Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Africa greatly resembles that of Arabia IN
appearance ano favor.
A LETTER from Paris SAYS that an oyster
measuring 60 centimeters in diameter was
exhibited in the fsh market the other day. 1t
wa9 sold for If. &c, and must have taken at
least three men to swallow 1t whole.
A woODCHOPPEl at Wolf Pit Hill, Conn.
In cutting down a white oak tree found. eight
inches from the surface, O Spanish coin of the
dale Of l774 wrapped in q bit of paper. The
paper crumbed as the air reached it.
"A YEAR or two ago the great red spot on
Jupiter, which has puzzled astronomers since
1877, was reported to be on the point of be-
coming invisible. but it Is so well defined as
to be very conspicuous object on a photo
graph OF the planet lately taken at the Paris
Ob5err atory.
RICHARD CoMsTOCK, of Heppner, Ore,
while ditching, wore boots whose soles were
fastened on with brass screw wire. The
leather got wet, and when 1T dried one OF the
screws stuck up through the sole and pierced
MI. Comst0ck's foot. Blood poisoning fol-
lowed and he died in great agony.
THEIRS and Guizot once met on neutral
ground, the latter being Prime Minister and
the former leader of the Opposition. But.
NJ. Theirs" said Guizot, in course of political
argument You and your friends do nothing
but crlticlse us. What would you do If you
were in power in our places?" I'VE would
sing the same song you are singing" replied
Theirs; ''only we would sing it better"
TEN PER CENT. of the students in the UNI
versity of Zurich are women, twenty nine
studying medicine, fourteen philosophy and
two political eeonomy. In London the female
students OF medicine number forty eight.
In Farls there are among the 1900 students
or medicine i03 women. Within the last
seven years eighteen women have taken their
degrees as doctors of medicine in Paris.
srRoLLINGf GYPSY told awest virginia
farmer that if he would place s25 in certain
hollow stump and leave it there all night it
would be doubled in the. morning The
farmer tried it, and sure enough found $50 in
the stump. Then the gypsy advised the
farmer to put all he had, $500, IN the stump
and draw out $500 in the morning. The
farmer took this advice, and now Is looking
for gypsy who he says has stolen $500 from
him.
The excitement runs high in aud around
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Among the
| students who were expelled from the college
a few days ago for firing stones through the
windows while the Board of Faculty was in
session was young man by the name of Hill.
He declares that ne is innocent of the charge,
and his father put in an appearance Sunday
and has entered suit against the faculty for
| the expulsion OF his son. The Board of Fac
nifty met in session, and after several hours
| delberation over the question they unani-
mously resolved not 10 reinstate Hill. 1t is
| also charged that the students were caught In
| poker playing, and that action will be taken
| nv the board and the guilty dismissed from
| the college.
NOT long ago a young lady having entered
dry goods store not q thousand miles from
| New York politely requested to be shown a
| certain article. An impatient clerk m a churl-
| i~h manner obeyed her wishes. Whats the
| price?" she asked. Three dollars" was the
II
| claimed the lady in surprise; show very hi :. h
your prices are!" "They're cheap enough if
| you'll imagine SOL" was the surly reply.
| swell, you may wrap it up for me and viii
| cordingly packed, and the lady, taking 1t in
her hands, was leaving the store; but the
alarmed clerk, running after her, exclaimed
| Madame, you have not paid me!' 'Oh, yes
! | have if you'll only imagine So" she archl Y
| replied. The article was paid for, hut not,
| however, before the proprietor took In the
| situation"
GRoUNDHoGs or woodchucks were so numer-
GUS in Madison county, n, Y, this fall, and
| were doing so much damage to farms, that the
| Supervisors authorized the town Treasurer
| to pay a bounty OF Ice. each ont OF the public
| funds for the killing of the offending animals.
The presenting of the tail of a woodchuck al
| the 1reasurer's office, with an affidavit that
| the person presenting it had killed the anima
| from which 1t was cut, brought the money.
| adjoining town for two or three DAYS last
| week, his wife acted as his deputy. A mum ber
| of boys presented to her tails of l,4O0 chip
| munks, which were caught by raids on their
| nests IN hollow logs and trees. and she paid
| the l0c. bounty on each one. The Treas
| uFer is now eudeavorlng TO collect from the
| parents of the boys the $40 thus paid out OF
the iunds on these fraudulent woodchuck
bounties.
A CHARACTERISTIC of the Maine country
| fav n 10 nc
making IA little sleep 60 long way. Nomat.
ter how late you arrive, he comes to the door
with his lantern to greet you andlask you if
| you have had any supper. If you wish to
leave at or O'Clock in the morning. it is the
/ landlord who raps at your door In many
| Maize towns the stages arrive at irregular
| and unreasonable hours. 1 recently was a
guest at II Maine houel at which the only
| stage land that the only connection with
the outside woru) arrived at IL D. m
| and which it left at a. m. The landlords
| whole force consisted of himself, his wife and
| mis- daughter, and the family seemed to be
able to live without sleep. remember pay
ing another landlord 10. for supper ana
| lodging and then asking HIM TO call me at
| a. IN. to take the stage. ''All right" said he
| "I've got to sit up till y O'clock for a team
| and guess l won't e. TO bed at all tonight
40 as TO be sure to call you" If that was moi
| accommodation what was it?
ANOTHER royal victim of the viclssitudes nj
fortune is now occupying the gossips of Milan,
His story runs thus: Leon de Luzignano
Prince Of Koricosz, descendant of the kings
| of Armenia, died in Italy in the year 1876 I'm
| TO 1853 he served in the French army and wa
| wounded at Solferino. Napoleon III gave
| him n pension, which enabled him to live
| comfortably. The pension was paid regularly
for ten years. At that period he was living
| with Mlanese beauty, by whom he had sew
eral children, whom he legally recognized. but
he would never consent to marry the mother
| In 1870, his pension being stopped, the Prince
| sold his house. and ultimate fell into the
| most abject poverty, when he died. Three of
| his children, girl and two BOYS survived
| and were brought up in public asylum, The
| daughter became servant To the Blshop of
| BergamO, but as she would not adiure her
! Greek faith his Emnence dismissed her. Tie
eldest son, Who bears the title of his ia ther
| married peasant girl. and is now serving az
a waiter in one of the cafes in Milan,
LUc1Us MANLIUs SAPGENT gave in his book.
published several years ago, a quaint illustra-
| ton of the customs which obtained in Boston
within the past forty or fifty years. He said
| that as there were very few inexpensive
! amusements in Boston besides the Thursday
| lecture, hanRings we're Q speclally attrActiyc
| While riding out OF the city IN a chaise he
! was compelled to halt and remain al rest for
| twenty minutes ON Washington, near Pleasant
street. while an immense mass Of men women
! ana children rushed 10y on their way to the
execution of an lrishman which took ilace Al
| tho ghiiOWs near the graveyard on the Neck
! Tue prisoner was IN An open barOuChe and
| this publicity, taken in connection with the
! way I'm which he v as dr. seed, showed how
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