Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LIGHT should not be left burning in the
sleeping rooms of children at night. The
optic nerves, instead of the perfect rest which
thev need, are stimulated, and the brain and
the rest of the nervous system suffer.
WoRKMEN are now engaged in placing in
position the marble shutters for the Washing
ton monument windows. The work IS very
delicate and complicated, and will not be
completed until just before the dedication
ceremonies.
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 multi
-milliOnalres who made their money
through Slavic possessions ana national
loans.
ALL the managing mammas among the
English nobility are arranging to bring out
their debutantes simultaneously with the
Prince of Wales two daughters, respectively
II and Is, who will be launched on the sea of
English society the coming season, which be-
gins in July.
A FASHIONABLE youth of Hartwell, Ca,
who is OF a very economical turn, says local
paper, has the habit, when he sends a note to
his girl, of adding this postscript: Give ne
gro boy biscuit for carrying this note" Re-
Gently the young lady promptly sent the
Young man quite number of biscuits in
forming him that he could hencefOrth prepay
postage, anu WUcn LDc IdLlO0b were exhaust
ed to draw on her for more. a cold wave now
blows between that young lady and her c. o.
ID. young man.
THE pearl oyster fishing season closed at
Cevlon in October. The fishery occupied
twenty days, and on account of bad weather
the fishing was very difficult. The oysters
taken of Chilaw numbered 636, 900, OF which
coo were taken to Colombo and put up at
auction, and brought 800 per 1000. This was
a decided increase over the sale In April,
when the bids only reached Sl2 so. OF the
total sum realized e-third goes to the divers,
the remaining being the governments share,
which, however, has to pay the expenses of
the fishery of about 81, 800 The Chilaw fish
ing banks alone have yielded the government
a net revenue during the first year of $4,000.
THE last number of the London World con-
tains as a Celebrity at Home" a sketch OF
Mr.. MOreton Frewen, who is well known in
New York as the son -in-law Of Mr.. Leonard
Jerome and owner of the Home Rancho on the
Powder river. Not far away from the Home
ranche-accOrding to the measure OF a place
from which the nearest railway station is 220
miles distant-are the spots in which Gen.
Mackenzie fought the last great Indian fight;
and q little further, on the verge of Mr..
Frewen's range, is the fatal spot IN the Little
Horn Hills where Gen. Custer and his COM
mand were cut up by the Sioux. On the
nrairle some 80 wards from the house, is the
grave of a soldier, "a. Warren" who was
Shot by Indians and buried where he fell.
MADISON, WIS, had tremOr on Friday
last which was due not to a social or other
earthquake, nor yet to dynamite explosion.
A disturbance which shook the university
buildings was caused by the contraction and
expansion of ice in Lake Mendoza. Under
the influence of intense cold the ice had eX-
handed until the shores could resist the pres
sure no longer, when the ice burst and doubled
up about 400 feet from the shore, and on line
parallel with it.. The sudden release OF the
shores from pressure caused the tremOr. This
phenomenon OF freezing upon bodies OF water
having low shores frequently results in the
piling up OF huge rocks on the edge ana the
Overlurning of trees. The short line OF lakes
frequently consist of gravel mounds forced
up during successive winters.
THE Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader says: "Miss Susan b. An
thony is looking well. She seems to grow
younger as her years pile up. She is
GA wears old, and her face is no more wrinkled
than when she was 50. Her hair has few
gray strands mixed with its black, and she
combs il down over her ears in an artistic
curve and winds II up into g0Od-slZed
waterfall at the back. Her complexion is
dark, her face thin, and It's features more Ike
those of man than woman. she mas Kindly
blue eyes, a large mouth, and pleasant voice.
She talks easily and is an accomplished con-
versatiOnalist. She is enjoying good health,
and puts in her full share Of work every day,
writing letters, seeing congressman and Sena-
tors and pushing her movement IN every shape
and form"
The Washington correspondent OF the CleYe-
land Leader tells this story of ex-Treasurer
Spinner: ''When he was in the House 1t was
said that he did ali the 'cussing' for the popu-
lar branch of Congress, while old Ben Wade
filled a like position in the Senate. On one
occasion, after Spinner had been appointed
United States Treasurer, he met Mrs. Wade,
wife of odd Ben,' on the street one day.
'How is the SenatOrY inquired the Treasurer.
.He Is not getting along well at ALL replied
his wife. How is that@ asked Spinner, Il
have not heard that he was ill., oh, he is
not exactly ILL Mrs. W ade responded, but he
is completely worked out. You see, when
you were in the House the labor was divided,
and Ben could occasionally get some rest.
Now, however, as you are not there, he has to
do all the swearing for both branches OF Con-
gress, and it's wearing on him rapidly"
APRoPos Of doctors, the English profession
al journals have been telling wonderful stories
about the fees of English physicians. The
Students journal says Sir Andrew Clarke
makes over $75, 900 year, which the Medical
Journal says is strictly true. Others add that
DIR. Redclife used to make an average annual
inccMe Of $35, 600 ayear, and Dr., Baltic S5O,-