Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-17
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species of bear has been discovered on Mt.
Shasta which IS found In no other part of the
word. IL is about the size Of a shepherd
dog, is white, and very ferocious. Three have
been killed lately.
THE University Of Chicago opened few
days ago with about 10 students, of whom 80
are young women. The university buildings
nave been bought in by the creditors, but the
trustees hope 10 raise money enough TO re-
deem the property.
- one OF his most frequently quoted poems
Alfred de Musset asked that willow tree be
planted above his grave. Years after his
death the request was tardily granted, but
| me Tree refused to grow and remains to this
uhy stunted skeleton. And no one in all
France cares to replace it with living
plant.
The irrigation works Of Colorado are on a
great scale. The "Grand River DITCH" in
western Colorado, at the beginning, is IS Feet
wide at the bottom 50 feet wide at the top, 5
Ieet deep for the first ten miles, then dimin-
lshing until the last two and a half miles are
10 Ieet wide al the bottom, with feet depth
OF water. The grade is a little over inches
TO the mile, which gives a strong current.
one company engaged in the irrigating busl-
ness has constructed over 100 miles of canals
, IN the Rlo Grade valley at cost of $750,000.
IT was in the long, long ago that Miss An
thony made her first speech. There was a
teachers convention in Rochester. prolix
discussion as to why the teachers profession
was not as highly respected as the preachers,
had dragged on for hours without getting at
| the roots OF the matter, the speakers being all
men; MISS Anthony listened in disgust. and
nndly, addressing the chair, asked leave to
speak on the subject 1t was a startling prop
ositlon, and it was only after an hours dis
cusslon that she was given permission TO
speak. When finally she obtained the floor
she opened all their eyes, and the men have
rarely had their own way in a teachers con-
ventl0n since.
NEW YORK doctor writes as follows from
Budapest, Hungary. uRder date of Aug. %:
II am going this afternoon to the horse races,
put Will try not TO lose all my forms nor get
IN any duels, which seem to be very easily
gotten up here. DR.. Farkas, whose acquaint-
dnce nave made, has served as surgeon in
~ IN MS ten years OF practice. and invited me
10 assist at one this morning, but it did not
come on. Two have been fought since we
came here. The last one was between NJ d.
POlzky. the manager Of the Museum, and
Count Zlchy, one armed pianist, on condi-
lon that one must be killed or disabled
They slashed each other through eight rounds,
ana the duel ended when POlzky's bieeps was
divided. Honor being satisfied, they called
on each other and are friends again.
Col. A. K. MCCLURE, having been assigned
by recent writers a very prominent part in
the nomination Of Abraham Lincoln. declines
=
The truth about the Lincoln nomination in
1860 may be summed up in a single sentence
Andrew q. Curtin and Henry 5. Lane, the
candidates for Governor in Pennsylvania and
ONO, defeated Stewards nomination by unre-
serYedly declaring that his nomination would
make their defeat inevitable and, with Sew
ard defeated, LincOln's nomination made
itself. MIR. Defrees was present az Chairman
of Mr.. Lanes State committee in Indiana
and hr. Mcclure was present rs Mr.. Curtin's
Chairman in Pennsylvania, and they simply
DeheVed with their chiefs, earnestly labOTed
Tor their chiefs, and were thus subordinate
aids in the achievement of LIncoln's nomina-
ton.
CARLSBAD is very full this season, and
there are many American visitors. The popu-
lation proper numbers 1000. Till the year
1857 visitors were welcomed with flourish of
lrumpets from the top of the tower of the
Town hall; now they receive u demand on ar
rival to pay tax of Is forms for the priv
lege OF drinking the waters and listening TO the
bands which play in the morning. The prin-
clpal industry Of Carlsbad is that OF hous-
ing, feeding, and curing invalids. Though
the place is small, as many as 10000 stranaerH
can be accommodated at a time During the
season, which begins on May and closes on
Oct. l. nearly 10000 persons spend not less
than three weeks in Carlsbad. There is
great industry there in needles and pins,
which are hand made. When Goethe was
there In 1908 he sent pound of pins as a pres
emit to his Frau Won Stein.
SYDNEY SMITHS two pence looking down
on three half pence has just had an ilIustra
tration which transcends the most moving in
etances Of national weakness cited in 1.-THE
Book of Snobs." 1t should be well known
that one of the burning questions of the day
on the other side, and TO some extent here Is
and has long been as to the essential elements
of the prodigy known as a gentleman ANA
teur. There are amateurs and amateurs as
there are fagOts and fagots, anu the degrees of
nd 80 IL, 81
more curiOusly into the infinite, than do the
grades and varieties Of the British amateur
ms more recent performance is the
p proc nation By the cricketers Of a
wholesale houses, to the effect that ''the
gentlemen engaged in wholesale commerce.
are required as condition of membership of
the club to take no part in matches against
persons employed In retail trade" This
manifesto seems incredible, but it is in print
all the same.
A RED IeR WAGON wheeled upon the track
just in front Of Sixth street car, near Girard
avenue, Philadelphia, the other day, and
thereby hangs singular tale. Suspended at
the back of the wagon was a pair of steel
yards, such as are used In weighing blocks of
ice, and, being swung to and fro because of
the loltlng, the hook of the steelyard caught
IN Bride ring within half inch of the left
nOstrll of the of horse of the car. At that in
slant the car driver hallooed, scot out o.
NOV anu bho lIculdHt unaware bndt ne had
taken 1.-THE car in tow" whipped his horses
into quick trot. Then followed a scene that
the readers fancy readily will paint tor him
A wild, hallooing car driver shouting at the
lceman to stop, an iceman comicaly uncon-
sciOus that the hulaballoo was because he
didn't stop flor he thought the crazy driver
meant ''clear the track" all the time. and
last, but not least. in the picture, the uRfortu-
nate horse that was thus dragged at a break
neck speed never before attempted by it. Al
last the iceman was made 10 understand what
the hullaballoo was about, the hook was taken
out, and the car resumed its pace Of a mile an
hour.
SO much IS being said about the Mikado OF
the stage that these points that follow con-
corning the real Mikado may be of interest.
red revolution brought the present Mikado
into power in Japan. some seventeen years
ago, at which time he was boy OF Is years.
tie found feudal system, wherein 100000
men were maintained for war. The empire
was military encampment The Young
Mlkado changed all He made the dependant
the freeman and the feudal rulers the subordi-
mates. He made men freeholders in perpetual
tenure Of their lands. He insured M great
protection TO life and property as NAV be en-
Joyed. His code. OF laws he modelled after
those OF England and the United states, es-
tablishing a sufficient judiciary. He gath
cred about him broad. sound ana progressive
counselors. He rules an empire already hav-
ing 500 miles OF railroad. 5000 miles OF tee-
graph wire, unsurpassed postal facilities.
with postal savings bank system worthy OF
imitation IN this country. He has built a
great, II not greater, than what he has ac-
cOmpliened. ia what ha farorlafu,nd ~