Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

PROP. 4. II. SAYCE has dlsciphered an As
syrian tablet. which gives account Of a transit
Of Venus, loo years q. I.
Il Nashville, during the year ending Oct.
I. no lawyers were arrested, but three minis
tiers we're, three journalists and eighteen ply
sicians.
TIE number Of Quakers in the United
states Is put down at 100, 900, but not over half
Of them are square Quakers. The rest cheat
in horse trades and water their cider.
THERE is a church being built in Michigan
n which r'the seats viii be opera chairs Of
cherry. mahogany finished. with a fitting
back. each seat provided with q hat. shawl,
cloak book, umbrella and cane rack, ana
foot rest"
HUNDREDS Of COWS roam loose on st. Charles
avenue. New Orleans, where they are in ex-
pressibly annoying to carriage riders and to the
patrons Of the dummy cars, since the animals
persist in taking the narrOwest chances OF
being run over by the dummies and mauled
into mlnce meat.
4 CHICAGO drug clerk is quoted as saying:
sAny number Of ladies buy cigars here.
don't think that they want them for brothers
or fathers. because the gentlemen know how
TO buy their own cigars better than their
female relatives. I have sold cigars to quite
fashionable ladies for years"
CANDIDATES for admission to the classes Of
telegraphy and photography at the Cooper
Union were received on Tuesday. OF the leo
candidates for admission to the school OF tele-
graphy. 20 were admitted. The school OF
phOnOgraphy and type-writing had the same
number OF candidates, Of whom only % were
received.
IT is stated that an ingenious pharmaceutisi
in North Baltimore has invented an invisible
lip salve or ointment favored with honey. II
young man gets one kiss he's never satisfied
until he obtains another. Here the young
lady puts her foot down firmly, and says not
another kiss before marriage. A license Is
quickly procured, the parsOn IS spoken to, and
the rites are duly sOlemnized.
THE problem Of preventing the new City
Hall OF Philadelphia from being disigurcd by
overhead wires across it Is likely to be
solved by building an underground passage
for them. II is proposed by the FuDhc build
ings Commission TO construct SUCH passage
at the cost of about $4,000. It's construction
Will postpone the completion Of the asphalt
pavement. which was TO be done IN about
month, TIL next spring.
TIE channel tunnel promoters have by no
means given up all hope. a large party lately
visited the works with Sir Edward Watkins,
Chairman Of the Dormant Company. The
healing was lighted by the IDcan0escent cleo
trio lamps. and the party proceeded 70 the
end Of the gallery. where the Beaumont bOrer
is situated. Although the injunction OF the
Board Of Trade Is now faithfully observed.
the machinery Is regularly attended 70. Not
withstanding the length Of time the works
have been suspended, little or no water has
penetrated into the heading.
JOCKEYS at Jerome Park are said to be
stable bows who show pluck and skill in rid
ing. such boy as LOrinard's "Olney" gets
q salary OF $50 or $50 month besides SO for
riding and $50 for winning race. Extra tips
and fancy prices for big success make ms
70 2 r.
great Jockeys do much better. But though
the ordinary jockey cares more tnan most
other boys. he IL IN danger OF losing nerve AZ
a critical moment. OF becoming TOO TAT Tor ser
vice and Of yielding to temptations 70 drink
and dishonesty His prosperity. II II come at
all, arrives early in life.
ANONG the most useful and benefcent chart
ties in New York city is a home for Hebrew
children in charge Of the Sheltering Guardian
Society 1t began IN a small way not many
years ago, and has grown with the increasing
demand for shelter for homeless little He
brews. The society has secured the old coun-
try house Of John Jacob AstOr. around which
the city is now built. The home has sheltered
ST. children, Of whom IS have been reared
educated and discharged. The work OF the
society begins with infants in the kindergar-
ten. and ends with teaching its dependents
useful trades. During the year just closed.
the society has supplied 500 Tree meals 70
Door and hungry persons VINO were not IN
mates Of the home. IL Is thriving nstitu-
ton and does vast amount OF practleal good'
IT has been generally eontended that par
tridges could not be tanned or demonstrated.
It seems. however, that this is mistake.
SIessrs. Fred. T. McComas and George A.
Davis. Of HagerstOwn, have tested the matter
unite suecessfullv. They have succeeded IN
having that well known wild and hitherto IN
tamable bird. the partridge, breed IN CONNIE
ment at the residence OF Mr. McComas IN
N -o,s4orr-D - far as is known to the con-
traTv this is the first time that 1t has been &C
The birds were placed IN large
cage during the month OF March last. Inc
coop was 4xl2 feet, and rested on the ground.
placing the birds as nearly as possible IN the
came condition as they are in their Wlld ana
original state. A few days ago the hen bird
brought out from the eggs she had deposited
in her nest q brood of six young. 1t was as
certained by actual observation that the male
bird did more than half the incubating.
A STUDENT Of nature has made a study Of
the ballet girl, and fails to throw any more
light on her than the calcium or red fire does
when she is before the public in her profess
sional evolutions. She is an Elusive mystery,
which seems to be all unveiled and yet defes
There came to be a popular
belief that the ballet girl is really married
woman with two or three children, and an old
mother and father depending upon her for
support. AS a general rule this rs an error:
she is not at all domestic, and $40 a week is
slender support for one. yet she never suffers
sports jewelry. too. Her home cannot be dis
covered At the stage door after the show
she paws no attention to the loungers. but
vanlshes in the darkness sne Il sWailOwe1
mn 80 quick that nobody can follow her or tell
whence she came. These observations refer
"a the ballet girl. Ballet old women are III
ferent. They go on the road with travelling
companies, and are the granumotnere q ne
ballet girls in the aower Of their attractions.