Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-16
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shower near Geneva not long ago.
THERE is hardly village in Russia in
which there is not to be found a bottle OF
water from the famous river Jordan.
IL their statues the Greeks represented the
second toe Is longer than the great toe, while
IN the modern European foot the great toe is
generally longest.
TIE Providence r.. L. authorities have de-
cided to license only two skating Kinks in that
city this season, and 10 charge each 50 daily
Tor license, subject to revocation at any time.
a GLASS bedstesd has been made at a Bir-
mingham, (Eng.) factory for a Calcutta mil
lionaire. 1t is of sohd glass, the legs, rails,
etc. being richly cut. The King of Burmah
also has one.
On recent Wednesday the annual swan
pucking took place at Schildhorn, on a little
stream near Potsdam, Prussia, when $50 birds
yielded the handsome quantity of about 300
pounds OF feathers for the benefit of the royal
household.
A NATIVE Of Madagascar who studied medi-
cine in Edinburgh and returned home, now
has seventy young men studying under him,
and large class of women whom he is train
Ing for nurses. He Is in great favor with his
Queen, and IL about to marry the Prime
Minister'S daughter,
NASHVILLE DEALER in American ginseng
whom he was purchasing the root had bored
the same. and loaded them up while fresh
with bird shot. Shot are worth about Sc. Il
pound and ginseng 81 so, SO that the enter
prislng parties were figuring upon neat
profit.
THE latest dodge OF the genteel dead beat
IN New York is to dine at a good restaurant
and hand the cashier his check with fried
coekroach pinned to it, expecting that his bill
will be cancelled or largely reduced, to avoid
the scandal of wrangle over the discovery
But the cashiers have ''tumbled" to the game,
and insist on payment in full, though as yet
they have not gone to the length of charging
extra for the cOckroach.
NUMBER of dogs were recently dosed with
morphine until they became insensible. the
object being to determine what drug would
act most rapidly as an antldote. 1t was found
that hyp0dermIc injections Of theme neu-
traized the narcotic almost instantly, al
though it was employed only after the heart
had ceased to beat. Caffeine had consider
able antl-narcotic power, but was not equal
TO the principle derived from tea.
A LATELY PUBLISHED REPORT on the British
army gives the number Of recruits inspected
for 1888 at 59,436, of whom %, 596 were rejected
as unfit for service. There seems to be no
further reason for the popular belief that Ire
land fights England's battles, for the recruits
born in England numbered 773 Der 900. Scot
land gave hut 81, and Ireland l25 per 1000.
The number of short men offered was unusu-
ally large, so much so as to give rise to a ques-
ton whether Englshmen were decreasing in
stature.
A NEW insect pest which has appeared in
the western part of New York state is causing
much alarm to the farmers because OF the
mischief threatened to the potato crop. 1t is
about half the size OF the potato bug, it's dark
brown shell is much harder, and its legs are
ruo1I ls,rare ,1aNu.r
entirely Underground, and it burrows its way
into hill of potatoes near the stem of the
plants; hence it is almost possible to deter
mine the extent of the injury until the potato
hills are dug.
NATURAL BOW is on exhibition at the
Brownsville (Ore.) post office 1t is vine
maple about eight feet in length, has the
curves of an ordinary Indian bow, and.
strange TO say, is already strung with a slen-
der limb that grows out of one end into the
other so perfectly that at first sight it would
be quite difficult for one TO detect at which
end the limb began. The bow Is about three
inches thick, and the string part Is about one
fifth of that thickness, and is strong enough
TO shoot an arrow 200 yards.
There is a firm in Philadelphia which has
on hand fifty tons Of nitro glycerine. manu-
featured for house at MaZatlan, near the
west coast of Mexico, and, Notwithstanding
&c. a pound, has been offered sailing masters
to carry the explosive to it's destination, all
offers have been refused. and it is more than
probable that no vessels in port will accept
the cargo. Even the English "tramps"
which accept any and everything, will not as
sumo the risk. The company is now eDdeav-
OrIng to have the shipment made in sailing
vessel from New York.
THE destructive power of the teredo. or
marine worm, received a striking illustration
at Tacoma, on the Pacific coast, not long ago
The piles of wooden pier there, which had
been in the water just twenty months, were
found to be completely honeycombed by the
burrOwlng of the vOraeious worms. In con-
sequence the use OF iron piers is being agi-
tated. but 1t is not vet known what effect the
waters Of the Pacific will have on metal en-
pOyed for this purpose. The National tube
works Of Boston is to conduct experiments
designed to determine the question.
DIR. TYING had an incIsive way of his own.
and spoke his mind freely on oil occasions.
What do / call cigarsP" he asked Of his Sun
day school children. 1.-THE DEVILS sugar
plums, Sir" "And playing-cards?" 1.-THE
devils picture book" At one time 1t was
necessary for the oldest clergyman in the
diocese, Rev. DIR. Moore, of Richmond, S. /
to open the convention in the absence of a
bishop. DR.. Moore was PLAIN country par
son. and the new honor stunned him 40 that
he did not know how to act. He went to DR.
Tying for ADVICE. "What shall / do when |
get up there?" heinquired, anxously Dor"
said Tying, who was provoked at such timidity
on the part OF his senior, "the Lord put 4
word INTO the mouth OF Balaams ass, and /
suppose he will put one into yours. Get up
and go ahead "
Or Tuesday seven children of J. p. Bardell.
Of Beale township, Juniata county, Pa, we're
on the mountain gathering huckleberries.
All had returned home but James, whose
bucket was not quite full, and he intended Co
remain until he had it completed While
picking berries hac heard a rumble in the
bushes near by, and, looking up, was sur
prlsed to see a huge bear swapping his laws AT
him. They eyed each other for n few mo-
ments. when the bear made a circle To the
rear OF James, and then came toward him,
swapping his jaws and making a furious
noise. James took hi hat in one hand and
the bucket in the other, and made a straight
streak for home, about one and half miles
distant, over rocks, lodges, and through
underbrush, the bear keeping a close distance
in the rear. He arrived safely at home. A
very scared boy.
SOME OF the Governors who were in New
York during the Grant funeral were very
angry at the place given them in the process
sion. The Governors of the States were placed
in line in accordance with the order their
states had been admitted into the Union
What thew grumble about was that the Gov
ernor OF New York was excepted from this
list and placed up ahead OF them all, so that
between him and them we're all OF the aubor-
dinate officials OF the state government. Gov
Dick Oglesby, OF Illinois, who has been in New
York for number Of days. was one of the
angrlest. Gov. Rusk. OF WISCONSIN, who has
been one Of the moet persistent waivers OF the
bloody shirt in the North, was very much ak
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