Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-27
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or street. by any minor under l6 years OF age,
a misdemeanor. This action is said to have
been taken at the request OF many teachers OF
| the public schools.
WHILE circus was parading in Kingston,
Canada, recently, wagon containing den
of lions was overturned and the top OF the
den knocked of. A fire was bnllt around the
! cage to keep the lions in until repairs were
made, and then the wagon was righted by the
aid OF two elephants.
| A BRoCKToN Mass, shoemaker has spent
a deal of valuable time IN making pair OF
shoes out of $50 different pieces Of leather.
| Each tip contains 100 small diamond shaped
! pieces. Fourteen different kinds of leather
| were used. and various colored silks were
used in doing the stitching.
The San Diego Water Company. in making
an excavation at the mouth of a canyon near
the old town, came, about eight feet below the
| surface, upon two crumbhng barrels. When
| these were removed water gushed out so
| freely that pump With a capacity or 5,OOO
| gallons minute was unable TO exhaust the
! supply.
| CLEMENT CARPENTER, formerly Secretary
OF the American Legation at Santiago, Chilli,
and just home from South America, says
Chill is a paradise for dentists, who live like
| nabobs in the finest palaces, drive the finest
equlpages and stand high generally. The
| Gillian ladies are wealthy and extremely
| VAIN, and as rule do not have good natural
| teeth.
| ASA SNYDER, of Catskill, N. Y, owned a
hog which grew amazingly fat. It's rapid IN
crease of adipose tissue attracted the atten-
| ton of the neighbors. among them Or. Bogar-
dus, who told Asa That the hog had dropsy,
| and then tapped it. Sixty-three gallons Of
| water followed the tapping, and the hog
| diminished in size quite as fast as it had in
| creased.
A LITTLE ELEPHANT in travelling MENACE
RE took a great dislike to the lion, and the
other night in Vallejo, Cal, got loose. grabbed
| the king of beasts by hind leg, and tried to
| pull him through the bars of the cage. The
| uproar that followed was tremendous, and it
| required the whole of the circus force to get
| the little fellow away and chain him fast. The
lions leg was badly wrenehed.
SOME GENTLEMEN who have been using
| athletic costumes for bathing suits at AS
bury Park, instead of the regulation blue fan
mel, have been notified that they cannot battle
at the Asbury avenue grounds They are
| rather indignant at the result. They are ad-
visng with each other as to the propriety of
having the decency of their costumes passed
| upon by Justice of the Peace.
THROUGH the energy of the Grand Duke
Vladimir, the President of the st. Petersburg
Academy of Arts, a Russian academy has
been founded in Rome, to the headship of
which the painter Rogolabof has been nomI-
mated. The villa Patrlza has been selected
as the seat Of the Russian Academy, which
| will be conducted upon the model of the
| French Academy in the Villa Medici.
THERE is a rumor that the Cradock House,
in Medford, Mass, the most ancient house in
! New England with a possible exception in
favor of that of Pembroke, Mass, far less in
| teresting). is to be taken down. This stanch
old pile, built in 1884 OF imported brick, and
! named for the colonial owner who never him
| sell came over seas to occupy it, stands out of
ar6a al In
| mark.
INDIANA card sharpers tried their best to
| get away with a travelling Indian doctor at
Grundy Centre, but he was too fly. Then
they got him drunk aud pinched his watch.
The next morning he walked into a room
| where the gamblers were, held them uD with
pair of revolyers. stood off the landlord and
| a crowd that seemed in sympathy with the
| thieves, and recovered his watch. Card
| sharpers and thieves generally will under
stand this paragraph.
DURING the remainder of the month thou
sands of London school children are to be
sent, at the special Intervention of the Prince
| Wales. to the Colinderies. That is a very good
thing in its way. but Republican France, per-
| haps, manages this kind of business better
| The school children there are given treats
| during August. too, but these consist not in a
| day at an exhibition but in tour among the
old towns or picturesque scenery of France.
, ~.
| Malo, Belfort, Havre, etc.
DIR. GAUTsoH, the Austrian Minister of
| Education, is about to issue circular calling
! upon the authorities in the universities to ex-
press their opinions as to some proposed radi-
| cal changes in the University curriculum DR.
| Gautsch proposes to modernize underCradu-
| ate studies by giving the front rank in exami-
| nations to practical subjects. and RELOCATING
| abstract philosophy to a second place. a mo-
| ticeahle feature in the circular is that for the
first time in Austria minister proposes that
Jaw students email thoroughly study constitu-
| tonal Jurisprudence.
IN various French departments there have
been found recently carrier pigeons bearing
foreign marks, chiefly Flemish. This discoy-
cry, as is known, caused some excitement.
| The explanation. owever, is that every wear
| IN July and August, the Belgian and Dutch
| pigeon fanciers come to France to carry out
| the competitions between their birds a great
| distances. The French Minister of War has
| however, thought ii necessary to take speciai
| precautions to watch what is done on French
Ierrltory oy persons who are in possession of
carrier pigeons of foreign origin.
Two of the largest castings in the world are
to be seen at Nara and Kamakura, Japan. the
one at the latter place being AZ feet high. and
the other. at Nara, being 53l< feet from the
base to the crown of its head. The statue of
| Nara is supposed TO have been erected in tho
| eighth century, but il was DESTROYED and re-
cast about 700 years since. In endeayorinq
to recast it several mishaps occurred. and
! When at last success came, some few thoIlsand
tons OF charcoal had been used. The casting
which is an alloy of iron. gold. tin, and con-
| per- Ia estimated to weigh 450 tons.
THE Salt Lake Tribune says that the fol-
lowing is the oath taken by the DESTROYING
Angels of the Norman church: ''In the name
OF Jesus Christ, the Son of God, do covenant
ard agree to support the First Presidency Of
the Church OF Jesus Christ of Latter Dav
SAINTS IN NIL things, right or wrong: / will
faithfully guard them and report to them the
acts oil all men. Aas far rs in my power lies: I
| Will assist in executing all DEGREES OF tbe
| FIRST Presidency, Patriarch, or Presldent of
inc Twelve; and will cause all who spoak
| evil Of the Presidency or the heads Of tho
| Church to die the deaths Of dissenters or anos
tates," etc. "PO'
EVIDENCE in a trial at Carthage. Moore
county, N. c., has brought to light a queer
state Of affairs IN two families. Two men
were husbands of wives of opposite charac
terlstlcs and personal appearance. One was
blonde, the other a brunette. The men are
| rough customers. Each fell IN love with the
others wife. They were friends, and a trade
was proposed. The husband OF the blonde
| gave the husband OF the brunette 81 30 to
| cllnch tho bargain, and the trade was m ade
| a rev days later the new husband OF the
| brunette concluded that he vet loved his