Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE Canadian Indians at Whitefsh Lake
| and Lac la Biche are dying IN large numbers
| from an epidemic Of measles. SO virulent is
! the disease thai the agents have not dared 10
! pay the annual treaty money.
| HENRY RAYNoR, a slave dealer, whose camp
was near Double Lake, Mo-, with twelve OF his
! men, m ede raid on a rattlesnake den aud
| killed thirty eight. ranging from eighteen
inGnes to six and half feet in length
PET DOG belonging to a woman who died
rec n ly near North Sidney, N. s., was so at
| tached to her that after her death he refused
| food Of every Kind, and, following her re-
| mains TO the grave, stayed there and starved
| to death.
! WILD GEESE are being slaughtered by the
thousan at Beaver lake, in Northwestern
| Canada. Two men recently killed 1000 and
dried the meat for winter use, ami 1t is not
| unusual for the local gunners to bag fifty and
100 in days shooting.
FEW London papers which do not know
| the Bohemian equivalent for "Mr." insist
upon putting Herr before Dvorak's name.
| his II source II great annoyance to the
| composer, who insists that the prefix Mr."
or ito Bohemian equivalent Pau shall be
| used.
IT is now said, apparently on good authori-
ty, that the rare and costly collection Of paint
| Ings belonging to the estate of the late Mrs.
! A. Il. Stewart will be divided among the
| heirs and removed in lots from the Fifth ave-
| nue. mansion. 1t was originally reported
| tnat the collection would not be broken up.
BENJAMIN MOORE. who died in Berlin re-
Gently, left by will reward of 81 for every
| policeman reporting case of cruelty to ami
| mails. "As men have no hearts" he wrole IN
| MS Will, Il leave my money to the brutes."
And nc did, eBrlchlng the Berlin -oclety for
| the PROJECTION of Animals by nearly 100000.
TIE soap manufacturers do not look with
fay to.
fuel n Pittsburg instead of soft COAL The
| people are now so much cleaner that they use
| only one half the amount OF soap That they
| formerly used. Furniture men aud upholster-
ers also say that they sell less goods in that
| city than formerly.
DURING a severe thunder storm at Wells
vile, Mo-, last August, a vivid flash of light
| ming photographed on the smooth white cell
| ing OF the Methodist church the face of an old
man with long flowing hair aud beard. 1T is
| descr bed as weird and shadowy portrait.
| and the superstitiOuS "a that il is The photo
| graph of the Storm Kim.
The largest wooden structure in the world
is said to be the government buildings in the
capital of New Zealand. The block is four
| stories high and occupies an area of nearly
two acres. The city itself is mostly wooden
on account Of the cart qusKes OF the region.
| and Is called the "Clty of Packing Cases and
the "City of Match Boxes"
paternal head of which is connected with the
city works, two sons are policemen. one son
| occupies position in "A refOrmatOry belonging
| TO the city, one Is a letter carrier two daugh-
tiers are clerks in the employ of the city, and
one daUgh er, the yOungest, hopes soon to OBJ
tain position as teacher in public school.
A NEW Use for the tobacco plant has been
discovered. It's stems and waste, it is claimed,
are equal to linen rags in the manufacture of
paper. 4, bacco was costs les than $40 a
ton, linen rags $40 TO $40. There is no ex-
peEse in asserting the former, and very little
shrinkage, as against a loss of one third of
rags. The year V tobacco waste is estimated
by the cen us reports at from 100000 TO
10000 hounds. -t
THE Oxford system of allowing students to
attend lee ures as they choose results in SOME
pathetic experiences. One professor of moral
ph'insopny says; -" Lectures were announced
ami The pr"fessor attended, Another pro-
lessor confesses; Lectures offered, fifty
four, but some not delivered owing to alb
seuce of audience while one professor de-
cares that he announced three courses of
lectures, but no student sent in their names.
GEN. SHERIDAN hasn't much faith in the In
dian, and has poor opinion of people who
have. He suggested to Secretary Endcott.
when the question of finding place for
Geronimo ana his band was under considera-
ton, that they be sent to Fort Warren, at
Boston. He recommended the Hub because
he thought most of the Indian sentiInentaists
lived here. and he wanted them to have ut
tie practical experience with the Indian
| character
THE Congregationalist, OF London, tells the
following incident as Illustrating the feeling
among the common people in Wa'es in re-
gard to tithes: "A few days ago We had con =
versation on a railway platform with Welsh
farmer. which was extremely suggestive. i
know farmers wife over The hill there. said
my lrierd, and the p1rsOn came to collect
1.-THE. She said TO him: Parson, | have eleven
] children; will youJ Ike one of them? You take
the tenth pig; VIII you have the tenth child?'
The argument seemed TO the farmer quite
convincing. ard the story seemed to be Keen
ly appreciated by the bystanders."
THE prescribed statutory Balhstic tests Of
the naval 6-inch and S-inch steel breech load
ing rifles intended for the new cruis. rs took
place before the board Friday at the Naval
Academy proving ground at Annapolis. The
S-Inch gun tested was the piece recently
erroneously reported as having burst The
| velocites recorded with each were alb MT
1000 feet per second, with less than fifteen
tons pressure. The rapldlty OF fire Obtsiued
during ten rounds was somew h at remarkable
being for the S-ruch gun fiji cen minutes and
! for the 6-lnch gun eleven minutes. A number
of officers ana civilians were present at the
tests.
He was the son of a worthy Cbicagoan and
he had just returned from college. The father
was brusque. matter Of fact man, who had
no liking for anything dudish. and he motto ID
with sorrow that his son returned with bangs
ana various other insignia OF uudednm, The
old gentleman surveyed him criucally wber
he ap. cared in his Office and hen blurred out
Young man, you LOOK like a fool" just al
that moment. and before the young man haC
line 10 make fitting reply, friend walked
ID. "Why, hello, George. have YOU re.
turned? ?" he asked, Dear me. how much
you resemble your father" $50 he has iusI
been telling me" replied the youth.
DIR. NORM, French physician, in his new
work on the hygenics of beauty makes dead
set against earrings. In numbers of cases he
has known cry sipeias to proceed from their
u e. The idea that they are good for weak
! ewes he quite dIsposes of. It is possible h.
says, that in cases OF ntlamed eyes they might
act as counter lrritant, but ii they did they
would keep the lobe OF the ear, which. moi
being rich In blood vessels, has little recupera-
tive vitality, in state of permanent c, ra-
ton. There Is no surer test OF a good or bad
constitution than the state of an ear which
has been pierced and exposed to the irritation
of heavy earrings. II the lObes heep red and
swollen they plVcam bad blood and scrofu-
lous tendencies
ITALY has twenty-one universities-one
more than Germany. They are divided into
two classes, those which receive State snp-
port and those which do not. The first class