Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-19
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citizen of Newton. N. j., relates that he
found one of his bddies perched IN grape
VINE VINE that grew on tree picking the grapes apes
and dropping them to the rest OF the nock
standing on e ground. The citizen Is SAID
to he truthful.
JOHN TRUMAN was attacked by savage
bull in a pasture near Grand Rapids, Mich.
He seized the bull by the horns, and struggled
despera ely for his life. The animal finally
overpOwered him. Then il pickle him up on
its horns. carried him to the fence, and
dropped him down on the opposite Tide with
cut hurting him.
SAGE BRUSH and rabbits are fast disappear
ing on the California peninsula. A machine
drawn by six horses pulls the brush from the
ground by the roots. 1T is then drawn up into
wlndrows and the torch apple :. ascInated
by the fla Is, the rabbits jump ia and are
roast ed alive. Scores of the destructive little
pests are thus destroyed daily.
AN architect of Barcelon has put forward
scheme which excee in wIdness that of
the projected Eife tower. lie proposes to
huild hotel 300 meters high. divided into
stories, and containing cafe. res' aurant,
ball and concert rooms, etc. and anordlng
from the top view extending from the
Pyrenees to the Mediterranean.
VoLFAIRE's old home at Ferney now be-
longs to a sculptor, who has preserved the
philosophers bedroom In its old state. The
room contains a bedetaad. table an" arm
chairs. On the walls are Two pictures OF
Ca hrrne of Russia ana of Voltaire himself
At Ferney and through the country round
about Voltaire is almost forgotten.
IT is Bon Vivant that speaks and thus tells
us OF an odd new matter: Several hrst-class
hotels in various parts of the country now
give permanent place on their bills OF fare
to boiled clam juice. The secret of the po-
tenCy of this preparation, which is simply
what the name calls 1.-THE Juice of the clam
boiled until moderately IN ck-has long b en-
known, it Is said, in London sweldOm, but
here il IL comparatively new It is the only
thing in the world that will safely, surely and
quickly restore the normal equilibrium or
>ystem upset by overmuch OF good time
with the boys. .. t.t
Mr.. POND, the government analyst OF New
Zealand, has proved by actual experiment
that the dust thrown out during the recent
volcanic eruptons is of a highly fertilizing
kind. He obtained samples of the du It from
three different places, and 50wed q quaint y
of clover and grass seeds in each. The soil
was kept mOstened with distilled wafer, so
that no manurial elements might be im parted
by the water ed. In all cases the growt til
las almost as vi oroas as In rich volcanic soil.
The rapid growth OF the plants and their
color show that the dust is benefit to the
soil on which it has fallen.
PROF y. frequently goes out of Boston on
bosanizing expeditions. and when he does so
he looks very rough indeed, in a garb suited
to the fields ana W, DDS. He came in through
Portland street one dav from one of these
trips looking hav seedy all over. About half
the way down the street he was accosted by a
flashy looking man, who grasped him vlO
lently by the hand and said ''How dye 90?
How dye do? Haven't | seen you before,
somewh ereW every likely you have" said
the professor, quietly. as he eyed the fellow;
1--WE been there fr, qnentiyr' The iashily-
Dire sed person eyed the professor a moment,
and then. bursting into lIud laugh disap-
peared in the nearest saloon.
A STORY of an amusing incident which hap
pened ut the Rochester Art Exchange enter
tainment last week has just leaked ont. A
young lady was talking with young gentle
man of her acquaintance. They were watch
ing the Scotch dances of the members of Clan
McNaughtOn. She was much pleased with
the dancing. When their performance was
concluded and the ScOJchmen were with
| dra wing from the rink, her companion re-
marked, "rhere goes Clan McNaug hton."
winch one is Clamp was the innocent reply
| The astODished gentlem an pointed out = hand
| some member of the company who he said
was "Clan," anu the damsel was never the
wiser.
BETTING on owls winking is the latest
amusement of the sports in Philadelphia
They 60 out to the Zoo every afternoon, W here
| a dozen owls are sitting on pole. The game
is to say which one of the birds will wink first
| and it is harder TO name the winner than to
1 catch the right horse In a pool room. LII a
man stares steadi at an owl he will never
| W nix, no matter how long the stare ID contin
| ued. The bird looks calmly into space, I'M
| conscious seemingly of what is going on. If a
| man bells that the corner owl VIII wink first
! the one in he middle is almost sure to wink
| slowly and calmly. Then the others all follow
| in rotation and get ready to stare again.
| Several large bets have been won and lost on
| this peculiar amusement lately.
WHILE several Kingston IN. " men were
|
telligence of animals, one man said that he
owne . a mule cnce that when plo wing recog-
nized the sound OF the dinner horn. 1t could
| distinguish a particular horn from all the
| other horns In the neighborhOod. Whenever
| it heard that horn it W luld imme diately raise
| its voice and mmence to bray. Another
| man said that once upon time ne owned a
| horse on farm, and that horse, too, became
| well acquainted with the sound of the dinner
horn, and n pIowing corn. or doing any other
work OF that kind, the driver would be forced
| to stop, unhitch and take The horse to dinner,
| for the animal would refuse to plow any
| 10 ger. No matter how well the horse work
| ed. making a bee line across the fields in run
ming the plow. its course would be for the
| gate the moment it heard the horn. 'ENow,
| didn't that horse tn nix? And ddn't he reason
| with himself that means dinner?"
| THE final number of the Siam Weekly Ad-
vertiser was published on Aug. Z, the Issue of
the paper being stopped for the usual cause of
| newspaper suspenslOn--lt didn't pay. The
| Advertiser las been publ he'd for seventeen
| years 1t was estab ished by the American
| Board OF Foreign NJ isslOns. but for TIE last
| ten wears il has been the private en- erprise of
/ an American missionary, S. j. Smith, a ma
| tive OF New II ampshire. Mr.. Smith and his
! wife have been hard working and earnest
| missionaries and educators in liam Tor nearly
| thirty wears. They were thoroughly verseh
| in the language of the country, and enjOy ed
| the friendship OF the lac and present Kings
| Many of the reforms which have taken place
| in siam since 1850 were due to their efforts
| and il 10 to be regretted that their ne wspaper
was forced into susl ension, The type
| setting on the paper was performed by
| Job Office for Same'e and English printing
! will net be suspended"
COUNT MILoRADovITcH OF the Cars per-
| sonal suite has recently published a book, In
| which he gives some particulars of that body
| since the time of Peter the Great. Thatmon-
arch was the first to institute>the grade of the
| Aide -de-Camp General, and he had ten of
| these officers. The Empress Anne had IL
| Catharine III. raised the number to 26, and
| Paul /. TO g.. In the course Of the reign Of
| Alexander I. there were As nominations TO
| this rank. Nicholas /. created 1876, Alexar-
! der ii IFS of the same grade. The press It
| Gar up to the present time has only APP
| pointed 6. The Emperor Nicholas was the
| first to nominate officers to the rank OF Major
! General, or Rear Admiral, in the year 1927
| The post of Aide de-Camp attached to the
person Of the Gar was instituted by the Em-
| press Cat arine. In the course Of her reign
| she IN de Is of such appointments. The EN-
| peror Paul nominated the same number
Nicholas appointed no fewer than 23s, and