Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-08


ment.
L. is suggested that the wire fences which
houud a multitude of Western farms might
be turned into telephone connections AZ
small cost, to the great social ADVANTAGE Oh
lonely wives whose husbands are away from
morning until night.
A German professor announces an inVen-
ton for indicating automatically coming
weather changes. It combines the lnolca-
lions afforded by the barometer, wind Vane
and hygrometer, and for popular use yields,
It is said, a high percentage OF accurate
weather warnings.
Mrs. McGovern, of st. Louis, found II
necessary at her boarding house table to use
a convincing argument with Joseph Murray,
who disputed her opinion on some trlnlng
| matter. She seized a soup bone which was
| on the table and decorated Murray's head
with such a wealth Of discoloratlons thSe
| be was taken to the hospital.
No marriage is legal in France except
with the consent of the parents OF both
parties, but man or woman over twenty
FIVE NAV respectfully cite" his or her
| parents to show cause why they refuse con
| sent. II they fail to show good cause, the
| marriage NAV proceed in spite OF them.
such proceedings are rarely resorted to.
Comparatively few Englishmen, and still
fewer E0glishwomen, even of the upper
100. 900, have ever been in Ireland. This
even applies to those closely connected by
family ties with that country. Lord Bes-
| cnnsfeJd was never there, and Mr.. Glad
stone. though born and bred at Liverpool,
was never in Ireland until he was nearly
seventy.
els 1t becoming to me?" asked she, as she
paraded the costume of one hundred years
ago before the man who is not her lord and
master. but is her husband. eyes, nv
| dear" said he, meekly. Don't you wish
| could dress this way all the timer" she
/ asked. "No, my DEAR" he replied, but l
wish you had lived when that was the
style"
For the first time In the history Of the
commonwealth the State prisons of New
York were self-sustaining in 1881, and there
was surplus TO their credit of 1854 35.
| The report for July last past shows sur
| plus of earnings Of So, 1928 10, making the
| surplus earnings for the four months of the
| administration OF Superintendent Baker
| $40, 1913 33.
| A part Of the bicentennisl celebration at
Philadelphia in October will be an old
/ IhsUlOuCu poi oAC1 WAN SOHAS Va
the hand engines of former days from the
smaller towns that cannot vet afford steam
/ power. Franklin, the most indefatigable
| organizer of useful institutions, was one Of
| the fathers Of the old Philadelphia 'volun-
| teers," and for many years the most emil
| nent and best citizens OF the city were active
members of the several companies.
The Goderich (Ontario) Star contradicts
the sensational story that the late Capt.
John Waddell several years ago scuttled
his schooner, the Explorer, and sunk her
with the crew, that he might collect large
insurance he had effected upon her and her
cargo The Star says that the vessel cost
| him S.. 900 the year before she was lost, and
that she was insured for only 81 500, the
cargo being insured for 81 800. The only
foundation for the story, the Star says, was
| the laundering of the schooner in storm.
Baron Reuter-, the famous news agent, was
employed when boy in a brokers office in
Frankfort-on-Main and he 1t was who first
discovered the idea of duplicating stock
| messages from London aud other large
| cities by mesns of manifolding, and by
which large amounts of money were saved
on telegraph tolls Reuter- got his first
/ start by getting one early message and
| manifolding it. He sold this to number
of brokers at reduced rates, and yet made
handsome premium on the price OF one
| message, and thence conceived the idea OF
establishing a general news agency.
The official reports show how seriously
the city of Quebec, Canada, has suffered
from six fires during the past 30 years. In
| Nav and June, 1845, two fires swept away
| two-thirds of the suburbs of st. Roch and
St. jacques, destroying $4,000, 900 of prop
| ertv: on the 14th of October, 1866, 81 $780,
| 600 worth was destroyed In the district OF
| st. Roch and st. Sauveur; on the 24th OF
| NAV, 1870, loss of 5000, 900 occurred IN
| St Roche's: on the Both OF Nav, 1876, the
district of St. Louis lost $1,000, 900, and ON
the Sth of June, 1881, S3,0OO,O00 were de-
stroyed, making total of over SlO,OOO,OOO.
Turkish diplomacy is very amusing, 1t is
designed just at present to wait the drift OF
events so that the Porte can either punish
Arab Bey or forgive him, according to the
| result of England's movements. The Lon
don Times, however, serves notice that, II
England has to fight for Egypt, she will
have to be paid for her trouble, and that
she will make out the bill, audit and cash
il all by herself, II the Turks do not come
ia yerv soon to assist her. She don't in
tend to pull up the weeds in another mans
garden, even for her own protection, with
out getting Ter share (the lions share) OF
| Irulbbs
The latest eccentric freak of King Lud-
wig of Bavaria was manifested in his at
tendance at the performance Of "Parsifal"
at Baireuth. 1t was oflcislly announced
that he would leave Castle Berg on July 20,
at in the afternoon. Instead, however, he
stole away, to avoid the much hated public
demonstration, on July 70, at half past 8
in the morning. Travelling by special
train, he did not go direct to Baireuth, but
stopped in an open field, some distance
from the town, and alighted at the little
cabin OF a track walker, from which, hast
ily and all unnoticed by the public, he made
his way to his lodge, fifty termed "The Her.
mitage."
There have been many versions Of the
massacre at Alexandria, but private letter
letter from Cairo, published in the Paris
TEMPS. gives an account which differs alto
/ gether from those which preceded 1t. Ac
cording to this writer it was the Arabs, and
not the Europeans, who got the worst OF 1t.
Instead of there being only four Arabs kill
ed. the five hospitals OF Alexandria have re-
ceived no fewer than /, l4O Arabs killed and
wounded, against only 30 Europeans The
writer declared be knows two Maltese, who,
from behind barricade Of tables and chairs,
slew more than fifty natives An Italian
barber killed sixteen. The massacre Of
Arabs in short was frightful.
A marble tablet has lately been erected in
a room in a house in Velletrl, Italy, by the
authorities of the city, and this inscription
upon 1t tells striking bit Of history: "In
this chamber" 1t reads, Ferdinand IL, OF
Bourbon, on the night OF XVII. May,
| MDCCCXLIX., in face of few regiments
of volunteers, in vain sought to sleep In the
midst of an army. Here reposed victo-
rious, on the following night, Giuseppe
Garibaldi. Plus k, returning from Porticl
to Rome, here dreamt Of grandeur and
| stability of government among foreign
swords. Here returned In MDCCCLXXV.,
and here, the country free and secure, slept
Giuseppe Garibaldi. And here no one will
ever sleep again"
About forty Irish students in Philadelphia
are trying to awaken an interest in the study
of the Celtic tongue. They have formed
themselves into a philo- Celtic society and
meet for study once q week. The society
was organized last June with fifteen mem
beers. Patrick Rowan and Patrick Connolly
act as teachers, and their work is wholly one
of love. The greater number OF students are
Irish by birth, but some are Americans.
They range in age from boys of seventeen
10 gray-hsired men, and defray all the ex-
penses by payment of twenty-five cents
month each. The members say that they
can not expect any material result to flow
from their studies, but are actuated solely
by motives of national pride.
An Alexandria correspondent, writing Of
the destruction of property there by the