Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-05
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NJ. BOURBON, aAef, pit himself in Paris
| because a weddin. brkfast COTTON up by
mn " as failure.
"a CRANK is a maiv has u capital idea
with not sense enoug, carry 1t out" says
Dr. crosby In new nition.
IL Is ESTIMATED thhere have been Turk
1sh rugs sold in 8ostrecently in sufficient
quantity TO cover Bos Common.
THE custom of cogessing the fOreheads
OF infants is fast dyiput," writes q CORE
spondent among the theads, grimly.
Mr.. Isa, of Waco, =, wears as watch
charm a bit OF ore 1000 feet below the
surface and that ASA $4,000 worth Of gold
to the ton.
"ROBIESoN CRUsoIEun and Sea-chest'
were shown in doright earnest to an
amused tourist, in eshire, Scotland, the
other day.
NEW YORK firm J split 1000 trade dol
lars and turned eai dollar into n pocket
match box-a hOlidartlcle to catch the eye
OF persons in search cheap things to give.
HUNTINGDON sPTUALIsr states that
his l2-year old daugF. though ignorant of
the German languagecently spoke huenily
IN that tongue while hg possessed with the
spirit OF German.
IHE EXPERIMENT ising made OF export
ing living Holsters, links, from the Gulf OF
st. Lawrence to Engli. England now con
snlnes large part Off product or the new
brunsWick lobster caerles.
ADvICEs just recesd in Holland from
Java, show the gre development Of the
sugar Industry in ttEast Indian islands;
Inc crop, just Gathed, amounts 10 31i'ooS
tons. There are abou00 sugar mills IN Java,
but the land suited tdle cultivation OF sugar
In practically unlmit.
THE BODY of the ct Napoleon. buried al
the Invalldes. Paiss enclosed in five eof-
fms; the frat in tin al the others In mahog-
any, lead, ebony ami tx. All is placed in
saroophagus of FIilsd gram tea present
from Russia The tub vas completed in
1851, and cost 6,750,QOrancs.
AN experienced ainer says that a sure
sign to find out if plus in pots require wet
ting Is to rap on theie of the pot, near the
middle, with the ler knuckle; If it give
lorth hollow ring he plant needs water,
nut II there Is a duh und there is still mOls-
ture enough to s0staithe plant.
AFTER several inndut PhiladelDhians had
swallowed doses of eaetic, in the belief that
they were taking Rodelle salts, the discovery
was made that wholesale house had been
distributing tartar critic to the retailers I'M
der the name of salt There were greatly
surprised stOmachs, BIT no deaths.
CONSUMPTION as a cuse of death is stea1iIy
decreasing in Massachusetts. DR.. Abbot, Of
the State health board, ,eports the death rate
from that disease was Ban every TO- 600 in the
decade from 1857 to 1856, and 81 in 1000 for
the ten years ending lSS. while it is mol ex-
pected to be over % for 10000 in 1884.
A CHICAGO man ordered milk toast at l0C'
for his breakfast. but aided sugar to M
prove the taste, whereupoIthe waiter brouht
him l5c. check. The guest protested, aid
was fired out, and brought action for $500
damages, but the case has gone against hin,
and the principle that sugar on toast Is exta
has been established.
A SMART fellow who owned patent on a
churn went to Granville county, North Care
lima some weeks ago andsold ''patent rights'
enough of States, couutiss and townships b
realize the snug sum Of $4,000. Upon takin,
ms leave he remarked t. some gentlemen nea
him that "he had found place where the PEG
pie had more money and less sense than an.
other place he had ever BEEN"
STIRRUPs of solid silver, SILVER pommel an
ornaments, worth thousands of dollars. may b
seen often on the saddle of the gauchO, tn
most picturesque character in the two Amer
lcas. Some saddles OF the sort weigh as nucl
as the riders, about whose belts rows of diver
dollars Jingle. The gauchO always carrie
tobacco, paper, flint and steel, and he rolls hi
cigarette at full gallop.
THIRTEEN YEARS AGO Mr.. watkins went
to the city of GUadalsjura, Mexico, as a Pc
testant missionary, and found no one to Wi
come him. At the end of year he had SIX
teen converts. Now there are 1000 membersoi
Protestant churches in the nelghborhoOd. Tie
city itself contains nearly 100000 people, ad
now has street railways, electric lights, tek-
phone service. &C., though not yet connected
with the capital by rail.
THE LATE Mr.. GALLERY has told us thst
those who smoke tobacco grow brainless 3
chimpanZees and nerveless as lizards, an
that most of them go mad and beat the
wives, and plunge, after shocking lives. razor
and carving knives INTO their gizzards o
the other hand, two German sAvants, afte
minute and exhaustive investigation by In
the conclusion that smoking is nothing at al
except watching the smoke.
CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES of dried frui
now reach Philadelphia FIR m the souther
states. Peaches OF excellent quality, sun
dried, are from Georgia. They are inferior t
Delaware and Maryland fruit, more scientifi
cally cured in appearance, but in favor quit
unsurpassed. Dried berries from the Mort
Carolina mountains also go to Philadelphia i
considerable quantities. What with Florid
oranges and lemons, Georgia watermelons
straw berries. and peaches, and Virginia pea
nuts, the seasOnable contributions Of the Sout
to the comfort and luxury OF life on the north
ern side of Mason and Dixon's line grow
yearly more valuable and desirable.
A STUDENT of womankind explains tina
bellies acquire an interchange Of ideas durinI
the summer, and return TO their home 10 pu
them into practice during the winter. A
Saratoga, Long Branch. and other fashionable
resorts, women and girls from the mos
distant parts Of the country are thrown To-
getRer In mutual observation. il not in clos,
social Intercourse, and the influences that ar,
more dominant fix the cOnventiOnalitlea n
feminine behavior for the ensuing year. New
York substantially dictates to the rest Of thl
country. through the force OF NUM- ers. wealth
and audaciby; bat thelr whims are sensihl,
modified BY those of Boston and Philadelphia
both of which differ as radically from eael
other as they do from New York's doings.
FORTY physicians and Ave surgeons prae
tice iu Carlsbad during the seas n. some q
them spend the rest Of the year in Vienna
Most notable among them was Prof. Leegan
who practiced in New York fo
thirty years, whose reputation il
worldwide, and who was espe
cially consulted by American visitors. IN,
great physician now Is DR.. London. He al,
tended the Empress Eugene, the King ant
Queen Of Holland. Princess Beatrice, and
many other distinguished persons last season
at Carlsbad. Few persons are 80 foolish a.
TO think Of drinking waters or bathing IN
them without medical advice. They are called
by Valentine "the most serious Of all minera
waters. Their efficiency in many Gases 4
THE MANAGER OF the "Daft Electric Power
Of New York. speaking Of the ex
pertinent on the Ninth Avenue Elevated rail