Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

of 3, no p rsons followed the officer,
sh uting "Vlve la France" and displaying
great enthusiasm. The police dispersed the
mob.
WILLIAM MORRIS. poet, Socialist and ar
tistic designer, seems to be a bit soured. Said
he in London talk the other day: During
the last forty years people have conscIen-
tiou,ly striveu to raise the tas IN art. yet
the world IS growing uglier and more CON-
! monplace."
CHOICEST among illuminate manuscripts
| IS tn "HOurs of the Blessed Virgin" painted
By that most devOti NAL of Monks, Filipino
/ Lippi for ga cary Maria Stnrza, Duke OF Mi
| Ian and neral reprObate. 10 numbers 4Si
! pages Of exqustely Illuminated toxi and
miniature paintings.
THE Hindoo lady, Mrs. Joshee, who was
gradua Ell in his years class at the WOmans
Medical College, Of Philadelphia, carefully
preserved her caste while in this country to
insuFe her reception ia gh-c caste famih S in
lnhl ., aud even cooked every one OF her own
meals and served herself at table.
SAID PAsHA's toothbrush stand was m ade of
two Oblong emeralds of the larg st known to
the Rue de la Paix jewellers. They were ar
RANGED to form an Y, and ut the DO mt of in
! teree tlnn were fastened win u brilliant
studied twist OF gold. The toothbrush handle
was so oeJeweled and carved that II cost $1,000
francs.
lage of Hawarden, Mr.. Gladstones country
home, has had her duties SO much increa ed
| by MIR. G. tones mail that he has h vi her
| salary raised $lO0 yeal, W itch reminds the
| u N ION tTh De If the very benevolent man who
| according to the Grip ion,
| "Of his very great bounty,
! Bullt THIS bridge at the cost Of the country"
MOVEMENT is on foot to establish auxil-
iary branches to the American Opera Com
pay In all the leading ciles OF the United
| states. The movement has already assumed
shape in Boston, where $4,000 was sub
! ecriuei at meeting IN tuesday nj. hit, ca led
for his purpose. The most prominent resi-
| dents ol tue city have cut, red enthusiast
lily INTO the scheme and promise to make it
a success.
| WHY is it that other people have never
utilized sheepsklns N the Russian manner?
/ The peiisses of the monj ks, if better tanned,
| would be ideal garments in harsh winter
weather. The leathery side being turned
| out, ana the -kirt forming, when buGJoned,
| a bel rain flows OF Ii water from u ducks
back. aud the temperature inside does not
! change. A sheep-A in VIII take any d. e and,
! with p oper dressing, it can be mate cOnyen-
| ienty supple.
! The STORY comes from Wurtsburo, Sullivan
county, that a farmer stopped at the use of
friend, unhitched his team. and v sited three
hours, leaving the wagon anding in the baru
] 9dTh W utll Nc went OUT 10 Dllcl up. nOlNinR
| remained of the wagon nut the iron work.
| There mad been .me straw, two horse blan-
/ ket aud milk C n in me wagon, aud the
/ conclusion was that the bright milk can had
/ focused the rays of the hot sun until they set
fire to the straw.
SOME MONTHS AGO John Quick, of Rupert,
Pa. took KOwzeh, a l5-year-Oid Inlan boy,
! rom the school at Carlisle under lndentures.
1 The lad DIDN'T take Kindly 10 farm work aad
| clyllIzatlon, and was so homesick, and pinned
| o for Western life that Mr. QdIcA decided t.
take hun back To Carlisle. X wien ldn't
| van To go back TO the school, but the farmer
| insisted, and the Two went to the depot.
\ When the ain rolled in the boy plunged
| from the platform to the rails, and was
| Crushed to death by the locomotive.
