Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-01-18
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

constantly, ana TINS Eagman must not
leave his post to eat or sleep until he is
relieved by some one capable of stand
ing watch.
There was sold recently one hum
dred acres of the old Webster home
stead at Marshfield including the old
observatory on Black mount. The
deeds show that Daniel Webster pur-
chased part of the property in 1914.
The Boston woman who has bought the
land coveted it on account of its histor-
ical associations, which she wishes to
see preserved.
With the cheapening of silver has
come an extension of its use in the fine
arts that promises in time to widen the
market for the products of the Colorado
mines. People are buying in solid sill
yer many small articles that used to be
plated, and silver plate has been sub
stituted in other cases where hitherto
csusively used. 1t looks as if fashion
could have a great deal to do with sill
yer for the next five years.
The increase of insanity in Georgia
has teen so rapid that the capacity of
the buildings provided for the insane is
insufficient The trustees say that
they are now so overcrowded as to in
terfere with the comfort and successful
treatment of the patients. There were
only five hundred and fifty inmates of
tbn lr,t,, II, 1879. thic Il
two thousand were treated, and there
were ovev sixteen hundred on hand at
the close of the year. Baltimore Sun,
--Crysanthemums of any variety may
be propagated indoors from the slips,
and the blossoms that florists sell often
have stalk long enough to furnish
three or four cuttings. The cuttings
have an astonishing vitality, and if
planted in a pot of earth that is kept
constantly moist they will, in large
percentage OF cases, root and prosper
without once losing the appearance of
freshness. Some florists keep on hand
only single plant of each variety, and
from these make all their cuttings for
new plants.
The only raven at the Central park
geological garden in New York is bird
of some accomplishments. He was inn
ported from Europe, and for some time
belonged to gentleman living in the
upper part of Manhattan island. The
bird had learned to crow like cock
and to cluck like a, hen, and he turned
these accomplishments to account 1t
was his habit to excite the curiosity of
his masters chickens by display of
his mimic powers, and whenever a
chicken thrust a head into his cage to
nip off that head as if with a pair of
sharp shears
The West Shore railroad owns the
remains of Old Round Top, historic
stone house near Canajoharie. The
house was built about 1850, and was
once dwelling and a store Its first
owners were jeremiah Van Rensselaer,
and Archibald Kane, the latter an an
cestor of Dr. Kane, the Arctic explorer,
and of the Kanes of New York. Here
the Kanes carried on a great mercan-
tile business, and it was in the rear of
Round Top that one of the merchant
family fought duel with the father of
Gen. j. S. Wadsworth. Much of the
old house has been destroyed by fire,
us it was long the resort of tramps and
Italian laborers who recklessly built
fires within its walls.
Matthew Arnold speaks somewhere
of the crude pottery produced at great
English factory for the American and
colonial markets. Whatever may be
the truth as to the colonies of Great
Britain, the American market now de-
mands not only tasteful pottery, but
in the case of some manufacturers a
greater variety and beauty than are de-
manded in Great Britain. 1t is noto-
rious that while British housewives are
content with few old-fashioned pat
terms in the matter of table linen, the
English manufacturers are forced not
only to produce linen of excellent quail
| ity for the American market, but to en-
rich their product with a great variety
of beautiful patterns
Mr.. Kerr Craige, third assistant
postmaster-general, has submitted his
annual report to Postmaster-Genera
Bissell. His financial statement is as
follows: Letter postage paid in money
| (made up principally of balances due
from foreign postal administrations,
S72, $685. 81; box rents, s2 492, 1886 60; fines
and penalties, s22, ,347.Os; sales of post
age stamps, stamped envelopes, news
paper wrappers and postal cards. s72,-
359, 213.59; receipts from unclaimed dead
letters, 2,537.57; miscellaneous re-
ceipts, S24, 127. 70; total ordinary postal
revenue, S74, ,9s2, S67.77. Receipts from
money order business S914, ,065.39; total
receipts from all sources, S75, ,933. 16.
The profit to the government on
special delivery business was, $50,
1860
Although the system of proprietary
clubs, so common in London, has never
fourished here, there are signs that
something of the kind may come about
since the difficulties of running a clut
successfully are in large part centered
in the fact that the Offices, having nc
considerable direct pecuniary interest
in the club, are unable to give it's ex
penditures that close attention sc
necessary to economy. Some clubs ir
desperation throw themselves upon The
mercy of their stewards, and permit
them to be general purchasing agents
of course with the privilege of making
their little commissions. The unau
thorized exs<tion of commissions from
club emploNxs is so common as to have
become noi>ious and actual embezzlc
ment of clu- funds by cashiers and The
like are PROBABLY more common thar
the public supposes.
A Difficult Operation.
Star photography is one of the mos
tedious opera tions known. In som'
cases the exposure of the plate mus
last for several hours. During ali thi
time both the plate and the telescop
must be moveh so that the image of tn