Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-11

Of Maria Blu her, poor woman staying az
the General Lying-in Hospital on York road,
London. Unfortunately, the case was not
entitled to the Queen's usual gift, one OF
the iufsnts having come into the world
dead. Her Majesty, however, on hearing
the nature Of the case, and the needs OF the
mother, forwarded the sum OF &2.
Within the last twelve years the popula-
ton Of Russia has increased very rapidly.
The total amount is said to be Il, 500, 900.
For the various divisions of the empire the
following are the present returns: Russia in
Europe, rs, 067, 7SS; Poland, 1918, OH; Fin
land, 2,02S OIL; Siberia and Central Asia,
| Is 1856 56. or a total OF 100 03S, 34S. Twelve
years ago the total was s., SIC, 646. Poland,
during the last sixtY-fve years, has in
creased from 2,717, 287 to her present total,
7,2l9,077.
Some fine Arab horses were sold at auc-
ton q few weeks ago in London. About
two hundred persons were present at the
| sale, among them Lord Bradford, Lord Ross
lyn, Lord Hardinge, ana Mr.. Percy Wynd-
| ham. Eleven horses were offered, and the
| total proceeds were 81, $50 Pharaoh, pure
Arab stallion, brought $2,625 from Count
| Potoki, who takes him to Poland. Brood
mares averaged 5000 each, and two year
| OlQ MY went IOE $40.
Statistics of the growth and consumption
Of coffee throughout the world indicate
large Increases. A quarter of a century ago
the total production was about 1886, COO tons;
| in 1879 it was SOC, 900 tons, or in a fair way
soon to double the former total. From
1928 to 1879 alone the increase was some
thing over 10000 tons. Our own country
affords the greatest market for the article,
| the consumption in 1880 having been 100000
tons. This was an increase OF SO,OOO,OOO
tons over the average for twenty years end
ing in 1876.
One of the Hungarian Bishops, Stress
mayer by name, regards the union Of the
Catholic and Greek Churches among the
Southern Slavs as his great life mission. He
has recently issued pastoral letter on the
subject, in the course of which he says: 81
shall probably not live long enough to &C
complish my purpose. promise, however,
that Immediately after my death, together
with the Saints Peter and Paul, l shall
bravely approach the throne of the Most
High and implore of Him the fulfllment Of
this my favorite wish"
At Lewiston, Ne, On a recent Sunday,
the orgsnist of st. Joseph's Church dis
covered peculiar fiuttering in his organ.
On investigating the cause, it was found
that dove had made its way into one of
the large sxteen-foot wood pipes, from
which he found it impossible to escape.
The rush of air from the wind chest when
the valve was opened evidently put him in
a state of excitement. The pipe was taken
out, and the bird with some difficulty was
released from his unpleasant situation.
Although imprisonment for debt has been
abolished in England, 5,444 people were last
year sent to jail for non-payment of debts.
The explanation is that q court can commit
for a period not exceeding six weeks any
judgment debtor lowing under $3.50 who
has since the date of his judgment, has had
the means to pay the sum In respect Of
which he has made default. II the debt
exceeds $3.50 he can go through the Bank
ruptcy Court, and begin again with obliga-
lions lifted.
Peter Sandells, who died last month 10 a
London work-house, of which he had been
an inmate for twelve years, was a veteran
of Waterloo, aged ga. He was also one of
the party who fired over the grave of Sir
John More. An appeal has been issued for
funds to bury him becomingly. Ordinarily
he would be buried by the work-house as a
pauper, but to avert this it has been sug-
gested to raise, by small subscriptions, suffi-
cient money to purchase a piece Of ground,
and to defray all other expenses incurred by
| an honorable funeral.
At the first performance of Wagner's
''Parsifar' in Bayreuth, fortnight ago, the
audience numbered seventeen hundred per-
sons, representing many countries, the Eng
lish and American elements being large. II
| was not so brilliant an audience as that
which witnessed the great performance of
| 1876. Not a single member Of the Imperial
family was present, and beyond the ranks of
German literature and art there were few
emiAent names. King Ludwig himself was
absent, but hts presence is announced for
| one of the later performances to be given
this month.
The kingdom of Belgium is the scene Of
a bitter religious strife between the Liberal
party, which now has a majority In Parlia-
ment, and the Roman Catholic Church.
The latter has until recently had full control
of the schools in the kingdom, and is Bit
ter opponent Of public schools not controlled
By its clergy. II viewer, the government
has established secular schools at last, but
the churches and priests are yet powerful
to confine the education of the faithful
Young to catechism and prayer book. There
is a movement toward disendowing the
clerical schools. The Liberals argue thai
the Roman Catholics would compel the al
tendance of all children at their schools If
they were In power, and they seem disposed
to deal with their opponents IN the same
spirit.
The year book Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, just issued, states that
there are in the United States and Canada,
In 779 associations, 81, 375 members. The
property owned by these associations is val
ued at IS, $50 900, and their annual eXpendi-
lures aggregate $500, 000 The International
| and State Committees expended in the work
| of supervision and caring for the associa-
lions in 1881, $4S, 900; 255 persons are en-
| ployed as general secretaries and agents of
local asso Citations and OF the State and In
| ternational Committees; IVA co4ege associa-
| tions sent in reports; SO railroad branches,
and at as many railroad centres, report excel.
lent progress during the past'year; and the
railroad corporations benefited are appropri-
pristing over $4,000 annually to their sup
port.
New YORK Herald: "The bicycle makers
have turned up-before the Tariff Commits
sion at Long Branch, interceding for protec
ton against the pauper-made bicycles of
England. They could get along very well
| If the duty on steel were removed; but, as
| that would interfere with somebody else's
| Job, nothing remains but to put the tariff on
| foreign bicycles so high that practically they
| will be excluded from our markets. 1t Is
| curious that this infant industry has been
allowed to go all this time without the
| slightest protection. British bicycles have
been running all over our streets and high
ways, frightening horses and soaring the
| Wrangling old ladies Of the Park Commits
| sion half to death. A well behaved Ameri-
can bicycle would not, 1t is unnecessary to
say, be guilty of such horrible misconduct.
1t is therefore not only unpatriotic, but ex-
ceedingly imprudent, to allow the gentle,
amiable article Of home manufacture to be
crowded out Of the race by the brutal, half
starved foreign importation"
The Post ONCE Department explains that
the order of May last about mail matter held
for postage does not authorize the detention
OF any letter, but when letter is short maid,
SO that the law forbids 1t to be forwarded,
IL the Postmaster has no clue to the writer,
the order directs him to send card to the
person addressed. II the postage is remit
ted he gets the letter before it goes to the
dead letter Office. Postmasters are not per-
mitted to return letters which have no other
hint of q request than the printed name of
hotel. The statute permits the return
only of letters upon the outside of which
the writer has Endorsed his name and ad-
DRESS A rule of the department permits
letters to be returned which bear designa-
ted place to which they may be returned. A
hotel is place to which letters might be
returned, but it is place that is excluded
by the rule, for the prudent reason that the
statutes of the dead letter Office show that
IL such letters were returned to the hotel,
three hundred written by strangers would
be returned for every one written by the