Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-23
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dren were not in the family of the mother but
! OF the father; the mother had no power over
! them.
JOHN c. STEVENS was the founder of AmerI-
can yachting. He founded the New York
/ Club. which originally numbered only nine
yachts. Now there are l. $40 vessels of the
! kind belonging to American owners. Stevens
/ built the famous yacht America. The oldest
/ American yacht is the Minnesota, which was
/ built in 1885.
THE largest diamond in the world is soon to
! be cut at Amsterdam, where a special work
shop is being constructed. This gem is South
/ African, and weighs AS carats thus being 1876
| carats heavier than the ''Grand Mogu" be-
longing to the Shah of Persia, and hitherto the
largest diamond known.
THE canton of BIgha, in the District of Oar
danelles, whose population was estimated at
10000 before the last Turko- Russian war, now
contains about 60, 900 inhabirauts This in
crease Is due to the in iux of emigrants from
European Turkey, who have given a great
impulse to agriculture and other enterprises
in that canton.
THERE are many novel ways of making q dime
but the last, just inaugurated by the Mexican
boys of Yuma, caps the climax. 1t is the sell
ing Of smoke in old tin cans from the burning
of a weed called "hediOndla." They go from
house to house and offer to furnish enough
smoke to drive the mosquitoes away for the
small sum OF 10 cents.
THE Berlin Aquarium has at last accom-
plished the difficult feat OF showing a school Of
live herring in its sea-water basin. These
fish are so delicate that when caught in their
native element even moments exposure to
the air VIII XIII them. They had, therefore,
to be caught under water and to be carefully
transported from the seaboard.
GOETHE was well served by his publisher
Gotta, who pad hun 100000 and his heirs
$llS,O00 in the period from 1874 to 1865. Gotta
was also Schiller's publisher, and their rela-
tons were of the kindliest and most generous
character. The consideration shown these
authors by Gotta was maintained by his sue
cessors. lie seems to have been a man of
very noble nature.
THE bones of Pizarro, the Indian butcher.
lie in the crypt of the Grand Cathedral, at
Lima, which he built in 1910, and which is the
most imposing ecclesiastical editice in
America. 1t Is said to have cost $4,000, 900.
! That sum may have been spent upon 1T. but
the money came from the old Inca temples.
which were robbed Of their gold and silver
ornaments and stripped of their carved tim
beers by the Spaniards.
ACCORDING to its official record the Michi-
gan Central flyer" drawn by engine No.
4l5, Isaac Dyell, engineer, leaving st. Thomas
last Tuesday So minutes late, made the run of
III miles to Detroit, on the Canada division,
in lis minutes. minutes being deducted for
two Stops. which is said to be the fastest time
ever made by a regular train. The first 55
miles were made in 81 minutes, and eight
| miles were made at the rate of 571 seconds to
the mile.
THE city house which Mr.. J. c. Flood is
building in San Francisco will be a very ex-
pensive structure, like those of Gov. Stan
ford and the Crockers. One room will be
done in ivory and gold. The cost is fabulous.
At one time Mr.. Flood would not hear of hav-
ing 1t done, but the architect finally pre-
vailed, and he will be allowed to carry out
the original plans. He has furnished COM
piete drawlDgs-One might say paintings-of
every room, just as it will appear when fin
ished-some two years hence.
REFERRING to the Albno robin captured in
Paramount Park recently, a correspondent at
Covington, Tioga county, Pa, writes: "a
pair of common robins have nested several
years in succession in the same tree, within
one mile of this borough and their nest has
always contained one, and in one instance
two, of these freaks. They were perfect IN
/ shape, voice and appearance, save that they
were snow white. Last year they did not
return, and, so far, have not this-pro badly
discouraged by the systematic robbery Of
their Albino pets"
Il DISLIKE to see you eat cayenne pepper"
SAID wholesale grocer to a friend in New
YORK who was putting the stuff on some raw
oysters. ''Why?" said the friend.
The grocer busted little of the pepper on
| Ihe open page OF MS note book and drew his
niger over 1t. A number of small red lines
showed where grains of pepper had been
Drawn over the paper. "Because
half of this stun Is not pepper.
The real article, pure and strong, comes from
the West Indies. 1t is regularly adulterated
for restaurant use by mixing it with rice flour
and ground mustard husks which have been
colored red with red lead. Those red lines on
the paper are pure paint"
SOME funny things happen in dreams.
n N al ~ hoe IL
of IL. He is fond Of romping in the woods,
going fishing down the river, and cutting
up as other youngsters do. The mother has
repeatedly warned him not TO go on the water
IN boat. The other night she dreamed that
ne had so ventured out and had been drowned.
she saw in the papers notice of the finding of
BOYS body, and was sure that il was her
sons She felt very bad and wept bitterly.
Shortly afterward the boy came hOme-in her
dream-and she severely scolded him for his
disObedience. saying that if he mad needed her
warning he would not have been drowned.
THE cells of the ponds in the woods of Vim
eennes, France. leave them every spring in
large numbers, making their way TO the Seine
or the Marine, several kilometres distant
They take advantage Of rainy weather, when
the heritage Is wet, and their instinct guides
them directly to their destination. New spe-
cles have been repeatedly introduced into the
lakes, but IN vain; all seem to have this dis
position TO leave. Some have thought that
the water Of these ponds, having been col
lected by hydraulic engines, has undergone
some change which drives the cells away, But
the phenomenon of such migrations by eels
ana some other fishes is not uncommon Tins
in the marshes of Picardy eels are often
found on the grass, going from one pond to
another.
A MAINE farmer says Of fences: "If had
my way wouldn't have a fence on the farm.
In the FIRST place, there are over GA 900 farmers
IN Maine. Now, their farms have in the
aggregate over 42,0O0,000 rods of fence. or
rising lSl 900 miles. This ia outside OF orna
mental fences, and does not include some , O0o
miles or more Of railroad fencing. There are
1000 rods OF highway fences, 10 000O 600 rods OF
partition fences, and some 10000 600 rods Of
division fences. Estimating the cost Of these
fences at 81 per rod. and that would, think
be fair estimate, and the total cost Of fences
IN Maine Is over Si2,000,O00. This is nearly as
much as all the farms and their buildings are
worth. IL Is more than twice and a half the
value Of all our live stock, and nearly as
much as the entire capital Of the state in
wasted in manufactured
They have a peculiarly narrowing COM
mencement custom at Lehigh Univer-
sity. upon the stage was an i'm
mense tub. labeled 'Hashn from which
prOtruded snoestrings, old bones and dilapi-
dated gum shoe or two. Beside it was large
c0olerOi ice water and an enormous watering
pot. The place where the musicians generally
sit was vacant. but the request that the audi-
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