Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The SPOT where the gunboats lay when
bombarding Vicksburg is now bank of sand,
the course Of the river having changed ma
terlally, and il is feared that the city will
soon be lett inland, the old bed of the stream
axe.
A CONTRACTOR has just arrived at San
francisco armed with the commission and the
money to purchase materials for the new City
MhalI or Honolulu. Sandwich Islands. The
same contractor built the Kings palace ana
the Honolulu Library Building, and this
country furnished the materials.
NEW DIRECTIONS for making an artificial
dimple are available only to women with soft,
pulpy cheeks or chins. a spot is smeared with
colorless glue, and then the flesh is pressed in
with the point OF pencil. The sti1ened in
dentatlon retains the shape of dimple. Care
must De observed In smiling suddenly lest II
be fractured.
THURSDAY Edward and Frank Root went
to Erie, Pa, with three bears and deer,
killed, after desperate fight, in the woods.
Having wounded the deer they followed until
II fell from loss of blood, and while eating
their lunch by the carcass they were attacked
by the ravenous bears, that had followed the
deer's bOOd-stalned tracks.
An Alabama lady recently tried the ex-
pertinent of darkening the room in her con-
servatory, in which she kept a beautiful
night-blOoming cereus plant. The flower was
thus kept fresh until noon next day, when the
light was let IN and it Immediately began TO
Wlther, and was, no doubt. much Disguised at
l'sef for having been fooled.
TIE Turkish woman is superstitious in the
extreme. She believes in charms. She will
not live an hour bereft of her three cornered
bit of leather which enclOses the mystic
phrase that is potent to ward OIL { he evil eye.
she distrusts Tuesday as the mother of ILL.,
luck, and VIII not celebrate the birthday an
sQrfae ~ hoss HI
date, lest some magician use it TO cast spell
against the child.
THE skeleton of Payne, one Of the men exc
cuted for the conspiracy to murder President
Lincoln, was exhumed Tuesday at the Hol-
mead Cemetery, near Washington, where it
was buried by Mr.. Joseph GawleT, under
taker, it having been removed several years
ago from underneath the basement of the old
penltentiary building at the arsenal. The
skeleton was buried in box four feet long,
and in it was placed a small glass bottle con-
tanning piece of paper, on which was writ
ten his name, brief statement of his crime,
execution. etc, but the paper was not to be
found when the box was opened.
THE chair in which all the English sover-
eigns for the past 500 years have sat
to be crowned, is a rough wooden affair, with
a Gothic back. 1t stands on the backs of four
wooden lions and has underneath the seat the
famous ''StOne of Scone" on which the Scot
fish sOvereigns down to the time when there
said to be the same which Jacob used for a
pillow when he had his well-knOw ladder
dream, but this part of the story need not
necessarily be believed. The throne in the
House of Lords is modelled after the famous
old chair, which latter is kept just behind the
reredOs in Westminster Abbey.
THE band of bandits, which operates in the
region traversed by the Ismidt Railway, Tur-
key, seems TO be pretty successful in its enter
prlses. On Wednesday last it carried off in
broad daylight four villagers who were work
ing in their fields. After proceeding a short
distance with their captives they released
two of them, sending them back to the village
to say that If sum of f5 was not sent to a
certain spot within three days they would put
the two prisoners to death, and burn the viii
lage after sacking it. The villagers, not being
able to help themselves, made up the sum de-
manded and sent it as directed. The captives
were released, and the brigands went off
quietly to the hills
THE rage for wearing glasses has struck a
majority of the Western cities, and it is not
unusual to meet a round dozen pairs of coy
feminine eyes looking out through gold,
silver or shell rims in walking a sin gle block.
Opticians say they cannot account for this
sudden passion, but slyly tip the wink and
confide to their questlOner that it is a fashion
that will line their pockets, and should there
fore not be discOuntenanced. ut gives one a
more intelligent look" whispered fair de-
vOtee of the "pebble stone" land besides"
she modestly added, lone can hide ones eyes
Gls
at any person while passing they never know
it and you are not accused of nirtlng."
THE Washington monument Will not long
enjoy its prominence as the highest structure
in the world. An iron tower of the astonish-
ing height of 1000 feet Is to be erected in the
grounds Of the French Exhibition in 1889 An
elevator, the safety of which is guaranteed,
will communicate with the summit, and WIS.,
itOrs to the exhibition will be taken to the top
for a small fee. Those who have the courage
to make the ascent Will enjoy an almost unin-
terrupted view for nearly 100 miles all round.
The tower will also be utilized for astrOnomi-
cal and meteorological observations, for eX-
perments in optic signalling, for the investi-
cation of certain problems in experimental
physics, and for various other scientific pur-
poses.
81 SUPPOSE few drinkers of whisky" said 2
wholesale dealer in the fluid, "realize how
little of original value they get for their mon
ey. The cost to the distiller of making the
best possible whisky is only about 40 cents
gallon. Now, gill Is fair quantity for a
drink, the charge for which at the most
stylish bar is 20 cents. That is to say, thing
costing the producer a sixth of a cent in Ken
lucky is retailed at nearly forty times as
much. or course, the government tax takes
some of the enormous profit, and the wastes
OF storage another portion. The gains of the
handlers remain astounding. l know of no
more solid temperance argument than the
ridiculously high prices charged for liquors
by the glass"
THERE are living in New England upward
of thirty persons who are over 100 years of
age. Here are the names and residences of
twelve of them: Edmund r. Kidder, of
Berlin, born Aug. Il, 1884; jeremiah Austin,
Coventry, Feb. 10, 1888; Mrs. Lucy Luther,
Hadlyme, Jan. 6, 1884; Walter Pease. Enfield,
March 30, 1884; Egbert COwles, Pennington.
April 4, 1884; Mrs. Eunice HOLSTER, Glaston-
bury, Aug. 9. 1884; Mrs. Elsie Chittenden,
Guiiford, a rii "a, l7S4; Mrs. Euniee Saxton,
Colchester, Sept. 6, 1854; Marvin Smith, Mont
vile, Nov. Is, 1884; Mrs. Phoebe Briggs Sher-
man, Nov. 70 1884; Mrs. Elizabeth Buck,
Wethersield, Jan. 10, 1874; Mrs. Clarissa d.
Raymond, Milton, April y, 1882. So far as
age goes, Sir Moses Montefore does not seem
to be such remarkable man after ALL
coRkESp [CSNDENT of the London Teteqraph
with the Nile expedition has learned from
refugee how the Mahdi raises funds. From
time to time he appears before his people and
says he has been commanded to part with all
his goods, everything he possesses-in short, must
go to the public treasury, or TO the "Bait ell
Map Charity box. PrOffers are made on all
hold, but all these he resolutely declines. say
ing: 1.-The command is for me, not vOu.' By
and by their turn comes. when the Mahdl says
he has had a communication from Gel ii adra"
that such one is to give all he has to the
"Bait ell NAL" They have seen the Prophet
the PRESENCE" and how dare any one else
dlsobeyf Accordingly, making a virtue of
necessity, goods and slaves all find their way
to the charity box" otherwise the Prophets
chest. All disputes about goods or betrOthals
the Mahdi quickly settles by apprOpriating
women to his harem. He courts the Door and
gives them free license to plumber, and snubs