Savannah morning news., 1885-11-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The new French Chamber of Deputies will
contain one man. NJ. Joigneaux of the Cote
d'G'r, who was IN the Assembly of 1913. and
nine who were Deputies in lS49.
| IN Santa Clara county, Cal, there ia a rat.
allied to the ground nest making species.
which climbs small trees and makes COM
pact nest OF twigs among the branches some
tnlng after the manner of gray squirrel.
AN APPLICATION lately came to Prof. Baird
from Perak, in Malaccs, for young whitehsh
to be placed in the mountain streams of the
Malay peninsula, but he was obliged to say
that 1t was practically impossible to send even
| eggs 80 far, let alone young fishes.
THE American Ornithologists' Union Off
cially recommend that all public fostering OF
the English sparrow be stopped; that its in :
PRODUCTION into new localities be prohibited
by law: and that all existing laws for its pro-
teclon be repealed, and bounues offered for
I its destruction,
1T HAS BEEN HOPED that few Of the gigantic
ostrich-like birds (EDyornts) of Madagascar,
supposed to be the original Of the fahled roc,
might stlll be living; but a thorough search of
the deserts in the interior of that island shows
that this nope 10 unfounGed, though the species
no doubt existed within comparatively recent
times.
A NOTICE" worded as follows is said to ap-
pear on the door of a well-known New York
uueiuFHe OluC6 ne hours OF AJJe0udnce In
this office are: To canvassers for church sub
scriptions, 10 to 2; book and insurance agents.
? to +; commercial travellers, beggars and ad-
yertlSing men. all day. We attend to our own
| business at night"
GEN, o. o. HOWARD has an article in the
United Ser0ice for November on sherman's
sharp little fight with Johnston at Resaca.
This Resaca, curiously enough. was named
after Resaca de Ia Palma, and many men who
| had fought shoulder to sh uld at the MeXi-
can Resaca slashed each other in the thick
woods that encompass the Georgia village.
TEX English railways are aIlve to the ad-
vantage to be derived from encouraging fox
hunting, since now men travel to covert che fly
by rail. special train leaves Paddington
terminus, London, every day that the Queens
Hunt has meet, and a party may secure a
special train almost anywhere by an advance
notice. Hunting tickets Tor both men and
their horses are issued at reduced rates.
THE OFFICERS and men of the United States
man-ofwar Ent 'rprise, now in Melbourne,
Australia, are having glorious time. They
are daily inundated with invitations Of all
kinds, and they don't do anything out eat,
drink and be merry. Among other things
each officer has been presented with a free
pass over al the railroads OF the Antipodes,
good for every day of their sojourn.
Col. j. W. Posey, of Bells Landing, Ala,
last week had stolen from him $1,000. The
from a satchel. A negro boy was suspected,
and upon being arrested acknowledged the
theft. Two housand dollars was recovered.
tut the negro said that being frightened by
having much money, he threw ore package
of the money into a bored well, which pack
age, 1t seems, contained $1,000.
THE FORTY NINTH CONGRESS- is composed
of 325 members. OF this number 1874 are Dem
ocrats and l41 Republicans. The Democrats
have 103 old members holding over and the
Republicans S4. There are 81 new Democratic
members and 81 new Republican members.
Both sides have old, experienced and well
equipped men to take charge ana conduct
such no alters and legislation rs may come be-
fore the House. In that respect the honors
are about easy.
THIS is the season for gathering French
truffes, and the truffle-growing districts be-
| tween the Alps and the Rhone are very busy,
the single department of Vaucluse, Yielding
nearly half a million dollars worth in a good
| year. The finest, however, come from Perl
CORD. Trufiles are often adulterated, and
If ckeyed" Hollow places are filled with
clay, or several small ones made to appear as
single, large one. In Paris. even, imitation
| trufies are made of potatoes. coated with
| earth from the Pergord district, or pale ones
are blackened with oak dyes.
ARIsTocRATIC Murray Hill, New York, fur
nlshes this story: Miss COwling, on the Oc-
casion OF the Van Glider wedding, gave the
bride a beautiful vase. which chaneed to be
just like another received from another
| source. In ut of economy, one day Mrs.
| Van Glider sold this vase, without giving the
| donors name. to friend. Mrs. Holland, from
| whom she eXacted a promise never to tel,
| Recently Miss COWling WA married. and she
! was not a little surprised 10 ind her present
| to Mrs Van Glider returned to her as pres
ent from Mrs. Holland The three ladies are
| now strangers to one another.
THERE is POOL in Utah only foot deep.
and situated at very high altitude, that re-
fuses to freeze even in the severest winters.
! There is another, that mysteriously replen-
! shes itself with half-grown trout One
| s'ream, though clear as crystal to the eve,
and tasteless, stains all the vegetation it flows
| over, derp brown. A warm sDring near
>alt Lake City, is the strongest sulphur water
in the world. A hot spring few miles OF,
with waters so hot that you can hardly put
your hand into them. and as bright as dla-
mOnds, is one of the mot remarkable combi-
nations of chemicals ever analyzed.
DIFFICULTIES occur in clubs IN London as
well as in New York. There was a genteel
explosion at the Union, one Of the best West
End clubs, a few weeks ago. and the matter
was considered at the cOmmittees monthly
sitting. The charges and counter charges in
cluded comp amt by an eminent military
onthtter that brother member, Judge, had
| called him "a bowling ass" which was bal.
anced by the accusation that the Out6tter had
| described the Judge "a ''grinning like a drom-
| edary." The arrangement of geological com.
| parisOns did not prevent an amicabe settle
ment Of the dispute after both parties had
| apol0gzed.
SOME very alarming statements have lately
| teen made about the prevalence of hydro
| phobia in London One doctor for six months
! past has had at least one case week to at
\ tend TO, and quite recently there has been
| three deaths from hydrophobia in one suburh
/ ana two in another. Heroic remedies are
| suggested. One is that all dogs in England
should be muzzled for three months In that
| time al who have the poison IN their systems
| would develop It. and could be dispatche
| without having II in their power to transmi
| dret ed disease might be absolutely stamped
! out.
DR. TEMPLE, the Bishop Of London, has re-
! fused to attend the conversazOne of the guild
for the Improvement OF the stage, saying that.
| whereas the professed object of the guild was
| TO eliminate evil from the stage, its exertions
| had been wholly directed TO showing what
was good in 1t, entirely ignoring the evil and
/ he therefoi declined to identify himself with
tho association. He drew special attention to
| The evil done by ballets, to which the guild
! has replied that, although the art Of dancing
| has not been cultivated as thev should wish il
| England. such ballets as that OF "Excelsior'i
at Her Maie-ty's and the "Swansn AT the
Alhambra had no taint OF improper sugges-
onabout them.
DAKOTA is the sole remaining quarter sec
ton Of paradise in this western world.
SAYS Col. Pat Donan. 1t is no un-
common thing for whole Dakota fam
iy 20 cit on one end OF a potato while the
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