Savannah morning news., 1885-10-12
ITEMS of INTEREST.

AN OLD REGULATION at Yale is that n stu.
dent shall lift his hat at a distance OF ten rods
from, She President, eight from q Professor
ana ave from q tutor.
TIE GERMAN SCIENTIST Haeckel, has a Gu.
rious chapter on the relations of bum bic bees,
their enemies the field mice, ola maids, anc
cats TO English clover fields.
The English Archbishops keep what is call
ed black list, which they apply to the Bish-
ops with view to the prevention of unfit
cIergymen from doing duty in remote par
ishes,
AN AMERICAN GIRL, travelling in India. got
hot water with which to mix morning toddy
by stepping, mug in hand, to the locomotive
ana serenely seeking it Of the astounded
stoker.
THE largest apothecarys establishment is
SAID to be that of Waldemar Ferrain, of Mos
cow, In which 500 laboratory and other assist
anus are employed and over ,00O prescriptions
are dispensed daily.
The widest game in the world is the Rocky
Mountain ram. The animal is more like the
chamois than any other creature In Colo
RADIO law has just gone into force prohibit
come.
DOCTORS say that mothers who take pride
IN the weight of their newly born children
AIker
birth. Children lose weight during the first
three days of life, and the loss sometimes
amounts to u ounces or more. 1t takes them
nearly week to regain the weight they had
at the time of birth.
ALDERMAN JONES, of Denver, Col, arose
the other evening in the City Council and
said: You are thieves and blacklegs You
are hypocrites, robbers and traitors! Every
one Of you ought to be in States's Prison for
Then I gn ct for }, ?
one could have felt pin stick in him. and out
stalked the hater Of municipal iniquities.
SENATOR WALKER, of Nevada, was attacked
by band of coyotes near Wolmsley Gulch
recently, and was obliged to take to tree to
save his lie. He had a rifle with him, and
Killed number Of the animals, which were
quickly deyoured by their comrades. He re-
NAMED IN the tree all night closely watched
by the coyotes, but was rescued in the morn
ing by party of hunters.
THE GARDENS of the Tuileries are lust now
being taken possession of by groups of Paris
roughs, who render this favorite resort unap-
proachable by visitors. These ruaians mutil-
ate the statues and their latest exploit has
geen 10 break of the culver held by a nYmph.
The Director of the Louvre has expressed the
intention of taking back into the building all
the statues under his administration which
are now in the gardens.
MISS EMMA NEVADA received bracelet in
stead of a ring as the engagement pledge from
her fance, DIR. Palmer. A rumor was started
that the bracelet had formerly been presented
to Miss Nevada by Mr.. RChatterton, who had
been refused marriage, and that DR.. Palmer
mad bought the golden key to the bracelet
from that gentleman. DR.. Palmer now af-
firms that he had the bracelet made himself.
ne wears the key on little gold pin attached
to his trousers just below the waistcoat.
PARsEE THEATRICAL TROUPE is to be the
next dramatic novelty in London, and the
company will comprise some 25 actors and ac-
Jresses, and the repertoire has been ar
ranged to suit English tastes as far as posi-
ole. The pieces selected for representation
are those which Illustrate modern native
manners and customs, and selections will be
made from tine classic Indian dramas, which.
however, 1t is thought may be too dun from
the spectators point of view to command ap-
proval in England.
THREE LINEMEN were at work at the top of
a telegraph pole near New Haven, on Mon
day, when a thunder cloud, emitting zig-zag
arrows of Joves blue f1re, roIied down toward
them. BY and by current of the sur
charged cloud came flashing along the wire
and the men were given a dreadful shock
The fellow who was standing highest was
struck senseless, and, falling, was caught by
she Others u pom the taut skin of the stricken
mans chest were three parallel marks: but
in spite OF the stroke, he recovered within an
hour.
THE SEA SERPENT has been seen at Oswego
n. Y, of the new pier. 1t is described by
those who have seen it as having a large body,
OF a dark color, variously estimated at six to
ten yards long, head as large as a barrel.
which 1t carries erect, and a sort of name or
projection from the neck, two yards long and
yard nigh. IL moves very swiftly through
he water. Michael Joyce, the night watch
man for the Delaware. LackaWanna and
Western Railroad Company, says his atten-
fl.srn nrr~nG Of fann tod 70 . h.,
the other afternoon. Mr.. Joyce thinks it is
sea lion.
THE bronze statue of Bacchus. found some
days ago by workmen engaged in building a
bridge across the Tiber, has been successfully Y
raised from its concealment of centuries in
the muddy bed of the river. The statue is
described as work of great beauty, and is
perfect IN every respect, save that above the
right ankle there is a clean fracture and that
The thyrus is broken into three pieces: ali of
W hich, however, have been found, The iucIi-
nation is to attribute 1t to the Greco Roman
rather than to any strictly Greek school of
art. The figure was found in the middle of
the river, but short distance from the north
ern extremity of the island of st. BartholO-
new.
A MEDICAL PAPER complains of the rapid |
increase of absinthe drinking in America /
especially among theatrical people. The con- |
s1mer, after the habit has become established.
lo'es the rudy hue Of health, becomes care /
wrp and emaclated, and lays the foundation
Oiparaysls Of the cerebral structure and I
thI nerves arising or leaving place therein.
TIP Gipsomania resulting from the habit is of
a holent nature and terminates in many in
sthces in idtocy and dementia There
isput little chance Of a cure being estab-
ihed. Abslnthe is made from worm wood.
aeellca root, sweet nag root, and alcohol: |
bt an inferior kind is manufactured from
elentlaI oils and is cOlored with indigo.
TIE INVENTION of the lueifer match ia
ariously attributed, A London contempo-
Dry now says: "The friction lucifer-thst
lhlyersal servant OF society-passed its Jubilee
q NJ. In the month of April. 1927. the in.
genpr, Mr.. John Walker. chemist aud drug-
Ristan stockton upOn-Tee was led bv one
Of thse occurrences called accidents to the
inyeHion " friction matches. In the above
mona of April friction matches were on sale
at allliny for fifty, and Mr.. Walker and his
agent hal instant sale OF his boxes. M
pateuhadbeen taken out by the Inventor.
and Aen competition came In upon him. he
quiett retired from the field. content with
hls nides gains and careless of his fame.
Wholforets are now machined into friction
matcts, md the price of a gross or two. as of
newshpeB, is well-nigh nominal"
GEdGE ", when Prince OF Wales. found
Brighpn ahumbe little fishing village. and
left IN aistocratic and splendid city. The
second eupire in France virtually created
Trouvlle ad Biarritz; and the late NJ. glanc
disguised tth the meanness Of little Monaco
created Mote Carlo. Lord Brougham, driven
from lce,where cholera WIS rife, went
away, and vas the making Of Caunpa apJ