Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ONE prominent custom shoemaker in Bos-
ton has a chiro podist and manicure connected
| with his establishment. His trade appreciate
the privilege of having their feet doctored ana
shod at one place, ana he has the patronage
OF large and high class of patrons.
THE project of south polar expedition is
| being seriously ventilated in the scientific
circles of Australia, the government having
expressed Its intention of assisting the enter
| prise. The Australian whalemen are also
becoming interested in the project, inc ulrles
| having already reached London whether
Whaing vessels for an anti Arctic voyage
would be subsidized by the government.
COLOSSAL STATUE OF the famous Dutch
jurist, Hugo Grotius. will be unveiled at Delft
on Sept. Il. Various nationalitie are repre-
sented In the execution of the work, the de-
sign of which is by the sculptor Stracke of
HARLEM. while the pedestal. which was made
or swedish granite, in Berlin, is ornamented
with hgures designed By the French architect
GARNER, the builder of the Grand Opera.
THE King of Dahomey is said to have re-
Gently granted greater liberties to the Chris
tIans of various nationallties who reside in
his country. Any religion based on the be i.
1eI In one tIod is now tolerated in his domln
Ions. The Portuguese resident at Dahomey ls
tne prlnclpa European parsonage there and
me rer1pleut OF many attentions on the part
OF the King, who intends to send special
embassy TO Lisbon. Since the establishment
of Portuguese protectorate over Dahomey
human beings are no longer slain by the
King.
A MAIDEN LADY of King'ton. N. Y, keeps,
as companions, eleven cats. Each one has a
hIgh-sounding name, as follows: Grace,
Tommy Lilly, Baby Elephant. White Wings,
Tumpy, Adrian Tiger, Guy. Dickey Doubt,
Jessie, Blackle and JOB. The last named cat
is the most patient OF the lot. while White
Wings goes into ecstacies of delight whenever
wings, They Never Grow Weary" drummed
on piano. Adrian Tiger is much feared by
the rest OF the felines, while Baby Elephant
likes to sleep in the lap of its mistress.
THE war papers, for the Century will
hereafter not be given the same prominence
that has characterized them in the past, but
VIII be made secondary to other features,
and he so printed that they Will appear more
as supplementary articles to the magazine.
me series is to be continued for about a year
longer. vast amount of material In hand
will not be used in the magazine at all, but
together with the published articles. will be
brought out in book form upon the conclusion
OF the series in the magazine. 1t is thought
that a work of three and perhaps four volumes
Will be made.
SOME short time ago it was reported that a
WORKMAN near Luton, Eng, while engaged
in cutting up some old oak beams which had
been taken from farm house, came upon
large number of old English gold co ms of
various dates, in a cavity which appeared to
nave been carefully prepared for their recep-
tlon. There being q question whether the find
could be regarded in the light of treasure
trove." the Treasury Office was communicated
with, and the authorities decided that the
CONS should be forwarded to them. This was
done, and an intimatOn has now been re-
ceived that considerable number of the
coins have been retained 10 add to the ma
tlonal collections, the finder to receive paw
ment for them at about the rate Of their value
as old gold. and that the remainder have been
returned
MANY YEARS AGO, while Mr.. Quincy, the
junior, was on a visit to Washington, Mr..
Justice Story entertained him with an &C
count OF the social life of himself and his as
sociates on the Supreme Bench. I'VE usually
dine together" he said. lat O'Clock, very
quietly and simply. We have wine only
when it rains" A nd, after pausing a little
on this statement, he added with judic al
gravity: "Rut sometimes the Chief Justice
will say before we rise from the table, Mr..
Story, look out of the window and see whether
II is raning;' and when | report that the
weather appears To be far he will saw: so
much the better! Our judisdi ctiou is so vast
at, Accord & to the doctrine of chances if
the weather is fair here it must be raining in
some other part OF the country; therefore we
Will have little wine to-day"
THE Norddeutsche Argemeine Zeitung
learns from letters Of the A frican traveller.
DR.. Fischer, who is at present in Zanzibar,
concerning
whose whereabouts there has been much un-
certa ntv. ia probably hopeless His fate,
however. Ia involved in that OF the King of
Unyoro-a country lying northweN of Lake
Victoria NyaDIa. between lat. deg. and
deg. north. and long so deg. and % deg east
against whom the powerful King of Uganda
had recen " dec AIRED war. II WAS that des-
pot, an enemy OF all EurOneans who ordered
the assassination of the English missionary
Harrington. The Allgemeine Zaitung saws
no intervention on the part of any European
power is liz ely to have any effect in saving
DR.. Jun&ers life, and the Sultan o. Zanzibar
has no authority whatever over the distant
negro empires around the Victoria NYanza.
In the town of Nantucket every other house
has its weatherco OK and lookout" on the
roof, where the wives and swee hearts of the
Long Tom Collins of former days scanned the
horizon for the whalers as they came from the
Pacific or the Arctic seas. Never again will
they anchor at the bar, and the crumbling
remains of costly wharves tell a story of an
Industry which has departed forever.
Many OF the ancient customs still prevail,
and town crier disseminates the local new
viva vOce. Among the curiOsities is the
town clock. the hours of which are struck on
bell of great sweetness of tone. brought
many wears ago from Portugal, bearing an
ancient inscription which arteets its pedi-
gree. 1t came from monastery. In addi-
ton to the hours peel is rung at p. m
TO warn the inhabitants to go to bed, this
custom having prevailed from the earliest
days OF the town and never discontinued.
PEOPLE In the West try every dodge to get
railroads to run near their property. rail-
road man tells the Chicago NJ all of an instance
OF this that recently happened in Kansas. One
day when he was laying out his road u citizen
came up and began to boom his town II
have named her Chicago" he said. land she
is bound to he as big a lace as the other hi
cago sometime. You want to run vour rail-
road through her: it will only take You about
six IN les out Of the direct line. and the busi-
ness you will get Will be Immen,e. Resides,
YOU Will he the first in and will get the best
location for your depots." welt how big is
your town now" asked the railroad man
mot very big yet" replied the citizen. s.but
she is boomin'. YOU bet" "How many houses
have you now?' further inquired he railroad
man. swell, 20 tell the truth we haven't any
yet" admitted the boomer, ''but Pm diggin'
we'll"
IN some portions of ryrol peculiar and
beautiful custom still prevails. When a ri |
is about to be married. before she leaves her
home to 90 to the church her mother hsnds
her handkerchief. which ia called a tear
kerchief. IL is made ofnewly spun linen. and
has never been used 1t is with this kerchief
that she dries her tears when she leaves her
fathers house. ard while she stands at the
altar. After the marriage is over and the
br de has gone with her husband to their new
home. she folds ~ the kerchief and places it
unwashed in her linen closet, where it re-
mains untouched. The tear kerch eff has only
performed half OF Its mission. Children are
born, grow up, marry and move away from