Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-18
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housetops in New York city.
DANIEL WEBsrER's favorite elm tree, at
Lower Franklin, n. H., was killed by light
ming a few days ago.
No less than I,sss,OOO persons haze visited
the International Inventors Exhibition IN
London since Its opening.
THE fountain given by Robert Garrett for
the Mt. Vernon Place square. Baltimore, has
been received IN that city from Paris.
GENUINE Scotch shepherd dogs have been
taken to the Cane of Good Hope and employed
on the ostrich farms. They herd the ostriches,
it Is said, just as we'll as they herded sheep.
AMONG the tempting offers in the new cata-
logue of the Meehans' Olde Booke ShOppe at
Bath, Eng, is a presentation copy of the first
edition of TennysOn's "Idylls OF the King"
containing the laureate's autograph.
A DIARY kept by Goethe from I've to 1882,
with a gap between 1882 and 1896, has been
discovered at Weimar, among the possessions
OF the poets late grandson. Waiter Won
Goethe. Many other manuscripts and letters
were found With 1t.
A RUNAWAY HORSE dashed headlong in
among a mass of Sunday chool children at
st. James End, in the outskirts of Southamp-
ton, Eng, a few days ago. Fifteen children
were Knocked down and trampled on, and
there was a dreadful time for some hours.
MOI one W az klilGu OuLIlRnb, however, anu I'LL
probably will recover.
I'll first remains of a man ever found in a
fossil condition were recently dlscOVered near
the City of Mexico, The scientists find it
impossible to name the geological age of the
remains, and it Is not likely that thOss who
wish to Rmplify the antiquity of the human
race will be gratlfied. The cases of the skull
Of Galveras and the bones found at Natchez
forbid any positive assumption as to the re-
cent discovery.
WITHIN the last few years, the culture of
roses for the Paris and London markets has
developed with extraordinary rapidlty. Hun
dreds of boxes are forwarded by the mail
trains every day. The buds are picked just as
they are breaking, and carefully packed in
small boxes holding 100 and upwards. The
tea rose, Of which there are several varieties,
- almost the only rose cultivated for export,
though a few of the Gloire de Dion and La
Noisette de Ia Marque are occasionally sent
of.
In the town of M~ukwonagO, Wis, there
lives q quiet man of nearly three score and
ten years, who once was known from Maine
to California and from Florida to Oregon. He
is the same John f. Potter whO was called
'BOwie-knife" Potter. In 1850 he was a Re
publican member Of Congress. Roger A.
Pryor, OF virginia, grew hOtheaded IN debate
one day and tried to brOwbeat his opponents,
at which Potter challenged Pryor to a duel to
the death with bowie-kuives. The duel never
was fought and Potter has outlived his fame.
A PECULIAR outrage was committed in a
Berlin cemetery the other day. A child had
been buried, and some days afterward a
tombstone was placed on the grave. The fol-
lowing day, on visiting the spot, the parents
found the stone had been removed, and on in
quiring ut the Office of the manager Of the
cemetery they were told that il HAD been re-
moved because they had neglected to paw the
fee which it was customary to give on plant
ing a tombstone. OF this fee the parents had
no knowledge, and as the grave-diggeT ne
elected to give them notice Of il before pro-
ceeding with his act of vandalism, the matter
has been brought before the courts.
In a Russian village a lawsuit has been
pending for some time in which almost 300
peasants appeared as defendants. Two years
ago these peasants suddenly made an attack
on a mill in their neighborhood, destroyed its
dams, and rendered it valueless. The matter
was at last brought before the courts after
the usual delay, and the peasants all admit
ted their guilt. The motive of their attack
was the fact that the mill took the water out
of a pond from which they used to irrigate
their fields, 80 that these fields had becoms
entirely lnfertle until the mill had been de-
| strOyed. Notwithstanding this valid excuse,
all the peasants but six were condemned by
the courts to one months imprisonment.
GEN. BOOTH, of the Salvation Army, writes
to the Londo papers that he has a project for
the formation Of an "Ohice OF Help and In
quiry,' with headquarters in London and
agencies in the provinces and principal cities
throughout the world. Men speaking differ
\ ent languages and familiar with the haunts
OF vice ana the traffic in girls viii be en-
plOyed, who will be ready to assist all girls
VINO desire to reform, and who will aid
parents and guardians in tracing missing
children. The establishment Of such houses
OF refuge will especially meet the cases of
thousands of girls who have been thrown
! 1aofTfTrfn uUnp 1 Ia world thrarruh tho naTasrw
OF the age OF consent. Receiving houses will
he established in Canada and the United
states.
ON the occasion Of the recent three hun
drodth anniversary Of the foundation Of the
University of Leipzig anatomical department,
u horrible g tory of medieval barbarism was
revived. In these days it was very difficult
to obtain bodies for dissecting, and various
methods were resorted to for obtaining them.
| In 1918 4 young woman noted for her beauty
wac condemned 20 death for child murder.
At the request of the University professors
the sentence was committed from drowning
to bleeding, with permission to take the BODY
to the laboratory. IL was further deter
mined, on condition that the university paid
the EXPENSE OF board, 10 defer the execution
till winter in order that the body might the
longer be available for anatomical uses.
Thus the poor woman was compelled to en-
dure the agonies OF certain execution for four
months.
M. MILNE EDWARD has left few French
men of eminence Of his own years-s5-behind
him. DR.. Ricord, who is said to have made
more by his profession than any French
physician of the century, and is still in extern
sive practice, is exactly the same age. NJ.
Barthelemy Saint Hilaire, the d0ven OF the
Institute, - i've years younger. The oldest Of
the French authors IS NJ. Dupip.
whose first piece, Gle Voyage 4 Chambord.1
was played 10 the Vaudeville in 1908. He il
in his Gath year. The oldest Of the French
painters IS nj. Meissonier. but his exact aye ia
not known. He refused TO give it to Vaperesu
for the "Dictionnaire des Contemporains.V
He ia possibly nearer 10 than 20, Gen. de
Marion de GAIA is the NestOr of the French
army. He Is In hts 90th year. NJ. Cheyreui.
the chemist, heats him by a year. Admiral
Curt0n de la Pulisse, who is 81, IL tho dOy,B
OF the French marine. Cardinal Guibert. the
Archbishop Of Paris, il S3. The Oldest mem
her of the Chamber Of Deputies il M. Blanc.
whose age Is ~. The Marquis dc Tepcin. n
nephew Of the celebrated Cardinal. is per-
haps the oldest man in France. He cOmpleted
his century on Jan. 3.
ACTRESSES are deeply influenced by super-
stition. IL hardly seems possible that any
thing could stay tho food OF Clara Morris,
imprisoned speech. And yet, II che sees a
nail on the stage she refuses 20 set foot on the
boards until it has been removed. Fanny
Davenport II superstitious about her make
up. She viii use only one persons cosmetics.
This favored person II the son OF q woman
who made up her face for her first appearance
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