Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-24

About ninety years ago the lana upon
which Cincinnati now stands was pur-
chased by J. c. Symmes for sixty-seyen
cents per acre.
Every few electric light companies"
the american Archltect says, shave pros
pered in the last year, and little Of the
capital invested returns dividends"
The Paris Figar0 has been for some time
selling paper weights cut out of various
bits Of marble discovered in various parts
of the palace Ofthe Tuileries and warranted
genuine by VI. Picart, the director OF the
work.
1t is reported that the winter in Iceland
has been unusually mild, and the expect
ed famine has not made its appearance.
The fishing i'm all parts Of the island has
been uncOmmOnly good and Hecla IS not
in eruption.
The loss by Worn silver coin withdrawn
from circulation in Great Britain during
the past year amounted to not less than
$4,000. This sum represents the den-
cheney in weight caused by wear in clrcu-
lation, the coins being received at their
nominal value.
Fra Angelico's celebrated fresc0 of the
Crucifixion has just been acquired by the
Louvre, Paris. This painting was lately
discovered in the refectory of the convent
of san DomenicO, at Fiesole, which had
been converted into a COW stable by an
ignorant peasant.
Statistics of the Internal Revenue De-
partment given for the year 1881: 96,000,-
900 gallons of beer drank in this country
and Great Britain and Ireland, and the
whole continent of Europe Ts0,000,0 900.
Belgium drinks the most. and France the
least beer of the countries.
Victoria, Australia, claims the tallest
tree in the world. In the Day-denony
district, at Fernshaw, there has recently
been discovered specimen OF the
eucalyptus which has been measured
and found to be 40 feet high, with girth
of 90 feet hit some distance from the
ground.
self-styIed sorceress at st. Denis,
England, who undertook to discover
buried treasure in the cathedral by means
of "A magic wand, has brought suit against
venting her from continuing her re-
searches. She produces a contract signed
by a government official
The Tarbor0 y. c., SOutherRer says:
.'The mail train on Monday was two
to wait for Jay Gould's special. 1t did
not make any difference that thousands
of people were waiting forz their midday
mail. when the owner Of 5000 miles of
railroad asked for rapid transportation.
Sarah Bernhard has sent to the press her
autobiography, which will appear this
month. The rOntispiece-portrait of the
actress-is etched after a drawing by
Mile. Louise Abbima. An edition de
luxe" of 80 copies is to be issued for
''bibliophiles" in binding designed by
NJ. Roybet, after that of an old missal.
Among 'the antiquities" exhibited in
the Old South Church, in Boston, is an
embroidery representing the Garden of
Eden, in which our illustrious Father
Adam, dressed in a costume of the last
century, wearing a powdered wig and
carrying a cane. is seated under a spread
ing oak, while naughty Eve, in a very
tight-waisted dress and full skirts, is rest
ing under a cherry tree, holding parrot
in her lap.
The London GTdphicgiyes the clergy a
smart rap-in its comments on the words
in their petition" against the ''afirma
ton bill" introduced by the government
telling them: THE words clergy and
church are by no means held to be synon-
ymOus. That a measure introduced by
the government is dishonOring to Al
mighty God and contrary to the spirit of
our laws and constitutions a tremen-
dous proposition which cannot be accept
ed on the authority even of eminent bish-
ops and deans. That the oath does not
keep atheists out of the House of Com
mons is we'll known. 1t has kept Mr..
Bradlaugh out, but it does not keep out
men who have done far more than he can
ever hope to do to promote skeptical opin-
iOns.'
Color-blindness is much more common
than is generally supposed. Many people
can distinguish all colOrs but one, and in
most cases arg unaware of their deicien-
cy. Some can only tell black and white,
and still others call red green. Physi-
clans say that the disease is incurable.
The most frequent causes of it are the use
and abuse of tobacco and alcoholic stimu-
lants. Sometimes, however, it is caused
BY sudden shocks to the brain. sometimes
BY disease, and it is hereditary. The dis
ease prevails to a greater extent among
men than among women. A curious in
cident of cOlOr-blindness was that of a
student of the Royal Academy, in Lon
don, who was allowed to copy a portrait
by Titan in the National Gallery. The
copy was exact in detail and finish, but
was done in pea green.
4 New York newspaper tells this tale of
a heartless wretch: Mrs. Susannah Tay-
lor, in Essex Market Court, charged her
husband with having called her names,
struck her in the face and put her into the
street. He was fined $40 The prisoner
went through his pockets and pulled out
IS -. at is all have" he said. 'Well,
You'll have to pay the whole" said the
Judge. sect it from your wife. You
have beaten her. but, like most wives.
she'll, no doubt, take pity on YOU" Tay-
lOr, led toward the prison, was met by his
wife, who handed him five dollars. II
can't bear to see him locked up,' she said,
her eyes filling withEtears. Taylor took
the money rudely. paid his fine, and then
said to her roughly: This is the last time
you'll see me. I'll take good care to leave
the city and you tonight" The woman
drew the little child who accompanied her
to her breast and kissed it tenderly, but
uttered no protest against her husbands
latest act of unkindness.
That some of the London journals be-
gin, under dynamite shocks, to see the
difficulty of fighting organized bands of
revolutionists is evidenced by such words
as these: "How fond we are Cor rather
used to be until we got a touch of the
same malady) of preaching to the Prus-
sian Government that the true way to get
rid of Nihilists is to adopt constitutional
system. We regarded the Partisan Com
munists of 1871 with leniency which
the French could not understand, but
which was by no means unjustifiable.
Now the tables are turned on us, and
the average Frenchman who honestly
believes that Ireland is oppressed,
views with tranquility the machina-
tions carried ON against 'perfdious Al
bion' by Irish patriots in Paris. But our
chief difficulty is with the United States.
1t is scarcely too much to say that but
for the agitation kept up by small sec
ton of Irishmen in the United States, the
Irish in Ireland would soon settle down
into a tOlerable state of cOntentment. The
American Government could, if it chose,
suppress the incendiary newspapers and
destroy the machinery which furnishes
men money, and material for outrages in
Great Britain and Ireland. But they will
not