Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

WED wooDoOcK have been seen lately in
the p arKs in the very heart of London.
A GAvEL in use in San Francisco was made
Of wood from the ships Kearsarge and jean
nette.
Two tons of gold, worth sI.4OO,OoO, are lost
every year from the wear and tear Of COM
merce and personal use.
SCRAP IRON shipped from Portland, Ore, to
Hong Kong, is turned into little razors with
which the Chinese shave their scalps.
In Paris the people are asked to give their
sous in aid of a project to bore a big hole far
down into the earth to sea what is going on
inside this mysterious planet, upon the I'M
scratched crust of which we live.
A BAPTIST CHURCH in Dakota has devised
new scheme TO raise money. a liberal mem
Der gave large tract Of land, and the people
held pleughing be. Next season the church
viii have several Thomson bushels OF wheat,
II the weather is propitiOus.
TEXAN. unable to choose a wife from
three girls whom he admired, sent duplicate
letters Of proposal to all, intending to marry
The one who assented nrst. The trouble he
did not feresee was that the two too late ones
would sue for u breach OF promise.
The famous chestnut tree in the Tuileries
gardens known as "Le marronier du 20
Mars is seriously indisposedla and little hope is
held OF It's recovery. Iha tree ewes its
reputation to the fact that i usually begins TO
Hover on March 20, when all other chestnut
trees IN Paris have scarcely put forth their
leaves.
An English society paper in describing the
recent lawn tennis championship tournament
says that the girls did not wear corsets. One
Of them, however, wore a tight white Jersey
ana thin muslin e irt. There was complaint
thut esirts hamper the movements and the
prospect Is that steps VIII be taken TO provide
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THE Attorney General of Great Britain has
decided in a case inform ally submitted to MIN
that barrister VINO rece ives O. retaining fee to
trg an action, and fails To attend the trial,
ought to return so much OF the fee as exceeds
the amount which Wou d have been proper for
merely giving AN opinion. Heretofore harris
tiers have pocketed their retainers and kept
them whether they rendered any services or
not.
IT Is in an article in the Contemporary Re-
0ie1o that James &. Frazier tells how some
primitive people provide for ''the comfort of
the ghosts Of the dead" In the German dis
trlcL Of NolgtlGnd, with its inClement sky, the
dead map's friends never forget TO place IN the
conn an umbrella and II OF golOshes.
pathetic example is afforded by some Indian
Tribes of New Mexico, who drop milk from
the mothers breast on the lips OF her dead
baby.
Two or three thousand householders in St
Louis have formed Well Owners Associa-
tion to oppose the efforts Of the health board
to close up wells that have been contami-
mated by sewage. Seven thousand wells still
exist in the city, of which nine tenths SHOULD
be closed. They have secured the repeal of
the ordnance closing the ellis, and are now
trying to re open some that have been closed.
Cholera may go straight for 81. Louis when 1t
arrives.
IN a well known Partisan restaurant the
other day, two young Englishmen dIned mod
estly on soup, sOles, ''rOsbeaf a PAnglais,'
harcOt, and little DESERT they shared a bot
tie OF Medoc. ana each nad cigar and a cup
Of coffee. The addition" for this repast was
forty-two francs and half. Seeing the bill,
member Of the stan of the Erensment went
the next evening, with a friend, to the same
restaurant They consumed the same dinner
anu PAID seventeen francs, which they did not
consider cheap.
The corporation of Bath, Eng, have begun
uncovering a second Roman bath, contiguous
to the large bath previously brought to light.
1t is very massive in construction and circular
In shape, series Of curves forming the circle.
Recently singular discovery was made by
the workmen. AT the bottom Of the bath
they found a human skull with the brains in
side in petri fed state. Unfortunately, it
was fractured by blow from an axe, but the
fragments are in the possession Of the city ar
chltect.
THERE is now being constructed at Mill
wall, on the Thames, England, small yacht,
which will be propelled by electrical power
The boat is 80 feet m length by feet in
breadth. 1t is constructed of palvapizad
steel, lined inside with wood and lead. The
accumulators are placed below the floor of
the boat, so that, with the exception Of q
small compartment aft for the dynamos, the
Whole OF the space ls available for passengers.
Two masts and a suit OF sails are also fitted
for use when required. In the course of a
few days il is intended to take the yacht on a
trial trip from Dover to Calais.
STR CHARLES dixie, the hero Of the greatest
recent London scandal. is a widower who was
married TO an Irish lady OF great beauty and
sterling accomplishments. He was profoundly
attached to her. She died in the child birth
of her first child. Dixie has since her death
suffered from grief so profound that MANY
of his friends Thought his reason would be-
come unhlnged. He used t. be seen wander
ing by night around the ratings al the square,
winch ia opposite his house, hatess, rSylng
hysteric. His grief WAS intensified, perhaps,
by the tact that he could not visit her grave
She was woman Of strong mind and ad-
Vanced opinions, ahd she left II as a solemn
testament shat her boGy should be cremated.
CTemSton was Illegal in England and the
body mad to be transported across the CONT
hent 70 Germany, where the dread ceremony
took place Ihe boy survyet The mother. It's
taid that Dixie has never properly cared for
the child that is standing nementO OF in
separable ties, and Cham 9eTlaln has brought
up the lad with his own children.
JOHN T. RAYMOND and Mark TWAIN don't
speak. The former explains that when the
"sellers" play had its first one hundred nights
run it was intended that the author aud the
actor should appear together in a little scene.
The author wrote something for the occasion
and gave Raymond copy 10 rehearse Ray
mond says: ut was q dialogue. for there was
something for ms 10 speak, and then some
thing responsive for him, and so on; and his
idea was 10 perform it In q way TO impress the
audience that the effort was inpromptu. He
wished me to study my part for TINS little
farce and be ready for rehearsal in my
dressing room before the curtaB went up.
l put the manuscript in my pocket and said
ell rightly but on reading IL found that it was
all wrong, for IL made me mere feeder to
him. rs we would say on the stHge. What /
was set down TO say would make me appear
absolutely small and him extremely big. tt
isn't in human uature--at least In an actors
nature--to be used in that way. When he
came for the rehearsals / plainly tOl4 him
that wouldn't play second fiddle TO him. He
angrily tore up the manuscript. II was then
7 O'Clock. Although he had an hour or two in
which 10 write a new speech, be il SO slow In
composition that he couldn't produce any
thing. and on being called out he gave q reel
tation instead p"
THE CONVICT who enters the Elmira (New
York; Reformatory is informed OF the maxi
mum time for which he can be detained, and
that he can bg perfect conduct win his release
in one year. To elect this ne must gain a
certain number Of credit marks. aud these are
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