Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-15

great star of 15.a is a variable with a
period Of something over 800 years by
counting back from its first appearance
in Ss5. We are brought 10 the near vicinity
Of Christ's birth. hence the star has been
called the Star Of Bethlehem.
The Courier deS Etats J'Ris tells this
story: "a Frenchman, who was getting
into his dotage, heard his daughter read
ing the intelligence that some engineers
were endeavoring 10 invent special pro-
cess for manufacturing rails for the ROAD
across the Desert Of sahara. i an sure,
said the old man, that they nave MOI
taken into consideration one oraNoaSA'
What Is that. asked the daughter me
ostTiches; you know osrrienes. leeu On
iron; they VIII eat up the road.
II a woman elopes in England, taxing
any d her husbands property, she Is
likely 70 Be arrested for theft under the
new Married Women's Property Act,
which gives the women the rights the!
have 50 long crayed and also exposes
them 10 new liabilities Mrs Margaret
Fletcher ran away from her home az
Workington a fortnight ago and carried
with her jewels and wearing apparel
valued at SI2. Her husband nrst sued
for divorce and got il. and then prose
cuted his wife as thief aESd the justice
decided against the defendant, who was
beautiful as vel as hayward
The eruelties practised on the inmates
Of Dixmont Asylum and Clinton Prison
are not unknown in England. Charles
Thompson a crippled pauper in the Chel-
sea work house. on refusing 10 remove
his blue ribbon badge from his coat When
ordered TO do so BY the master, said ne
had a right TO stand by his colOrs." He
was then knocked down, by the mstruc-
tons Of the master. and had his chest
kneit upon and the ribbon IOFcloly re-
moved fnOm his coat and destroyed. lie
was afterwards imprisoned and fed on
bread and water. Mr.. ;. Morley brought
the case before Parliament.
Freedom Of the press is unknown in
Russia. Newspapers are only allowed 70
give, on certain subjects. such views as
are Endorsed by the government, and on
others editors are forbidden TO write al
all. Foreign Journals are stopped IN the
post Office for inspection and are often
heIdsack altogether. and when delivered
have any objectionable article or para
I graph STAMPED Out so as 10 Re lleglble.
/ The London Times frequently has whole
columns blocked out in this manner. \
gentleman recently received his copy OF
the paper with everything in il Obliterated
except the advertisements.
Among the many harsh things said in
England Of the bishop OF oxford, this Is,
perhaps, the most pointed; ..The Bishop
never. throughout his whole life, to use a
I Carlylean phrase, cleared his mind OF
( cant. His facils adoption Of phrases
{ which had no relation TO fact. but eX-
pressed in a sOn0rOus way impressions
/ which he wished to produce and 10 share.
| resulted, as WaS inevitable, on his own
! intellect and morality: and self deception,
rather conscious insincerity, resulted
/ The sequel shows many things in which
/ he fell far below his own standard, if not
/ Of rectitude- at least Of pre-eminent
piety."
Charles Reade, as everybody knows, is
a firm believer in scrap books, and has an
immense number Of newspaper clippings,
properly indexed. from which he obtains
much Of the material for his stories. Rev.
DR.. Talmage finds many illustrations for
his sermons in newspaper articles, and
Henry Ward Beecher has trunks full OF
old papers. The late President Garfield
drew many Of the anecdotes and incl
dents with which he graced his speeches
from n large collection Of scrap books,
and Girardin. the French editor, probably
carried the system 10 greater perfection
than any other man, having whole rooms
filled with index clippings.