Savannah morning news., 1886-06-29
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captured one of the little ones. When he
started toward his wagon with 1T the mother
| fox grabbed his trousers and hung on until
! kicked loose, and afterwards she followed the
wagon for some distance.
The science Of MUNICIPAL government has
been figured down to such a nicety as to de-
monstrate that a gas lamp Is equal to q po-
! llceman as protection TO life and property
| Police lieutenants say that an electric light II
as effective as battery of artillery in clear
ing disreputable quarters of the city.
THIEVES have been stealing flowers from
| the Boston public garden. and John j. Calvin
was detailed to watch for them. SO when he
saw young man approaching the other nlghl
/ ne pretended to be asleep, and the young man
instead Of stealing flowers, tried to steal Gal
wins watch, and was promptly arrested.
A TRANsvAAL national currency will
| shortly be,issued. 1t will be similar in value
to British money, i. e. ''pond sterling" and
'half pond sterling" the sovereign contain.
Ing trlhe more gold than the English coin
silver "halve kr0on, " ''twee schlling" ''schil-
ing" "zes pens" and 'drie pens" and copper
'penning" and "halve penning," all the in i
scrlDtions being in Dutch instead Of English.
AN interesting discovery has lately been
made in the musical department of the library
of the Church of Meersburg, Germany. The
custodian, HANNA, found there the original
manuscript of a mass composed in 1916 by the
/ Capellmaster at the Palatinal court. Herr
HOltzmann. On the performance OF this old
mass it was discovered that that part of the
mass called the "Benedictus" contains exactly
and entirely the melody that q little more
than decade later was sUngto the inspiring
words of the MarselllaIse.
SENATOR MITCHELL, of oregon, tells that
Portland is one of the wealthiest citles in the
United States. 1t has at least twelve million
aires, and a large number of men who are
worth a m
forty to nifty men in the town who are worth
from $l00 900 to $500, 200, and the town abounds
IN magnificent houses and fine interiors.
/ Senator Mitchell says Oregon is growing very
rapidly, but that there is lots of room for more
settlers. cit will support" says he, 4,000, 900
people easily, and give each Of these plenty of
room"
LADY who spends the society season in
New York nearly every year recently said TO
Detroit reporter that while she abhorred
gambling she often found herself irresstibly
swept into the maelstrom and backed her
opinions with money as readily as the most
reckless devOtee of chance ia New York.
'The first time l was caught by the craze"
she said. ''was upon seeing the wife of one of
New 7 York's most celebrated theatrical mana =
gers who moves in upper swelldom win pot
OF 800 on one hand at poker at a Madison ave-
nue. party. She has given herself up wholly
to the passion, and do believe that she would
prefer night at poker to years communion
with angels"
WORD comes from Constantinople that the
Sultan has chosen the choicest productions of
Turkish industry as wedding presents for
President Cleveland, and has dispatched them
on a special steamer in care Of the dragoman
of the American legation, in Difference to
American constitutional scrupies. No such
Information has been received at the State
| Department. and the officials of the depart
ment are at a loss to explain the published
statement. 1t is not clear that by giving the
presents. which were declined by the Presi-
dent. into the charge of the dragoman or in
| terpreler, who is salaried officer of the
United States, the objection to receiving pres
ents from a foreign pOtentate Will in any way
be removed.
TWO French chemists, Messrs. Hembert and
Henry, are said to have discovered q process
for producing pure hydrogen at a cheap rate.
In the first stage stream OF vapoP Is decom-
posed over incandescent coke, hydrogen and
carbon monoxydc being evolved. fresh
quantity OF vapOr is brought ID contact with
the carbon monoxyde, and the mixture is
heated to the temperature of dissertation A
further production of hydrogen then takes
place, and the carbon monoxyde is changed
into carbon d1oxyde, which it is easy to alb
sorb by lime water. 1t appears that by the
above method 200 kiiogrammes of coke Weld
5000 cubic metres of hydrogen. The coat of
the gas Is said not to exceed a centime and a
half per cubic metre, or about 30 cubic feet.
A CIRCULAR was issued recently by a Com
mittee OF the National Board of Fire Under
writers inviting the fire insurance men of the
United States to attend the twentieth ami
versary OF that organization in New York
city on July 20. The invitation contemplates
an insurance symposium which may result IN
reunion Of insurance officers whose confer
ence Will tend to the upbulldIng OF fire under
writing interests all over the country. The
| National Board was formed just after the
| Portland fire Of 1866, and, although of late
years Of email practical influence, it was q
| potent factor from 1866 to 1873 in regulating
rates and securing success for the insurar ,e
| companies. The proposed reunion promises
to be kind of love feast for the underwri-
ters, and may lead to renewal or reorgani
cation OF the National Board.
For the last week John O'Brfen's circus has
been exhibiting in Jersey City; this week it
will exhibit in Brooklyn. George w. Wor-
ster, the elephant trainer, formerly with
Forepaugh, proposed TO drive the drove of
| ten elephants across the Bro 0klyn bridge Sat
urday. When the elephants were loosed in
jersey CITY preparatory to being driven To
the ferryboat, Empress, an animal which has
already killed two men, refused to leave the
lot, and struck one Of the helpers with her
trunk, breaking some of his ribs and halfkiIl-
ing him. She was secured, but was still ram
pageous when the drove got 10 the ferry, and
the whole lot, excited by her example, re-
fused TO go on board the boat, and had to be
taken back to their cars. Queen, one of the
drove, a large elephant. recently bought from
Barnum, is expected to become a mother on
Aug. Is next.
AN indianapolis paper says: One Of our city
ministers has been applied to periodically hy
half wittcd fellow who desires to Join the
church. This fellow has been attending Sam
Jones meetings and has been much i'm
pressed. On Friday he accOsted the minis
ter at the close Of the evening services
at Tomlinson Hall and eaid: u want
to connect myself with your church nj
| Once.' The minister WAS at his wits
/ end. but finally happy thought struck
| him and he said: 1--WE are full iust now. but
| / will take your name and you shall have Inc
| first vacancy" This satisfied the ''Imp pressed
! individual for tile time being but ne kent
/ after the minister. and every time he catches
| his eye he moves his head up and down as
| much rs 10 ask. Has "a vacancy O .curredp'
/ which the minister answers by u shake OF the
| head, and the poor fellow drops his eyes In
! disappointment.
| A GENTLEMAN connected with one Of the
! publishing houses IN Chicago tells us that
while he was in New York recently he called
upon Mrs. Frank Leslie; that during the CON
yersation lie happened TO mention Jeaonin
/ Millor's name, whereupon Mrs Leslie read !
letter she had jusC received from Miller This
/ letter was written from the wilda OF Aroma
] and IL was an e oquent rehearsal OF Miller
! suneriDgs while a soiOurner in civiliza ION. .
/ nest Of cOnsprators," he wrote. "1roye me
| from y cabin in Washington. have shakcr
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