Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-11
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TRAVELLING CAPS worn bv English women
with tailormade costumes have earfaps
which come INTO use in the "evening dews
and damps" and in strong autumn wind.
NOVA SCOTIA FARMER, hunting for his
cows at. dusk, came upon big black bear
that at once showed fight. The farmer was
about TO seek safety in fight. when mis- three
cows, 0eilowing loudly, with tails erect and
IRE In their usually placid eyes, charged the
bear so Hereby that he turned tail and fled.
GERMAN photographers have succeeded in
photographing projectlle IN the course OF
Its flight, and some of these photographs
show the head OF condensed air which pre-
cedes every shot. 1t is said to be this "head"
which prevents even skillful rifemen from
hl'tlng an empty eggshell when hung on
long thread. The air blows the shell out of
the way of the bullet.
Boston whisky dealer bought a cheap
collin, put AZ gallon keg Of rye whisky in
size, screwed plate on the lid Of the coffin,
on which were engraved the name. age and
birthplace OF the alleged corpse, boxed the
CONN, as Is usual. and shipped it to a town in
maine. There an undertaken took charge of
the box and drove ten miles into the country
before the coffin was opened and the liquor
removed.
HIS MAJESTY KING HUMBERT, of Italy, has
had published, under his own supervision,
new edition of Darte's Divine Comedy for his
son. The dedication lie in Latin. and reads:
"Humbert. King of Italy, in publishing this
ancient commentary OF Dante. dedicates it to
MS beloved son Victor Emanuel as a re-
ward for his love of study and in order that
Lnls divine poem may strengthen his mind and
ul'pose MS heart towards the cultivation of
the literature of his country"
KATE FIELD is severe upon the selfishness
persons hon fra
She remarks: For utter disregard of other
women's comfort commend me to the average
woman to be found in 'sleepers. Many
Time nave gone to wayside breakfast with
unwashed face because of the supreme selfish
ness OF my sex. And so sure am now of en-
| countering it that, when forced to travel at
Night secure 'staterOOm.' Then, at least,
l can shut door. lock out shores and babies
and have wash basin of my own"
IT is told in Louisville that party of Ken
lucky officials from Frankfort recently went
into the country to brace up. Walking lazilv
along one day they came upon big rattle
snaRe lying across the road. A saw it, but
no one paid the least attention to 1t, and each
cfrelessly stepped over it and said nothing.
A farmer watched the proceedings in horror,
Killed the snake and asked the officials what
| was meant by such conduct. He was in
formed that 1t was such an everyday affair
for men to see snakes in Frankfort that no
one thought anything of single snake in the
path
BUFFALoNIAN proposes to do away with
sewer gas by ventilation and DELEGATION. The
apparatus, which would be built at the out
let of the sewer, consists of a main chamber
connected with the interior of the sewer by
| pipes. At the end OF the chamber at which
connection is made with the sewer is located
ran blower, by means Of which suction is
produced which draws the gases from the
sewer into the chamber. From the chamber
the gases are forced through the blower into
an interior chamber filed with disinfectants,
and after being purified pass out through a
CHIMNEY, forced out, If necessary, by a second
| blower.
AMONG the trophies brought home by the
French army from it's Eastern expeditions is
| specimen of bird rarely, If at all, seen in
| Europe. This is the celebrated Chinese, or
| rather, ManchoOrian lark. He is a larger
| blrd than his European congener, and his
notes are more brilliant. but the most notice.
| able feature about him is his wonderful
| promptn'ss and skill of mimicry, deserving,
| indeed, IN this respect the title of a genuine
hooking bird, initiating most naturally the
sound4 which he hears, the notes and songs of
| other birds, the cawing of crows. the growing
! OF cocks, the Drawing OF the donkeys and even
| the barking of dogs. The Chine turn thus
| faculty 10 account and train the lark 10 sing
many airs,
| PROF. WYMAN, the distinguished compare
tive anatomist, used TO tell a story that illus
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| day clergyman brought to him a live young
| black snake y hch he said parishoner of his.
! n gentleman OF unimpeachable veracity, had
! elected from his stomach. The clergyman
| grew very indignant when Prof. Wyman
| doubted the possibility of this, saying that his
| parishoner was absolutely sure that the rep
tile had been living in his stom ach for years.
| To settle the matter, theI efore. Prof. Wyman
| cut open the stomach OF the snake and turned
ont of IL number Of grasshoppers. bcetles
| and grubs. at seems" he said to the clergy
man, - hat your parishOner has a liking for
! apeculiar kind Of Diet"
MANY STRIKES might be avoided if the
| course just followed in the Harmony Cotton
Mills at Cohoes. n. Y, were generally adopt
| ed. The men wanted more pay, but the com
| pany told them that they could not afford an
advance. and that they were already paying
! as much as mills in their line at Fall river and
| elsewhere. The men did not believe il. where
upon the manufacturers offered. if the men
| would select a reliable man to travel about
| the mills and look mp the subject of wages to
| pay all his expenses and TO raise the wages II
! they were not as high as paid elsewhere.
| boss weaver has been through Massac husetts
| and has gone back to Cohoes with the state
ment that the wages there are ne high as anv
paid in the country, and that his fellow
| Workmen have no cause to complain.
RECENTLY a farmer found in his garden at
Bernbshausen, in the district of Kunzesau.
WurtemberG, li6 gold forms, in excellent
| preservation. Incy Dear the oates OF the
early part of the fifteenth century, and were
| found arranged in the form of no Is not en-
| closed in purse vessel OF any descrption
| Some ruins Of house that had evidently been
! DESTROYED by fire were discovered three feet
distant from the place, 80 that IL may natn-
| rally be supposed that this treasure was
| buried prior to some war the owner no doupt
! hoping to recover the money after the event
| was over. Many of the coins bear the date OF
the Emperor Sigi 'mund; rome an earlier
| The towns OF Number, Frankfurt, Nordln-
| gen. Basil, CoblenZ, ana Bonn are m entioned
rs the places where the money was coined.
GEN. DE FAILLY. the nero of the Alma and
the Green Mound in Crmea and of TTaktir
| In Algeria, ana who acted decisive part in
winning the battles ofMsgenta and Solferino,
is now living in utter obscurity in the chateau
! OF Chenaye, situated in the midst of q great
| forest. The majority of his country
men believed him dead till Paris journalist
visited ana Interviewed him recently. The
cause OF de Failly's downfall was ''tne sur
prise OF Beaumont during the Franco Prus-
| sian war. De Failly and his stan were dining
! with the Mayor when Sister of Charity
| brought the news that the PrussIans were
! coming. The sentinels would not allow her
! to enter. but she at last succeeded in attract
| ing th9attcntion of the General by fins ing
| stone through the window OF the dini ng room.
| The enc ~ ar ived few minutes later and
| put an end TO the banquet. De Faily is So
| years OF age, and has never appeared in soce-
| " since his disgrace. which he frankly ac-
knOwledges TO DO deserved.