Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the claswhich will graduate next year at
/ west Pvt. 1t numbers 49, Lhelargest fourth
class An IN in the history OF the academy
| OVEB loo cigars were found by revenue
oncers aF3rd a steamer which arrived in
| New I oHS few DAYS ago. The cigars were
| round IN Vice boxes, the wafer tanks. under
the coal another out of the way places.
NEW fiji for stamp collectors has been
furnished 1.-THE Prince of Monaco, who has
replaced thcurrent French stamps by those
| which beaThis own head in profile, with
"FrlnclpalltOf Monaco" printed above. IA
WOMEN DITIsTs are gaining ground in
Germany. ley are prattlcing in many Of
the great Ges-in Hamburg. Strasburg.
Cologne, We5aden, and Frankfort on the
| dren.
LONDON LETsRs state that in his search for
material upo1which to base his colonial
history, Edwal Eggleston has found import
ant document which will clear away all
mystery relatg to the Nathaniel Bacon
rebellion IN NiHnia. r
A BALLOON RILRoAD is to be constructed
in the Austr;auCyrol. The balloon will have
| grooved wheelsn its car and these will run
/ on nearly .perpeiicular rails. the gas provId-
ing the liftinQOwer. Gravitstion will be
! utilized on the dwn trips.
| SWIMMING MIGUvREs have been intro
!
duced into FrGh military practice to ac-
! custom troops ford rivers in the face of an
! enemy. DragoAs at the Limoges garrison
! cross the Nlennpn horseback, carrying their
ammunition onAp of their heads.
IN a recent reew of the once despised Per-
sian army 1910 finely uniformed and
| equipped sodierHere In line. Russian in
| structors for thcavalry, and Austrian for
! the infantry andrullery, have brought the
troops up to goo standard of efficiency.
WHEN the first ,rgo of ice was landed in
New Orleans, abot so years ago, mob drove
away the workmeand demolished the build
/ ing in which the j, was stored. The cargo
/ nad TO be reshlppeltO the West Indies. while
/ the health officers al other physicians came
In for sound abus for abetting a practice
| certain to produce sease.
AN English judge 10 goes a current story.
| was travelling in Ganahy, and, entering mis-
name in the visitorboOk In a certain city, he
was particular to Sppend every titular dis
| tlnctlon ne possesse. The next conner. uotlc-
| ing this. added tOlhe other titles: ''Toady
and Tuft Hunter" The reporter of the local
! paper, who did not uderstand English, called,
as usual, for the listf VISITORS and copied from
/ the book the full deeriDtlOn of the judge with
| the additional WORD which duly appeared in
| the newspaper nextaY. .raa
THE few memberbf the artistic world who
still linger in theiRtudiOs were given food
for gossip couple days ago by the dls0ov-
cry that Charles ! Harris, talented sad
| popular young arti, had married Miss Mary
Joyce, a young lad who has for some years
/ posed and smiled d every exhibition wall as
/ the fayorlte model New York. Mr.. Harris
| WAS one of the artfs employed on the deco
/ ration of the Vanderbilt palaces. He eXhih-
| lied with success i the exhibitions of 1883,
and last year begaitO paint cabinet pictures
| OF quaint conceit at finish.
| THE Grand Belt Upper Company, of which
/ Gen. George B Mcclellan is President, will
/ soon begin the smelling and shipping of copper
from their works lnEexas. Their deposits of
ore are practically inexhaustible, and, be-
/ ginning directly frdn the surface and being
| Of carbonate cha1cter, are readily worked
/ with pick and shovl at a nominal cost. Their
/ property embraced about $4,000 acres of
! patented lands, an is continuous for dis
! lance of some sixty five miles. The company
| clam that they iii be able to lay down
| copper in the NswR ork market at from &c. to
| &c. per pound less ban any other producer.
LORD TENNYsoH and his family, including
his little granddaughter, were dining at
Osborne by invltaion of the Queen. During
| The meal the brad plate ran low, and the
| Queen took the ast piece. ThereupOn the lit
tie TennysOn gin, who had been taught that
IL was bad mapn6rs 70 taa the last piece on
| the plate, poiTted her finger at the Queen, and
said ScornfullF: Piggy. piggy, plg" The
guests expected that nothing but decapitatiOn
| was in store Tor the child; but the Queen
came nobly to- the rescue: You are quite
right. my dearly said she; "nobOdy but the
Queen should tate The last piece on the plate
WHEN they d,n't like a play in Arizona
they don't like it, no matter who was its
author. A traveing company recently gave
Hamlet in an arizona town, and the fol-
! lowing notice of he event appeared in the
| local paper: "A company of buffers ga q
/ show last night at Barney Hills. They
played a dizzy nap called Hamlet We
never he ard of ne drama before, and we
/ never want to seeit again. 1t is the snides
! thing in the way Il ii show we ever fell VI
/ against There ant no horses, singing, fight
/ ing or dancing in he whole blamed shebang
| There was a livdy dog fight in the middle d
/ the play that WASH great success. The actors
| were not killed, but the duck thai played
Hamlet was tarnd and feathered, He viii
i recover"
THE premature explosion of the shell a
| Shoeburyness, in England, which caused th'
death of Col. Ox-Strangways and severa
/ other officers and men, has resulted in rgit
set of rules b4ing drawn up, dealing with thu
! precautions 70 be used In ali experiments watt
explosives. These, having been approved bl
/ his royal highness, the Field Marshal Com
/ handing 10 Chief. and the Secretary of Statj
for War, have just been issued ID the order
Of the royal artillery. IL Is provided that
when ordnance is being proved, or wheI
ordnance already proved is being fred wild
/ heavier than service charges, or with expert
/ mental gunpowder, all officers aud men ar
/ to be under cover."a Also, that .'all expert
! mental fuses are to be thoroughly tested anl
| dred for safety in empty shell, or shell will
only blowing charges, before being fred il
| filed she'll" ~ rI..
As the result OF the Fire Insurance conven
tion held in New York some weeks ago, II
which Philadelphia companies were generali.
represented, committee, appointed for tn
purpose, has issued basis of agreement TO
/ the signatures or companies ali Ovel
/ the country, which. when signed by -
4 companies. Is to be held binding on all. Their
are fifteen articles, the main point Of all benz
| to secure settlement OF the brokerage ani
agency commission question. The option !
presented to the companies 10 pay either /
per cent. commission outright to agents, or II
] lieu thereof q commission OF 10 per cent. an,
/ a contingent of One-eighth Of the annua
profits Of each agents business. Brokers ar
/ To be paid only 10 per cent. If this agreemen
should receive the needed 100 signatures 10 i
/ believed that the fire insurance busines
would have revival.
ONE Of the scientific papers, discussing tn
reasons why gun barrel bursts when 6reu
with the muzzle under water. ana the DANCE
OF wadding a gun with wet grass, relates
singular accident with a Colts navy revolver
| which " as sent TO the factory with the barre
/ burst. This was before the adaptation OF thes
! pietos TO the metallic cartridges. and it
probable that in loading with open powde
4 and ball only a small amount OF powder 10
/ into the chambers, and the bullet was not pro
! PEELED with sufficient force 10 drive II from tn
muzzlo; ~ least the bullet did not 20 out, bu
/ lodged A the shooter did not know " hethp