Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-16
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/ with one or more such oaks. y h ch in case oil
| wreck on a surf beaten coast might be the
means Of establishing communication be-
| tween the vessel anu the shore.
| FREE HosTELRIEs for students have beer
| established at several points in the Riesenge-
birge Giant Mountains) in Bohemia. Any
travelling student WHO can identify himself al
| such can, during vacation, find at these places
| lodgings for two nights and breakfast. 1t il
| said that this philanthropic institution viii
| De e&tcnded TO other frequented mountain re-
| glons.
ELEANOR TALBOT, young woman OF Lee
compile, La. was standing by window dur
ing thunder storm when she was struck by
| lightning. Her right SIDE was burned from
the shoulder TO the fool, and her clothes were
SCI on nre. Other pc sons In the house were
SO stunned by the shock that for some time
they were not able to aid tine girl, who wae
so badly burned that her life was despaired
OF. she recovered.
THE plan of a ''Physico- Technical Institu-
ton" to be established in Berlin has been sub
mitted to the German Bundesrath. 1t Is TO
be high school. in which engineering,
telegraphy. astronomy, photography, phy sizes.
etc., Will be taught. Prois. Helmholtz and
Foester have elaborated the scheme, toward
the execution of which the electrician, DIT:
Werner Siemen- has contributed the sum OF
100000 marks ($l25,000l
that region are fast disappearing. The wren
is al ost unknown. the bobolink, that former :
ly abounded on the Mohawk meadows. is dis
appearing rapidly. while blue birds, yellO W
birds, orioles, and even woodpeckers, high
hoes, AMI crows are becoming scarce. AS a
consequence, he says, fruit tree and all sorts
OF vegetation are suffering from the raYages
OF insects. Pot hunters and bird nesting boys
are said to account for the disappearance of
the birds.
DORA SCHROEDER, twelveyear- old girl in
South Holyoke, Mass, was playing on the roof
of three story building, and thought it would
be fine to walk on the brick wall which sur
rounds the roof. So she climbed up and fear
lessly walked until she came to a chimney,
which she eudeaYored to pass by drawing
herself around it on the outside. This was
tempting tate little too much. A brick in
the chimney gave way and Dora went whirl-
ing down so feet. Horrlhed passers by ran to
her aid and she smiled at them. She had only
broken her ankle.
AMONG the letters received from the wreck
ed steamer Oregon was one for Mrs. Margaret
Craig Crawford, of Newark, n. j., containing
notification of legacy from her aunt IN
Scotland. Mira. Crawford suffered from a
stroke of paralysis two years ago, and has
since been peusioner on the Bureau OF Aseo-
clated Charities. A peculiar circumstance
about the letter was that the address of let
ter sent to Charles Latimer, of Cleveland,
o g, had been transferred by the action of the
sea to the envelope OF Mrs. Crawford's. Mr.
Latlmer also received his letter.
THE census recently taken in Paris shows
more than ever the tendency of the various
classes to concentrate in certain parts. The
poorer classe are tending more and more to
gather into Passy, Belleville and Montmar-
tire, while the rich are drawing more away 10
Batgnolles and the Eysee. The old WORK
shop parts shout the Hotel de Vile and the
taubourg Saint-AntOine have been decreas-
ing, while BelleVille has been swelling The
number of new houses in Paris since 1881 is
5,7O5, which gives the remarkable average Of
one for every three that has been added to the
population.
THE other day very peculiar looking
''beastie" came through tap in the West
End of Montreal, and the residents n that vi
cinity have no interest in any but filtered
water from now henceforward. He was
about half an inch in leneth, including the
tail, and was something like minnow in gen :
eral shape. His head was very large, COM
paratively speaking, and was exactly like
that of the little marine animal called the sea
horse. He ha1 four legs close TO the head and
sort of a fur at the tail HIS norns were
quite well developed, and would be apt to
stick in the throat Of any one who tried to
drink him.
CHESTNUT, pea and buckwheat Goals, for
merly allowed to go to waste in the huge
piles of ''culm" which accumulate near every
mine, have, within the last fifteen years, been
successfully separated from the worthless
material by processes that have been invented
to meet the need. The ne DLfS ultra seems to
have been reached in an air blast, which not
only transports the waste from the breaker TO
the refuse heap at one-si tn the cost of the
old method by mule carts. hut. before deposit
ing it in its final resting place, by means of a
graded ser es OF screens, takes from 1t and
sorts out into the different sizes all the good
fuel. The ''DuGkwheat" is found to be Just
the stuff for making steam on the Hudson
river boats. The cost of carry ing the culm
from the breaker to the dumps has heretofore
been, at a low estimate, $40, 900 per day in the
anthracite region of Pennsylvania.
THE snail harvest has just begun in France.
The poor mans oyster" is SO apprec ated that
Paris alone consumes about 40 tons daily. the
best kind coming from Grenoble or Burgundy.
The finest specimens are carefully reared in
an escd'01tierS, or snail park, such as the poor
Capuchin monks PANIED in bygone days aU
Coimar and Wenbach, when they had no
money to buy food, and so cultivated snails
But the majority are CO lecjed by the yine-
drCssers IN the evening from the stone beaps
where the snals have assembled to enjoy the
dew. The creatures are then starved in a
dark cellar for two months, and when they
have closed up the aperture of their she'll, are
ready for cooking. According to the true
Burgundy method. they are boiled in five or
SIN waters. extracted from the shell, dressed
with fresh butter and garlic, then replaced in
the shell, covered with parsley and bread
crumbs, and finally simmered in white wine
IN Berlin there is an association of theologi
cal students bearing the name "Wingotites ,,
which has for years observed the Wednesday
before Ascension Day the curious custom Of
dIyinIng for the Emperor's destiny. The wav
of doing this IA unique. The members of the
association proceed from Berlin to the village
or p lchelswerder on the Havcl, and here they
celebrate the anniversary OF the guild at the
WiihelmshOhc restaurant. They Immediately
climb up an oak tree in the centre Of The
garden and seat themselves upon the
branches. Beer is handed up from ne ground
and after the third glass has been drained the
President delivers the anniversary sDeech
after which cheer IS given for the Emperor
Then at the word OF command all glasses are
hurled to the ground, and the notion is that
the Emperor viii live a. many years as there
are broken glasses. This year twelve glasses
were broken. 20 thatthe Emperor should vet
be a centCnarian.
IN their domestic relations, remarks n re-
cent writer, the Connie and Comptesse
de Paris were always as good as thew
could be. Both Of them had and have
strong family instincts. He took after his
mother in his love OF study, and she after the
hunting and shooting. he showed herself
equal TO breaking skltish C jlts, to driving
fourth hand, or to firing out three or four
horses at 4 chase. She dressed in neat mas
cuune style, wore stand-up collars, soft felt
mats without feathers, and preferred water
proofs 10 luNurlOus mant es when driving her
team OF ponies in bad weather. although