Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28

comfortable sum of thirty thousand dollars
from the sale of 'The FOOLS Errand."
An Iowa paper urges that the profanity
and tobacco chewing of the boys ia not
worse than the use of slang and the chewing
of gum by the girls.
In the First Nebraska Congressional Dis
trict, which includes the cities Of Omaha
and Lincoln, there are ten candidates Tor
Congress already In the field.
In st. Louis the different councils OF the
American Legion of Honor furnish amuse-
ment to the people and keep up interest IN
the order by organizing base Dali MINES
among their members and engaging IN Dase
ball tournaments.
After Young child had died and had oeen
laid in its casket in Auburn, Maine, re"
DAVIS ago. a rosebud was plucked from
naIOhbor,pg garden, and the stem was placed
in one Of the lifeless little hands. A day or
two elapsed between this incident and the
funeral ceremony. In the interval the rose
bud in the hand of clay was seen to gradu-
ally unfold. When the service was held the
bud had become blossom.
A peddler on an Iowa railroad concluded
that, in the interval Of regular business, he
might win some money from passengers as
a three-card monte operator. After prac-
ticing with the cards until he considered
himself an sdept,he choose green-iooking
man for a first victim; but this person was
professional gambler, and the peddler
quickly lost one hundred and fifty dollars,
for the recovery of which he has brought
suit.
A member Of the Maine Legislature had
been counting an Augusta girl all winter,
and had taken her to attend the sessions
until she was well posted in the rules. On
the last cav OF the session, as they came
near the peanut stand by the door, he said
to her: "Msy offer you my handful OF pea
Luts ?n She responded promptly: II move
TO amend by emitting all after the word
hand" He blushingly accepted the
amendment and they adopted 1t unani-
mously.
When Oscar Wilde was at Long Branch
the other day great number of ladies
turned out, and followed him through the
promenade, and everywhere about the
beach. At Hunters Point, Jamaica and
other places along the road there was
an extraordinary exhibition of interest, and
once it seemed as though the ladies would
storm the car. The newspapers state that
the object of all this attention took not the
slightest notice Of it. Doubtless he was
too well bred to heed SO much pitiable Vul-
gsrity.
The standing army of the United States,
by a recent report, was, officers and men,
q, 4S9 In actual efficiency the navy OF the
United States is, in rank, about the tenth.
In the number of men in the naval service
they are the fifth. In the number OF vessels
they are about the seventh. In the cost OF
the navy the United States are the third.
Great Britain ranks first and France second
in naval power. The first has 53l vessels
and 81, AL men, and the second has 20 yes
sells and 80 SIT men. The regular army OF
France is 40 900 men.
The news of cholera epidemic not far
from Singapore has been confirmed, and all
vessels coming from the Dutch Indies and
Singapore have been ordered to undergo
twenty-four hours watching on passing
through the Suez canal in quarantine; while
vessels on which there has been case OF
cholers are to remain seven days in quarAn-
tire. Similar precautions have been taken
in regard to all vessels from ports In the
Ottoman Empire, as the time for the pill
grimages to Mecca is approaching. There
has also been an outbreak OF plague In Pc
STA, no, far from the Armenian frontier OF
Turkey.
A German Captain Of artillery named Won
Gutenberg, having written pamphlet in
which he endeavored TO show how millions
OF marks might be saved upon the German
war budget annually by the abolition OF use
less pomp and show, has been tried by a
military court at Cassell, and sentenced to
-, hci oTAr{sO Y
penses of the trial, and to be dismissed from
the service. The court found that the pris-
oner had insulted the Minister OF War, as
well as the Imperial body guard, OF which
he had contested the utility. In this coun-
try such a government as that would run
Just about as long as it would take to heat
The tar necessary to besmear the Ministers.
Boston Post.
The Chicago Inter Ocean resents the rep
resentation, recklessly made regardless OF
facts, respecting the ease aud dispatch with
which divorces are procured In that city. 1t
IS shown by statistics and facts not to be
controverted" that in Massachusetts,, and
even stsid New Hampshire, there are more
divorces per capita granted than IN chicago
aud the entire State OF Illinois. 1t Is all
very commendable for the Inter OCEAN TO
tndeaVor to absOlve Chicago from her uu-
savory reputation, but the facts neYerthe-
less remain that her streets are disgrace TO
the CITY. and that It is shown by q chemical
ANALYSIS that eighteen distinct odors are en-
halmed in the waters Of the Chicago river
Philadelphia Record.
1t seems that the Philadelphia girls are
Industrious foreign husband hunters, and
keep courageously in the field, even II some
of their matrimonial speculations do fail.
Lately 1t was announced that Philadelphia
belle had bought her wedding outfit and In
vi,ed her friends to the feast, and waited In
vain for French Count to come over and
keep his word. A big brother of the prom
ised bride went over the sea to see what was
the matter with the Count, and 1t is not yet
lime for report to come back across the
ocean. Now the announcement comes by
cards to friends in the German fashion OF a
positive engagement between Miss Maggie
Price, an Arch street beauty, to the Baron
Wuchener Won Huldenfeld. The baron Is
older than the prospective baroness, but
that's not much, and the young lady Is
doubtless a great deal richer than the old
gentleman, and that's great deal. At any
rate the match is made, and Miss Price Will
firmly secure the bsronial game by marriage
bonds before she quits Europe. That's
about the only sure way for American girls
10 bag European nobility.
The cutting of the Mshmoudieh canal by
Arab Pasha and the threatened diversion OF
the one that supplies water to the stations
on the SueZ canal draws attention to the
wonderful system of artificial drains by
which the annual overflow Of the Nile is
controlled and made useful to agriculture.
The oaDaI svstem constitutes a vast system
of arteries intersecling the whole lower Nile
valley. Some of these are mere trenches,
but thousands of them are as old as the
Pharaohs and are large enough not only for
purposes Of irrigation and water supply, but
also for navigation. The aggregate length
of canals regarded as permanent and regu-
larly maintained is s 400 miles, some Of
them being large enough to pass vessels OF
400 tons. One is $50 miles long and lou
Yards wide. The annual food Of the Nile
begins about the first of July and reaches
its greatest height late In September. as
the rise comes down it is gradually drawn
off into 4hs eaHzis, those farthest south be
ing first filed When canal is full 1t OF
course overhows, aud when the overflow Is
sufficient for the crops the head OF the canal
is closed and only sufficient water admitted
to irrigate without washing or seriously in
undating the land. The management Of
these canals is very nice piece OF engineer
ing work which is carefully systematized.
Any lack of wstchfulness or failure to OBJ
serve the regular flows may result In drought
at one point or disastrous flood at another.
The whole prosperity of the country de-
ponds upon the care and skill with which
the annual overflow Is utilized. Thus, while
Alexandra just now is In danger OF water
famine, the English troops in another month
may be equally troubled by an inundation OF