Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IN ouS u lHb SCHOOLS Oh Hlldu0i-
| phia recently the teacher of the highest class
| informed her scholars that "excavate" meant
ITO hollow out" and asked her pupils to give
| a sentence containing that word. One pupil
| wrote on his slate: IF baby is hurt it Will
| eXcavate."
THE statue of Harriet Martineau, which
was unveiled in the Old South Meeting House
at Boston, about three years ago, is to be
! given to Wellesley College by Miss Whitney,
the sculptor, in whose custody IL was p laced
! by MISS Mary Chapman previous to her death
| in 1885. 1t will be placed in its permanent
| location early in June.
AN ASYLUM is to be built at Auteuil for
| aged French and Italian opera singers, ac-
! cording to bequest of the widow of Rossini.
| There will be three houses to MAINTAIN 81 per-
sons at an annual cost of not more than 1000
francs for each individual. The building ex-
penses are estimated at 100000 francs. The
sum bequeathed by Nine. Rossini was over
15OC,OOO francs.
WHEN Mr.. Lincoln, then President-elect,
passed through Rochester, in February, 1861,
en- route to Washington. his face was smooth
shaven. 1t is said that on his way from Hi
nols TO ashington little girl remarked to
hlm' MT. Lincoln, your face would not seem
SO long and you would look better If you wore
whsKers." The President laughed, thanked
the young miss, and went his way. There
after he let his beard grow.
A MONUMENT is about 20 be erected to the
memory of the late Lieut.. Com. GorrInge, U.
). N, in the Rockland (Co.) New York Gene
terry, which will be a reduced copy of the
oDeilsk In Central Park, brought from Egypt
10 THIS port by the steamer under his COM
mand. 1t will be 80 feet IN length, of YER
mont granite, and appropriately inscribed.
The money needed for the work has been con-
trlbuted by pers nal friends.
MEMBERS of the New England Meteorological
Society this summer will study thunder
storms on much the came plan as last year
Volunteer observers to take part in the study
are wanted IN all parts of New England, and
the newspapers will furnish the results or
prognos tlcations to their readers. In 1855 the
New England Meteorological Society under
took a similar study, and received assistance
from over three hundred volunteers
THE late Mr.. Woerishoner's clerks were the
envyOf every Office in Wall street. Over TWEEN
ty-fve seats in the Stock ExcAange-worth
$4,000 apiece-have gone to their present
owners as out and out gifts from Woerishoffer
Last Christmas and it was not exceptional
he distributed $1,000 checks in his Offices
gave district messenger boys $50 and $50
greenbacks, and sent handsome $500 horse
as q present to the cabby who drove him up
and down town daily,
COLUMBUS was not the first man to demon
strate that the earth is round. Mandev lie,
that good old voyager, penned the following
over one hundred years before the first voy-
age Of Columbus: Men may we'll perceive
That the Land and the See ben of rownde
schapp and fOrme. And men NAV vel preuve
be experience and compassment that zif
man fond passages be Schlppes that void go
to serchen the World men myghte go be
Schlppe allie aboute the World and aboven
nd benethen."
WHEN Dickens was engaged in writing a
novel he became so thoroughly 1mbued with
the spirit Of his work that he suffered or re-
joced with each of his fictitious characters.
lie relates that after writing the account of
the death Of little Paufin ''DOmbey and Son"
he reStles5ly walked the streets all night in
the RAIN. His favorite among his own pro-
ductlons was ''David Copperdeld," in which
he introduced the main incidents of his life
and ne never went on journey without a
copy of 1t.
BRICKLAYER who had come to his death
by being hit on the head with a brick was the
subject of eulogy by the member of frater-
nal society. The desire of the orator to be
solemn and impressive was greater than his
ability to express the few ideas that he had.
/ MY friends" he said, Il looked out once on
! the beauties OF mater, and all was c-a-a-a aim.
/ Our diseased friend here was LAWN q brick
| | looked out once more; still all was Ca a-lm
| out our diseased friend was no more. He W as
| lay n "a caWpsem
THE Knights of Labor stamp is supposed to
| give an added value to the shoes to which it
/ is affixed. One manufa cturer has different
| opinion. After six months effort to obtain the
| right of the stamp he congratulated himself
| that 5 sales would be much increased by its
| nnal possession. But to his surprise it seemed
| to encounter opposition from buyers. After
much canvassing he has been able to sell
seven pairs OF shoes stamped with the mark of
| the Knights of Labor, and mas concluded that
| the knights are not popular, and that the
stamp Is TOO common to be priceless boon.
EXPERIMENTS have recently been made nv
DIR. Younger. of San Francisco, on the sub
| ject Of the transportation Of teeth, with a
view to their growth in the new position. 1t
would appear that, if proper precautions be
! taken TO secure perfect opposition and clean
! illness, the oper alton is often attended with
success anu possesses many advantages over
the use OF false teeth. The Inflammation of
| the gums. however, is somewhat persistent
and constitutes drawback, from the in
| convenience which results therel rom, Re-
| course to this method is more particularly
| indicated when the teeth to be replaced are
front teeth, and essential both for appearance
sake, and for perfect articulation.
NATURE thus sums up Pasteur's results
''As many as 726 patients from every part OF
Europe. and even from North America and
Brazil, have now been treated. of whom 6ss
were for dog bite and 80 for wolf-bite. OF
the first class all are doing well except the
| already reported case of the girl Pelietier
and over half Of the lumber have passed the
critical period. OF the second class-all Rms.
| sians-three have succumbed. the others. So
| far, progressing faYOrabiy. An essential q H.
! ference As pointed out between the nature al
| bites by wolves and dogs, the form er being re
! garded in Russia as always absolute fatal
| Hence the proportion Of victims under tbe
new process must be considered extremely
low, more especially considering the seveTitv
OF the wounds and the long time that elansed
before the treatment could be applied"
AMONG the weddings which have been an =
thoritatively announced as to come or soon is
that Of Gen. McCook, Secretary of the Senate.
The Baltimore Sun says: YESTERDAY Sem
ator Chace, of Rhode Island, carried around
among the Senators subscription paper for
silver service to be presented to the Secre-
tary and his bride. When he went to Senator
/ Dawes, who is u little deaf he said exactly
what he said TO the other Senator'S that Nc
! Cook is 10 be married, and think it Will be
| the nice thing for us to contribute IS apiece
| for little testimonial TO him. Mr. Dawes
! apparently heard what his friend, Mr. Chace
said, but he showed no enthusiasm over the
subject. and he did not open his pockettook
I After minute or two. rs he sand nothing
/ Mr.. Chace got up and walked away. having
! his own opinion OF the libcrality of the Mas
/ sachu5etts Senator. In httle while Mr..
\ Dawes got up, too, and sauntered over 20 the
/ seat OF Mr.. Adrch, the colleague OF Mr.
! Chace. 'Aldrich,' he said, what is the matter
| with Chacey lie came TO me lust now and
! said his cook was going TO be married and he
/ wanted me to give something for a wedding
| present. should like to know what the ID