Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-24
GENERAL NOTES.

that State Is supposed TO nave prohlOltorJ
LIQUOR law In force. At least, Gov. st. Johu
says It is in force.
1t isn't often that a couple Is married In
three languages, but at wedding IN Cleve-
land. Ohio. one day last week the justice
performed the ceremony in English and
German, the bride responded In Bohemian,
and the groom answered In German.
Says the Chicago Tribune; at is only by
making proper and becoming concessions to
the opinions Of mankind that the distilling,
or brewing, or dram-selling business can
hope to survive and have the continued pro-
lection of the laws IL most Of the Western
States"
The State of New Hampshire has had
thirtY-eight Governors in the past one hun
dred years, and their average age when
elected was fifty three yesrs. The youngest,
Levi Woodbury., was thirty-four years when
chosen, in 1923. The two Oldest were each
seventy years.
A farm in East Lothian, Scotland, has
just been relet on a nineteen years. lease at
a reduction OF over 35 per cent. in rent. 1t
comprises nearly $50 acres OF arabic land.
The tenant is a new one, who quits farm
on which his family have lived since the
time of Charles II. The farm he quits has
also been let at a reduction, but at a COM
paratively slight one.
The original OF Rebecca, the heroine Of
Scotts 'Tvanhoe," was Philadelphia Jew
ess-Rebecca Gratz. She was a friend OF
Irving's early love-Matilda Hoffman. r.
wing told Scott about her, and he made her
the heroine of his most popular novel. The
September Century will con tain her portI ait,
engraved by Cole from miniature by NAL
bone, owned by Mrs. Rebecca Gratz Nathan.
Dorsey claims that his letter to Mr.. Gar
field was published without his knowledge
or consent, but it should be noted that the
moment its authenticity was doubted he
arose to assert its genuineness and to clinch
the inference Of great Intimacy between
himself and the then President-elect, by de-
clariug that he afterwards had personal
conference with Mr.. Garfield upon the sub
iect matter Of the letter.
Sir Garnet Wolseley is an author, having
published a Narrative of the War with
China" (1862), the "Soldier's Pocket Book
for Field service'' QS69), 'system of
Field MsU9uvres best Adapted for Enabling
Our Troops to Meet a Continental Army"
(lolHl-Ou6 VI Tue essays WIlbI6u lOI 'uo
wellington prize "Marley Castle" (1877),
a novel in two volumes, and an article 10
the Nineteenth Century on France as Mill
tary Power in 1870 aud 1878"
Prize pumpkins, moving machines and
fancy stock will have no distinguished rival
to attract visitors to the Oshkosh (Wiscon-
sim Fair. Colonel King, the manager, is
out in a card to "the great Northwestern
public" announcing 'the unpleasant fact
that Roscoe Conkling, whom we had ex-
pected to be present and address US at our
coming meeting, advises US that he finds 1t
impossible to be with us as hoped and de-
sired. We thus miss a great attraction"
For military and naval purposes Congress
has appropriated over $3.50, 900, 900, which is
$25, 900. 600 more than the largest expendi-
ture for such purposes by any European
nation. The absurdity of this is apparent.
We are at peace with all the world, and that
is our fixed policy unless we are grossly
insulted. The only way to prevent such
lavish expenditure is to cut down the horde
of Federal employees and reduce taxation to
a sum sufficient to keep up our government
on a strictly economical basis Courier
Journal
The great number OF candidates and the
nessee campaign are bewilderiug many OF
the voters of that State. A colored man
gave his view Of the situation In this way
''Seems ter me tings dun got mitely mixed
up. Oars de Batesites de Beaselyites, de
Hawkumsouts and de FOZzleouts, or de Fiz
zleOuts. or whichever dey is-tell ntggah
rally doan know what ter do. e. de stated
debts a cummin' to dis niggah I'Ze In fur a
hundred and three. Ef has to pay PZe
for fO-6-like de Fizzleouts, yer know"
DR.. PM has recently cremated at his fur
nance in Milan the body OF Frenchman
named st. Cyr Julien, who is brother to
French Consul at one Of the English cities.
The . ocess itself consumed two hours, but
four additional hours were necessary to
cool the ashes, among which could after
ward still be seen fragments OF bone and
several teeth The ashes were placed in an
uru of large size, and forwarded by rail to
the widow in Paris. The cost Of cremating
the body was only $50, but the conveyance
OF It from Paris to Milan is said to have en-
tailed an expenditure OF Sl,2OO.
President Arthur's backbone in vetOing
the river and harbor bill, correspondent OF
the Troy Times suspects, was derived from
the Rev William Arthur, the Presidents
father. The correspondent relates the fol-
lowing incldenl: "AllOw me to give you a
little incident In the life of the Rev. William
Arthur IA her of our President. While pre-
siding over the Baptist Church in West
Troy. bis choir drawled out the hymn with
variations, which did not please him, so he
took his text aud preached two hours and
forty minutes. His head deacon grew i'm
patient and consulted his watch. Keep
YOUR watch in your pocket, Deacon JONES'
h. hah q |
going to preach till get through"
The rapid culling of the American forests
for walnut lumber must soon exhaust the
supply unless it is stopped by the decay of
the fashion for furniture of that kind of
wood. or lessened ty the Introduction OF
some good substitute. Among those sug-
gested is the English straw lumber. A re-
port lust published en- the subject by the
British Government says tha6 this Is IN
quesuonablY admirably adapted for joiner
work, and can be sold for one-half the price
of walnut. The supply Of this material,
made by pressing straw in moulds with ce-
ment, is practically inexhaustibie. a ton of
straw will make one thousand feet OF boards,
and the wheat fields Of the West appear to
be likely to solve the lumber as well as food
problem.
Inc lOt6TuaSlOudl OS6dl Oui eau ob OOA hO
has Just issued its statistics for the year
1879, covering the twenty-five principal
countries belonging to the postal union.
During the year S,2OO,OOO,OOO pieces were
sent by post, of which 4900,00 900 were
letters and postal cards. or the enormous
total 1924, 100000 pieces credited to Eu-
rope, 1850, 0O0, 900 to America, 205, 100000 to
Asia, 73, 000, 900 to Australia and l2,OOO,OOO
to Africa. Reckoning the population OF the
globe at 400 600, 600, the total would allow
5. 8 pieces of mail matter per capita. Among
the nations England sent the largest num-
Der. /, 5S7 600 600 pieces, and Germany the
next largest, 1,200,00 900. In the use Of
postal cards Germany came first, with l23,
600 900, and England followed with 1l4,-
OO0OO.
The new italian cruiser, Americas YES
pucius, is built entirely of steel and has
weight of 1000 tons. She has eight COM
partments IN her hold, and, what is a nota-
BILE feature of her, she has twenty cell
Iular divisions between the iron plated
bridges below the water line and the bridges
of the corridor above the line. This offers,
1t IA said, the greatest possible protection In
a ship that Is not iron clad. Her dimen-
sions are as follows: Length, 7S metres;
breadth, z metres s; displacement, 2,533
tons. She will have steel boilers acting
under a pressure of 40 atmospheres. The
engines are /, 500 horse power, and the screw
will he of bronze. The promised speed is
from is to II marine miles an hour. She
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