Savannah morning news., 1885-10-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

buffalo robes. Their robes are equal to the
buffalo but frst-class robe must come of of
full blood, or very near il, and will be high
priced, unless the Ganoways become very
popular and are more extensively used.
AT THE LUTHER FESTIVAL last November,
1t WAS decided to erect monument to the
great reformer at Berlin. For this purpose
designs were invited from architects and
scuptors. and in response TO this fOrty-seven
sets OF drawings have been sent in 90 the com
mittee, some Of them showing great talent
and exquisite taste.
DOCTOR at MIddlesbrough. Eng, refused
TO take an oath on the ground that 'it was a
very serioHs thing to kiss a book handled by
all kinds Of people" He tried to compro-
mise the matter by putting sheet of clean
| paper over the book. but the judge now be-
came lmperturbaole, and the doctor was
| dnaly forced TO run the risk Of catching q
disease.
LAST JULY young son of Private Dalzell,
OF Caldwell, o., died from injuries received in
a railroad accident. His dog Frank. of which
he was very fond. appeared to be incon-
solsb.e. Every Sunday after his master S
! death Frank went to church and sat In the
! sd pew, and he frequently visited the grave,
| showing many signs OF deep grief. About
TWO weeks ago Frank disappeared, and has not
! been seen since. IL is supposed that he has
cOmhlitted suicide.
TIE SEA SERPENT has been found in santa
Barbara county, Cal. There is 10 doubt about
| 1t this time, for it was found on dry land, and
uoTeOver il was picked up dead IS head is
J from two and one-half to three feet wide, and
/ il.0ut four feet in length. The body is about
/ thirty feet long, having flukes at the tail end
something like shark. The body is perhaps
80 aud One-ha0 feet in diameter IN the
] width, and foot more IN thickness. The
creature mas thirteen teeth on each side Of the
| upper jaw, each tooth beng about the size Of
a pepper box. The wonderful remains were
! found by w. W. HOLSTER, Jr.
THE NEW BoLAN RAILWAY. whose compile
tion is So eagerly desired by advocates of i'm
| proved frontier defense in India. passes
! through a terribly hot region A Persian say
| ing pithly describes the Lower Bolan thus:
| ''Seeing that there is Dadur, why did Allah
make the infernal region5?" The railway up
he pass is broad line laid practically in the
! bed of the rlvers Probably considerable
/ lengths would be subm erged in a heavy flood,
! though the line has been laid, when practical
| bic. on timber piers. and the engineers hope
| that the floods would pass harmessly over
/ these bridges. The line winds through the
! gOrges like a snake, the smallest curve being
800 feet radius, and the steepes gradient in $50.
A CURIOUS STORY is told of the discovery of
new volcano in Sicily. A brigsdier sta
toned at Ficuzza, in the province of Palermo,
had noticed every evening the light of fire
on a hill at some distance. Suspecting that
! this indicated the hiding place Of band of
/ brlgands, he one evening co eCted his men,
armed to the teeth, and With the fire as his
| guide set out to search for the supposed ma
| rauder5. The company had marched for
| about three hours, when, on arriving at the
| edge OF pain on tue hill, they were sur
| prised at hearing loud subterranean thunder,
| aud Immediately after sound like the sigh
| Of Titan, while at the same time red hot
! cinders fell about them. The brIgadier and
! his soldiers did not wait to see more, but fed
| precipitously to their barracks at FicuEza.
| The INCONSISTENCIES have frightened the
! Austrian Empress from Irish soil, il is said,
and she will henceforth hunt nearer home.
In the forests at Schoenbrunn she has had a
! splendid hunting palace built, that is de-
scrOed as a marvel of luxurious decoration.
| Its architecture is that Of the modern renais-
| sance period Steps of white Italian marble
lead to the Empress rooms in the second
| story. upon which the best painters of the
| emplre have laviehed their art. Makart
planned the bedroom frescOing. The ''turn
| rO0m," the Empress gymnasium, is done in
! Pompeiian style, End the vaulted riding
| school, about which the extensive stables
cluster. in white, with plateglass mirrors
| extending from floor to ceiling, and lounges
upholstered in red veIvet. Until the palace
| at SchOcnbrunn is completed, the Empress
will hunt IN the imperial forests Of Radmer
Despite her years-khzabeth Of Austria is
nearly 59-she is as active tourist as ever.
| and makes excursions on foot through the
| country. IN company with the young Arch
Nduchess Valeria, that are the marvel and de-
| spair of her court.
HENRY W. SHAw-"Josh Billings"-a Bos-
ton writer says, was the son OF one of the
most promising of the public men of Massa-
chusetts of half a century and more ago. He
| the elder shaw lived in the little town Of
! Lanesboro, on the western border of the
State. but his brilliant qualities gave him
| great influence, and he was \ prominent
leader in politics. His vote for the Missouri
fat
and nearly all his party associates. ended Mr..
| Shaw's career, and he soon became almost
! unknown out of his locality. Josh Billings"
never lived in the State much after he at
/ tanned his majority, and when he became ia
nous people had to be told who he was, and
! also TO have his father explained TO them
! Like most of the later humorists, he made a
| good deal of money by his pen. Mr.. b. +.
! Shlllaber. the veteran of them all, who still
| lives in much impaired health, is about the
only exception in this respect. Shillaber,
| with proper management, might have been
! made as rich as the rest OF them. He is one
of the most estimable of men. ana has the
| esteem Of troops OF friends and well wishers.
which is better than money, though money
works in very well with this, too.
THE PRESIDENTS FORTHCOMING MESS AGE to
| Congress will be one OF the most interesting
! documents which has emanated from the
1 White House for many years. There are
| hundreds of Democrats there who pretend to
| portant topics in which the nation is inter
| ested. but very few Of them can give any good
| reason for the faith that is IN hem 3" As a
| matter of fact, nobody can predict with any
| degree Of certainty what 1t will contain or
| how the various subjects it tOuche. upon will
| be treated. OF course such matters as the
silver question, the matter OF reform in the
! civil service. and few others upon which
/ Mr.. Ce Gland has previously and positively
/ spoken his mind. VIII be set forth with The
/ Presidents ell-kn0wn views upon them.
/ ANYTHING which could possibly throw any
4 light upon the Presidents intentions touching
/ such an important subject as the tariff how
/ ever. would be received with feelings Of gen
/ uine curiosity and interest. Within the past
] few days it has been acciden'ly disco. cred
/ that the tariff has been incidentally discussed
/ IN high official circles, and that a forecast OF
| the views OF the administration can now be
made with certainty.
! a SovRL Boar is being built in BROOKLYN.
They are going to run it by means OF explo-
sions through the chambers. at has been
said that our boat would be propelled by
drawing water az the how and forcing IL ont
/ AZ the stern.n says Mr.. Secor, the builder
This was tried IN England on boat called
the Water Witch. The eX eriment was par
TALLY successful. the speed developed having
been only per cent. less than that Of pro-
pei er. What the steamship companies want
/ Is q boat that will be swift and roomv and
that can be run economically. We hone 10
furnish them with this nv ourinvention Only
10 per cent. of the convertible mower Of coal IA
used on our orean steamers. The rest is lost
through IRENE ditulc lmpt rfeCtions in boilers
/ and engines. Some OF this ~ per cent. a con-
i - H.. d. a.