Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-10
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number Of persons claiming TO be sanctIted
were wOrshiping. The meeting was broken up,
as well as the windows, and several persons
were badly hurt,
LADY who boards in the United states
Motel at Litchfed, Conn, was annoyed by the
slamming of a window shutter the other night
Finally. with much trouble, she located the
room, entered, raised the window, fastened
the shutter. and was lorrihed when the cain
voice OF Boston drummer in the bed sara;
Ihank you, ma'am."
JOSEPH ENGLISH, of Boston, has wasted ten
and half valuable hours in writing ON pos
tsl card the entire address OF the Hon. H. b.
! Metcali, delivered &C the general convention
OF nlNersallsts held ast year in brooklyn, ne
address contains 4,l62 wOrds. and Mr.. English
wrote them all with a steel pen. by gas light,
without the aid Of a magnifying glaO.
ALyAN CLARK, the famous lens maker of
CambridgePort, says that the lens for the
great Lick telescope will be ready in about
two or three months. The ''fnishng touches"
alone remain TO be performed IN order to make
tne reIraction perfect, These are done with
ne end OF the finger dipped in emery. The
ability to do this depends on the sense of
touch.
A FRENCH JOURNAL calls attention to the
rich oil contained in the grains of the tong
yeou, tree which grows in China. This oil
IS easily extracteS ~ pressure, has a density
properties. 1t dries more rapidly than any
other known oil, il has also the power of
soldtfying under the action of light and out
OF contact with the air.
REPORTS from the stock growing sections Of
Texas show great activity in the cattle indus
try. Preparations for the spring drive are
complete and several herds will be started up
the trail within the next ten days. Careful
estimates show that the drive for 1876 will
reacp 100000 head, and may, with fair prices
ana increasing demand, exceed that mum ber
orices for stock cattle vary, rthwestern
Texas yearlngs being quoted at Sl2 per head
ana "twos" at $l4, while in Southwestern
Texas yearlings sell at s. and "twos'' at $40
| per head.
THE BEST WAY to make theatrical moon
is thus described: Two drop scenes are used.
Out OF the first, in which is the sky scene, 10
cut strip yard wide, it being the path up
which the moon is to travel. Immediately be-
hind, and so close that the piece SO removed is
not discernable. is scond drop. From this
round piece is removed. and the place COW
| ered by white or yellow silk, or some transpa-
rent cloth, and from behind strong calcium
| light Is thrown on the silk. The moon is made
| 70 rise by gently hauling up the back drop.
| Clouds are usually painted on strips extend
| ing across the path cut IN the first drop, serv-
Ing Doth TO siren CITIZEN the drop laterally and
add to the realism of the scene by having the
moon disappear for moment under a cloud.
WORCESTER, MASS. is troubled because it
has leaked out that liverymen there are in
the habit of hiring out horses that they are
| boarding, and that coachmen not infrequently
use their employers horses and carriages in
doing little night work on their own &C
count. One Of the sad results of such wicked
ness on the part of the liverymen is thus re-
ported: - gentleman and his " life were out
riding, and while passing house of a doubt
full character the horse suddenly, but with
familiarity, turned up into the dOoryard.
aFp q Tod ha~ arox van, ,,Ng
exclaimed the lady. The gentleman was nom
| pussed, and assured his wife that such was
not the case. When he got home he made
inquiries, and found that some of the bows
had been hiring the animal to take a moon
| light ride"
JEFFERSON DAVIS correctly estimated the
fidelity of the slaves at the South to their
masters in the war in the two DAYS speech
which he made in the Senate, in answer to
Henry Clay, on Feb. l3 and IA, 1850. SIT is"
said Mr.. DAVIS, essentially the characteristic
OF the chivalrOus that they never speculate
upon the fears OF any man. and trust that
no sucn speculanOns Will be made upon the
idea that may be entertained In any quarter
that the South. from fear OF her slaves, is
necessarily opposed to dissolution of this
Union. She has no such fear; her slaves would
be to her now, as they were in the revolution
an element of military strength. l trust that
no speculatiOns will be made upon either the
condition or the supposed weakness OF the
to those who indulge them"
on the Bangor road. not far from DR.. j. j.
Pages cottage, near Buckport, Me-, is a pond
inhabited by those lovely, lively creatures that
sing the April mornings in and the May even.
ings out. DR.. Page says they are great poison
eaters. water and air purifiers. Well. on one
of the mlldest DAYS this winter. after the great
thsw, these frogs came up to the surface in
the pond for their usual 'fpizen" and to sinR
The iRhabitant passed that way to the village
On his return the weather suddenly cooled.
and rs he neared the pond he noticed the echo
OF the OLD bass frogs voice returning semi
tone from Mount Waldo, and the squesling of
the soprano frog just passing over the Metho-
dist church, and then all was still. As he ap-
preached higher to the pound he was sur
prised to find 1t frozen over. with the frogs
| heads all sticking up through the ice, with
mouths wide open. The cold had come so
quickly that the poor fellows hadn't time TO
shut their mouths and draw their heads under
water before the ice closed around them, and
there they remain to-day. as samples of
Nj tine's winter pond lilies, set in pictures of
ice
TEE SALARIES attached to the Offices held
by Cabinet Ministers in England. saws the
London Truth, need revision. The amount is
matter Of haphazard, and IS In no wav de-
pendent upon the Importance OF the Office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the
Secretaries of state receive CT, 900 per an
mum; the Presidents of the Boa d Of Trade
and the local Government Board, and the
| scottish Secretary, who, although provided
with q seal OF Office. is not SECRETARY Of
state, receive only f2,00o per annum The
result Of this has been an ignoble struggle
Ong several OF the EN- nent sta tesmen who
form the Cabinet to secure the best paid of
fees. irrespective Of their fitness for them
If Cabinet Minister Of the intelli-
gence and position OF Mr. Chamber
lain can be got for f2oOO there seems
no reason why the taxpayers should be
called upon TO pay any Cabinet Minister more
than ths-wfth exception, erhaps of the
Prime Minister. am surprised thai 40 emf
nent an economist as Mr. Gladstone has NOT
already perceived this, and acted upon IL; All
the more, as he was with difficulty Induced 10
give up proposal 10 cut down the salaries OF
some Of the minor Parli amentary ofhcial fry
notably those OF the Secretaries Of the Hoard
OF Trade and of The Loca Government Road
III any one will tell me Fhy Mr.. Chamb erlatn
Is worth only $1,000, and Lord Kimberlev
Lord Granville, Sir William Hareourt Mr.
Childers and Mr.. Campbell Banncrman GOO
each, he will enlighten me upon a point IN re-
gard TO which /, like most others, am in the
dark.
WHILE his father was President vouno
John Van Buren, visited England, and. az the
son Of the President OF the United states. he
received great attention. He dined with the
Queen, who was then a young gtrl, where his
superior grace Of manners, hne conversational
powers and witticisms made him appear IN
greater advantage than the titled hunkevs
who were around her Majesty. lie attended
one OF the balls AZ Buckingham palace, aud