Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| things Of the hour at places IKE bar harpol'
where some OF tine grown people play as COIL
stantly as the little folks,
AT Cannes, in France, one distillery alone
used in season, in the making of perfumes,
40. COO pounds of orange flowers, the same of
/ rose leaves, 10000 pounds Of acacia blooms,
$4,000 pounds of jasmine flo Rers, 20,OOO OF
III c 70 g.. and an unmeasured amount OF
Parma Vlolets.
ONE Chicago brewer took on. seventy two
licenses to sell liquor by the mug. His check
for $l2, 900 paid the bill. The dealers who use
the licenses are really his ageDts-mere tap
STEERS who run his beer into the thirsty tnroatS
of Tom, Dick and Barry at seVenty-tWo dill
feront points at once.
THE fault of our modern stage every
where said NJ. Sardou, in Paris, fortnight
since, us really that it IS untitled for young
girls" So NJ. Sardou has written spectac-
ular comedy. ito see which Is IS good as TO 90
on an Asiatc tour" and he thinks 1t lit for
children as well as grown persons.
ALFRED HICKS and william Taylor, two
men in handcuhs, were sitting on the deck of
the steamer Camelia, bound upithe Tchefunc-
tia river, La, the other afternoon. To the
cry of man overheard the crew of the
steamer spraug aft, but to no avail. The
handcuffed prisoners were at the bottom of
the Ichcufuncta-food for allIgatOrs.
SOME very curious revelations have been
members, NJ. Despres, regarding Partisan
mendicity He states that the number of per-
sons who live by begging in this metropolis Is
5000. In mOet of the departments begging is
forbidden. so the heggars all flock to Paris.
/ where they are sure OF living on the fat of the
land. To gain chat desirable end they have
| but to apply TO beggars' agency, kept by a
publican.
THERE has been a man around Chico for
several days past selling, or endeavorlDg to
sell, cuttings OF peculiar tree. 1t bears
every month IN the year, SO he says,and has a
purple blossom resembling pansy. The
fruit resembles a lemon 10 SIZE and shape, but
is pink in color. In taste it has the qualities
OF both an orange and watermelon. This
wonderful tree comes in different slzes, worth
four and six bits each, but we are told that
there arc few purchasers.
ALL New Orleans grocsrs give to every pur-
chaser lagniappe. If child or servant buys
Eve cents worth lagniappe is expected and
given, rgidly As though SO nominated in the
bona. III may be sugar. or spice, or candy.
| If the purchaser demand quartee two and
half cents WORTHY rice. and quartee beans,
two lagniappe are given. There are groceries
IN the French quarter where the chief busI-
ness of the supplemental small boy is the roll
ing OF brown paper sheets into cOrnucopias
and the filing of these horns of plenty with
lagniappe.
1T is well known that at every German
ing required TO pay literally for his necessi-
ties and luXurIes, is subjected TO ''cure tax"
which varies according to locality, but is in
no case nConsiderable. The Berlin Borsen-
Courier Tor he first time raises the question
Wheuner there exists any legal warrant for the
eXactiOn of this "cure tax" and suggests that
ii night be well for some courageous foreign
er TO refI.se to pay 1t and submit the matter
to legal test. Or, since this is the time OF
strikes, says the Borsen Courier, why should
not all the guests at some popular watering
place organize and strike against the "cure
tax"
y LEADING London evening newspaper calls
attention editOrlally in Its Issue Of July 80 to
what 1t rerublishes from the Paris Figaro as
remarkable mlsstatements of affairs concern
ing Great Britain. but. in an adjoining COL
| umn. quotes w tn seeming credence, and from
! the same journal. q story to the effect that
! President Cleveland and his wife not long ago
! ordered "a box" for a circus performance;
| t1at the manager soon afterward had ''regl-
ments of saDdwiC men" paradIng the town
! displaying placards announcing that "the
| President of the United States and his beau
| tiful wife, would attend the circus that nj xht
and that the pubic. which was led to crowd
! tine h 1use in consequence, demanded 80 per
cent. back on what had been paid for admis-
sion because the Presidents box was empty
| that night.
THE Boston Herald says that the Japanese
! iris is to be the coming flower. 1t is quite a
the ''bue flag" found in marshy places,
neither is it like the yellow flag of England or
| the beautiful white ieur- e-luCe of the con-
! tnent of Europe. The Japanese IRIS, whether
| double or single, is as fat as camelia. If It
/ il single the sepals are large and the petals
| are about the same size az the large thick
! stamens. If it is double the petals are as
! large as the sepals. and the six form a beauti-
! full and striking flower. This iris is exouIs-
! itey cOlored in tones of blush and reddish
! purple. 1t Is varlegated IN several Species
| and the sDlashings are more fine and brilliant
than those OF any butterfly that ever flew or
any orchid that every grew. The bees do not
! like this flower because 1t is hard to get at the
| pollen. 1t has been grown IN large quantities
| this season by man near New York, who has
| surprised himself by his success with the jap
anese beauties.
TIE dispersion of the great art collections
OF the historic families of England is a re-
marksble feature of the social life of the pres
ent time. The cause is not far to seek The
needs of the great noble families probably in
crease much more rapidly than their re-
sources. They are At disadvantage COM
! pared with mlddle-Class plutOcrats Their
| incOm are not elastic-probably have a
| tendency 10 cOntractiuns IN times of agrarian
/ drpre sion. They have, like royal person
ages certain amount Of state TO maintain
the merchant who IS as rich as a duke IL veTy
| much more fortunate than a duke He has
not inherited from his ancestors q palace
! more magnificent and more extensive than
!
| Europe. He has not expensive social engage
| menis. He Is not an hereditary legislator.
! and need not, unless he is 50 disposed, keep a
| huge town house in the most expensive part
! OF London. To put il plainly, the great fami-
| hes 81 England are disDOsing of their price
| less art collections because they are ''harG
| up"
! VISITORS to the Markisc hes museum in Ber-
/ lin are always attracted by curious collec-
| ton Of executioners' swords In old times il
was customary for these Instruments of pun
! lshment to bear inscriptions and most of the
| swords IN the museum are inscribed The
| Oldest 10 ninety four ceniimetres 81 ipchcs)
! long ana Elk ccntimetres p 2.5 inches) wide
| ana Ii bears the inscription, "Tf thou act in
| the service of virlue this word shall NOT
| strike the'.' The date Is 1924 A second
sword rather smaller. is inscribed, ''Soii deo
| gloria sword, ornamented with ara
! besques, bears on each side the inscriD-
| ton, "Nive la justice, l72l q. H." An
other swort Is inscribed eide sed chi
| VI'e soil deo gloria" Upon one aide
| OF anancient sword appears the inscription:
! "When RAISE the sword wish the poor ain
! ner eternal llfc,' while upon the other runs
| the Injunction: "Keep from evil doing IL tho
/ wouldst escape This iudge." The museum
! preserved the sword which is believed To have
! put nm "nd tothe hte of the unfortunate friend
! o. Frederick the Great, Won Katie On both
sides runs the Inscription: "When raise NV
sword on high may God give the poor sinner
eternal life.n Another INTEREST," blade ia
inscribed: .'This sword is whetted and am
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