Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Marshal de Mouchy a. having powers OF con-
ISOLATION and he would always order pigeons
for dinner when he met with adverse eXpe-
rience.
held by wire ropes to the tip-top point OF
Sonnblick Mountain, peak 10000 feet high
IN the Tyrolese Alps, is new block house
Thanking it is a massive stone turret A wire
ropeway 5000 feet long leads down the noun
tam. In this block house Is to dwell a meteor
ologlst and his observatory is higher than any
other meteorologst's in Europe.
Two little daughters of James Dooley, OF
Bedford Springs, Waiver playing on lounge
in the second story OF their home when sud
den thunder shower came up and Il thunder
Oolt struck the house, passed down the chin
ney and killed them both. There were no
marks on the children except slight dIscol-
orallOn about the ear of one, and small piece
or SKIN cut from the side of the other. The
Doll ana no other damage, either to the home
or It's inmates.
"A MASSACHUSETTS NEWSPAPER tells the old
story OF Isaiah Thomas, who used to make al :
manacs. When he was preparing the one for
1850 one OF his boys asked him what he should
put Opposite the 18th of July" Mr.. Thomas,
Delng engaged, replied, Anything, any
thlng." The boy, thus ordered, returned t.
Ine othce and set, Rain, hail, and snow.
The country was all amazement when the day
arrived, for it actually ralned, hailed, and
showed violently.
THAT picturesque rural rite, sheep washing,
has got to go. Indeed it mas gone to a great
extent already. The Wool journal says il
does not know a single argument in It's favor.
Inc practice was inaugurated at an early
day, and il IS relic of old times, when the
wool shorn from the small flOcks in the East
ern STATES was largely used up at home. Then
1t was necessary to wash either before or after
snearlng, to prepare 1T for carding or SPIN
ming.
SAMUEL E. NJ. GATES, OF Watseka, H.,
once prominent member of the IroquOis
county bar, became a drunkard and a crimi-
nal. He was confined in the penitentiary at Jo-
let, where his celmate was henry Hempkin,
VINO was dong fifty year term. Gates gained
Hempkn's confidence, learned his history mi
nutely, and was 90 well posted that when he
was released he was able to swlndle Hemp
kln's sisters out of several hundred dollars by
falsely representing that he was about to OBJ
tam their brothers release. The authorities
are again after Mr.. Gates.
A CONFERENCE of the cracker manufac-
turers, held in the Aston House last week, dis
cussed the discount given to "drivers' or
middlemen, who have given the trade much
concern of late. 1t is asserted that some OF
these men have not kept faith with the manu-
facturers, and have cut under the schedule
prices a committee was appointed 60 revise
the price list and make such other suggestions
as VIII compel the 'drivers'i to sell the goods
to grocers at rates which shall not In any way
discriminate against the manufacturers.
Those who will not abide by the new schedule
are TO be boycotted.
JUDGMENTS amounting to 100000 have
been entered upon the court records against
the Erie Extension Canal now a defunct cor
poratiOn. but which formerly operated a ca
nal from Beaver to Erie, Pa, Rule was ade
to show cause why eXeCut Ons should not be
issued and right of was seized. This is an at
tempt of the Ohio River and Lake Erie Rail
road to secure a perfect and already graded
right Of way from Shenango junction to Erie
without paying for it. The canal company
has long been dead and its land has been
seized By farmers and many sma all towns have
been built along The old site. The issue of ex-
ecutlOns would GUST all these.
ONE of the greatest curiosities in the State
of Maine is the jumping Frenchman, whom
many people believe to be myth. The jump
ing Frenchman is a sad reality, and he is
very familiar character in the humber dis
tricts of Maine. He is affected by a peculiar
disease of the nerves which rODs him entirely
of self-control and leaves him completely at
the mercy of practical iOkers. He will start
at any sudden noise or exclamation, and will
obey any sudden command. The jumpers are
dangerous people to have around, as they will
throw anything within reach at man when
so ordered, and some lumbermen will not en-
ploy Them under any consideration.
A CURIOUS FEATURE of the National Mu-
scum in Washington is the geological section.
or the department devoted to birds eggs. 1t
has about $4,000 birds eggs packed away in
little trays placed in cases along the walls of
the building, The eggs in the collection vary
IN size from that of she finest humming bird
to that of the giant bird, whose remains are
found in Madagascar There is little egg of
tiny hummlng bird lying in dIminutive
nest, The humming bird that made the nest
and laid tine egg is the smallest bird in the
world or. 1r,,cr
diameter of three tenths of an inch and a
snort diameter OF three hundredths of an
inch, The nest is one-twentieth of an inch
across one way and 92-l00 the other.
A GERMAN WRITER recommends the use of
parafline in place of cOrks or other stoppers
for the hermetical sealing of bottles contain
ing liquids which have a tendency to fermeDt
or otherwise dcteriorate by coming in contact
with the air. This, he says, is particularly an
plicable to saccharine juices OF all kinds
These are poured, while hot, into perfectly
dry bottles, which are filed nearly to the lin:
they are then allowed to stand and rest until
cold, during which time all air bubbles will
rise to the surface; finally small quantity of
melted parafline Is poured over the top, when
1t forms solid coat on cooling about the tenth
of an inch thick. such parafline stopper
has the advantage of being easily removed
when the contents of the bottle are required
for use, and the parafine can be used again
A STORY is going the rounds of the Euro
pean diplomatic circles relating to one of our
present representatives of high rank in the
far East. At dinner given by a prominent
native official, at which the whole d pIomatic
corps were present, the American Miuister
was seated by the side of the French Am
bassadOr, who often addressed his American
colleague after the usual French manner "a
Monsieur. This did not please the temner
nor suit the dignity of the gentleman of the
eagle country, and he stood The SUPPOSED nm
due familiarity on the part of the Frenchman
until his patience became quite exhausted
and then his pent-up indignation burst forth
in words more characteristic for strength
than elegance, and as reported in about ms
strain: BY -, sir, I'd have you to under
stand, sir, That Pve been Governor Of The
state Of --, a State, sir. larger than the
whole of your country. sir, and IN be ID
If l'll be mounseered by you or any one else -
GOOD STORY is told Of the Comte do
Bearn, well known Partisan, who has inst
been gathered to his fathers. He WAS at ono
time an inveterate card player and ALWAYS
came home from his club in The early hours If
the IN 'Tnlng. The Countess complained and
threatened all sort OF things uni a. no re-
formed. SO the Count had a lay figure made
and ordered his valet TO place IL IN his nod
every night about IL. His wife, who was IN
the habit OF peeplng into his bedroom To- sec
If he were there, was thus imposed on Tor
some time. One night, however having i'm
porlant news ~ communicate to him. she re-
solved To wake nun up, and thus discovered
the trick, The Countess said nothing. but de-
termlned to turn the tables on her husband
She accordingly placed the lay figure upright
behind the door. The Count, returning bnme
As usual IN the dark nPgg OF the MONT lspo,L.J