Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST

HERR kRUPP, according to the special
catalogue prepared for his display at the
Amsterdam Colonial Exhibition, employs
10000 wOrkmen, consuming daily 5000
tons Of coke and coal, and produces 80
tons OF iron and steel daily. in the form Of
guns, rails, bridge work, aXles, anchors,
chains, etc. over 10000 Of the famous
krupp guns have been turned out Of the
works.
TRAVELLERS in the Alps are threatened
by anew and novel danger. \ few days
since, a. two tourists were making the
ascent Of the Hundstein, in the Canton
Appenzel, they were attacked by an eagle,
which. after circling round them, tried to
swOOp down first on one and then on the
other. After defending themselves for
some time with their alpenstOcks the tour
lists beat a hasty retreat. 1t is supposed
that the eagles nest was somewhere in
the neighbOrhOOd.
WALTER SCOTT always said that he
took his idea Of the Wayerly novels from
Miss EdgewOrth's stories, and a writer of
a very interesting notice in the London
Ddiiy Netrs says: "TOurguenieH said TO
me: 1T is possible, nay, probable, that if
Maria EdgewOrth had not written about
the poor Irish Of the county LOngfOrd, and
the 'Squires and 'Squireens, it would not
have occurred to me to give a literary
form to my impressions about the CORE
spending classes in Russia
A TOUCHING STORY Of mothers de-
vOtiOn comes from Belgium. The wife Of
a gateman on the line between Sottegem
and Alost was attending to her husbands
duty when her little boy strayed in front
Of a fast train. Without moments hesi-
tatiOn the mother sprang across the rails,
and Selling her child. tossed il onto the
bank the very second before she was
caught by the locomotive and killed. 1t
is well 10 know that this brave woman
did not die in vain; the child escaped with
a few bruises.
JONI BRIGHT has not touched wine or
spirits for ten years, and finds his health
improved and power OF work increased by
this abstinence. FrOude has taken wine
and smoked in moderation all his life.
The real question, he thinks, is not wheth-
or work can be bestidOne Immediately af-
ter taking stmulants, but whether stimu-
lants taken in nOn-wOrking or after work
ing hours do not make us more able to eX-
ert ourselves at the proper time. Canon
FarTar has been total abstainer for six
years. WilkIe Collins drinks chiefly
champagne, and IS "A gluttOn Of tobacco.
ALEXANDRA DUMAS, ills, has under
taken a crusade against the increasing
luxury and realism Of scene y and dress
on the stage. There is something to be
said for VI. Dumas contention, but at
the same time we fancy that any attempt
10 combat the present costly tendencies
Of the stage is indeed hopeless. After all.
with all our realism and all our eXtrava-
gance, we have not yet reached the point
attained by the Romans, who came at last
10 insist on having real houses burned
down i'm plays where cOnfagratiOns Oc-
CURED, and real deaths in their tragedies.
EVERYBODY, says California paper,
has heard ofthe iinrikisha, the small two
wheeled cart, in which travellers i'm Japan
are drawn about the country by meM in
stead Of animals, but it is not everybody
who knows that this cart is not an an
cient japanese method of conveyance,
but was first suggested TO the people by
cart introduced IN the islands "A few years
ago by an American. The Yokohama
Nal says government return shows
there are now over 100000 iinriklshas in
the country, and at least 100000 able
bodied men are constantly employed in
dragging them about. 1t is argued that
the substitution Of animal labor would
free this army Of men to engage in other
useful occupations.
LABOUCHERE. commenting in Truth
upon the extraordinary statement that
40 per cent. of the cigarettes sold in the
United states are smoked by ladies'"
gives this still more extraordinary remi-
niscence: "When, many years ago, |
was living i'm the United States, the Young
ladies at Washington were given to what
they termed digging a practice far more
Objectionable than smoking. n digging
party consisted of number OF girls
squatting on the ground round a bowl, in
which there was thick mixture of snuff
and water. This they used to put into
their mouths with sticks, and rub it on
their teeth, the theory being that it
wftened them; but this, of course, was a
mere excuse for what was equivalent to
chewing
4 WONDERFUL mine i'm Telluride, Col,
is described by a correspondent of the
New Orleans Times Democrat. GAL out 30
feet from the entrance is "A large cone
shaped chamber, about so feet in height
and 20 in diameter. The walls and roof
are almost solid galena, and the floor, to
the depth Of u or 5 feet. is composed of
soft lead carbOnates. Three chambers,
ranging from 20 10 100 feet in length and
averaging about feet in dia meter, ra-
diatc from the main cone, and are of about
the same formation of galena. These
three passages have numerous small ones
running on i'm every direction, and in
them the carbonates are of higher grade,
and they run much better in silver. The
ore can be easily detached"
SOME years ago large tract of land in
Nodaway county, Mo-, fell to the Scott
heirs. and all but one, Maggie II. Scott,
decided their interests 10 a syndicate at 50
an acre. She was on the point of doing
so, but her cousin, David II. Scott, dis
suaded her. lie had ascertained the value
of the lands. This broke of the sale o
the entire tract, and the estate was after
ward divided. IL made the heirs wealthy.
An attachment sprung up between Miss
Maggie and David, but II was not talked
of between them, and years wore on. Last
week the young woman was Frustrated
with typhoid fever, and in her dclirium
revealed her love. On Monday last, hav-
inc rallied a little, she j0yfully assented
M Dayid's long deferred proposal Of mar
ria0e. After the ceremony she willed all
her estate to him.
or NOT MILK as n stimulant, the .Hedi-
caI Recoyd ...vs: milk heated to much
above 100 degrees Fahrenheit loses for q
time n degree of its sweetne and densi-
~. No one who, fatigued ~ over-eXer-
ton of body and mind, has ever eXpe-
rienced the reviving influence OF tum-
bier Of this beverage, heated as hot as can
be slipped, will willingly forego resort
TO IL because OF its being rendered some
what less acceptable 10 the palate. The
promptness with which It's cordial infiu-
ence is felt is surprising. Some portion
of II seems 10 be ligested and apprODri-