Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-30
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BAPTIST Missionary in China writes
home that what an american family throws
away in a year void keep dozen Chinese
families; and what Chinese family throws
away in the same time would not feed
mouse.
ISAAC DOWNS of Southampton, Conn, got
tired of living and decided to die. So he put
Grape on the door, and going to his room, cut
| his throat. His son happened along just theA,
saw the Grape, rushedln, and, with the aid OF
physician, saved his ather's life.
NEW JERSEY RAILROAD CONDUCTOR says
that newspaper fdded lengthways and
tucked down the back lnder the coat so that
| one end shall project uD against the back OF
| the head, makes a most comfortable and
| thorough rest for tirdt travellers head.
! OF the 5000 commune in Italy more than
1000 are totally unprGIded with sewers.
There are 97,206 dwellings underground which
| give shelter to lJl, 457 peHons. Altogether the
sanitary cond tion Uf the people is wretched,
and the majority are % poor and ignorant
that there is little hope that it will be i'm
proved.
THE plan of throwing a bridge over the
Straits of Messina, that eparate Sicily from
Italy, will, when consumnated, be one of the
most striking feats of Ddern engineering.
The place selected is where the channel Is "a
miles WIDE and 1851 feet deep, and TWO piers
Will support Yiaduct OF steel rails TO a height
OF 32S leet above the water.
FISH figuring philosopher has estim ated
that l60,O vessels are engaged in the hshlng
business of the world, that their annual catch
amounts to ], 800, 600 tons. that ton Of fish is
equal to the mutton supply of Is sheep an
that, consequently, years catch Is equal 10
$4,000, sheep. 1t is pity he did not con-
tlnue his figures until he found that nsh must
have wool, or at least until he proved that an
angler can go half crazy from the bite OF a
sheepshead.
THE unusual severity of the past winter
gave E0glishmen an opportunity of indulging
In many sports common to colder countries,
but RAJ ely enjoyed there. Skating has teen
general, and during the week that fol owed
the new year many tOboggans ana slelgns
were seen in and about the vicinity OF Lon
don; but all these amusements were ecllpseu
by man who built an ice yacht and was
able to sail in it for two WeSRs in January on
the frozen surface of the Reading reservoir, to
the delighto of the whole neignborhood.
OF the more than four hundred species of
trees found in the United states, there are
said to be sixteen species whose perfectly dry
wood will sink in water. The heaviest of
these 10 the black ironwood of Southern
Florida, which Is more than thirty per cent.
heavier than water. vi the others, the best
known are the Hgnumvit8 and mangroVe;
another is a small oak, found in the noun
tains Of Western Texas, southern New Mexico,
gnu NIlHOuds anu MGEbWdI0 W buc COiOl duO
! desert, at an elevation of 5000 to 10000 feet.
A BUFFALO man was surprised the other
morning when he saw very rich and very
stingy citizen out on his lawn with pan of
bread crumbs feeding big flock of sparrows.
He at once decided that there was soft spot
in the Old mans heart and that he had been
misjudged, and he bid him good morn
ing" said II see you are up early and en-
gagged in a most humane and kind hearted
act. Feeding bread to the little birds, eh?'
"kindhearted be DID, answered the rich
man. 'Im feeling the blamed things poison,
d-n 'em."
A LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY in England
bears the amazing title of "The Royal Liver
Friendly Society" Its mission is not, as
might naturally be supposed, the insuring Of
persons afflicted with or liable to hepatic dis
orders, but general. like all other life insurance
companies. Indeed, it would seem that it
rather seeks to ignore, If it does not actually
oOntemn, the functional service of that i'm
| portant organ after which 1T is named. since
in a recent manifesto its offcers assure the
/ public that ''nO longer there will be secre-
tive atmosphere in the Affairs Of the society,"
! A GENTLEMAN who has been in China for
| some time past sends us the subjoined bill Of
| fare in English which he took home from a
dinner given by high official in one Of the
most important cities Of the empire. 1t was a
delicious dinner:
|
Fried fish,
| Broiled shark fms,
| Baked macaroni,
| SteWed bamboo shoots,
! Cold chicken, with stuffng,
| SteWed water che -tnuts and mushrooms,
Roast wild duck, with salad,
Chinese cakes,
| Biscuits, with vegetable stuff1ng
Meat pies,
Almond tea.
"GATH" tells the following: 81 knew Henry
W. LOngfellow very well. He was a man en-
tirely by himself. lie was consummate ar
fist, but he had the personal weakness Of all
literary people about Boston. l recollect
once sitting with Lowell at the old College
hotel at Cambridge, when he said: just look
I at this coming across the street! There
came Longfe low across. walking on his heels
so as to keeps his feet from being mudded. He
\ had on a red necktie, a silk vest of some fancy
color, coat of brown or olive tint with q
| velvet collar, and fancy gloves upon his
hands. Dressed like swell, it did look too
| funny for man of his intellect But he was
| always fastldous in that way. His concern
| for financial and social success in life was
| nearly as artistic as his poems"
1T IS NJ. GIRARD, Chief OF the municipal
laboratory oTParis, who says: From 1910 to
1850 about 25,O0O,0OO gallons of brandy were
made yearly in France, and fully seven
eighths came from grapes. At present more
than 10000, 900 gallons are yearly turned out.
| but not per cent of IL is made from the
grape. grain, cider, beet, potatoes etc, form
ing its principle sources The spirits thus
obtained would be fairly wholesome If they
were properly rectlhed, but they are not.
! Invariably when put upon the market they
are charged with acids, others and essential
| oils of the most deadly nature" The start
ling increase of violent insanity and other
maladies in France In late rears is by NJ. Gil
rard attributed to consumption Of that deadly
| brandy. We import vast quantities of it into
the United States.
DENNIS O'HERR0N OF Louisville has had
rather an eventful life. In early days he was
prosperous in Buffalo. He became drunk
ard and then tramp. He reformed and went
to work IN Louisville. Last October. " hlle
handling ties, a big spread-head viper darted
from pile and buried his fangs in his breast.
HIS companions pulled the snake of, and
filed Dennis with whisky. They kept HIM
drunk for week, and he never felt any i'll
effects from the bite. A few months later a
| mule kicked him twice in two seconds. break
| ing some ribs aud hl6 collar none. Shortly
| after he Il al recovered from these mi ries,
! while asleep in the shade OF a tree. a man
drove q buggy over his neck He apparently
| wasn't hurt. but a week ago his neck began to
| pain him. and now he IL IN a hospital suffer-
ing from general break up OF his badly used
| system.
THE CROWN PRINCE RUDOLPH, OF Austria,
in addition to many other desirable pomps
and vanities, has an island Of his Own-Lac-