Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


ample of the association of York and Cumbcr-
land counties in Maine in advocating union
with the Free baptIsts.
A SHIP has Just come round the Horn with
cargo of 225 masts from Puget sound, each OF
which Is nearly 100 feet in length. These are
OF the Douglass dr, or Oregon plne.' Inc
GERMAN navy has long used Puget SOUND
spars.
KING ALBERT, of Saxony, has presented the
library al Gels, containing 10000 volumes,
which he inherited from the late Duke OF
Brunswick, TO the Royal Public Llbrary at
Dire den. About four ffths Of the Oels Ii
brary consist OF very rare works not hereto
iore represented IN the Dresden Library.
Az HONEST IOWA GRANGER recently sent the
fol owing letter to a business house IN this
city: pleas send me at onst one of yure
p1ten ether punp5 which you sell fer 50 %.
MY ole pump hez about gin out, and sence the
probishun law went into eteck, the ole well Is
the only drink we have
RECENTLY. in the town Of Vincennes, Ind,
Harry Posey and Charlotte Thompson, who
had been Il ravishng beauty in her time,
were married after a separation of forty six
years They had been lovers in youth hut
quarreled and went separate ways, never
eng each other in the period that inter-
Yencu.
A IEUTONGC CORONER in an Ohio town was
called upon the otuer day to ''sit on" the case
of a man who had been killed in an iron mil
In order to i'm re-s he jury with his honesty,
he began his address as follows: "Schentle-
men. ] hef no personal interest in Ills case
nef been abbroached reder by der maniac
turcr7 nor der deceased
THE German Society for the Saving of
Wrecked People has just sent out its last re-
port, which contains the Information that
from the middle of October up to Dec. l the
hfc-savIug stations erected and supported by
the society have saved. under great, ana after
extraordinary difficulties, the lives Of twenty
i've persons who would otherwise undOubt-
edls nave persisted.
AFTER TWENTY YEARS of life in one Of the
Bahama islands George Upton, former Ken
tuckian. has returned to his native sta e on a
visit. Although financially wreck when he
left this country he secured control of a small
island, winch proved to he rich in phOsphates,
from winch he amassed great wealth. he
ruled autOcratlcallv, and no women or IN
toNcatlns liquors were permitted upon the
island. IL is said that his visit Is to take back
kentucky wife.
A LITTLE CNPLHASANTNEss between lady
of high rank and member of the clergy VIII
shortly claim the attention of one Of the
lower courts at Vienna. The Countess Of
Pongracz- Mettcrnich has sued the Citrate
Roth for insulting and bodily lnjurlng her by
calling 1,r 1901 and slipping her face when
she inquired after Il cross donated by her TO
the church presided over by the curate, while
ne claims fD be greatly nurt IN ms Zee lnEs be-
ca Sc the C0uotess called MIN a fool when he
entered IN his sac6rdOJal robes his Yestry at
Ebersdorf.
A ''BECAERE' is the latest title for Partisan
dandles, and the term is also used to replace
the now wel-wOrn expression chic. The ''be-
care" must be grave md sedate, after the
Eng ish model, with short hair. tight high
collar, small moustache aud whiskers. buJ no
beard. III must always look 30 years OF aLo,
must neither dance nor affect the iriYOlIty OF
/ a floral buttuuh0ie, or any jeWelry, must
shake hands Imply with ladies', and gravely
bend his mead 10 gentlemen. "Becarre,'-
being trsnslated-is natural used IN mu-
seal sense.
SIGNS OF life being observed about an ele-
giant country residence IN Westchester coun-
ty. y. Y, by the owner, who knew that the
tenants We're temporarily absent, led to an
] investigation a day or two ago. II was dis
covered that number of tramp5 had taken
/ possession of the place, made comfort able
fires, slept IN the iuNurl Gus beds. eaten all the
canned ed1hles in the house, ana succeeded IN
/ nearly running the c silly carpets and furn
/ ture. They even WenJsO far as to drine u
/ The wines and liquors Ina. mad Deun i-fo in Tie
/ closets. Watcuman IS now ii p0s3-sSi- n If
/ the pr misses.
THE steel pen, now indispensable article.
was slowly perfected, and like most inven-
tions thus perfected its merits were not al
once &C DOwledged. When. in 1910, it first
made Its appearance in England it was
/ pieee Of sheet steel bent in a tubular form,
! and cut or filed away tO initiate the shape of
/ qulil pen, the Junction OF the TWO edges
I forming the nib. which extended all up the
/ BACK Of the pen. 1t was given away as
! present. and not for use. IL was highly pol
/. ished, and sold for as much as SIS. In 1924 Mr.
/ James Perry. The founder Of a system ON edu-
/ cation once famous as the "Perryan' system.
/ took up the steel len as a practical invention,
/ and by lndomitabe energy OveFrame the
] a. Ia n . al
/ lions to its use. He patented several varie-
/ ties. and spared no expense TO attain per-
( fect'n. His brother> informed Mr.. Samuel
! ilmmlns. OF birmingham, Eng. that he paid
/ IS. per pound for his steel. amt SIS, per pen to
4 the first workmen he mLloyed and that for
years afterward the price given to his work
/ men was 36s per gross.
~ the best electric lamps the little horse
I shoe is made of bamboo, and this material has
proved its superiority to its rival. paper, in
several wsvs. The bamboo comes from Japan
/ in bundles of slips a foot in length. Japanese
bamboo is of finer quality han the Chinese
| It H. first split up into little square strips
/ u rls round hesc on by running hem through
dies until they lOOA llhe little broom straWs.
/ These are put in crucibles with graphite and
! submltte TO a white heat for several hours.
This CArbOniZes them thoroughly. The fla
+ meuts are not all OF exactly the same size
when taken out Of The crucibes, anu If USED
/ IN That state WoulQ prevent varying resist
! ance TO the current. and the lamps would not
: be even and economical IN their working. To
make them uniform they are put one by one
/ into a glass jar. from which the air can be
/ exhausted, and hydrO-carbOn gas, the light
/ est of the products Of petroleum, can be adj
| mittsd. \ current OF electricity is run
| thr ugh the horseshoe flament. and 1t abb
( serbs carbon from the gas until the operator
sees hat its resistance has been reduced to
the regulation amount.
JOHN HUMrBREY MOVES, founder Of the
famous Oneida Community in New York. is
dying at his recezt residence near Clifton, on
/ the Canadian side Of NIAGARA Fails he was
8orn no Vermont, and Is now about IS years OF
age Moves hiss tried. though on small
I scale. the greatest OF social revolutions, by
/ destroying the Institutions Of the Hmily, re-
plsciug 10 hy a SIS en- Of sexual relations in
/ common aud on 4 theory Of stirpiculture.
I After great success m building up thriving
business com munliy, the moral sense 81 the
people oil cen ra New York revolted, and the
a. crlmtut cam, t9 an end. The Oneida
/ community wa turned into joint stock cor
] uurallun. ala MIR. Moves went to Canada. lie
! ina. lately completed near his home q school
! building and printing flee, whore be IN
{ tended % educate children born in the com
I nMuitr. both hir own and those Of others. lie
I has published very little for several years, but
10 has been hi purpose to resume has pTopa-
I gauHa. he has .baudoned none Of his per-
[ Zee iluist and socalsttc ideas. The Oneida
/ corporation. ~ q cooperative business msti-
tuti n. h. a. successful as ever.