Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25

While Congress Is on the point OF estaD-
fishing two-cent postage, the PostOfice De
partment has made a contract with aWe est
ern manufacturer for new style of COM
bined letter and stamped envelope, the
manufacturer agreeing to furnish, at a
specified rate, any fraction of 10000, 900 of
these sheets which the department, in an
swer to calls from business men, may re-
quire of him. 1t is claimed for this GER
tainly ingenious continuance that it will
have the convenience of the postal card
with the secrecy of letter, and a large
sale is anticipated. As the sheets are
made by special machinery, it will be
some time before they are ready for sale
by the departments.
An ingenious method of putting his saw
ings beyond his own reach has been adopt
ed by German writer, who found from
dire experience that all his profits melted
away as soon as earned. Having made
f16,000 by a fortunate literary specula-
ton, he placed the whole of the money,
together with his will, in the Imperial
Deposit Bank at Berlin, and on receiving
the receipt from the cashier deliberately
tore it up. The cashier thought he was
mad, and told him angrily that it would
take fully three years before he could eX-
pect to obtain duplicate receipt. ''That
is just why have torn up the original"
calmly remarked the depositor; land now
the money is safe for that time"
The entire staff of the Lariana Company,
which owns the fine steamers that run on
Lake Como, have for years past been sys-
tematically robbing their employers.
Every employee of the company, from the
Captains to the cabin boys, is implicated.
They had formed themselves into a fra
ternity; tickets were forged, books falsi-
fed and the members of the association
met every month to verify their accounts
and divide the spoil. The company re-
manned in ignorance of these depredations
until they were informed by dismissed
steward, whose silence his confederates
had refused to purchase by continuing to
allow him share of the plumber. Nearly
all the employees are in custody.
The German Emperor's diary must GER
tainly be one of the great historical treas
ures of the age. For nearly fifty years
Emperor William has carefully noted
down with his own hand the chief events
of each day, such as interviews, CONVERSE
tiOns, decisions, political intelligence, and
domestic occurrences. Every morning a
fresh sheet of folio-size is laid upon the
Emperor's desk, headed with the date and
sacred text. The diary already forms
several volumes, which are to pass into the
Crown Princes hands. The diary is illus
trated by loose sheets bearing water-cOlor
pictures of the chief occurrences of the
EmperOr's life. Executed by renowned
German artists, these sketches are drawn
from rough outlines furnished from men,
DRY by the Emperor, who also cOrrects the
artists drawings previous to their COM
pletion.
At the Low Moor iron works, in En-
gland, a few weeks ago, Il man named
Clegg met with death at his own hands,
which recalls one of the widest of Ma
thaniel HawthOrne's shorter rOmances.
Clegg had been for some time in a de-
pressed state of mind, and was employed
near the works. Early in the evening he
was seen by two men to enter the works
and ascend a long flight of stairs leading
to the blast furnace, then in operation.
AS he did not return, search was made for
him, but he could not be found. 1t was
inferred, therefore, that he had jumped
into the furnace with suicidal intent. The
blast was Immediately stopped, in the
hope that at least the charTed body might
be recovered. This operation only occu-
pied few minutes, but the only remains
that were found, after much searching
with shovels and rakes, was a piece of
bone. Before ascending the steps it was
discovered that Clegg had taken off his
boots.