Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In ner religious views.
THE Oregon Legislature has passed a law to
the effect that tricyclists and bicycllsts must
| stop riding whenever thew approach within
! iOO yards OF team. and after dismounting re-
main standing until the team has passed.
For SOME TINE PAST there has been great
craze in Paris for Japanese art, and the most
fantastic prices have been paid for vases and
netzkes and HokusaI albums Lately the
craze has been declining; two or three colec-
lOhs have sold very poorly at the Hot
! DrOuot; the commercial amateurs who buy
! i1r speculative purposes have ceased to coll
! lect, and 70 the dealers are left with heavy
/ stocks on their hands.
THE policemen who were recently stationed
at Madison Square, New York, were missing
she other morning, aud two girls who were
waiting on the crossing for an innumerable
procession OF teams TO pass, was overheard to
| say: II wonder where the policemen are
! this mornlugP They were pat here about q
week since, but have not seen them latey.'
| ON" RESPONDED the other iaconically, ''they
Dolh got run over long ago."
THE International Criminal Congress,
which has been in session in Rome, has
brought TO hight many interesting statistics.
u appears that Italy has an annual average
OF murders TO every 100000 inhabit>nts,
! against in Spain anu Hungary, , in Austria,
| ! n France and Belgium. and only 0 IS in
treat Britain. In crimes against public
while that Of Germany is lS-the highest fig
ure on the lis,
! NUMBER OF condemned militia overcoats
sold lately by the State OF Massachusetts,
went of at such low price 80 each-that
/ the authorities of birmingham bought In a
/ lot and equipped their firemen with them.
| Other residents Of birmingham invested in
| the garments. and, in fact, to such an extent
| thai the local Taper says nearly every one
you meet 10 clothed n the long blue ovtrcoat
! OF our army. and stranger woult be at loss
! 10 know wmether the town has been put un-
! der MARTA ruie. or whether every citizen is
| a veteran of the war.
| MANY ATTEMPTS have been made to con-
duct medicaments through the tissues of the
| body by me8rS of electricity. A French
doctor believed he had succeeded in diffusing
minute particles of iodine through the lung
| tlssuea and brOmine into those of the brain,
| by merely placing the drugs upon the body
| and sending current through them and INTO
| the organ TO be acteu upeD. DR.. Bardet, how
| ever, points out the errors in the CHI mca
| proceed ings OF his confTere, and says that the
| compound nature of the constituents OF the
body renders this kind of electroly sis impos
! slble.
THE University of Pennsylvania is ambitious
| to follow the lead of Harvard in the produc
ton of a Greek play, and the arrangements
are nearly completed. The play selected is
the "Acharnians," of Aristophanes. The cast.
| WliiCu mas Deeh pAft&liY selected. VIII c m
prise only students of the university, and
there viii be large chorus and full orches-
| ira. Great care is taken in the designing and
.electing of the CO TUNES and the scenery. that
! they may be historically correct. A full dr. s.
| rehearsal Will take place May Is. and public
| performances VIII be given on the following
night and the afternoon of May Is.
DR.. DUJARDIN BEAUMETz has read before
the French Hygenic Society paper on what
| he regards as a we-establshed case of '-spon-
taneous hydrophobia' in a man aged 20. Not
| only did all the symptoms which characterize
| that malady declare themselves. but the mat
/ ter taken from the patients body when he died
| communicated it 10 rabbits inocu ated there
! with The patient declared on entering the
Hotel Dieu, Paris, Il at he had not been bitten
1 or scratched by dog or any other animal,
| nor been IN any sort of contact with one. The
| body was minutely examined before and after
death, and the skin was everywhere intact.
| PRINCR LIECHrENsTEIN and other great
| landowners in Austria have resolved to make
an attempt to restock the vast forests of
| Syria with elks. The Prince has ordered
well known Hamburg dealer to provide him
with three herds, which will . turned out in
the forests on his estate. The Emperor Fran
els Joseph, who Is an enthusiastic sportsman
| OF the genuine Tyrolean type. heartily ap-
proves of the project. An experiment. of q
somewhat similar kind is being tried in BO-
hemia by Count Czernin- Morzin, who has in
| troduced chamOis from the TyrOl and Swift
L-AlduA Oh tLC mountain range around MS
hunting seat at Marschendorf.
REV. ANsoN WEST. D. D., of Talladega,
| Ala, having written book on ''Sin and Sal
vation," writes to the Independent with view
10 having it noticed. He SAYS: What will
you charge me for two editorials a column
( long In your paper. giving a favorable notice
OF my book? think my book possesses merit,
aud would like to get for it a favorable and
rousing notice from the pres of the co ntry."
The IfedfDcnde1tt is unwilling to do this for
less than s 100000 line. BY publishing the
letter OF Rev. DR.. West it not only calls at
tentlun TO the existence of the book, but to The
sim pliclty Of the reverend author who sup
| posed that the editorial columns OF frst-clas
religious papers were TO be bought for money.
IN many Of the churches it is now the GUS
tom to place in little pocket tackled in the
pew for the purpose. an envelope containing
a bin for the pew rent, or a memorandum of
what Is expected In the way OF voluntary con-
tribu;t0n. Massachusetts, deacon on n re-
cent sunday took up ard opened the envelope
thus left In his pew. and was astonished TO
hud note marked personal" On reading
the note he found that it was on this wire:
"Deacon Dull Is respectfully requested not 10
commence snoring until after the sermon is
begun, az some Of those who sit in the neigh
boring pews would like to hear what the text
rs" The deacon is investigating with view
Of finding out who wrote the note. The in
vestlgation Is as yet incomplete and unsuc-
cessful.
cold WEATHER has had bad effect on
my business" said New York street vender
OF newspapers. ION very cold DAYS do not
sell more than half my usual amount of pa
pers. Passers by are all bundled up, and
lhey 10 not care TO take their hands out of
their warm pockets. They would rather 70
without paper than wait in .he cold and
buy one. When mans nose and ears are
cold he wants to Get where II is warm as soon
a. possible, and doesn't think much of anv-
thng else. He Keeps his small change for
hot drink, although they are a poor thing on
4 cold day, as man always feels the colder
Tor them hfter the first effect has passed OF.
! look ont for cold and wet DAYS by buvInV
sma Ter stock, so don't getstuck very much
on papers.
HARRY BROWN, Familiarity known as "Black
Harry" who has lived for City Eve years in
cabin in the lower part OF Honesdale. Pa.
was one Of number OF slaves owned by De
Witt Clinton In 1927. when slavery was abol-
ished in New York. He Is supposed 10 he
about 05 years Of age. He was horn a slave
In Ulster. county. Al The age OF IS he was
sold al sheriff sale 20 William Smith, OF New
I ORR city. He was subsequently Durchased
by Thomas Powell, Of New burg. the founder
OF the famous Hudson river steamboat line.
In lN2l De wiz Clinton purchased Harry and
made him O. achmap. He soon aftorward
mar led mulatt0 girl. the property Of Cllu-
tnn, horn in his house. her mother being a
young slave belonging to him The two slaves