Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Up In Bangor the clergymcn send to the
hotels every sunday inviting strangers to the
churches.
AHacute Cincinnati eporter employed a
bootblack to 20 into a secret council meeting,
give he Mayor shine and listen to all tnat
was said.
A TOMBSTONE in a cemetery at Augusta,
Me-, is said to contain this inscription:
Alter lIfe's scarlet fever
He sleeps we'll.
If the Chinese nation were to pass before
observer in single file, the procession
would never cease, for a new generation
would be coming on the stage as fast as the
procession moved.
GEN. BOULAEGER now proposes having a
series of battle pieces painted illustrative OF
the military exploits OF the French army.
The most glorious achieve ment of each regl-
ment is 20 form the subject of picture.
THE old court house of Plymouth, n. H., in
which Daniel Webster made one of his
earliest, if not his first plea. has, after having
been used 10 WheelWrlght's shop. been
restored to Its original appearance at Senator
Blalr's expense, and is now used as library.
Not far from Mexico City there is perfect
pueblo" 1t is a community Of pure Indians,
ruled by six wise old men and six wise old
women. They are chosen b. vote of the tribe
and N ust have LED honorable lives and reared
v
to the pRtriarchal Office.
AKATKER unusual Jaw question came up
at Watervle, Me, the other day. man
owed sum of money and an attachment was
put on his watch-a legal attachment. The
man was shrewd and said the tlmeplPce
could not be taken. as IL W as his tool whereby
he earned livelihood. He was Waterman.
A CoLoRED Lad of IS has been refused ad-
mission to the preparatory department of
nJolyJ Cal1 T1a Ia 0f % n
tor, who is also minister of the African
church and a pronUent IN ae among the
| people of his rsCe. The boy 10 graduate OF
| the Carlisle Higb School. and well equipped
| for admission to the college p,every way OK
cept that he has mol atwhite complexion.
ONCE a month the mem beers Of the New York
Beefsteak Club, with ioosaned Wristbands ana
collars, gather around a long table and cast
! lots for the prize beefsteak--a double porter
house-weighing never less than two and a
half nor more than three pounds. Then with,
| Interested, and often with epvions eyes, they
watch the lucky winner ae he tackles il. If he
| eats it to the bone they rejoice, because he Is
| an honor to the club; but If he fails they re-
| joice also. for he m INST then order basket Of
| wine for their beneht.
| On the eastern coast OF the Caspian sea a
curious change Is in progress. The Kara Bob
| haz is an estuary nearly separated from the
| main body of the sea by bank through
| which there is an inlet. The evaporation from
| this gulf is so great that a current continually
sets n from tie Gasp an, and, as there is no
| return current. the gulf becomes more and
more saiferOus, and deposit of salt is in
| course OF formation. In time this gulf WI
be cut off from the Caspian, and will then be
dried up and become an extensive salt bed.
VERY singular is the discovery in Rome OF
| a remarkable statue-a little larger than life
size--of Antinous, the famous favorite of Ha-
| drian, who was deifed after his death by the
| fha Nf
| new Bacchus. The statue Is OF Greek mar
| BILE. The head has not been separated from
the trunk, and the figure is In an excellent
| state of preservation. except only the tip of
the nose and the forearms. 1t is entirely
| nude. and the left leg rests against u vine
! stem with its tendrils and punches of grapes.
KING KALAKAUA has invited the Pacific
Yacht Club to visit him at Honolulu on Nov.
IS, on the occasion of his f1ftieth birthday. He
Intends to celebrate this occasion by series
of brilliant festivities. A palace near his own
is 10 be placed at the clubs Disposal and IN
order to induce as large an attendance Of
yachts as possible he has offered three prizes
for ocean races, one valued at 81 900 and two
Other- at $500 each. The invitation will prob
| ably be accepted, and II SUFFICIENT fleet
makes the trip. it will be IN all respects the
most important Yachting event that has ever
taken place on the Pacific coast.
THE Belgian Gazette gives its readers par
ticulars of a really remarkable coal scuttle
recently invented by a gentleman in Brussels.
Thanks to this coal scutte we shall be ena-
bled TO entirely do away with those CRATE en-
| cumbranCes, fire irons. Its appearance al
| first sight presents nothing unusual. A c oser
| inspection shows. however, that it stands
higher than Is customary. When you wish
| to put coal on the FIRE you touch pedal spring
with your foot. The spring is so powerful
that 1t not only detaches lump of coal from
| the resi-, but slides the lump bodily down an
Invisible hole and shoots 1t out and upward
lnlo the fire.
A CURIOUS lawsuit is IN progress in a small
town in SaXony. A man caught a rat, tied
small bell round its neck, and let it go again.
as he had heard that such a rat would scare
every other rat out OF the house. The plan
succeeded and his house in a few days was
| clear OF the plague. few nights later. how
ever. his neignnor's family were nearly
frightened out of their wits by hearing The
mysterious sound of a bell in various parts of
the house. They came to the conclusion that
the house was haunted until the servant girl
accidentally heard or their neigh boris dom rs,
who now IS to be fined. II he loses the suit, for
creating nuisance.
A CAREFUL and patient French observer
has formulated some conclusions on the sub
jecJ of vocal laughter " hich are interesting
lie has ascertained that the persons who
t laugh with the sound Of A in f4ther are
frank and loyal, fond of noise and movemen /,
and frequently of "a versatile and changeablt
character. Those who laugh with the SOUND
| Of \ in ape are phlegm attic, with a turn TO-
ward melancholia. TIE laugh in is that o.
children, anu of adults mo are simple ant
tmid aud irresolute. The laugh in o signi
iee generosity and robust boldness. "Lool
out" says the French observer, for thos,
who laugh IN L, because they are the misan.
thropes."
1T is said that the mfI who lives on tn,
20 kagy farm IN Northwestern Ohio is maxim,
arrangements to continue farming all winter
on account OF the immense heat from the bi.
natural gas well there. He Is now preparini
to put IN spring crops. WHO knows wha
possibilities are bound up in natural gas -
SAYS a local paper. "With system of pine
underlying the soil, AMI eeveral wells ~
situated as to take advantage OF tile prevail.
ing winds, and giving forth their heat to thu
air. why may we not have in the gas region
farms that shall yield al the products O. the
tropics, and pumpkins and oranges, white
! beans and spices grow together in loving ar.
! mouy? In a word, why may we not lUoE Il
see the Garden of Eden renewed along the
gas beltW
BERLIN, with lbs. 900 inhabitants, still re-
tains some institutions that remind one of the
time when Heino called 1t a large village.
One OF these is the night Waterman, sort OF
hybrid between porter and policeman. In
Paris ana Vienna every large building has its
guardian or porter, Who admits the tenants
at night. but in Berlin these Cerberuses are
found only in some public buildings. To
other houses persons who live in them are ad :