Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

CONGREGATIONS since this ordinance went INTO
effect
/ IT Used to be said in staunton, Va, that a
I single man kept up the price Of real estate in
/ the town by his ardent faith constantly pro-
mulgated on the streets in the future prosper
| ity Of the place.
THE BED Of the ocean, Gays foreign
writer, is to an enormous extent, covered
/ with lava and pumice stone. Still more re-
/ maTkable Is it to find the floor Of the ocean
covered in many parts with the dust Of the
meteorites.
JAMES WALKEB, who died in UniOntown,
/ o., last week. was a miser. and had sccumu-
lated about $4,000, which he had invested in
/ United States bonds to escape taxation. In
/ summer his principal food was clover leaves
I and bran. and in winter he spent most of the
| time in bed and lived on raw cornmeal.
AJUsTIcE OF THE PEACE in sonoma coun-
ty, Cal, fined boy $40 for shooting a dog.
The boys father appeared and asked for a
reduction Of the amount. explaining that he
had soundly thrashed the boy. The Justice
! considerably reduced the fine to 81 80, thus
establishing the legal value Of whipping In
Sonoma county as 81 50.
A STRANGER called on Mrs. stitt at Wabash,
Ind. and paid her $25. which he said was to
! square an account of long standing. Her
husband, now dead, while Treasurer of Wa
man receipt for $40 more than he had paid
for taxes. The SIS was to liquidate principal
and interest and to ease his conscience.
TIE English colony of Rugby. on the Cum
berland plateau in Tennessee, is in a flourish
/ ngcondition. The population has more than
doubled and the new citizens are thrifty and
! progresslye-the elements essential to any
new settlement. A great deal OF business IS
/ gong on at Rugby. and the handsome new
Tabard Inn is rapidly nearing completion.
A PARTY of eleven West Rutland, Mass,
| foxhunters with their dogs, ran fox all day
Tuesday, and at night the dogs brought up at
hole, around which they howled, to the
! great delight of the hunters, who procured
! picks and shovels to dig out the gare. After
| two and half hours hard work they were
rewarded By pulling out a Dig woodchuck.
AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION is being carried
on in Middle Park over an immense petrifac-
ton that was recently discovered there. One
set of theorists held that it is the remains of a
! ship. and another that IL Is the remains OF a
/ whale. Many ingenious arguments have been
! advanced on either side, but the disputants
expect the whole matter to be settled when
/ further excavations have uncovered the tail
/ or arudder.
MRS. MAXWELL Miss Bradd0n). the author
ess, is in the prime of mature womanhood.
Her hair has taken on partial frost. Her
face is a rudy one. She wears pretty lace
/ cap, and carries about with her decidedly
comfortable, good housewifely atmosphere.
/ Her figure is full. She IS not handsome, save
when she talks. Then her face Is full of ex-
| pressiveness. and she has bright, speaking
! ewes ant a sweet smile. Her husband, who is
her publisher, is much her senior, courtly
| old gentleman of very deliberate movements
and solid, substantial appearance.
! SEVEN PHILADELPHIA NEwsBoYs engaged
in ple-eating match the other evening for
the amusements of Apollo Senate, Knights Of
| Sparta. The PIES were large, thick, very
| juicy, and made of cherries. The boy who
without the aid of knife, fork, or finger first
finished his pie, was to have a dollar. Every
| boy was paid fifty cents in addition. The
pies were on narrow table, and after each
| boys hands had been tied behind him time
was called. In I'VE minutes Jimmy Dougherty
had eaten, every crumb licked the plate
| clean, and looked like a painted devil in
a pantomime. Two Of the boys were down on
| their knees. having dropped their pies on the
! floor.
HORACE GREELEY once received letter
from some one of the officials Of the Lyceum
in Warwick, n. Y, inviting him TO fiji q
place in the course for the following winter.
To This letter Mr.. Greeley made ans wer-nOt
| TO the person who had sent him the invitation,
| but to "H. Sweet, or -" in which he said
Il have received letter from some person in
Middlebown, inviting me 10 come and lecture
before IT'S LvceUm, but cannot make out the
and why he don't sign MS nam legibly, like
yours, II. Greeley" This from Horace
Greeley, whose manuscript was generally
hiefoglYphcs to the average reader-Mr
sweet among the number.
A CORRESPONDENT writes that in North
Carolina there is mountain form atien very
closely resembling the Sphinx. 1t is called
the ''PilOt Knob" and is in Surry county, in
the northwestern part of the State, lust east
OF the Blue Ridge; its position, prone on the
Piedmont plain. like gigantic lion: its body
at right angles to the PERCEPTIONS ridge, and
with head reared alOft. as If in the act of
rising. The head is of solid rock several
hundred feet in height. The shoulders and
! breast are finely prOpOrtioned, aud at the
distance Of few miles il looks like thing Of
life and intelligence. 1t rises about fifteen
hundred feet above the plain. 1t Is seen at
! the distance of fifty miles; but as vet no
railroad approaches it nearer than twenty
miles.
Two LADIES entered an eating house in Bos-
ton the other day where lunches were served
at moderate prices. One was comparatively
young and the other quite old and feeble.
They seated themselves, and presently the
] younger OF the two gave one order for bread
and butter and then said: 81 will take a Gun
OF cOnee, and. mother, would order a cup of
tea for you, but find | have not change
enough" The aged lady contented herself
with half a slice of bread and butter. The
other drank the coffee and ate the remainder
OF the meagre supply Of eatables, and, when
this slight repast was ended. took from her
shopping bag paper OF carames. and. pass-
ing one 10 ner companion. said: ''rhere.
mother. they say the best time to eat these is
after dinner"
WE have here this winter, says a Rome let
ter, living illustration of the American girl
with the white poodle, who was invented by
Henry James in ROderick Hudson, the girl
who became Princess Cassam assina, or some
such name. at the end OF the book. No one
knows who this young lady is or what she is
called. We do not meet her in society, but
she haunts. not the galleries and churches.
for her dog would not be allowed in those
sacred and artistic regions. but the ruins and
the palace Of the C8sars. She is very pretty
Enthusiastically dressed. but not shoWily
and there is an expression in her rather pa
thetic eyes that makes one want to know
more about her. She certainly does not look
such an imp of mischief as II. j g Young
beauty In the novel"
1T Is estimated by insurance companies
that in the United States last year dwelling
houses were burned at the rate Of one every
hour, with an average loss OF 81 1906. Barns
and stables. 80 per week. Country stores.
per day. with a loss OF $4,000 per week. Ten
hotels turn weekly. with a loss per yearo
$4,000 o.. Every other day a lumber ward
goes up in smoke, each representing $40. 900
Forty-fOur cotton factories, the loss in each
CT sc being $4,000 As wooden mills at s25 600
each. and - chemical works at s27. 600 each
were destroyed by fire last year Forty-two
boot and shoe factories were consumed the
loss being Si7. 600 each. Theatres were lapped
up by the flames at the rate Of five per month.
averaging loss $4,000. Only about half AZ
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