Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


TIE expedition which sailed from Philadel-
pha some weeks ago to undertake the work
OF raising the trea- ure sunk with the Spanish
galleons In Vlgo bay, has reached iis destlna-
ton. One hundred men will go to work at
once on the twelve wrecks which have been
located.
HOUSE made of beaten gold was bridal
gift in London recently. Whenever one
touches secret spring a door OF emeralds
and diamonds would open and there could be
seen within fine portrait. Mile. De Bravu-
ra, who was married to Mr.. Stanhope, was
the recipient of the gift.
THE population OF London in 1881 was A.
1892, the increase since 1871 having been
% per cent. There are now every week
almost twice as many births as deaths, tO,say
nothing Of the Immigration. One would.
therefore, not be far out of the way in derlar-
ing that there are in London 100000 inhabit-
ants.
ELEPHANTS are not numerous on the west
ern slope of equatorial Africa. being found
only along the fertile river valleys, and rarely
ever going near the banks of the Congo until
the hllly and barren country is passed. Above
Stanley pool they increase IN numbers and
roam IN large herds. rarely ever being molest
ed or hunted by the natives.
BALKs OF TIMBER, artistically followed out,
nicely packed with tobacco and cigars and
neatly closed at the ends, are the latest thing
tut in England for smuggling purposes. One
" these plugged balks recent struck quay,
was split open and inconsiierately gave away
the secret ofits inmost being. still hunt f II
balks of timber Is now the favorite pastme of
English custom officers,
THE University Club of New York, was I'M
fortunate in its decorations for Gen. Grants
obsequies. The decorator to whom they gave
an order put up cloth from which the rain
wa "a ha loci Cga z Dfr-or 2 In
terstices and covered the front of their club
house in Madison Square to such an extent
that several hundred dollars Of outlay will be
required TO repolish the stone.
HOGARTH ought to be alive to spear upon
the point of his pencil those creatures who
break down gravestones, dig up bones, and
disturb the sleep all mortals undergo. His
coffin plate was stolen years ago, and it is
bought that the skull is no longer in the
grave. But the tomb itself is now in fine
'rder, hanks to namesake at Aberdeen,
and the urn at the top of the tomb may be
seen by 0oatmen on the Thames.
In 1880 the annual consumption of sugar in
the United States showed an average of Al
pounds to each individual. In four years the
consumption has increased from Al pounds per
head TO 50 pounds. Taking the populate Of
Great Britain from the last census, multiply
ing that by 81, gives the number of pounds of
-ugar consumed annually in Great Britain.
And vet the Englishman has always got the
credit of being sustained less on pudd ng than
N beef, while sugar is not often eaten with
porridge, and never with potatoes.
A WEATHER BEATEN ROCK, on the top of
which are cuts of turkey tracks hacked there
in by the tomahawks of braves, marks the
spot at Fallen TlmbeTs where, on Aug. 20,
1894, Mad Anthony Wayne met the warriors
# the Indian nations snd in bloody battle
crushed them. The greatest Of the chleftains
who fought Mad Anthony was Turkey Foot,
and at the spot where he fell a monument TO
marx the battle ground is to be put up. On
The anniversary just passed no less than 5000
people from Ohio. Indiana and Michigan met
Il the Fallen Dmbers preparatory to Ofgani-
zatlon for the purpose indicated.
TIE head of one of the largest retail estab-
hshments in New York gave new idea of
some of the close buying that is done there by
people who have plenty of money. He said
"A great many customers buy winter goods
Of us in the spring and summer goods in the
TALL. They get thus the benefit of clearing off
sales, which now extend even to standard
lines of goods. No one carries over from one
eason to another 30 much as spool of thread
that can be sold at cost. The shrewd buyers
nave discovered this and buy their hannes in
March. and their linens in Sc TENDER, and
lay them away until needed for the season."
IN 1893 horse trotted mile in the then I'M
precedented time of 1883. The evolution of the
trotter is, perhaps, largely due to the fact that
n colonial time the laws against running
races were very strict, and that to evade them
people began speeding horses singly and TIM
ing them. AS late "a 1918 a bet of 900 WAS
made in New York that no horse could be pro-
duced to trOt mile in less than three m
utes. Boston Blue won the money by doing
the mile In exactly the required time. SIX
years later the record suddenly went down to
':34, though it was not TIL 1913 that 1921 was
beaten. Flora Temples 2:l9l< was made in
1859.
PEsTH PAPERS say that the plans for the
complete rebuilding of the Castle OF Buda, the
palace Of the Kings of Hungary since the
foundation OF the monarchy, have received
the final approval Of the Emperor Francis
Joseph. who has charged the architect,
NichOlas Won Ybl. to proceed with the work
without delay. The project has been under
consideration for some wears and has been a
matter of much personal interest for the
Emperor. His Majesty will defray the whole
Of the cost of the work out OF HIS private,
fortune. The architects estimate is 6. 500. 900
HORNS about S3,z50,OOQl, and the undertaking
viii occupy, 1t is supposed, over five years.
REV. DR.. LONG, the noted Bulgarian mis-
siOnary, who is visiting friends in Columbus,
o., SAID the other day: 1.-THE people a, Con-
stantiRople are watching the cholera with
great anxiety. They know what it is At
one visitation we had $4,000 deaths in six
weeks. have seen large boats 10 ded with
iead bodies & ing up the Golden Horn to the
buried" Continuing, DR.. Long said: Fear
one OF the greatest causes of cholera. /
heard OF one man who upon recogni zing the
dead body OF his brother as il passed on bier
became sick and died in three hours. When
am working among the sick / continue my
diet about rs usual, and strive to keen my
mind free from all fear Of the disease with
prOuer attention and the neces. ary mental
effort OF the patients, many can be cured"
SINCE Americans know that the Chilians
hope TO conquer Uncle Sans great people
some OF these DAYS. interest here concerning
those warlike southerners mas quiokened into
fe, and so what now follows may be found
worth reading: 1.-The Ihillans," writes "A
gossip in Valparaiso, ''olaim that fires
re unhealthful. that they cause dis
ease, and yet during the winter season
colds are epidemic, pneumonia and
kindred complaints rage, ana the mortality
from coneumDtiOn Is always very large. They
wear the thickest sort Of undercothinR in
doors and out, and sit shivering the whole
winter through for fear Gre would poison
the atmosphere. man never lakes OF his
OvercOat when he enters his house. but II he
has been exercising generally puts on a
thicker one. The ladies wesr fur- in their
parors and dining rooms, and keen their
feet constantly in curinusly m SIDE mum OF
lama wool. II looked very odd the other
vrning at ia hiOr able dinner party 10 acc
ladies m full toilet, with low nccked and
hort seeved dresses, wearing fur lined man
Ties 10 the dinner table and paking the slim
pered feet into the muns that had been placed
in rows before their chairs"
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