Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Landouzv. during the last tige Years & ere
died Of eonsump ion il Paris 5000 pc sons
THE FARMERS Of Arizona in digging their
irrIg CAT on canals find themselves ere imita-
tors, on sma scale. OF the unknown people
who once occupied the country.
A MARINE GOVERNOR has been patented
which consists f a float hung over the Stern
and connected with the steam valve Dy
chain. When the stern Of the vessel pitches
hl&h out OF the water the hoat falls ana closes
the valve.
CANADIANS are beginning to worry over
their los OF forests. In the more thick y set
tied part Of Ontario only 10 per cent of wood
lana renal s, and wells must he dug 10 the
dehtn If 40 or so eet we're formerly water
could be reached at six.
MAN who was seen "walking with his
head down and having very detected APP
pearance" threw himself off London bridge
the other day. The instinct of life caused him
to struggle in the water; vet when boat was
| put on to his a sistance and r ipe was thrown
to m he rejected it, and on being seized with
a hitcher he disentanged himself from 1t and
was drowned.
WHILE the Apache race is decreasing
yearly, the Navajo, though keeping pace IN
decay from s62 to 1880. is now at a standstill,
II not absolutely increasing in numbers. The
! paches nun btred in 1872 10000 souls. To-
| day they are not quite 30 strong The
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1850, and have remained at about the latter
| figure ever since.
| ONONTIYoH, a full blooded indian, gradu-
ated No. Is in a class OF 46 at the Buffalo
Medical College last week He is the first Of
his race to take honors in a course of medi
! cine In this country. HIS uncle, Oronyeihe-
snta burning sky, was graduated at Ok
| ford, Eng, nd "a now successful praou-
! tI"rer at London, Ont. OnontiyOh is OF pure
| Mohawk bhod, and his name signihes Beau
tiful Mountsin.'
In ADDITION to Lieut.. Greely's narrative
of his expedition IN the Arctic regions, he has
written an Official report, with maps and Il
Illustrations, which is TO be published as pub
| nc document at a cot Of xl2,S67. An addi-
! tinnal edition of 4, sou copies will also proba-
bly, be printed at a cot of $S,S77. Twelve hum
dred nd if'y Of these will be distributed by
| ~enators $500 by Representatives aud $50 by
! the Signal Service.
IN his amusing book. 'Muslc in Foglsnd,"
NJ. Reno tells the following: "The butler of a
great ady of fashion was overheard by her
one day discussing the vicissitudes of i fe with
a fellow servant. My dear feller.' lie ejacu-
| lated Il am afraid that our people are gong
IN 'or economy. Oily fancy, at the party
yeste day evening / see wi my own ey' s
my LAZY snd Mss Hisahel a playin' on one
piano at the same timen"
THE gentlemen who have in hand the max
ingOl the next Governor of New Jersey carry
| a memorandum to the effect that the one who
| is elected will have the appointment of sec
! re arv of state al 5000, an A torne General
! al 81. 500 a lot of supreme Court Justices At
s. QUO or so apiece. Il Chancell r NJ S10.O00
G ERIK T the Supreme Court at $4,000, six or
| @ ght $3.50 4 year Slate Assessor, several
dozen of in ges of local onrt-, and a select
assortment of prosecutors, com mlssiOners
| and trustees.
ABILL to prevent boycotting now before the
| 4 la,
trace unions. 1t provides that any persons
cohspr ng together to irjure, or obstruct, or
impede any person. firm. or company IN the
| awful transaction of its usiness hall be Ii
| b to q fne of from 50 to $500 and imp isOn-
ment II fr m three months TO yesr, and hat
| If person, firm, or company meets with d.
! rect injury or pecuniary Oss from such con-
| spiracy. the cOnspiratDrs shall be imprisoned
from one 10 three years In the penitentiary.
PRoF. vIRoqow spent an afternoon last
week with Farini's Central African pigmles
now being exhibited in Berlin. He git on
splendid iy with the chief of he party, thong h
he could on y comm nnlcatr with him by sig s..
| The pigmies are suffer ing from severe coughs
partly tue TO the rthera climate and partly
10 over in i"lgence III smoking. Prof NIr-
| chow pre-crihed tor them before he left and
carr ell of lock of the chiefs hair as a SOU
,enlr of the visit. III will shortly read paper
on the subject Of the pigmies before the An
thrOpologcal SOciety.
PEOPLE in Hancock county, Me-, don't wait
for summer to have picnics in the FOODS. A
Sunday school had one the other day. They
ate clam chOwder. admired the beauties of
nature, and got the usual amount OF fun
There were some respects in which the fes-
tivities differed from those of last August
The usua thunder shower did not make its
APP earance, and the mosquito was unsvoid-
abl, absent. There was "A lack of black ants
in the custard pie. and the table didn't break
down because il had heen constructed by the
winter fishermen who owned the camp with
an eye to permanence. = he company thor
oushlv enjOy ed the occaeiOn and mean to try
it again.
POKER has been committing dreadful rava-
ges among good folks in New York within the
last few months. Some of the preachers have
become much exercised. One uptown clergy
man sent invitations to a number Of lis
lOw-minisiers last week to M ct a: his home
to 81 cuss some of the features IN social life
that are men eng Christian progress" The
meeting was held on Friday evening, and four
hours ere spent upon the one subject OF card
Dla, ing. One past r of a fashionable church
said that he had discovered an epide ic Of
paker in his church, the ladies and boys aud
glr- lndu Qing almost univers lily. He had
gone the other day to give consolation to a
member of his church. a SUNDAY school
teacher, W ose death had been expected He
found her dropped up on the pillows of her
bed, eXclaim ng TO com anions az he opened
the door: "Can you beat straight tiush?'
SIGNOR LANCIANI mas discovered Oeautt-
full mosaic pavement in the Via Appia. Rome,
four kilometres outs de the Porta POrese. IL
dates from about the first century, and is the
flor OF an 'per TO m OF tomb or colum-
ba'ium. Only a few traces OF the wal Of
this room are left. but the tomb b. low is in
tact. The mosaic IA perfect. and Is most finely
cOlOred. 1t measures feet by q, and repre-
sent- the Rape of PrOserpine. Pluto in q
chariot drawn by four black horses holding
PrOserpne on his lie arm, with Mercury in
front leading the way. Behind the chariot
are four terrified nymphs running In the other
direction. The edge has very fine border,
and in each corner IS figure represe ting a
season Of the year. Over the border and be-
and other water birds. The head of Winter
S draped with veil, and is considered per-
feet likeness of Plutarcn.
THERE are Slsl. 6sS $50 OF per cent. bonds
redeemable at pleasure Of government. SEN
ator Beck's idea is to spread the redemp' ion
Of these over the coming eve years. On Sept.
], 1881. $50. 100000 Of A. per cents. will be-
come due. MIR. Beck Ia anxiOus to nave taxes
reduced. He thnts money in the hanas Of
the people Is worth more 10 them than the
saving ~ interest. lie would pRy the debt "a
du but not anticipate A sudden payment
now, With no bonds subject 10 ca the next
few years. would probable lead to an aeon
muiRt Oh OF money In the Treasury aud noI-
icy ~ buying In The b ,nds at premium. a
measure which should be avoided. No doubt
a SIN better way would he to paw OF life
bonds "a rapidly as cOnven'ent-all OF them
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