Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-25
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THE conceit of Kansas man is to remove
the tombstones from his family burial plot
to the roof of his house, where they stand in
row Of seven along the rldgepole'
ABOUT 600 German newspapers are pub
lIshed in the United states, Of which are in
the New England States. Dos in the Middle
States. So in the Southern States, and $50 In
the Western States.
A PARIS NOVELTY is a magnifying fan. Two
sticks are bored and the holes filed with
small lenses of the finest crystal. The wearer
covers her eyes with the IAN ana uses the
sticks rs an opera glass,
NEW DEVICE for evading the Maine liquor
law is to open the eyehOles of young cocoa
nuts. scald out the interior, and refill with
whisky. The meat of the nut is said to pleas
antly flavor and improve the new contents.
1T came out in a Tennessee law salt that the
ardent letters sent by girl to her lover had
been composed for another fellow, but that, on
transferring her affections suddenly she had
erased the original name and inserted new
one.
Two officers of Sullivan county got hold Of
the wrong man while seeking an escaped lu-
matte. and tried to coax him into their car
riagc which made him think they were buncO
swfndlers attached to circus which was IN
the neighbOrhOOd. There was q hard fight
preceding an explanation.
ACCORDING to the France, there is a woman
living at st. just de- ClaiX, IN the department
of Iserc, who was born in 1851, so that she is
now in her 124th year. Her name is Marie
Girard, nee Durand. She was married in lI19
at st. just. and had two children, one Of
whom died few years ago, aged 81
JOHN Il. COUGH, like most public speakers,
finds it difficult to obtain sleep after deliver
ing one of his lectures, because of the strain
on his nervous system. He says: son re-
firing to my room go to reading some inter-
esting book. and in this manner fill my mind
with other thoughts and then can sleep"
OF "sTEPNIAk," the author Of "Under-
ground Russia" the London World says: sic
writes slowly and pOlishes with poetic care.
There are whole chapters of his Underground
Russia which were written and rewritten SIX
times and even then sent to the printer with
reluctance, so far from perfection did they
SEEM"
THE utility of the bicycle is proved by the
Vermont farmer, who takes his sons machine,
suspends the wheel a few feet above the floor,
removes the tire, substitutes an endless rope
which he also places on the driving wheels
of agricultural machines, then makes
his son mount and furnish motive power
for Smelling corn, cutting hay, turning grind
stone, etc.
TIRE New Orleans boat clubs are to have an
international regatta on Lake Ponchartrain
next May. OHCuldTs nave Ut6H issucu III IT,
gard to this regatta, which is to be on grand
scale, all the principal oarsmen Of America,
Europe and Australia being invited to take
part. Ii is proposed to devote two days to
series OF amateur races, which VIII be fol-
lowed by twodays OF professional contests.
The death of James l.. Claghorn, of Phila
delphia, calls attention to his collection of
about $1,000 engrayings. Its most valuable
print is an impression made by Albert Durer
from a gold plate engraved for insertion in
the Emperor Maximilian's cane. Only few
proofs were taken, and then the lines were
permanently filed with enamel. The space
OF an inch in diameter is crowded by the
figures of a crucifixiOn scene.
A DREADFUL MAN who does not give his
name writes to a Boston newspaper this libel
on the Boston woman: ''The MexicaL women
Of the lowest strata Of society surpass in man
ners, grace, courtesy, ETC., the most accom-