Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AN electric girl named Coffin, aged 10, has
caused a sensation in Paris.
THERE is suggestion of the introduction of
camels into England as beasts of burden. their
use having proved very satisfactory IN Aus
tralia.
THE progress of invention is well shown in
the constantly decreasing price of steel. In
1910 il cost about $500 per ton; to-day The
same quality can be bought for $37.
THE soap industry in California is falling
of at a frightful rate. In 1876 the annual pro-
duct was estimated at 100000, while last
year it barely amounted to $4,000.
THE Paris Exhibition of Infants VIII be held
next month. Two thousand applications for
entry have been received. The best physical
conformation of bone and muscle Will take the
prize. Eat alone will not be the test of merit
this time.
VIENNA has become so fashionable as a
medical centre that even the Scotch students
do not consider themselves perfect until they
have passed season there. The attractions
consist in the large amount Of material for
study and the great teachers.
TEE price of bread is eagerly discussed in
England and Ireland, the public being wroth
that. though wheat never reached 40 shillings
the quarter and is now barely above 30, the
price Of bread remains exactly the same as
when the price of wheat was 10 shllllngs
higher.
THE twenty fifth annual report of the Lon
don Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough
Association is able to announce the erection
of 50 new troughs for animals and 81 new
fountains for human beings. Most OF the
structures of the society are examined and
cleaned by its servants three times a week.
THE fanatics who maintain the descent of
Fnglishmen from the lost ten tribes are hav-
ing public debate on the question in Eng
land. and Mr.. Hine, the leader of the move
mept. having declared that England would
gain ESQ OOO, 900 in reduced taxation by ac-
cepting his craze, is about to transfer ms pro-
paganda to America as more hopeful SOIL.
BERLIN has more than 700 millionaires, in
the German sense of the word, reckoning with
marks. or quarters of a dollar. Vienna has
not so many of these, but more of multiple
millionaires who made their money through
Slavic possessions and national loans. Among
the inhabitants of Berlin 43 per cent. were
born in the city, and in Vienna only SO per
cent.
THE latest spiritualistic apparatus consists
of a telephone diaphragmI attached to the
sounding board of piano, and connected by
wire to a second piano in the immediate
neighborhood. Music played upon the latter
is reproduced upon the former, but more
sweetly and delicately than when originally
played. The device was detected in PrOYi-
dence after a very remuneratiye months run.
THE late Duke of Wellington was very fond
OF animals, and at the park at Strathfeldsaye
he kept herd of Angora goats, which he i'm
ported from the East about ten years ago.
They have been shorn every season, and the
wool was used Tor the Dukes coats and waist
coats. He also possessed number OF very
fine mules. several llamas ana nock OF the
small Ardenncs sheep, which produce the
finest mutton in the world. The Duke also
carried on the culture OF trout.
oBIGGEsF thing on ice." cried a voluble
fellow at the doorway of a concert hall, as re-
norted in Chicago. "A dancing floor Of solid
ice. Walk in if you don't believe me. A sec
ton of the Arctic region, combined with the
beauties of the tropics. Admission free" 1t
was not altogether a swindle. A space thirty
feet souare in the flooring of the hall had
been lowered foot or so and then paved with
thick blocks Of ice. On this frozen foundation
a mating with wide meshes was lald, so that
the ice could be plainly seen, and at the same
time dry surface was formed for the dancers.
a Boston LAWYER has rooms in a building
on a corner. His professional cards give the
number on the main street, and if you call in
the daytime you find him in a law Office. His
prjvate card gives the side street number Of
the same building, and If you call in the eve
ming you go up different stairway TO the
Identical room; but 1t is now bachelor S
parlor. The furniture Is specially adapted to
the transformation. The desk becomes side
hoard, a lounge is covered with luxurious
leonard skin. and handsome hangings are dis
closed. ssThat's what | call confidence
0ame. sir-an out and out swlndle," said
Client and al once withdrew his cases.
THr Tammany confab was over Saturday
nigbt and various braves and sachems were
discussing the situation and Old Tom gin, In
the Morton House, New York, when a post
ONCE Official. who had come incoming IN,
seemed suddenly agitated. "Ialkln o.
Blaine,v he said, ssYou don't know him. He's
a sumner all the way aroud. Gentlemens