Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


0C0 pairs of boots-all to be delivered not
day later than April next.
OF all the members of the German Imperial
family Emperor William is the only one who
does not use visiting cards. He has never de-
Waited from his old custom OF announcing his
visits by the court courier.
A FRENCH CRANx's estimate OF humanity in
1885 foots up ga lot OF fools who spend most of
their time and money in making iron balls to
go through steel plates, and in making steel
plates to keen out iron balls"
A NEW LONDON COUNTY la wyer. whiie elo-
quently arguing q case of great interest. is
said to have used the following beautiful
phraseolosy: when this SANDER, gentlemen
of The jury, reaches the ear OF the strong arm
OF the law, it will kick away every obstacle
and with Its lips declare. No, sir; no, Stree,
sir. ~
GEORGE W. CHILDs has given drinking
fountain to STratford ON Avon, ''as evidence
of good will between the two nations. having
the fame and works of Shakespeare as a COM
mon heritage" 1t was graceful act on the
part of Mr.. Childs, and is gracefully acknowl-
edged by the corporation of Stratford-on-
Avon. Such little acts of courtesy are not
the least effective OF incidents in sustaining
pleasant international relations.
IT is intended to construct large tower in
London in commemoration of the jubilee
year of Queen Victorias reign. This tower
10 to g 440 feet high at the extreme top. from
which may be seen eight or nine counties. 1t
VIII overlook every her strue ure yet bullt
In London. IL IS proposed to erect TINS struc-
lure at the top of Oxford street, where the
ground lies high, and it is expected that the
work will be commenced In January.
THE New York Hospital Association looks
for large Saturday and Sundsy. contributions
this year Boxes have been PLACED in the ele
waited railroad stations. the EXPRESS oppanies
carrying everything of the kind free. The
receipts last year were $685., ST2,, of (which
$3.50. SOS were spent. The i1comeI from in
vested funds was S496.499: onfdopHysnd dis-
pensary patients treated, lt9.9lS; hQsalital pa
TENTS, 1892 of which 1865 We're tree.
AMONG others who hare the weafness of
collecting Autographs is iAdelina Patti For
many years past no friend Of ane distsuctibn
has been pc m tied TO, pass the shteshold of
the primq donna until he or 81 c1fstsi q rltten
a few words either upon Nine. Pattt self
or upon some other subject Of interest. Tho
consequence is that the signatures OF almost
every notability both in and outside the mu-
steal world are to be found in her albums.
SOUTH CAROLINA is the only State in the
Union that has no divorce law upon the stat
ute books. She doesn't grant divorce for
any cause whatever, and she has never had g
divorce law in all her history. The only dis
ADVANTAGE that has thus far been experienced
from this singular state of things is that it is
InOug0t TO nave a I6Ou6nCy 10 luCF0db6 C0llD-
acy among people who realize that having
once jumped in, they can never jump out,
without emigrating.
DAVID SAMPLE, Of Boston, after working
hard several years, saved 1925, and decided to
get married during the holidays. So he put
the money in a big pocketbook and that in the
inside pocket of his Overcoat, and started out
to buy furniture for his new home. 1t grew
too warm for his overcoat, and he took it off,
first putting the pOeketbook in the inside
pocket of his undercOat. This pocket had no
bottom. and when David reached for the
money it was not there The wedding has
been postponed.
YES, children, this is Drug Store, and not
a barroom, as you er-ro-ne-ous-ly supposed.
One swallow does Not make a barroom any
More than 1t makes a summer. Besides. the
liquid that the Druggist poured Out for me
when ! called for my Us-u-a al Dose was mere
ly a medicine which | take as proven ia
tive of NAL ria, 1t smelt like whisky. Yes;
curious, was it Not? But we will Waive that
point? See what Large stock of wines and
liquors and cigars and candy and fancy goods
they Keep here. Where are their Drugs? Oh,
they are in BACK room someWhere.-1td-
Bits.
JOSEPH PERRIN. of Grass Valley, Col. , had
3-year- old Ayrshire COW that showed n re-
mark able degree of affection for her first calf.
When the calf was three months old 1T was
TAX en- away from the mother and sent to the
butcher, but from the moment of separation.
the cow refused to eat, although food was
constantly accessible TO her. She was evil
IDENTIFY in great mental distress, bawling
almost constantly for several days and nights,
and fnallv lay down and died, although in
excellent condition and showing no symptoms
OF disease. The COW plainly enough grieved
itself to death for the absence Of Its calf.
ONE of the best examples of humor at the
serious moment is a legend OF a mining camp
party of prospectors came on the body OF
man IN an out -of- the way place. They did
not recognize him. He was n stranger He
had not been shot. he had not been killed by a
blow, he had not been attacked by q wild an
i'm al, he had not fallen over precipice nc did
not look as If starvation had Killed him. They
were speculating on the cause OF death when
they saw scrap OF paper pinned to his
clothes. They took it OFF and with some diff
Guilty they declphered this legend: at was
the rattlesnake. tried to catch him by the
tail"
A WRITER in the independent of Romney
Me-, truthful man, too. says that the other
day he saw a dog trying TO Gpry a live rabbit
which he had caught. lilo held the rabbit in
his mouth while he dug lts grave with his
paws. When the grave HYas prepared he put
its unwilling occupant INTO II, covered it up
carefully, and, after pattihgth dirt well with
its paws, retired TO Il little distance and lay
down, watching 1t. Presently bunny aoubt-
less thinking judgnentdaY had arrived, arose
from the tomb and started OF on a run The
dog soon caught him and buried HIM again,
Three times the Little animal resurrccted
itsef, and each time he dog caught ana
buried it, but on the fourth trial concluded
that the rabbit was a little too lively for
corpse, and killed 1t before proceeding with
the obsequles.
A FARMER of Brownhelm. o., whllc work
ing at deepening the county ditch, found.
feet below the surface, gigantic skeleton,
apparently of mammoth. The bones of the
head measured feet in length aud 81 feet in
width, and the socket that holds the tusks
were found To be inches in diameter. Tween
long and Al inches wide, standing edgeways.
The ribs, instead of growing to the backbone
as In the case of most animals, were ioIned To-
the backbone by a socket joint. The grinder,
of the upper jaw are inches in length and
33< inches wide. The bones of the feet meas
ured ~ inches across. and those OF the hind
leg from the hook TO the ankle Joint are feet
IN len 9Th. The height of this creature is sup-
posed to have been about 10 feet These
measurements show that the beast was one
ami a half times anger that Jumbo.
No one need be told that there are no wo.
men In the Gramercy Park house Of the late
Samuel j. Tilden. Day after Gay it s'ares
with bold and uninviting front and rear.
every window shade rolled to its extremest
height, looking unkempt and careless. as n
unheedcd by man or woman. An interesl inc
group sits in the library. in the back of the
house, and passers-by cannot fail to see men
opening drawers. examining papers, evincipg