Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-22
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IN Normandy IL = HD uuColliiuA oi-A'
to see a driver refresh his tired horse with
pail Of cider.
..DIED Of smoky chimneys" is DR.. Dud-
fields certificate regarding the : - deaths
beyond the average reported in London
last February.
THE Boston Journal comedies to Butler
Il votes in the Democratic National Con-
ventiOn outside Of Massachusetts, but
prOvOkingly refrains from specifying the
source whence they are TO come.
LARGE quantities Of bombs and shot are
still found at Sebastopol, and are collect
ed and sold to the government. The pro-
ceeds are to be used in erecting a mOnu-
ment TO the defenders Of the town.
THBRE is a street in Yokohama, Japan,
named Hanchow D0ri. Perhaps its adj
mirable characteristics originated the eX-
preston "hunkidOri." whose etymology
has heretofore been rather cloudy.
THERE Is said to be in Springfield, o.,
an Ethiopian who can change her skin,
or. in other words. mulattO girl who ap-
pears one day with clear white CON-
plexjon. and on the next with brown
spots, which appear and disappear IN va
rious parts Of her body.
THE Central Pacific Railroad Company,
while it deals sharply with the country
at large. shows more consideration for
its employees. Il allows any person IN
iured in its service board and lodging
and medical attendance while absent
from work. and guarantees them employ
ment after recovery.
A WASHINGTON astronomer now says
the Pons comet viii not be likely to be
visible to the naked eye much. if any, be-
fore New Years day. As seen through
the telescope at the observatory. It Is rap
idly increasing in brightness. although u
will not compare at all with the comet Of
last year in brilliancy or size. 1t viii re-
main visible from January until spring.
4 GENTLEMAN attached 70 the Embassy
of a neighboring and friendly power at
the British court has been compelled to
retire from what Is virtually the DiplO-
matte Club in London, in consequence OF
the nOn-payment Of his gambling indebt-
edness. In looking into the affair the
committee discovered that the winnings
Of one member at ecGrts alone exceeded
SI00 900 within the last two years.
CAPT. STONE, the man who reared
Maud :. says he does not think the per-
formance Of the gelding Frank the other
tiay at New York, OF a mile in 2:0SIz.
with a running mate such wonderful
one as to make him anxious about the
p0sitiou Of Maud : on the score Of fame.
lie believes that with a good mate Maud
:. can do the mile under two minutes;
and that a trst-class athlete, by catching
hold Of the sulky, could trail behind a
trotter, covering il in 3:3o-
FIFTEEN HUNDRED cab prOprietors and
drivers have petitioned the Berlin City
Council that no more wooden or asphalt
pavement be laid down. Some Of the Pc
fitioners say that the accidents are from
80 10 - times greater than on the old
stone pavement. and il is further alleged
that the expense Of repair is much
greater. The worst stone pavement is
preferable. they declare. 10 wood or
asphalt. Yet in France the wood and
asphalt seem preferred. and only last
summer several streets could be seen in
London in which the stone pavement was
being replaced by wood.
THERE are i've degrees Of nobility in
China, for the Chinese terms Of which It
became necessary TO find approximate
English equivalents. Hence the Use Of
Duke. Marquis. Earl. ' iscount and Baron
as applied 10 Chinese high officers Of state.
These titles are conferred on deserving
subjects. and are hereditary in the follow
ing limited sense: The eldest son Of an
official who has been made a Duke be-
comes at his fathers death a Marques;
the Marquess- eldest son becomes at his
fathers death an Earl; the Earfs son be-
comes a ViscOunt, and so on, there being
a fan in rank in each generation until the
peerage is extinct.
IT has generally been considered i'm
possible TO cultivate the trufhe, but cpl
cures Will be glad to hear that NJ. Chatin,
OF the National Institute Of Agriculture
in France. has solved the difficulty. and
declares nothing easier than 20 stun the
world with these delieacies. He has made
a careful study OF the conditions under
which they grow in Perigord, which ne IS
confident he can reproduce. Perhaps this
will explode the old idea that truiiieS
grew in the neighbOrbOOd Of certain trees,
on which they were in some unaceounta-
bic way dependent for life. The finest
truffies flourish in soils that border on the
edge Of vine lands. NM. SerigOrd. the
owners OF the favored tracts, hunt e did-
laGRt dc Ia cuisine with pigs, but the noe
turnal pOacher, who finds these unsulta-
bic. is driven 10 have recourse 70 the less
satisfactory dog.