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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-21
FLORIDA.

DeLand is 10 have an Opera-house.
The city police Of Pensacola are 20 be
decked in blue uniforms.
post Office mas been established at
Narcoosee, Orange county.
Jasper, now a "dry" town, will prob
ably have bar-roOm soon.
the frame of the new hotel at Mt.
Pleasant. Gadsden county, was raised
Thursday.
All the oranges on the Banana river
are being held hack for shipment until
the new railroad lie in running order,
n. W. Long. OF Cotton Plant, had the
honor last Monday, 10 drive the first
spike on the S. ). 0. and g. railroad.
Al Palmetto o man named Gauagus
shot and killed q man named Tate few
dave ago. No particulars have been re-
ceived yet.
Horace Lee. colored. who fred George
Ravsor's barn in Jefferson county, on
Dec. 5, was captured last week in Mad
isOn county.
The brick work on John T. Dunn's new
hrIck building. at Palatka, was finished
Friday, and the scaffolding will be torn
away from the front.
The Ladies' Memorial Association Of
Palatka realized about 500 from the festi-
val given by them Thursday evening for
the benefit Of the cemetery.
There seems to he no let up 70 the build
inc boom In Gainesville. Houses are
going up In every direction, and most OF
them are rented before completion.
The vigorous measures which the mu-
nieipal authorities OF Pensacola have
adopted. in working tramps on the chain
gang. has had a most salutary effect.
Col. j.. Bentley, a banker Of Malvern,
iowa, il taking an interest In Mari
eonntv lands. and will probably make
some extensive purchases at an early
day.
There is in Leesburg, hornets nest
thar closely resembles q turkey, VITA
neek. body and feet. and on the neck
where the bead generally grows on tur-
kew IS an oak leaf.
A new pnst office has been established
A. Col. j. NJ. Hulrs place 10 snwanse
county, called Fort Eagle. Mrs. 4. W.
Haaloburst as postInisiress. The once ~
supplied By the Lave OAK and lchsti'"kp .
route.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-21
Christmas Carols.

from tie Qu,tmah ,Gd.) Free Press.
The devilish boys put a dozen cannon
crackers under pile of rubbish, that
Marshal Dlnkins was burning. They
went of just as the marshal was STOPPING
to ''chunk up' the fire. The marshal went
OF too. and now the mayor Is Offering a
reward for the safe return Of that efficient
officer. Well, Christmas comes but once
a year. and boys will be boys, In spite of
everything, but they ought not TO blow
the marshal out OF town.
The boys have nearly frightened us 10
death during the past week with their
peppers and fre-crackers. If they had
their fun out we would beg them 10 stop.
II. however, they won't stop, we candidly
admit that we are not In condition 10
force them TO 90 80. We have jumped
out OF the bed and bumped our head
against the ceiling so many times lately
that we are as weak as water and so tired
that we have TO lean on every lamp-oOst a.
we 90 TO the post office. Give US rest,
bows IL You please.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-21
EDITORIAL Christmas stockings.

HIWNtI0H Va y WNFNHt.
In bis book, "Ffiy Years Among Au-
thors and Publishers" Mr.. j. q. Derby
describes a work published years before
the war. which sold at 8 600 "A volume,
and 10 was composed OF four volumes.
lie says the sales IN the South were very
large. Such a work would make a hand.
ONE Christmas present, nut we put our
friends on notice that II they contemplate
giving rs a $4,000 Christmas present, we
much prefer that 10 be In the shape OF
lands and tenements rather than in $1,000
books or dressing gowns.
HdD,iiloh fGa.) Journal.
A fowl deed that Is eXcusable-present
ing the editor y Chrlstmas turkey.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-21

IRON tde S.noia lGaJ Sentinel.

from The Senoid Ga Sentfnei.
The following unique epistle was picked
up on the street several days ago:
"Dear TOm-The reason ! didn't lai
when you Taft AZ me IN the pOet-Otis yls-
terday was becaws 1 have bile on my
face. and kant laf. II l lad she'll bust.
But love you Tom, bile or no bile, laff or
no LAD. Yure luYn Kate. VII death.n
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-21
IA GOOD rhAnce to Do.


