Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-25
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Liverpool.
CONSIDERING the threatened invasion Of
cholera it is announced that German ply.
stefan has discovered that small coins are i'm
portant factors in the spreading of diseases
He has found bacteria and vegetable fungus
in scrapings from the metal.
La GUAYRA is so hot that you must mo-
rush around, as people do in cooler climes
but take things as the residents do-withou
any hurry whatever. The swiftest thing
there Is a funeral. In 50 hot place the dead
are not kept out OF the ground over twelve
hours.
A DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIAN criticises q
distinguished novelist for admirlng "the deli.
cate pink edge" of young woman's eyehd,
He declares that the phenomenon which
pleases the novelist is mptOmatlc of scrofula
and therefore absolutely devoid of beauty 10
every intelligent soul
THE STINGRAY is the natural enemy Of San
Francisco oysters, and his appearance here is
almost as much to be dreaded as the five
fingered starfsh that destroys the beds of
Eastern waters. The fish has powerful pair
of jaws, with which he considers 1t no trick
whatever to smash the shells of an oyster into
powder, after which he sucks the meat
into his stomach and discards the rocky
debris.
JENKINS JUNIOR quarreled with jenkins
Senior in a crowded dining room in Frank
fort, Ky, and the father threw a glass at his
sons head. Whereupou the son promptly
drew his pistol ami fired at his sire. No fur
ther harm was done, but the old man seemed
to be rather proud of his boy. ''He did
right" said he to a friend. He's jenkins,
you know-spirlted, high strung. That's the
way he was raised. IL man throws a & ass
at my head, | suppose I'd have to kill him
Yes, the boy did right"
FREDERICK n. PALMER, the Boston ply
stefan who jumped from Portland steamer
and was drowned with his 4-year-old
grandchild, was postm aster at Bratteboro,
VT, during POlk's administration. He was
the originator of the first American postage
stamp, which was engraved for the postm as
ters personal use These stamps were in use
long before the government decided to use
stamps for prepayment OF postage. The Pal
mer stamps bring fabulous price, one hav-
ing been recently sold for $l45, while a few
years ago one sold for 5000 at auction.
The Berlin Anti Impoverishment Society
seems to be doing a good work. During the
l6 years of its existence it has advanced the
sum OF S5l. S75 m arks to l5,2Ss persons, besides
relieving So, lSS persons the amount of $685.
O2O marks; making total of l,739, 1875 marks
distributed to 7l,476 persons in hard cash. in
dependent Of the loan, or gift, of 3.25S sewing
machines. Of the amount advanced tS5l,S75
marksl nearly $4,000 Ia arks have been paid
back by the borrowers. The society numbers
lzsoff paying III lDtIS. WHO. QUTlDR Ine past
year, contributed about , $1,000 marks, OF
which sum little more than $4,000 marks
were expended.
THE VALUE of ostrich feathers has long been
declining, until the price Of prime whites"
has sunk from $50 to FLO per pound. Indeed,
at a sale last month at Cape Town 500 pounds
of mixed feathers only realized a total of
1901, values having fallen Is per cent. from
previous sales. This serious depreciation may
be attributed to various causes, among which,
probably, glutted markets, the dictates of
fashion, general depression, and previously
eXaggeraL prices are the chief The golden
dreams INDUCED in by the Cape farmers a de-
cade since have been rudaly dispeled, and
they are now returning to their first love,
wool farming, which, during the ostrich craze,
had been somewhat neglected.
THE proposed union of the old Waldensian
church and what is known as the Free Church
in Italy is not yet consummated. At the re-
cent meeting of the General Conference of the
Wadensian Evangelical Mission, held in
Florence, much time was occupied IN discuss
ing the union question. Union for it's own
sake was admitted to be desirable, but the
new church viii require new name, and the
Waldensians are ath to give up their own
old and honOred name, even for the advant-
aces offered by the union. The Synod of the
Waldenslans Is to meet in the autumn In the
Nallies, and ii is expected that a final decis-
ion, so far as that body is concerned, will be
reached. Atthe meeting referred to il was
agreed IndJ IN the future formation OF lndi-
vldual congregations there should be 80 in
stead of male converts. II was further
agreed that females who had attained the age
Of q years should be allowed to vote, but not
TO speak at church meetings.
THE NIPsIc, supposed to be lost, Is screw
steamer Of 1875 tons displacement and has
battery of SIX guns. Having completed her
three years of foreign service she was ordered
no e. II ls rumored that the delay of the
Tallapoosa in starting for the South Atlantic
Station Is owing to the nOn-arrlval of the
NIpsic. The missing man-of-war was COM
manded ny Commander William 5. Dana. He
entered the Naval Academy from New YORK
State in 1853, being graduated in 1868. He
was promoted TO be Ensign on October of the
same year. He was an officer of the
Hartford when Farragut made his
ii sht at Mobile bay, and was
thanked by Farragut in General Orders for
the bravery displayed on that occasion. He
passed through the various grades of the SER
vice to his present rank, and did good service
on the Asiatic ana European stations. He was
for awhile attached 10 the receiving ship OIL
orado at the Brooklyn navy yard. Her other
officers " ere Lieutenant Commander George
c. Reiter, Lieut.. c. II. Arnold, Lieut.. G.. A.
CLARK, Lieut. Junior grade e J. Dorm, En-
signs II. W. Harrison and w. G. Richardson,
Paymaster II. L. Wright Chief Engineer X.
b. Hine, and Assistant Engineer +. II. Serb
ner. Lieut.. Com. Reiter. the executive officer
10 from Pennsylvania and was graduated from
the Naval Academy IN ls65. Lieut.. Arnold is
IiplA WV "a n CNdLC anu WAS EIdQudkeu IN
lSbf, Lieut.. Dorm is native OF Missouri,
Ensign Harrison is from Washington, Ensign
Richardson native 81 Mas achusetts, Chief
Engineer Hine is from Washington. Assistant
Engineer Scrlbner from Massachusetts and
Paymaster Wright rom Wisconsin.
IT was not believed at RiyerdaIe. NY.
where Miss MorJ.ni, the youngest daughter
OF 6 p. Morosini, was bitten by a dog on
April IA. that the dog was mad. The animal
WAS asleep upon the front piazza of the Moro
SIM manson, ana Miss MorOsinI, thinking II
was her own little dog named Finnette. bent
over MN and patted him on the neck. The
dog Jumped up playfully, as dogs do, and al
tempted 10 ID her face and abraded the skin
at the side OF her nO-e either with his raw or
teeth. DR.. l.. ID. Buckley, Of New York, was
called upon 10 examine The wound. He eau
terzed It. The dog was shot, and the BODY
was secured by DR. Buckley ana sent to Dr.
A. + Liautard, Of the Al ercan Veterinary
College, New York city, for examina-
ton and exp riment. Miss MOro.inl
was taken TO Paris and placed under the
her for the care Of rabies by incubation The
experiments conducted by DR.. Liautard upon
the dog, 10 Is said. demonstrated that he had
rabies. An autopsy was carefully made. In
the siomaclswas found a large bird feather
the fauccs were CONG sted, the intestinal tract
was ctnpty mere were marked le-ions M the
brain, the ktlucYs were cOngested, and the
baidrr Wac empty, contracted land congested.
These conditions taken with the actions OF
the dog when alive were considered 10 be
evidence Of hydrophObla. and the ca q was
deemed a fair one to test the efficacy of Pa.-
tours methods, In which Or Liautard has
a4H sasaNt Il .Na.a.