Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-08
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has been discovered on the Mojave Desert
Cal.
Gent A MILE" fare bill has passed the
New Jersey House, providing for fares on al
raj ways within twenty miles of New Yorl
At that rate between the hours of and Z
morning and evening.
NEAR WOodford, Cal, last week, a pappoost
fell into pot OF boiling soup and was 81
| badly scalde,t that death resulted. The chic
WAS forthwith buried. after which the souI
was disposed OF with the usual relish by the
natives.
DAKOTA MAN who was running for the
magistracy announced that il elected h'
" nd barge only Il for n arriving any couple
I and would wait until there was "christen-
/ lng' for payment. He left the rival can
| dldate IN the shade.
TIE PRINTERS in the calico maKing mills Of
the Connecticut val ey have very close or
ganzation of their own in each neighborhood,
and will not impart the secrets Of heir trade
| 10 any but their own sons or the sons of mem
bers OF afhlia ed organizations.
! RECENT DROUGHTs in New south wales have
cost the col ny "A 900 900 sheep within the last
! five years. This decrease represents a loss of
$4,000 600 principally due to the lack of
! proper works Tor the storage Of water winch
would have saved animal life in the dry
season.
NORMAN L. MUNRO, who purchased Mary
And rson's Long Branch house. has made a
transformation IN the grounds. The
old house has been torn down and an elegant
sjO,0aO mansion erected IN its place To build
! the water work, and construct the conserva-
tories COS SIS 900.
A NOVEL "RosE Dress has just been made
IN Paris for an American belle, who wished
| for toilette composed entirely OF flowers.
The SIX TT is made Of 500 roses of different hues,
and roseouds compose the bodice, while veil
# tuije spotted with cry stal drops. is thrown
over the dress to initiate morning dew.
AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE was witnessed
IN Dublin lately. Rossini, an acrobat from
Gnnett's circus, undertook to walk faster
upon stills than a Rathmines tramcar going
in its ordinary course along stephens Green.
tie proceeded upon stills twenty feet high.
got ahead OF the car, and kept his place till
opposite the College of Surgeons. when one
OF the stiit Is coming in contact with an Ubsta-
Gle In he crowded roadway, he fell and vas
somewhat hurt. The race was for a wager
OF go.
"THE REASON the Shakers are decreasing in
mum bers," said Elder f. W. Evans. OF the
Mount Lebanon settlement, recently, ais that
their best enerlies have been devoted to cult
waiting their lands and advancing their mater
ial property Th"lr lands have become so ex-
ttnsive TIA all the time and labor of the set
dement's are needed TO care for their possess
slOns. This is he root of the trouble. We
nave just discovered that the idea Of the de-
sirabilty OF the acquisition of land which we
tOOK with US from the world is wrong. Land
mon poly is one OF the curses Of the country.
We must dispose of part OF our farms and de-
voe more time to missionary work and
spreading the principles viii we believe to
be for the good of the people. We have gone
wrong and must correct our error"
AT RECENT MEETING of the socIete de
Bio OgIe, Prof. BrOwn-Sequard read paper
on the prophylactic means to be adopted
against accidents resulting from cold which
he founded on the following theory: the
necs Is one OF the regions of the body the
most sensitive to cold; there Is no doubt that
= great number of accidents, such as
rOryza, larngliis. bronchitis, cystitis, en-
ter tbs, ETC.. which are reflex phenomena, re-
suit from the i'm preston of cold on the nerves
dents DR.. BrOWn-Seouard recommends the
blowing on the neck with the bellows OF warm
air, which should be gradually cooled, by
which means the neck is rendered less sensI-
tive to the acton Of cold. The Professor
found that ten sittings were sufficient to pro-
duce effect.
ONE Of the most successful April-fool hoax
es in England was perpetrated by q wag in
$50, who mailed several thousand Invitations
to witness the ceremony Of washing the white
lions IN the tower Of London. The tickets
were to be presented at the white gate The
tower was crowded with cabs aud private
carriages, and several hundred innocent peo-
pie came To see this interesting performance.
The author was never discovered. All-fools'
dag served To some purpose on one occasion
he Duke Of Lorraine and his wife esca ped
from he pris a Nantes on April !, dis
eused ~ peasants. a woman die vered the
cheat and told the guards. but they suspected
hoax and Gale "A prii top at her, ana al
lowet the Duke and Duchess 10 90 unmo-
Tested.
MARY ANDERSON lie computed to be worth
$500 0, VIII oh is SAID to be safely invested in
real estate, ga stocks, and railway shares,
both in England and America. small por-
ton Of II Is in American bonds. She expects
to clear this year $3.50 600. But our Mary Is
Il SO rich as her sister profession IL. Lolita,
who, as rule, lives frugally. and Is emnently
husin. es-ilke. she claims {, he. ana proba
by IS, the "ealthlest woman on the stage
Her dollars are estimated as tot ling up TO
con -iierab more than a clear 100000 i
NJ st Of the money s held in the name OF ner
mother Mrs. Crdbtree, VINO has been her
daughters business manager ever since she
appeared on the stage. Lolita has sustained
only one serious monetary loss. A man she
was engaged % was at the bottom OF it. She
let him have 100000 to specu ate with. He
lost the whole OF It, and LOtta's heart anu
hand At the same time.
THE ORIGIN of frs OF April fooling is OBJ
scured in the superstitious of the past. Piu-
tarch records the iaCt That the least OF fools
was given over to the practice among the an
Client Romans. In France and Germany dur
ing the middle ages the twelfth day was the
feast of asses, ami Ill people have some eYi-
dtnee of such day. A "A fools day jokes are
referred TO IN the earliest Engil literature.
Coming down u later times we find Poor
Il BIN say ing IN l73S;
No sooner do h 81. All-FoOls morn approach.
But Wages, ere PhwOus mount his guided
cOat d.,
In shoals assemble to employ their sense
In sending fools to get intel igence.
Then ne chronicles the bootless errands and
conclude:
But Tia thing to be disputed.
VIII ca is the greatest "fOoln reDuted-
The man who iunuCenty went.
Or ne hat aim design'dly sent.
Hon. THOMAS SroRRs, Of Olean. y. Y =, has
received registered letter viii was sent
from England, went down with the WI ok OF
the steamship Oregon, and was subsequently
recovered. Toe letter contained q cppy Of
thu will OF The late Charles Jarvis, of Kuapu,.
ere L, AMI as 10 WAS on sheepskln hc wiring
o. still legib q. lu spite Of lls -0aking tu the
Atlantic. Jarvis years ago followed his SON
io THE country from England, deciding ht-
pr perry In the Old country 10 his wife VINO
retusct 10 dcrompu y him. lie lived M ylri-
Gus places. and steadily piled his trade. that
OF Nhoemaktr, hi last place ( residence
he ny hnapp's creek, near Olesn, where he
died IA october last. He was mi-erv IA his
habits, aud accumulate considerable prom
erty, and through HE son, VIM D.. photog
rtuher IN Washington, tried many times Ia