Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IHE government IA nuns Si'eN
sam nearly So, 000, 600 year.
SIR ROBERT LLOYD LINDSAY, NJ. P, finds
that the Dutch of South Africa obtain land,
while the English, though more energetc'
always hope to escape from the colony.
4 DEPUTATIoN of farmers recently called
on Attorney General Miller, Of Manitoba, to
explain their grievances. and he turned his
back on them and ordered servant 10 sho"
show them out.
IT will interest students Of shorthand to
know that in Congress the average rate Of
talking is l25 words per minute, but often
times the stenOgraphers are obliged to write
at a speed of $50 words per minute
FOUR HUNTERS recently spent two days
along the Slickens canal in California. They
killed rs teal ducks, 81 mallards, 4s wood
ducks, and SO geese. They had spring wagon
and hauled the ducks home, but couldn't take
the geese.
IT is NOTEWORTHY that Mr.. c. NJ. Clay, de-
Tending Russia, says that Russians do not
emigrate because the humane spirit of the
land thaws all GOODNESS. breaks all conven-
tiOnaI barriers and fuses the whole into one
national feeling, as in no other land.
MORE fishing vessels sailed out of Province
town. Mass. in 1888 than ever before in one
season. but the increase of the catch was not
in proportion to the increase of the catchers.
Moreover. wages went up ana lish came 0oHn'
The men hired on the vessels earned Sl92.99o.
Clam bait cost more than $4,000, and $4,000
bushels of salt had to be bought. The owners
of the vessels escape loss; the masters ana
those working ION shares do not.
A GENTLEMAN writes to the Washington
Star: "My stomach having been siekened by
eating very small bit OF candy recently, /
took three similar bits-about twO-thirds OF
an inch square and quarter Of an lHch thlck
ffassua in a ON a
poured of the slightly sWeetened water;
placed the settings on piece OF paper, ana
let it dry Result: About two-thlrds OF the
whole a hard substance, ike gypsum, OF pl5i7-
ter of Paris, or chalk, or whiting, or mix
ture Of ALL
ACAsE Of trance has lately ended in Glas-
cow. A woman 80 years Of age had lain since
June last in a state of coma, motionless, with
closed ewes. pulse of about eighty per min
ute, natural temperature and normal Dreath-
ing. Consciousness was entirely absent uhtiIi
at the end of November, she suddenly aWoke'
and is now recovering her WOnted strength
During her long sleep she was fed daily by a
stomach tube. The case Is welt nlgh unique
on account of its duration. These frances are
the puzzle of the psychologist, ana simulate
death so closely that patients nave been III
danger of burial alive.
THE phrase ''tears of blood" has often teen
used in a metaphorical sense; but it appears
to be a well-proved fact that blood may droI
| from the eyes. There seems to be no eye dlsease
IN these cases. any more than IN that OF Louise
/ Lateau, the Belgian "stlglnatlc, was l1eft
/ any disease Of the SKIN where the Dleeetlhs :
1 marks of the sO-called "crOWn OF thorns
were seen. The bleeding tears" occur as q
! rule in nervous. hystercal young women;
/ but we may readily see how, in such cases
/ the addition of a little religious mama or su
persttinn would easily convert physiology
/ cal curiosity into q 'mUdern miracle"
AT an exposition to be held at the Crystal
! Palace next July, two curious needles Will be
! exhibited. One was given to the German
/ Emperor when he visited the needle factory
/ at kreuznach, and expressed great surprise
/ that the extremely fine needles shown nm
could have an eve pierced in them. Ihere-
/ upon the bOrer begged for hair from tht
/ gray head of the Emperor, and bored VIII
| the greatest care an eye in 1t, through WhleL
/ he passed a thread The other needle IS one
| made for Queen Victoria, in Imitation OF ira
| JAMS pillar. eXquisitely carved with scenes
/ from her life. This opens, ana contains
number of smaller needles also carved.
RAILWAY CARS drawn by camels would
overturn the equanimity of even an English
man. trained to show surprise at nothing
/ Yet such are soon to be in use in Contra
Asia. 1t is proposed by the Russian Govern
| ment to build line of rails from khiva
| which is south of the Sea of Aral. IN Turkes-
/ tan to Taschkend, a place of 10000 lnhaDl.
! tants, nearly 600 miles further east. Inc roat
I to DUllt on the flcCuGE ~ slGlii hliAh "
| raised railway resting on peculiarly placed
/ sleepers. and will follow the course now takeI
/ by caravans. Probably the number OF cameii
/ thrown out of employment as carriers VIII Dt
1 large enough to supply the force required a.
/ locomotives.
THE origin Of the word ''charlatan" is giver
! by a German paper as follows: I'm the Older
! time, when the doctors, sitting in their stu
/ dies. weighed the ills of their fellow-man anc
| searched the depths of nature for remedies
/ they were not in the habit of riding about
| their homes were hospitals, and they dld moi
/ leave patients. At that time genius OF &
| doctor, who knew more about calculating lol
/ himself than medicine, made his appearance
| IN Paris. HIS name was Latan. He procured
/ a small One-hOrse wagon (chdr), upon Wnicf
/ he packed his remedies for all possible alice
/ tiOns. With these he drove through the streets
I of Paris CRYING out his wares and looking fol
| patients He was the first driving doctor, ano
/ soon became renowned. Whenever he came
along, the populace greeted him with, Noha
/ lie char de Latan.' which at that time denoted
a driving DOCTOR"
IT is said that there are at all times numer-
Gus celebrities travelling in this country under
| the concealment of assumed names. or, in the
cases OF titled individuals, Of their plain fam
ilv names. 4 landlord of a hotel much IA
vored by foreigners asserts that such tourist;
are common. Without any acquaintance on
I this side of the ocean, and without the desire
1 to waste time in social triyialities, they find
it easier and pleasanter to go through the
country unhindered by recognition. Some
times there is a business reason for this
course a London journal is informed, for
instance, that AlgernOn Charles Swinburne,
the poet. spent a month of last summer in a
rapid round Of our largest cities and watering
places. The trip partly for his health,
but mainly to make up his mind whether a
lecture season would be a feasible undertake
ing. His presence was known only to a man
ager who had made him an offer, and who
inf Tod in tho from free
exhibition, in order that he might retain his
value for future utilization.