Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIE disarmament Of the Indians after the
hlel rebellion is said to have been farce, tne
redskins hiding and retsiniBg all their good
gues Ihey lack ponies, however, ana ING
sottlefs anticipate an era OF horse steAilhg
When spring comes.
GRANITE rock. though containing all the
essential elements Of plant growth, only sup
p ,rts MOSES and liehens; when broken into
sraEel u supports scanty growth OF grams or
grass, but ground TO powder 1t furnishes food
lor respectable growth.
AMONG the table ornaments at late yacht
club dinner in Toronto were two boats chisel-
led from blocks OF ice, one allea with cham
payne ana the other win cisrst cur. An ice
uolphln with bottle OF champagne il his
mouth was another decoration.
As CURIOUS ExPERIEECE in regard to the
changed condition OF affairs in the West, it Is
stated that bufaloes are bred in Kansas for
sale. and calves bring $50 each now where
twenty years ago herds OF thousands Of these
ference.
CANADIAN LUMBER DEALERS are now glad to
buy the black walnut fence rails which farm
ers split and used az they would any other
timber twenty or thirty years ago. The long
exposure has seasoned the wood thOFoushly,
ana IL Is valuable as material for chair legs,
splndles aud other small articles.
AMERICAN BLUE POINTS are beating French
and Portuge'e oysters Outof the English N ar
ket. There were received IN Liverpool in the
week ending Jan. 10 a tot : Of 2,790 barrels Of
oysters IRON America, making total OF &c.
w MS season. Further shipments to the
eX.e OF 1900 we're advised for the week
following.
GEN. E. f. BUXTON, noted as q hunter in
India, tells Of a tiger that would walk up to
village in broad daylight, enter house after
house where doors were open, and, if the
house were desc ted and he found no game
would break up all the earthen cooking pots>
and return, Srumbling fierce y, 10 the
Junsles" These man-eating tigers go on
regular hunts.
HUDSON STILES went to the boarding house
kept by Mrs. Gilkinson, in Rochester, Ind,
and demanded lodging. He was drunk and
boisterous. The landlsdy suggested that he
pay Tor previous lodging. He 10 AIDE an in
suitlng answer, aHd the angry woman prompt
ly knocked him down with poker. He was
carried 70 The hospital and died, and the
coroners jury acquitted 9irs. Gilkinson.
IL MEXICO the morning nc wspapers are sold
in the streets the evening before, fer they go
to press about O'Clock in the afternoon. The
Sunday morning papers are sold Saturday
night, AM there are none ready for Monday,
so in NeNico th~Fe Is no SUNDAY aeWspaDeT
work done and no Sunday new paper: but
just where the moral advantage comes in
even long sejOurn in Mexico fails to make
plain.
HEAE is tot for the doctors. The latest
theOry-hy NO means s reassuriRg oae-as to
the nature and origin Of scarlet fever Is that
it may be had ''d, eet r. n the esv," and is
IN short, the form assumed in hu man beings
by some originally vaccine diseases. An cpl
demc, or rather several epLdemlcs Of scarlet
fever in Mary iebORe. HaDp 5teAd and other
districts have teeR traced TO certain Rilk.
Experiments are new being made with the
milk and oEher seeFetiOas.
THE NOREEGTAEs n Minnesota have intro
daced their peculiar snsw shoes there. The
shoes are made OF stripe II hard wood, about
ten feet long and SIX inches wide slightly
turned Fp in fF0At Thew are fastened 60 the
feet at ABOUT she middle Of the shoe. The
wearer slides over the snow, nat trying to lift
the shoes, and carries q pole with which to
keep his balance. since the big suOws OF this
winter these shoes have been Gnsst the only
means of loC0E otlSH In Dodge esUHtys 1t Ts
not unusual 80 see ssnsshinG like haR
cord OF ss.oes piled In freRt Of a store. wlthin
watch their B'earers are shopping.
How a shOrt-sfghted hunter, passing through
an East Indian jungle, came to mistake a hor-
nets'-aest for q suRBower may be understood
from this bit of description that foIlews:
1.-The 'suniower' was no other than q fine nest
Of hornets. The species, iarge, bright yell
low insect with feToeious stizg, cen structs
its nest, which 10 large ana OF the size and
shape Of 4 good biz sEsfaWeF, on come strong
projecting twtE u an eYr Psreen bush, and,
when the nest IL CON FleteG, the whole CON-
pany dis pose themselves IN regular circles on
it, with al their leads 10 the centre; thus they
look like the spOkes " a yelloW wheel or, as
my nhlueky frBen said, Ike a sun1Ower."
MARSHAL BTsEEs, az New York, had puz-
zIiBg application receatly Scr deg license.
Tie animal was an extraordinary creature,
said to be q double hybrid. It's mother was a
cat, its paternal gFandfathe~ was Mexican
I'll. nal
WAS q rabbit. he head was that Of a cat.
The fore feet were like those OF dog. The
tail was like q rate. The breast and shoul-
ders and hind feet WeFe q rabbits. There
were Just \ lev hairs on the middle OF the
back AID on the tail sRd ear. The snimal
wa born in COV1BRtoR, lad, and 70 bout two
years Old. The com siued vision Of the flee
concluded that the animal did not need dog
license.
NOVEL ffxht at the winter meeting Of the
Connecticut Board Of Agriculture was an ex-
hibition OF little plots Of luxurious grass by j.
B. OlcOtt. Of Manchester, the agricultural ed
itor OF she Coyrsnt. They consisted cf FOR
chard grass Daets ms 9t,Dsreta), KeEtucky
blue gra-s Pes Sr@5sssdsl. rsUgh-efalked
meadow grass Pea neOcdlisl, red top A grostjs
svIelris), Timothy, tPAIsSm DralsAsel. etc.
They were pFesen eli as characteristic samples
OF the various sOds Of the various species, and
from which a heavy anOuAt OF bay had been
gathered the July previous. IL Was an unu-
sual exhibition, ard At the same time WAS in
teresting as showing the dlAereace IN growth
and other characteri1tics Of the different
species exhibited.
NICHOLAS FEEDKR, Of Pitts6urg. has sub
united 70 a number II CoRxi esrren q scheme
for co-metal &c coinage, which attracts con-
siderab attention by reason OF its ingenuity
and plausiDility. He wants coin com posed
OF an outer disk Of silver surFOup hing a small
disk Of gold to he msds, and argues that by
c0mbing in the Two metelE Ia this man ner the
yalu@ Of tho coin, a. whole. will remain for
ever dzed. He A'eo advocates Law requtr-
ing debts TO be paid half IN gold ard balf in
silver Gen. Warner, Of Ohio, saws that the
scheme will not work In practice. The con-
biuatlon OF the two meials will not affect their
values nor the RADIO existing between them.
ia short, the conatallie cola will Ne worm
lust he price OF the gold sud silver bulliep
which goes into u and VII! insure NO stabiH |
y Of value.
ANDREW HAIGHT. the railroad agent OF the
Barnum shows, who wasstricken with paralv-
sis In Chicago on Monday, was one Of the most
interesting men IN the profession. lie was In |
early life a Baptist preacher, and retained in |
after life very clerical Appearance, wearing |
clothes Of ecclosiastlcal cut. Once In Nova |
SCOTIA no went into court TO obtain a license |
for the circus. May It please your Honor. / |
desire license he began In tones the sol |
emn intOnation OF which was reminis ence !
of the dave when be occupied the pulpit. "Oh. |
Ger ainly y Interrupted the Judge, |
''you have MY cordial permission 10 70 out IN |
the street and preach wherever you IKE. |
am al wavs willing io Assla IN uronnpatinir The |
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