Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-13
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the pests attacking its udder, which was dis
tented with milk.
AS to the relative merits of hard and soft
steel rails, the Investigations in Germany
seem to leave the matter OF wear inoeter-
inmate, with the conclusion that the wear of
| rails depends more upon the impurity OF the
| steel than upon its hardness or softness.
LEoNoRE Tiff, an American soprano, now
res dent in Milan, writes that Milan is over
run with vocalists seeking engagements. The
| impressario Manzoni wanted her to sing for
MN, declining to give any salary, and said
that he could get plenty OF Americans who
would pay him to be allowed TO sing in his
theatre.
"HOw was Gen. Garland's absence regard
ed?' asked Washington correspondent of q
lady who attended the wedding. LAS a joke
we all took it. He went to see Mr.. Cleveland
the other day and told HIM he had to go out Of
town for Il few days. The President laughed
and said: Il understand it all. Garland; You
! need not come You know his dlsinclinatlon
| toward society,""
THE actress who escapes from a fire and the
star who loses valuable diamonds are eclipsed
! by the actress who charged that when she had
| been carried of the stage of a Philadelphia
| theatre in faint the stage manager of her
company robbed her of a 81 ,00G bill and a $500
! bin winch had been slowed away in bag fas-
tened to her corsets. The naughty stage man
ager when confronted with the crime, prom
lsed to make good the loss.
THERE is one honest boy in Wichita. Kan,
and he Is a bootblack. The other day he
BACKED the boots of a gentleman at a hotel,
who gave him, as he supposed, we copper
cents. An hour later the boy returned, hunted
up the gentleman and gave hum IS gold
piece, which he had given as a cent. The gen.
| tleman was equ i to the occasion, for he at
once took the boy to clothing store ana
bought him $l5 suit.
AN Indian funeral procession in Eastern
Oregon is thus described: "The defunct had
been set upon horse. and a stick had been
lashed along each side OF mis- body to keep it
! IN an upright position. The head was not
supported in any way, and "a the horse trQtted
along the body seemed bowling IN every dircc-
ton and the mead shaking in a horribly gre
! tesque manner. The widow, dressed ia her
mourning paint, trotted along behind on
lazy mule, to which she kept vigorously ap-
plying the whip"
PARsoN GRAY, who is at the head of a con-
gregatIon of colored folks in Denver, has been
preaching sermons that reflected seriously on
the morals of some Of his people. james Haw-
kins thought the coat fitted HIM, and not only
put IL on but talked back savagely to the pas
tor. Then Parson Gray got pistol and put
IL in his pocket, and the next time he and
Hawkins met there were more high words
and the pistol went off and Hawkins was
hurt. And now the pastor is on trial, charged
with assault against this black sheep.
Mr.. BEECHER's trip to Europe puts the
Brooklyn Union in mind of that noted pulpit
orators tour In 1853. The Union, telling of
an address made by Mr.. Beecher at an Eng
llsh town, adds: A Big burly Euglishman de-
| sired to shake hands with Mr.. Beecher, but
the latter could not reach him, and the En-
| gshman cried: "Shake my umbrella" at the
same time pushing il up towards him. MIR.
| Beecher complied with the request, and as he
! did so the enthusiastic Englishman cried
] jock nnhOdV shall NH
| agann'
FEW people will accept the remarkable
views on opium smoking expressed by Mr.. j.
g. Scott, the traveller, in his book on Tonquin.
He asserts that opium used moderately is at
| least no more harmful than tobacco or alco-
| ho, aud that the opium pipe is a positive
blessing after hard days march, or in coun-
! tries where fever fumes rise thick out of the
marshes and jungle. He says that it is only
when man puts himself to sleep with a half
dozen or more pipes that it becomes a curse.
| The opium habit is very prevalent among the
French soldiers in lndo-China.
PARTY of hunters and biologists were
camped in Southwestern Kansas one night
when a meteor fell near them. In the morn
ing they found a huge mass buried in the
| ground, and still quite warm. They managed
! to break oil chunk Of about pound and a
| half weight, carried it to Denver and had 1t
assayed. 1t panned ont about 20 per cent. of
| gold, s. per cent. of iron, and II per cent.
nickel. with copper and other metals. The
| party are going back with dynamite and tools
| To get the rest of the meteor. which they cal
culate weighs five tons. If the assay holds
out they'll get ton OF gold.
A BosTONIAN was invited by a popular
comedian to spend Sunday in the shade of his
| fig tree q few miles out of town. The Bos-
tOnian looked forward to the day with lively
anticipations of fun. One may Judge of his
disappointment by the fact that as they were
! driving TO the station Monday morning he re-
| marked sadly to his hest, by Jove, old man,
| find you very duh fellow at home" The
| comedian smiled dOlefuly as he replied: Il
fear you do not know the correct definition of
| a comedian. A comedian is a fellow who isn't
| funny but who pretends to be funny for
money!" and the Bostonian responded,
| "Quite So"
| AN ACCIDENT to the pump rod of a deep
well used in draining colliery in England
| brought out a new use for incandescent cleo
| trio lights. Work had to be carr ed on in the
well 900 feet from the surface and un Ter
water; Divers were employed, and they had
| with them heavy iron lantern with a glass
| globe bottom, the whole enclosing four mean
| descent lamps and a reflector. primary
! battery of Is cells furnished the electric cur
/ re It, and light of about so candles concen-
| trated in a sphere of six feet in diameter, was
! obtained under water. With this great aid
| the work was carried on without the least
| delay or difficulty.
| GENEROUS FARMER, living in New jersey,
! opposite New York, last year threw open his
lawn free to the boys of that city on Sundays,
to enable them TO spend their HOLIDAYS in
harmless sport amid good surroundings. But
some of his neighbors did not agree with him
! on the subject. and they had HIM ned because
| he allowed the BOYS TO play base ball on sun
! day. II is not likely that this stopped the
| boys from playing bail, but il compelled them
| 10 go TO parks maintained by liquor sellers
| But the farmer was not discouraged by his
| experience, and this year he throws open mis-
| farm on saturday. To all New York, the half
/ holiday movement having gwen the opportu-
hlty 10 m my thousands OF young men to en-
JOY his hospitality on that day Of the week.
THERE was an English reporter who went
to Boston no vast amount OF time ago and
managed TO get good deal OF reporting work.
largely, perhaps, on the strength OF his claim
that he was verbatim reporter OF rare ae-
| complsbments and profound experience. He
was particularly good at public meetings, but
| he had brought over habits with him which
/ occasionally created lively impression. One
| day he took" little lecture by Philnps
/ Brooks, in which the doctor found occasion 10
| quote some well known verses OF Moore's
| rms Is the way the passage appeared in the
| DAILY Blanket next morning: "fhe reverend
| gentleman announced 10 as his opinion that
the world "a IN the nature OF a neeting show,
given for the delueOn OF Wan, and proceeded
10 remark further that the smiles OF ioy. as
well a. the tears OF woe shine deceitfully in
| the one case and flow deceitfully in the other
There is, he said, nothing true but heaven "