Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-15
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| IN PORTLAND. ORE. the Gre H&partment
engines VIII be provided with ttAsss.n sol
/ that they can be run as sleigha tor ares and
make better time. aiA1e
A BURMESE sword Of honor, whfxh beloneed
/ to one of King Thebaw's ministSfe hae ar
rived at Edinburgh from India. Thehllt IS a
piece Of ivory, beautifully carved and fhe
s.abbard Is OF pure silver and is Aftleticaiiy
chased. I afs4
ALONGSIDE the main Mersey tohnel b
smaller one, feet in diameter, u carried.
| This exists solely for the sake Of vehfilatinw
the larger one, and out of it the air AHneked
| by exhaust fans with such force that Il Id said
the who e body of the atmosphere is changed
every seven minutes.
II HEAR" writes Edmund Yates, "tho
great difficulty about the alteration of the
| Nillals pictures has been solved. Most OF the
canvasses on which the painter worked, with
! out authority of their owners, have been re-
! stored to their original condition. Tue newer
/ color has been removed"
HIGH PRICES are paid for valentine de-
signs, and some Of the best artists in New
York, Boston and elsewhere are glad to do
! tins sort Of tning. A few designers are regu-
| lsrly employed by the manufacturers at good
| salaries, but the greater part OF the work Is
/ done by the piece by outsiders.
KENTUCKY has l4OOO square miles of coal
/
Britain. entire, 1889 miles; and England,
alone, 6,O39 miles. The wealth of Pennsylva-
| MIA is largely due to the development of the
coal IN the State, and the Importance OF Eng
land in the industrial world Is due to
a similar cause.
IT Is ANNOUNCED that Miss Catharine Wolfe,
OF New York, an active and benevolent mem
Der Of the Episcopal Church, has just given
| $4,000 for the erection OF a clergy house. to be
used as me working headquarters of the do
| cese OF New York. II will contain an office
| for the use OF the Bishop, hall for the busi-
ness meetings OF the ergy and several read
ing and lodging rooms for city MISSIONARIES.
THERE will soon be added to the attractions
Of Lucerne an iron pier, built far out into the
lake, with a pavilion at the end, in which
concerts are to be given and variety of
| games are to be played, and where also
reading Dom and a restaurant are 10 be es-
! bllshed The estimated expense is 40j0O0f.,
| and Jhia the frugal tOwnspeople expect soon
| TO recoy er from their visitors, more partlcu-
larry the English and Americans.
ALEXANDER SHAW, 81 years old, and his
wife, dying with consumption, are in prison
at New Ork. charged with the larceny Of a
spread which Shaw took from the bed in their
poorly furnished rented room to pawn for 80
! cents with which to buy bread for his sick
| wi1e. Shaw was formerly successful wooden
| and willow ware de Aler, and his wife was
once q Ninth ward belle. Misfortunes beyond
their control have brought them to their pres
ent plight.
THE LOCAL NAMES given to the citizens in
different parts of Nevada are striking, if not
classical. Those living near the town OF
LOvelocks are known as ''slough jumpers"
| The people who live around Mill City are
dubbed High Steppers." Those in the vi
cinage Of Wlnnemucca are named "Sa d
| Lappers." The citizens of GOlconda are
Ditch Angels" Those who are happy
enough to live in Paradise are Mud Waders, -
while the residents OF Quin River Valley are
| "Spouters,"
J0HN EVANS, of East st. Louis, Will be
known as one OF she very few men who have
been blown up by dynaiDlte and lived 70 tell
Tit. He was putting dynamite cartridges in
a hole in the ice preparatory to an effort to
! break up an ice gorge IN the river. de had
| placed all but one in the hole, and was M the
ACT Of putting hat in when the electric cNr-
/ rent was turned on and a tremendous eXplS-
| sion followed. John, after a short flight, be-
| gan to say unpleasant things about the man
| who set Of the dynamite. He was not hurt
much.
THE immense quantity of peanuts grown in
| Africa, South America and in our own South
ern States afford not only pleasant article of
! food, but a very large source of oil prOduc-
/ ton. The seed contains from forty five to
| fifty per cent. OF a nearly cOlorless, bland,
/ liked OIL not unlike olive oil, and used for
| similar purposes; it Is . non drying oil,
/ changes exposure
/ air. and remains fluid even at several de-
| grees colder than thirty-twO degrees, Fab. A
/ very great quantity Of soap Is manufactured
| from this kind OF oil; indeed. some OF the
| finest toilet soaps imported from France are
/ Of this material.
There Is in one of the outlying quarters of
Paris a building in which cOrpses are boiled
in huge cauldrons until the bones are perfect
ly free and white; but inasmuch as it is very
| difficult to obtain perfect cOrpse-assuming
! that all those which are boiled have already
! passed through the dissecting rooms of the
| hospitals number Of persons of both sexes
are employed to make up skeletons from the
| pTOmiscuou. mass OF bones which have under
| gone he boiling process. Then they are fas-
| tened together with wires, and when the
work part Is complete, it rs impossible for the
| scientific eye to detect anything wrong in a
| skeleton that has been made up from the
bones of several individuals.
SIB ARTHUR SULLIVAN must be a most de-
sirahle matrimonial 'catch" The places that
claim the honor Of being the home of his BRIDE
elect will soon rival in number the birth
places OF Homer. Boston has a claim Of long
| standing that Miss Geraldine Yum Yum VI
mar Is the future Lady sullivan. San Fran
| cisco IS pc tive it is daughter OF the Pacific
coast, who even now displays her engage
ment ring. Chicago looks upon these
asuirants with lofty scorn and
points with pride to wealthy ex-
pork packers daughter. Louisville winks o
] Dlue-0fhcs eve anu IS COnuuenb OF the Cnhrm
/ of a certain fair Kentuckienne. And New
! York AnEl0maniacs pers st In their faith that
his fanee lis English, you know"
HERE IS something for the boys-a simple
travelling top. The ingenious toy consists
simply Of perforated disk. which can be
easily whitfield out of a piece of thin board
and a piece Of strong cord Of such q length
! that when the ends are tied togel her it Will
| form a loop. through which the legs can be
| passed. AT opposite points ON the edge of the
| disk are cut two small n0tches to receive the
| cord. The performer passes his legs through
! the loop, inserts the two lengths of cord In
/ the nOtches of the disk, and then tightly twists
up the cord. He now let's 90 the d X and sud
| ueny forces his legs apart. The untwis ing
| of the cord rapidly revOlves the disk. which
! will drop 30 the floor aud run away for 50 or
100 yards, according 10 the strength and skill
| of the manipulation.
SIT MAY be hoped" says London Truth,
"that the Queen win use the State entrance
10 the House of Lords next time she opens
| Parliament. There was great pushing and con-
fusion in the royal procession at the last open.
! ing, owing to the narrOwness 81 the staircasa
| by which IL sscended, aud as the " hole route
/ was lined with Life Guardsmen with drawn
! swords, some OF the people had much dificul-
| ~ In getting along IN their assigned places.
/ TIE Queen looked remarkably well but pria-