Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
or GENERAL INTEREST.

Some English newspaper women
who wanted to and ont whether the
'people who sing in tho london streets
make a good living or not, put on u dis
guise and, taking guitar, went ont to
try it for themselves. After singing
and playing for an hour and u half
they had collected Is 4i5d And they
were only amateurs ut that, and with
no previous experience in pleasing the
people.
Since the war of ';0-Tl, twenty-five
years, the military expenditures of
France have been fifteen iniliards three
hundred and sixty.eight millions of
francs, or about e3,S00 O01,0OO This
sum IS exclusive of tho five milliards
paid to Germany as nu indemnity, Of
the sum expended on the navy, and OF
the amount used in building strategic
/ railroads and the payment Of military
pensions.
DIR. Carter, OF Birmingham, deliver
ing an address on brain work and brain
workers, called special attention to the
danger of working too soon after meals
At least half an hour should elapsc be-
fore exerting the brain. An hours
close attention to one subject was rs
much as could pro6tably be given at
sitting, He strongly deprecated the
use of sedativc draughts by brain worl;-
ers who could not sleep.
New Jersey comes to the front with
a strawberry plant which bears fruit
all the year, and Arkansas with three
year-old negro boy who killed rattle
snake just twice rs old as himself, in
side of which were found water
moccasin over four feet long, black
snake of the same length, two dead
toads and one live one, besides a large
bullfrog. Again it is proper to remark
that this is great country.
DIR. S. Weir Mitchell, Of Philadel'
phia, specialist in nerve diseases, has
invented cigar containing no nicotine.
The Vueltu Abajo tobacco, used for the
filler, and the Connecticut wrapper are
subjected to what is termed double re-
sweating process The materials are
placed in Il steam room for four or five
hours, after which they are taken out
and subjected to natural drying for u
day or two. This operation is thrice re-
peated, after which the tobacco is con-
sidered practically free of nicotine,
An interesting incident is told oi
the recently deceased, world-renowned
bandmaster, Patrick S. Gilmore. just
before the marriage Of President Cleve-
land, at a public parade on Madison
square, Mr.. Gilmore, with his band, al
the head of Il regiment, passed dowr
the street and past the stand where Mr.
Cleveland was sitting. As they nearec
the reviewing stand, the leader gave {
signal and the band ut once began tC
play "IIes Going to Marry Yum Yum,
and stopped to flush the suggestive SC
lection before the b'ushing president
amid the deafening cheers OF thousand
of spectators. Gilmore considered thi
the hit OF his life.
German madonnas, Italian, Frencl
and Spanish madonnas have beer
wrought out by painters of ditferen
, countries, anu lcW SdIlSly t1e mOucrl
critic ia their conception of the face o
the mother of our Lord young Bos
ton sculptor Mr. William 0rdway Part
ridge, who is rapidly making rcputa
ton for himself, has lately produced il
Paris a madonna which is described Il
wonderfully beautiful, American am
yet universal" A Boston critic say
that it is noble, maternal, delicate
spiritual, and consequently, in all it
qualities, raised above the type O
beauty; not too beautiful or good 70
natures daily food" Great interes
will be felt in this work of ar america
artist on an old theme.