Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-17

While one of the boys was attending to the
COW the other morning the bovine caught the
urchin on her horns and would have tossed
him TO the top round OF the golden ladder,
but the dog bad her by the nose and held her
until the junior Ludwig rolled of her horns,
slightly damaged, but stin in the ring.
OEE of the most inspiring features of Chi
cagO journalism during the past week has
been the beautiful tableau presented by Col.
Andre Matteson, OF the Chicago Times, skat-
ing into town on Norwegian snOw-shOes every
morning from Hinsdale. But Col. Matteson
Is not the only skatorial artist in Chicago
journalism. People crowd in enthusiastic
drOves 10 witness Col. W llliam Bross, or the
Tribune, cut pigeon-wings and execute
plrOuettes in the west side roller skating
rink.
AN Abe Lincoln story now on its rounds:
''One night Mrs. Lincoln swept into the Ii
brary as the President stood with his back to
the nre, warming his long frame. Her dress
was long at one end and low at the other.
/ 'Whew,' said Old Abe. what long tail our
cat has tonight Mrs. Lincoln made no an
swer and paid no attention to him. He stood
some time studying the floor and then said
softly: Mother, don't you think 1t would be
better if some Of our cats tail was around
her neek?"
THE little iron ball inside a sleigh bell is too
big to be put through the holes in the bell,
and yet it is inside. How did it get there? 1t
is called the jinglet, and in making the bell it
is put inside a little ball of mud, just the
shane OF the inside of the bell Then mould
is made just the shape of the outside OF the
bell. This mud ball, with the jingle inside, is
placed in the mould of the outside. and the
melted metal is poured in, which fills up the
space between the ball aud the mould. When
/ the mould is taken of you see a sleigh bell,
but it will not ring, as it is tull of dirt. The
metal dries the dirt so it can be shaken out.
After the dirt is all shaken out of the holes IN
the bell, the little iron jinget will still be IN
! the bell, and will ring. 1t took a good many
/ years to think out how to make sleigh bell.
/ THE chapel OF the prison at LOuvain, Bel
! GUM, the only one in all Europe in which SOL
/ itary confinement is compulsory, is large
/ cycle, or wheel, consisting entirely of super
/ imposed flights of steps, like circular and
! reversed amphitheatre, the centre Of which
/ forms raised stage, on which stands the
/ altar, towering far above the heads OF the
/ phantom like congregation. Each row OF
steps is divided intOcOmpartments, or pigeon
/ holes. just large enough for man to sit and
4 kneel. The idea in It's construction was to
/ etfectually prevent the cOnVlcJs from seeing
/ each other When service is announced the
/ congregation is brought in one at time.
4 When visitors go through the prison conVlcts
IN some of the grated cells are compelled by
/ the warders to turn their backs, so they can
/ not see another human being.
! Col. PETER DOMAIN, of Dakota, is about to
undertake a novel adventure, 1t is nothing
! more nor less than a trip from Chicago to New
! Orleans in a birch bark canoe. The little boat
/ in which the voyage will be made is stanch
/ craft % inches in width and 26 feet long. 1t
was made by Sleepy Horse, Sioux Chief, and
! was presented to Col. DOnan by the Dorcas
Sewing Society, of DEVILS Lake, ID. L. The
route of the journey to New orleans VIII be
! from the Clark street bridge up the Chicago
| river and down south fork to Fox river,
| thence to Barataria frog pond and across
! WaubOnse ough to the Hennepn canal, and
thence to the Mississippi. Col. DOnan appre-
/ hends and is prepared for rough weather dur
ing the first part OF the voyage; but when ne
reaches the Mississippi he will enjoy smooth
| sailing. Half million maps and pamphlets,
! eulOgistic Of Dakota and her resource, viii
! be distributed along the line of travel, and so
4 the Journey will be one of business as well as
! pleasure. Col. DOMAIN expects to heave
anchor Off New Orleans In less than two weeks
/ after setting sail.
W. j. FLORENCE says that when in Wash
| ington lately he told President Arthur that
! he had a furnished house in Park avenue,
! lying iGle, which was at his disposal when he
retired from office in March next. "Abw
4 said the President, Il am in the same bad
! fix. Misfortunes never come singly. Ny Of
/ flee and house will both be vacant then" The
| idea of Mr.. Arthur talking of his misf0rtunes
/ seemed particularly amusing TO eX-COllectOr
/ Thomas Murphy, who came up IN time TO near
( this last story, and who recalled how only
| some Is years ago, he had bought Mr.. Arthur's
| house for him with the only 81, 800 which Ar
! thur then possessed, and had, by legislation
| and influence with Thomas Dreamer, then an
all pOwerful city official, created the office of
! Counsel to the Tax Commission and secured
Mr.. Arthurs appointment to it at a salary Of
| $4,000. Now Murphy has Office and no
! riches; and Dreamer is content to be Counsel
! to the Excise Board at a salary Of $4,000.
Another person present quoted Dreamer as
having asserted that half Of Mr.. Arthur's
first salary as a city official went, by orders OF
| William NJ. Tweed, to Richard 7. Crowley, OF
! Lockport. "That is not So" said Mr. Muir
! ply, 81 don't care if Dreamer did say so. The
! fact is" he added, laughing, ''YOu know Tom
Creamer says good many things besides
/ his prayers.'