Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
ITEHgs Up INTEREST.

HoRsEFI Zsii Is now sold and eaten in Lon
don, as well as a Paris.
\ WAsHIEyroX Jadge has decided that a
puppy become dog when it is year old.
ONE county in Australia has this year paid
the bounty on ''.Sio dozen of captured spar
rows eggs.
The notoliOus ,GFo formerly kept by "Bnly"
McGlory in \ y J 0rk city. has been reOpened
as so-called temperance theatre"
AT the Ncr,h .arolina State Exhibition one
man showed az entire female wardrobe con-
structed with li. own fingers, and another a
bed-quilt Of 5000 pieces.
AT Ut Sau Shan, China, the Governor Sc
lected his recrui; as follows: He first dug q
trench six Chinese 1eet wide, and all those
that were able I" lump it were enlisted into
the corps.
IL the extreme ndF5h and west Of England
/. superstition. perhaps. wields the strongest
swa over the Inhabitants, and very notable
instance Of the manner in which the credulity
of the temperate. virtuous and hospitabe
upon by some sFt az rascals has been recently
discovered B&ne2ng in the place of honor in
the best room oil many hundred cottages in
Cornwall IS most remarkable document,
which professcs to DC a copy of letter written
by Jesus Christ. This was sold the foolish
people with The ilca that it would act as a
charm, and CCrl les some simple bOsh on per-
sOnal conduct. Snti ends with a command to
all to obtain q 90. Of the precious document.
FORTUNES cc uited by Illicit distillation
have given rise 10 very curious taunt among
the inhabitaEts OF ne northwest of Ireland.
When it was iG,cI0ed to convey to any per-
son in the elrC1qcst possible manner that his
pride in his 4 mi ! circumstances was only
that OF an upst3IJ, me common expression for
this was: 'IOur Grandmother was Doherty
a rot nha y-crfv, oF
this saying was ~ fellows: The northern part
OF the county Di Donegal, particularly the dis
trlct OF lnnl5luWo. IS largely peOpled by peO-
ole of the nGue o. Doherty and O'DOherty.
In past time oLc -. Inc best means of snug
Cling pOteens in" Londonderry and other
towns in the vi'icity was by tin flask car
RED by the Wc"cr ne their pockets. Hence
the eXpressloD-
BIRTHDAi' ia q. many are never neglect
ed. From the Est one, when the infant re
ceives the prclo1ts itom the god parents, in
stead of at the .iac Of baptism, he thing goes
on from year e. yclT, and peoples of all ages
and ranks consider themselves sighted if
even an Acquaintance does not duly appear
with the usual c1lgratulatOry Offering of
flowers, etc. The custom is really tax to
many, for al mclr ho~s of a household consider
themselves entitled 10 valuable gifts on their
birthdays. Ercn servants expect to be sub
stantIally rene mbcrc1, and as their en-
trance into tic establishment they are le-
gally obliged TO ToDGCr 3 full account of the
time and place al heir birth, there is no
pleading ignoTauce s. an excuse for neglect
ing to notice the tay.
THE Belgians &c rs. permit their POLITICAL
agltations 70 Jntcl ere with the e-Xec3Ition of
measures Of Gcae'4ll practical utility. They
-fffIIve just Starter 9 3 stem of public telephony
which prOmicc= TO- 30 an immense boon to the
community. u wii{, it is thought, largely
supersede tnc practice of sending writ
ten Telegram. and save vast deal
Of letter-WllluS IS well. Telephone
public have reeE establi he'd between the
principal cities n Belgium; and for the
moderate fee o. l. franc a man in Brussels can
converse foT Dfc minutes with q friend OF
business correspondent in Antwerp or Liege.
An extra ten cents viii give him the Use of
the wire for IN additional five minutes. The
Offices are t. be Kept open night and day;
though aftc- - the evening the rates are
doubled.
ENGLISE Temperance drinks must be de-
lghtful beverage. Not long ago a Yorkshire
chemist was had ~ Tor selling a decoction of
methylated spirits, cardamoms and ginger,
which he cunningly called "tbe teetotaler's
nghtcap." So many people took to wearing
his 'nightcaps,' th9t an entcrprisIng manu-
facturer beth0ught him of rousng mixture
to counterfeit their effects. He called his COM
petitiYe drink ginger beer, but it was found to
contain lead and copper. An analyst writes
of it: This sample contains q very notable
quantity OF lcGd--ahout IA grains to the i'm
perial gallon" He goes on to say that taken
habitually-dnG pe IL noted that people who
drink these things drink them habitually-
severe ana even laj Il symptoms of lead pois-
Onng might ensue.' Another ginger beer
contained neatly grains of lead per gallon;
"a highly dangerous proportion" says the
ANALYST