Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-10
ITEMS OF INTEREsT.

Harvard boys to overcome the relts of too
earnest mental application.
THERE are about6, 81, 900 Jews 1.-THE world,
Of whom 100000 are in Europe, I'D 100000 in
America Russia has 1855. 900, Grmany 56l,-
OOO, England $4,000, and Spain ory 1900.
THE SANITARY INSPECTORS appointed by the
Philadelphia Board of Hea,tbreport 1888
cases OF nuisances found II Les than $4,000
houses examined by them This SeasOn--nearly
one in four.
Two MEN have just lost thdr lives in Paris
IN attempting TO drink a 6tre of absinthe
each for wager. Befon trey could accom-
pllsh their task both felto the ground, and
nothing could bring thento.
WHILE some workmen tere engaged in lay
ing the foundations of ew bridge over the
Tiber, at Rome, recentlyhey came upon
magnificent statue IN hOnze five feet five
inches IN height, REFRESHING a slave in the
attitude OF striking.
1T is proposed in SpalTto start feet Of
Ships, representing all matime nations, from
the little port of Palos. inspain, on Aug. 3,
1899, the 4O0th anniversar of the sailing of
Columbus, and to have I'd fleet sail to San
Salvador over the route tken by the great
discOverer.
CRAwFIsHING has becom quite a business
on the Oregon rivers. 1t inc trick at all for
fellow armed with half adozen iron hoops
filled with netting to cate 200 or 800 in an
afternoon. In the FOrtlan market they sell
for two bits dozen, but n san Francisco
they are worth 80 to IS cent.
A NEW FEATURE of tb Boston cooking
school this year Is a school hnch room opened
at the request of the mothes. At little round
tables boys are served witt substantial soup
(the thin soups being Chsidered not de-
glrAblp1- with and pfseoIafp rolls aanH-
witches, gingerbread and pain cakes.
TEN THOUSAND BARRELsof King and other
apples sent from this side we're sold in Liver
pool recently at from p to6 shilhnGs barrel,
prices that are so proftabl as compared with
those ruling in this county that heavy ship
ments viii now probablybe made regularly
" costs from to 8 shllllns to place the fruit
In Liverpool
UP in the fastness Of the Gerras is lake so
surrounded by bold cliffs tat it is impossible
to reach its shores save by one narrow cleft
in the rocks. 1t has a Circumference of at
least mile, and beautifuh1at surrounds 1t,
and is utilized for pasturaR. 1t is probably
the mouth of some extinct plcaEo and is ex-
ceedngiy deep.
THE practical men on tie United States
Fish Commission have discovered that the
Matching of shad's eggs nay be fastened
from ten to fifteen hours byplacing the eggs
IN bright, shallow pans, unGr the direct rays
of the sun. The fish thus fastened into life
are no less hardy than those Matched without
forcing process.
A SENSATION has been exdted in Germany
by series of articles in a lading Frankfort
newspaper denouncing the apathy of the
police in permitting heavy Gambling to con-
tinue throughout the seasOl at the club at
Baden Baden. Immense suns of money have
changed hands there lately, and during the
races two German sportsmei lost 100000.
AT THE opening of the CIVIC courts in Mas
sachusetts, Tuesday, for the first time in the
history of the commonwealth the custom,
Inherited from England, o. opening the court
with proclamation was emitted, in accord
ance with an a0t of the Last Legislature, and
under the same act there will be no adjourn
ment by crier at the end Of each day.
A FRENCH PHILANTHROPY and scientist at
New York, wishes to forma syndicate with
from 5000 to 100000 capital, to ''break the
bank" at Monte Carlo. Heis not a gambler,
but he has made a life -lOngstudy of roulette,
and insists that he can beatthe game and win
So, 800. 900 in year. II the syndicate Is formed,
he is to have royalty of 2per cent. for his
services.
A FLOCK of about hundred turkey buzz
yards have roost in a swamp at stonyford,
near Middletown, Conn, md are credited
with numerous depredatiors. A man who
was sowing fertilizer saws the whole flock
swooped down on him, carrying off his nat,
ate up has phosphate, and he only saved his
life by crawling into an empty barrel that
stood IN the lot.
THos. BAzENoRE, of Berte county, N. c.,
while on a stand for deer, shot and killed one;
another ran out opposite Mr.. Bazemore. He
turned, fired, and killed that one also; but. to
his great surprise, man was found NOT far
from the spot where the second deer was
killed. At first he was thought to be mortally
wounded. but he may recover. He was get
ting lumber, and ran out TO see the deer pass
and happened to be on line with BaZemore's
gun when he fired.
RICHBURe AND BOLIVAR two towns in the
Allegheny oilheld of New York, sprang up
like mushrooms, and in 1852 there was about
them the llyellness of Leadvile at its best.
Now their glory is gone forever. The rails,
once bright under hurrying wheels, are but
streaks of rust, the big hotels have hOoting
owls as guests and stray bears come and sniff
at the deserted streets. There is no longer oil
on the troubled waters OF the streams that
froth and foam over the rocks.
A PROMINENT MEMBER of q Boston church.
in speaking the other day of possible change
In The pastorate, said: Il think it is mat
ter Of buying up stock-excuse me, mean
pews. II Mr.. IS friends can buv I'D news
OF course call him. II the other side get the
news, why. Mr.. IS friends will be left.
You laugh. but the control of church is a
good deal like the control OF a bank or rail
road, nowadays. II you can buy up major
ity OF the pews, you can run it to suit your
SELF
or SANTOS, the "boss" Of Uruguay. Mr..
Curtis, the correspondent, writes: "He was
the son Of q common soldier and born in a
barracks, never saw the inside OF school
house, and when a child, was not considered
Of consequence enough to receive the baptism
Of the Church. Yet II was this mans destiny
to introduce free schools in Uruguay, secure
the passage of a compulsory educational law,
demelish the monasterles, drive out the nuns.
Danish the Papa legate, and forbid the dis
cussion Of political questions from the pulpite
Of the Catholic Church"
A. b. BIRD, of Williamsport, Pa, is max
ing ? search IN the sand beach of the lake.
at Erie, Pa, to find the skeleton OF James
Bird, a soldier executed for desertion in 1879.
This is the Bird who was made the hero OF a
ballad that has been wcpt over by sentiment
tallsts for three quarters Of century. Bird
Is depicted as love sick youth whose only
crime was quitting his post for n few hours
to see his betrOthed. As a matter Of fact II
Is said he was shot for repeated desertion Of
hls cOlOrs. A bullet-indented skull, fouad
near his burai-place, and believed to be
BIRDS, Ia now used as a paper weight IN the
Wlliamsport DtSpafch editorial sanc.um.
MISS ALICE FLETCHER, the student Of In
dian household customs, says that among the
Sioux, when one family borrow a kettle from
another, IL Is expected that when the kettle il
returned a small portion Of the food that has
been cooked IN 10 Will be left in the bottom.