-six miles from Bismarck, on the
line of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The
soil is dark loan, with some sand, giving
It such warmth as to enable crops to be
planted two weeks earlier than in other
parts Of the Territory. Mr.. Hayes had this
year $40 acres in wheat, the yield Of which
is reported to be very satisfactory.
Miss Philippine Freuge,, of st. Louis, has
not, according to her own statement and
that of her relatives, taken any solid food
during three entire months, and her case
excites considerable speculation and COM
ment in the neightOrhood in which she re-
Sides Miss Freugel claims that che has no
desire whatever to take any food, as having
just looked st a table when 1t is set she feels
as though she had eaten a big meal. She
deliberately devours food with her eyes.
Sometimes she drinks milk, water or coffee,
but whatever she takes is Immediately
elected from her stomach. She has become
much emaciated on account OF her peculiar
affection, but she is still able to be about.
An English clergyman, the Rev. L. L.
Buthon, has for years been trying to arouse
the interest of the public in his collspsable
boats, and has at last partially succeeded.
His largest boat, about % feet long, feet
wide over all, and capable of carrying sew
entY passengers with stores for two weeks,
occupies, when foldedup, less than two feet
in width. When slowed against the ships
side such a boat occupies % inches by less
than feet, and she can be made ready to
take the sea In one minute, with all neces-
sary gear on board, and her water breakers
filed. This invention, IL it be a success,
will be OF incaculable value on emigrant
vessels and military transports, as well as
the ordinary passenger steamships.
The sanitary instructions sent in pam
phlet form to the British army in Egypt say
that camps should not be made on ground
that has recently been flooded, nor should
the surface be dug up more than is abso-
lutely necessary for drainage. II turbid
water must be used It should be allowed to
clear itself as much as possible by subsi
dence, and teaspoonful Of powdered alum
added to every ten gallons. The ilterlng Of
water can be drunk If first boiled and then
allowed to cool. Stringent directions are
given that in cases of cholera or enteric
fever all water is to be boiled before use,
and distillation adopted II practicable. In
the matter of food, 1t is advised that all
meat be thoroughly cooked that the con-
sumption Of vegetables and fruit be en-
cOuraged. AS TO beverages, strong alcoholic
drinks are condemned, red wine is permit
ka1 ,,,lA q,
mended. 1t is declared that tea is especially
valuable where water is at all doubtful in
quality, cold tea, with little sugar and
lime juice, being an anti-scorbutic and
making a refreshing drink.
According to a reporter Of that city, Miss
Susan B. Anthony left St. Louis the other
day for Leavenworth with two medium,
sized trunks for baggage. At first the bag
gagemaster objected to check them both on
a single ticket, and demanded pay for extra
weight. "But," said she, ''they together
weigh less than the ordinary sized Sara
toga.' l distribute the weight in this way
purpOselV to save the man who does the lift
ing" The clerk looked at her incredu-
lousy. "Aud you tell me seriously
that you do this simply out of con
sideration for the baggagemen ?" 81
do" "How long have you done it?"
"All my life. never purchased lsrge
trunk for fear l might add to the overbur-
dened baggageman's Affections" The clerk
walked off and conferred with the head of
the department. Then the two returned
together. "Do l understand" said the
chief, "thst you Of all women have been the
first to show humanity to railroad people ?'
''That is the tenet of my creed" "Check
that baggage" said the chief, with TN
phasis; land when you run for Office Miss
Anthony, you shall have my vote" "Mine
too" echoed the clerk, handing her the
checks, and the trio parted happy.
A Hungarian paper apostrophizes Mr..
Edison as Cupid and his telephone as 4 sub
stItute for the darts in little local story
about the telephone which connects Funf-
kirchen with the adjacent village of Bares.
It seems that Herr Stephan Vecsey, one of
the proprietOrs of this telephone, wss struck
by the charming voice and bright and
spirited replies which he received from a
speaker at the other end OF the instrument
In Bsres. Indeed, conversation with the
unseen female voice was so pleasant
that it became q regular part OF
his daily business to bold hold talks talks
this charming telephone acquaintance.
This odd filtration betwiXt two persons who
had never seen one another ended in the
male performer falling in love with the Gin
visible GIRL" He made Inquiries about her
and her family, and discovered that she was
not officially employed as telephone clerk,
but visited the Office for her amusement,
and, wOmanlike, had tried how far female
fascination could be made effective under
such very novel conditions, and that her
name was Amelia Stolzel. He determined
to see her face to face and make her an
offer of his hand. He gained an introduce