Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE recent cyclone in Burmah, according
| TO the latest reports, destroyed 1000 dwelling
| houses and damaged 5000 more, and yet, it is
said, only p lives were lost.
Two tunnels are to be pierced through the
Pyrenees One will shorten the distance by
rail from Paris 70 Madrid; the other will enable
France TO transport troops TO Carthagena, an
| available point Tor sailing to Africa, without
| delay.
THE descendant Of the sacred fig tree in In
| dia, under which Prince Gautama had become
the Buddha after six years of fasting and
meditation. has been killed by the streams OF
Eau de Cologne that the Burmese pilgrims in
| their excessive devotion have poured about it.
A GERMAN Snowman named Hagenback
has Cingalese menagerie at Hamburg which
includes twenty-five sacred elephants
brought from CeylOn, and he values the whole
Of them at about one third the appraisement
put on single alleged specimens in this
country.
PROF. LEEDS, Of the Stevens Institute, gives
the following formula as the best possible food
for infants who for any reason are deprived
OF their natural nourishment: "Take pint
OF good cows milk, add to it pint OF water;
then add two ounces of cream; then add 400
grains OF milk sugar."
IT is claimed that Tucson, Arizona, is the
Oldest city IN America, ante-datIng even
Santa Fe Before the advent of Americans
was an Indian village. No traces OF its first
inhabitants are to be seen to-day. but the
adobe houses and narrow, winding streets area
Mexican. %
Or Nav p last a second Tom Thumb W ~
born to a young girl in Moraga Valley q
Contra Costa county, Cal, who rivals in hi
any OF the pigmies who have made tteira VI
pearance IN this mundane sphere, Nv ~
mother is but y years old, ana the bf5iIy th
measured about "a inches and WeigeV a.
~ pounds.
WAGERs seem to be the fashion efr leIe
Just now. and NJ. Peru, a Parifi N.i.is''
has struck out something new. n uu 70,
dertaken to play the piano in M - :, eli.
in PezOn's Menagerie, and he Lgitation o. fat
his playing betrays any tokenfIe seems 10 | mi
loss OF his customary sangfroiiIitv If me | >
leave out 81 account the, r own to one ~ Il
lions imprevising fnals 81 ersses Cboni, IN
Of his pieces. While y fergnt The IIpns ba
and Beethoven, Pscoh w Ne
through their exc of
rur ola IA, Turpin e Of romance, tio
IhE ola " fr5it,unother Of Young no
which was sFrobsbi'. n time had itsdav mel
4, 4 ~ One Of the any novel, if any Ia,
,hin- arr not their auence, which has one
h..s, ~ MS Is made Try clear by a re We
cent before z High Court Of la,
TTgti.{y IN EdinEgh, In which it 10
JuseShat yOun gentleman of Is, who Ine
sseeiiD len bank elk, had had his head fat
naLteiy turned byromantic" novels. The rat
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the ~ J Fssi on t9,n ,oun S on MN, MISS Bla
be gauged bv " Fact tbat bis ,raat ~ ate
1t was TO put q a girls dress TO stand Can
ore looking glass and admire his small anc
lst and feet.n leo,
-oRE than halfa century ago the Shakers Jar
originated ne driving of sweet corn Tor fail
!, and they fist raised, papered and ven t DIll
garden seeds in the present styles. t no
m their first methods OF preparing medi- s sIiI
ense patent medicine trade. They bega an poll
Ofoom-corn business. The first buzz saw | Of
made by tue Shakers at New Lebanon. | YER
IS now IN the Albany Geological Hall
SHAKERS invented metallic pens, first made
dss ana silver. All distilled LIQUORS were |
idoncd as beverage BY the Shakers sixty
: ago. and during the past forty wears no n
ented liquor OF any sort has been used dim
10 as medicine. Pork and tobacco are rivi
numbered among the "forbiddeu arti- c.
Though the Shakers are not strict 80
tarlans, the amount OF meat and grease slte
as food is reduced to the minimum. unif
UNIT Won LEHNDORFF accompanied EN- nov
: William on recent trip to Baden e espi
n. On the way they halted at a small n n,,et
the Mayor Of which was an old. white Sim,
d man, a personal friend of the En- of
sroI ne s az man eat aoTn opposite the silk,
,rsalon U lie Gent e9ssn ,n'eI ~ 70 brid
I'd the Emperor's, and finally seized Lone one colt;
) Majesty's numerous coat-buttons, and whit
I turning It, talking earnestly mean was
-, ne ne 6ount eonla scarcely belieye his the
q man: "H0w dare you? How dare You po9il
His Majesty with such familiarity, and ceIei
e him in that manler2'' The old MAYOR | with
! up. surprised, glanced coolly at the lily,
!, and said haughtlly: .You win please poser
sc more respect, sir; / am not accus- RANG
70 have servants address me in that io1-e5
new
NUMBER q SHOCKS IN an earthquake sion,
indefinitely, as does the length of in with
S between them. Sometimes the whole ence