Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-14
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RosToN has an apple mission which distrib-
utes 400 or 5000 bushels Of apples among the
poor every year. Comparison with this scheme
ought 10 give the average tract society IOod
for reelection.
TIE Arctic regions are not without their
pleasures. The Esquimaux girls are yer.
prettv. dance. sing and 10 not care for ice
cream. Hot drinks and walrus blubDer are
their Decular vanities and seal skin sacques
are sold at two iron hoops ana a ten-penny
nail.
An escaped black tiger from R0binson's cir
Gus Is now roaming at large in Princess Anne
county. Va. An old darkey met the tiger on
n bridge about dusk, and, taking the animal
for 4 dog. proceeded to give II a klck, When
he discovered his mistake, and with g yen
that was heard in four counties, jumped into
the river and made his escape.
MANY YEARS AGO, owing to circumstances
over which lie had no control, sir Moses Mon
te5ore failed in business. Having suisse
ouentlv made money. he called together all
his creditors and presented them with the
amounts due TO them. with interest at the
rate Of per cent. calculated from the day
on which the debt was incurred.
AFAwoUs says that no balloon
has ever gone over a second sunset. The mo-
ment the sun goes down the gas condenses and
Won get through the night better than the day.
Rur the next Jay III AAC NANHNutN VI AHN 1LAf
the gas expands and you mount 70 great ele-
vati0ns. but every mount the balloon makes
cripples its power, and IL Is only a question OF
hours. II not minutes, how long you can keep
M. II an aeronaut could have IS hours OF
night he could travel a great distance. The
highest rate Of speed he had ever attained,
even with a strong wind blowing, was so miles
an hour.
TIE Paris bakers, by Sl votes to 204. have
declined to reduce the price Of bread, as re-
commended by the Project. The majority
cor. ended that since the abolition Of the mo-
nopolv the number Of bakers had risen from
800 II 100. and that the expenses had
consequently increased. In other words.
1850 bakers have now 10 pay rent and earn s.
livelihood. 60 that there cannOt be the same
ratio as formerly between the price OF Hour
and that OF bread. The minority thought II
better TO make q reduction than 10 run the
risk Of q revival OF the Assize of Bread.
THE LAST time Prof Schweinfurth was in
Germany he presented 10 the Egyptian de-
rartment Of tie ROYAL Museum a number Of
weu- preserved plants out Of the old Egyptian
monuments. Among them are wreaths and
garlands Of flowers. consisting o. leaves and
blossoms. found in the manner represented IN
ancient Ervptian sculpture, AID also single
branches OF piants. These Things nave Deen
tskeu from the development Of mummies. and
are 50 well preserved that very oi.eh lhe req
snd yellow color Of many OF the flowers can
SIN he recognized. They have been plsceO
between plates Of glass to keep them FIR m
pressure. tut they are very susceptible to the
effect Of light.
ABOUT nine years before the discovery Of
the silver mines OF the COmstOck = band Of
about 10 Washoes, on horseback. stole their
way over into the CosmO Mountains, where
was situated one Of the finest orchards Of nut
pine in the whole country, and sci nre 10 the
trees. escaping into their own territory, near
Washoe Late. through the neetness OF their
ponies. This brought on a war, IN which the
MashCes were badly whipped. In the treaty
that followed it was stipulated that never
more should a WashOe appear on horseback;
that, should he appear on Plute soil mounted,
any Piute could dismOunt him and take his
pony.
The bayaderes OF India, who possess the
most perfect figures OF any women Of any
country on earth. have a much more healthful
and charming device than any Europeans.
Their corsets are formed out Of the bark of
the Madagascar tree, on a principle which
permits them every freedom Of movement in
breathing and in any form Of exercise. These
are wonderful productions Of ingenuity. The
color resembles the skin 10 3 remarkable de-
gree, and the material is so fine that the most
delicate touch will hardly distinguish il from
human flesh. Once made these corsets are
seldom removed. the bayaderes even sleeping
in them. They thus preserve astOnlshlngly
beautiul figure TO an advanced age. without
main or discomfort 10 themselves, while we
who boast ourselves intellectual and civilized,
torture without beautrfy1ng ourselves.