Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-31
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dropped to about 5000 or the lowest figure ever
known" But this doesn't do people in this
part of the world any good
AN English traveller says that the chief
characteristic Of New York people is that
they look one way while walking another, and
that others have great trouble in lodging
them.
PROBABLY the largest and finest perfect
plate glass ever made in this country has just
been finished in Jacksonville, Ky. 1t con-
tains l54 square feet and measures lO4X2l6
inches.
ONE Chicago pawnshop man has loaned
money on 1900 revOlvers within the last eight
months Slung-shOts are now the stylish
weapon in that town, and the citizens have
no use for revOlvers.
PHILADELPHIA has a mOlasses pipe line. 1t
runs from a wharf to the sO-called "smear
house." The mOlasses is heated by steam to
thin it and is then conducted through the
pipe distance of 1000 feet. The saving in
carriage is considerable.
THE German town OF Furstenfeld thinks it
has the oldest tree in the world. 1t is lin
den standing in the churchyard among the
tonbs Of centuries, has trunk fully fifteen
feet in diameter and twisted branches which
seem to stretch out all over the Enclosure, and
is supposed to be 1000 years old
An Australian physician has been attacking
in vigorous terms "Gheel, the City of the Sim
DIev as the Belgian village where lunatcs
are boarded out among the people is called.
Heretofore it has been a much praised plan.
The Belgian papers demand an inquiry into
the truth of DR.. fuckers allegations.
IN California they are beginning to plant
mulberry trees around the public school
houses, so that the teachers may be able to
supplement their salaries by raising silk
worms during vacation. The Silk Culture
Society of Philadelphia suggested a similar
policy in Philadelphia. as this seems to be the
only chance of raising the starvation wages OF |
our school teachers.
LAURA JOHNSON, a Milwaukee girl, became
so indignant on reading letter from her be-
trothed, IN which he expressed the desire to
break off their engagement, that she tried to
snatch the engagement ring from her finger,
but it was so firmly fixed that she could not
remove it. Seeing Ratchet near by, she then
deliberately chopped the finger off and sent IT,
with the ring attached, to the falthless lover.
In the new School of Medicine now being
erected in Paris it is proposed to keep a regis
try of all the legally recognized physicians
throughout the world. A preliminary in
vestigatiOn has shown that such a list would |
comprise about 1913, 600 names, namely, 5000 in |
in Germany and Austria, IS 600 in Great |
Britain and colonies, 10000 in Italy, 5000 in
Spain.
THE newest thing in advertising is the pay
ment of 100000 by prominent Broadway
dry goods firm for the privileges of a Phila-
delphia juvenile publication edited by cler-
gvman The firm take l6S. 900 copies of the !
publication and intend to distribute it at cost
price among some $4,000 of their customers.
Their advertisement is on the cover of the |
book. and through that channel they expect |
to recOup themselves for the heavy outlay.
a NOVEL and interesting entertainment !
took place IN London the other night. A !
ho1n TO
ney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb gave |
dramatic performance. The pieces selected
were 1.-The School for Scandal and 'The |
Sorrows of Mr.. SnoOks." The characters in |
both of the plays were represented exclusively |
by deaf mutes, ana the audience was largely |
composed of the same class of people. The |
performance which was in the sign language, |
gave great delight to the audience of deaf |
mutes.
AN amusing incident occurred a week or so |
ago in a school house in Saco, Me. A lad of |
years. the son Of a lumberman living a con-
siderable distance from the town. became |
Dupil in the school. As is usual in all schools, /
the larger and older scholars began to chaf |
him. and among other things told him that he |
was ''toO fresh and had better dip himself in |
a pork barrel" The bewlldered lad, imme-
diately on arriving home. disappeared into |
the cellar, and when found two hours after |
ward was industriOusly engaged in washing /
his clothes in the brine OF his fathers pork |
barrel.
Mr.. ULRIcK's spiders have been sick. A |
student of jefferson College was called in to |
prescribe for them, and he was so indignant |
at being asked to attend insects that he re-
fused to give even a glance at them. Their !
owners then sent for a prominent physician, |
one who is at the head Of his profession. who. |
because of his interest IN science, is visiting |
the spiders daily. These are the Florida |
spiders which are alleged to spin real silk |
ready for the loom. There is a great contrO- |
versy going on to whether they shall be |
admitted TO the exhibition of the silk Culture |
Society.
THE Chinese have begun to adopt the West |
ern chemical science, and a factory has re-
Gently been erected for the manufacture of /
sulphuric acid on a large scale. Two we'll
known chemical text books. Malgutti's 'Ele- /
mentary Chemistry and Fresenius' "Chemi-
cal ANALYSIS" have also been translated into /
Chinese with the help of a great number of /
new characters, and adopted into the imperial /
colleges Tong Sung. First Minister and a /
director of the Tung Wen Huan, has taken the I
work upder his Immediate patronage and 4
written preface for the first OF these books.
AN English Judge, having received an init
nation that a man he had sentenced to death
wished particularly to see him, went to his
cell, when the man said: Il stole your watch
years ago. You were looking into print
shop in the street." "Yes," said the Judge:
done, because particularly valued the seals
which were hanging from the fob, and kept
nv hand on them.n "1Ou did, save for an
instant, when tickled you with a straw be-
hind the ear" He went on to explain that
the watch was such peculiar one, the name
being embossed on it, that they had been
afraid to sell it, and said: IF you get me ink