Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

eastern part.
TIE marriage Of the French Marquis d'Au-
ian with an American girl is rather more
interesting than these international mar
rlages usually are. for this time the bride,
/ Miss Christmas has no money at all, and her
/ tilted bridegroom IL very rich.
/ CLERGYMAN in Chester county. Pa, is re-
ported to have struck for higher pay. On
/ Sunday a week ago he did not appear ia his
pulpit. and told "A committee that went 10 his
house that his salary was altogether made
/ qua te. The case r. TO be prese nj ed to the &C.
/ clesiastlcal court (Presbytery) having iuris-
/ dlCtlOn.
! IN RUSSIA the Gear has enforced the deer ee
Of the Holy Synod forbidd0nE wreaths and
secular EN- blems n funeral professions, on the
ground that Of late the priest and the holy
/ pictures have been wholly hidden by The
wreathe, flowers secular banners and flags,
thus Civ ng the solemn ceremony worldly
slgnlh ance.
THEY are now telling stories Of Chief JUS
| tice Cartier, of the District of Columbia. The
other day. one runs, a lawyer was defining
The powers OF the Court. The Court, he SAID,
could do this, and the Court could do that.
"N-n-no d-d-doubt," remarked Judge Cart
ter; IN next ito the Almighty the there's
nm nothing like c-c-cOurt"'
The Indian population has been diminish
ng by death at the rate of about 5000 a year
| since the railroads began to cut up the mighty
/ West. on see every now and then a New
YORK angloman &C strays out that way. and
being pointed out to him as a type of the high
est modern civilization, the unhappy savage
ctlmly sings death song in B-14J and lies
down to die.
LIFE, according to an Arabic proverb, is
composed of two parts-that which is past.
dream; that which is to come, a wish. This
IS all right, but il does not cover the ground
Tor. rs times heavy cog wheels CRATE around,
/ they operate the sausage mill OF the present
IN which the part Of life that is the wish gets
ground into the hldeOus nightmares that are
the dreams"
"WH lat is Denis kearney doing now" was
| recently asked Californian. Talking on
the sand lots every Sunday" ne said. But
what does he do during the week" "Oh, he
keeps an intelligence Office for persons seek
ing servants and servants seeking places"
Docs he have any dealings with the Chi
nese" "Oh, no. He sticks to his old text.
The legend over his Office is NO Chinese need
! apply"
AMONG other traditions OF the Government
Printing ONCE at Washington is a story told
about boy sent with some proof-slips of an
important decision to Chief Justice fancy.
He appeared at the office Of the Chief Justice
and asked him: "is Tany in ?' 81 presume"
was the dignlfed reply, "yOu wish to see the
Chief Justice Of the United States?'' II don't
care cuss about him; I've got some proofs
Tor fancy" You're fancy. aren't YOU"
- am not, fellow. l am the Hon. Roger B.
! Fancy" Then the proofs are not for vou;'
and the unceremOniOus messenger would have
gone of With them if the Judge had not ad-
mitted himself to be fancy simply"
THE SEA occupies three-ffths of the surface
of the earth. At the depth of about $500 feet
waves are not felt. The temperature is the
same, varying only tFiie from the ice OF the
pole to the burning sun OF the equator. 4
mile down the water has pressure of over a
ton to the square inch. If a box SIX feet
teep were filed with sea water an allowed
o evapnrate under the sun, there would I've
two inches Of Salt left on the bottom, Ia
king the average depth of the ocean to be
three miles, TN re would be layer Of pure
salt $50 feet thick on the bed of the Atlantic.
The water Is colder at the bottom than at the
surface.
AN ODD CHARACTER was buried at Mari
borough, Mass, the other day. His name was
George Clisbee, an inventive and musical
genius, who played his ii st tune when years
old, never took music lesson. and has for
many years lived the life of hermit. He
built many church organs, manufactured his
own steam engine and machinery, and never
failed 10 solve all mechanical problems pre-
senteG to him. He once cOntrived musical
rocking chair tna' gave out music when it was
rocked. He was converted into a reCluse be-
cause the local Unitarian church did not have
MIN build an organ, aud he ever after jotted
down in a book all the bad things he heard
about that church.
SEVERAL of the crew Of the ship Frank n.
Thayer. upon which the terrible tragedy oc-
Cured near st. Helena, have arrived at New
Bedford on whaling vessel. They assert
that the crew were kept on short rations,
overwOrked and badly abused. At Shanghai
several Of the men ran away and two of the
Oficers quit on account of the Captains i'll
treatmr Mt. The Malays were treated as well
as the rest OF the crew. The men agree n the
belief that the Malays were driven to mutiny
by the conduct of the officers and he fact that
| they were kept upon short rations, The7 fur
Their say that The story OF the Captain that he
subdued the Aaays and then released the
crew is not true He did not leave his cabin
until they were at liberty. This is the sailors
version of the matter.
REFERRING to the prevalence Of color.
blindness, physician asks in the Lancet: "Is
the sense of smell exceptionally free from like
defects? | think not. n his evidence relat-
ing to the case Of alleged poisoning by CHI oro-
form at PimicO, As reported in the papers,
DR.. stevenson lIkcns the sm ell Of choral Ly-
drate to shat of lemon. Having ALWAYS felt
that the odOr of the former was accurately
represented by that of the watermelon. and
having Vainly cndeAvored to trace the falntest
resemblance in 1t to that of lemon, / have
asked myself whether | am suffering from
detect OF the OlidClOry sense. which. IN he alb
sence Of name tor it, ! venture to call amos
phresis. Perhaps some OF your readers, in
Guiding the eminent analyst referred to, will
kindly put me right in this matter the subject
/ being, as II seems TO ne, one of great impor-
lance ln medicO-legal lnvestigatons.n
FREDERICK AMENDr, of Chicago. is the pos
SCISSOR Of curiosity IN the way OF a dog faced
chicken. This animal has the appearance OF
q hen, full grown and feaihered with the ex-
ception Of itr head and rSht foot. The head
resembles that OF dog or squirrel, every
feature being perfectly formed but the ears
which are coma on chicken ears The right
foot, instead OF being hali-webbed has three
/ natural looking toes ike those of a dog. The
left foot Is what Is termed ''club foot" The
curio drinks water and eats like dog. Ithas
two 70 TVS of perfect teeth. Attimes IL barks or
makes an attempt TO do IT, and succeeds ueptty
well. Mr. Amendt says tina he would not
be afraid u match the ''hurd" in fight with
a small dog. While handling the animal re-
Gently the owner had 10 be verv careful that
10 dld not escape. II can nv like "A pigeon
The "what-ls-lt' came from the West IN a
crate about year ago along with a lot Of
other ckeus.
A CURIOUS STORY comes from Toulouse OF a
laboring woman, who, during her work i'm
the fields, was in the habit 81 leaving her baby
in shady corner returning TO give the child
the breast ~ opportunity occurred. To protect
the child from harm, the dog "a bitcnl was
left IN charge. The mother noticed
after time ia Q the child no longer exhibited
the same Impotence for the breast a. for
merly, although To- general COudit on was eX-
celeut. and its indifference could not be at
tributcd to 70 failing appetite. One day, on
returning 10 take charge Of her on -priug, she
was astOuished to see the dOg standing tran.
gully across HE child and sucElug IL. The
mother. who saw no objection 10 the proceed
al IN