Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


bers of Parliament, and not long ago she
retured none.
THE heroine of Blacks new novel is
said to be represented as daughter OF
Shakespeare.
ONE of the Paris comic papers suggests
that Mr.. Shaw's indemnity should be paid
him in prayer books and bibles.
NEW ORLEANS is satisfied with fiat time
because the ninetieth meridian passes
directly through the city on Elysian Fields
street.
Ten YEARS ago iron rails were manu-
featured by all ail'makers, and steel rails
by comparatively few; the latter now
form9j per cent. of the total output.
THE onslaughts of NM. Yves, GuyOt and
Flavy against the much detested Police
dcs Uepurs have had a marked effect, and
the question of the suppression OF this in
stitution is about to be discussed in the
| Municipal Council of Paris.
ORDER of precedence in diplomatic re-
ceptions at the White House is deter
mined by seniority of appointment. 1t
would be amusing to see Papal Nuncio
trailing in at the end of the cue, while the
Chinese Minister or an Ottoman TURK
came first as Dean of the corps.
THE State of Alabama will not make an
appropriation for an exhibit of the States
resources at the Worlds Cotton EXPOSE
ton at New Orleans, but her private citi-
zpns will see that the State is well repre-
scented. and to this end will raise the
necessary funds by private subscription.
THE american, of Waterbury, Conn.
tells Of horse that is left unhitched in a
shed while its owner spends some time in
a saloon every evening. If its owner
STAYS longer than usual the horse backs
out of the buggy, and, going TO the saloon,
mounts the steps and looks in through
the glass until its master comes out and
drives away.
THE railroad track on the new bridge
between Minneapolis and st. Paul-the
only stone bridge over the Mlssissippi-is
60 feet above the river; total height above
the foundation, - feet inches. The
bridge affords the best view of the Falls
of 1t. Anthony. 1t has % arches. and 10
Of the spans are of 80 feet each. Inc
structure cost about 100000.
4 WRITER of mathematical bent finds
from the census returns that there are
about Il. 900 dentists in the United States,
who. he estimates, pack into the teeth of
the American people ton OF pure gold
annually. Continuing his speculations,
he predicts that in the twenty-tirst centu-
~ all the gold in the country will be
buried i'll the graveyards.
GRAIN tension" says the Lancet, Us
not a proof of strength. but of weakness.
The knit brow. straining eyes and fixed
attention of the scholar are not tokens Of
power, but of effort. The intellectual man
with strong mind does his brain work
easily. Tension Is friction, and the
moment the toll of a growing brain be-
comes laboriOus 1t should cease.
THE latest fashionable craze is to have
the fan form the background for a aries
of family portraits. \ New Yorker of
social distinction, according to the Nail,
has introduced the idea by having her
three children, all in costume, painted by
an artist of note on her fan. and other
ladies of equal distinction" though lack
ing originality, are following suit.
A WELL KNOWN ACTRESS in Vienna,
Mathilde Singer, has hit upon brilliant
idea, which even the versatile Sarah
Bernhardt has not yet tried. She has
opened an oyster bar, over which she pre-
sides herself, with the result that the
Austrian beauX flock in crowds to do
homage at her shrine, consume her deli
cacies and bring their golden ducats to
her Golfers.
\ BALLON with an electric propeller,
consisting of the balloon proper, the gas
generator and the electro-motive genera
tor. driven by a battery Of twenty-four
pichromate cells. has been the subject of
a series of experiments in France. At
recent trial trip the electric apparatus al
lowed of four speeds ofthe propeller, from
so to $50 turns per minute, and the aero
nauts proved that they could outspeed and
breast the wind as well as steer the bal
loon in it.
THE good people of Milford had terri
BILE scare short time since. An assistant
of Professor Dolbear, the electrician, in
the course of some experiments, attached
a long piece of insulated wire to the barb
ed wire fence along the Wilton Railroad
track, and left it there. The section men
found it, supposed it to be the Internal
machinery of train-wreckers, and aroused
the town, or a portion of it. The Sheriff
and a posse laid in ambush night and day
near the spot, ready to pOunce upon the
desperadoes.
As Mr.. LIVINGSTONE, well-knOwn IN
the English and American colony in Flor
enCe. was IeluIHlh5 AiViH ehC No'7NiiiC;
driving, as usual, brake with twenty
horses, his horses ran off. The confusion
and fright on the promenade were very
great. the horses dragging the brake in all
directions and upsetting several car
riages. Finally Mr.. LivingstOne's brake
fell near the Piazza DegliZuai. The car
rage was smashed, but Mr.. Livingstone
received only slight bruises. The munich
pal authorities had often requested Mr..
Livingstone not to drive twenty horses at
a time, but as no police regulation exists
the request could not be enforced.