Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

pitch AND PICKLES" was the expressive
name of citizen of Nevada lately deceased
AS many "a $4,000 tints are used in GoOelin
tapestry work. a great increase in number
ana hneness, due mainly TO chemistry
TEN THOUSAND unlicensed dogs have been
DESTROYED in London at the Dogs Home alone
since the hydrophobia scare began rev
weeks ago.
THE Japanese never stored ice till the ad-
vent of foreigners. but now they are as iona
OF e-water as anyone. They peddle IL on
the streets in hot weather, and the estaollsh-
ments OF the wealthy are supplied win ICE
houses.
SNowsHoEING has not amounted to much in
the neighborhood of Montreal this season.
owing to an extraordinary scarcity of snow.
Inc country is so thlnly covered tha' HtIie
crOss-country lramping zone of the especially
iavorlte exercises OF the various clubs mas
been attempted.
NoRDENFELDT has now built torpedo boat
100 feet long to carry two whitehead torpe-
does of 300 pounds each, and capable OF &C
comodating a crew of men under water for
hours. These boats would cut through tne
strongest steel nets, and its torpedo would
aDollsh the greatest ironclad.
TIE LANGUAGE of sealing wax promises to
suppant that of flowers. Red wax must be
USED for business only, black wax for mourn
ing, and blue to signify love. Five tints of
blue are made to express all the gradations OF
passion. Pink wax is for congratulations. ana
white is for wedding and ball invitations.
THOSE famous guides, the Cooks, of London,
have arranged TO personally conduct" the
faithful of Hindoostan to Mecca and back at
the lowest rates. 1t is suggested that the
formula of Islam will now have to be enlarg
ed to "There is one God, Mahomet is the pro-
phet, and the Messrs. Cook are his common
carriers"
"THE REAL PARTISAN" says AIphonse,
karr, ''does not profess to be fond of Paris,
but he can live nowhere else. He is like the
fish who does not know it loves the water, but
who dies if you take 1t out The Partisan
travels as other men plunge into the water;
that Is, according TO their power of holding
| their breath. This may last for one or two
minutes
GEN. BoULANGER, the French Minister of
War, states he has been appointed to his post
as the representative of the republic, and he
will see shat the present regime be respected
by officers who make it too often point to
sneer at the constitution. He does not want
officers to hold republican opinions unless
they please, but he will drop on all who eX-
press sentiments hostile to the republic. This
Is leading to the changing of several regi-
ments to fresh localities, the cavalry espe-
clally.
BISHOP O'CoNNoR, of Nebraska, says his
diocese contains population of 100000, of
whom about 10000 are Rom an Catholics. OF
these the Bohemians number 10000, the Irish
ONE next, and the remainder are Russians.
Eigh y-seven priests minister under him.
There are seven religious orders of women
in the diocese. In Omaha there is an
endowed college under charge of the Jesuits.
The climate is fine and bracing. The Their
mometer rarely reaches Is deg. below zero in
winter, and only occasionally passes 100 deg.
IN summer.
PHILADELPHIA GIRL described the tobog-
gan suit as follows: 'You first get long and
wide roll OF flannel and, having Invested
yOursef of the majority of your clothing you
hold one end of this to the back of your neck,
get your maid to hold the other, and then
turn yourself slowly around until you have
enveloped Yourself from head to foot. Over
this you put bloomer costume of heavy fan
mel. and over this again jacket and skirt
| made out of a blanket. Draw long wooden
stockings over your legs, put your feet in moe
casins, and your head in small wooden sack.
You VIII then look like an attenuated foot
| ball, and you will feel like one. That's what
they cali toboggan suit"
DIR. EVANS relates in the Bristol England
Medical ChjrurgicaJ Journal the history of a
girl who attempted suicide on May by jump
ing from the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The
/ bridge Is $50 feet high, and has been a favor
/ ite place for suicides. Sixteen persons have
! been known to have succeeded in lf-destruc-
/ ton by making this same leap. One other
only was picked up alive. but survived only
| thirty minutes. Twenty days after the fall
/ the patient was considered convalescent and
| able to walk without pain. There was appar-
emily no permanent injury. As far as the
| writer knows, no case of survival after fall
| from as great a height as $50 feet has hitherto
| been recorded, and he considers this instance
as probably unique.
! THERE has been more than the usual num-
Der of revivals of religion In Kansas this win
| ter, and one OF them has been among the
/ young Indians IN the school at Lawrence. It
| began IN prayer meeting organized volunta-
| riy by few Of the young men. The inter-
/ est grew. and soon another prayer meeting
/ was organized by the Cheyennes in the school
| who could not speak English. This melted
| the Osages to start Il prayer meeting where
! the services were conducted in their Language.
Then the Young squaws must have their meet
| ing. and now there are four daily prayer
| meetings, and nearly every pupil attends one
/ and often more. Over a hundred of the pupils
| have been converted, and on Sunday many of
] them were baptized, most OF the clergymen of
the city being present and assisting.
TALKING about some of the stingy people
with whom he had come in contact during his
| life, an old and well known character of Rich
mond declares that the closest is a man who
| has ordered his coffin and quarreled with the
undertaken about the price. But" contin-
/ ued he. Il knew an old chap who made quite
/ fortune during the war by going around
| town and buying up all the castor oil he could
/ find. He would get a dozen bottles here and
/ one or two somewhere else. These ne stored
/ away in his shanty, aud when prices were
| stif enough sold to the Confederate govern
| ment or individuals who We G inclined to pav
| his prices. Would you believe II, this man
| made big fortune in Confederate money in
| this wayF He had the discretion to in
vest it, too, in real estate or gold
| There was another man who
thrived about the same time the castor oil
man did. He was an old German cooper who
worked up corner here on ribbon during the
! war. Rather a singular article to be dealing
/ in during that trying period when the CITY
was surrounded by the Federal army, who
| were almost daily expected 10 make their an.
pearance in our midst. Ribbon was in de-
mand. and brought good prices. The old
| cooper conceived the idea Of buying all he
| could find. He went TO all the auctions and
| bought every yard Of ribbon he could find
or course he was no more judge OF the arti-
/ Gle than one OF his old blind horses. This did
I not deter him from buying all he could get
| The price made little difference TO him
Money was abundant. such rs IL was, and he
| knew he was sure OF enormous profits. The
| old fellow acquired quite fortune"
Ex-Gov. HUBBARD OF Texas, was appointed
Minister TO Japan by President Cleveland in
the early days OF his administratlon. II half
the stories told Of him are true, the ex-Goy-
/ ernor OF Texas who now serves his country
| AZ the court OF the Mlkado, must be a rum
| old chap. He asked free passage for himself
/ and family. seven persons IN all. and free
! freight for his household goods from San
/ Francisco TO Yokohama on the Pacific Mail
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