Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

I covered with one that Is costly ana beautiful
SENIOR BArREs, general inspector of muse
ums in Mexico, is at the head Of an eXpedi-
ton comprising several thousand men, sol
/ diers and lab0rers. with which he designs TO
unc yer Mexican Pompen at san Juan,
! TeOtihuacan.
MISSION BAND OF children IN the little
village OF Keehonkson. Ulster county, n Y,
IS trying to raise mo- ey for missionary pur-
poses by gathering and selling trailing arbu-
/ tus. which grows luNuriously on the ShaWan-
gums Mountains. The children have alreadv
! received good many orders from New Ork
and other cities where their novel scheme IS
known.
/ LAWRENCE BARRETT's latest notion OF
model theatre Is that it should be in the cen
tire of block in the most fashionable part OF
/ a city. It's outer walls should be as PLAIN as
possible and en- trely hidden from the street;
/ "lthln, the effect should simple. lar e anu
/ open, the wall spaces being decorated with
/ old gold, and the seats upholstered IN GRIM
son plush. Such theatre would cost about
| $4,000
| A HUGE CALIFORNIA HAWK swooped down
on sleeping cat at santa Rosa the other day,
and bore it squalling ana scratching high in
the air. When about 500 feet high the hawk
/ lost its grip, and the cat came down with fear
/ ful velocity, but the hawk caught 1t again Just
! before Il struck the earth, and was carving II
| OF. when suddenly both fell like lead 70 the
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hawks head, killing it instantly, and the fall
| killed the cat.
METHODIST preacher in North Louisiana
has horse which possesses strong reasoning
! powers or remarkable memory. on the first
| and third Sundays in the month Mr.. Cadian
holds service IN town which is reached BY
| taking the left fork Of the road, while on the
second and fourth sundays the town in which
he breaches is at the te minat1on OF the right
fork OF The road. The horse without word
or touch Of the bride never fails on the first
and third Sundays to take the road to the left,
ana on The second ana fourth Sundays that on
the right.
JANIrOR KING. Of the Virginia City court
house, bought a piece of cheese and put it in
his Overcoat pocket, and afterward laid the
coat down for time. Then he put it on and
went TO saloon. where he played cards for
I the drinks. He noticed. as he thought, that
Tom Grace who was looking Cd, nudged him
very often as a signal how TO PLAY his cards.
/ lie lost, and accused Gracey Of misleading
him. While Gracey was denying that he had
touched him, big rat jumped out Of Kings
pocket. He had been feasting on the cheese
and nudging the card player.
II the Chinese language there are sixty
characters and meanings to the syllable Ling,
seventy to Sing and seventy-hve 10 Ing. The
Chinese child has a pretty or endesring nick
name given il soon after its birth Then the
boy has a school name when he goes to school,
I a marital name when he takes wife, bust
ness name when he goes into business, an OIL
clal name II be takes an ofice, and death
name to be put on his tombstone and TO go
down into history. The Chinese prefix 'Ah"
50 common n this country is an endearing
dimlnutive. equivalent 10 sammy, Johnny,
/ Tommy in The English language.
FOOT- AND-MoUTH DISEASE has recently
formed the subject Of some important investi-
cations by DR.. Nosatti. the WELL known Ital-
ian scientist and veterinarian. His researches
have led him to the following conclusions: ID
/ That epiz0Otlc aDtha Is not disease suscep-
tible OF developing itself spontaneously. ~
II IS not an ind genous but an exotic disease.
49, It's nature Is eminently contagious. a.
Its virulent element Is represented by mi
crobes. discovered first by Rivolta. 81 The
virus can be cultivated when placed in APP
prOpriate medal, and by reducing Its viru-
lency by successive cultures it may become a
safe and proper agent OF incubation.
A MYSTERIOUS haunted house is agitatlng
superstiuOus souls near Simla. Down in a
grove OF deodar. sacred to the local deity,
there stands European house built many
years ago Some time ago one Of the deodar
trees fell 20 the ground. and the wrath Of the
geo has been displayed in an unpleasantly
human manner. The occupants of the house
have been constantly disturbed by showers of
stones ana missiles. and. in spite Of police
. coTdOns and other precautions. the gods agent
has not bees discovered. The disturbed
I tenant OF the hsuse patroiied the grove with
a double barrelled shotgun, bat the stones
SIN battered on his roof. and occasionally on
his person. some ten years ago a superstiti
Gus native Of Wales, unable to bear the dis
pleasure Of the goa manifested in 8 similar
manner, left the premises.
A BURMESE Gun belou ging to ex King Thee
baw, which Is shortly to be sent TO the Queen,
was regarded as an oracle by the dethroned
monarch. The cannon y about the size Of an
ls-pounder, and Is probably made OF bronze,
but il is now gilded. and stands on a gilt car
riage under y gllded dome. When going to
war Theebaw always consulted the gun under
the auspices Of a s'phOOngyee or priest, who
who poured bottle Of wine into the mouth
OF the piece. Ifthe King was 70 be victorious
the gun would rets the vine; II ne was TO
he defeated the wire would be returned.
I When war was imminent with England Thee
I baw daily consulted his oracle. but to his
horror the gun cast forth the wine az once,
an in sling how little chance his master ran OF
success declaring that nat or spirit was
st WORK.
TIE wife Of q san Francisco gentleman who
read the payers became imbued with the idea
that il was wrong 70 patronize Chinese Ia Dor
when pcor white women we're suffering for
the chance 70 earn their daily bread and ex-
pressed her views 30 her husband. saying she
I knew poor woman ne Nt door no w0sld be
glad 20 DO their washing 81 50 per Week-ehsy
were paving the Chi aman 81 50. Tt was an
advance, but white labor must be encouraged,
.
phv. The husband met All sam a few months
after. ard, feeling little qualm Of conscience
ana interest IN him. inc uired how he was get
ting alogE. sam seemed to be ia q cheerful
state OF mind. and answered: =" 'Fuss rate
I plenty wash business. All samee ne do vour
. washee. an samee ne catchee close Missy
MurDh house. She pay me one dollar han
I week" lr turned out that Mrs. Murphy had
been giving out the washing 70 sam and paw
{ ing him 81 g. week and making . prcdt OF
the other s. 50. sam vas restored, and hat Is
about the way the thing goes.
AMONG the prisoners in the ST. Louis city
all are sadie Hayes, convicted Of murder in
the drst cegree. and william Lacey. a burg ar,
under penigeHtiary sentence. Both are col
ored. They grew a1ecuonate OF late, and
/ notes OF tender character were Frequently
. smuzxled from one % The ether. The woman
t A.. red the ourE A. that be was the only Oh
+ fast % he r Affections. and requested him 10 he
I thought a. much of her Hs he pretended 10
. s4.nd her NJ iuEer with the rinEan 10. Lacey
I Is 70 start for the peniteuuary TO- morrow
I Af.sr recei wing the note he tore open she sole
T OF his shoe aud extracted the steel shank and
4 .harpencd Is o. q reE0r etge on the walls OF
BIZ eel. He then cut or the small fnger Of
+ his rirht hani sc The coud Joint. placed the
T ring 20 The covered hnger AMI sent them 10
. d.. ceflof the woman. he tied az the sturBp
Z with piece % strinr and then wrapped his
I hand uU in a handler \ iel, The iaN guards
. aI-cpvered the b'oo@ and soon iearned what
haf happened. They t1ok the 4 smembered
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