Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-09
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES.
Lowell. Mass. consumed S5,279, 80 gal
Ions Of water during May.
1t Is rumored that the proprietors Of a
London morning paper are thinking Of
issuing a half-penny sheet every hour,
containing the latest kilograms, stock eN-
change prices, reports Of markets, etc.
4 salt well being drilled al Pearl Creek.
near Warsaw. y. Y, has passed through
thirty feet OF salt shale and eighty-five
feet Of pure salt. and the end Is not found
vet. The present depth Of the well Is 80
feet.
A man up town. who occasionally takes
his better half 10 the theatre. Is always
pointing out women who are better dress
ed than she, and vet he growls if she asks
him for fifty cents month 10 buy new
lace ruching for her best silk dress.
some time ago gentleman employed in
one Of the Oswego y. Y. banks lost s..
on Wednesday he received the following
note: Mr.. -. long time ago you lost
s. | found it. Here is 81. Please call
this even and Oblise \ Poor Boy"
The Hartford Conn TiH'es says that
bObolinks used to get into the Hartford
meadows on the first Wednesday Of MAY
or lection day. but that .'since the war
they have been more taTdy in working up
from the Southern rice fields, and they are
about a week later.
Celluloid. although originally invented
by an Englishman, and known Under his
auspices as Xlomite. has been brought TO
great perfection here, and an immense
trade Is done in it as a material for knife
handles. 1t may not be generally known
that the main article in its composition is
tissue paper. and that camphor is largely
used in its preparation, while it owes its
hardness to the admixture OF the pigment
Of white zinc lead.
The tight-lacing young lady. Richard
\. Proctor thinks, is. after all 1.-THE fit
partner for the male Of her kind. Punched
waists and shallow brain-pains should
marry and intermarry till waists con-
tracted and brains grew snallOWer to the
vanishing point As young ladies more
or less tightly laced, and young gentle
men more or less empty headed, happen
10 be the rule. the prospects Of civilized
mankind under the PrOct0rian law of de
velOpments are not Of the brightest.
The distribution Of the medal for the
late operations in Egypt Is now COM
pleted. The number Of medals issued has
been 1900. and the whole amount 10 a
ton and a half Of silver. Not only has
every officer and man engaged in Egypt
received his medal. but the same honor
has been bestowed upon the captains Of
all the merchant ships employed "a trans
ports during the prevalence OF hOstlitles:
and many others who assisted during the
campaign, though not actually belonging
TO the services, have been in like manner
rewarded.
Scene in a table d'hote Of the sixteenth
class. where dinner is served at p. m.
At Gas a guest takes his seat and asks for
soup. The dregs in the tureen are given
him. Arrived al the last spoonful he
strikes something hard, and discovers it
TO be a domino. Furious. he calls the
master of the establishment. see here. =
cried the eXasperated man. isn't this
disgusting: l have just fished a two and
a three with my spoon" well" replied
the unabashed host, Il think you must be
crazy. Did you expect the double-siX at
this time Of day."
according to the Saturday Recie.r. the
revenue of Paris in 1SS2 amounted in
round numbers to 50. 010. 900. and Of this
amount just three-fifths, or $4,000. 1000.
are raised by Octroi duties. These are a
kind of internal customs duties levied
upon articles Of consumption imported
into the city. LiquOr-that IS wine.
cider and alcOhOl-yield SIS. 900. and
food yields very nearly s. ,0Q0.O0O: while
liquids other than spirits. such as vine
gar, weld 5000. 900; building materials
weld something over S4.0O0.Oo0: fuel
nearly $500. 600, and forage $l.2j0. 900.
Miss Dora Kinney, Of Wild Cat. Indiana.
is the boss shepherdess Of the Wabash. \
few years ago an uncle gave her an orphan
lamb. TO raise. by hand. which she did
| successfully, and, becoming so much in
/ terested in sheep husbandTy. she procured
a mate for the lamb. and she now sports a
fold Of twenty-eight old sheep and thirty
three lambs-sixty-on in all. all from the
first starting pair. Miss Kinney attends
TO her fl0cks altogether herself. both win
ter and summer. and now receives quite a
handsome little income from the annual
sales of wool and mutton.
The State Of Iowa is TO be svmbOliZed in
| the dome of the new capitol by a statue.
the clay mould Of which is already CON-
pleted. The figure is Of heroic size. fe-
male loosely draped in Roman style. with
bare arms. ON the right folded arm rests
a sword. the hilt of which is encircled
with a wreath, and scroll bearing the mot
I TO Of the state. The left hand rests on a
ZLUM III sLalh UA EbIls dl the AEEA II Il Ude-
ket Of fruit. The surrounding landscape
is a view Of the general surface Of the
state. over the forehead Is placed a star.
| The face is that Of an Iowa woman taken
| by plaster from the natural face.
The inexperienced person who con-
! ceives a steel ship or steel yacht to DE a
shiny monster with the bright polished
| surface Of a knife blade or pair Of scis-
sOrs, is usually wrong. Shipbuilders'
steel is. for the most part, a dull gray.
/ lustTeless substance, easily COMPOUNDED
with common iron. But the fast English
cutter-yacht Nanduara has been sand
| papered and emeried until her sides shine
| like silver. She has also been provided
with electric batteries. which diffuse a
| constant current all over her. 50 as to
/ prevent the adhesion and growth of bar
nacles and marine grasses.
| Sir +. Watkin. in a letter 10 the Times.
saws he has been informed by the General
| Manager Of the Metropolitan Railway
that on the bank holiday Monday $50. 0O0
/ Journeys were made over his portion OF
/ the underground system; and that adding
/ the proportion carried over the District =
( there would be. as the work Of this day.
! $4,000 Journeys made "under ground =
| Furthermore. that there was marked
| diminution in the number Of men and
women under the influence of drink. $50
marked. indeed. as to show a vast reform
in the social habits Of the working people
Of London.
Call on your Optician and get a pair OF
the celebrated Celluloid Eyeglasses. The