Savannah morning news., 1885-11-29
ITEBIs OF INTEREST.

country life ana farming, is said to be very
noticeable IN Rhode Island.
! ANOTHER OLD DEFENDER is dead. leaving
but four now living IN Baltimore. out of the
/ L,2os who formed an organization IN 1912.
| So HIGH is the world famed Natural Bridge
/ in Virginia, that migratory birds, southward
nylng at niglt, pass ike shafIless arrow
heads swiftly under the arch.
THE employment of women under ground is
prohl 7ited in Great Britain: but the British
factory Inspector reports that 4,45S are at
work IN mining operations above ground.
THAT the Duke OF Cumberland is in some
thing more than easy circumstances may be
gathered from the fact that the gold and
silver plate which he has inherited from the
late King of Hanover and the Duke OF Bruins
Wick weighs upward Of eight tons.
ONE of the largest mechanical toys that
will cause the eyes of the little folks to dilate
during the Christmas season. close at hand. IS
li1e-size Nubian who does wonderful things.
When wound up he plays flute in a most
entertaining manner, voting and winking his
sssSs sss5e. al 'n' 'ime' But such a NuOl an costs
THE FRENCH PAPERS tell an interesting
story of the Shah o. Persia in the capacity of
art critic. Being displeased with a picture of
Judith with ne mead OF Hol0fernes. declaring
the severed head untr1e 10 death, his Majesty
drew his cimeter, and, decapltating q slave
/ on the spot, convinced the trembling artist of
| his error
ONE of the Farce islands has been sw allowed
up by the sea. For some time past strong cur
rents have been undermining the base OF the
| Monk" vast mass OF rock, and now the
whole island has disappeared. The Monk was
of considerable importance to nav & ttion,
! serving as warning Of these dangerous cur
! rents, but was uninhabited,
4 THE TRAPPINGs of the white elephant of
1 King Thebaw are said to be worth 81, ,00O, GOO.
! The royal regalia are repated the moet valu-
! able IN tue world, especially in rubies and
/ sapphlres Ruby mines exist just north Of
| Mandalay, to which no Eurorean has ever
/ been a lowed access. The Burmese war is,
therefore, likely to yield plenty of loot
AN IMPROVED RAILROAD TIE. just invented,
/ is formed Of two inverted bowls having PLAIN
upper surfaces, two fastening clips secured to
I the plain surface Of each bowl by bots with
/ bar connecting the two bowls, and secured
/ by the fastening bolts of the inner Clip; the
concave side of the bowl is filed with earth
| well tamped, or with concrete. the object
/ being to furnish a tie which shall be practi-
cauy lndestructlble.
THE late DIR. Prime was gentleman. One
hot day last summer nc sat at work in the o.
seroer Office in his shirt sleeves when a lady
called DR.. Prime Instantly rose and took
down his coat from apeg to putt on. II beg
/ you not TO put yOurself TO discomfort this hot
day" SAID the LADY. "lf may not do this out
most courtlv tones, "you must allow me to do
1t out of respect to myself"
OF THE 80. 90 900 eggs annually used in
Paris every one is inspected by being held be-
fore candle. Rotten ones are thrown into a
vat, which is emptied daily. Those 'spot-
ted" and unfit for food are sold TO manutac-
| turers, who extract their albumen and other
/ chemical ingredients The price of eggs is
rising in Paris, owing to the increased de-
mand of other countries and TO OneTous GUS
! toms duties on those imported.
PAGAN MYo, on the bank of the Irrawaddy,
/ just above Minla, and now in possession of the
| British troops, is the ancient capital Of Bur
! nah and in ruins. 1t extends for ten miles
/ along the river and is chOked with jungle. It's
/ pagodas are almost countless, and one of them
I ranks next to the famous Tai Mahal. The
/ neighborDg hills are dotted with ruined pa
/ godas razed by the hill tribes twho are not
/ Suddhlsts) for the sake of the gold and silver
! images Of Gautama buried beneath each
when it was founded.
| AN ARIZONA PAPER remarks: ssThose we'll
known Indian braves, Gee Up Charley and
Short Pants, have been arrested for drunk
enness again. This makes the ninety seventh
/ time. and movement is on foot among the
habitues of AL Blodgett's sa oon to celebrate
! the occurrence OF their hundreth arrest,
/ which cannot be ar distant. A souvenir pro-
! gramme will be issued. the Montezuma VIII
be thrown open to the boys, and several we l.
/ known desperate Greasers will be shot on
! sight We will be there ourselves and will do
all we can to add TO the interest Of the oc-
caslon."
SOME LITTLE TIME SINCE there was GER
tain nan upon the Harvard faculty of schoI-
arly attainnents and long connection with
the college, but who, IN Eliot's opinion, had
| outived his usefulness. So the President
| called around on horseback one morning
as ne was out for his customary ride he
professor was in his yard. Their greetings
on Tod .1o 81.
| one subject and another until Eliot turned to
/ go. just as he took up his reins he said: "By
| the way, professor. should be glad to have
/ you send IN your res gnation some day before
J long. Good morn ng." And he cantered of
| The old gentleman was thunderstruck. as
may be imagined. but how could he resist
such court. Gus appeal2 So be did what had
! to be-resigned.
THE PICTURESQUE FEATURE of the English
election was the struggle At Deptford. where
for the first time in history Hindoo, needless
OF his own bright skies, claimed the right, as
subject of tine Queen. TO contest for a seat in
| foggy England as Liberal candidate Lal-
monun Chose Is BeDgalese scholar, and one
/ OF the three Indian delegates sent here to pro-
/ pagate native ideas, He had powerful ad-
/ versary in Mr.. Evelyn, the Conservative can
dldate. who ls very popular among the Dept
! ford laborers. The sad and sordid straets
j surrounding the great dockyard saw an nm
W0nted sight in the dozens of HIndoos who
had come down to support their cOmpatriot
] u Ouost, WIN us WE. q delicate HindOO
! lady, dressed in the height OF European fash
! Ion, paraded the reefs in a landau drawn bv
dashlng pair of horses. They were greeted
/ every mere with ringing British cheers
mingled with groans.
THE JAPANESE have proved themselves
such apt learners that they are already be-
ginning to improve on the methods of their
instructors. To people of their artistic tenn
permanent the old European plan of christen-
ship by breaking a bottle Of wine against
her side Is distasteful; and So, when latelv a
name was given to II, |. IS ship Katsurapi
an imperial Princess gently brobe a Fragile
/ cage against the steel p ates. and by So doing
liberated a pair OF doves. At first sight tna
/ metaphor seems rather "miXed,n - but possibly
| an explanation may be found for il in the fact
/ that IN the popular Chna-Japanese nv
/ thOiOgy doves are occasionally metamorphosad
/ into naWks, and the emblem may therefore
/ nave been intended TO signify that, though in
/ plplng times OF peace the katsuragi would he
as harmless a. dove, she yet contained
wthin herself the potcnuality OF a hawk,
/ A CORRESPONDENT at vladvostosk has pro-
Voked a sensation in Russian naval circles Inv
disclosing the following incidents: A few
weeks ago the German steamer China set ont
Tor Fort Possiett unaware that the harbor
was osed by n douhle-row OF torpedoos
Whlch had been placed there during the war
scare IN Inc spring. on its arrival the bnat
sta loned 70 warn OF vessels was not in ia
place, and the German Captain did not on
serve the red nAg no gtpd IN shoro ,,b,., -