Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-02
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FOMPElIAk PAPER, notified as II with the
dampness Of eighteen centuries, is the newest
thing in Paris stationery.
GRAPES are served ON the vines in San
Francisco, the punches being tied with rib
bons TO match the tint OF the fruit.
A FEW DAYS AGO, at ball in Basic, Swift
zerland, young girl fell in a faint and died a
few minutes after Cause-a tightly-laced
corset.
A GREAT MANY CoIES-EnglIsh shillings,
sixpences, coppors and one Canadian piece
were found in Jumbo's stomach by the gem
tlemen having charge of his remains.
IT Is SAID that there is now in London a
woman who earns livelihood by sknlfully
filing up worm holes in old books. each leaf
being separately and patiently dealt with,
the material being chewed, or "pulped." and
pressed into the hole. The charge Is slXpencc
hole.
AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY in Armenia re-
ceived a lot of Moody and Sankey hymn
books through the mails, but the eagle eyed
inspector of the Turkish post Office decided
that "HOld the Fort" was intended 10 encour-
age rebellion, and eXpurgated that lyric from
every copy.
OPsTHALMIA is said to exist to an unusual
extent among the attendants at the public
schools in the lower part of New York city,
and at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen a
resolution was adopted calling on the Board
OF Health to investigate it, ana, if necessary,
TO take the necessary measures for prevent
ing the disease from becoming epidemic"
AN EMINENT CHEMIST prepared with great
care mixture of manganese, permanganate
Of potash, and oXalic acid, only to find that
the mixture exploded few minutes after
wards in the patients pocket. He also gives
an instance OF a tooth powder composed of
CachOu and cnl0rate OF potash exploding in
10 Of aG IN l~ra- hi tfsr
his teeth.
FOTHERGILL says that patient dying Of
exhaustion is generally dying of starvation.
we give him beef tea, calr foot jelly, alcO-
hol, seltzer and milk; that is, small quantity
OF sugar of milk aud some fat. But the jelly
Is the poorest sort Of food, and the beef ten a
mere stmulant. The popular belief that beef
tea contains the very strength of the meat is
terrible error; it has no food value"
In the south of France DIR Estachy tried to
dispose Of his rival, DR.. Tournatoire, by send
ing him some game dosed with belladenns.
When discovered he said that it was only
little practical joke, but the Judge did not
view the matter in a humorous light, and
locked the doctor up on charge of attempted
murder. The wife and q servant OF his in
tended victim nearly died from the effects Of
the poison.
THERE was never time in the publishing
business, says an expert, when profrers Of
manuscript from women were so numerous.
Society bellies seem to have all at once caught
The fever of authorship. AS some houses will
publish almost anything in which the profit is
assured, but nothing from untried pens with
out guarantee, they can usually give def
mite answer TO an applicant without first read
ing the copy.
THE POPE has desired the Chapter of Fran
ciscan Monks to suppress the numerous brew
erles belonging to that order in Bavaria,
which produce the famous "FranZiskanner
Brau," highly esteemed by all beer drinkers
IN Germany. The parsonage who Will most
deeply regret land resent) this step VIII be
Prince Bismarck, who was a large consumer
of this particular brew, of which he is eX-
ceedingiy fond.
AT THE ACADEMIC DIES SCIENCES NJ. Paul
Bert stated that the recent experiments made
in the heads and bodies of decapitated crimi-
mails are not only useless, but are Illegal. The
law particularly specifesthat neither moral
nor physical torture shall accompany capital
punishment; therefore any attempt to bring
back the criminal to even momentary con-
sciousness is not only brutal, but in direct
CONFIRMATION of law.
A PECULIAR SCENE was enacted in a Cologne
church the other day. 1t was O'Clock in the
morning and the church was filled with Wor-
shippers. Among these was d man who sud
denly rushed up to the altar and knocked
and broke into pieces. He then proceeded to
commit further Outrages, until several strong
men succeeded in arrestIng him. He proved
of course, TO be mailman.
YANKEE ACCENT and infection have
come into fashion among the London aristo-
Gratis. 1t is freak that may and may not
last. An acquaintance of Lord Dunraven at
tributes to him the Americanized talk of his
particular set, and the Marquis Of LOrne and
Earl DufferIn, aided by their wives, are sup
posed to have taken back from Canada an
American manner OF utterance. These eX-
amples could not fail to be potent In London,
and the novelty seems to have proved capti-
waiting.
FEW PEOPLE have any idea of the labor that
bees have to expend in the gathering of honey.
Here is calculation which will show how
industrious the ''busy" bee really is. Let us
suppose the insects cOnfine their attention to
clover fields. Each head of clover contains
about 60 separate flower tubes, IN each of
which Is portion of sugar not exceeding the
ve-huDdredth part of grain. Therefore
before one grain of sugar can be got, the bee
must inert its prObOscis in 400 clover tubes.
Now there are 1000 grains in pound, so that
it follows that 100000 clover tubes must be
sucked In order TO obtain but one pound of
honey
A PLEASING TID-BIT comes from Easton.
Pa. On Wednesday, just after l O'Clock.
while stiff gale was blowing down the Lee
high, the wind carried a mass OF spray from
the surface Of the Mauch Chunk dam that
filed the cavity OF the river from the dam TO
the Mansion house. The sun, shining down
upon it, painted several rAinbows upon the
mass of mist, and, as the wind moved the
vapor about, the spectators were treated to
the unusual and charming sight OF half a
dozen rainbOws twisted up like streaks ON 4
barber pole. The singular scene Lasted over
a minute, and only ceased when the fan of the
wind cut of the supply Of the mist
A RUSSIAN PAPER gives an account Of the
which have led to a most
unique lawsuit. A rich lady at her death |
placed her pct dog Gypsy in the hands of a |
friend, with the request to provide for her
with the annual interest on 1000 rublea. set
as de for that purpose in her testament. The !
other day Gypsy died, and the lady who had |
charge OF her took u for granted that the |
money was now her own. Another lady.
however. appeared on the scene. who owned |
a son Of Gypsg, and who claimed that her dog |
was heir 10 the income Of the Loo rubIes' !
since nothing was said in the testament re- /
garing the disposal Of this money after the /
death 0f Gypsy. The result OF the trial will |
be awaited with interest.
NEW YORK has Just had an additional de-
that John Chinaman Is not at all |
slow in his imitation Of certain American /
ways that we have no reason 60 be proud of. |
On Sunday hundreds OF Celestials, not a few |
from distant cities, gathered in the Mott |
street stronghold to witness, not q Moody bat !
tie between fellow Cinnamon. or dogs OF met /
tie and ID di0ree. but the mnrctiqge uuaIa q a Il