Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-29
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oned by drinking water drawn from well
containing pump with a'copper plate on the
bottom. Two OF its members died
REV. PHILLIPS BROOKS is quoted as having
said in private cOnve rsation, in answer to the
probability of the com petion OF Trinity
church. Boston: at will never be done. Mr..
Richardson IL no plans except some which
had been worked up by his students upon GER
tam suggestions made by him, but with none
OF which he was satisfied"
A. LAPEL has a knowing cat in his grlst
mill up near Swanton, VT, that has been
there long enough to he familiar with tho
milling business. Upon o 1enlng his place of
business one morning Mr.. Lapell found the
cat had caught a rat and placed the same on
the scales TO be weighed. The slide on the
weighing bar was al the exact weight OF the
rat, two pounds.
IN speaking OF a recent Gefzication at the
Troy IN. " post office a gentleman said: 1T
is never safe to inclose an old bill in an en-
velnpe to be sent by mail. Why" said he,
"meI who are experts can tell whether a
letter contains money or not simply by the
sense of smell. Ii you will notice an old
greenback 1t has peculiar smell about it
that can readily be perceived even If IL be in
e osed within letter. 1t IS better to send Il
regl-tered letter or postal note, or il you in
close bill be sure that it is a new one. That
Will not SMELL"
The famous epltaph of Lady Looney, who
was bland. passionate and deeply religious,
and the niece Of Burke" is equaled by the
follow ng. inscribed upon a tomb in the Epis-
copal burying ground at Charlottetown, p.
+. L.: In memory of Mary the beloved wife
OF Captain the Hon. Ambrose Lane. Town
Mayor and Ine pector of Militia. fourth daugh-
ter of G.. d smith, of Devon. Tor eleven years
Lieu enant Governor of this island, and niece
OF the late Sir sidney Smith, Lieutenant
General OF Marines, who departed this life
lTth August, $780,"
IT was in a Boston art gallery that the
latest exhibition of ingenious ignorance took
place. A gentleman al lady came in wish
! ing to buy picture or two of the a good
! deal of-c Tor for your m 'ney type and wan
/ dered up into the gallery. Among the PIC
! lures hanging all summer has-been Healey's
! portrait of Longfe low. The man asked he
/ attendant as he turned to the portrait: 'Who
| is thatW Henry W. LOngfe low" was the
| reply. HIM, yes! Boston MANI" continued
| the visitor. Cambridge, SIR" And the man
! and his wife passed to the next picture.
! THERE is well known and distinguished
! citizen of st. Paul who is thoroughly dis.
gusted with himself. He had never taken
! qunine pill IN his life until the other day,
! when his physician recommended that he trv
one. Accordingly he called on a druggist
| f'iend Of his and asked for pill, He re-
| celvt d an ordinary three grain pill, but was
! AFRAID to take 1t until assured that it had no
| dsagreeab e effects He Immediately put the
| pill in his mouth AMI 20 the amazement of
| the druggist began to chew it. OF course the
result was very sick man and a Taught r.
| convused druggist.
THE slow moving Russian government, find
ing the railroad facilities inadequate for car
rying the output of petroleum from the shores
of the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea, has now
made propositions for the building of an cleo
| duct. or ''pipe line" from Baku to BatOum
! capable of transmitting 100. 100000 gallons OF
oil year. The pipe is TO be laid in three
ion tNVe fk.,f. l.,,,
ing II Is to be allowed TO charge So Is per ton,
or about lc. gallon. for trans portstou. The
| line Will be COO miles long, and presents no
| greater engineering difficulty than lift of
! $500 feet in crossing the elevated lands be-
tween the two seas. The pipe line company
Will not be allowed to engage in refining oil
nor to become the owner OF oil wells.
The recent Canadian Methodist Conference
| pronounced in favor of a federation of its
colleges, and the church is Loyalty carrying
| out the scheme. The Christian Guardian
states that the federation involves for the
| Methodist: I'D. The removal of Victoria
College to Toronto, SO that our students NAV
get the advantage OF attending the classes in
| the several subjects taught in the uniVersI V
| pr fessorlate, while theY study those breaches
| of the university CO. rse assigned to the COL
| leges under the professors Of Victoria. (2)
IL implies also that instead Of the students OF
Victoria receiving their degrees as heretofore
the degree comforting power shall be held in
allegiance, and the students of all the colleges
sha receive their degrees from the Provincial
University"
AN interesting battle recently took place
between a rat and q garter snake at VisalIa.
| Cal. A laborer first saw the combatants and
called crowd Of witnesses. who formed a
ring about them and watched the fight to the
finish. The rat was cautious but quick
spriDging nth lightning Jumps upon the
snake and buryIDg its teeth through the SER
pent's scales. The latter would coil and dart
| forward frequently, knocking the RAJ over on
its back. Once the rat caught the snakes
head and held II until The latter, coiliu1 about
Its body, squeezed 1t so tightly that it was
forced to let go. The rat growled ana the
snake Kissed all the while. Finally the rat
| hy biting it, antagonist through the neck sew
eral times, severed It's head, and dragged IL
long body IN victory away
EMIL METzGER mentions that he once saw.
with some difficulty, Keizerspickt, in suma-
ira, when distant 10 English miles: and he
also made out Gug Mera9i, in Java, when 10
miles away. From the Piz Muraum, near
Dssentls, h. Hill has seen Mont Blanc the
intervening space measuring about 10 miles.
y. Starkie Gardner states that Mont Blanc l.
visible from the Pi1 Lanyard. though blatant
about three degrees. In Greenland Mr.
Whympef beheld mountain from which he
was separated by 100 mile and from Mar
settles Zach saw Mount Canyon al a distance
of l5S miles. The whole range OF the Swiss
| Ups mas been 10 iked upon by j. HipDls'ev
| while 200 mi es away. while Sir W. Jones has
/ anrmed that the HimalayAs have appeared
/ TO view from the distance of 22i mics.
A NUMBER Of colored caulkers were called
| in the Norfolk navy yard a few days ago TO
| work on the Trenton and when they ascer-
| tanned they were not rated as flrsr class work
| men. which they were not, every one of The
| gang took his tools and left the ward ,,refer.
! ring not to work at all unless they received
| the best pay. A first class CAulker gels ~ a
| day and second C. ass 50 so a dnv, When the
! Republicans and Mahoneitcs had charge Of
! the yard the colored Caulkers ere given the
| leading wages for their line OF work. but thav
! were never regarded Ms doing frst-class
! wrk, and when the Democrats came in
| charge all men, white and back were com
| PEELED TO take the rating Tor which thew were
| competent. Many white mechanics have been
| compelled to take lower rating than they
we're accustomed to uuder the loose manage
I me1t Of the Republicans, and the negro
/ caulkers are the only workmen who have
! kicked against the rule.
AT the sitting OF the Arabic section OF the
recent Congress Of Orient alists in Vienna. the
President of the Congress, Baron Kremer.
delivered an interesting address on "The
Annual Revenue Budget Of the Arabic Ca!ftb
Haroun- AL tshid, ss shown IN u recently
Uncovered official document" The mann
script, photographs OF wbirh were circulated
among the audience, coutaine u tan list Of the
various provinces under the government OF
tie famous Caliph. the amounts being stated
in duars md dirhems. golG dinar con-
sisted oi % dirhoms OF the value of about ono
franc each, The mannsrrlpJ contains rows
of nguren In the g,)-culIpu Dfyqn nharantara .