Savannah morning news., 1885-10-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

oung Mems Christian Association OF thai
Michigan town with the mellihuous name
! Oshkosh.
A MANUFAcTURER at Hartford, Conn.,, Ii
coinlng money by grinding up oyster shelli
for chicken feed, the product Of the mill be-
ing sorted into desirable size by an ingenious
arrangement of sleves.
PROF. HOLDEN, who takes charge of the
Lick observatory. VIII soon have the mos
powerful eye in the world with which to scan
the skies, for the object glass of the Lick tele-
scopa ls as big as wheel of dray.
AN ENGINE DRIvE R on a Saxon railway has
Just retired from a service of forty years, dur.
ing which he has Travelled on his locomotive
lthout single accident, a distance of 1885,
341 miles. equal to forty-seVen Journeys
arousS the earth.
A ST. LOUIS DRUG COMPANY recently re
ceived package of alces Iied up in a monkey
SKIN A writer in Western paper thinks
inns methou or packing rather rough on the
monkeys, for 1t takes thirty or more OF the
llttle fellows TO furnish wrappings Tor a single
hundredweght Of the drug.
The rocky island of St. Kilda, off the west
eIn coast of Scotland, has nc regular means
Of communication with the mainland Cor
respondence is attached to q rud1ly rig2e
plank and trusted to the fortune Of the wind
and waves. A recently found bottle contain
eu information oil impending famine.
THERE is BOOM in the peppermint oil
market. The prices paid for the oil vary from
81 So to S29 per pound. The advance is due
to heavy orders from Europe, where immense
quantities have been consumed this year in
the treatment of cases of cholera. 1t is be-
neyed that prices next season will be the
highest ever known, and thousands of pounds
of the oil are being held back with this ex-
pectation.
MRS. THOMPSON, of Fannin county, Tex.
gave birth few days ago to FIVE children. She
is agood Democrat, and has named the children
Cleveland, Hendricks, Bayard, Manning, and
Chenowlth. The fond mother expects the
members OF the admin Stration who have thus
been honored Will do the II best TO see that she
is remembered. Mr. Chenowith thinks that
a pension would be the proper thing for Mrs.
Thompson.
THE LIBRARY of the late Richard Grant
White is to be sold at auction in New York,
the middle OF next month, and the catalogue,
just issued, gives one an idea of the direction
ID which Mr.. Whites tastes led him in the Sc
lection of books. There are 800 lots of books
TO be sold, and in addition there is a collection
Of engravlngs about 30 oil paintings and some
cellos tby Borgenzi, Amati. GallanO ana Syl-
vester, with two called ''old Italian" simply.
violin and TWO ''old violins." Nine bows,
two flutes and piccOlo will also come under
the hammer.
THE COSTUMES, properties, plays, prompt
books, etc, lately used by John Mccullough,
and which are to be sold at auction Friday
afternoon at the gallery of Ortgles & Co., No.
S45 Broadway, New York, were thrown open
Tor public inspection Monday, when he cata-
logue was Issued, and many theatrical per
sons were present examining the various artl-
cles. The sale will include everything used
by the actor in his profession, and is made at
the suggestion of the Guarantee Trust and
safe Deposit company, with the consent of
Mrs. Mccullough.
The IMPERIAL STABLES at Berlin have re-
Gently been the scene Of great rejoicings on
the occasion of Herr Heise, Emperor Will
iam's coachman, celebrating the fftieth an
nIversary of his appointment. A large num-
Der or kilograms, letters and cards, all con-
graduating the veteran coachmen, were fol-
lowed by presents from colleagues and
friends, and cOngratulatory address from
the highest stable authorities. But the chief
event of the day was the arrival of a present
of 800 MARKS from the Emperor and a clock
with the bust Of the Emperor, from the EN-
press.
THE AUTHoRITIEs at Vassar are much dis
turbed by the widespread announcements Of
The Nassar Girls Quartet" As far as can
be discovered from the press notices, the as
sOclatiOn consists of four young women, as
sisted by number of concert singers of the
other sex, and the programme is made up Of
comic songs and kindred amusementa. The
young women are, however. not Vassar grad
yates, and their nearest relation to that instl-
tuition is probably in the fact that thew have
annoyed several members Of the Vassar school
OF music by letters from their agent inviting
Them to jola the troupe DR.. L. L. Ritter. the
Nassar musical director, is much incensed.
Col. HIGGINsON writes to a Boston news
paper that the ''shock" caused in Boston by
Matthew Arnold's lecture on Emerson re-
| lated, in the opinion of many persons, not so
much to the subject of the lecture as to the
I doc -
Elizabeth Montague, who, while in Paris was
invited TO hear Noltaire read an ESSAY on
Shakespeare, IN which he attempted TO show
that the great poet was not a great poet
When VOltaire had finished reading il the
hope was expressed to her by some one pres
ent that the essay had not caused her pain
| why should II pain me?' she said, calmly,'I
| have not the honor to be one OF the friends of
M. de Noltalre."
DOZEN years ago an Antwerp tailor
bought for a franc dirty little picture which
had belonged to an old doctor then recently
deceased. The tailor hung the picture upon
the wall, but did not think it worth the cost
OF cleaning, and nobody found it very attract
I've. little while ago, however, an artist
happened to see It, and induced the owner to
lend 1t to him TO clean. No sooner was the
irst coat of dirt removed than there was seen
ia one OF the corners the signature, "Pietro
Paulo Reubens, le44.' The picture repre-
sents Christ blessing the world and is safd 10
be IN excellent preservatlon. The tailor has
alreauy received several good offers for his
picture. but he is waiting until rich Amer
lean comes along.
PROF. JAMES WARREN is announced as the
inventor of a new process OF reducing ores bv
the aid of electricity. While examining a
piece OF gold bearing quartz the professor ac-
cldentaly let it fall into one Of the dynamos.
which was IN motion at the time. On looking
for the piece Of quartz the next day he found
IL IN the dynamo, and to his surprise the 2 id
IN the quartz had been melted and had run to
one side OF the rock. forming a beautiful but
ton. lie Immediately instituted a series of
experiments, and succeeded in evolving a pro-
cess by which gold, silver and copper can be
instantly smelted from concentrations by a
powerful electric shock, almost edualipe in
Intensity stroke OF lightning. The success
ful Application OF this process TO other ores
as lead and antimony, is also expected.
THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS were bid
for another New York stock exchange mem
bership, including $4,000 life insurance, Mon
day, with $4,000 asked. This is the highest
figure yet attained. and considerably exceeds
the best price that could be got during the
lush times OF 1880. Members now talk Of
$4,000. and II the present boom i'm the
market Is 70 continue, the talk Is not so wild
as one might suppose. Much, however, de-
pends upon the "if." Should anything han
pen to gives things serious set back. fancy
prices for stock exchange memberships, in an
human probability. would differ in the same
proportion with fancy stocks. The other ex-
changes about year ago did their best TO
"buli' the price Of their certificates OF mem
bershtp also. but none OF them met with anv