Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
ITEnrs oF TNTEREsT.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
THOSE were very old cigars which were
given the other day to the Spanish Consul at
Portland, Ne. They were lot of 1000 sent to
his predecessor IS years ago, but which failed
to come into his hands before he was trans
ferred from his post.
A NOVEL MODE of paying a visit occurred
the other day at Albury, the Duke of Nor
thumberland's seat, when Mr.. Baden Powell
of the Scots Guards, accompanied by a brother
officer descended in his balloon in the park,
having come from Aldershot just in time for
lunch.
L. ROSE has sold his estate, probably the
finest in California, for S75O,OO0. The planta-
ton is known as Sunny Slope, near Pasadena,
and it contains more than 1000 acres of well
watered land. The orange crop was sold on
the trees by Mr.. Rose this year for 10000, and
the vintage last year from ! ZOO acres of vines
was 1880 tons of grapes.
A CASE of death from earth eating is re-
ported in the British Medical journal. Such
a result is rare nowadays. Yet the writer
says the habit is common among the Hindu
inhabitants of Trinidad. Children often take
to it, and in adults the habit frequently be-
comes so depraved that it cannot be given up.
The earth chosen resembles sandstone and is
often mixed with slate. Adults generally
adopt the practice from economical reasons.
AT a New Years feast in the FIowery
Kingdom one hears wild shrieks first, then the
trimmings and throbbings of a thousand
niger MINISTRIES, changing to an army of bag
pipes, the squallings of maltreated babies, the
whistlIng of locomotives, the fOghOrns of a
steamer, the clashiDg of cymbals, the beating
of drums. There is vast assortment Of
Chinese musical instruments, from the two
stringed fiddle to the great horn.
DIR. GAMGEE, of Birmingham, England, has
IL n.
artificial sponge. 1t is made of cotton,
rendered absorbent and treated with an
tiseptics. One of them of the size of a walnut
will absorb water until it reaches the dimen-
slons of a crikcet ball. One Of it's most i'm
portant advantages is cheapness; this quality
makes it unnecessary to use it more than once,
so that "sponge infection" becomes an easily
obviated evil.
THERE is a touching pathos in the appeal
of Esther Amar, a Jewess, at Dar-al- Beida
(Casablanca), who was cruelty hOgged with
ont Trial, on a charge of immoral conduct.
Her letter to Lord Granville to secure re-
dress, dated at Tangier, closes thus: ''Some
friends tell me that in England there is more
Justice than in this country, and that Her
Majesty the Queen would never allow poor
girl to be nearly beaten to death, as have
been, and beg of Your Lordshlp to tell the
Queen about it,"
THE production Of oil from sunfower seed
portauce in Russia. 1t is expressed on the
spot. and the product is largely employed in
the adulteratiOn OF olive oil; the purified Oil is
considered equal to olive and almond oil for
table use. The most important industrial ap-
plicatiOns CT the oil are for wooden dressing,
lighting, and candle and soap making, 1t be-
ing regarded, for the last named purpose, as
superior to most other oils. The Russian ar
ticle is of pale yellow color.
THE custom of giving fees, or ''tips,' as they
are called, is said to have become unpleas
antly common in New York. As appeared
from evidence in a recent trial, BARRIERS ha-
bituallv scrape customers who do not fee
them; elevator boys expect tips for accom-
modating passengers, drivers of stages not
only look for fees to persons who sit on the
roof for a smoke, but stop their vehicles near
the sidewalk for profitable patrons to get in
or out Conductors of street cars sometimes
accept retainers for informing passengers
when particular street is reached, domestic
servants in fashionable families expect fees
for the slightest service rendered to guests,
and even clerks and messengers in some of
the great stores need the stimulus of "tip''
to move them to active service In behalf OF
customers.
A NEW CLUB has been started In London
called the ''A. B. Co. with the view, accord
ing to Vanity Fair, of making it more par
ticularly the rendezvous for Americans and
colonists. The club has taken the premises
tel, and fitted them up in luxurious style. A
feature of the club life is to be musical enter
tainments on one or more evenings of each
week to which members are to have the priv
iiege of inviting other members of their faml-
lies The new club is expected to be espe-
cialIy favored by strangers visiting London
for short time, who cannot wait 1or Tor
NAL ballot or do not wish to undergo the sus-
pense and uncertainty OF such venture in
clubs which are oVerrun with applicants for
their peculiar privileges.
MARsEILLEs, where the cholera is raging,
now gives a visitor the impression that the
chief occupation of the inhabitants is drink
ing abslnthe and riding in horse cars. The
town Is traversed in every direction by long
open cars like the Third avenue ones here,
with cornices and curtains cut in Moorish
scallops and above the indications of the
routes-JOlette, Castellano, Les Galatians,
Prado, Belle de Mai, Vale dAurlOl, Les Ag
golades. and dozen other pretty names that
seem to be full of sunlight One of the routes
runs along the Corniche road, from the foot
path of which you may throw your line d.
rectly into the Mediterranean and fish for red
mullets. On it is the famous Restaurant La
Reserve, celebrated by Thackeray, where
alone you can eat BOuillavalsse in perfection.
SEVERAL of the suburban towns near Boston
have been visited in the past few days by a
man, evidently a swindler, whose system Of
deception is so simple and transparent that
one could hardly believe that sensible persons
would allow themselves to be deluded by it..
His mode of operation is this: He sells for one
dollar an ordinary paper of needles. and with
this ticket bearing an inscription which
reads something like this: ITO be delivered in
thirty days to bearer, one of our household
presents. free of charge. (Signed) Wallace
Brown & Co., No 1893 Chestnut street, Phila-
delphia; branch Office No. 62 Summer street.,
Boston" This is the name of the household
furnishing firm which the man pretends to
represent, but att the address indicated in
Boston nothing at ali is known of the concern.
The swindler is described as being about 5
feet 10 inches in height, weighing $50 pounds,
having a sandy moustache and blue eyes, and
is dressed il light gray suit.
THE Chinese farm house is a Nous looking
abode. Usually it is sheltered groves Of
feathery bamboo and thick sr@eading ban
vans The walls are Of clay and wood, and
the interior of the house consists of one main
room extending from the floor to the tiled
roof, with closet looking apartments in the
corner for sleeping rooms. There IS a sliding
window on the roof made out OF oyster smells
arranged in rows, while the side windows
are mere wooden shutters. The floor is the
bare earth, where at nightfal there often
gathers together q miscellaneous family OF
dirty children. fowls. ducks, pigeons and a
litter of pigs, all living together IN happy har-
mony. In some districts infested by maraud
ing bands, houses are strongly fortified with
high walls Containing apertures for fire arms,
and protected by a moat crossed by rude
draw bridge. With grain, swine and well
under his roof. the farmer and his men might
hold out against years siege.
BRIGHT BITS.
sWHAT is that you like about that girl?''