The merchants Of Carrollton are hold.
ing out special inducements for people 10
die. They advertise "cOfhns below cost
for sixty days" We presume 10 get
cheap coffin II would be good time 20
desert this mortality 70 save a dollar or
two.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-21

KNOW rHWsELF. By reading the "sci-
ence ~ Life." the beat medical work ever
published, Tor yOung sqd middle-aged men,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-21

when all so-called remedies fail, Or.
sage's CAtarrh Remedy cures.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
A Great Singers Precautions.

On damp, chilly afternoon this week,
says recent New York letter to the Bos-
ton Herald, was in Central Park res
taurant. simultaneously, two other
riders sought the same surcease from the
wet diversion. They were Nicolini and
his famous Patti; and you are wondering
what the great singer could have to pre-
sent her in new phase, considering
how many columns have been filled with
descriptions of her personally. The
fresh point which this view enables me
to make concerning the only woman in
the world whose wages are thousands of
dollars per day was the care which she
took to keep herself from damage.
Without her voice, Patti would be
handsome little matron of forty,
but of no public value. Therefore,
her very consequential throat was
wrapped round and round with a
silk scarf, which she removed on
getting into the house. On the way
from the carriage she had held a
handkerchief to her mouth on saying
something, so that no raw air should
reach her vocal organ. Her feet in Arc
tic overshoes, her ankles in baby-like
leggins, and her mantel enveloped her
figure from neck to hem. But the odd
est protection against catching cold was
wad of cotton in each ear.
"She must have had earache, -, I said
to physician who makes speciality of
throat diseases, who has some of the
grand opera singers for patients, and of
whom l subsequently inquired on the
subject.
"Not at ALL" he replied; "she seldom
goes out of doors in winter without
plugging her ears. 1t is a strange fact
that the vocal cords are susceptible to
the slightest chill entering through aural
passages. There isn't any atfectation in
PATHS extraordinary precautions. You
wouldn't marvel at the fiddler who
owned an old treasure of violin, and
carried it in cotton for fear of breakage.
Isn't it sensible, then, for prima donna
to guard jealously the only voice she's
gotW
Judge, however, that PATHS stomach
is composed of sterner and not less able
stuff, for the beefst,lk and onions that
she washed down through her rarely
sensitive throat with bottle of ale were
astonishing in quantity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23

the orchestra vile. Coming home he
met one of the servants.
"Where is Marcia 2' he asked.

the orchestra vile. Coming home he
met one of the servants.
"Where is Marcia ~ he asked.
every sick, signor."
So that was it. He went gloomily up
stairs and went straight to the mirror
and began to apostrophize his image.
"Macstro Berger, you are an ass, he
said quietly. "However poor she may
be, she is still contessa and you are only
Karl Berger" and he took up his
violin and commenced to play. But
with all his self.restraint he found the
days merry long and tiresome.
One night Lucia sat alone in the room
when she heard Karl's violin. He was
telling his story of love, unconsciously,
to the one from whom he intended to
hide it. AS the girl sat there in the
darkness, holding Marcia's hand, she felt
strangely happy and quiet. Suddenly
Marcia opened her eyes.
'Iucia, she said, 81 am ever so much
better"
The. proud contessa bent over and
kissed the wrinkled fNs II The servant
and said, gravely:
"That is well; but you must sleep,
Marcia, and not talk"
"Play for me, Cara" said the old wo-
man, drowsily.
And Karl Berger heard suddenly from
Marcia's room the answer to his violin's
confession. Sweetly and softly it came
to him~at first, but soon it swelled out
into full volume. 1t told all to him that
was necessary. And when the girl ceased
playing and sank back in her chair,
blushing rosily red, there wele two peo-
pie in the house who were. perfectly
happy.
When Lucia awoke the next morning
and found Marcia better and the heavens
and the birds in harmony with her happy
mood, the first thing she did was to kiss
her violin, and when she had dressed and
was coming down the stairs, singing like
a lark, she saw at the foot Karl Berger,
his face flushed and looking very happy,
indeed.
"Tell me, little Lucia" he said, eager
ly, didn't the violin speak truly9n
/ don't know what she said, for
didn't hear it; but do know that Milan
was surprised to hear that very winter
that one of its contessas had married {
music teacher. - Washington Hatchet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
On Time,

