Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-24
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SAKE Holm stories.
A HALF BUsHEL of letters and papers now
reach Mrs. Grant daily.
THE Mikado OF Japan Is said to have be-
come Christian convert.
AMERICANS feel queerly when they walk in
"Body OF Christ street." Mexico.
A BIBLE in the pocket of Hamal Hofreites,
student at Los Angeles, CAL, stopped stray
bullet and saved the young mans life.
THE INDIANS of New Mexico are doing very
well at making ancient pottery from the
prehistoric mounds and selling 1t to creduous
tourists.
THE CABMEE of London drove their empty
vehicles in the funeral procession Of popu-
lar comrade two abreast to the extent of a
mile and half.
a BALDHEADRD MAN in Louisville, about 70
wears OF age, was recently bitten by numb
of common house flies, and his blood so badly
poisoned that some apprehension is felt as to
ms ultimate recovery.
THE BETROTHED BRIDE Of a Springfield man
objects to marrying while in mourning for the
death OF a relative, and he has waited thirty
hve wears for an interval in her grief so close
together have been the bereavements
WILL the English language become univer
ALI The question is decided in the ailirma-
tive by CandOlle, Geneva scientist, who
reasons from the rapid spread of English
speaking people throughout the world, and
thelr almost InVarlable retention of their ma =
tive tongue.
The BRITISH ASSOCIATION was INVITED to
Balmoral, but the Queen did not show herself
and the lunch was frugal" The scientists.
however. Jared much better than the Social
science Congress several years ago, for on
mat occasion there were no refreshments and
the members were only allowed to pass
through the private grounds, and then were
sent PACK TO Balater, the party being eight
hours without food.
AReMAEKABLE CASE of religious frenzy was
witnessed DAY or two ago at meeting of
colored Baptists in New Orleans. A woman
named Theresa Anderson began leaping INTO
the air and shouting, aud became SO frantic
that che was led from the church to the house
OF member of the congregation, where her
frenzy continued. Finally she broke from re-
stralning hands and jumped through win
dow. railing 10 the ground several feet below,
cutting herself in several places and other
wise severely lnjuring herself.
DIR. GEORGE R. ELLIOTT was the micro
scopist employed by Gen. Grants physicians
In the early stages of the malady bits of the
throat were clipped off for examination. 1t
was published that the microscope had proved
the cancer to be epithe al. but The physicians
did not divulge the fact that every stage of
It's progress was watched through lenses so
magnifylng that every scrap of flesh became
as b'g as a plate to look at. Eighteen of the
prepared slides were kept by DR.. Elliott. He
mas now had a cabinet shaped for them, and
on 1t stands bust of Grant.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, when importuned nv
Gov. Yates, of Iowa. to appoint a friend
Brigadier General, said: "Y ates, I'll tell you
the difference between the concrete and the
abstract; when the Senate passed a resolu-
ton requesting me not to appoint any more
BrlEadiers, as the vacancies were all full,
thats the concrete. But when Senator
comes up here with a long petition and
longer face requesting me to make a Briga-
der out OF some scalawag of a friend OF his,
as 1t happens every day, | call that the all
stract." The Governor Thought the illustra-
ton was very good and laughed heartily over
A MISSIONARY MEETING in Germany is apt
to be very different thing from similar
meeting in this country. An American gen
tleman who attended missionary meeting
in Jena thus describes it: 1t was held in the
upper room OF beer garden, and the stu
dents, who made up a majority of the audi
ence drank flowing mugs of beer as they lis
tened to the addresses. They also made the
room so thick with tobacco smoke that il was
difficult to read the hymn books Before the
speakers began their addresses they took a
copious draught of beer. and after they
finished they lit their pipes and contentedly
smoked during the exercises.
IN 1873, near Pennington, Mass, in an alter
cation while working the road, Andrew James
stabbed Monroe Barrentine with pocket
knife just below the outer corner of the left
eye. The blade of she knife broke, but, as the
wound healed and Mr.. Barrentine felt no
great deal OF pain or Inconvenience from il
he did not know but tho blade was drawn out
at the time of the stroke. In June Cd last
year, however. Mr., Barrentine felt something
10 his mouth. aud found it to he the knife
Dlade. or fragment OF It about an inch and a
half long, that, after being In his face for the
full space Of twelve years, had worked Its way
down through the roof OF his mouth.
MANY PEOPLE are familiar with the SEN
fences. Prepare for Eternity" and other
words that appear on the rocks in Connecti-
cut, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island
and Massachusetts. But few people know
who paints them. 1t is George Mayer. a Ger
man. he travels most of the time with his
paint and brushes. He has put 2,7OO sentences
on rocks since January, and says that every
one saves ten souls. He claimed TO have saved
500 souls in Patterson, n. j in one dav He
but be claims the Lord pays him. He says as
soon as he goes To work at anything else the
Lord tells him TO 20 to painting again.
ROMANTIC PERSONS who fancy that they
would like to live IN Swiss chalet can now.
it is said, crafty their aesthetic desires at a
small expense. company at Interlaken
has undertaken the manufacture of these
ingeniOusly fashioned wooden houses for sale
and export. The parts are fitted together
numbered and packed in small compass.
ready for setting up wherever the purchaser
may wish. This method of manufacture IL
peculiarly adapted to the Swiss houses. The
whole principle of their construction ia that
of fitting together by skillful mortislng and
dovetailng without the use Of nails. which.
even to this day, have very little 10 do with
chalet building.
A RECENT MARRIAGE in Boston has caused
a good deal of excitement. A middle-a aged
woman, an Irish Catholic. wanted to be
married to a young fellow OF 20 who IS He
brew. AS the rules of the Catholic church
forbid such marriage. a desperation was
secured from the Archbishop under false pre-
fences. it Is SAID "A friend OF the young man
represented to the Archbishop that the proc
pecttve husband WAS an Irish Protestant The
marriage ceremony was performed the priest
being unaware of the brdegroom's faith. hut
the story soon got ont aud the couple were
subjected to a -erenade and other annovancee
from their Deighb0rs, followed on Sunday bv
denunciation Of the marriage from the pull
pit by the clergyman who had oftcated az IT,
A QUEER STORY comes from New Zealand.
The owls in that island used to be as harmless
as doves; indeed, they once were "mousing
OWLS" and. therefore, useful But one night
a settler left a sheepskin nailed 10 his roof
and an owl came along and tasted Of the fat
mutton left thereon. That owl became sheen
killer, aligitipg on lambs back three nights
later. sui more strange. All the other oxvla