Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
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ernment $1,000 a year. The electric lights are
IN. and work is about to be begun on the iron
stairway.
Il fashionable game of the mighty Huron
race OF Indians near Quebec this summer IS
croquet. The young braves send the balls
through he hoops with as much vlgor as their
ancestors used in welding the tom2hawk.
A PULLEY thirty four feet in diameter and
weighing eighty three tons has just been
Two ropes, which together will transmit 1880
horse power, and the rim will have a velocity
OF more than, d mile IN a minute.
GE%NEsTA, the name of the crack English
yacht. is the botanical LATIN name for the
broom plant. The latter was the symbol of
the II e Of English mOnarchs which began
with Henry III. and ended at B0sw"rJ with
Richard III, DiaRtG geRestG-Plsntagenet.
FOUR MEN dressed as policemen went lately
to u widow OF 81 in a suburb Of Vienna and
demanded to see her paper money, pretend
ing that she was suspected Of having false
npt"s IN her possessi H.. In her anxiety the
woman gave the whole of her treasure TO the
thieves.
M POIToU, an amateur lately deceased, had
amuse1 himself by collecting the faults in
French composition committed by members
OF the Acaoemie from the foundation of that
celebrated institution to tue year 1888. His
collections consisted of A.501 specimens. 1t
has been Willed to the Lazarln Library.
THE English Southwestern Railway Com
pany hiss supplied all its employees with red
neck-clOths, the wearing of which is to be
0 mpuisory. The object OF this regulation is
to furnish porters, guards or switchmen with
red flags that are always at hand, and can be
EN- plOycd in the event of any sudden accl-
dent, or the arrangement of the regular sig
mails.
MAJ. sERPA PINTO has discovered large
coal fields south of the Rovuma river, in At
RIGA The estuary of that river is in Il deg
south latitude, and along its banks run the
ancient caravan route from Cape Delgado to
Lake Nyassa. The coal fields were first
claimed by the Sultan Of Zanzibar, but are
now taken possession of by the government Of
Portugal.
THE lasso commonly used by cowboys is
made of sixty feet of rope, q third OF which
forms the loop. When thrown, it is swung
over the head and lefJ shoulder and then over
the right shoulder, with a peculiar turn OF the
wrist calculated to keep the loop omen until it
enclrcles the object at which ii Is flung. Ex-
pert thrOwers do not pride themselves on
catching a steer by the horns, but try 10 so
hurl the moose in front of the beast that he
Will step into it, thus ~eutangling his legs and
throwing him. In a Wyoming exhibition a
OWbOY repeatedly caught a bull by any leg
the spectators named.
ANOl ALL Al SbIll Wv luCu III OpillOn over lilo
marriage of Beatrice, and further comment
nag arisen over the unusual honor of the royal
salute given to the Grand Duke of Hess from
a flagship hitherto reserved for crowned
heads. 1t is reported that the salu while
the Grand Duke was crossing from Osborne
TO Portsmouth was the result of a direct
demand from the Queen. and excites disgust
at this further favor shown to a German
hanger-On to Mile. DerncOurt, heiress of a
Legltlmlst family, who eloped a few years
ago with the elder son of Musurus Pasha.
Alter a lew weeks OF happy marriage she
ventured into France, and was incarcerated
in a convent By her mother till the Pope de-
clared the marriage void.
THE latest bit of news for thSse who like to
know all about insects concerns the lantern
fly. The reputation of this fly has been sim
ply dreadful. In the first place., its name is
against it. Think of a thing called the ''giti-
rama bOia." Then it WAS said to be able to kllI
any thing living by means of a long poisonous
beak, projecting from its large head. Mon
keys struck by the fly were seen to fall stone
dead to the ground. Cattle We're killed in
Brazil by the pest and 8 child at Para stung
by the lantern fly died a few days afterward
IN great agony. So much for the insects rep
utation. In the AmsTlcGn Naturalist for Sep
ing things-to-wit; mat It is not ianinons.
and that 1t Is harmless. Not only is its name
a MISSIONER, but the stories concerning it are
eXaggeraIions merely.
n. GEORGES BERGER, the French represen-
tative at all worlds expositions that have
been held, has just published a pamphlet in
which he explains his original plan for secur-
ing funds to make the next exposition in Paris
IN 1883 the grandesL that has ever been held
He asks for no s~ubYention from the state or
guarantee fund Of any kind. The people are
10 supply the means He lnten6s to Open a
general subscri ton of one franc per annum
winch Will cntltie subscribers in 1889 to adj
mission for half a franc. others being charged
a franc and more. Moreover, there is to be a
lottery connected with the subscription, so
that svery member has q chance TO win a
fortune. The SUM required is 40, 600, 900
francs, to obtain which o%ne-fourth of the
whole population Of france would have to
subscribe. M. Berger hopes to realize his
'UtOpian plan by making il obligatory on each
subscriber 10 furnish Two others.
THE Baptists have already become numer-
ous and influential III some parts OF Austria
liz. Quite recently the Home Mission Socie-
ty OF the determination held its annual meet
ing in the town hall. Melbourne, when l.2o0ss
down T. tea. The public meeting. held after
ward. was attencci by > 800 persons. The
chairman, the hon. CD: Hsm, who presided,
eNpialnci the 0bJect IL the mission. Gener-
ally 1t was to make The denomination useful
RS a part ofthe Church Of CHRIST: ana to this
end 1t was sought to educate Young lner, 10
establish new churches, 10 assist e~xi-tIng con
sregatlnrs when assistance was needed, and
to send out missionaries. During the wear
one person ma promised $4,000 El2t.CgO on
condition thet a similar sum be raised by tie
BODY IN hvc years. From promises already
made the required condition Was already ali
Put fu'iled. In The Australian colonies tpero
are now 1900 Baptist church members. $40
ministers, ana property worth $500, 600.
A REMARKABLE case OF cure from the bite
If a cobra in full poison comes from Parch-
marin, a military hill station in the central
provinces of India. The effective biteof 4 cobrs
q usually regarded as certain death. and the
successful treatment of the case IN question
VIII suggesttO medical men the possible yaIGe
or hypOdermlc Treatment I'm hydrophohin ard
such like cases. Poet office HTrhqra fmesspn-
GER was bitten by q cobra, which was alter
ward killed. The man was At once taken 10
The Military hospital, but ten or fifteen min
ute5 must have clal sed nefOrc medical assault
vas available. When TIE patient 1yastsk
en- IN hand he was IN a state OK collapse. Tho
lower halI OF his bO1Y bee tme gradually Dgr-
and 10y degrees he lost both sDarcb
.nd sight The doctor al this stage thought
that nothing could save the man, espccisllv
ls The dead snake had meanwhile been cyan
-ned amt found T. be q cobra in full poisou.
III podtrnic injections and other obvious
-ieNttheht, nov cVer, were continued, and in
About ven h9ura some little improvement in
.ne patient Wa ol,erVcd. ST. bscqueutly. the
nan quite recovered. There appeared not
me s~llghtett doubt about his having been fair
y pititn, Tor irrespective Of the symptoms.
us httle hnger had been torn open in shasipg
he snake on. Tn cobra was four and a half
long.
GEN. DANIEL Y. SfcKLEs and Judge Brady,
u the gupreua Court - No.,. W. -