Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
ENGLAND owns 95OOO,O 900 fowls, and l,ooo,-
100000 eggs were imported in 1885.

udy not TO fedu newspapers Ludb pulllsu scuu-
dals instead of news. even if they had TO buy
the higher priced papers.
THE French Minister of War proposes to
decorate his official apartment with the por-
traits Of all his predecessors in the War De-
partment, beginning with De sable in 1880.
THE GUNS sent to Gov. Foraker to be used
against any rioters in Cincinnati are maya
zine arm made at Windsor. Conn, especially
for riot work. They contain five charges of
buckshot in the magazine, besides one ia the
chamber.
WHILE young woman was being taken in
an express train from Boston to a reform
school the other day she eluded her guardian
and jumped through a window while the train
was at full speed The train was stopped,
but no girl was found, nor has been yet.
DIR. CYRUS II. THOMAS, in charge Of the
Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian In
stitution, is expected in Pittsburg in a few
days. to begin a scientific investigation of the
discoveries of mounds and other relics of pre-
historic time, IN the Monongahela and Char
tiers valleys.
RHODE ISLAND and Connecticut, having
lived two or three centuries with an indeter-
inmate boundary line, have now fallen into
dispute over the matter and a commission
has been appointed to settle it. The whole
boundary in question is under the waters of
the sound. and oystermen are the only ones
urgent about it.
THE choice of a site for the proposed monu-
ment to Gen. Robert e. Lee, at Richmond, it
seems, has narrowed down between CANDLES
Hill park and lot owned by the Allen es-
t4te. The latter is on Grove road, the fashion,
able drive of the city and within sight OF the
Confederate Soldiers Home. The owners of
the Allen lot offer to present it to the city if it
is selected as the site for the monument,
THE French government has just conferred
90. Ool. Al,U ~
public of Haytl, the grand cross of the Legion
OF Honor. This testimony of esteem and sym
pathy, given by France to the chief of the
Haytian government, proves how much she
appreciates his efforts to protect French in
terests in the republic of the Antilles, and is q
ing between the two countries.
THIRTY-Two years ago the father of Alex
ander Bales died, and after the estate had
been settled, as was supposed, some papers
and family relics were locked IN a chest and
gwen to the care of the boys grandmother.
She died, and the chest went to the mother.
Bales was married awhile ago, and went to
housekeeping in Greenville, Mich, and his
mother sent the chest to him. He opened it,
and in the old family Bible found documents
which make him heir to property worth $40
900.
A NEWSPAPER in Maine quotes some re-
ports of ''deestrick school" committeeman,
which read like those of half century ago.
One such is: Miss Abrams did not allow the
children to make any noise, and made but
little herself, moving her pupils around as old
Dea DrlnkWater did his OXen-by the snap OF
her finger" Another school "made fair
progress, some scholars getting ahead of their
own accord and Others being dragged along.
Strap oil properly applied might have helped
the matter" birch oil'' is the lubricant
which made things run SMOOTH at another
school.
On the suggestion of the Earl Of Essex, the
Church of England Funeral and Mourning
Reform Association has issued an appeal to
all the solicitors of the country urging them
to advise their clients to insert a clause in
their wills giving clear and positive orders as
to the manner in which they desire to be
buried. The following form is suggested: 81
desire my executors TO conduct my funeral in
plain and transformations manner, and to
avoid all unnecessary expense and display.
wish my body to be placed in perishabl
coffin, and to be buried in the earth itself, and
not in lead or brick vault. And / desire
the mourning worn by my family and SER
wants to be of the simplest description"
THE PEOPLE of Newfoundland appear to
have killed the goose that laid the golden egg.
Not content with killing all the young white
coat seals they could reach. they have per-
mitted the unchecked slaughter of the half
grown and old seals. The result is now being
seen in great diminution in the number of
seals that can be found, and this year the seal
hunt has been q comparative failure. The
steamers have not done well, and although in
some quarters the shore fishers have secured
an unusually large number, the scanty har-
vest will create restitution. 1t is remarka-
BILE thing that the value of the fish exported
from Newfoundland in 1914 was greater than
1t has been at any subsequent date, although
the quantity has been far exceeded during re-
cent years. In 1914 the population was only
$4,000, and now it Is 100000.
ABOUT a month ago a London physician had
a telegram from the wife of a noble patient at
Cannes: sCome for consultations; fee fl,0Oo."
The great doctor replied: Anxious cases:
cannot come" Her ladyship seems to have
thought that this was but a way of making
better bargain, for she increased her offer in
four successive kilograms, till the last read :
"Come at once; $4,000" While the I'VE tele-
grams and the replies were being sent back
ward and forward the anxious casesr con-
siderately died or got better, SO our doctor in
his last reply wired: Coming" After he
| had seen his patient at Cannes my lady in
CURED what was the fee. He said: IAN the
| Riviera doctors with English clients met and
| fixed the fee fer a cOnsultatiOn-the consult
| ant coming expressly from LondOn-at
fl,OoO." A check for fl,000 was accordingly
| presented to him. Calling on his Way to
| his train next day, merely to say good
| bye and inquire after his patient, the lady
handed him an envelope. mot to he opened
| till bv and by" The doctor said, 81 have had
| com plimentary. But being told to put the
envelope in his pocket, he did 30. Later on
| he found it contained check for f5OO-a sum
which had no particular relation to the tele-
graphic bids. Nor is this all. Four checks
| came on successive days. their united value
being f3,500, all signed by her ladysnip; and
| at the bank letters were received preparing
the cashier for their presentation The doc
| tor wrote, saying he had had his fee and could
take no more. He offered to return $4,000 or
| distribute 1t among useful institutions As
! the money was left m his hands he adopted
| the latter course, with the result that { : 900
| was gwen to The Medical Examination Hall.
| fl.t00 to each OF two hospitals, and f. 900 to
| one Of the medical institutes.
THE heartiness and enthusiasm with which
the project Of erecting in Washington a Ro-
man Catholic University has been received
| by Catholics in all parts Of the country are
sufficient evidence that 1t viii become solid
and concrete fact before very long. Subscrip-
tons still continue to pour in. Already the
/ sum IN hand is sufficient 10 warrant the be-
! ginning OF the building. The major portion
! of the million dol ara which was to be coli
| leeted for the cost and endowment of the uni.
| versity is IN hand, aud more - stll coming
| The committee held a meeting last week In
| Baltimore, and selected three OF the ten plans
| for the building which had been sent
| in by some Of the principal architects
OF the country. IL is probable
| that the best features OF these three de.
| signs will be INCORPORATED into one when a
/ final decision Is made. Ground viii not be