Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MAN near GAINESVILLE. Wis. was out hunt
Ing and shower came up. He put his hand
over the muzzle of his gun to keep the powder
dry. " hen, Il heavy clap of thunder coming
lie lnvO unfairly jumped, his knee struck the
hammer OF the gun. and his hand was blown
to pieces by the discharge which followed.
LIGHTING the Parsees sacred fire is an eX
pensive and elaborate process on the institu
ton of a new temple. Sixteen different kinds
OF wOou in 1,00l pi Ces of fuel are required to
obtain the sacrt d flame, which is afterward
fed with sandal wood, and the cost or the pro-
cess averages f2,500. There are still three
large and thirty three small IRE temples at
Bombay.
A NEW cure for consumption has been orig
mated by Teutonic doctor. He makes his
phthisical patients pass the night in the open
air of the Thuringian forest, well wrapped
up and sleeping i'll light hammocks SO as TO
avoid all damp IRON the ground. A watch
man keeps of any intruders who might dis
turb The nights rest, and hitherto the expert
ment has proved wonderfully successful.
MILE. SARDoU, scarcely in her teens, the
daughter of the grea French playwright, has
SO seriously ques toned her father as to why
he will not permit her to go to he theatre to
see his plays that he promised to write one she
m 1T witness. l. is now finished. and is
called lie Crocodile" NJ SardOu warrants
it to be perfectly harmless. and persons who
amazingly funny. IT will soon be produced.
PRINCE ALEXANDER BATTENBURG. late of
Bulgaria, has Just bought the Charlottenfeld
estate near SchafIouse, switzerland. 1t is sit
uatr half way between the CT y and Neubau-
sen, ana Overlooks the valley of the Rhine.
The Prince paid 500, 600 Tor the estate. " hlch
bclon 9eu to the hcirs OF rich watch mercfl-
ant who recently died in Russia. Pastor
Koch, the Princes chaplain, Who was for
long time profess or in the Schaffouse College,
made the purchase.
THE family of G. W. Messenger, of May
vile, Mo, had a lively time of it the o her
night. They we're all awakened by fearful
clatter in the cellar. One of the boys MUS
tered courage enough to start on a tour of in
" sIigation. but his mother woaid not let him
go, and all of them remained awake while
the din went on. In the morning the cellar
| was invaded and here a 0-p1und hog was
| discovered gloriously drunk on The contents
| of broken dem John. He had sWelled
! head for several days.
| GREAT speed has been attained in the man
| ufacture of rifles. One hundred and twenty
| barrels can be rolled in an hour by one ma
! chime; they are Strengthened cold and bored
! with corresponding speed. and even the
| rlfllng is now done automati ally. so that one
| man tending six machines can turn out sixty
! or seventy barrels per day. With the old
| riding machine twenty barrels was about the
| limit of days TX. but the i'm proved ma
| chimes attend to everything after they are
! once started, and when the riflng is COM
| pleted ring bell to call the attention of the
workman. He is thus enabled to attend as
| many as six machines at time.
| HITHERTO the flesh of sheep has been con-
sldered. " hen eaten in a raw state. to be as
dangerous as pork and beef, owing to the
presence of cysticerci in the muscular tissue.
According to NJ. Chatin. however. there is
nothing to be apprehended in eating mutton
raw. a., although the presence of cysticercl
| has been established in the flesh OF sheep. they
| are never found in such numbers as to deter
| mine veritable "ladrerle," and as they do
not attain the development of the cysticerc
| of pigs and oxen, there is no danger Of their
| transm ssiOn to the hum An species. Nj. Chatin
| therefore cor Guides that mutton in its raw
state may be safely pre- cribed whenever such
a form of treatment is indicated.
PROF. SIR MONIKR WILLIAMS, OF oxford,
declares that Buddhism has entIrely died out
in India proper. the place of its origin, and is
| rapidly dying out in other Asiatic countries.
He thinks the devotees of the reig on do not
number over l0O.rC0,000 1T the present time.
and that the exaggerated ideas with regard
| to the population of China, together with the
| 70 getfulness OF the millions who worship no
one but their own ancestors, account for the
idea that the CUnfuCianists are so numerous.
His own opinion is that in point of numbers
Christianity stands at the head of all the re-
lgion5 of ne world. The order foil wing
/ Christianity he be ieves to be Hinduism DIN
Guiding Brahmanlsm. Jeiniam, demon and
fetish wOrships), Confu oianlsm, MOhammed-
anism, Buddhism, Taoism, Judaism and Zorro
astrlanlsm.
AMHERST COLLEGE sets a good example to
other colleges by not encouraging extrava-
gance. The statistics show that "the last
graduating class of Amherst College expend-
ed during Its college course about 100000
The average yearly expenditure per man was
1852. he average expenditure per man fresh
| man year was $625, sophomore year $640
junior year $500. Z he g. eatest total eXpendi-
| ture of any one member of the class was
$3.50; for one year 81 500. The least total ex-
pendi ure OF any one member was $675: for
one year $3.50. The average price paid for
| board was 81 week. The average highest
price paid was So %; average lowest So rs.
| One man boarded himself at 81, one at 81,
several as low Is 81. The highest price paid
| was 81" As rule the young men who ex-
pend the most money in col eye have the least
| to show in literary and scientific attachments.
CARDINAL GIBBONS is in Baltimore looking
after matters connected with the building of
the proposed National Catholic University.
About the progress of the work the Cardinal
said: 1--WE have collected enough funds to
start work on the theo ogical department at
once, but we viii defer building operations
| until s9ring on account of the weather,
| BishO, Ireland ana keane, Of the Collections
| Committee. have met with great success
especially IN New York. philadelphia and he
| East. The funds on hand, including Miss
CaidwelPs gift OF 100000, now amount to
| cousi derablg over half million. OF course
this is nothing Ike the amount necessary to
put great university into operation, but 1t
| will do to start the first and most necessary
deparl ment. We propose TO pay as we go. il
! it takes rs ears To bring the in titut on into
! full operation. Plans for the building have
been adopted. and Bishop Ireland ana Keane
have gone to Rome 10 get the final blessings
| OF the Pope. They will be back in a few
| months, and then we shall proceed to action
| without further delay"
AN amusing feature of the New York CITY
! campaign is the multitude OF wise savings