Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-27
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braltaT and dynamiting the English garrison
/ out OF spain,
IN household in Buncombe county, n. c..
large dish OF peanuts has been placed on the
dinner table for dessert every day in the year
since the lady OF tie house took fancy to the
frult 20 years mack,
THE deaths in Europe from smallpox are
SAID to be 10000 annually. TIE mortality is
almost wholly confined to civilians as owing
% constant vaccination and reVaccination
the armies are almost wholly free from the
I disease.
ACCORDING to the Lancet, the recent visit to
America OF DR. Keith, who came 10 perform
a surgical Operati n, is the first instance since
the Declaration Of Independence Of au Amer
lchh having summoned medical ald from the
old country.
AN ALABAMA MERCHANT, with many debt
ors among the planters, white and black, pro-
( CLAIMS that he keeps an agent riding through
the state to discover Idlcrs. whom he VIII
promptly dlscredit "Oniy by industry can
you aud thrive together" he explains.
THERE was snowy girl at one OF the Sara
toga hotels last summer who had white silk
ball dress, on the panels OF which were hand
painted scenes from our country seat in Cal
ltornia. Whether this certainly UNIQUE
fashion Will be extensively followed remains
To be seen.
THE MEN predominant in Mississippi Yer
mont, Ohio, Kentucky. Delaware, Florida,
West Virginia and Indiana, where the
lemaies are about 80 per cent. of the males,
ana IN ILLINOIS,, Wisconsin, ARK ansas, Mis-
souri, and Iowa the percentage Of females is
from 20 10 90.
BEFORE the invention of dry docks the
Bleaching, or heavlng down ships upon their
beam ends BY shifting weights or by tackles
! mace last from barges to their masts, was an
every day event. The laundering of the
10 tn l. 1Ac alaaas
In an operation of the kind.
THE white oak mast is very abundant in
Tennessee this year, and will aid the farmers
ID regions where the corn crop was cut short
Dy tine drought in fatteulng their hogs.
"a'ne county Is said to be noted for its big
acoThs, n'g mills, big men, big tracts OF wild
lana, aud ing deposits OF iron ore.
A CHEESE DEALER states that much of the
So-called English cheese is made In this coun-
Try ami shipped to England, whence it is re-
urned, enhanced IN value by the sea voyage.
sometimes cheeses are shipped backward and
forward Two or three times. each voyage
adding 10 the richness of their flavor.
AFTER q severe illness an Englishman
shaved oG his whiskers and otherwise dis
guised himself. He then went to his doctor
and SAID he was brother of the sick ms an
who, he asserted, was now dead. He thus
obtained u certificate of his own DEATH had
his own disease registered, drew the burial
money from his lodge, and decamped.
THE late DR.. Rolleston SAID that the guinea
pig closely resembles birds and especially
those Of the charming order OF the frineillide.
Lake finch, it is never still for moment.
In antiquated volumes OF natural history it
enjoys the second name of the Restless Cayy,
Just as the fElngllld8 are always chattering,
80 the gulnea-plg is always uttering its own
little cries.
JUDGE CLAYTON, of Pennsylvania, has de-
ri Z ho
Darlington Bros, had been using as a trade
mark an imprint on their butter rolls, the de-
vice being cornucOpia, with the makers
name underneath. AS the butter arose IN
public favor farmers in the vicinity used the
same imprint, and the DarlingJons sued them
The Judge decided the case against the
farmers.
81 WONDER" says London Truth, show
many ordinary individuals are acquainted
with the term Huguenots? At Cape Town last
month great meeting OF their descendants
was held. with the view of discussing the best
means of celebrating the blcentenary of the
landing of the HuguenOts in Cape Colony.
Very few people In the room. however, knew
what Huguenot really meant, and one gentle
man proposed that the memorial should be
statue OF HuguenOt, with extracts from his
works inscribed round the base.'"
AFTER VISIT to some of the Alaska gla
ciers, Mr.. Thomas Meehan states that beneath
~
flows a rapid torrent, which he estimates to
be 100, feet wide and feet in average depth,
and which runs summer and winter without
interruption. AT 1ts termination the glacier
hangs over she sea and gives of iceberss. Mr..
Meehan remarks that the great ice sheets have
their lakes, rapids, waterfalls, hills and val
ley; that their waterways change their
courses at times through the melting, and
that melting proceeds freely in the SUMS ravs
but not in the shade.
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club, and everything going of smoothly, and
having gotten her hand in, she decided to in
vite few more people, TO whom she was in
debted, the next evening. So, making ont
her list, she sent her little daughter Louise to
deliver the Invitations LoHlse's first stop
was at Mrs. DR.: As, and, having delivered
her message, Mr.. A said ''Why Louise
/ am afraid your mamma is undertaking too
much after having had the whist club last
evening" %, guess not" said the little
glrl. II heard her tell papa this morning
that there was stun enough left for three
parties p"
A VERY CURIOUS SCENE may be witnessed in
the mornings in house at Ely place, London,
when the pigeons are fed. These pigeons are
public property, but they have learned to
know who are their especial friends, aud every
morning they flock TO this place by the thou
sands; while some kind ladieeEresiding there
FEED them grain from sacks. The birds are so
tame that they crowd clear intO.the sacks and
sometimes the ladies pull armloads of them
out OF these sacks and have great difficulty in
Keeping them OF their heads and shoulders
The EnClish sparrow, which has become n
pest IN America, is stfll admired and cultl-
waited in It's native land.
A REcEST decree Of the present Minister of
War extends 20 French officers the privilege
enjoyed by English, and they now disport
themselves in civilians dress except when on
duty. The change from hyglenic point Of
view Is enormous, ami the gain in personal
comfort is very great. But no lees marked Is
the loss of picturesqueness and personal At
traction. Whatever may be said Of the mill
tary profession. there can be no doubt that
the military drcss, at least as worn ia France
- very becoming. French streets certainly
present much more pacific appearance than
OF old, but the dashiDg Captain or Command
ant Ii so Tar shorn Of his splendor in private
life as TO be hardly recognizable.
DURING the night of Aug. 10 a band of
brigands committed several acts Of pillage in
the district Of Djebrah, near the borders Of
Persia. The celebrated brigand chef TaugrI
Verdy Allah Kull Ogly was at their head.
they attempted TO gain place of shelter on
Persian territory, but the frontier guards pur-
sued them 20 closely that they were com
PEELED 10 fec for safety to the desert eneamp-
ment OF Abdurrahman Bekly. The timely
arrival OF tossack reinforcement enabled
the authorities 10 surround this position. when
II was attacked and carried by assault The
chief WAS killed, with many Of his followers,
IN the melee, ana the survivors were cap