Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-11
GENERAL NOTES.

In q recent sermon, Washington cler-
gYman described the United States as q
country bounded on the north by an iceberg
and on the south by banana.
The Norwich Bulletin says that "south-
bound flock Of wild geese, each with its
head under its wing 70 keep it from freez-
ing" was observed flying over New Lon
don, Conn, at an early hour Monday morn
ing.
The will of the late E. Pershine Smith, of
Rochester, bequesths 5000 to Bishop G.
NJ. Williams, of the Protestant Episcopal
Church ia Japan, for the purpose OF his
apostolic ministry, suggesting that, II pos
sible, q portion OF It should be used for the
erection OF chapel in the city of Toxic.
Another sale OF Malmaison property has
Just been recorded in Paris. This residence
OF the Empress Josephine has several times
been offered for sale 10 lots, but only few
portions had been disposed OF, when, fort
night ago, the remainder passed from the
hands of a bankrupt banker to those of an
incorporated company. The consideration
was 453,O OOf.
A mail steamer of ], 200 tons, belonging to
the British and African Company, has just
been towed four thousand miles, from Porte
Seguiro, on the west coast of Africa, into
the Mersey. The first part of the journey
was to Sierra Leone, q distance of ten hun
dred and fifty miles, during which the haw-
ser parted half a dozen times. The next
port made was at Grand Canary, and thence
the steamship was towed 10 Madeira, and
finally to Liverpool.
Sir Moses Montefore has reached his
ninety-eighth year. Special corgratuls-
lions were extended to him on his birthday,
one corporate body holding a special meet
ing for that purpose. The venerable Jewish
philanthropist himself marked the day In
The manner now become Familiarity and
honorably associated with his name. He
made the usual gifts of charity TO series Of
poor persons, whose number cOrresponded
with the number Of years he had lived.
The consumption of tea, as that OF coffee,
increases every year in France. For the
year 1881 more than 7,14O,OOO pounds were
landed in French ports, Msrseilles alone re-
ceiviDg $3.50 600 of the total, chiefly from
China direct. Small quantities came also
from Japan, British India and Eogland. For
the wear 1850 only about "a 600 pounds were
landed at Marseilles, and that amount came
entirely from London and the Hanseatic
towns. Communication between Marseilles
not been established.
The skeleton of the celebrated Arabian
mare Saleda having been set up by Prof.
Joseph Palmer, o: the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, has been presented TO Druid Hill Park,
Baltimore, by Mr.. John " Garrett. Saleda
and Esnes, her mate, were purchased for
IS 600 In gold In Damascus IN 1852, and I'm
ported by the late William Mcdonald. The
~ Esnaa which VaS prpnarpd nm
der the direction Of Prof. o. C. Marsh, of
Yale College, is now IN the Peabody Museum
at New haven, Conn.
In some of the public schools in New
York when a teacher finds that several boys
in succession IN class are falling to an
swer q question, she, as g rule, suddenly
prououuces sentence that the whole class
shall 'stay in after school," We are in
formed that the BOYS who could answer the
question, but who remain with the class,
receive marks OF demerit, by which they
lose testimonials. To a sensitive and am
bilious lad this is veTy discouraging, and 1t
produces Ia his mind criticism OF his teach
er's justice and common sense.-M Y. Her.
aid.
The anti-tobscco advocates have a new
and awful example Of the perils of using
the weed. In szsgedin, Hungary, an en-
gineer bought four cigars. Had be been
content with one, the sad experience to be
related might not have come to him. When
the victim Of habit was at work on his
second cigar the fascinating thing exploded.
The shock threw the man to the ground,
wouGdiug him on the cheek, the ears, the
lips and the left hand. A glass tube, filled
with nitro glycerine, wss incosed in the
tobacco. The explanation of the affair has
-, - H., 1vvA hAu
that each box OF cigars may not be charged
with tubes of glycerine The only way is
to stop with the first cigar at each smoking.
Il Is the second one that is loaded.