Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


The GERMAN imperial government has or
dered the establishment Of chairs for hygiene
ana bacteriology at all universities Of the en-
pre-.
1T is said that when DR.. Arnold, of Rugby,
was asked why he read Sunday newspaper,
he answered: 81 desire TO know how God
ruled the world since yesterday"
Mr.. BoNNoR says that be gives Maud S. but
SIX quarts of oats day at this season Of the
year, although he would be glad TO give her
hundred quarts If 1t would do her any good
A DINNER was given at a New York hotel
last week, of eight covers. that cost 5000. The
pheasants and saddles of mutton came from
England. the grouse from Scotland, and the
truines from France.
THOMAS MEEHAN, the Philadelphia bota-
INST, concludes that the use of the spines in
the cactus is to break the full force Of the sun
on the leaves. Plant lovers set out their treas
ures IN summer under 'arbors'' of fish netting
or galvanized wire, knowing by experience
now the moving shadows of the Irvine or wire
| lower the temperature.
FRIENDS OF MUSIC in Boston propose to build
an opera house in which grand opera may be
adequately represented. 1t is the intention
to arrange with the leading opera companies
81 the country for an extended season OF each.
FOR instance: An autumn season the Amer
lean opera, midwinter season by col. Maple
son, and spring season by the German com
pany, making in all four or five months of
| opera A site has already been selected and
| bonded.
The HIDEoUS WATER LIZARD, called axolotl
pronounced ah-ho-lotD, which abounds in
the fishless lake Texcoco, is still as eagerly
sought for food in Mexico as in the days when
Cortez was obliged to subsIst his army upon
1t. 1t is batrachian of the am blystoma type
of salamanders. resembling fish with webbed
feet and nat tail. 1t is about eight inches
long. spotted black and white, with broad
cartllaglnous tongue and singular gills that
look like three feathers on each side of the
head. Its flesh is white, resembling that of
an eel.
AN anti treating bill has passed one branch
of the Washington Territory Legislature. 1t
prohibits any person from treating or enter
tanning ''gratuitously any other person or
persons to or with spirituous or malt liquors,
wine or cider. or any other beverage what
ever, in any public barrOom, saloon, beer hall,
or grocery in this Territory, or in any other
pubic place of resort or amusement" The
| penalty is fine of not less than IS or more
| than $25, or Imprisonment not less than five or
more than twenty days, or both.
THERE are a number of anecdotes in circu-
| latlOn about the late Congressman Rankin
| and the brave manner IN which he met death.
Almost his last words were joke. When the
| late Senator Carpenter lay dying he showed
| similar nerve. A few hours before bic death
nc Was S6lZ6u Win q ViOle0b SpASlfl, ana asked
the doctor what it was. "It's the colon" said
the doctor, referring to the portion Of the
anatomy bearing that name. "Then I've
little longer time to live." replied Carpenter;
1--WE never come to a full stop at a colon"
/ DR.. RYLANCE, of New York, has lust
preached a sermon upon ''Christian Social.
ISM" He gave statistics Of the success which
had crowned efforts made toward co-opera-
ton. In the English experiment, when %
poor labOrers started a cooperative society
in 1874 on a capital of $40, the statistics for
1878 showed that there were 5A,T73 mem
beers, and their profits in that year were 49,
002,340. This scheme, he said, should be a
theme for ministers, who should do more
than talk about dead men and dead Issues in
a decently duH dead way. The Bible was the
great text book Of Christian Socialism.
THE PoRTIco FIGHT between Robert Gar
rett and Henry Jones of Baltimore, is now in
the Maryland State Court of Appeals, where
big plaster cast of Mr.. CARROTS new house
occupies good deal of attention. Mr. Garrett
thinks that he has the right by law to erect por-
tcO steps on Mount Vernon place. appurte-
nant to his house to the distance of nine feet
from the dwelling line. Mr.. Jones, his neigh
Dor. holds that the portieo is a nuisance, not
withstanding that it has elaborate stone carv-
ings and ornaments and cost great deal Of
money. Mr.. Jones has threatened that if the
court decide against him he will turn his resi-
dence into negro orphan asylum.
l. d. RosENBERGER. OF Springhouse, Pa.
was several years ago suspended for two
years from the springhouse Lodge of Odd
Fellows on conviction, after trial by his broth
ers. for feignng sickness IN order to entitle
himself to benefits. THIS acuon of the lodge
was sustained by the Grand Lodge OF Penn
sylvania and the Sovereign Lodge of the or
der. Rosenberger applied to court for relief
by bill in equity, and the master appointed
by Judge Boyer decided that such grave errors
had been committed in the lodges trial of Ro-
tn
bership and allowed $500 benefits Judge
Boyer, in long opinion, dismissed the excep-
tiOns and confirmed the masters decision.
A BOOKSELLER in Toxic, Japan, desiring to
sell his wares, thus advertised them in the
newspapers: ''The advantages of our estab-
lishment-l, prices cheap as a lottery; 2.
books elegant a. a singing girl; g. print clear
as crystal; 4, paper tough as elephants hide:
5, customers treated as politely as by the rival
steamship companies; D, articles as plentiful
as in library; Z, goods dispatched as expe-
dltiOusly as a cannon ball; 3. parcels done up
with as much care as thai bestowed on her
husband bg a loving wife; 8, all defects, such
as dissipation and idleness will be cured in
young people paying us frequent visits and
they will become solid men; 10, the other al
vantages we offer are too many for language
to express"
THE DoMED STEAMER METEOR, OF which so
much was expected, is still lying idle at Bath
in tue hands Of the iron works which built her
latest engines. She was designed to cross the
ocean in five days, but the original machinery.
constructed on entirely novel plans, proved a
lamentable failure, and the h. pless stock
holders bewailed a heavy loss. Then the Bath
machinlsts built what are said to be wonder
full engines in the shapely hull, but did NOT
succeed in getting pay for them. Some mon ia
ago emssaries of the down east iron works
spirited the Meteor away from East Boston
where she was lying. One hundred thousand
dollars. il lie estimated, has been expended on
the craft, and IL Is now proposed that the gov
eminent buy her for dispatch vessel or for
use in the lighthouse service. She is stanch
sea boat and capable OF great speed.
THE REV. GEORGE +. BABBITr, pastor of the
Maiden Universalist Church, has decided that
he IS not Unyersalist, and in sermon two
hours long. on sunday, gave some of his reas-
ons for revising his religious belief. He de-
MED that Universahsm could rest upon The
Scriptures for its foundation. It was realIv
dependent upon the belief OF those that SAT
under its preachinEs. He tried TO find Upi
versalism ia the Bible and didn't succeed
Unversalism emphasizes confidence rathsr
than fear. The only way to make Ifniver
salism succeed was TO deny that there was
resi- y any danger. Too great conadence
ruined the South, ana led to the CHARGE ~
Gettysburg THIS was as tTu1 Of the sonI a.
OF the body. Mr.. Babbitt has resirned bis
charge, but will not quit the m!nislrv ne
has not decided what denomination he will
join.
Two YEARS HENCE It is hoped that the
great Mormon Temple At Salt Lake. whose
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