Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-22
GENERAL NOTES.

having to abandon his elaborate system OF
descriptive sociology"
The daughter of Marshal Canrobert has
entered her name among the candidates for
examination at the Paris Hotel Vile,
where bre0ets of capacity are awarded young
ladies whose studies warrant their being
permitted to teach the young and hold ap-
pointments as governesses.
Lord LYtton has made public request for
the use Of letters from his father which any
person may possess, promising to return them
speedily In perfect safety. He is engaged
at Knebworth in writing life of the novel
ist, aud the earlier volumes Of the work
are expected to appear during the coming
autumn.
Sir Edward Watkin is reported to have
admitted the possibility Of the Channel tun-
mel scheme being abandoned, but he is I'M
willing that It should die without leaving
some record of itself behind. One OF the
London newspapers understands that, In
case the scheme is given up, he will eele-
brate the attempt to build the tunnel in a
permanent monumental FORM"
The rock in which were placed the
charges Of dynamite that were fired by the
Queen ofrGreece at the Corlnth canal cere-
monv a fortnight ago was the same In which
the Roman Emperor Nero began the work
of cutting a Corinth canal in the first Chris
tian century. Other parts of the canal cere-
mony were carried out as announced be-
forehand. The event was favored with
brilliant weather.
Mr.. Bancroft, the historian, has been
forty-eight years writing the ''Htstory Of the
United States" and yet it is only brought
down to the election of the first President,
so careful and painstaking is his work. Like
Gibbon, he is said frequently to rewrite
whole sections which do not exactly suit
him. Though now eighty-two years OF age,
the venerable historian is still at work, and
hopes to bring his history down to the time
of the Mexican war.
Sir Henry Bessemer says that last year
154, 1S4 800 tons of coal were mined in
England. This is sufficient to make wall
200 miles long, 100 feet high and AZ feet
thick, mass which exceeds that OF the
celebrated Chinese wall by sufficient to add
346 miles to its length. 1t would construct
fftyfv pyramids as large as the great
pyramid of Egypt, or more than one every
week. It will be curious to know how long
the energy born of the combustion OF this
mass annually will require to exhaust Itself.
English residents of Rome declare that
the health of that city during the past win
ter has been excellent, and further say that,
with proper care, Rome now equals in
healthfulness any city in the world. The
deaths of English Professionals during the
winter were 16, and OF these the ages Of
seven were, respectively, 81, IS, SO, rs, Is,
69 and 6S wears. Two were due to diph-
iberia, two to typhoid fever, and the rest to
apoplexy, cancer, congestion of the brain,
disease of the heart, consumption and
pneumonia.
Before leaving Mentone for England last
month, Queen Victoria made several gifts
to local officials and to the poor. For the
poor she left the sum of 5000 francs; for
charitable institutions, 1 500 francs in add
ton: TO the Mayor of the town she gave q
set of diamond siude; to the English Con-
sui portrait of herself and the Princess
Beatrice; to the Consul's son a diamond pin;
to the station master gold watch and
chain; to the under station master gold
pencil case and pen, and to the Commits
sioner OF Police ring.
A London correspondent, writing of the
royal wedding, says: "The Queen is always
greatly admired on state occasions. Her
Majesty has, as everybody knows, two
faces-one, that of every day, and the other,
of peculiar dignity, reserved for grand occa-
Thursday, and walked up to the altar rails
looking every inch Queen. The Kohl
Moor 'sbnne unutterable day as a brooch,
and the Queen also wora her favOrite NINA
ture Imperial crown and a superb necklace.
Her Msiesty's hair has grown very gray OF
late"
A few years ago there was not single
bicycle in the United States, and now, &C
cordiDg to the New York Herald, there are
over 1900. Several large manufactures
are building the machines, and they are so
overwhelmed with orders that any one who
wants q bicycle not found In the small
stocks now on hand, has to wait for it one
or two months. The business has been
greatly stimulated within the last year by
the opening of city parks to bicycle riders;
but the want of good roads, except In the
older parts Of the country, tends to contine
the use of bicycles to the larger cities and
to New England and the Middle States.
The publication of the will of the late
wife of Edwin Booth, giving her estate to
her husband, ought to set at rest the tongues
of the gossips who have found pleasure In
gloating over the infeliclties of the married
life of the great tragedlan. There may
possibly be some extenuation for the lack
Of harmony between the couple on the
score of the irritabiliy of genius and the
fretfulness of invalids; but, none the less,
the private affairs Of men and women are
private affairs. In this particular case the
wife has proved her love and confidence in
touching manner, and vindicated herself
and her husband against the foul tongue Of
rumor.
The Providence Journal of Thursday says:
''several days ago Gov William sprague
voluntarily accorded Mr.. Robert NJ. Thomp-
son, trustee for Kate Chase Sprague, per-
mission to enter Canoncbet and take posses
sion OF her magnificent wardrobe and that
of her children for the purpose Of for
warding it to her at Edgewood. The
costly apparel, including velvets, satins,
| silks and rare laces, amounting in value to
many thousand dollars, were carefully
packed in boxes and other receptacles and
shipped and expressed for Narragansett
| Pier Yesterday. MANY of the dresses were
designed by Worth and are marvels of ele-
gsnce and beauty"
The other day colored lady of standing,
Mrs. Simpson, purchased a Gainsborough,
and visited Mrs. Fennel, 1t is evident that
Mrs. Simpson possessed a few airs which
she wished to display over Mrs. Fennel.
"My husband" said Mrs. Simpson, "wanted
me ter git a finer hat den dis, but rejecting
dat the $40 bills in the bottom of de drawer
was gitten sauter scarce like, concluded to
content myself wild S. hat" "Wall, yer
was savin'," remarked Mrs. Fennel, and
then, stepping to the door exclaimed
s'Tildy, take dat 1000 bill way from dat |
chile. He tore up two yesterday Oar |
amt no sense in allowin' chillpa ter 'stroy |
money dat way" Mrs. SiAnpson retired, |
realizing that her hat was failure.-LiHle |
Rock Gazette.
When John Try, who murdered his |
brother James at San Francisco recently, |
saw that the stab was Serious, he ran back to
him greatly excited. STOPPING over him he |
shook bGh by the shoulder, saying: "You |
amt Is bad as that, are you, Jim?" At that |
ine5ant the PROSTATE man gave final gasp |
and expired without having spoken a word |
from the time he left the corner. The
wretched fratricide, instantly sobered by a
realization of his terrible crime, threw him
self on the inanimate form in a perfect
paroxysm of grief. Hugging the bloody
corpse to his breast he cried, in tones SO
appealing that anything but a corpse must
have been aroused: "Oh, Jiml Jiml Wake
upl Don't die; don't die; didn't mean It,
Jim. Don't die. jim" Then turning to an
officer, be said 81 cut him; done It. Run
for a DOCTOR"
A curious adventure recently befell a
wedding party in the Bots de Boulogne,
Paris, the orthodox resort of nine weddings
out of ten. The bride and bridegroom,
giving their friends the slip, had strayed
down a shady path, when they suddenly
came upon the corpse of q gendaIme, sus-
pended from a neighboring tree. The bride
tainted in the ready arms OF her swain,