Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-14
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The scene OF Mr.. Howells' story, "a
Modern Instance" is in FrYeburg, Me-, the
old town in which Daniel Webster once
taught q school for three hundred and fifty
dollars year.
Says the Graphic: "It may not be pleas
ant TO contemplate, but in the event OF an
electric wire, with the current on, coming
in contact with a telephone wire, the fellow
who is doing the hello business is liable to
get his life knocked out of him."
The Japanese Government have resolved
upon establishing public libraries in every
provincial capital throughout the empire.
1t is stated that the government has decided
TO discontinue substituting newspapers be-
cause the plan has proved useless as means
of suppressing Liberalism. One or two of
the Japan papers have IN consequence SUE
pended publication.
The sealskin clothes worn by Engineer
Melville during his terrible experience In
the Arctic regions are objects of much
interest in the'Nsvy Department. Among
the relics is a brilliantly colored foxskin
cap, belonging to Lieut.. Berry, which was
presented to him by an Esquimaux dsmsel.
She confscsted his old cap because it was
not pretty, and gave him one she had made
herself in return.
The Governor General Of Kief, Russia,
lately told Jewish deputation at Balta that
many of them had been compelled to return
from American while in Palestine they were
starving. IL they only knew 1t, they were
better off IN Russia than anywhere else. He
accused them of producing false evidence,
and advised them to give to The country
little of the love they lavished so inordinate-
" upon money.
The principal wife Of the ex-Khedive is
rather strong-minded woman, and ar
ranges matters concerning the education of
all of his children. His Partisan house
hold has broken down many Oriental bar
riers: the daughters go out with very dia-
pbanOus face wells, and the harem is un-
guarded. The eldest daughter is beauti-
full consumptive blonde, the Youngest is a
fine linguist and musician.
The total amount of per cent. bonds
Issued to date is S259, $40 800. the total
saving in annual interest by the exchange
OF the BIZ per cents into per cents is
81. 296. $50 so. A few applications for the
new bonds have been received since the
exchange was suspended, on September 20,
but they will not be considered until after
November l, and the per cent. bonds
thereafter leoueQ Will OuA1 DCoi AAtCACct
from November l.
President Arthur's charm for Newport So
ciety, It seems, was his blase manners, the
DELIGHTFULLY."- proper way of handling his soup
snoon and his finger nails The latter, we
are assured, care as scrupulouslY kept as q
lady's: his fingers are white and dimpled,
and his hands perfect. Every nail is trim
med to point and carefully rounded, the
II oh frat fnr rTrro
TO show the little half moon Of each finger"
Some of the London dsilies are complain
ing bitterly Of the enormous expense they
had to undergo during the progress Of the
Egyptian war for kilograms, owing to the
press censorship. Itappears that the officer
in charge insisted on messages being wired
lust as they would be published, and set his
face dead against what are known as
'ekeleton" kilograms. Every word sent
from Egypt cost about 81 rs in London, and
the lowest average OF one OF the leading
dailies is set down at about $1,000. week.
The celebration of the landing Of William
Penn, in Philadelphia, beginning on the 22d
inst, will cost the city $25, 900 and the BUSH
ness men about $4,000. The most elabo-
rate preparations have been made for
the show. The landing Of Penn will be re-
produced; there will be q naval review,
regatta. fireworks, trades procession, festi-
walls of song, receptions, flluminations, con-
certs, etc. The President will be in attend
ance. and will review the 5000 soldiers ex-
pected to appear in parade. 1t is not often
that PHILADELPHIA dissipates In such sn ex-
traordinary manner.
Mr.. G. p. Collins, Hayes county, Texas,
has invented cotton pickers' wagon which
enables the plckers to do their work in the
shade This wagon, as described by the
R.graI World, is constructed on light frame
covered with domestic cotton or duck, run
ming on easter-WheelS a by 10 Ieet' WIN
troughs on both sides running the whole
length of the wagon, GA feet) into which
the cotton is thrown by the pickers as
gathered. It is claimed that six to ten men
can work under the canvas and gather and
carry much more cotton than is done In the
old-fsshioned way.
Judge Jere 8. Black being in Pittsburg
Tuesday, was asked whether he intended to
make an argument before the Tariff Com
mission, then in session there, to which he
respopded: ono; win not argue before the
Tariff Commission. do not know any of
the members, and wouldn't know any Of
them for ten dollars apiece. My pleas are
ALWAYS for Justice, and might as well argue
on constitutional law before Ulysses s.
Grant, or present a scriptural text to Robert
G.. Ingersoll, as to expect justice from the
representatives of the many special interests
of which the commission is composed"
When Mr.. Booth was recently playing an
engagement at the Adelphi, in London, the
Prince and Princess OF Wales one evening
occupied box. At the close of the per-
forruance the Prince sent Lord Colville, of
Culross, his lord in waiting, to invite Mr..