Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-24
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it gross insult. This word, which is used
very often in the W est in speaking of Italians,
particularly OF the laborlng class, Is almost
unknown in New York.
HENRY THORNTON, of New York, moved his
sitting room stove to the smokehouse last
April. The other day he cleaned it, prepara-
tory TO putting 1t up again, and found among
the ash live Goals that must have been
smouldering for six months. He had burned
Aory wood in the stove.
THE frozen meat trade of New Zealand has
become an important service to that colony,
the exports since Jan. ! amounting to more
IMAM 6OO.OOO CarcasseS Of mutton. Still, De-
cembcr. January, February and March are
the only months in the year when shippers
feel safe in shipping large quantities.
CHICAGO MAN says that Paddy Ryan was
in no condition to meet Sullivan. He fol-
lowed no diet, but ate everything that he
liked. The result was that his paunch as
heavy, his flesh fiabby, and his hands duffy
and soft. There was nothing solid about hin
lie was simply soft marx SIN feet tall.
LAST SPRING workman in shop fixed a
very fine wire SO that his fellow workmen
would run against it and be brought up
standing. He thought it was funny. One Of
his Fellows was caught across the eyes by the
wrc: One eve WAS destroyed, the other in
Jured, and the pain and shock resulted in a
-troke OF paralysis, and the man is now likely
to die.
THE CORN CROP of this country this year
is said to be 1,650,0OO,00o bushels. The
same authority gives the consumption as
more than this, namely: 80 10000 bushels
used in human food, 62i 100000 for working
animals 20,0o00o0 for seed, 100 900, 900 for the
production of spirits ard glucose. Us 900. 00n
for export, and 100000. 900 for the food Of
meat producing animals.
MAMIE DoLAN, of San Franclsco. enter
tanned some female friends in a second story
room. They became very merry, and one of
them dared Mamie to take of her dress and
lump out of the window. Mamie at once
stripped oil her dress, plunged ont, struck
some telegraph wires, hung by her arms a
moment, and then dropped limp, but quite
unhurt, TO the pavement below.
IT is reported that the CusihuIrlachle
Mex mines are yielding a monthly net pro-
duct of 100000 in silver and $1,000 in lead.
The buildings erected for treating the ore by
the llXlvatlOn process are the largest in the
world. Shafts on some of the lodes have
already been sunk to a depth of 800 feet. and
tunnels are being constructed to connect all
the minor shafts with the main one.
THEY tell of citizen of Riverside, Cal. who
says that he always votes a straight Republic
can ticket, but .lieves in the right to scratch.
At the last election he commenced by scratch
ng of every name on the ticket and thea
filing in their places with names from the
other tickets. When fixed up to suit him he
voted it, saying that he always voted the
straight Republican ticket and always in
tended to.
PASSENGER TRAIN on the Boston and AL
bany railroad, due at East Albany at 8 81 Mon
day evening, was speeding along about one
mile this side of Chatham, when the engineer
noticed a red light on the track a short distance
ahead. The train was brought to sto A
farmer living near by had discovered a
broken rail, and by covering his lantern with
an old red handkerchief thereby prevented
what no doubt would have been a terrible
accident.
SMALL FARMER of Bucklnghamshire
Eng. brought his child to the Parish church the
other day to be baptized. When the rector
asked him to name this child" the proud
father ratified off twenty-six Biblical names
representing everv letter in the alphabet
beginning with Abel and ending with Zacha-
riah. The rector was staggered for a mo-
ment, but finally persuaded the farmer to be
content with the first and the last of the pro-
posed names,
THE Italian poet and literary historian.
Carducci. has just completed work on az
Papi Poeti," in which he discusses the poetic
productions of various Popes. The Vienna
Algemeine Zeltung learns, however. that at
a recent banquet given in his honor. Carducci
declared that his book would not be published
for the present. as it criticised the poetic effu-
sions of Leo Mi. rather severely, and he was
political capital out of his work.
THE clerical papers of Paris are naturally
very indignant over Remains latest produce
ton. 1.-THE Abbesse of Jouarre." and the
Univers takes pleasure In collecting unfayor
able German criticisms Of the work. In its
desire to m axe the most of the structures of
the Frankfurter Zeitung, which had said that
Renan had been seized by the demon Of DO
etry. the Unvers simply quotes the Franklin
ter Ieltung as stating that Renan had now
definitely sold himself to the devil.
THE schooner Ruth Darling, Capt. Chip
man, which arrived at Baltimore Saturday
from Porto Caballos, Island of Oruba. with
5000 bushels of salt, was the first American
vessel to leave that isolated caribbean isle
with that sort of cargo. The salt industry
has only recently been developed there ana
with the salt ponds now being increased it is
expected by next year to make its mark in
saline expectations. Much guano is shipped
from Oruba. The island belongs to the Dutch
Antillis. and IS situated in latitude about IA
north, longitude 30 west.
THERE is no more enthusiastic admirer Of
good sparring than Roscoe Conkhng. and
there are few who know SO well the true
science of the manly art. Many old New
Workers remember that in his youth the
Senator was an excellent sparrer himself aud
enjoyed the sport. Once at q private exhibit
ton he was brought face to face with nro.
fessonal by some friends who loved a practI
cal joke. Things went on thumpiugIy before
tie Senator discovered whom he vas batter
ing at. That professional is himself now
member of the legal profession, with a lucra
tive practice. 1t wasn't until long alter the
sparring encounter that he too, learned who
his handy antagonist was.
BILLIARDIsT William Sexton. whose an
nouncement that heis going to re-enter the
billiard arena again has stirred up billiard
circles in New York and Chicago. ia caIlod
by his friends "the luckily unluckyu man.
Sections bad luck consls ed in the accidents
that be has met with, and his good luck in
the fact that the accidents always ended in
benefting him. When a lad he fell and broke
his right shoulder. When the injury heaIed
his right shoulder was higher than the len
and gave him tremendous reach that was
big advantage over all his adversarIes some
wears ago he was thrown from a carriage and
his wrist was broken. When his wrist pot
well 1t was stronger than before, and had
united in such way that his hand naturallv
made better bridge for his cue.
LORD ALEsBURY's estate in Wiltshire ia
says the World (London). one Of the most
beautiful IN England. Savernake House
sometimes called Tottenhaln Park lies in
the midst OF savernake Forest, surrounded by
the grandest woo Hand scenery In Great
Britain. The forest Is IL miles in creun fer.
encc and contains upward of 1000 acres The
trees are magnificent and story is often tod
o how visitor asked The forest Keepers when
one OF the avenues was planted. "PlantedW
was the answer in tone in which amaze
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