Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-11
deIphia; Senators Bayard. Hampton, Butler,

delphia; Senators Bayard, Hampton, Butler,
Ransom, VOORHEES, and Jones, and Repre-
sentatives Tucker and Blackburn. 1t is no
ticeable that Mr. Charles E. Wolfe, indie
pendent Republican, Of Pennsylvania, is also
expected to be present.
Sarcasm among military men is ometfmes
expressed so that it hurts. During the war
John Morgan was in Kentucky, and he was
particularly down OF 8 Federal regiment of
Kentucky troops-the Thirty-seeoDd. They
were stationed at Somerset, In that State,
and one day Morgan sent flag OF truce to
the commanding officer, as follows: Re
move the women and children aud the
Thirty-second Kentucky at once, as l am
going to shell the town." The feeling OF
the officers and men of that Kentucky regi-
ment can be imagined but not described
San Francisco AYgona,t
A sYmpathizer with those who are abused
for liking tobacco writes to London paper
to show that it is natural and compare
lively harmless luxury. The interesting
part OF his appeal is where he shows the
strength OF the appitite: "In Mrs. BrasseY's
interesting diary Of her voyage In the Sun
beam, she says of the Canoe Indians, that
they came alongside shouting, 'Tabaco !
which Was given them ia exchange for skins,
and they then took off those they were
wearing and clamored for more tobacco;
and finally the woman with them parted
with her sole garment for little more to-
bacco."
Some important editions of Shakespeare
were sold a. auction in London fortnight
ago for large sums. They we're part of the
Ouvry collection. For the first folio 50, 100
was PAID; for the second, $3.50; for the third +,
$3.50, ana for the fourth, $40. Halliwelfs
edition fetched $3.50; Golfers, 1922, and the
photographic fac SMILES Of the earlier quar-
tos, $3.50. The Grape Of Lucrece," dated
1916, although slightly defective, brought
$l77, aud the edition of 1924, $l55. At the
same sale Majors illustrated edition Of Wal
toms "Augler" went for 1852; Smiths True
Relation of Occurrences in Virginia" for
$685., and the first edition Of Spenser's
"Faerie Queene" for $l65.
What gorgeous creations spring parasols
arel Not content with painting whole
landscapes, marine views and romantic
moonlight scenes upon their sheeny
surfaces, they are decorating them
now with the decks Of cards. | saw one the
other day that had a whole euchre pack
scattered over ground of brilliant crimson.
The handles as we'll are unique. Some of
them show very skillful wood carvings of
represents a terrier in the act of killing a
rat; another, done In ebonized wood, is a
carrier dove holding an ivory letter in its
beak, and yet another is the face of a Fran
ciscan monk peerlng out of his coWl.-
Philadelphia Press.
Egan, ''the Troy Terror" who has been
hugging the delusion that he could knock
Sullivan, the pugilist, into the middle OF
next week or any subsequent week, and who
was himself knocked senseless the other
evening with great ease in a sparring match,
has returned to his blacksmith's forge in
Troy. Like the immortal youth who played
with the mules hind leg, he isn't so good
looking as he was, but he "knows a darn
sight more" Since his return he has OBJ
served 10 friend: 81 don't think there's
money enough in the business to pay me,
and shall go to work at my trade. If
won five hundred dollars, would spend It
right off. So where does the benefit come
in9"
Miss Mary Hanrehan met with singular
accident at Indianapolis recently. While
riding on a street car she was seized with a
sudden tit Of sneezInG and burst one of her
eyeballe, from which she has been since suf
fering tie most intense pain. Her physi-
clan says that such an occurrence is very
uncommon, especially when. as in the pres
ent case, there was apparently no liberation
Of the eye or disease of the organ sufficient
to cause It to LursJ. He says that probably
the sneezng was so rapid that the eyelid
remained open, and this would have greatly
increased the effect of the sudden strain.
OF course the young woman lost the sight
of the injured eye.
The outcry Of the Egyptian National
Party against the employment of Europeans
In the civil service of the country to the ex-
clusion Of Egyptians, has led to the prepa-
ration of some interesting statistics on the
subject. From these it appears that there
are employed $40 Europeans, whose annual
salaries are 9254, 6l6 ii. e., in Egyptian
money!, giving an average Of 1882 per an
mum. Seventeen of the go draw more than
Ell 200 per annum, and of these more than
| 81, 100 per annum. Excepting the Comp
trollers, the highest salary is $4,000. OF
those drawing more than 81 800, are
French and z are English. Eight hundred
and thirty-four of the 970 Europeans draw
less than 94S0 The nationalities of the
$40 are as follows: 247 Italians, 209
French, 152 English, 81 Maltese, 66 Aus
trian, 81 Greeks, and 134 various The Ell
ropean employees In the Caisse, Daira, Do
mains, mixed tribunals, etc, are 355, draw
Ing an annual salary of 9l24 40, or yearly
| average of $3.50. The nationalities of the
355 are as follows: III French, 101 Italians,
35 Austrian, % English, 10 Maltese, "a
Greeks, and IL various Adding together
| those employed in the Egyptian Government
service and in the various Dsira, Domain,
Caisse, and tribunal services, there are 1928
| Europeans, drawing an annual salary of
9379, 056. giving an average Of 927S; and of
these 1926 there are 348 Italians, 326 French,
ia English, "a Maltese, 101 Austrian, 1l5
Greeks, and 1917 various. These returns, I'M
FORUM atelY. do not give the number of na-