Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
PARIS workingmen are organizing
against cheap labor from Prussia and
Italy.
THE MAN who once traded the land on
which Denver now stands for mule is
smmering at Saratoga.
THIS YEARS oysters are said to be in
unusually plump and luscious condition.
Much of last years crop was not taken
from the beds. because of its poor quality,
and this adds to the supply.
SOME EXCURsIONIsTS from Northern
New York unfurled an American flag
while marching through the streets Of
Hamilton. Ontario. the other day. pO-
liceman at once ordered the cOlOrs turled.
saving that it was against the law,
CHIEF JUSTICE CoLERIDGE and Mr..
Russell, the eminent lawyer who accom-
panies him on his tour TO this country. are
Irishmen. 80 are Lord WOlseley and
General Roberts, the two foremost
soldiers in the British service, and Tyn-
dali, the scientist, and Lecky, the his
tOran.
4 GOOD STORY is told about Mr.. W. W.
Aston our Minister to Rome. When he
introduced his wife to King Humbert,
that royal parsonage complimented him
upon the beauty Of the lady, to which Mr.
AstOr replied Isl. Najesti, ST. Mr.. As
tor is now spoken Of everywhere as, Isl,
Maiesti, si.'
IT'S ESTIMATED that when corn worth
fifty cents a bushel is fed to fatten hogs
the pork produced costs the farmer five
cents a pound. When corn is worth
much over twenty-five cents a bushel
ii does not pay 10 turn it into pork. The
estimate is a bushel OF corn for every ten
and half pounds of pork, gross.
ATAR RECENT WEDDING of a Troy law
yer. besides numerous and costly gifts to
the bride. there was one to the groom,
consisting of policy Of accidental insur
ance. dating from noon Of the wedding
dav and expiring at noon Of the day fol-
lowing. Upon lis face, in due form, was
Endorsed a permission to marry not eX-
ceeding one time during the life OF this
noliFzv ,,
The Mississippi river, eight miles above
Natchez, is caving rapidly in a direct line
on the Mississippi side through the old
Nevite chute, which was once the bed of
the Mississippi river. The distance across
the point is less than a mile. More than
a quarter of mile has cayed into the
river during the last twenty months, and
it is only a matter of time when the river
will resume its old bed. abandoned more
than forty years ago.
THE BANANA has long been regarded as
extremely nutritious. 1t is recommended
above all others for inyalids who are I'M
able to swallow harder food. An estimate
bv Humboldt claims that $4,000 pounds of
bananas can be produced on the soil that
I 10 I M
potatoes, and that the same area that
would be required to raise wheat enough
for one man would produce enough bana-
mas to feed twenty-five men.
IN the war of the Revolution the total
militia force raised was Al 500 men. In the
Mexican war the total number of United
States troops was Isl. 2S2. In the late civil
war the Union forces numbered, 1858, 1872
men, of whom 1909 were colOred. In
this war, on the government side, 1862
were killed in battle, 34,72T died of
wounds, and 1S3.2S7 died of disease
about twice the number of the total
killed in battle. The total deaths were
279.375, and there were $50, lO5 deser-
tons.
WHY MATTHEW ARNOLD, a man of
eminent ability as a poet, essayist, and
educator, should permit himself to be
classed with such pensioners as Martin
Farquhar Upper and Lucine BOnaparte
is not fully understood by most Ameri-
cans. There certainly is no distinction
conferred on him by being made pen
si0ner. and as he is in very comfortable
circumstances it seems rather strange
that for a paitry 1850 he should allow
himself to be Glassed with tenth-rate
verse writers and alleged royal bOtanists.
An illustrated edition of Gray's Elegy
to be brought out this fall reprOduces re-
iected verses-thOse which appeared in
the original editions but were afterward
omitted The most exquisite of these was
originally inserted before the "epitaph,'
but was omitted because the poet tthOGght
it was too long a parenthesie In this
place." The stanZa is very graceful:
There scattered oft, the earliest Of the year,
By.hands unseen, are showers Of yioiets
found,
The redbreast loves to build and warble
there.
And little footsteps lightly print the ground.
NEWPORT, says Life, is city about
which no two. authorities agree. 1t is
claimed by one distinguished American
writer that it is ''the centre ofrefnement,
fashion, intelligence and wealth." Ans
other, equally eminent, declares, it to be
''shoddy, pinchbeck and greasy with
newly acquired and vulgarly used
wealth." One noted English critic, who
was feted there last year, says that 'tNew-
port is the heaven Of the tOady and the
snob," while a FreDchman VINO had SINH
lar experience declares II 10 be 1.-THE Mecca
Of the rich who can be wOrshlped for
nothing but their wealth." a cOrrespOn-
dent Of the London Gt0te says sit is the
paradise OF two sets OF fools-the gilded
clique who spend tens Of thousands in the
effort to Outshine their neighbOTs, and the
ObsequiOus clique that beggars itself for
the privilege Of witnessing the pitiful con-
test"
GOVERNOR SLOVENIAN, Of California,
has appointed ex-senator William NJ.
Gwin delegate to the Kentucky Educ8.
tiOnal Convention, he having been CALI
fornia's first Senator in Congress and a
most conspicuous advocate of popular
education in the State. General Gwin
has accepted the appointment, saying that
he had intended never again to accept a
public position, and adding: "When adj
vised of your desire that should attend
this convention having reference to my
efforts in the cause of education in our
first Constitutional Convention and as a
member of the Senate of the United States,
a train of thought carried me back to
Monterey in ls49, when you and l, in the
line of our duty, labored so energetically
and successfully to create a form of gov.
eminent for this then disorganized Terri. !
tory. so shamefullY neglected by the Con-
gress of the United States, made this an
exceptional case and with pleasure ac-
cepted the appointment you had rendered |
to me-
CHESTER" said the Lieutenant Gene
raj, 'do you suppose Mr.. Blaine will put
into his new book anything about our
trip out here, and our reception in |
LouisvilleY'' swell, Philip, he might find |
a good many things more interestingi |
and if 1t wouldn't interfere with the sale /
of other meritorious writings about hunt
ing-dRd tishing-I shouldn't object TO
seeing our Yellowstone adventures in
print" "But, Chester, don't you think
lady readers might get a little scared
when they came to the place where we
tackled the bear?'' Eyes, that's so, Phil:
| didn't think about the ladies. But Mr..
Blaine is great writer, Phil, and we