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

Last year Italy exported 100000
worth Of eggs.
In Warsaw the grain is still threshed
with the fail.
During 1881 SO natives were baptized
at the Johannesburg mission in South
Africa.
Cremation is growing popular in Japan
at least as popular as such a HObsOn's
choice can be.
New York Police Justices had &C, So
persons before them last year. three out
Of four men, and held a, 1873 for trial. 4.
In Norwich. Conn.,, few days ago. the
sunlight falling on a prism in store win
dow set fire 70 some light articles.
The Austrian Parliament is investiga-
ting large government railroad contract.
on the charge that it was obtained by
bribery.
The 6ridley sack Of -four which was sold
for S200, 900 during the war, for the benefit
of the Sanitary Commission. is on exhibit
ton at Stockton, Cal.
Easter this year falls on March 18th. In
1918 II fell on March 22d, the earliest pos
sible date. 1t will not fall upon that day
THE gentleman who killed Colonel Ty-
sol" is the pleasant way in which the
headline type Of the New Orleans Plea
yuRe alludes TO a murderer.
English mines yielded 1J6, 800, 900 tons
Of coal in 1852, and employed JO1, 900 men.
The yield is a slight advance on 1881.
France produced -, 81, 531 tons in 1852.
Some unsentimental philOlogist is en-
deavOring to deprive the word honeymoon
Of its honey. He claims that the word is
derived from the Scandinavian word
.'hyon," which means a newly welded
pair.
The people Of st. Louis are apprehen-
sive Of a cholera epidemic during the
coming spring. They had cholera in 1919
and 1e5j, in each case preceded by high
waters in the Mississippi, and another
seventeen years have come about.
The latest case Of juvenile deprayity on
record is that Of a boy in Mobile, Ala,
who burned down two buildings in order
to win bets To the amount Of 81. which he
had made. that there would be tive fires in
the city before a certain date.
Pigeons in Venice receive the same dis
tinguished consideration awarded to
sparrows in Philadelphia. In Venice the
first killing Of a pigeon is punished by a
fine. The second offence brings three
months Imprisonment in the county Jail.
When the murderer McGlOin was buried
in New York on Sunday the prOfusiOn Of
floral crosses. anchors. broken columns
and cushions bearing the words Rest
and Mike, was something shocking.
Wreaths, as being too suggestive OF
nOOses, were not seen.
The Prince Of Wales is, il appears, TO
be held responsible for the popularity OF
the cigarette. Fifteen years ago they
were not only questionable. but were
considered .sfast." Albert Edward con-
tracted the habit Of smoking cigarettes in
his travels, and, presto. it became the
fashion Of Pail Mall and st. James.
4 Western trade newspaper is still pub
fishing an advertisement Of the NewhalI
House, at Milwaukee, containing this:
ssPatent fire escape provides means Of ex-
II from every floor in case Of emergency.
The hotel employees are kept in constant
training as fire department, and every
floor is supplied with water and hose"
Paris has revenue Of $51, 900, 900 a year,
half Of it from the 'foctroi,7 and spends
about the same sum. OF this, the debt
takes S1g. so. 600, police $4,70O,O00, roads
5000 900. water s.. 800, 900, schools S4,040.-
90 buildings 81. OS0. OO0-abOut as much
a. PhiIadelphia-public charities 5000
900. The city property is estimated at
600 OOO. 900. nearly half water works. and
the debt is $3.50, 100000.
From a recent examination Of soldiers
teeth, By DR.. Frozius, he finds teeth in
persons Of fair complexion and hair are
less durable than those Of dark complex
ion. Stature has a manifest influence on
the durability Of teeth, which increases
with the decrease of height, and vice
versa. He seeks an explanation Of this
curious fact in a less perfect outer circu-
IatiOu In tall men than in short men. The
right teeth show a greater vitality than
the left.
undergraduate at St.Edmunds Hall,
Oxford. chaIked ON his door, ''Out till 2;
after that shall be in" A passer, seeing
the notice. transpOsed the ''Out' and sim
"A reminder Of a livelier piece OF ..ccOtch
wit" Professor Blackie chalked on his
notice board. 'sThe Professor is unable TO
meet his classes tomorrow" a waggish
student removed the.'c," leaving" lasses.D
When the Professor returned he noticed
the new rendering. Equal TO the ocea-
sion. the Professor quietly rubbed out the
~, p and joined in the hearty laughter Of
the asses
The occasional star, known as the Star
OF Bethlehem, Is expected to appear some
time during this year or the next. 1t was
seen by Tycho Brahe in 1872, and astro-
nonIcaI researches showed that the same
star. Or one very similar. had appeared IN
~. same part 81 the heavens IN $40 and
l15f. n II, therefore. inferred that the