Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LADIES BUsTLEs are used so extensively al
re oans of smuggling that the Bernese Gus
toms officers have published a notice declaring
that these appendsges must henceforth be
searched, though with the necessary polite
ness"
TIE largest fortunes accumulated IN Ire
land have been made in the liquor business
No Irish fortune approaches. in point of per-
sonallty, that Of the late Mr.. Wyse, of Cors
LtS,OOo,O00l, a dlstlller, save that OF the late
Sir b. l.. Guinness ,200,000
1T is stated that good Havana tobacco is
getting scareer and that not more than 10 per
cent. of the Cuban tobacco crop can be rated
as nrst-class quality. There has been no fine
favored aromatic leaf harvested since 1891.
The main reason is the wearing out of the soil
from excessive doses of guano.
ALREADY, after their terrible experience
of cholera, the people Of Valencia are making
great preparations for the annual bull fight.
The bun ring holds 10000 spectators, not in
GLIDING the many babies in arms carried
there. Then there is to be n TIE Deum, cele-
brated with such pomp as to make it "a popu-
lar amusement, and this is to be followed by
the great annual fair. Those dead from chol-
era are utterly forgotten. .t,o.r.
A FASHIONABLE CLUB in Chicago, as the
Boston Transcript learns, built gorgeous
clubhouse few years ago, and paid for it in
cash $4,000 and notes $l60.00O. When any
jew applied for membership he YVES met with
an uncOmpromising mo" The Jews have
now their own club and club house, a1d, what
is especially interesting. the wealthy mem
bers OF the club hold nearly all the bonds is
sued by the institution that denied them fell
lowship.
A LETTER from Liberia gives the particu-
lars Of the marriage of President H.R. W.
johnson to Mrs. Hannah G. Dimery, widow of
a lea hon NJ hafr
joyful event took place on the evening of Aug.
10. in the PRESBYTERIAN church, MOnrovia,
Rev. j. W. Blacklidge, rector OF Trinity Epis-
cODal church, officiating; the groom being an
reception Immediately followed at the ex-
ecutive mansion.
THE 0LD-FAsHIoEED SPINNING WHEEL was
introduced a short time ago into the Isle of
Man insane asylum with the idea OF amusing
the patients. The latter seemed delighted
That they could in this way contribute to
their support, and became so absorbed in their
new occupation that their nervous symptoms
no longer predOminated. AS DIR. Richardson,
the medical superintendent, expressed 1t, the
direction OF tn nervous force was changed
and their 20 nd on was m Droved. The ex-
pertinent 10 to be tried in oGner asylums.
PAsTEUR has so fully measured the strength
of his attenuated preparations of inoculative
virus against hydrophobia that he is about to
NoInlututb L16lI dpDICdblOn 10 human beings.
But Pasteur is an honest investigator and
acknowledge that even with the aid of the
most powerful lenses he has not been able to
discover mcrObe of hydrophObia. He SAYS
that section of the brain of a person who
has died Of hydrOphObia did not differ in ap-
pearance, smicroscopically,f from that of BRAN
affected by disease that had not infringed
upon its substance.
EVEN so MELLOW MAN ass. S. Cox is not
altogether happy at Constantinople, and he
finds that one may be gored with the sharp
tip of the golden horn. He, with the other
members OF the diplomatic corps, got up at 4
O'Clock the other morning, and, arraying him
self In full dress, started IN a launch to the
palace. The Sultan had invited the guests to
be present at the Bairam ceremOnials, but
when their boat drew near the palace the Wis
ltors were told that they must please go back
home to bed, as the sultan was much upset by
the news from RoumelIa.
81 WENT to get peep at the trousseau last
week." writes Paris gossip, ''but it had not
been sent home, and only saw an outfit that
the sweet-voiced Nevada was sending to her
little step brother, or baby as she calls him.
He Is years old, and at school in California.
Everything boy Of years old could wear
was supplied in prOfusion. Fancy and great
taste were shown IN the outer garments hats.
caps, boots. shoes, collars, and little pants. A
photo was shown me Of fine, manly boy. He
should have been incapable of further growth
for the next ten years to wear out half the
things the warm hearted and generous diva
was sending him."
A COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS in Cuba had to
give all his salary to the political ''boss" in
Spain that appointed him, yet he lived well
during his two years. term and took $50, 900
back to Spain. leading physician was ap-
pointed to represent Cuba at the Washington
Medical Congress- but declined on the ground
that he cOnld not leave his practice. When
next the Captain General saw him he ques-
toned him on the subject, asking if the grant
OF $4,000 for his expenses was not adequate
Two thousandW said the doctor; sit was
S2OO'; and he drew out the official letter. The
clerks in the Captain Generals Office had
agreed among themselves to cut down the
grant and divide the $l,S00.
ONE of the sub committees Of the Fortifica
ton Board has been engaged on plans for
floating batteries for harbor defense, princi-
pally for New York harbor. The plans adopted
are somewhat similar to those for the Eng
lish revolving turrets, which guard with
heavy guns all the important ports in that
country. Instead OF being located at a. Ger
tain point, as Is the case with the English tur-
rets, 1t Is proposed to have sort of floating
monitor with light draft, with Just sufficient
machinery 10 move her to a good position
whrn called upon to stay the advance of an
enemy. The plans are for a 1000 ton heavily
armored monitor with torpedo proof bottom
and of or feet draft. The monitors are To
carry four l6-inch guns each.
THE English government has quite recently
invited tenders for the construction OF a tor
pedo pond or practicing lake on Horsea
island, near Portsmouth. This pond is to be
formed by eXcavating an immense trench
more than half a mile long by so yards wide
with soped sides composed OF puddled chalk
and mari. Water to depth of 81 feet will be
maintained IN this elongated lake by means
OF lock gates. The object of TINS UNIQUE piece
OF engineering is TO have more control over
torpedo practice, and to be able to watch
these engines Of warfare more closely than is
sarily on gigantic scale, and will involve
the excavation Of more than 100000 cubic
yards OF earth. The pond is required to be
completed within five months, and is esti-
mated to cost nearly tl50,000.
The MEMBERS Of the Chinese Legation At
Washington take great pride in the antiquity
OF their country and its institutions. When
they received news Of the death OF the EN-
press, Mr.. Blaine, then Secretary of State.
went to pay them an official visit of condo
lence. He was received in the large room
built by Boss shepherd for picture gallery.
which was hung in white. Al one end there
was an altar, on which "Oss stic<s' of in
cense were being burned. The legation wore
white robes, and each one bowed sOlemnly az
the secretary OF State came opp0site to him.
After the ceremony gss over. Mr.. Blaine told
the interpreter 20 say 20 the minthter that the
scene reminded him oi some OF the iceremo-
nies OF the Church Of Rome, which he used 10
witness in the DAYS Of hls childhood and from
which these were probably derived When
tins was interpreted to the mandarin. he