Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-17
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vania is that which comprised the tight for
free schools, reaching virtually from 1881 to
the revival of education. lS52-lS57.
A VERY wonderful spring has been dlscov-
cred in Ashe county, N. c., according to a
special from Abingdon, Va. A boy accidental
ly discovered it. 1t cures poison oak AFTER
two bathings. 1t heals old sores.
"CHAMBERMAIDs" in Mexican hotels are
male Indians, termed mazos. They are deft
and quick. and will hire themselves to a
stranger in the capital for SO a week, giving
their employer undivided and very welcome
service.
THREE HUNDRED AND S-EVENTY-THREE cases
Of canine rabies were reported in London
and neighborhood during 1885. and its %
deaths from hydrophobia. The greatest num-
Der of cases occurred between July and De-
cember.
THE onions of Wethersheld, Conn, have
long been famous, but Sunderland township,
in western Massachusetts,, devoted SO acres to
That odiferous bulb last year, which yielded
81 bushels to the acre each, worth $4,000, or
about S3l7 to the acre.
AT the foot of Main street in Danbury,
Conn, stands a house built by Elnathan Os-
born In 1896. 1t is a low, hip-rOOfed house.
studded with enormous beams, and lighted
6,y very small diamond window panes. When
the British under Tryon fired the village this
was the only house spared.
~ AuNNl - Nv SONCA uhiChb VI NOWAphhN
land has been buying live black game for the
purpose of stocking the Newfoundland woods
with this gigantic grouse. He has had diff
Guilty IN procuring many, however, and re-
ports that the excessive rigOr of the past
winter in Scandinavia has made game scarce.
LORD MACAULEY found time in the midst
of his literary and other labors to cast his eye
over a full dress affair or two, and he gives
this advice to those ladies in decoLette who
may or may not have known where to draw
the line: The drapery should be SO arranged
as at once to answer the purpose of modest
concealment and judiclous display.
POISONOUS AXES have a peculiar fang on
each side of the upper jaw. These fangs are
hollow-not like a solid fang bored out, but as
If a large, Nat fang was rolled together till
the edges met. In the back part of the head
are placed the poison bags. from which the
poison is forced by a muscular action
through the fangs into the wound made by
them.
THIEVES broke into the Pennsworth Meth
odist church of Pensaukin, Pa, and stole the
pulpit Bible and many hymn books. The
former they threw into a 50-foot well, where
II was discovered. The pastor, the Rev.
George Greening. at once had himself lowered
into the well, where he grasped the book, but
the foul air overcame. HIM and he was
dragged to the surface insensible, and resus-
citated.
AUDIToR BROWN, of Iowa, who asked that
articles OF impeachment be brought against
him, must be rather staggered by the response
of the House of Representatives. The resolu-
tiOns of Impeachment include no less than Is
articles, and charge Mr.. Brown with paying
money when he should not, pocketing it when
he should not, and doing almost everything
else that he should not within the possibilities
Of the Office.
SIR ISAAC NEWTON constructed a house for
his cats. For the convenience OF the cat he
| puf a 1aroo halo for aufrouoa. Tor tba au,aI
convenience of the kitten he cut a small one,
and it was not until his at 'ention was called
to it that he realized the fact, which one
would suppose might be self-evident to the
teeblest understanding, that the large hole
would nave served for both.
FRANK BOILING. of Cherokee, Kan, threw
himself on a feather bed that lay on the floor
during a thunder storm. He neglected to
draw up his legs, and his feet were touching
the floor, when the lightning struck the house
and played about his feet, burning them and
knocking him senseless. That part of his body
that was on the bed was not hurt, and a child
lying by his side was uniniured. All of which
may be used to show that feather beds are
good places of refuge in thunder storms.
THE Neu8te NachricAten, of Munich, Ger
many, has started the novel scheme Of a Joke
competition. 1t offers various money prizes
for original jokes, promising to publish those
which take a prize, and reserving the right to
l pun ISn any Tx blaL uIdN ~ sent IL ne
idea is exciting considerable interest, and the
solid citizens Of Munich are getting ready TO
indulge In a great deal of HOmerlc laughter.
In this, however, they may be disappointed: a
German Joke is sometimes a very solemn and
metaphysical affair.
DURING the recent difficulty between Bull
garia and Servia, Gabdan Efendi was the en-
voy from Turkey to the Bulgarian govern
ment. He wears a false nose. When he set
out from Sofia for Constantinople. the Bulga-
rian authorities gave him a passport, upon
which the words "A pasteboard nose" was
written under the head "Particular Marks
The Turk Immediately complained bitterly to
Prince Alexander of the rudeness of his en-
Dloyes. The Prince apologized with a smile.
and made the diplomatlst a present Of q snuff
box for consolation.
IN acquiring Burmah, England has got pos
session of vast forests of teak, which, never
plentiful in India. was becoming commercial
ly very rare. OF all the woods grown in the
East this is the most valuable. 1t is neither
too heavy nor too hard; it does not warp or
split under exposure to heat and dampness: it
contains an essential oil which prevents it's
rOtting under wet conditions. and at the same
time acts as a preventative to iron and repels
the destructive white ants: it Is, withaI a
handsome wood, of several varieties OF color
and grain, and takes a good polish.
THE Wilmington DELL Neeos states that the
Lobdell Car Wheel Company Of that CITY is
using annually from 1900 to 5000 tons OF
Southern pig iron at its works, although bv
far the greater part of their iron comes from
the company's three blast furnaces IN Wythe
county, Va, in the southwestern part of the
State, about sixty miles from the Tennessee
line. They consider their iron better than
that made in Alabama and Tennessee. Two
classes Of iron come from the South. The first
is charcoal iron. such as is used by the Lob
dell Car " heel Company, and coke iron. such
as is used by the Philadelphia stove manufac-
turers.
ATTEMPTS have been made several times to
found a temperance society in Paris, but
without success. The Partisan cannot be IN
duced to give up his wine. Light wines are
cheap in Paris, and what is more are consid-
cred essential luXuries of diet. owing TO the
bad quality of the water, which is indeed nm
drinkable IN some parts of the town The
drinking habits OF the peoplelare growing. for.
within the last few years the consumption OF
alcoholic liquor per head has been doubled.
The latest attempt to start a ~teetotal society
Is that made by the Societe de la CroiX- Bleu.
A branch of this society was established in
Paris a year ago, and, Notwithstanding the
vigilance of the pioneer r%eformers, they have
only succeeded in capturing about City per
sons.
MEXICAN PROJECTS are just now by no
means desirable risks for life insurance COM
panies. A few days ago the Project of Tux
pam, Vera Cruz, was assassinated, and that
ofJalnro shared the same fata tyithio n -