Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-21
GENERAL NOTES.

The making up OF vitiated, adulterated
and refuse tobacco for smoking purposes is
said to be steadily increasing, much of it
going into cigarettes which school boys
smoke, to the great detriment Of health.
Augusta, Me-, with a population of only
S,665, stands fifth in the list of post offices
collecting the largest amount of postage on
second class mail matter, surprising Balti-
more, Cincinnati, San Francisco or st.
Louis The postage paid last year was over
$65,O 900. mostly by publishers of weekly lit
erary papers.
The average earnings Of skilled workmen
in New jersey last year were 1907, and of
common laborers 1914 55 each. Farm wages
averaged, without board, S22 80; with board.
$14 Sc month. New England paid S22 20,
without board, per month on yearly engage
ments. but the cost Of subsistence there
was 50 month, against 81 % In New
Jersey.
London workmen were busy fortnight
ago leveling one of the last fragments OF
the Roman wall that now remain IN that
city. The mortar was found to be so hard
and strong that the men with difficulty
broke It up. This wall was built long be
fore the Norman conquest, and its splendid
strength after q thousand years may well be
cited for the benefit OF the 'master" build
ers Of the present time.
A singular death occurred recently on the
line of railway between Amiens and Rouen
A laborer had taken shelter during the
Storm in a ditch by the side of the rails, and
bad failed 10 pay attention to some tele-
graphic wires which were lying there blown
down by the wind. A train passing by
caught the wires, and the poor man becom-
ing entangled in them was literally dashed
to pieces by being dragged after the train.
The steamship Alaska, of the Guion line,
arrived in New York Sunday from Liver
pool in seven days, six hours and twenty
minutes, actual time, twenty-three minutes
faster than her last outward trip; which lat
ter was one hour and five minutes quicker
than the best passage OF the ArizOus, of The
Same line, which heretofore has outranked
everything. During one dav OF twenty-four
hours on the last passage the Alaska ran 4l9
miles, averaging over seventeen miles an
hour.
The Chilisns in Peru have been claiming
and exercising custody Of the mails ever
since the occupation of Lima. Complaints
have been made from time to time by for
eign residents that the CHILEAN supervision
was carried to unwauantable lengths, and
there was not long ago story that dispatch
es to an official representative OF the United
States had been opened. The Chilians still
insist on forwarding all mail matter address
ed TO Peru, and at last Captain OF one OF
Mr. Chandler's gunboats has protested and
hsd the Chilisn fingers snapped in his face.
Now what!
Plans have been drawn up for an electri-
cal railway connecting the eastern and west
ern ends of Berlin with each other. The
road will be placed above the street on high
columns like the New York Elevated Roads
and stations will be be erected at Lutzow
square, Magdeburg square, Potsdam station
aud Donhof square A curious point in the
plans is an arrangement for lowering the
trains to the street level at stations, thus
allowing people to get out or in before the
trains are raised again TO the level of the
track. Power supplied by electricity will do
the work Of raising and lowering the trains.
The bill reducing fares on the New York
Elevated Roads to five cents will probably
become a law. The railroad men are In
very bad humor about it, and are indulging
in all sorts Of filings. to the effect that they
dou'5 propose to spend any money on the
Legislature. AS usual, the charters of the
roads contain various grants, and all sorts
Of contracts have been made under which
exemption will be claimed for some OF the
lines, but If any reduce the rates It will be
hard for the others to maintain them Rus
sell Sage says If the bill passes, the Second
and Ninth avenue lines will be abandoned.
Boston Transcript "Thomas ard James
had new suits OF clothing at the same time.
Thomas kept his In the WARDROBE, nice and
clean, but james put his right on, and wore
# every day; so it became shabby after
time. Thomas suit, on the contrary, was
as good as ever when James was worn out.
When the boys father saw the condition OF
his sons clothing, he strsightwaY purchased
a new and nobby suit for james; but as
Thomas was as good as ever, he got no new
clothes. Both boys have now new suits
equally good, but the cut of Thomas is
somewhat archaic. James says Thomas is
an awful guy"
The Indians and others IN Indian Terri
tory who are displeased with the conduc. Of
railroad enterprises in that quarter continue
their depredstions along the line OF the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road. A short
time ago, while freight train was running
through a heavily timbered cut, about
twenty miles south Of Muscogee, brake
man went on top of the train to set a brake.
MOI 10 Luc CdOOOoCs FCdICu WAS
Instituted, which resulted In finding him
beside the track, pierced with bullets A
few DAYS afterward another brakeman,
while going over the train, was wounded In
the back, from the effects OF which he died
on Tuesday.
There are are two or three new stories in
Harper's Draper this number A lately
married deaf man was asked at the club
about his bride, whose father was rich "Is
she pretty ?" ''No, not now, but she will
be when her father dies" said the deaf hus-
band. A Boston car conductor cries out
the name Of the street just as young fell
low from the country was kissing his girl.
"Sawyer |" 'sDon't car Y you did; we're
going to be married next week; so there ~
A clergyman was telling a member OF his
church that It would have killed B alsam's
ass II he had tried to bray in the new church.
$50 bad as that" said his psrishoner, "whY
we hear you very well"
Some new idea of the enormous shipping
interests of London may, perhaps, be gath
cred from current statistics Of the arrivals
and departures. For the week ended on
April last the number of vessels entered
was 2O7, with a tonnage of 122, 79l, and the
number of steamers 127, with a tonnage of
81, 4Sl. For the same period the outgoing
vessels numbered 140, and the steamers 104.
For the month ended March 25 the figures
are these: Clearances-Totaln number of yes
sells, 5l3, total steamers, $50; tonnage, 21S.-
SS5; British steamers, 292; tonnage, 1S9, 092.
British ssilers. 125; tonnage, 5S,972. Total
tonnage, 291, 1853. Total vessels entered In,
756; tonnage, 422, 254. Total steamers en-
tered In, AIS; tonnage, 304 ,502.
Returns have been published of the ex-
penses incurred by the two candidates In
the recent important Parliamentary cleo
ton for North Riding, in England. The
totals are: For Mr.. DawnaY, the successful
candidate, So AT 0s. I'd; for Mr.. Rowland