The sun dial was the first time meas
urer.
The Romans used water clocks in 100
B. G.
The hardest clock to keep wound is an
eight day one.
Charles Harris, of London, invented
the pendulum in 1641.
Clocks which keep excellent time may
be bought for one dollar.
In 1920 the first striking clock was in
vented by o Cisterican monk.
The style of modern fashionable
clocks is that of our grandfathers.
The first wooden clock made in this
country was by james Harrison in
1890.
In 1864 Henri de Wyck built a clock
in the palace of King Charles V. of
France.
The highest priced parlor clock in
America is owned by Wall street man.
1t was made in New York and cost $34,
900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
An Oyster Whips a Duck.

A rough and tumble combat between a
wild duck and an oyster occurred here
the other day. The duck was large and
full grown one that had recently come
down from the north to enjoy our winter
climate. 1t was of the diving species,
which inhabit the bays till the spring,
when they return north When the oys-
ter feeds it opens its shell wide till the
full oyster is plainly visible. A sight of
such morsel was too much for the
duck. He made headlong plunge, in
serting his bill between the oysters open
shell. Like a flash, and with the power
of a wise, the she'll closed on the ducks
beak. Then came the struggle for life.
The oyster, which was quite large one,
was dragged from its bed, with three
smaller ones clinging to it, the cluster
being heavy enough to keep the ducks
head under water. In this way the duck
drowned. It's buoyancy was sufficient to
float with the oysters and thus drifted
near the dock, where it was captured.
When taken out of the water the animal
heat had not eft the duck, The oyster
still clung to the ducks beak. Corpus
Christi (IIerdS) Caller.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
Great Men and GastrOnOmy.

DIR. Fordyce, the distinguished Eng
lish surgeon, ate but one meal day.
DR.. Parr confessed his love for hot
boiled Holsters with profusion of shrimp
sauce.
Pope says:
One loves the pheasants wing and one the
leg;
The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg.
Dryden said that a chine of honest
bacon pleased his appetite more than all
the marrow puddings.
Sir Isaac Newton, when writing his
Principia, lived on a scanty allowance
of bread and water, and vegetable diet.
DR.. Johnson was partial to new honey
and clouted cream, and all his lifetime
had voracious attachment for a leg of
mutton.
DR.. Paley, having been out fishing for
whole day, was asked on his return if
he had met with good sport. "Oh, yes,'
he answered, 81 have caught no fish,
but have made a sermon"
Beau Brummel, speaking of man and
wishing to convey his maximum of con.
temptuous feeling about him, said: &" He
IS a fellow, now, that would SEND his
plate up twice for soup"
Pepys, of Charles H.'s reign, having
company at breakfast, mentions: Il
had for them barrel of oysters, dish of
meats tongues, and dish of anchovies,
with wine of all sorts and ale."
Pope, who was an epicure, would lie
in bed for days at Lord Bolingbroke's
unless he were told that there were stewed
lampreys for dinner, VIXEN he rose in
stantly and came down to the table.
Franklin at one time contemplated
practicing abstinence from animal food,
but having seen cod opened which con-
tanned some small fish, said to himself.
"If you eat one another l see no reason
why we may not eat you." He accord
ingly dined on the cod with no small
degree of pleasure. .-BOstsp Budget.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
The Brain q Scrap. Book.

What is the brain but scrap-booki
If, when we are asleep some one could
peep in there, what would he fnd9 Lines
from favorite poets, stray bits of tunes
and snatches from songs, melodies from
operas, sentences from books, strange
meaningless dates, recolectlons of child
hood, vague and gradually growing faint,
moments of perfect happiness, hours Of
despair and misery. The first kiss OF
childhood lovers, the first parting OF
bosom friends, the word of praise or the
word of blame of a fond mother, pictures
of men and women, hopes and dreams
that came to nothing, unrequited kind.
ness, gratitude for favors, quarrels and
reconciliations, old jokes, and through
them all the thread of one deep and endur-
ing passion for some one man or women
that may have been a misery or delight.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
How Condensed Milk is Made.

