Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

men.
NEWSPAPER men in London are going to
erect monument to the memory of the Lon
don correspondents who persisted while on
duty in the Soudan.
THE redwood posts of a fence erected In
Napa, Cal, 80 years ago we're recently re-
moved. and found in as good condition as
when first put into the ground.
THE closing by Prince Borghese of his
beautiful grounds, so charmingly described
by Hawthorne, has made quite a stir in Rome
which has long been accustomed to their use
as matter of course.
CHRISTIAN RAUcH was employed 10 years
upon the bronze equestrian statue Of Freder
lex the Great, which was erected in the Inter
den Linden, Berlin. in 1851. The statue is II
feet high, and stands upon a pedestal rs feet
high.
AN establishment for reeling silk is to be es-
tablished at Oakland, CAL, and tract of 10
acres of land has been secured near Piedmont,
which Is to be set out with mulberry trees to
iced the silk worms. The enterprise is at the
expense of the government.
IT is estimated that more than 100000, 600
pairs of boots and shoes were made in Massa-
chusetts IN 1884. Lynn ranks first with an an
nual business of 10000. 900. Haverhill, Brock
ton, Marlboro. Worcester. Weymouth and
Natick stand next in the order named.
THE plagsrizinG college essayist for 1885 is,
alas! young woman from Spencer, n. Y.
who took the Hall prize at ElmiraCollcge
with an essay on 1.-THE Future OF the Western
Man" which was taken almost bodily from
Century paper by Charles Dudley Warner.
QUEEN VICTORIA detests smokers. and keeps
up in her palaces the standing order, "Posi-
t'vely no smoking here" much to the annoy
ance Of the Prince of Wales. who. as the first
dandy OF the land, not only smokes, but sets
all the fashions, though his reputation as a
rake Is exaggerated.
A SECTION of famous Pere la Chaise is de-
voted to the sepulture of Mahometans who
die in Paris, and an extraordinary monument
OF a fabulous value is now being erected in
the section. The model comes from Gren ada.
TWO thousand pieces of faience VIII be used in
lts construction, and almost all are dissimilar.
AN ASS for Queen Victoria kept a trans
port. on which were many invalids, waiting
IN Suez harbor for three days. The animal
was present from some Egyptian official,
and as special orders had been issued for its
transportation by the Lydian Monarch, there
was nothing for it but to wait, at much incOn-
yenience and expense.
EVERY Afghan believes that he is an Israel
lite. The tradition is that the Afghans are
descended from King Saul. Their physiognomy
is Hebrew. They come from those regions
where we might expect TO find remnants OF a
Hebrew race, and many of their names are
hebrew. akoub, Jacob; Ay0ub, job; Musa,
Moses; Ibrahim, Abraham; Ishak. Isaac, are
names found in the present Ameer's family.
Miss CLEvELAND's BOOK, handsomely bound
and with the floral design on the cover
a prmrose-hand-pa painted, is to be presented
TO Queen Victoria. and to the surviving Ia
dies OF the White House-Mrs. James X.
Polk, Of Nashville: Mrs. Phillips. formerly
Mrs. Betty Taylor Bliss, of cambridge, Va;
Mrs. John Tyler of Virginia. Mrs. Harriet
Lane johnson. of Baltimore: Mrs. Martha
johnson Patterson. Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Hayes,
Mrs. Garfield and Mrs. McElroy, The book
will have no portrait, and will be dedicated
to MY Countrywomen in Schools and Col
leges."
STANLEY, in his book, tells of finding in the
vicinity of about 800 mixes inland from Leo
poldville, Africa, band of slave traders
having in their possession $500 captives.
Both banks of the river" he says, 'showed
that us villages and AS districts had been de-
vastated, out OF which was educed 1890
females and children, and about :, 900 tusks of
ivory. To obtain these they must have shot
2500 people. while 1900 more died by the
wayslde. How many are wounded and die
in the forest. or drOop to death through an
overwhelming sense of their caIamIties. we
90 not know, but the outcome from the terri
tory. with Its million of souls, must be 5000
slaves, obtained at the expense of 33, 600 livesr
THE curious Swiss baths of Pfeffers sud
thermal springs have not begun to flow again,
while Ragatz. close by. suffers from similar
phenomenon. AS the season is just beginning,
the inhabitants are greatly concerned lest
their annual harvest should be lost. The fail
ure OF the waters is attributed to subteTra-
mean disturbances. caused by recent earth
quakes and the eruption of Vesuvus, which
are also credited with producing disaster at
100 feet of vineyard suddenly sank out of
sight, leaving pool of steamiDg hot water
seventy feet deep.
EX-PREsIDENT ARTHUR lately visited the
Century Club in New York, but was recog-
nIzed by none OF the members, who sus-
pected an intruder. He ordered something,
and the other members told the waiter to
learn the name Of the visitor. What name
IL 1t, sahf' asked the attendant, as he took
the quarter. Every man in the room prcked
IN his ears. Arthur" was the reply
whats de las name, please?' "Chester 4.
Arthur" exclaimed the stranger who had
year or so before been elected TO the club, in
a voice that reached every one of the pricked-
uD ears. Then he rapidly walked out, and
probably did not get to his cab without being
recognized on sight by several passers.
A STRANGER stepped into the Stafford
House, Buffalo, and. calling the bell boy, said:
Pm going to send prize dog on long trip
through Canada. Go to the kitchen and tell
the girls to fix up some nice pieces of bread
and meat to put in the box so he can have
something to eat. I'll make it all right with
you" The boy fastened TO the culinary de-
partment, and presen IL returned with plate
full of sliced bread and juicy meat. That's
all right" said the stranger, taking the plate,
but want some mustard on the meat Go
and get the mustard cup" The boy returned
to the Kitchen the stranger passed quietly
out Of the door with his dog dinner. and has
not been seen since. Twas a new free lunch
racket-only this and nothing more.
THE Journal Of Tne5riety thinks that the
cumulative action of alcohol on the brain
centres exists to a greater extent than is
generally supposed. Many men who drink
regularly through the day and seem no worse
although they have not used spirits during
the evening. ut appears." says the editor.
"that alcohol, like bromide, may remain in
the system 10 some extent without producing
any marked action. and then suddenly, from
some unknown cause. burst into great activi-
ty, producing profound intONication." The
reasons for this do not seem to be definitely
understood, though they are thought to be OF
a combined physiological and psychological
nature, and partly due TO climatic cOndi-
tons.
CHARLES T. ARMOUR. of the Naval once
in New York, is about to experiment with
homing pigeons as messengers fron the sea-
The birds of the Uhlenhaut loft in Pearl
street have been placed at his DISPOSAL and
the masters of pilot boats have promised their
assistance, both in caring for and liberating
the birds and In sending by them the news