Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-09
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/ poisoned with curare over century age, out
/ still rel aimed their deadly power. Small ami
! mails Sc atched with them died in half an
hour.
AT ARAcE in South Australia, few weeks
! ago, the falling of leading horse brought
nearly he whole field tumbing over him.
! Two jockeys were killed outright, half dozen
others -eriously (sOme fatally injured, ana
/ severa horses killed or m aimed.
AwOMAN in Bohemia was lately sentenced
/ to impTi sonment for ten days for forgery be-
/ cause sue changed her physicians prescrip-
! tion calling for l.2O gramme of morphine so
I that 1t read 6.20 gramme5. 1t Is said that no
similar case has ever appeared on the court
/ record Of the United states or England.
! THE GOD of Burmese peasants includes
almost all kinds of reptiles, the grub Of ball
/ rolling beetle. kind OF an ant which con-
structs nests of leaves in JreetOps (eaten IN
! curries aud hill rats. The last named exist
| in sucA hordes that their consumption Is al
! most a necessity to prevent the rats eat
/ ing the Burmese.
| In MARRIAGE REGISTER in the Church of
! St. James, Bury St. Edmunds says, an Eng
/ lish journal, the following curious notice
I appear 'lS32, Nov. s. Christopher NcWsam,
/ CHARITY Morrell. Charity Morrell being en-
/ tlrely without arma, the ring was placed upon
I the fourth toe of the LETT foot and she wrote
! hername in this register with her right loot.
! THE whole district of Aroma, in New
Guinea, IS ruled by a remarkable man, whose
influence extends far and wide. His name Is
koapina. He towers over the heads of all his
! subjects, his hand has an astounding grip.
! and hi face Is remarkable for an enormous
Roman nose. Old deeds of valor are Chronl-
/ cled by numerous tattoo marks upon HIS back,
! each snlfylng death.
| THE entire population of Berlin is in round
numbers 100000. OF these nearly $4,000 are
! exempt from taxation, their annual income
| heng less than the legal maximum, $l05.
/ Nearly 10000 have incomes ranging between
| that figure and $l65. Incomes between S25, 90
! ana S5uOOO are credited to los individuals, Is
! persons nave Incomes Up to $4,000, up to
( 100000 up 10 $l35,00O, and persons only
! exceed this sum.
SINCE Pasteur's name got 10 be on the tip OF
/ cverYbodys tongue there has been started in
London sort of craze for muzzles. A blind
/ beggar's plant about enforced muzzling is
/ most rueful. He complains that since he has
! had to muzze his dog his takngs have fallen
! 20 per cent. Il had trained him TO catch the
/ pennies with some trouble lat frst he used to
! swallow them), and his picturesque dexterity
! was an income"
| TEE Voltaire says that owing to the absurd
! quarantine relations in Lisbon, Lord Hope
! t0un was unable to get in time to Lisbon to
represent Queen Victoria at King Ferdinand's
| funeral, When the King first became dan
! gerously i'll his son, Augustus, was summoned
/ from Madrid, but, de pite HIS rank, his in
/ tense grief. his anxiety and the telegram
| that he -howed from DomNOuis, ahe was de-
J tanned five days in the lazarettp at Marv6O.
/ He only arrived in time. after obtaining a bill
OF he ltn, to see his father breathe his last, IN
| c0matose state.
! A ROYAL present of game Is sent to all the
! chief court functionares in Italy at the New
/ Year, and King Humbert has the pleasure of
| killing most of the game himself at Castelpor-
! zano. Wild bosrs are the chief game IN this
| royal preserve; but his Majesty, for his own
! amusement. prefers hunting the bouguetin or
/ Alpine hex 3 teilsOme chase. which can
! only he followed by very hardy spOrtsmen.
/ The Ming, however, thoroughly enjoys the
! dangers, and especially the impromptu
| lunches, often making an omelette with his
! own hands, while waiting in ambuscade.
THE FRENCH FISHERIES" says the London
| Truth. do not seem to be in very flourish
ing state, to judge from the official report of
| last years trS1e. There were $500 men and
| 10000 vessels engaged IN it, and the value of
| the fish taken was f3, SOC, 600, which was a
| falling of of E77OO0O as compared with the
| previous year, although 1900 more men were
/ employed The sardine fishery has also
! seriously diminished, and so has the Algerian
! coral fishery, which used to be very valuable,
! out II has been much injured by the recent
/ 'lscovery of extensive coral beds off the coast
Of Sicily"
| FRENCH VINE GROWERS are at their wits
! end to ind a proper remedy sS- tie diseases
/ which affect their plants, most Of the chemical
| preparations hitherto used having utterly
failed to check the ravages Of insects. One of
| the latest remedies DropOSed-namely, the
| plugging OF pine tops under the vine stocks
/ has at least the merits Of SIMPLICITY and
| cheapness. It's discoverers if they can be 30
! called, aver that the resinOus properties in the
| pines viii prove of sufficient strength to kill
| the DueerO1 which causes so much trouble in
/ the whey ards. But this remains to be seen.
1 m
ney hotel waiter who has come into an English
baronetcy and $4,000 a year. His father was
a younger son who was disowHed for q love
marriage and moved to Australia. His
| mother, ballet girl. went on the stage again
| after hs fathers death. but quickly died,
leaving the son without money or knowledge
| of his friends. The young man, who became
! a waiter, attracted patrons attention by his
I refinement and elegance OF manner. Core
| spOndence with English lawyers resulted, and
three pOssessors of the title and estates having
died in twelve months, both passed to hmm.
! and he is now on his way homo 70 take posses
| siou.
THERE was a considerable find reported
at Jasper. Tenn, Saturday. 1t seems some
boys went out to catch some coons. They
| freed one in big chestnut, and waIted until
daylight SO they could see how TO shoot him;
but when light came they found be had gone
! into a hole, 80 they cut the tree down. which
| they found to be hollow. In the hollow stump
| they found an old valse, FOtted with age, and
| in trying to lift il out 1t fell to pieces, and
| what was the astOnisbment of the bows to see
! several large gold coins fan ont. Upon ex-
| animation it was found to contain q gold
! watch and several hundreds Of dollars. How
! Il came there is mystery.
/ A YOUNG PHILADELPHIA ARCHITECT was
riding down town IN a Fifteenth street
tear the othsr day, when through the
front window, over the drivers shoulder,
his eye caught tho outline OF what look
| ed Ike campaniie on some church. He
! had never happened 20 notice it before. but
| through an opening IN the structure could be
seen bit Of sky beyond, shaped exactly like
a crescent. This Mohammedan sign in q
| Christian city was puzzliBg indeed. When
the car reached Chestnut street the architect
discovered that the building was that of the
| Young Mems Christian Association. At a
distance the resemblance of the open work in
its ornamental tower 60 crescent is striking.
How great are still the numbers Of earni-
vora in Finland may be seen from the follow
ing figures given in the last issue Of the Sta
st3eai Yearbook for FINLAND. In 1882 not less
| than s. bears. rs wolves, 407 lynxes, 4.005
foxes, 20 gluttOns. 240 river otters laS mar
| tens Loss ermtDes, and 3 9f7 carnivOrOus birds
| were Killed, for which an aggregate OF fl,646
was paid in premiums by the government.
The raw ages oeeasioDed by csrniVOra the
came year were immense; they are estimated
at 274 horses. $40 horned cattle, b246 sheep, 1853
pigs. lf9 goats, ,sSi reindeer, and 1896 90
] npafic foVia The grgateat number Of heara