Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-08

their yachts embroidered in the yie in favor
among the Egypuaus hundreds Of wears ago.
AN inmate Of q Vermont jail swallowed
forty-eirht pennies the other day hoping theY
w0ul1 produce death. But the odd suicidal
att mpt uid not succeed.
SAVAGE dogs that kin their masters are
condemned 70 . curious form OF death IN
Jairu. They are shut up ia q box with a
little 90 aldsare thrown into the sea.
THE CHINESE soldiers uniform consists Of "a
blue tunic and as many more clothes as he
feels like getting inside Of. \ good many Of
them ass their shoes foc breast plates. and
stun cotton in their ears to Keep from beng
/ scared.
LE FLINT IS reported as having said that
many lye- are .ost Uy starvation owing to an
over estimate Of the nutritive value of beef
TEA aad mcaI juice. In typhus and typhoid
iercrs. Ha says, there is no good substitute Tor
mlie alt eggs.
TIE owlers OF the ground upon which the
battle Of Austcrlitz was fought are naustri-
ou-ly exrayatinr the battlefield. I'D cODse-
queuce Of "a rumar that the French com
mau#c buried there number OF miEterY
chests containing more than million francs.
y STRANGE SIGHT was presented in The
streets OF Tucson lArizona} one day last
month. a woman appeared carrying child's
empty coffin on her shOu der followed by a
f lot OF little girls Later the scene was re-
yersad. and the coffin was borne 10y four little
girls, folio ed Dy severed women, II Is no
uncommon s CHIT there 10 see "a coffin borne 70
/ the grave on the shoulders OF man, but q
woman rendering the service was a novel
spectacle.
/ TIE wax plant Is now grown on large
scale in Algeria and It's product is gradually
I finding ITS way INFO the markets of the world.
/ The process Of separating the wax is simple.
rt r u q q d.. Is
plunged into boiling water. on whose surface
+ the substance soon floats. The WAX Is OF the
4 same chemical composition as beesWaN, ana
Is IEely o. De large ly uhedln place OF Do. IL is
-tsted that these MAX plants may be seen
growing wild in Pennsylvania and the Caro-
linas.
A MINIATURE gold mine was recently dis
c0vcrel on the teeth of bullock killed near
san Francisco. The jaws with the teeth at
tsched, We're boiled. and when exposed 10
/ view the entire row of te tn was found to be
! tuekly covered with pure gold. and consider
. able god was also found ina the pot in which
I the head was boiled. The coating was su1-
/ mitted 10 a chem cal test and was found pure.
/ 10 Is supposed that the animal must have
drank from some stream Astounding with the
I precious metal, which became attached,
grain By gram, to the animals teeth.
PEopLE-ladies especiany-often wonder
how It is that the English Queen has an APP
parenuy ineXhaustibe supply Of Indian
shawis. Some thought they had solved the
mystery when the name of an Indian shawl
/ maker appeared in the list Of ''tradesmen by
appointment TO the Queen. But it is not so.
The explanation given Is that IN 1864 a large
tract OF territory was coded TO GhOaOb Singh,
1 MahaTajah of JumnOO. who. in cons liberation
of the grant' bound himself to pay to his
I -UZefaln 40 laos OF rupees and an annual trio
I ute OF three pairs of Cashmere shaWls and y
perfect shawl goats. As tins treaty is still in
force, the number Of indian shawls at the
HI rHh Mo-. -. TOD flana
A FEW days ago that form of mirage known
as "iooming up" wasvfsble in Toronto. "The
whole breadth of Lake Ontario" says the
Toronto Globe, twas visible, and an ice phe-
n0menon, Unprecedented. probably, in the
memory Of man, greeted the sight. The lake,
which even 10 the severe winter Of lsS3-'Sl,
/ was Tree from ice. except iuthe Of-lylng bays.
! was almost entirely covered. Three narrow
/ stredks of blue, the first apparently about tif-
( teen miles ont from shore. and the asst about
ten miles down the lake. showed belts of wa
Z ter each apparently a few miles WIDE. A
larger open piece of blue also reached out
7 from humber bay for some distance. Else
where an was hummOcky white, and close TO
the south shore stood up huge cake glintin z
10 the sunshine. several houses on the water
front at Niagara ana the American Fort
across the river were visible. On the Sunday
previous the air WAS clear and the spray OF
Niagara Falls Was also seen"
THE LATE Morrow 3. Lowry. of Erie, Pa,
1 at one time Representative il Congress, ana
who closed his career in a lunatic asylum
was. an exceedingly singular looking man, and
he dressed in a way to call attention to his
peculiarties. He wore peculiarly
cut clothes and consplcuously RULED
SHIRT. and always faultesaly tied white
'eckclOth. Hls Oushy red hair stood straight
up like Andrew Jacks0u's, and he prided
himself on looking ike a preacher. but his
profanity always ''gave him away." story
% fHrr 81.
/ of the war. while he was bearing some i'm
pOrtant dispatches between Washington and
Ila ri5nurg, he Wascaptured. They took him
I Tor preacher and attempted to pump him
Tor information concerning the army. lie gD-
+ pearCQ exceedingly gulleless, ami after time
I sal4 10 them very lnnOcenIlY: Il cannot tell
You what You desire to know, bat viii pray
for YOU In disgust they sent HIM ON his
way without further molestatlon.
EMPLOYEES Of French railways have excep-
ti0nal privileges over English, German or
American railway men, such as reduced rates
of freight when consigned to them, and an un-
usual number Of person passes. The COM
pauy win also supply them with provisions
I ana wines Of all sorts al the lowest wholess le
rates, aud If stationed at points where such
articles are exceptionally dear, where the
. company cannot conveniently keen store
houses, tn Y receive certain additions to their
wages, expressly designated as an indemnity
to meet such cases. They are allowed To nm r.
chase their fuel as the same rate as that pqid
by the company, while in case Of sickness thcv
are attended 0y the cOmpany's physicians and
supplied with medicines gratuItouslv Be
slteS. tine french companies allow what are
called primes TO an engineers and fremcn
for economy IN machinery and fuel The or
phans of all employees killed while on duty are
placed In orphan asylum- at the expense Of
the company ana are Kept there until they
are u years old.
4 wFLL-TO-DO farmer named Joseph Lilly
lives near Jamesport, No. For the past eieh-
teen years lly has not been out of bed. AL
though be is as physically sound and healthy
as amy man that lives He 6ecps his bed nm
der q hypochondracal alus.on that he will
die u he should leave it. He has am interest
ing family, consisting of VIE and crown
daughters. who have tried rdicuic and en-
. treaty. an iu yam, TO change his purrose a
wear or SO ago the mouse took nrt ana Wa IN.
danger Of being destroyed. but Lfllv caIn,jv
. awaited the result with detcrmilati9n rct
O. desert his bed. From bus bed no dir,,.fs
. h's farming. his wife seeing that mis- order.
are executed. Hepa--Cs hIs time c.nvaysi, a.,
with people and In reading books and p3fers
His flthcr-iu-law. Er. Joseph 81. Rose. v-bo
lives at las house. has good medical libr,,rv.
which Lily has read through and tbroush
BE re LILLY took 90 his bed he vasa most
active man, iui %. ambition as % trader and
money tter Ills eDcentrcty is remnrkn.
bile. and probably no such ldIosyucracy exists
on che globe.