Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-26

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James fell when he was shot are sold on the
premises for twenty-fvecents each.
A woman is under sentence Of thirty-fve
years. imprisonment for selling liquor at
Rutland, Vermont, that period being COM
posed Of twehundred different terms for
like number of Diseases.
Eight hundred dollars in damages were
paid by the Maine school teacher who
whipped girl because she could not defiue
the rule OF grammar In regard to prepos1-
lions and the objective case.
The story Is current in London that when
Nine. Modjesks was at fashionable house
she was requested to recite some Polish
pieces. She at first declined, but finally
yielded, aud with great vclubflity and many
gestures counted from oneto one hundred
in Polish. She was greatly applsuded.
A young man started for drive Of
twenty miles with his sweetheart through
an uninhabited tract In Minnesota. At q
point about midway OF the lonely route the
pair had bitter quarrel. The fellow IN
hitched the horse, mounted it and rode
away, leaving the girl alone In the wagon,
where she remained all night, and next day
walked home.
The most learned woman in the world is
Miss Ramuabal, lady of twenty, who is
now in Paris. She is native Of fndiay and
can read, write and talk in twelve languages,
having wonderful gift in that way, besides
being up in mathematics, astronomy and
history. She is studying medicine, and will
go to India TO practice. She says that thou
sands of her countrywomeu die every year
because they will not consult male ply
siclans.
A young lady in Dakota has lately adver-
tised for a husband In this exceedingly
practical fashion: 81 mean business. II
there is any young man In this county that
has as much sand in him as pound OF plug
tobacco, | want to hear from him.
have a tree claim and homestead, am good
cook and not afraid of work, and willing to
do my part. II any man with 8 like amount
of land, and decent face and carcass, wants
q good wife, L can face the bill"
Reports from South Africa tell of final-
cial collapse arising out Of the mania for
ostrich farms, which took possession some
time ago of all sorts of members of the com
munitY. Those who could not pay cash
gave bills which were discounted by the
banks, but the bills fell due before the
feathers were grown, and birds bought for
five hundred dollars pair were sold for one
hundred and fifty dollars and less. Besides
this, heavy sums have been Lost In diamond
speculations.
Again the German Government is said to
be about to forward the construction of the
canal which is to unite the Baltic with the
North Sea. The chief of the general staff
has been directed to make report on its
maritime Importance, basing his Views on
what facts had been collected by the off,
GERS who have recently visited the district
through which the route will pass. A COM
mission has been appointed with view to
making the necessary preparations for the
execution Of the project.
NJ. DupressoIr is making some changes at
Monte Carlo. A cafe and reading-rooms
are to be established on the ground floor of
the casino. and are to open cut on the sea
terrace. The old reading-rooms, which
We're on the left of the grand central hall,
are being converted into an aristocratic
club, where there are to be balls from which
the half world, both male and female, are to
bee xcluded. Last year the gross profit OF the
establishment were only 81, 100000, as COM
pared with S2,S00,0O0 Of the previous year.
This falling off Is supposed to be in part
due to the crash on the Paris Bourse, as the
French Stock Exchange furnishes the best
customers for this great gambling resort.
Mr.. Paulding, while Secretary of the
Navy In 1888, wrote letter to his friend
Washington Irving, which very graphically
describes the condition of the civil service
at that time and through sill the years since.
He said: "The tWenty-siX States and Ter
ritories stand arrayed like so many sturdy
beggars, esch clsmoring for share of the
l0aves and fishes, and making the smallest
Office a State affair. For my part | have
not yet had but one solitary chance Of con-
sultlng my iDclinations in these matters, and
then a whole S ate rose against 1t, because
he was not exactly the man desired.
< These are great lOaves and fishes which
are contested for by whole States in body.
You have no idea how the delegations
scramble for these crumbs, and how difficult
1t is to parry them"
The anonymous communication In the
IRISH Times, charging gross mIsmanagement
OF the finances Of the National Land League,
was the sensation Of day. Even the Irish
Times apparently took little stock in the
story, having no word OF editorial comment
on it. Subsequent developments show that
the only foundation for the charges Is an
error in the published financial statements
of the LADIES' Land League. Bad book
keeping always srOuses suspicion, and 1t
must be said that csrelessness or ignorance
in this respect, on the part OF the trustees Of
a vast fund to be used for public or chsrita-
bic purposes, is inexcussble. But it does
rot prove dishonesty. In the absence OF
better evidence that the Land League funds
have been squandered or stolen, the story
OF the Irish Times goes for nothing, espe-
cially when such men as Michael Davitt and
Justin Mccarthy scout the charges as false.
= Cincinnati ITmeS-StGr.
The mint report shows the amount of
money in the country June 30 to have been
81, 544 100000. The following table shows
the amounts at several dates since resump-
ton: