Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-09
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stored the money.
THERE have been numerous reasons given
to account Tor the fact that the north sides OF
cnurchyards are so often devoid of graves.
In the West of England there is an idea that
inc north stdo vas not consecrated. but was
lett for playground Il the children. Then,
some again say it Is from the tradition that
Jesus. when dying. turned His head to the
south.
RESIDENT CT Sydney has brought under
the notice of the Governor and Sir Alfred
stephen AN electrical machine gun invented
by him, which he claims is capable OF firing
lzo rounds every few seconds from any posi-,
non ana in any direction. The gun Is stated
TO tic easily plrtable, and is attested by eX-
perlenced officers TO be an invention OF the
greatest value.
Mr.. CORRESPONDENT CARPENTER, now on
the way back from a long run in the British
lses. was much struck with this point that
ioloWs The fact that England is the work
shep Of the world can only be appreciated by
llie through it. and by the thousands and
tens or thousands of factories which one sees
uurlhS a Trip across it In amy direction.
Ihere are about five persons mere engaged n
manufacturing to one engaged In agriculture.
MRS. III. HENsHAw, the wife of brick
maker at Cold Springs, n. Y, gave birth
last Monday to a male child with four feet.
Otherwise the child ia well formed and
healthy. One leg IS but two inches long, and
protrudes from the lumbar vertebrG. The
child IS able to move them with almost rs al
tle dlflculty As it's natural limbs. The Oh ld
Is perfectly healthy. Mrs. Henshaw is the
mother OF eight children
AN American who had never been in Paris
prepared himself by short co urse Of instruc-
ton in the language and felt confident of his
ability 10 converse. On entering restaurant
he gave his order in a way which was evil
! IDENTIFY unintel ri bile to the waiter. "Don'C
! you speak French:p he asked indignantly in
| his beat nronanciStion. Yes answered the
waiter in queer English. "Bpt can speak
| English as we'll Us you can speak French"
| After that incident the American trusted to
MS own language for Continental traveh Dg.
! sAvANT named Henri Roget, hailing from
! Lyons, has new use for electricity, He has
| apatent to apply tas a substitute for the cat
| o-nine-tails in corporal punishment. The
| culprit. having been undressed. is securely
| strapped to a steel triangle, which is con-
necten with one pole of powerful battery.
J The other pole is connected with the whip,
/ which consists OF a number of steel wires COW
cred with sponge. This whip is dipped In
water before the stroke is administered, and
| wherever the wet wires touch an electric dis
! charge takes place.
DIR. BALL, who carries the Irish green into
the skies, finds his gold in the stars. His eye
| has time neither for tears nor twinkle since it
| is kept so busy at the small end OF his tele-
| scope. The other day he got a letter from
| London publisher asking him to name his
| terms Tor writing new work on popular as
| Uonomy. impatient and intending to scare
| the publisher off, DR.. Ball wrote in reply that
! ne wouldn't put pen 10 paper for less than
| 1000 guineas. Fancy how it knocked him out
! Of his orbit when. a day later, he got this
/ terse telegram: Terms accepted"
| GOOD STORY circulated on the streets is to
the effect that some time ago a lady of the
| Treasury Department applied for leave of
| absence, which was refused on the ground
| that no time was due her. However. she Wis
| ltet her State without permission. When she
returned she was notified that her pay was
| stopped for the period she had been absent
| AFTER having exhausted all the usual excuses
! and arguments. she went tC the citing Sec
ret"Iy to protest against such decision. As
| dcrnler resort she tainted in his presence.
That faint fetched him. The pay was given.
WITH the extinction OF the buffalo will 20
the useful buffalo robe, unless the experiment
OF a certain Manitoba farmer is widely ex-
tended. A few years ago he became pos
| eessed OF a young buffalo bull and four heifer
| calves which have so incre ased that he now
| has herd Of eighteen bulls. twenty five cows
| ana eighteen caves. all thorOug bred, and eX-
| perlmenting by crossing it'll ordinary native
! cattle, he has found that The half breed pos es-
! sesi arCelv the characterize les of the borough
| bred. differing only in color, which will m axe
the robes more valuable on account of their
! novelty.
In the course of the last sixteen wears the
Russian infantry has been nearly doubled and
! the regular cavalry has been reinforced bv
lOi squadrons. The army of the frat line in
| elusive OF its CossAck contingent, is compo sed
! of $40 bait alions, COS squadrOns and 3E2 hat
teries. forming a total Of $4,000 troops of
! all arms. The reserve, with the first and
| second ban of Cossacks, can put into the field
! 529 battalIons. 522 squadrOns and ll6 batteries;
| total. $4,000 men. Exclusive Of the terrific
| q Fn. 81 ths.., 81
| the moholzed masses OF which Russia can
dispose equal 2,4SS 600 combatants.
A COMPANY is about to be formed in Swift
Zerland in order to turn to account the abun-
| dant water power which is now running TO
! waste and transform it into electrical energy.
which can be applied to many different pur-
poses. The headquarters of this comDanv
Will be at Montrenx, and an electrical tram
! way, winch in the season will meet with
/ much pa rOnage from tourists, will be estah-
! lshed between that place and Vevav and
! Chillon. In addition to this the company VIII
supply current for lighting purposes AS
| they Will have the advantage of q motive
| power, which costs nothing, the enternrlse
should be profitable one
ENGLISH CLERKs complain bitterly of long
hours in their stores, and London paper in
| telling of a bill which provides shops are to
be closed at G o'clock in each evening in the
week except one. and that on the executed
/ biRHl Alc HOuI - W we ~ OClOcK-sayS thaL
| "such measure would be most detrjmentsI "a
! the oorer classes IN our large towns, many of
/ whom do not eAve their ~ Ork until s o'clocK
/ ReNdes, II Que third Of the shopkeepers of a
! locality object. the act would not apply IL
would serve the Interests OF the shop asslstanf "a
! better fit "tre made compulsory on an shon-
| keepers TO close any three evenings of lie
week they might select. at s O'clock"
y NOVEL application Of electric power has
! just been made ON the estate Of the Marouis
| OF Salisbury, at Hatfield. Gramme ma
chine, driven by water power half mile dis
taut has been attached to thre hing nm
chine, and the result is stated to ba hjrblv
! successful, re (ular rapid and poiseIesa
! power being obtained, together with a great
saving OF cost. To effect temporary 5tOn.
! page OF the machine, If nccessai V, 1t has been
| arranged that the current from the leads can
! he turned from The Gramme machine into n
cluster OF Swan lamps, so that short break
! in The operations does not necessitate any
! communication with the source of bower or
stOppHgc OF regular working. while at the
same time IL gives warning TO the men when
1 the current Is running.
A CURIOUS CORRESPONDENT has taken The
trouble 10 dIssect the works of that sensa
tional French dramatst, d'Ennery. and no
I finds that they require the cooperation of IS
! widows, l6 sons and , daughters OF persons
! executed, 80 orphans OF the male aud l19 of
/ the female sex, 80 blind persons and 10 feipn
! ing blindness, g8 DETAINED virgins. ~ Frat
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