Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! crude petroleum ranges from So cents to 81,
while the value of the barrel itself is 50 SO
81 SOMETIMES THINK," says Ella Wheeler
Wilcox gashingly in her new novel, "that
COO must he woman. He is expected to for
give 80 much.
CHICAGO now claims population of ESQ, 900,
| and the Times of that city thinks that she will
Is ma ntained."
THERE are more colleges" in Ohio than in
France and Germany combined. Another
st1king instance that age and wisdom do not
always go together.
CALIFORNIA CATTLE-MAN has a sign up
to scare of the sheep-men. 1t reads: 1--WE use
nsh salt here" Salt used on fish will kill
sheep as last as knife.
DIR. GRzYvALA, OF Krivoe Czerc, Podolia
| for whose trustworthiness Prof. GubIer, of
Paris. vouches, declares that with the Kan
thium Symposium he has never failed to ward
on by droph0bia.
A NOVEL WEDDING PRESENT received by an
English bride walked about, with its card at
tached, among the guests. 1t was q Scotch
! "collle," and his collar was adorned by a
| sprig OF Scotch heather.
A YOUNG MAN in Independence, Mo-, is In
peculiar strait. He wants to marry a girl.
bat cannot get license, as she is an orphan
OF IL and has no guardian-a nonentity, IN
/
THE PHRASE about the GOODNESS of the Gu
cum5er rests upon a scientific basis so far as
| the plant in its youth is concerned, the re-
searches of an English observer having shown
| That It's temperature is about deg. less than
that of the surrounding atmosphere.
THERE is a popular impression that rosn is
| used by the brewers to doctor their beer.
| This, however, is an error. and probably
arises from The fact that lager beer bar
a nd hnP ne
| inside to make Them impervlous to the air.
PARIS Figaro says that a Yankee maker of
sewing-machines has offered Nine. Patti
| $1,000 for each appearance. in addition to her
regular salary, If she will sit at one of his sew
| ing machines. instead of at the Il Traditional
| spinning wheel, while singing the king of
| Thule"
| GEN. ALIKANoFF, Governor Of Merry, Gen.
trail Asia, the famous Russian-C aucasian Off
! Ger who is so much dreaded and disliked by
the Anglo-Indian officers come ted with AT.
! CHAN affairs, viii be, it is reported, removed
from MS governorship on account of cruelty
| toward the Turcomans.
BERLIN has population of l,Sl6, 1882, a gain
of nearly 100000 since 1880. One of the census
takers reports family in his district where
| the father Is jew, the mother is q CATHOLIC,
| the children are Evangelical, thel goVerness is
| Swiss Reformer, the nuI 90 an English High
Church woman, and the cook ian aristocratic
Lutheran"
ALL THE UNDERcLoTHING of the Mikado Of
Japan is made of peculiar soft white silk,
\ ami as TINS ''Son of Heaven" never wears
| garment twice nor one that has been washed
! ne consumes great amount of his material: :
out 1t is not wasted, for the royal cast of gar
ments are competed for as priceless pOeeegelon
! by his loyal subjects.
In THE OLD TINE the Christmas season prop
erly began on Dec. Is described in the Prayer
Book calendar as Sapientia), and ended
Jan. 6, with Twelfth night. When the learn
Ell DR.. Parr was asked what day in Decent Der
| IL was proper to begin eating mince pie, he
SAID; "Begln on o Sapientia. but please to say
| CHRISTMAS pie, not mInce pie-mince pie is
| Puritanical."
AT THE BEGINNING of every season of Con-
gress new pine top has to be placed on the
| Speakers desk. Pine is used because the
| ivory gavel produces louder sound upon it
| than upon some tougher wood. Oak was once
trled, put the occupant OF the chair COM
| planned that sharp blow produced a sting
| ing sensation in the hand, Consequently pine
| mas been used ever since.
CARL j. BRANBAcR, Of Bonn, Germany.
gained the prize of $1,000 offered by John
| Plankington, of Milwaukee, for the best
| original composition 10 be sung at the coming
sangerbund festival which will be held in that
| city. Mr.. Brambach has received his money!
ana eanled That he viii be present to conduct
| the performance. Prof. Ernst Cateuhousen
will be general music master for the occas
| ion.
TIE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANs, who was
one Of the most regular attendants at the
operate performances in the Monnaie thea
ire till the other day, when the court went
into mourning for the death of the King of
| Spain. has thanks to the telephone, oeen able
| 10 follow the representations without leaving
| the Chateau of Laeken, the palace being In
telephGnlG communication with the leading
| Brussels theatre.
In addressing the Midland Medical Society.
DR.. Wllks, greatly respected physician OF
Guys Hospital, told some trHths that most
doctors keep TO themselves. Speaking of the
| constant seeking for new medicines ne said
/ we nave enough drugs for our present state
Of knowledge. In spite of the enthusiasm as
to The value OF drugs there must ne q iarga
! amount Of skepticism in the profession - nr
/ MllSs fully recognizes the advancement re.
lally made In medical treatment in late wears
but refers II to an Improvement in PATHOLOGY.
| cal and clinical knowledge, and not 70 the
power of new remedies.
THE ROSES that looped and fastened fine
bellies pink gown at q ball in New York the
other night gave rise to much speculation. and
one or two wa zers we're laid as to whether
they were real or artificial. The imhression
that they w're fashioned by natures CUNNING
| hand amounted 10 certainty in the earlv
| part or the evening. but as the night wore on
| ana the roses neither dropped nor faded mon
| began to hedge on their bets In point Of fsct
| the hOWers were IF Partisan manufacture
| but so surprisingly well zone that. ike : well
made up complexion. they we're almost an
| Improvement upon nature. This was s.naint
ing the lily and gliding refined gold'' with
some success. D
IT is singular fact that the young man At
the State University who for three years has
stood head ana shoulders above all his fellow
studentsin oratorical achievement Is afflicted
| WIN an impedlmen in his speech that Would
| nave done credit to DemOsthenes stranger
listening to his Grafton rolling smoothly ont in
| well-ronnded periods would never suspect
| mat IN ordinary conversation every other
| sentence he utters Is marked by numerous
! Jumping places" on the platform he
speak very slowly, but never was known 10
| miss fire on word or a syllable. Dne Of the
| students who graduated fe years ago was
similarly Affected, and. while he did mot win
so many aurels by his public speaking. was
one OF the best orators in the institution Al
| the time. o.
TENNESSEE DEMOCRAT. who ia mot Alto.
gether in harmony with the Administration
on the civil service question, says that il was
the intention OF the party to 20 only a little
way in that direction, and Mr.. Cleveland has
gone o. ogether too far. He says The situation
| reminds him OF the story of the monkey the
\ sailor brought home 10 his wife. The monkey
| ~ 70 DO household pet, and was ALWAYS
about the Kitchen when the good woman was
~ WorE' The RI was full OF chickens and