Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-23
GENERAL NOTES.

sumed in this country last year at cost
to the consumers OF $3.50, 0o0, 900.
The town Of Grinnell, Iowa, which suf-
! fered so much by tornado last summer,
has just sent $500 to the sufferers by the
cyclone in Mississippi.
Ii a great poet Burns Horace, Prior to
gong Home, and is Scott, shelly confess
it, or Watts 10 be Donnes II he denies il,
what his Wordsworth is n MARVEL.
Ohlo.has a deaf and dumb lawyer. His
pleas 10 the jury are said TO be very ef-
/ fective, which statement we give as a
/ hint to members OF the legal fraternity.
Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean
bear, Full many maid of poorest pay is
/ seen, who gems of glass display for sun
day wear.
ON Arbor day in Quebec two noble trees
were planted on either side of the monu-
ment In the Governors Garden, which
were named in honor OF the heroes, Wolfe
/ and MOntcalm.
An exchange tells us that John Bright
/ smokes and occasionally drinks whisky
/ Information as to the comparative results
/ upon the human system Of smoking Whis-
+ Ky and drinking it would be interesting.
The dog tax nets the different State
/ governments about SIG, 900, cooper annum,
( and the Commissioners of Agriculture
( say it costs $50 100000 per annum to feed
( them.
The Empress Of Austria has been writ
/ ing poetry, and has had printing Office
I set up in the palace, and is learning to
/ set type and manage a press, so that she
+ can print her own poems.
! The insurance statisticians now say
I that men live two years longer than they
/ did thirty years ago. and women three
/ years and four months longer-a differ
I ence. we need not say, quite large enough
/ to be perceptible in human life.
/ When papers are short of matter, or
I wish to enliven their readers, an item
I about the number of people killed last
/ year in Burmah is given. The editor thus
/ gets new coil around the hearts of his
1 readers.
/ \ well-known foreign correspondent, NJ.
Ivan de Wulstyne, who will represent
several papers at the coronation, writes
that the ceremonies will extend over nine
days at st. Petersburg and sixteen at
Moscow.
The London World speaks Of Mr.. Froude
as the greatest master Of English now
1 living, and the stormiest petrol of litera-
/ ture ever known. 1t compares his work
/ on the Carlyles with Swifts CULVER and
( IahOOs.
/ The International Congress of Oriental
lists is to be held at Leyden on September
II, this year, instead of 1894, owing to
! the international exhibition at Amster-
dam, which it is supposed will attract a
| large number Of Asiatics and POlyne-
slams.
A correspondent of a New York paper
says the new East river bridge must be
painted green, with a harp on each
tower, and the suspension cords gilt to
represent the sunbursts of old Ireland,
with a shamrock suspended from the
| centre, or there will be trouble.
The New York Times says: "The steam
CT is the chrome of yachting; not because
lit is cheap, but because it is artificial,
mechanical and inartistic. The steam
yacht was invented for those who must
| be back to business at an early hour in
the day
The State of Virginia expended more
than million of dollars in 1882 for the
support of her common schools. OF these
1902 are white schools and 1925 cOlOred.
The white population between the ages of
five and twenty-one was, in 1880, 3l4,S27,
while the colored population between the
same ages is 204, $50.
The Hon. Levi P. Morton, Minister to
France, has collected at considerable eX-
pense and trouble complete sets of the
postage stamps of France. under the en-
pire and republic, and has given them to
be placed in the corner stone of the Gar
field monument in Lake View Cemetery.
Cleveland.
Dark brown and primrose were the
eOlors Worn by the bridesmaids at one of
the utra-fashiOnable London weddings
lately, and the dresses were described as
marvels Of elegance. Instead of the con-
ventiOnal bouquets, the maids carried
lonS-handled brown baskets filled with
dainty primroses.
Mr.. Gladstone has received notice Of the
intention of the working men Of Derby to
present him with a dessert service of
Derby china, which has been specially
manufactured Each piece has a hand
painted representation of some famous
scene in Derbyshire. The Premier. as
every one knows, is a connoisseur in
china.
Lord Portsmouth, who is a sensible
man, according to the London Truth, and
cares nothing for the gable of society"
simpletOns, was sOlemnly reprOved some
years ago by the then Master Of the
BuckhOunds because he made his appear
ance on the Jockey Club stand at Ascot i'm
his favOrite brOad-brimmed round hat;
so, in Difference TO the characteristics OF
the place, he has since gone there in Il
white chimney pot"
The prominent candidates spoken of for
the seat in the French Academy just va.
Gated by the death Of ules Sandau, the emil
nent novelist, are Auguste Maquet, Joint
author of several Of the older Dumas
most effective dramas; Ludovic Halevy,
also dramatic author; Alphonse Dau-
Diet, the novelist, and Edmond About. If
the last named should consent to become
a candidate he will probably be the sue
cessful one.
When Dean Richmond was President
Of the New York Central Railroad his
son Henry, recently appointed member
of the New York Civil Service Commits
sion, was conductor on the road. The
elder Richmond was on his sons train, and
making no move to show a ticket or pass,
was plumply asked by the boy for a
ticket. go way, | haven't got any,"
said he. But" said the conductor, E'my
out a ticket or pass" ''Well, no mat
ter" said Dean, Pm President of this
road, and don't need either" Can't
help it, father, you see how Pm fixed.
Shall have to put you off if you don't do
one or the other" The old man looked at
him square in the eyes, but as the son
didn't quail, and looked look that meant
mischief, the President deemed it best to
come down with the cash, and did, amid
the merriment Of those around.
Perhaps the oldest tunnel in the Alps in
existence is the heading driven by the
orders Of Margraye Louis II. of Saluzzo,
through Mont VisO, and constructed in
the years 1872 to 1880. 1t was completed
at total cost, including the paths lead
ing to the respective openings, of 1900
sflorins. The tunnel has q height of ca
feet and an average width of feet, and
at the present time length of only about
$50 feet. 1t is stated, however, that, in
consequence Of frequent land slips, the
openings Of the tunnel have gradually re-
ceded, and thatit may haveIhad when first
opened double its present length. The
geological structure of Mont Viso is SINH
lar to that of Mont Cents, and frequent