Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-11-15
BREvITlEs OF INTEREST.

THE skin Of murderers, tanned, has been
used to bind books in England.
A RHsr, live Princess keeps millinery
store on Fifth avenue, New York.
wHIsrLINe Is the "'fadn in New York.
Glasses In the art are being formed.
A GENIUS has invented and patented an
electric contribution-box for church use.
A PITTSBURGH chiropodist has 1000 pa
tients who pay hun $40 year each to keep
their feet in repair.
In an obscure little town in Mexico lives
lineal descendant of Montezuma H., the
legal heir to the Aztec throne.
A REPORT comes from Los Angeles, Cal 1;
Of the discovery of an ancient temple on San
Cleminto Island, just off the coast.
A GOOD jockey is not without his wages.
Barnes, the colored jockey, is fifteen years
old and his salary is $4,000 per annum.
AMERICA won fifteen diplomas, twenty
six gold, six silver and three bronze medals
at the international Exposition, Brussels
THE owner of Saratoga hotel pulled
through the season by borrowing $4,000
from his walters. Next year they will prob
ably own the house.
A COMFORTABLE if not luxurious living is
now made by women in New York by going
| from house to house combing and caring
| for hair of invalid or ease-loving women.
| GERMAN savants have been discussing the
duration of dreams They conclude that
while most dreams are momentary, they
may be extended sometimes to the length
of minute.
| SOME remarkably fast time was recently
made on the Illinois lines of the Wabash
railway, several times attaining speed o.
seventy-five and even eighty miles an houl
| for short runs Of from ten to twelve miles
The greatest steamboat disaster evel
known in this country was the loss Of thu
Central America, sailing from Aspinwal
| to New York, on September 5, 1857, witt
40l passengers and 10l members of the crew
There were 527 lives lost.
THE island of Foula, one of the Shetlands
is for sale. 1t is three miles long by tw,
broad, and it is famed for its rocky coast
and abundant wild fowl, and one of the few
spots in Great Britain in which the grca
sliua, very rare bird, still lives,
The greatest national debt among the M
tons of the globe is borne by France. 1t j
about s6,250,00O,000 Russia comes next
with S3,600,000,000; then England, wit
$3.50, 1000, 900; Austro-Hungary, with t2,4 S5
100000; Italy, with s2,225,000000; SPAN
with S1,207, 100000; Prussia, with $1,000
100000.
A MAN III a small New England villag
was brought up before his church for er
couraging the use of profane language H
| tvbt nj, ha pop,o1 Ton
age" and, of course, all the young people i
the village naturally call the dog dam,
to the great scandal and annoyance of tn
church pillars especially as the dog Away
answers to Dam"
You can now drop nickel in the slot an
get your life insured An English accder
insurance company has put machines fc
this purpose here and there all along Broat
way. In one Of the ferry-houses there is
drop-a-coln device which saturates you
handkerchief with perfume for cent, an
; the latest weighing machine plays an ope
attic air and prints your weight on a carr
all for a nickel.
AN unpoishable diamond is owned b
Tiffany & Co.. Of New York. This damon
was kept for one hundred days on polls
ing wheel running at 1880 revolutions pr
( minute. 1t is estimated that the distan'
rubbed over by the diamond was about Z;
600 miles, or more than three times arour
the world. The wheel was destroyed, b.
without giving a commercial polish to IL
diamond.
THE debut Of the City of New York is sa
to herald an era of ships still faster. v
read that ''The White Star line is havir
) two built at Belfast, which, it is believe
t will do the passage in five days. The Guit
4 company has likewise two faster on
building, which are also expected
!, be 'five-dayers.' The Cunard compar
will not be outrivaled in speed, land has son
9 new and fast boats makingn