Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-25
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selling 1t for SO.
| HORSES can now be supplied with artificial
/ tails of the most artistic quality. The biggest
tail factory is in Bridgeport, Conn.
! WATER passed through 200 yards Of galvan-
| lied iron pipe has been known to take up .29
! grains Of zinc carbonate per gallon.
/ ACCORDING to Statistician Dodge the wheat
| last year weighed on an average 58.8 pounds
| per bushel against So pounds IN 1858.
A COMPLETE German translation Of the
Babylonian Talmud (the first ever accom-
| plished) IS to be published shortly at Inns
| bruck.
THE following lately appeared in London
daily: "WilI any lady present another at
drawing room in May? Highest references
and good reasons given. Liberal terms Al
| dress Z. H., etc.
A FRENCH CHEMIST has invented an armor
for those who fear assaults from vitriol-
throwers. 1t is in the form of collodion
ointment, which, when spread over the race,
forms an invuinerable glazing.
HUNGARY has found it expedient to reform
its upper house, and bill is now being passed
by which 20 Dukes, 24O Counts, and 300 mobiles
! of lower rank will be excluded, because they
| pay in taxes less than certain sum every
/ year.
THE Royal Agricultural Society of Great
Britain has decided to hold examinations OF
| dairy workers-men and women who will
/ be examined in butter making and cheese
making, and to those considered proficient a
/ diploma viii be given.
THE women's clothing manufacturers OF
Berlin are called confectionaries, because
/ CONNECTION means something made up. They
! complain that their export trade to America
! is very slack, as Americans begin to make
/ their own clothing for women, very much as
/ they make ready clothing for men,
AT the recent Bal DIES Artistes at the Grand
/ Opera, Paris, where actresses especially con-
! gregate, four appeared as the seasons. Sum-
/ mer wore close fitting tunic of cream col
/ ored 'crepOn Indien" over flesh cOlored
| mailot. The tunic was caught up by sprlgs
/ Of willow, and adorned with potatoes. arti-
chokes, tomatoes and Brussels sprouts. On
/ the head were mushrooms.
AT the recent funeral of Gen. Fabrizi,
| almost the last of the heroic group of patriot
soldiers who supported Garibaldi, a small
! company of the original Garbadlans Qast
| thinning), in red shirts and breasts covered
with medals, but otherwise many cases show
ing signs of extreme poverty, attracted the
| reverential attention of The crowd. All the
Garibaidi family came from Caprera TO attend
the funeral.
GLASS drnking-cups have been found in
AnglO-SaXon graves, and they are all round
| bOttOmed. Such cups could not be made 10
stand upright, and 1t has been supposed they
were so designed in order to cause the drinker
to empty them at once, The feature Is said
to have given rise to the word tumber, which
has been applied to our drinking vessels,
though these do not possess the curious shape
Of the ancient cups.
WILLIAM WILSON, a young farmer of Pitt
county, n. c.. met his death in a singular
manner Wednesday. He went out hunting,
taking his 5-year- old boy with him. Re
turning home, Wilson was standing in the
house leaning on his gun and talking to the
family, while the lutte boy played with the
hammer of the gun. The weapon was dis
charged, the entire load entering William
mouth. tearing away almost the entire top of
his head and causing instant death.
THE Ameer of Afghanistan's name is vari-
ously given in the newspapers as Abdul Rah-
man, Abdurrahman and Abdur Rahman.
The two frat are right. but Abdu, Rahmon is
preferable as a translation. In Arabic, and
those other language which follow the Arabic
in some particulars, certain lie tprs become
assimi ated with certain other following let
ters for the sake OF cuphOny. Thus, Abdul
/ Rahman is pronounced Adurrahman by the
Afghans. and in writing it the ''F' Is dropped,
aud sign put over the 81" which indicates
/ duplication.
As a rule, hens are not noticed for their
wisdom. There is one IN San Francisco, how
ever, that deserves more than passing mem
/ ton Hermame Is not recorded. but her feat
/ il described at length. Having lost several of
her brood of tender chickens by the depreda-
/ tons OF some hungry rats, she seems to have
/ laid plan to catch one Of the sly robbers.
/ Feigning Indifference, she waited until one of
/ the rats became D0lder than the others, where
/ upon she pOunced upon him, caught him by
/ the back. and carrying him TO II tubful OF
| water, dropped him INTO it, where he was
drowned.
SOME German bulls are quite as amusing as
their more famous Irish rivals. Here are a
few collected by German paper: after the
door was closed a soft female foot slipped into
/ the room and with her own hand eXtln-
J gushcd the taper" 1.-The chariot OF revOlu-
ton is rolling onward and crashing its teeth
as il rolls is hat "A Berlin revOlutiOnist told
/ the students In lS4S in a speech. THE Ladies'
( Benefit Association has distributed twenty
/ pairs OF shoes among the poor. which will dry
/ up many a tear" 81 was sitting at the table
/ enjoying a cup Of coffee, when a gentle voice
tapped me on the shoulder. looked around
and saw my old friend once more"
THE United States Treasurer is still in
occasional receipt OF pieced legal tender
notes and silver certificates. 1t is evident
that some parties are initiating notes with
| the intent to deiraud the public. The method
pursued is to tear from note so much only
as will not exceed two-lifths of the note
| three ifths being redeemable under the
/ rule at full value, then TO join the piece de-
tached with other pieces obtained in the same
| manner and thus obtain one fun note com .
/ posed of the several pieces. The pubic is
again cautioned against taking any pieced
note unless it is evident from the number on
the two ends and other appearances that tine
two pieces are of the same note.
JOSIAH F. TWIST, of Hollis, N. H., man
of eccentric habits of thought and manner,
died at his home on Monday. The provisions
/ of his will were that his funeral music should
! be a brass band, which should be paid $40 for
! its services; that his body should be buried
| under q clump Of balm Of gilead trees which
/ he set out a few years ago; that $40 should he
] expended for peanuts and candy with which
TO treat the m0urners; that his wife should
] have half of his property, his six children -
each and that $1,000 be held IN trust forever
for the purpose OF educating his children's
| children in the generations to come, The
will was presented to the Judge Of Probate
who refused to set it up. His property will
therefore, be disposed OF IN accordance with
the State law.
FROM recent surveys 1t has been ascertained
that the entire city Of Virginia, New, has
moved over thirty inches to the east since the
big fire Of 1915 The Maynard block, in Golden
Hill, is known TO be gradually sliding down
! IN the direction Of Gold Canon, and has NOV
! cd nearly two feet since ITS erection. This
movement is so gradual that 10 does not affect
In any manner the safety OF the building as
the ground 10 depth Of nearly 100 feet t. the
bed rock Is known to be continually sliding
IL is well-knOwn fact among practical MI
ners that the ground on which Virginia Citv
ls bullt b. what IL termed a slide, and that IL