Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-31
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GEES 5000, distributed among over 500 houses
THERE is a growing grudge against electric
lights st balls because they deepen almost to
a grayish tint the pallor Of those whose bloom
is past.
A soLDIEK, W. P. Moore. was robbed OF
SIS 50 many years ago while stationed at Lib
erty, No. He was, week or so ago. the re-
clpient OF over s6l, sent anonymously. 70 pay
the principal ana interest.
TIE METRIC SYSTEM is said TO be losing
ground in laboratories in this country, and,
indeed, outside of France generally. The OBJ
lection to II is the ease with which errors
occur through the misplscement Of the deci-
NAL point.
IN BOSTON favorlte method OF muscular
exercise is that in which the bean bag 6guree.
the bags are covered with plush of different
brilliant eolors. and are go nice and son.
that the most delicate hands toss them about
with ease.
JURY at North Lansing, Mich, having
recently been detained a few minutes after
| O'Clock, demanded anakher half days pay,
Whereupon The Judge ordered them LOCK ed 10
in room during the time required to legally
earn the extra compensation. They suddenly
concluaeu they did not care about II.
WIEN a man and his wife wish to be d.
vorced In Burmah each lights candle Then
they sit down and look glum till one of the
tapers burns to the socket. and then the
owner of the candle that lasts the longest
obtains the decree. The adaptation OF this
| custom IN Chicago might strengthen the mar
ket for fine sperm candles.
A JUROR engaged in trying a murder case
at Winona, Mimi, refused to allow the law
yer for the defense to poins at him tn pistol
with which the crime hal been done. and,
/ though the lawyer showed that the weapon
was unloaded, the other jurors backed up the
| remOnstrance successfully. Nallandlgham's
case was, OF course, quoted.
NJ. PANALI. OF French note as an artist,
was about to be married in Paris, when he
objected to the bride wearing a hustle 1t the
wedding, declaring that that part OF her at
| tire was inartistlc. THIS did not please he
| girl, who was obdurate and inslsted on max
| ing her toilet to suit herself. The match was
broken OF and the artist went 10 Egypt.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, February, 1855"
is an autograph that appears scratche IN
small window pane in the parlor Of William
| A. Tappan's cottage. at Lenox, Mass. The
/ house. red OF hue. stands upon hill, with
| sllvery lake, Stockbridge Bowl, at he base.
| Mr.. Tappan is a student and a pseluse. It
was in this cottage of his that Hawthorne
wrote the House Of the Seven Gables"
| FRENCH PHYSICIANS seem to value their
| professional services far more highly than
/ American physicians do theirs, Judging from
! DIR Alvarez. a homeopathic in Paris. He
/ lately brought suit against the Princess di
Medina C9ii for coz, 000f. $780, Ool, evidently
one Of his most valued patients, justifying has
enormous charges by the fact of her enor
/ nous wealth. The court. regarding the bill
| as exorbitaBt, aw arded him s5,000f. (sl7, 900,
after compelling him TO pay costs.
u TiDo0raIo, of Turn, states that N. LozZi
has just discovered work which should take
first rank among Lilliputian books. This
volume is printed in black and red, and illus
trated with charm ng designs. IL very
| legble. Its title Is. ''Oficiolum Beate Maria
| Eirgls SIN. COnsuetudInem, Romano Cpria?
! Nenetiis De Gninta. l4l9, die Is Octobris.' 1t
| is not quite ~ inches in length, and a little
| over l inch in breadth. The binding is very
| original, and In perfect state.
TIE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM at Vienna
has just been presented with 70s skulls col
lected through a series OF years by DR. Weiss
bach. who was for a iong time director Of the
Austro- Hungarian Hospital at Constantine
4 pie. and was very distinguished anthr0Dolo-
! glcal invest gator. OF the collection 1876 are
pure Turkish skulls. 13l Greek, SO Servisn or
/ Croat, As hungarian. 43 Armenian. 20 old
| Byzantine. There are also skulls of Marc
mites, Albanians, Koords, Asiatic Jews, etc.
do ELECTRIC LIGHTS Lessen our trader"
echoed maker of matches to an interview
er's question. ''Oh, dear, no. You must have
seen frequently smokers trying, absent mind
eddy. TO light their cigars or cigarettes at the
electric light, and, OF course, they can't do it,
| no trouble. The electric light forces them 10
use matches, which they would not have used
| otherwise. It takes only one match to light a
gas jet, at which perhaps dozen cigars will
be lighted later on"
EXTENSIVE ruins have been disclosed BY the
boundary survey between Guatemala and
| Mexico. That region was evidently denselv
Inhabited in ancient times, but is now almost
wholly denuded If soil. That the process of
denudatlon had begun before the abandon
meBt of the region is showa by the walls and
terraces evidently built to check 1t. and
| which still retain small tillage patches. The
| RI ne consist mainly Of stone floors raised
/ above the ground. upon which. no doubt
lighter superstructures were built. These
| ruins are considered older than the most IA
miliAr ones in Yucatan.
The MAsNER in which steel is supersedinU
the use Of iron in various directions is further
illustrated by the use at present Of hardened
and tempered steel wire upon cards for cot
ton and wool. The average life of a suit of
card clothing upon cotton is stated to be about
| SIX years, and upon wool considerably less
| thant that. The use Of steel wire In place of
iron has not been tested long enough to deter
mine its comparative durability, but il is
| claimed TO do better work and TO require less
frequent grinaing. On TINS account, il is said,
| textile manufacturers are disposed TO incur
| the increased cost, amounting to from SO TO 100
per cent. above that Of the common wire.
The HERO of Bret Harte's latest story is a
Marylander who has emigrated to California.
He is described IN the tale by Col. Clinch "a
SLOWS: George Lee, my dear young lady, is
a highwayman, but not Of the common sort.
| He is gentleman born. madame, comes
| from one OF The oldest families of the eastern
shore OF Maryland. He never mixes himself
up with anything but some Of the biggest
| strikes and he's an educated man. He Is very
| popular with ladies aHd children; be was
| never known to do or say anything that conld
! bring blush to the cheek Of beauty or a tear
| e. tine eye of innocence. II he has a defect. IL
| IL perhaps too reckless indulgence in draw
poker, not unbecoming a gentleman, under.
! stand me. Mrs. Scott. but perhaps too reck ess
for his own good. George played a grand
game, gfitteTlng gAme-but pardon me III /
| say an uncertain game.'
The CONVENIENT OF TASMANIA is making
arrangements upon a large scale for natural
izing Holsters. crabs, turbot, brill, and other
European hshes in the waters OF that country
| Applications have been made In varlous
quarters for supplies OF fish, which have been
| Satisfactorily responded to. Special tanks are
| belug prepared as well as apparatus IN order
! 70 provide for the necessities OF the heh en-
| route The success that has hitherto attended
| the acolm battalion OF certain European ishes
| ~ New aland has had tho effect OF inspiring
| the government OF that colony with Consider
| spie enterprise IN developing their fsheries.
| lhey are now about to collect the oya OF sal
monidm from English waters in large num-