THE REPORT on public instruction in Bonn
bay for 1os4-S5, jdst issued, affords satisfactory
evidence" Gays the Att-nesAa, ''of the pro-
gress which education is making In that pres
ldency under the sLimu us given to it Dy the
| wOrs of the recent Education Com mission.
| During the year The number OF educatb nal
| lnstl utIuns Increased lrOin $685. to 6.7Z6, and
the number of pupils from Al ,34l to 1854 8.
| Though the expenditure on educa ION from
| the public funds increased under every head,
| aided priva e enterprise c'ntribUted more
| ward the mel Increase of schools and schol-
airs than the Education Department and local
anu IN unlcipal boards put together"
THERE has lately been placed in the Ameri
can CHURCH IN the Via Aazionale, Rome,
mosa c. which, according to the unanimous
! testimony of the Italians the mselves, is the
most Important example of this form of TT
! that recent times have prOduc d. IL has been
executed by The Venice and Murauo CLASS
| Company from cartons by Mr. Burue Jones.
! AID II covers the hole of the roof of he APP e,
| 81 are oil not less Than $40 square feet. Tie
subject may be briefly described a, Christ en-
hrOued ia the centIe of the New Jerusalem,
| vita mysterious angel forms around anu
| about hm anu on elIher hand. keeping watch
o. er the gate OF tue heavenly city, the arch
| ange,s michael and his peers.
JOHN HAY, according to the Washington
Hatchet, LOOKS as If he were too languid mem
tally 10 even PROFOUND the question, ais life
worth living?" All of his literary ambition
seems " be gone, AN he appears contens TO
let one tresome day drag after another with
out a care as to what happens or whom il
| happens u. In his case the leisure for work
! which was thu 'nsequence of a wealthy mar
rage has not been I'm ruved. He tak es no III
| ceres In the tune or It's questions, and iulfns
| none of the promises OF his early DAYS He
mas a lie 'utliul home in this civ. which he
| ma adDTne wi h are taste but ne Is restIes,
and dIscontenteu lie 10 lick physically as
/ well as mentally, and IL is To be questioned
| whether there Is more miserable man in
| literature.
! 1T is INTENDED to hold a photographs ex-
hibitIon III Glasgow, in the Corp ration Cal
eries of Art, during July, August, and sep
] tenn er, 1855. The exhibition will cOmpFi e
|. illustrations of the history Of phofogra-
| Thy, ear Y daguerreOtyes, caotypes etc
:. photograph Instruments, materials IN
/ appliances, lense~. cameras. cnemicalr etc
/ 3. Illus ra ions Of mOdern processes IN pho
Geography. 4. Applications of photography
portraiture, lani cape photographs, archl.
/ tee ure. repro iuc 10 - of pictures, drawings,
'tchlngs, and engravings, photO-ll no 4raphs
/ y utOgtavure'. cop ing pan, maps me-
chanlcu drawings, lustratlOn OF bo ks. de-
corHuon II glass, pottery, ETC.. astronomy
meteo ogy. microscopy, etc.
Two DRuNMERs driving from Grayson to
Pawnee, Kan, lost their way, and hnallv
C emo % a shanty In IL were two beds; on
one lay a woman who looked like a living
skeleton on the other We're the dead bodies
OF "A man and Eve children. The woman could
tax, an 10 Il this story: MY hus.ap
/ llVWa Ballinger, had been SICK a long time
! rive weeks ago We were very early on, of
pr"vt Ions, and sent my son, p ye Rs of age.
I to Gray o &ct some provisions. We walled
auu waited TO- hl, retu Tut he did NOT
cone. After awhile the children got sick and
one BY one the little ones died.. Mv husband
was he ast one TO 80, he dying last uight.r
I drummer had lunch with them. and,
giving ~ 10 the woman, went UuG 10 mud he D.
Several people from GraysOn said that thew
law You Bdliinger IN town. aud he said he
was going 90 san Franci-ro.
4 VERY STRANGE CASE has come to the no.
tice OF the phy sicians OF the Chudren's hos
pital. 10 sew York. About two weeks agna