Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

mysterious end, and post norton revealed
three inches OF fence wire in heI lungs,
THE Qu'Appelle River Farming company
in Canada conducts an establishment of $4,000
acres by telephone as easily as if it were only
thirteen acres.
a DECIDEDLY rev appearance is impaired
to morocco by the application of the white of
an egg Book covers. slippers, bags, etc, are
rendered bright and fresh looking by this
| simple means.
A NEW variety Of Russian wheat produced
in Dakota last year a crop of forty bushels to
the acre. 1t resembles in outward appearance
] No. Hard very closely. but inspectors who
have examined IL pronounce IL worthless,
being brittle and much below grade.
"MYsTERY GOLD" a composition of plati-
mum, tin and copper, which stands ordinary
acid tests and is said to weigh as much as
pure gold, is in favor in England for articles
of jewelry, and has been awaited Of by cOun-
terfelters Tor the manufacture of soyerelgns.
TEETH are only white by contrast, and are
very yellow when placed beside snow, raw
cotton or marble. The glistening worries of
the negro are, as a rule, so exceedingly yell
low that they would dsfgure white person.
1t is black skin. hair and ewes that make
them look white.
THE divorce market in Indianapolis is thus
summarized by a local journal: ''Brisk COM
down the prices of divorces. We quote ::
( Common separation, SIS; small a'imOny, S25;
large allmOnv, $50 TO 500, according to cir
/ Cumstances."
WHILE demolishing an old chimney in OF
! sego county, n. Y, recently, workmen found
$97 in Continental money, dated l776 and 1777.
The printing on the notes was perfectly legi-
| BILE, and IN general they were in good coBdi-
ton. The package consisted of one $40 bill,
two go bills, one as, one 81, two Soc, one S25
and one 81.
ToNQUIN. whose population is about l2,000,-
600, has climate which is reported as. on the
whole, excellent. In rainy weather, which IS
also the hot weather, the temperature is sell
dom above 80 degrees, and about 20 degrees is
| the minimum. There is a certain amount Of
fever, but not of a very dangerous sort, and if
the French troops have suffered a good deal,
1t is due to their own mprudence.
THE SECRETARY of the London Swimming
Club submits the theory that salt water is a
cure for lunacy. ITO bathe," he says, be
fore retiring to rest, after the heat and hustle
/ OF the day, would be sure means OF induc-
/ ing sleep-the happy, peaceful sleep of a
! child that would be an antidOte to most of the
! ills that flesh is heir to, not forgetting lunacy,
which Is induced by want of sleep"
SOME two years ago John West died in Put
nam county, Tenn. He was supposed to
! possess considerable property, but the admin
/ istrator could find but $780, A few days ago
! q hunter found stone resting in q peculiar
manner between two trees. lie removed it,,
and, on digging beneath II, found a glass jar
containing $1,000 in gold. No proof exists
! that it belongs to Vests estate other than the
! tact that 1t was found on his land.
SOME boys delvng in an ash heap near the
southwest corner of Eighty seventh street
and Ninth avenue, New York, on Tuesday,
came across a human arm and hand, which
they carried to the One Hundreth street
station. Capt. Leary sent them around to
the Nlnety-ninth Street Hospital. The house
surgeon said that the arm and head came
from the same body. and that they had not
been used by medical student. They evil
IDENTIFY belonged to very thin man.
TIE Lake Superior section of the Canadian
/ Pacific will be completed on Monday, and by
! May Is British troops can be transported from
| Halifax to Vancouver, British Columbia, by
/ the Canadian Pacific in eleven days. The
/ work Of construction Is being rushed in view
/ OF possible rupture between Great Britain
and Russia. in which event. should the Suez
canal be closed, British troops could be sent
! to India by crossing the North American con-
tinent, thence by the Pacific ocean steamers
/ to Calcutta.
SOME plays have had very long runs on the
Paris stage. "Divorcons, at the Palais Royal.
ran for $50 consecutive nights; the ''Maitre de
Forges," at the Gymnase, for S0S; the monde
on Pom sennUie," at the Coincide Franchise
for $50; the cabinet Piperlin," at the
| Athenee, for 2l3. The four illustrations COM
/ prise the greatest varieties, both of style of
piece and character of stage. AT the Theatre
/ Cluny, however, the vaudeville, "Trois Fem
mes poul I'm Mari" has had even a greater
success. IL is still running with unabated
! vigOr, and this week attains its 440th night.
THE most curious book in the world is one
that is neither written nor printed. Every
letter of the text is cut into the leaf, and, as
ba o1t 10 10 If 10
easily read as the best print. The labor re-
! CURED and the patience necessary to cut each
/ letter may be imagined. The work is so per-
feet that it seems as though done by ma
| chlnGry, but every character was made by
/ hand. The book is entitled 1.-THE Passion OF
/ Christ" 1t is a very old volume. and was
/ curiosity as long ago as the year 1870 At this
time il belongs to the family of the Prince dc
! Llgne, and is kept in museum In France.
WILL it be believed that the working popu-
lation of New York, who follow their respec-
tive avocations by night, is not far from
6o000, that is to say, about double the entire
population OF the city at the close of the re-
vOlutlOny Add to these the tramps and out
casts who number 10000 more. The churches
are beginning to think IL is about time some
thing was done on behalf of this vast army
| of afterdark tOilers and human beings
without homes, and before long an important
| movement designed for their benefit VIII be
[ undertaken, and in q way too that will be
/ likely 10 command the united support of all
| denominations.
REV. w. w. HICKS, who has been sup
planted by James F. Mcclellan as Surveyor
General Of Florida, was Guiteaus spiritual
adviser and attended the assassin to the
s'anold. Afterward he spent so much time
/ on his plantation in Florida that his con-
gregation grew impatient with him and re-
quested his resignation. This he finally
/ handed in. and upon taking up his permanent
residence in Florida was appointed bv Presi-
dent Arthur to the position from which
/ Presi 'ent Cleveland had Just removed him
/ Mr.. Hicks, by his theatrical course in the
Guiteau business, lost all Of his prestige in
/ Washington, and his removal from town was
! unregretted.
A IRRITABLE Princess lda-albeit a mar
ried oue-the Princess Of Wales looked when
she received the degree OF Doctor OF Music
from Dubliu University. She wore docto-
1 raj gown with fun sleeves made OF white
/ hrocaded satin, lined and trimmed with
/ crimson satin, with an academic hood Of the
/ same materials. piquaut velvet college
] cap trimmed with gold lace and gold tassel,
conpleted THIS exquisite makeup IL would
I nave been sin against the Good, the True
and the Beautiful for her To decline TO be pho
/ tOgraphrd in III, and that sin she did not COM
/ NIT, SD the pubic may presently have an OPP
/ portunitY of seeing what mightWen have been
I Che Laureatee ideal.
THE leading merchants Of Washington have