Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

i DI-IING CI-HED Pans plt stefan say
thar apple sauce j. a. nourishiB- a. 0at-
meal gr potatoes.
ASAwFUL Chicago doctor says: Trip
lets. under ordinary circumstances. may
not - anv % ore than a solitary infant.
but there j. liable u BIZ al added fre4uen-
cv ~ cheru1ic -erendde-.
joins J.. SULLIVAN objects = the term
.-lugz-r-' az applied 70 him. and the
newspapers " the e1iete last are publish
iu- retractlen- and apologies.
IrG- estimated that the uew buildings
% ~ erected be- Knoxville. Tenn. In the
coming tuelt e-moutu Hill cost Sl.0pH.ppf.
Northern capitalists are - build $780,
CO., hotel there.
W. ID. H0WELL- docs not believe Dol
rakiu. vacation, after hard work. he
fails u So that long terms ~ Intellectual
inactivity are beneficial OF the con-
rrarE. BIZ thinks them injurious. There j.
reluctance about turning % work again.
Rather than take long vacation le APP
portions 1i, work 80 that il never becomes
irssene.
a CLKEG l3rAS had faE0rire and ,ery
intelligent dog who committed -rieEOu-
fault one sunday morning. His master,
ID returning from church. -did not beat
aim but took hold II him and talked -
him most bitterly, most severely. He
talked 80 and 90 fJr long time ID the
same serious and r-Iroachful strain
and the dog was 50 deeply impressed with
bis 0wn total deprayity that be- refused
al fool. pinned away. and died in tine
course VI day or TWO. This story is told
in the London >pslNf5r BIS the reverend
Gentleman himself.
GEN. LEw WALLACE says that be- was
converted ~ Christianity 5y Coi. InE=r-
-JI Dc was inclined u D. ,septical ~,
~ the divinity 81 Christ. Inger-ou pre-
seuted bis iun9eI views. Wallace H-aS
murL Impressed. hut finally remarked
that be- Was not prepared ~ agree with
luZer-aI on certain extreme PROPOSE
lion-. ln-er-yu thereup9H urged Wal
l1re o. 1--WE the matter careful study. esq
pressing bis confidence that b. would.
after ~ dong, fully ac4uie-ce in the IN
-er-oI view. For SIX years be Thought.
studied and searched. At the end ri that
time he said the result j. the absolute
conviction that Jesus NJ Nazareth il not
only Christ and tho Christ. but that be
j. also mE Christ, my saviour. and my
Redeemer."
INTEREST iu q news Chicago play arises
nom the uncertainty whether an actress
"a riding costume will without mishap.
eet through the scene in which she wear-
IL. The garment presents no peculiarities
~ t0 it, waist. but the skirt f. 80 scant OF
breadth that she can step only the twelve
inch kind 9f Il foot al stride. A. she i-
tall and thin. her danger " losing her
balance is imminent Al every move. some
night she VIII tip over on the stage. and
they vii. have ~ ut her up again. ike Il
BOWED teurinx A far a. that particular
role I- concerned" said member If the
company. .wc had a whole week % full
dress rehcar-als. Why: 30 as n get the
Practice has made her graceful iu it, and
$50 hope VIII save her neck"
BREGWAN. the Cleveland diver. tells the
following story. -Once went up n Twin
Lakes. near Gilead. Mich. ~ dive for the
body 10 man who had gone DO swimming
with two companions. ! found an i'm
meHse coucOur-e Of people 0n the shore.
The yrief-stricken mother had erected "A
stand. and was doing an immense busi-
ue-. iu sandwiches and circus lemonade
4 collection oi 500 for her and her sons
children had been taken up, and part Of
ID had been set apart ID pay me and foot
the burial expenses. searched several
hours. but found no body. Months after
ward ] met a man from that region. and
he said say. mister, do sou know why
YOU couldn't lind that body ] gave il up.
-WhV. the fellow was up in the piueries Of
Michigan. When be sunk be swan 10 the
other shore, where be had another suit Of
clothes hid. He wanted 10 get away from
his wife, and that's the way he did it,
THE performances by the Davenport
brothers and other -piritualists are clum-
~ compared with the arts of the far
Northwest Indians. The coniurers are
legion that viii permit themselves to be-
bound not merely hand and foot but the
whole body swat1ed with thongs. withes.
ropes and rawhidcs, and dfterWard tied
up i'm "A net, and then release themselves
almost instantlyOn being placed IN little
..medicine lodge Of skins constructed for
the purpose, the bonds being thrown out
through an opening ~ the top. with
out knot apparently disturbed DR..
Archie StOckwell writes that be recently
saw "a medicine man 20 through with
long series Of IncantatiOus. drummings.
ratings OF gOurds, etc. for the relief Of
"a cOnsumptiye, living IN the centre Of an
ordinary lodge. Suddenly he announced
that he had discovered the spirit that
afflicted the sufferer, and thereupou
plunging his hands beneath the single
blanket with which she was covered.
drew forth the carcass Of full grown
wolf, and flung it with great violence
against the door, greatly to the delight.
mystlicatiOn, and satisfaction Of the be-
holders. He now assured the friends Of
the speedy recovery Of the squaw. but she
died the same night. nevertheless.