Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-12
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The yield of barley is estimated at nearly
80, 100000 bushels.
AN eleven-year old daughter Of Andrew
Bosemer, of Louisville, died of heart disease,
suporinduced by over-exercise in ''jumping"
the rope at the school picnic last Saturday.
She was matching herself for endurance
against some playmates, and brought on pal
pltatlon, which was not subdued.
A PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR died recently in
Rio Janeiro and left a fortune of $2O0,o00 A
Rio journal remarks that the discovery should
occasion no surprise, as it Is well known that
ln7ry OF the beggars in that city are worth
more than those who bestow aims on them.
Thesame may be SAID of beggars elsewhere.
THE greatest lady of the Partisan upper ten
is probably the Duchess de RocnefOucauld
Bisaccia. She is the daughter OF the Prince
de Ligne, and is now about 43 years of age
She Is a noble looking woman, with finely
formed head, a stately and yet graceful car
riage dark eyes, and an expression of great
dignity and sweetness.
A SPECIAL COMMITTEE on railroad aXles has
reported that iron aXles are safer than steel
aXles; that all cranks sho uld have the webs
hooped; that as iron cranks appear to fail af-
ter running some 100000 miles. and steel after
10000, it is highly desirable that they
should be taken of and not again used on pas
senger engines; and that crank aXles. proper
ly constructed, are as strong as straight aXles.
FARMERS in many parts of Chemung county,
n. y, and in other southern-tier counties are
much puzzled to account for the unusual
growth of red sOrrel this season. Fields are
covered with it where it was scarcely ever
known before. Nor is its appearance con-
fined TO poor or inferior lant. Some of the
best wheat and tobacco land in the county
which has been seeded down is now ablaze
with red sorrel.
A VERY strange discovery has just been
made at Autun, in the Department of Saone
ct Loire. AS some masons were at work on
building which had formerly been an ecclesi-
astcal college, they found in inches made IN
the wall OF vault, upwards of thirty cOrpses,
some of which still retained their hair. Boots
and shoes were on the feet of many of the dead
bodies. The authorities at Autun have open
ed an investigation into the affair.
DR.. NEUBAUER's long-expected Catalogue
of Hebrew Manuscripts at oxford, both in
the Bodleian and in college libraries, may be
expected next month. 1t will range with the
quarto series of Bodleian catalogues begun by
Mr.. Coke. A special feature of interest in
TINS work IS the folio atlas of fac SMILES (exS-
cuted at the University press), which will
give specimen of nearly every national va
riety of Hebrew writing, and in order to make
these tables more generally obtainable they
Will be sold separately.
A SERIOUS state of things has been brought
to light at Sheerness Backyard, Eng, by an
examination Of her Majesty's ship Calypso,
which broke down during the cruise of the
training squadron. W hen the vessel was
locked some tons of water poured out of her
Keel, and it has since been found that she was
lmperfectly caulked and her keel only single
plated. Prof. Edgar, Director of Naval Con-
struction, has inspected the Calypso, and the
Admiralty have ordered a searching inquiry
into the matter. She is new ship, having
been built at Chatham last year.
THE famous library at Heigh Hall, Scot
land, formed chiefly by the Earl of Crawford
and Balcarres during has distn guished career
as writer upon various branches of litera-
ture and art. and continually increased by his
son, the present Earl, whO is one of the most
accomplished bibliophiles of the day. as well
as an eminent scientist, is. 1t Is stated, about
to be sold. The books relating to maJhemati-
cal science, forming most remarkable col
lection of $4,000 volumes AS the working libra
ry OF the observatory at Balcarres, will not be
dispersed. and Will remain there.
THERE are three lame men in the Senate.
Butler Of South Carolina lost his right leg at
the battle of Brandy station, % years ago, hut
he walks as though he had the limbs of gym
mast, and there is no limp perceptible. Wade
Hampton did brave service in the Confederate
army, but IL was a mule that made him lame,
and Senator Berry, of Arkansas. who hobbies
around on two crutches and gets over the
ground as actively as any man in the Senate,
lost his leg in the battle Of Corinth in 1862.
Each of these three men was a Confederate
officer. Not one of the Senators wears wig
and none of them dye either their hair or
whiskers,
CLUBS are a distinctive feature in the life Of
New England women, and especially In the
life of the women in the towns about Boston.
There is good deal of individuallsm in these.
sOutfying villages. The women look ''to town.
and TO Mrs. Howe and her methods, of course,
as their models, bat they develop a good deal
of bright thought and work of their own. The
clubs IN Newton. and Melrose and Hyde Park
are examples of the best of their class. They
take the place, at least partly. of a more for
NAL social life, and, apart from the literary
ana scientific culture which they offer, these
clubs are practical schools of economics for
the women who belong to them.
A ooLoKED AMATEUR opera company gave
1.-THE Mikado" to a large audience in PhIla-
delphiafo the benefit of the Episcopal Church
of the Crucifxion. The bright and musical
teachers Of the colored schools furnished manv
Of the chief singers and instrume ntaiists.
"Nanki-PO" wore white COTTON tights W Aich
bagged at the knee. There was much Whitej
powder on his face, but none on his hands.
A tall barber of the city was the "Lord High
EXecutioner." The ''AfikadOp was the leader
of one of the African church ohoIrs-a very
fine baritone. The papers say that it would
be hard to find a collection of prettfer girls
than took part in the chorus. They were
mostly octoroons. The singing was good. A
theatrical manager loaned them the costumes
for the opera.
VERY serious riot took place in Pesth re-
Gently. For some hours the city was in the
hands of an excited mob, which did not hesi-
tate to proceed to acts Of violence. The stu
dents of the University and mob some thou
sand strong crowded round Gen. Janszky's
house crying: "Down with Janszkyr' They
also hurled brickbats, breaking a number OF
windows. They then marched through the
streets singing the kossuth Anthem, and
made for the bridge to Ofen, where the Hentzi
monument stands. The mounted police how
ever, stopped them at this bridge. but some
hundreds crossed the Danube by the steam
boats, and, accompanied by the Ofen mob,
went up the hill 70 the fortress TO destroy the
Hentzi monument They found it, however
ten eggs at it they went to the cemetery and
tore TO pieces the garlands on the officers
graves.
FROM the harp hundreds of years ago
sprang the psaltery. This instrument being
enlarged and placed on a stand, and made to
be struck with stationary keys, was called
claviehord, the first keyed instrument, and.
the f0rerunner of the piano. The strings were
supported on bridges covered with pieces Of
cloth, which made the sound sWeeter, but at
the same time deadened it. On this account
10 was much used by the early nuns. as they
could use IL without disturbing the dormitory,
This was sometimes called dumb spinet. I'M
I'll less than century ago the piano was
called a spnet; indeed, IL Is not strange to
hnd old persons to-day call 10 spinet. This
name rs from the Latin spina, a thorn. be-
present, were picked with a crow auill fas-
Lpnad Ia the q al "A EuV ~ af no har