Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-22
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As MANY as as love letters are offered in
evi fence in a breach of promise suit before
an indiana court.
When the hour is struck in Mandalay the
Waterman still announces: by the favor
OF the hlng 1t Is such and such O'CLOCK
AMERICANS are said to be docking INTO the
Old piacers of Guadalupe. Chihuahua, lured
by the discovery of rich gold ore there.
Prof. Huxley says it would require nearly
LOCO, 90 barrels Of herring to supply the cod
on the Norwegian coast with one breakfast.
sUNLIGBT has been put to odd use at Brus-
sells Falling on a small shaft the rays c. use
an upward draugnt OF air which sets fan in
motion, and that in turn starts machinery
that winds a clock.
PEKIN, the capital of the Celestial empire,
is said to be the dreariest wilderness of dirt
and dust that can he conceived The streets
are IN shocking condition, almost as bad as
those OF Philadelphia
TIE Boston IrGIsller rs authority for the
statement that at recent entertainment in
that city one of the young women present
sad, reierrlng to her coffee, II like to have
al composite parts of my beverage both sat
uraled and coagulated."
AN EXTRAORDINARY aversion to horses was
| peculiar Characteristic of a Hungarian mag
nate recently deceased. He would not allow
any .nimal of the kind to come upon his
] lands, so that visitors who rode or drove TO
see h N had always to alight at Ills park
gates. Trained deer used TO draw his own
| vehicle Tor many years, but ately his carr age
was drawn by team Of oxen.
I II GERMAN recently was held the Scoop
ers Festival which occurs In Munich every
seven years. Those who took part in the
| Coopers' Dance wore green skull caps with
blue and white feathers, silver hordered
| crimson jackets, black velvet knee bIeeches,
/ white stockings. and shoes with silver buckles.
| Each dancer held above his head half hoop
OF eVergreens from which hung a small keg.
THE ice carnival IN st. Paul has been great
success IN every way, and ha M ale snow
shooting and tobogganing perfect craze. The
other night when the Fire King assaulted the
| ice palace, 900 people looked on, while more
! than twenty bands belched forth martial mu-
| sic. The palace was beautifully lit up from
| within by many colored fires, while the uni
! formed army OF the Fire King directed upon
it a steady stream of fireworks. All this is
making st. Paul so proud that it will hardly
/ notice Minneapolis.
| The English steamer south Cambria has
brought from the bottom of the sea an inter-
| esting relic If the late war Running short
of coal, she was compelled to put into the har-
Dor of Newport News. As the crew were
| hauling up the anchor. they found the bow
spirit 81 " ar vessel attached 20 It, The spot
| where the South Cambria was lying was ex-
| actly where the great naval duel took place
| between the war vessels Congress and Merri-
mac. IN viii n the former was sunk This
was in 1862. and the bowsprit brought TO the
! surface Is supposed to be that of the Congress.
4 CORRESPONDENT of the Cincinnati En-
Quirer writing from New York city, says:
| 'EX- Senator Chsfee is thous ants Of miles
away attending ID private business in Colo
RADIO. but mis- name is being used here as au-
thority for the 81 tement that the Butler
movement in 1854 was put up by William +.
handler, and that it cost the Republican
National Committee, OF which Chatee was
the K Kecutive Chairman, $4,000. Chandler's
part in the Blu Ter movement is no secret, but
Cha6ee'- assertion is confirm at1ry of the
| suspicious III have hlthe' t. only heen sus-
piciOns that Butler was paid for his iob'
IN kRUPP's Essen works there are 1855 big
ovens. 4S9 steam boilers, 40 steam ,gInes
representing together Is 500 horse power,
1922 machine tools. 50 steam hammer 81
rolling trains. involving a daily consumption
of 3, 100 tons II coal nd coke by the SIS fur
which % She IS Alet g6. VIII am nsxa 81 81
80 feet at the bottom. The production is
enormous When the FIN error William Wis
| tied the place in 1877 Mr. krupp cau.ed to be
set before him the productions 0f a single day
Il 500 rails 1f0 wheel tires. 100 axies, 90 rail-
way wheels, $50 railway wedges, 1000 bomb
{ shells.
By THE new process of tougheuing timber,
it i claimed that the effect produced upon
! whitewood IS such that a cold ehtsel Is re-
quired in order to split it. This result is &C
| complshed bv a special method of steaming
tue TIMBER and submitting it TO end pressure,
technically 'up-etting 1t By TITS means
the cells and 1bres are com pressed into one
compact mass; and 1t is the opinion of those
who hare experimental with the process that
wood can be comp pressed to the extent of some
rs D cent, ana tn 1t some of the timber now
c ,nsdered unl for use in such work as car
rage building, for instance, can be made val
liable by this means as q substitute for ash,
hickory, etc.
SIT was down In Virginia" says a veteran.
II was placed on guard over a barn, and was
taking it easy. when n lieutenant came along,
probably to see what his guard was dong. l
ought to have salnted him, but didn't. Soon
I saw a large nlce-iookng man coming to-
ward me. He wore nice uniform. and no.
tced a. he apprA ached that he wore lieu
tenants straps. I wasn't Eolng TO pay any
further attention to him, but when he came
quite near to me saw that there were two
stars iusi ie those straps. | jumped up and
presented arms "a quickly az | could, for I
sa that IL s0as Maj. Gen. Hancock. Never
mind that for me- said he. with a wave OF his
hand. 4 don't care am hing about Il, but
aIwavs do " for h. little fellows H passed
on ! suppose the Lieutenant had reported
me, and he came down to see about it."
HERE is a new Daniel Webs er story: The
god-like Daniel once invited Oh ster Har-
ding, the artist. TO dine with him. The daV
before the dinner another friend sent Hard
ing bottle Of rare old scotch whI-ky. When
Har ing went Web-ter's house next day
he took this bottle with him, knowing how
highly his hO.t would pr re 1t. Leaving it on
the hall table he enter q the parior. 5000
evening. Mr. Harding said Webster. GOOD
evening Mr.. " ebster " SAID Harding. II nave
taken The berry OF bringing an old ECO CHI
( len with me-" II am very z ad you din,n
responded Web ter, 'wheFe is the lentle-
MAUI" "He is IN the hall" aid II trd,ng.
''wlIl on go out and see him2" "Yes, sir"
said Webster. SO they went out together
Here he II, sir" said Harding. polntinE 70
the bottle. "Ah," sal Webster, smiling,
"rhis j. the gentle q an who bathes in hot
water"
A FEw WEEKS AGO Mr.. A. A. Folsom, the
supe intendent # the Boston and Providence
railway. in company with friend from Prov
idence, passed the long stretch OF marshy
lands through which the line runs between
Canton junction and ReHdvlle. Mr. Fol. ON
Gale attention 10 tue numerous hIll0cks OF
earth thrown ny TO a height OF several feet
ava &C tered over the Nepouset marshes
The elevations were the work OF the industri-
Gus little muskrats, and Mr.. Folsom remark.
ed that he never before saw them a. high
above the surface. I'VE Will have An omar
tuuity OF testing the truth OF the old aphorism
regarding the foresight OF the muskrat, IN
there Ia very high water the coming snring
the coincidenre will re something remarka-
ble.n During the recent freshet the water
ruse 50 high on the Nep inset MARINES as TO
suDmerge the railway tracks, aud the swAmp
h..gs Ia la Its.ss aafasH..