Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Two members of the Pennsylvania House
have died since the Legislature met, and three
other members are i'll. All the illness IS at
tributed to the bad ventilat on of the legls'a-
tive chamber.
PROF. TRAsTOR, of Nantes, employs the
yapor of glycer!ne with great advantage when
a cough becomes distressing or fatiguing.
Fifty or sixty grammes are placed In porce-
lain capsule and evapOrated over a spirit
lamp. An enormous amount OF vapor Is us
engaged. In phthiss and various other anec-
lions much relief Is gained In this way.
SAILORS have a hearty appreciation of
beauty, but often an odd way of eXprcssingit.
At reception given on the American war
vessel Iroquois, in the harbOr of Manila, Phil
Iippine Islands. among the many beautiful
spanish ladies who came on board was a
black eyed matronly lady, whose mead cover
ing was a thin lace ven. her mar was
cOmbed up from the back and sides TO the Top
and fOrepart of the head and massed IN puns
and curls. Jack" took her in at glance,
and said to one of his fellows: Il say, mate,
what do you think of that rig? She makes the
after guard do fOretOpman's duty"
THAT was a pretty sharp fellow in Oxford
county. Maine, who at one stroke gulled
whole town and caught rich widow not long
ago. When the assessors OF taxes came
around he told them that they might tax him
for $4,000 in money at interes', although nc
was supposed to be poor and worked IN a mil
z
sufficiently honest to uncover concealed taxa
BILE property, of his own accord, spread
through the town, and he was llonlzed. lie
made an impression on wealthy WIDOW ana
married her After the wedding the assessors
had to abate the tax ON the supposltlous
$4,000, and the woman had TO support
worthless husband. He was not worth
dollar.
ACCORDING to last advices COnstantinOple
is about to be deprived of the benefit of an
having made crusade lately against the nu-
merous charlataus, has now given directions
to its officials to prosecute the maglclans, de-
nOUncing them as common cheats ana rOgues.
Whether the Court astrologer Is doomed re-
mains to be seen. COnstantlnople mas always
enjoyed a good supply of magiclans, the best
being from Morocco, and many OF them
blacks. The magicians, whose studios can be
seen in many a street, have been found OF the
greatest benefit, being preferred to doctors,
doing large business in love charms, and
finding more thieves than the police.
AT New Haven, Conn.,, Monday, there was
a case on trial in the City Court that made
the audience vince with indignation on &C
count of the abuse which AdOlph keidel had
bestowed on his wife, who was, according to
the testimony, a frail and delicate woman
given to hysterical attacks, during whlch she
would break out into loud laughter 1t was
shown that it was the husbands habit, when
these spells came on, TO get thlck' heaVY
strap and beat her Win II. On one ., Cdsloh
the poor woman laughed ImmOderately from
O'Clock in the afternoon until O'Clock the
next morning. A woman testified to having
seen the marks of a rope on her wrist where
she had been tied keidel went so lar as TO
procure a straight jacket and cOntne her.
The defendant undertook TO justify ms course,
and said she was insane and needed TO be con-
fined The court did not agree with him, ana
gave him thirty days in Jail for his brutal
Treatment and bond of $50 and thirty days
additional for non-support of his wife.
THE Providence Journal, which evidently
has no liking for Pope, attacks the whatever
is-is-right doctrine in this merciless manner:
"Black lead is not lead at all, but acOmpound
of carbon and a small quantity of iron. Bra
lillian grass never grew in Brazil, and is not
grass; 1t is nothing but strips of palm leaf.
burgundy pitch is not pitch, and does not
come from Burgundy; the greater part OF II
is rOsin and palm OIL Catgut Is mace from
the entrails of sheep Cutie bone IS not Done,
but kind of chalk once inclOsed in the fossil
remains Of extinct specimens OF cutie nsh.
German silver was not invented IN Germany,
and docs not contain n particle OF silver.
CleOpatra's Needle was not erected by the
Egyptian Queen, nor in her honor. POmpey's
Pillar has no historical connection with Pom
pey In any way. Sealing wax does not con-
tain particle of wax, but it Is composed OF
Venice turpentine, shellac and cinnabar. The
tuberose is no rose, but a species of poly
anthus Turkish baths did not originate in
Turkey. and are not baths but heated cham
Iiers. Whalebone is not bone, and ls SAID not
to possess single property OF Done."