Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-06
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! OVER Sls 90 has been raised by the Alumni
Association of Vassar College toward fund
Of $4,000 for the department of physical Gull
| ture.
JUST 100 years ago the State OF Pennsylva-
MA passed law leyying ad valorem "uties
on stventy articles of manufacture, including
| iron and steel
The Hampton institute. near Fortress
Monroe, has now over 6l7 students, of whom
no are Indians and the rest negroes IL has
iand ana improvements worth 100000, ana Is
| free from debt.
MANDOLIN PLAYING is one Of the last fash
ionable crazes in Washington -sOcietY. The
swedish minister is said to be an expert, and
many young ladies are proficient in handing
the instrument.
GOVERNORS Island, New YORK harbor, has
within recent years been greatly improved,
graded, paved, planted and provided with
sea walls 1t is most charming place ana
an admirable army post.
ONE Of the best newspapers in Toxic has
employed young Japanese woman as wrl-
ter on its stan, She is said to be the only wo-
man IN the empire who has been admitted
within the circle of journalism,
A HIGH" mass was celebrated on Christ
mas eve in the chapel "Maria Of the Black
Lake" at the foot of the Matterhorn. fully
/ esibU lttb ABOVE the ieVGl OF the Etd. II 10
rare that at this season or the year even the
most intrepid ehamols hunter ventures to as
cend so high.
DAKOTA is well scattered over with col
| lapsed people from the Mast, who, ruiz ed by
speculation. are endeavoring 10 grow mp new
fortunes with the country. Generally, they
| have little knowledge of agriculture and no
| adaptablliy for the new life AS conse-
| quence they are pretty miserable.
| Var-prN-c tho Tron.h ,,,.t T..tsa,. 80, road
was built from Crown Point across the Green
mountains TO TT No. 4, now Charle-ton. n.
d. Tn road played an important part in
| he military operation of succeeding Indian
wars ana in the Revolution. 1t is now pro-
| posed 10 resu fvey it's course and erect sulta-
Bile marks and memorials.
THE SOCIALISTS OF PARIS propose to cole
brate the anniversary OF "Capet," better
known to history as Louis XVI, by banquet,
| to which the deputies OF The chamber whose
ancestors We're members of the convention
| which ssed the decree of death are to be in
| vlted. Fourteen deputies are known TO be
| qualified for this questionable honor, among
( whom are NJ. Wilson. sOn-in law OF President
| 6revy, and two members of the cabinet.
THE FRIENDS of Rev. Willis B. skillman
are worried over his action in resigning the
pastorate of the Tabor Presby terian Church
OF Philadelphia. The only reason he gives
| for reeigning is that, having spent mu h time
| with God in celebrating, ne is certain that
| the Almighty wishes him 10 give up his
| charge. He mas no plans for the future. an /
| his congregation, who are said to be firmly
attached to HIM, fear that his mind has be-
/ come unbalanced.
| THE DOMINION FRANCHISE ACT will have
the effect of disfranchising hundreds of in
come voters in all the large cities of Canada.
| The act provides that an income voter must
! vote where he resides. and that he must have
! resided in the pOORtiL nHnCV for he
fore the LIST of January, 1885. Thus an income
| voter who may have Resided in city for 20
| years will be disfranchlsed if curing 1885 he
happened TO move a few blocks from one cleo
toral division to another
THE TENDENCY to depart from the old Gus
tom OF always selecting an ordained minister
for college president is illustrated by the re-
cent election OF Prof. Cyrus Northrup, law
yer. to the university Of Minnesota; Prof.
David s. Jordan, biologist, to the Indiana
| University; Prof Charles X. Adams, histo-
rian, TO Cornell; Prof Edward S. Holden. an
astronomer, TO the University of California,
and DR.. John E ttOn, United States Commits
sioner of Education, to Marietta.
THE Washington people haven't got through
talking about the appearance Of NJ. Mesia, o
the Spanish Legation. the other evening at a
| ball in knee breeches. silk stockings, and sill
i YER buckles at knee and instep. There was
| much speculation as to who he was. One
| thought he might have just come from
| fancy ball; another thought he might be
star actor from one OF the theatres, and, wor,
/ OF all, he was taken or a butter ana told to
| bring more terrapin to a staircase group.
THE United States Supreme Court has a BIZ
BILE which has been in constant use since 1908.
1t was printed at oxford in 1899. On the n.y.
| leaf is written, United States supreme Court
/ 1903" And every justice of the Court and
/ every attorney who has been United to
practice before the bar since that dale has
/ hppp that Ribla. ia a ANAL
volume and the binding shows the marks OF
| frequent usage, particularly where the fingers
| clutch IL in administering and taking an oath.
AN UNPARALLELEDla law of New Jersey. pass
ed while the State was a British colony, reads
as follows: THAT all women of whatever
age. rank. profe 8 on, or degree. whether vir-
! gins, maids, or widows, who shall after this
| act impose upon. seduce, or betray into mat
| rmOny any of his Majesty's subjects by vir-
| tue OF scents cosmetics, washes, paints, arti-
| hcial teeth. false hair, or high-heeled Shoes
| shall incur the penalty Of the law now In
| force against wiJchcraft and like misdemean-
Ors."
WHEN the Executive committee ofthe Bap-
fist minister's Association, Of Boston, adj
journed for luncheon on Monday, after haul
| ing Parson OowBe's case over the Goals very
/ vigorously, they met the parson and his lawyer
| 81 the door of fremont Temple. Without the
| slightest tinge of that disregard with which
| they have heretofore treated the far famed
| parson. the reverend gentlemen received MIN
| with marked cOrdiality, and several sail,
| quite in the POO-BEh fashion, "How do you
! do, Brother Downs?' One, more familiar
| tnan the others. attempted TO speak with
| him; but the parsOn. with a sarcastic smile
and "A snapOf his finger aud thumb, fastened
by, muttering: away, ye Pharlses."
as L. G." WRITES from Saco, Me-. it may
help to an accurate idea Of the weight of ice
which gathered pom trees during the recent
visitation, to state that on Friday, Jan. 80,
nearly upright shoot Of about one-sixth of an
inch in dt meter, upon being weighed with It's
evenly distributed coating, was found 10 be y6
Tor more exactly 965<l times heavier than after
the ice had melted OF. The next day the
weight OF q small pendant fOrked twia, upon
which in addition to a coating similar to that
| nrsL mentioned, there had formed icicles of
| various lengths, WAS found 10 he .43 times
greater than that of the bare twig. The
Weight led being OF the metric or decimal
syslem, the calculation OF proportion was per.
ectly simple, liability to error being reduced
TO minimum.
A FARMER OF Madison county, ILL.,, relates
that IN 1888, when the country was very
sparsely Sc tied, he took i've mules from far.
mer near Rushville, Schuyler coun y In pay
ment oil a debt. lie led them home, two on
each side OF the horse he rode, going to Jack
sOuviile, and through ScJtt, Green, anu Jersey
COunte a distance or about 100 mi es. 4 ne
night after arriving nome two OF the mules
escaped from his pas ure, and in Two days
were back az their old owners farm. ON
tracing them it Was found they had Travelled
by "a new route, more direct tnan the one by
which lie had led them. Tuey SWAN Lhe nj.