When the milk is brought to the fac.
tory it is carefully strained, placed in
cans or pals, which are put into tank
of water kept hot by steam coils. When
hot, it is transferred to larger, steam-
heated, open vessels, and quickly brought
to boil. This preliminary heating and
boiling has for its objects the expulsion
of the gases of milk, which would
cause it to foam in the vacuum pan, and
also to add to the keeping quality of the
milk by destroying the mold germs
A second straining follows, after which
the milk is transferred to vacuum pan,
where, at a. temperature below 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit, it boils and is rapidly
concentrated to any degree desired
The vacuum pan employed is close
vessel of copper, egg shaped, about six
feet in diameter. 1t is heated by steam
coils within and by steam jacket with
out, closing the lower portion. In one
side of the dome is small window
through which the gas illumines the in
terror, while on the opposite side is an
eye-glass, through which the condition
of the contents is observed. The pan
is also provided with vacuum guage
and test sticks.
Much of the milk used in the cities is
simply concentrated, without any addi-
tion of sugar. The process of concen-
traton is continued in the vacuum pan
until one gallon of milk has been re-
duced to less than a quart. CopAensed
milk intended to DO preserved FOR any
length of time has an addition of pure
cane sugar made to it during the boiling,
and is usually put up in sealed cans.
This sugared or preserved milk, when
prepared, will keep for many years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
Hanging Makes the Muscles Rigid.

1t is strange how little steady pres
sure on the windpipe affects people. Of
course it chokes them, but that is no
reason why they shouldn't be able to
move their limbs. They seem to loose
all control over their muscles and give
right in. remember case that occurred
in Brookville, Me-, when was a young
man. A woman, the wife of wealthy
sea captain, threw skein of yarn over
the top of an open door one day, and
sticking her head through the blight that
hung down doubled up her knees so her
feet could not touch and remained in that
position until she choked to death. One
would naturally think that when she be-
came unconscious her muscles would re.
lax and allow her feet to drop to the floor,
but such was not the case. Hanging or
choking seems to make every muscle as
rigid as iron. Boston Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
Concerning the Camel.

The camel has twice the carrying
power of an OK. With an ordinary load
of 400 pounds he can travel twelve to
fourteen days without water, going four
teen miles a day. They are fit to work
at five years old, but their strength be,
gins to decline at twenty-five, although
they live usually until forty They are
often fattened at thirty for the butcher,
the flesh tasting like beef. The Tartars
have herds of these animals, often 1 ZOO
belonging to one family They were
numerous in antiquity, for the patriarch
Job had 5000. The Timbuctoo breed is
remarkable for speed and used only for
couriers, going 800 miles in eight days
with meal Of dates or grain at night.
fall.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The Germans now make from paper
pulp the most delicate wheels for
va tches.
A very thin coating of glycerine will
prevent frost or steam gathering on a
window-pane.
In France SYMPTOMS of poisoning have
followed the eating of vegetables grown
ON soil which had been treated with
chemical poisons to destroy the phyl-
loxera insect of the grape-vines.
A writer in Science reports discovering
within common pumpkin some of its
seeds already terminated. The cauli-
cles were from one to three inches in
length, while some of the ro0tlets were
over seven inches.
Late Belgian experiments have had the
object of preserving wood by exhaustIng
the air from the pores and causing liquid
gutta percha to take its place. The
gutta. pcreha is liquetied oy being heated
! with paraffine, and it hardens on cooling
after being introduced into the wood.
According to Sir Trevor Lawrence. NJ.
P, there is collector of orchids in Eng
land who employs fourteen pers MS
nearly all German naturalists, aud each
costing about $4,000 a year-to search
for new species and varieties in different
parts of the world. He has two acres of
the plants under glass, and his total an
nual expenditure on orchids is nearly
500, 900.
1t has been demonstrated by DR.. Hans
Molisch that the roots of plants may be
DETECTED from their normal direction by
exposure on one side to certain gases. If
such gases are in moderate quantities
the roots bend away from their sources
if in proper quantities, toward such
source. The side of the root exposed to
the action of the gas grows more strong
Iy than the other.
NJ. A. Haman says that lead pipes
ought to be entirely disused as conduc-
tors of drinking water, The water takes
up particles of lead, not only by the me.
chanical action of friction, but, by allin-
ity of some of its constituents, attacks
the metal itself, and lead carbonate re-
suits. These minute particles of lead
introduced into the system causes anG-
mia, and consequently defective nutri-
ton.
Some remarkable Illustrations of the
power of plants to adapt themselves to
diverse conditions have been furnished
by the observations of Senor Ledislao
Netto, of Rio Janelro. One plant
Strychnos triplienervia- WAS found grow
ing in an open space as bush about six
feet high, while another specimen of the
same species was seen in the shade ol
some woods only few yards away as a
vine sixty feet in length. Other plants
were allowed to become vines of consid
cradle length in the dense Brazilian for
ests, and at once began to change theil
appearance to that Of shrubs on being
given free exposure to the sunlight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23

