Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-23
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rock near the water when Twas horrlted
to fud rattlesnake nestled her lap she
sprang forward INTO the lake,pm which she
was rescued unhurt by her bfher.
SENATOR HEARsT's careert Washington
was not altogether barren. introduced
new cocktail from California Aed 1.-The cow
boys dream" viii IN is said tie "pecnlarly
searching in its operations the internal
system of the average Congrdnan."
SMALL Boston girl havinbeen told that
a clap of thunder she had Hrd was "Goo
speaking" is reported by thdourier to nave
answered: II dess he muSts mad, den, lot
he spoke mos as loud as pa ven he found ms
collar button In de biscuit ySerday."
BROTHER GARDNER, of b Detroit Free
Press Lime Kiln Club, got oFeveral chunks
OF solid sense the other eyeng, among which
are these: BE deaf in nay Fhood quarrels.
BE silent when you can't prse. II you adj
wise ct all, agree with de ide Of de pussons
askin it. Wisdom am not khowlng such
powerful sight, but in kein' shet on what
you doan'."
GEORGIA RATTLEsNAKBoti into pantry
the other night, found some .gs and swallow
ed them, crswled partly thrSgh the handle of
jug, found more eggs andFallowed them,
ana was thus made prlSder. the eggs on
each side of the jug handl6eing too large
to pass through. In his Gifts to escape he
knocked the crockery rIgh4nd left, awoke
the inmates Of the house anehet a deserved
death.
PROBABLY the largest littary prize ever
offered is one of 81, 100000 tobe given in 1925
by the Russian National Acaemy tor the best
work on the Life and Reignpt Alexander L.
In 1928. shortly after the deah If Alexander
l., the sum of 10000 roubles wis tffTed by one
of his favorie Ministers to be given as prize
century after his death, AMI 1t s this sum at
compound interest which will amount In WE
to 81, 000, 00G.
A CITIZEN of Norwich, Conn.,, whorecently
died, had been so paralyzed for twelve years
that he could not move hand or spesz. His
only means of communication was by having
an attendant run through the alphabet, and
he would stop him at each lNter he wanted
until the word was spelled. The witks and
the dictionary as used by Nj. N0rt:er in 1.-THE
Count of Monte Cristo'' would eem tohave
been an easier method.
THE now completed Severn tunnel II not
only pronounced one of the greatestengiDee
ing works of the age, but remarkable also in
one feature Of its construction, nancy, that
of passing under an arm of the sea. The tun-
mel extends from New Passage to Portkewet,
distance of about two and one-hal miles
under the water. its emit re length, exclusive
of approaches. being about four and orn-hali
miles, requiring thirteen years TO build.
THE agricultural statistics OF Ireland or
1855 show, that the total acreage under cNp
was 4,957. i2!>acres; of which l,594,9 aces
were under corn, beans and peas; 7a7. 296 achs
of potatoes; 296, 1884 acres of turnips; los, IL
acres of fax, and 2.0S4, 7bs acres under meaG
ow and clover grass. The total produce raise
was l,467, 423 bushels of wheat; 90 22e, 795 bush
els of corn; potatoes. 3,l75,738 tons; turnips
3,55l.-S9 tons; beet root, 499 730 tons; cabDa
ges, 1917. 70s tohB;a meadow and clover grass
4,l56. 09j tons. Nlt ~
THE World has publishing an interest
ing little story about photograph Mr.. Tide
had taken while a student at Yale College
1t was discovered "coated with dust an
dmmed by age'' in an old gallery in Nev
Haven come days ago. 1t showed a brigh
rather girlish face. but manly forehead. TIL
back Of he photograph was Endorsed Sam
uei j. TilGen Yale 1873. Presented to Will
lam B. Guyer, April q, Irs3" This is all yer
well, but, as the Worcester Spy remarks
Daguerre did not invent photography unit
1899.
Now let the discussion concerning the pro
priety of sleeping in church be brought to
close. A Canadian newspaper says: 18th
very highest authority on the question fur
nlshes precedent. One Eutychus once slep
while Paul preached, aud having fallen on
of de tSrd fog{ e wndSS T tbs ta5e
man and heun swasn restored to lii
Now we cannot expectiour preachers 10 a.
WAYS keep people awake If Paul failed. W
30 not read that he denounced the young ma
for sleeping" aor
WRITING from Paris, the correspondent o
an Eastern paper says that as ''long as a
American may remain in the French capitt
he remains a stranger Except in very rar
instances, he does not penetrate into Frenc
family life; like the farmer in Leech's ske tel
he gets no forrarder,' The Partisan does nc
take the American or any other stranger int
his own Unconstitutional he tries very har
and as best he Knows how To make the Ameri
can feel at home in the cafes ana restaurant
and hotels of Paris. And in this, at least, tn
Partisan is not altogether unsuccessful"
A RAPID PENMAN can write thirty words {
a minute. To do this, he must draw his pc
through the space of rod, l61< feet. In fort
minutes his pen travels furlong. Wemakt
on an average. sixteen curves or turns OF tn
pen in writing each word. Writing thlrt
words in minute, we must make 480 turn
TO each minute; in an hour, $4,000; IN a da
of five hours, $4,000; in year of 800 sue
days, 43,200,000. The man, therefore, VIII
made ,0o0,' 90 strokes with his pen was not q
all remarkable. Many men-newspaper wrI
tiers. for instapce-make 100000, Here W
have, in the aggregate, mark 800 miles lon
to be traced on paper by such writer in
year.
THE appointment of Miss Ida HowCate
daughter of the Ascending Capt. Howgate
TO a 81 200 clerkship IN the Treasury Depart
ment is a worthy tribute to the fidelity an
accomplishing industry of a most deseryin
young woman. Capt. Howgate's flight lei
his wife and daughter pennies and almos
friendless, and they have been supported sine
then by the unaided efforts OF the daughte I
who as school teacher and clerk has com
manded the admiration and respect Of thoe
who have known her womanly courage an
energy. Her promotion in the present i'm
stance is all the more grateful because IN h a
been made IN strict accordance with the ci VI
service rules and therefore protects her fror
even a suspicion of favoritism and leaves he
with her womanly independence undimin
ished.
PRESIDENT SCOTT, of the Cincinnati South
ern road, was a very clever Englishm ar
and much wittier than Englshmen usual
are, said a Kentuckian the othe
day to a Philadelphia Recor
writer. "when he first took hold q
the Cincinnati Southern he was greatly an
moved by the claims tor horses and cattl
killed by trains of the road on their wa
through Kentucky. 1t seemed a
though it were not possible for
train to run north or south throug
Kentucky without killing either
horse or cow. And every animal killed
however scrawny, scrubby or miserable /
may have been before the accident, AWAY
Bgured In the claims subsequently presente
as of the best blood in Kentucky. Well sal
Scott finally, one day, when the 9q9th clair
had just been presented, Il don't know any
thing that improves stock in Kentucky lik
crossing IL with locomotive"
THE African traveller, DR.. Bernhar
Schwarz, ascribes his failure to penetrate int
the interior Of the CAMERON country IN IN