Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
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has just been dedicated free from debt, which
has novel arrangement for the accommoda-
ton of babies. The corner OF the auditorium
are curtained of, and behind each are cradles
and rocking chairs.
LADIES' NIGHTGowNs are marked with the
wearers initials, rather large and embroid-
cred in white in the corner of the collar.
Gentlemen's ditto are marked with colored
monogram, letters from two to three inches
high, on the right breast, near the opening.
"LENsEs of rock crystal taken from the
ruins Of Nineveh," said member at the
meeting of the microscopists. in Cleveland
the other day, suggest that m horoscopes may
have been used IN those days" y one knows,
indeed, who did invent the magnifyinR glass.
POETS are supposed to live on "honey dew
from heaven" but it is rather unreasonable
to expect sheep to do it. Yet the springs upon
ADacapa island. off the santa Barbara coast,
have all dried up, and the sheep pastured
there are forced to depend upon the dew for
moisture,
IT is the custom to have a clock in the par
Tor, but whether it is right seems to be rea-
sonable question. Some women, DESTROYS Of
keeping their guests in complete ignorance OF
the fleeting hour, nave miniature timepiece
concealed in a paper weight or an album. In
either case it is no larger than a watch. ami a
convex cover of frosted gold will conceal 10 II
set in the centre of the binding of an album,
OF on the BACK or q p0rbmOnnale.
THE Indians are still coming up the sound
and locating on the small stretches of beach
along he bay front at Tacoma, W. I. They are
literally flooding the market with their fancy
colored wickerware and toy canoes. Many of
them wear silver earrings and rings in their
noses. One Indian was observed whose nose
had been perforated By a rather large hole,
with long thin willow stick thrust through
the orifce. which rendered him perfectly
Iraa raYAa or.aF1 no o of
Siwashes 10 becoming rather disagreeable TO
the merchants as the red men and women
squat themselves in groups aoout the store
fronts TO the annoyance OF the buyer and seller.
YACHTING in English waters makes heavy
draughts the bank accounts Of the young
spendthrfts. Roughly estimated, hrst-class
racing yacht of composite cOnstructiOn-that
is steel fr mes planked with wood and
sheathed with copper-classed Il years At
Lovd s', and without upholstering extraVa-
gancies of any kind, will cast. II of 20 tons
yacht measurement. about IL 500; or AZ tons,
fS, 300; Of 90 tons. f7,000 The members OF the
crew get 26s. per week, and have during the
racing days an unlimited supply of beer, f
each for winning prize and los, for every
time they start but lose, as reward for their
hard work during the contest.
EXPERIMENTS by a German commission
have conclusvely shown that coal dust, with
or without the presence Of fire. damp, may
blows out the tamping This was a disputed
question, but it seems to be conclus vely
settled now. The presence of small quanti-
ties of fre-damp, less than enough to make
dangerous mixture, together with the dust,
was found to produce violent explosions.
Damplng the dust does not seem to furnish
full protection. The German commission for
bids the use OF blacs powder and tamping
with coal, and dynamite IS allowed to be used
only when there is % little fire. damp that the
safety lamp does not detect IT.
THERE are many incidents IN the life of
Capt. Peter c.. Schultz who died recently.
Among them was q story told of the Captain
mother. who was a descendant of the Knick-
erbockers. She lived at Sloper's Flats and her
house frOuted the river. Her son was captain
Of famous Hudson River sloOp, of which
there were then manv. and there were m
beacons or lights to guide them in their way
no the river. Mrs Schultz imprOvIsed II
lighthouse by placing a ass lamp filled with
whale oil N front window of the house and
made herself the custodian Of the light. Old
river men say that the CLEAN OF thst lamp
was seen for years through fair weather and
foul and assisted many mariner on his way
past the shoals and qucksands,
FLAGS must be almost drug in the African
market now. A large quantity Of French tri-
colors was imported to the West coast by NJ
de Brazza; the British flag mot much the
worse for having been occaslonally buried) is
I e
Consul NachtIgal planted whole forest Of
flag poles bearing German fags on various
malarlous spots about the Atlantic Ocean
The Sultan OF Zanzibar has his flag. too. He
sent specimens. accompanied by Gen. Mat
thew. of the Zanzibar staff corps, an $50 men
| of the Zanzibar army. to Chief Mandara, in
/ structng him to h ist them In various con
| spicuous parts of his dom MONS. Chief Man
dara complied The red Il rs looked well as
| they fOated over the royal huts, and they
made neghb ring chiefs and their wives en-
nvnN ha Of Haor fv,fo
rior, and when DIR. Juhicke, of the German
| East African Company, came along with
newer flag STATS and gaudier flags. Mandara
| hauled down the Zanzibar colOrs and ran mp
| those of the &c rman white men,"
| CAPT. NRFF, of the government steamer
| Henrietta, has settled all doubt that the tree
at Neenah, Wis, soon to be cut down, is the
one under which an Indian council was held
| in early times. He saws: SIN 1856. William
/ h. Ogden, then President of the Chicag and
/ Northwestern road, came to getup to Neenah,
/ to see about the extension of the road that
/ was being built through the town at the time
There was AID had been a very heavy gale on
/ the lake, and none Of the steamers would
/ venture out, so | took him to Neenah in
! sailing-boat. When we reached Neenah
| Ogden said, pointing to the old council tree:
"'That is where | had the famou- councils
with the Indians in 1882 and 1896, at which
time was Ind an agent in this section and
! that old elm you see yOnder is the one from
behind which an Indian stepped as we APP
! preached and fred point blank at me, the ball
! whistling past my head. OtheT Indians in
terfered and probably saved my life. We
stood under. that tree and held our council
| the first one not being very satisfactory. a.
the Indians made demands which never could
be acc ded to- | felt relieved after | got
safely away from those never TO be forgotten
! Interviews
A woman, accompanied by three men, en-
tered an Omaha photograph gallery and gave
an order for picture Of the group Every
movement she made showed that she was the
commander of the detachment, and that she
| was fully conscious Of that fact Taking a
/ seat before the amera. the woman called on
the smallest man Of he party % take a posi-
ton at her back, with his hands on her shout
ders. The other two were stationed on either
side, AID in that position the quartet was
perpetuated in tintYpe picture, a COPY Of
| which was secured by each OF the group
~ hats the queerest woman ever saw" said
the tintypo taker 10 a reporter when the Wo-
man h paid her bill aud departed. s'The
picture lust taken represents her as bride
| for the third time, and the men who accom-
/ panied her have all been her husband The
small man at her back Il her third and last
| Three or four years ago she married the one
| on her left. i took a picture OF the couple
Here IL IL And he ished out an old pictrie
| which exhibited the won an on her nrst bridal
tour. 1T WAS not lOnW until she figured in
/ he divorce courts, and separation resulte /.
| In a few weeks she came m again with a new
husband. The old one accompanied the
/ couple, and took a picture OF the three
! Three months ago she got another divorce,