Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-04
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IT is an unmarried lady Of Boston who pro-
/ poses that single ladies hereafter be called
''bachelettes."
LADY NEDlCALsr is the phrase employed
/ by some Of the English journals 20 describe
| women doctors.
! EXCAVATIONS are Of daily occurrence on
I the battlefield OF Austerlitz, with the view
/ OF finding certain boxes containing l,C09,0o0i.
/ said to haye been buried there by Napoleon :
| Generals.
SOsE Of the Dakota counties pay cents q
/ tail for Fophers, and in La AOure they pass as
currency. \ man goes into q saloon. and for
I his drink throws on the counter gopher tails.
I When the drawer is full they are taken to the
/ county Office and redeemed or paid out. ii
I looks a little novel IN church 10 see g2pncF
! narratives going into the contribution OoN.
LORD PANNURE's stolid want Of comTrehen-
sion is amusingly illustrated in Lord Maimes-
bury's memoirs. The Queen, he says, had
been presenting medals to the Crimean he
rnes many Of whom were MANNED or sunerlnT
from wounds ''Was the Queen tOuched:'
Mrs Norton asked. BLESS my soul. nO.' re-
piled Lord Panmure, "she had brass railing
before her. and no one could t0uch her. u
mean. was she mOved:' Moved. She had
no occasion 10 move.
Ixst. Louis a new boulevard pavement of
prepared gumwood Is being tried on Chestnut
street. After the roadbed is dug out and
rolled. a layer Of concrete is put down and
coated with sand. This is glazed with coal
tar. on which fve-lnch gumwood OlocSs are
set unriCht with an ordinary l3th between the
rows at the bottom TO separate them. THIS
space is illed part way mp with coal tar. and
the balance Of the way wiki SAND anu gravel.
which Is rammed IN eQmpactly. rms nave
lnent Is firm. elastic, and comparatively noise
less, but costly.
THE streets Of Winnipeg present q great va
rietv. Opera. glass exquisites are j0stled by
haIf-b-eeds shod with moccasins; daintily
dressed ladies Of "a hiOn are SIDE by side with
the Indian mother whose infant rests in a
braided pocket or cradle with wooden back,
which is fastened about the mothers neck by
a sort Of wooden yoke. the mo- nted ponce,
whose duties lie outside the city limits. look
ing after the Illicit introduction OF EquOr INTO
the province and watching over the Indians,
make a bit of bright color. IEe1r scarlet coats
and white helmet hats can be seen anu us
tinguished a long distance away.
\ CURIOUS instance. SAYS the Pal Mall Ga
setts, concerning the extraordinary variety Of
influences which affect English trade is af-
forded By the last trade report from sheffield.
Owing to the drought in Queensland, which
reduced the tlOcks Of one great holder IRON
., 600 TO 5000, large orders Tor sheep slears
and other hardware had been cancelled. much
[ to the inconvenience Of the capital or cutlery.
on the other hand. the success Of the l10-ton
gun at Spezzia in smashing the srmor plates
Z
placing of new Italian orders for compound
armOr plates withe sheffield plstemakers
4 CHINESE pamphlet recently circulated In
Hong Kong against the Christian mission
work afiirms that Europeans DO not belong to
the human race, but are descended from
MONKEYS. This race Of wild beings worship
neither the heavens nor the earth; they DO
not honor their parents nor have respect Tor
their fOrefathers. They come into emma
under the pretense Of preaching religion,
but really come 10 take the eyes and the
brains Of diving people and the blood OF emil
dren. With these they make medical pills,
which they sell in their country, AID IN TINS
manner secure shreWdness.
IL Is59 human flesh was exposed as butch
er's meat in the market Of DuketOwn, Old
Calabar. In Brass lor the Mimbo country
canuibalism often occurs. Even within the
last wear 4 chief Of that district. named Ina
nv killed two Acreeka people " no were sac
rihced to the names Of his father. In Brass,
as in Bonn, they eat all enemies taken IN
war. and they put forth, as justification for
this. that deVouring the flesh of their enemies
makes them brave The accounts given OF the
killing Of a native for the purposes OF cannl-
balism of which an English writer was an
eve witness. is most admirably graphic and
striking.
IL one OF the English public schools
difficulty arose between a teacher and
scholar concerning certain prescribed lessons
which we're TO be learned at home. The case
was taken before the Appellate Court, where
10 was decided that 'hOme lessons set by
teachers cannot be enforced" The New Ork
3feffcuI Record thinks the practical results
Of the decision viii be largely modlueo oy the
fact that teachers Will continue oglYe lessons
Of such length as TO compel home study or
result in a lowering OF the scholars standing.
The Record asks II the requirements OF nome
study are not. in general, too exacting for
the proper development Of the health Of
children
ALARGE moose deer experienced a singular
fate 4 few miles west of Mattawa, on the
Canadian Pacific Railway. While No. s.
mixed was coming East at high rate OF
snaed the driver thought that he observed
tbronph the morning mist a dark object
short distance ahead. Every enort v as made
10 bring the train 70 standstlii' ott without
success. for the next moment inc Oos.I1c tl0n
was struck and sent fiving from the track. II
proved TO BE- nothing less than large siZeu
moose deer, which, becoming beWuQereu al
the sight Of the approaching TRAM was
utterly uOWeriesS 10 move from the spot.
Death must have resulted lnstantaneously. as
Is side was literally smashed to jelly The
sntlared monarch weighed $50 pounds. ana
Is said 20 be one Of the largest specimens OF
the moose killed IN tnal IocAillE lor seNeTal
years.
THE l2-ineh gun which was cast Friday at
the South Boston Iron Works. makes the
fourth cast by the company TO fill an order Tor
i've pieces Of heavy ordnance for the United
states Government. the three already cast
beng one l0-inch and one l2-inch gun and
l2-inch mortar, the latter Of which Is to De
covered with two thicknesses OF steel bands
around the breech. The flask in which the
casting was made is 40 feet long and nearly 1
feet in diameter, and consists OF cast iron
tube around which Is wound layer OF hemp
rope. the whole being covered with al thin
LAYER Of moulding sand. The cooling Will
take four DAYS, at the end of which time the
gun will be removed, turned and bored. The
inside viii be fitted with a steel tnbe one inch
thick. and two layers of steel bands aggrega-
ting four inches in thickness VIII be shrunk
around the breech.
THE police say that more thoroughly moral
class Of girls cannot be found in New York
than janitors' daughters. They live in the air.
Their quarters are near the roofs of the high
est buildings in town. they are porn ana
hrouchr ND = dozen stories above the earth.
and fbev have q little society Of their own. In
some instances they even live above the roofs
Of the buildings they care for, On the root OF