Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-17

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE report on the Paris Exhibition of 1873
shows deficit of 100000 francs.
STILL ANOTHER NEW WORD. Thomas Ste
vens is ''circum bicycling" the werld.
BOSTON. shoe shipments are es,OoO cases
ahead Of what they were at this date last
year.
A NEW CENSUS shows the population Of the
old City by the Tiber to be Sl5,OS6, of whom
l.l05 are soldiers.
A CALIFORNIA CHTNAMAN recently ran
away with another Chinaman's wife. and, TO
throw the pursuers of the trail, took her
aboard steamboat rolled up in lot OF
blankets, carrying her on his shoulder.
ARTIFICIAL SPONGE made of cotton, rem
dered absorbent, and treated with antiseptics,
has been invented in England. piece of the
SIZE OF walnut has absorbed water until 1t
! reached the size Of a cOcoanut. II is so cheap
that 1t need be used but once.
| A Promising NOVELTY in roses is 'The
Bride" sport from the wen known tea rose
Catherine Mermet. The Bride has all the fine
qualities Of the original plant in form, size
ana habit, but is a pure white, and con-
nolseurs pronounce it the best white rose in
cultivation.
A YOUNG MAN Of Leadville, enamored of
young married woman of the same town,
made arrangements to elope with her. Each
Thought the other rich. The inability or I'M
Willingness of each to buy the railroad tickets
70 san Francisco caused a postponement of
their plans, and another home is not broken
up.
W. L. BAILIE, of the engineer corps of the
navy, has invented an instrument which he
calls the electro alarm chronometer. It's OBJ
ject is to overcome the forgetfulness Of hotel
clerks in calling guests ir time for early
trains. 1t is a combination of a clock in COM
mon use with the pres mt system of electric
bells. the clock automatically controlling any
number OF bells in the house. MIR. Bailie in
vented the alarm for his own convenience,
AN ACTIVE temperance revival is going on
at FostervIlle, o., and meetings have been
held in the school house. T. j. Eyster, clerk
of the Board of School Directors and owner
OIL the building IN which the only liquor saloon
Oh the place Is located, objects to the tenn
peranee folks using the school house and took
away the key. The temperance people took
an Impression of the KEY hole with soap, the
village blacksmith hammered out key, the
uoOr was opened. and rousing meeting held.
lawsuit will probably result.
A CITIZEN of Creston, Ia. has in his posses
sion some exceedingly valuable ana interest
ing papers. They are nothing less than the
originals of Jefferson Davis commissions as a
member of Congress from Mississp pi, and as
Colonel in the United States army during the
war with Mexico. They are both in sheep
hhtu, bltS former 0elng signed bY the Secretary
OF State in Mississippi at the time, and by JEFF
ferson Davis himself. These papers were
captured by their present owner during
Important epoch in the late war, and he has
refused tempting offers for then.
THREE MONTHS since two lion cubs were
born In Liverpool menagerie. Three weeks
afterward, says the proprietor, for some
reason, the mother forsook them-probably
her milk failed. We found one dead and the
other nearly so. My head-keeper removed it
and put it with female dog to suckle and
mas succeeded in rearing it to it's present age.
The strange fact is that it refuses its natural
Iood-raW 1esh-but partakes freely of any
cooked food, especially vegetables of all kinds,
and actually takes tea with relish. 1t has be-
come quite attached to the keepers wife and
follows her hike dog.
SCHUMACHER, the ''oatmeaI king' of
Akron, o., came to this country very poor and
got into the liquor business. He didn't like that
and began to grind oatmeal by hand and
peddled II from a hand cart. In thirty wears
he has built up the largest facto of the kind
In the world. He is now strong temperance
man, and won't have an employe about him
That drinks even beer. Most of his hundreds
OF workmen are Germans. He once brought
a master workman from Germany at big
salary on two years contract. The second
day after he began work Schumacher dis
covered that he drank beer. In two hours
the man quit work and went back home with
a check for 5000.
EDGAR M. FORREST. reformed gambler
and drunkard. is holding exciting and profit
a0le revival meetings in Missouri. He says
ne was converted about six years ago while
running faro game IN Parsons, Kan. One
night while dealing, being then several hum
dred dollars ahead of the game, he saws that
ne felt as though hand was laid on his
shoulder. saying, "StOpg' so infOressed was
ne with the thought that 1t was the hand of
GOD, that he threw all his winnings upon the
fwI,F Nx,-a 7 -
He went 10 work the next day exhorting the
drunkard and gambler to follow his example
He held meetings in Hiawatha, Kan, and
over 500 took the pledge.
A LITTLE ROMANCE in connection with the
preaching Of the Rev. Sam. Jones eliminated
IN Chicago Friday afternoon. During Mr..
Jones' engagement at Cincinnati a young man
who listened to one of his sermons became so
impressed that he went into the inquiry room
at its conclusion. While there he was CON
verted, and there he told the pastors that his
name was Henry q. Boyd; that he had NOT
only been scoffer, but was liquor dealer
one OF the targets at which the evangelist was
constantly training his largest range and
heaviest guns. He promised, however to
give up his business, and he did so. and Friday
appeared with Mrs. Title Schrader, of New
port. ky., and asked the Rey. Mr. Jones To
m AIRY them. This the evangelist did in the
presence Of DR.. Lorimer and Mr.. P. j. TAYLOR.
BROOKLYN claims the credit Of originating
what is called the new decorative craze, which
takes the shape Of dairy maid stools. gilded
and covered with ornamented plush A Chi
cago wholesale dealer, who has made a great
deal of money at the business, saws il was a
well-known man in the City OF Churches that
started the thing about last Christmas, merely
as an ingenious n ethOd OF disposlng OF deco
rative materials. ''The craze spread RAPIDLY.
but IL has been long time coming West we
can't tell one month what the women are
going TO take fancy to the next. Pug dogs
hand-painted china. Japanese fancies banios
and mandOlins have all had their little dsv.
and now it is dairy maid stools | wish some
one could tell me what they are going to take |
a fancy 10 next. I'd make a fortnne.n IL |
may be added that the last article that has |
been promoted 10 the drawing room il q |
wooden potato shovel. This article for what |
use or beauty not even the most learned sage !
can tell, is deliberately painted, gided, deco !
rated with ribbons, and is in active demand |
"LAsr AUTUMN" says London Hatasge. .'tbe |
run Of salmon up most Of our rivers, especi- |
ally those falling into the North sea, was quite |
unprecedented. IL is worthy of notice that at |
the same time that Is, from August to No |
vember) they ascended in equal, IL not still !
more remarkable, numbers the rivers that
flow into the North Pacific ocean, rs well on /
the Japan side as the American. The 'ean
ming companies in British Columbia were
quite unable to obtain boxes and barrels
unfeklv enough keen Dace with tho s,,,.,,T.-