Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-01
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EMPERORs Of China are privileged to name
their successors from among the male men,
bers of their own or a relatives family. China
has no law, therefore, governing the heIedit-
airy succession 10 the throne.
TUE camphor laurel. a native of China. and
the tree from which most Of the camphor OF
commerce is obtained, seems to have been in
troduced successfully in California, one tree
In Sacramento having attained height of 30
feet. The wood. every part Of which smells
strongly Of camphor' y light ana durable put
liable to injury from insects, and much ia
Nored by cabinet makers.
FROM a census that has just been taken Of
the persons visiting public houses in London
between he hours Of and y on a Saturday
night. it seems that 200 houses were thus
visited by IS, S05 men. .7S4 women, and 7,0i9
chlldren-ln all, by S6.60> persons. 1t was
also found that on Monday morning l,25O
women entered y public houses IN st. Fan
cras between the hours of 10 and Z.
THE public hears from time to time Of dis
cussion over the question of public worship
at Harvard University. In point Of fact, there
are az present no regular Sunday services sin
the college chapel. During the winter an oc-
caeiOnal discourse was given. Attendance
upon some church on Sunday is no longer re-
quisitc, but by a recent decision compulsory
attendance upon morning prayers in the col
lege chapel is continued.
forth three kittens, one of which had five legs.
The mother examined them critically, and
after considerable investigation evidently ar
rived at the conclusion that an extra leg
could be of no advantage and might subject
her offspring TO good deal Of jjblng and ridi-
Guile from others OF her species, for she bounced
upon 1t, put 1t out of existence IN double
quick time and buried 1t in an ash heap.
MAURICE CoUGHLIN's little 3-year-old boy
wandered from his home rear Madison, Wis,
sunday afternoon, and after a time a hue
and cry was started, for the little fellow was
not to be found After everyone else had
tailed to discover the truant the family house
dog undertook the service, and discovered the
child fast asleep under a neighbours porch.
where he had doubtless crawled in a spirit of
infantlle curiosity. The dog, by repeated
barkings and frantic ATTEMPTS gained the at
tentlOn OF the members Of the household.
DIR. CREIGHTON BROWNE states that head
aches are increasing among children in Eng
land attending schools where methodical and
effective ventilation is carried out, and such
headaches can only be traced to the incidence
OF Intellectual work upon brains of low educa-
b'lty or badly nOurished, and 80 easily IA
tigued and exhausted. Headaches in children
used to be rare, and were regarded as almost
always importing organic disease Of the
brain, but they are now of daily occurrence.
THERE is an unpleasant delay in the move
Arizona into Texas through a strip of Mexi-
can territory. when the command reached
the boundary line the necessary permit from
President POrtirc Diaz had for some reason
or other not arrived. The officers in COM
mand did not want to assume the response
biiItles Of crossing the line without it, and
thus the command lies in a dreary, arid
and generally detestable section of coun-
try, impatiently waiting for the permission
to arrive.
THE congress Of churches to be held IN Hart
ford has the avOwed object to promote ecclesi-
astical unity among Protestant Christians,
and its aim is to reach this unity, not through
society, or creed, or formal plan, but
through a frank and full discussion Of the
great questions IN which the Christians of
America are interested. The idea is not to pro
mote unity by giving up differences, so much
as to discuss matters which concern the Chris
tlanity common to all. Like the church con-
gress upon which it is in part modelled, and
by which its method would seem to be sug-
gested, it Is body Officially responsible only
to Itself. Though it includes representatives
from most of the leading denominations,
these persons, whether clergymen or laymen,
speak only for themselves.
IN a recent san Francisco murder trial
several Cinnamon who were called to testify
took first an oath in the usual form, which,
by the way, they did not hold in the slightest
degree sacred, and afterwards signed an oath.
which was printed on a slip OF yellow paper
and then burned IN the presence of the jury.
The written oath recited that unless the de-
PENDANT told the truth his soul would be i'm :
mediately arrested upon the oath in the form
OF smoke reaching the land of the spirits, and
IN at his body would not be returned to the
FloWery Kingdom at death. Under sections
2095 and 2096 of the Code of Civil Procedure it
Is provided that superior judge may, in
cases where witnesses believe IN q faith other
than the Christian religion, swear them under
the peculiar ceremonies of their religion.
IN field on the Gardiner Smith farm. near
the road between Ellenyille and Kingston,
says the Utica Herald, is a chestnut tree which
is b0th natural curiosity and an ancient
landmark. The trunk IS feet in diameter
-Four feet from the ground a white elm tree a
foot IN diameter projects from the trunk
1t Is supposed that there was once a cavity or
depression in the side OF the chestnut tree,
which became filed with decayed vegetable
matter, into which seed from an elm had
lodged. and from which sprang the present
elm. The latter has spreading branches,
which mlngie their foliage with that of the
chestnut every year. Both trees are sound.
The chestnut was an important landmark IN
the ancient Indian tran leading from Esopus
TO the Delaware Water Gap, down the Never
sink and Delaware valleys. 1t Is mentioned
IN many old legal document Is OF Ulster county
The tree IS about 800 years old.
THE various telegraph and telephone COM
panies in Washineton have had free access to
the roofs Of the White House and Treasury
Department, and have used them to carry
their wires from Fifteenth street to Seven
teenth street, there being no other buildings
on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween the streets named. Tuesday Secretary
Manning notified the companies that the
Treasury roof was being considerably dam
aged by the crowds of men who were contin-
ually climbing over it and arranging the
wires, and that after June 30 an the wires
must come down. Col. Rockwell. who has
charge Of the White House, has served
similar notice. These companies will there
fore be required TO run their wires under
ground, sl stem which the government tele-
graph and telephone electricians in that city
have tried Tor two years there and found to
WORK every bit as well as aerial wires.
GEORGE DALLMETER lives in Chicago and
seldom ventures beyond the precincts of the
backyard fence or the front gate. because he
fears that the meddlesome law will interfere
with his harmless recreation. His pet hobby
is female apparel, which he has worn these
many years i'm all its completeness, even to
the cor cts and hustle He is about 70 wears
old, with smooth face and long hair, which
curls down below his shoulders. lie cooks and
keeps house Tor the owner OF the house, who
boards there. Dallmeter keeps pace with all
the latest fashions, and gives as his reason for
50 doing that WOmun's raiment Is more COM
Portable aud convenient than mans. 10 is
SAID that he served in the war and received