Young ladies now.wea scarf pins SINH.
lar to the men.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23
VOL. XII.
HO.l WINTER,

Ha! Winter, no! Winter,
King of the northern blastl
You meet us all, you greet us all,
With grip that freezes fast.
In regal pomp you've gathered up
Your royal robes of snow,
And by their trailing men shall tracS
Whatever ways you go.
Your grim retainers all, alack
Make but cruel train
OF biting sleet and stinging winds
And ice and frozen rain.
The rich with furs aud blazing hearths q.
Your carnival may scorn,
While Mirth and Cheer will reign supreme
From wassail eve till morn.
II.
But hal Winter, no! Winter,
What about the Poor3
Who've no stronghold against the cold,
No bribe or sinecuro
To set at bay the singing day,
Or soften down the night
Who note the thickening window-panes
With sinking hearts alright
Who draw their babies close and sing
Their shivering lullabys,
Then sleep and dream of steaming feasts
Their hunger-sleep supplies
10 wake at morn with shuddering sense
OF heightened fast and cold,
And find that gaunt-eyed Want hath wrought
Its trace within the fold
Ha! Winter, ho, Winter,
Hard your reign on these;
Godpity such! and senl warm hear
To all who starve and freeze.
Mario Barret Butler, in the Current.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-23

The clock weight in Trinity church
tower, New York city, is the heaviest in
America. 1t takes two men over an houf
to wind it up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-07-01
LnGtL RREVITIES.

A valuable horse belonging to Mr.. John
Fl. Watkins, of West End, died last night OF
collie.
CITY Treasurer NJ. 3. Harlow to day re-
appointed Mr.. J. R. Cation as Assistant
Treasurer.
Gen. Geo. Mason Graham, of Louisiana, Is
a, McGehevsvile, Rockingham county, on
a visit for the Sumner.
Il will be seen that the NJ. E. Church
South Sunday school is to give an excur-
sion 10 Chapel Poiut on the 9th.
Durn. the month just ended ten mar
riapc licenses were issued and twenty.siX
Ge:,l- recorded by the Clerk of the Corpora
lion Court.
Mr.. Fl. F. Lynn, of Catharpin, Prince.
William county, while harvesting yesterday
had one of his hands badly cut by reap.
ing machine.
The steamer Armenia will make special
excursion trip to Lower Cedar Point on
Saturday morning next, leaving her wharf
here at the usual hour.
At the closing exercises of Lee Public
School yesterday, the special medal by the
teacher was awarded to Miss Kate Shuman,
and no; Johnson as published.
Marriage licenses were issued in Wash
iugton yesterday to Jno. t. Robey, and Liz
zie Davis, both of this city and to VIM. Z.
Jasper, of this city, and Grace r. Dolan, of
Washington.
The two-story brick dwelling and lot of
ground, on the east side of Fairfax street,
between Wolfe and Wilkes Streets fronting
Oh Fairfax street Is feet, and running east
in depth 123 feet inches was sold yester'
day by Mr. J. Il. Cation, commissioner, to
Mr. j. r. Hill for 1901.
Nothing of special interest 10 the citizens
Of Alexandria took place at the military
rncemrment at Philadelphia yesterday.
The contests begin to morrow and the
Philadelphia papers say the first prize will
be won either by the Houston Guards, Mont
gomery Grays or the Lomax Rifles.
A large force Of carpenters were at work
all last night in Baltimore taking the state
rooms out of the Jane Moseley. This task
was flushed at late hour this morning.
The Mosecy 10 day proceeded on her re-
gular trips to Bay Ridge, much improved in
appearance and capacity by the alterations.