Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-17

and pOrpOises' teeth. one sLr1nR OF
white money is equivalent to ten cocoanuts
or one fat stick of tobacco. Ten strings OF
white money make one string of red money
or one dogs tooth; ten dogs teeth make
one "isa" or fifty PROPOSES teeth; and ten
isas are equivalent to one "good quality
wife:n so that wife In good society is
worth ten thousand cocoanuts.
The Massachusetts Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals is endeavor-
Jog to break up the practice of bleeding
calves before they are killed, practice
which is extensively resorted to in New
England for the purpose of securing the
extra price which is paid for veal thus I'M
naturally whitened. 1t is charged that
calves are often bled two or three times be-
fore they are killed. The outrageous cruelty
of such treatment is apparent, but In addl-
ton to that the flesh so treated is known to
be positively unwholesome, and the society
begs the cooperation Of the public In pre-
venting its sale.
Some further results of the census OF the
18th of December last in France are now
known. The total population of France pres
ent on that day was 81, 1871 900, against 3d.
9O5, 900 in 1876, an increase Of 10000. The
increase is almost entirely confined to the
larger towns. The forty-six towns of 3d.
0C0 inhabitants and upward show total
increase of population of 5000. Only
eight of them reveal a diminutiOn, and only
four of these eight reveal diminution OF
any moment. These are at st. Etienne,
which has lost $500 Inhabitants; Brest,
which has lost 200; Cherbourg, which has
lost 1900; and Versailles, which has lost
1500. On the other hand, Paris has gained
237, 900, Marseilles IS, 600. Lyons 30, 900. Nice
$4,000, Lille $4,000, Reims $4,000, and Havre
10000.
The Springfield mass. Republican believes
that the burning of Walker Hall at Amherst
College was caused by spontaneous COM
bustion, the floors having been oiled on the
day before. Il also says that some years
ago Contractor johnson, who built the
Northampton First Church and MANY other
similar edlices In the Connecticut Valley,
chad an impression" one evening that some
thing was not right about church he was
finishing, the pews Of which the Workmen
had been oiling on that day; so he went to
the building and unlocked IT, to find that
flames were just breaking out near the en-
trance of the audience room. When one OF
the men left work at six o'clock he laid the
piece of cotton waste which he had been
using on the rail of the last pew, and the re-
suit was spontaneous combustion in three
or four hours.
singular incident lately occurred in
London witness box during the hearing of a
case in which Parsee gentleman was called
upon to give evidence. He objected to be
sworn either on the Old or New Testament,
aud not being Mahometan, he could not be
sworn on the Koran; out he produced from
his breast a ''sscred relic" and said that by
making q declaration and holding the
"chsrm" In bis hand, and not concealing it,
the act would be binding on bis conscience
The commissioner thought that under the pc
culiar circums ances he would be justified in
taking the witness declaration, If at the
came time he held the "charm" unconcealed
in his hand, and declared that he would
consider the act sufficiently binding upon
him to bear true testimony ia the matter at
issue. 1t is said to be usual 10 swear Par
sees holding the tail Of a COW, which in
India is regarded as a sacred animal.
Some one has brought to light an
amusing letter which Adam, the French
composer, once wrote to a man who had
sent him the libretto of proposed opera
called "Eve," for which he hoped NJ. Adam
would feel called upon to write the music
The composer read the text, and on finding
It devoid OF both literary and dramatic
merit, returned It with the following note:
regret find it quite impossible to avail my
self Of the accompanying librettO, with an
offer Of which your great goodness has
prompted you to favor me. For, believe
me, should Adam allow himself to be
tempted by this particular Eve, the public
would most assuredly undertake, with sur
prising spontaneitv, the part Of the Serpent
at least as far as Kissing is concerned.
Disastrous precedent warns us against q
revival of so sinister a combination; where
fore | hasten to return your remarkable
production, with every assurance of my
perfect consideration ADAM"
It is not often that mans will is read In
public during his lifetime, but this was
done the other day at Cincinnati In the suit
for an order for the sale of Archbishop Pur-
cells real estate. The Archbisho p made his
will on May 4, 1853, nearly twenty years at
ter he succeeded Archbishop Fenwiek. the
document provides for the payment of the
Archbishop's just debts, CONTRACTED as
they have been for the benefit OF religion"
and for the following legacies: "Three suits
of vestments, 100 volumes Of my books and
81 600 to my brother, and as many to my
mother, or, in case of her death, to my sis
ter Catherine, for my brother never drew
his salary, but left It all for the church,
most faithfully and disinterestedlY, always
living simply and economically" All other
property held by the Archbishop in fee
simple or as trustee for the church, the will
leaves to his successor, who is earnestly re-
quested to care for his housekeeper, Mrs.
Ann Mari, who for twenty years had been
faithfully laborious and strictly conscien-
tious IN the discharge OF her duties"