Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE lOsss of a thousand dollars through
buncO men instantly killed Californian.
THE University of Heidelberg refused &c.,
900. on condition that it should admit women.
THE anti-Blaine electoral ticket in Ne
braska is composed of two Democrats, two
anti MOnopolists and one Greenbacker-
THEY pay bounty for dead grasshoppers
! in Mexico At the Tabul Tieul Hacienda,
one recent day, 20S, SEQ pounds were brought
in by hunters, who received a reward OF $40.
LAPPs, according to If. Nordenskiold, are
able to attain an average speed of over six
miles an hour with their snowshoes; Races to
determine this point were instituted at quick
jock, in Lapland.
SLUGGER LEWIS, of Cleveland, o., is a
woman, the first well authenticated instance
of female prize fighter. She desires an early
opportunity to knock out any woman living
for s., 900.
AN eccentric gentleman in London framed a
bank post bill for fS0,OOO and exhibited it for
five years in one of his sitting rooms. The
fifth year he died, when the picture was at
once taken down and cashed BIZ his heirs.
NJ. WEISS, the we'll known Partisan jour
nalist, Joins in the cry that the. actresses of
Germany are much more reasonable and
much better conducted than their Nsters IN
France, and especially recommends thelr
economy in dress and their domesticatlon.
ST. INNocENTs' DAY is considered one of
evil consequence to the young, and mostun
lucky for public affairs. Gregory says that it
is the duty of all parents to whip up their
children on that day, mildly repeating the
cruelty of Herod, to remind them OF what
they escaped.
TEE number of scandals in which clergy
men Of the Church Of England have been
mixed up is sadly on the increase, and the
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ton that, whereas the fool of the family was
formerly shunted into the army, he now.
shuflesinto the. Church.
grinding Of hemlQok ualk has become 4
considerable industry in Che West. IL has
been discovered that fine beer can be made.
with its aid. It is asserted that the chief sub.
stances used IN adulterating beer are tan bark
and soda, with a little rice malt to give IT
body and hold the foam. Hemlock bark "a
being used instead Of these articles.
THE English language. is not studied in
France, on the assumption. that the French
Nsrnacular is destined to become the unf-
Te3Sl tongue. This, too, in spite Of recently.
puOINled figures proving that the number OF
/ TO- nTShspeaking people IS declining, and
9ha ~ is not now spoken by more than
| 9O,VVO,OgV: Nbereas English is rapidly spread
| 100000.
The superstltio> against the number Il
still survives SO stro1yly in Paris that there Is
no number IL IN the A,enue Friedlapd, that
number being representa- by numera IA bis,
/ and the other day when thfiaen saf down to
| a dinner to a celebrated artiS, q bunt for a
new guest eventuated in the Slecfion ~ a
cab-driVer, who proved to be Kblv nolite
1 gentleman. and, though he sat peXt'N'a t,abi-
/ net Minister, wasquite equal to the 0Seasion.
ITALIAN vineyard owners propose a mebod
| by which the properties of grape juice cans
concentrated. The water is to be artifciaIy
withdrawn in such a manner as to leave a
residue which contains all the possibilities OF
ksWine, ard which can be turned into wine in
1 places where the art OF wine making is right
/ " understood. Tine condensed substance Will
keep SfeP years. The excellence OF wine so
! made was fec0gnized at the Bordeaux Exhi-
bition in lSSa.
IT conveys an idea of the incrativeuess OF
high places IN Englandin ''the good old days."
that IN lsat the then Attorney General stated
in TIE Ifon<e OF Commonstha lie, late Lord
1 EII6qbotd bad refused 800 for the
| office IN = 81 Of chief clerk Of The Court OF
Kings Bela ben Lord marlborough
and alighting, be rot 1sncii % his saddle
ms sons appointments grooHl being wit
ness The PLACID bette sipecure-was
worth S35, GOO year.
A NOFEp Paris chIropodisf says that rs per
|. cent. Of French people have deformeG> feet,
and compares with it the significant-fact that
the soldiers OF the French arE6y, who are
forced by the regulation to wear broad sole
bOots with low heels. seem to have feet like
ordinary mortals so far as size is concerned.
- Is soon, however. as mag CONFESS put OF the
army he goes in for a-coursa of the squeezing
process and in the course n lime, aided py .
delusiye. belI-shaped tr09ser leg, and after
excruciatfng suffering,t mauages TO crush his
feet down toapparently Chinese proportions
soNETHISG akin to free love iourishes in
AMMAN. Ordinarily Sedloek is governed By
the usual Chinese rules, but few of the couples
living together are legally married. II a We
man fancles stranger she lives Win Altf an
does not lose caste. When the relation becomes
irksOme they separate and IL children have
sheep born they are nlicably divided. A child
gss5taSs tie name a the parent who takes
clhArge Of II. IN the Villages and country dis
The head Of family Is bound 70 offer male
guest the choice OF hiSy unmarried daughters,
This is Only common Ikpiiteness. 4, y. s
MANY visitors who aye surprised at seeing
members slftink in ParA5 ament with their hats
on forges.that this Is reRnsy the survival Of a
once, peral custom. Pepsys was much elated
when he sat on a rommfttea for the Iifst time
with his hat on. and in thAe statutes of the
meeting with his hat on was deserved to the
President, the other members being expected
to uncover on rising to speak. ~ > In
stead Of being a survival from the daJss Of
open-air Parliaments it is rather a reniinfssS
cence OF the long period during which menal-
most invariably kept their hatsAon even in.
church and at the dinner table.
ROME a hundred years ago was town
where every doorway was sewer by day and