Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-21
GENERAL NOTES.

| IOftldnu, oregon, is 10 nave UnlS year a
$1,OOO,OO0 bridge, and railroad workshops
costing $5,OO0,OOO.
n devil-fsh, measuring eight feet in cir
conference, was captured at Santa Mon
lea, California, few days ago.
The number of sheep in New Mexico is
reported to have increased from 10. 900, 900
| in 1880 to 20,OOO,OOO at the present time.
A census of Portland, Maine, has Just
been taken, which shows a population of
$500, an increase of 1000 in three years.
LabOrers are scarce in Maine, and there
| is brisk demand for men in the hay field
at 81 30 day-so an Augusta paper says,
A cane made of 5000 pieces of paste
board playing cards, tightly rolled and
| glued together, is carried by man in
/ Chico.
The quantity of wheat raised in Maine
last year was GOTTA bushels; of oats,
! 2,265,575 bushels, and of potatoes, $780,
| 625 bushels,
The star bloodhound, which for years
| has played successful engagements in
| ''Uncle Toms Cabn,'' recently met with
| an ignOminiOus death at the pound.
There are SO,OOO,OOO acres of unsurveyed
| ldHuS III 1OnbdliO, anu uuinclOuS oCCllOuS
will have to be resurveyed, owing to the
| imperfect, worthless character of the
work done.
1t is proposed to start a "fOrfeit'' tenn
perance society, at Reno, New. The initi-
alton fee will be $25, and when member
slips up on his pledge he will lose his
share of the pot.
The army annual statistics for 1882 are
not encouraging There were 1919 courts
martial, and 131, 434 minor punishments
inflicted by commanding officers. This is
an average of an ofiense and a half for
every officer and man.
A church in Bavaria, accommodating a
thousand people, has been almost entirely
built of papier-mache, which can be sup
piled at cost little above that OF plaster.
1t can be made to initiate the finest mar
BILE, as it takes polish superior to slate.
Henry LabOuchere thinks the best re-
ceipt for cold punch is: Pour half a pint
of gin on the outer peel of lemon, then
add little lemon juice, sugar, a glass of
maraschinO, pint to pint and quar-
ter of water, and two bottles of well-iced
soda water.
In Paris, the city par excellence of sui
cides, all the statistics go to show that felO
de Sc predOminates either in the depth of
winter or during the hottest days of sum-
mer.' What is true of Paris is becoming
every year truer of New York, of which it
is the prototype.
Shad and other varieties of food fish are
disappearing from the Potomac. Twenty
years ago the annual catch of shad alone
amounted to scores of millions. Hardly
as many thousands are now taken, and
the price has advanced in Washington to
twenty-five cents per pound.
To change linen once week is luxury
which few Russians know; even those
who battle once a week do not change
their linen so frequently. Indeed, to
change linen once a week is a sign of
aristOcratic tendencies, like ''wearing
gloVeso is a sign of aristocracy in 'Raba-
gas"
The possibilities of Colorado as an agri-
cultural State are shown by the fact that
in twenty-three years the wheat acreage
has increased from 10 acres to $1,000. The
large scale upon which irrigation is now
being planned and carried out will soon
cause very large increase in the acreage
available for the raising of wheat, as well
as other cereals.
According to a return issued the other
day at Berlin, 2ls persons were condemn
ed in Germany to decapitation between
1864 and 1868, of whom only twenty-siX
were executed. Between 1868 and 1878 no
fewer than 42S were condemned; but i'm
no case was the sentence carried out. In
1878 Hodel was executed for his attempt
on the Emperor. In 1879 and 1880 there
were no executions, and since 1881 there
have been only three.
The transparency of the water off the
N fhic &c
cedented in the experience of veteran
fishermen, and interferes seriously with
the success of the mackerel fleet, enabling
the fish to see the operations of the seine,
making them wild and intractable. The
purse weights at the bottom of the seines
could be plainly seen at depth of twenty
fathoms, and, in coming alongside an
other vessel, one could see under her
keel, The clear water is said to be
moving this way, and shore fishermen re-
port that they can see the hooked fish
start from. the bottom in seven fathoms of
water off this cape:
When our wits have exhausted ciVilizar
ton they will do well to go to the remain
der of mankind, and to find new sources
of humor among the half-ciyiliZed people,
the barbarians and the savages. The King
of Abyssinia rules over orthodox Chris
tians. who protest that they have changed
neither their creed nor their rites since
the Council of Chalcedon. Yet both
this King and his Christian subjects
are oyerrun, as an Abyssinian describes
it, first by foreign missionaries, then by
foreign Consuls, and in conclusion
by foreign soldiers. A Swedish mission
ary in Abyssinia was asked what he |
wanted siro teach the Christian re- |
ligion.v 'sBut we are Christians" "Ihen |
/ will convert the Jews.v "Are there no |
Jews i'm Sweden?'' s'They are provided |
for.Y "How did you get herer Through
Egypt" "What religion did you find |
therey' sslslam.'' ''Then convert the /
Mohammedans: we can take care Of our
selves, and If we cannot, God can-better
than the King Of Sweden OF missionary" |