Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-27

A WESTERN HEROINE, near whose
house had occurred a washout in the
railroad. rushed up the track brandishlng
a broom and stopped an oncOmlng tfain'
The engineer was a married man, and in
stantiv recognized the danger signal.
THE 9TH SEPTEMBER is the day fixed
by the German Emperor for the Inaugural
ton of the huge figure cast for the ma
tional monument upon the Niedewall, on
the borders of the Rhine, to commemorate
the war of 1901 and the establishment
of the German Empire.
THE NEW game law in Idaho is very
strict. No buffalo, deer, elk, antelope or
mountain sheep are to be killed between
the 1st day of January and the ISL day Oh
September Of each year, and at no otner
time if killed to obtain their nldes or 10
ship their carcases out of the territory.
THE OLD RECORD OF a Baptist church
in South Carolina contains mention OF a
woman being excluded from the church
for SEdoing too much talking in the neigh
borhood," and the Columbia Register eX-
presses the fear that such rule unlVer-
sally applied now would thin out the
churches very much.
IN MAKING some ''modern improve
ments" the authorities of Calais are
about to demolish the old gate and draw
bridge which form the background OF
Hogarth's sob, the Roast Beef OF Old
En9landv and for sketching. which that
artist was arrested, locked up, and sum-
marily hustled back to England.
A SAN Francisco inventor claims tC
! have constructed life-saving raft capa-
! BILE of accommodating 800 passengers. II
| is 1OS feet long and % feet wide, wher
/ inflated. vet can be slowed away under
! the bulwarks of a vessel, occupying a
space only three feet wide, three feet
! high and twenty-eight feet long.
! THE CONSUMPTION Of coffee in this
country in 1882 was S.25 pounds for eacl
person, and of tea, LAC pounds. In 1877
the French used only 3.04 pounds per cap
tia. and the English but 80 of pound
! but the people of the Netherlands con
! sumed Il so, those of Belgium 9.13, thos'
of Norway S.73, and those Of Cape Colon.
! 7.72.
THE REPORT that leprosy has appeared
in Egypt and is spreading rapidly is pro
nounced a seIf-evident absurdity, TO
nothing is better known about lepros!
than that it does not and cannot ''spreaC
rapidly" since its initial stage, in TIT
language of one authority, sis reckone(
rather by months or years than by day
or weeks"
A bald-headed man OF genius has in
vented a rocking chair which now rock
in the office of the Arlington Hotel a
Asbury Park. Two iron rods, one OF
| either side. run up the back of the chair
and. curving slightly forward, terminate
I ahO fXVn 9h0Vp the 0cCn
pants head. Between them is suspendet
ON pivOts a square of sheet iron, whlcl
swings backward and forward with tn
motion of the chair, producing delight
ful breeze and at the same time keeping
flies at a respectful distance.
As THOUGH THIEVES needed any hints
the devilish suggestion is made that a
some of the watering place balls, wher
thousands, OF even millions, are glisten
ing in gems on Women's fingers, wrists
necks and hair, few daring spirits Nigh
rush in. surprise and cow into Submls
sion all who might think of resistance
then pick handfuls ofpreciOus stones Xix
berries from bush and escape.
SIR LINToRN SIMMONS statistics in re
gard to the British army do not show it t
be in very flourishing condition. 1t is
in the first place, more than 5000 beloV
its appointed strength, and at the end q
the present year there will be deticienc
of between $4,000 and 10000 men, whic
will be increased to between $4,000 an
1000 next year. The Brigade Of Guard
is nearly 1000 men below its strength
Crime is on the increase, cases of violenc
to snperiors and INSTRUMENTATION have il
creased since 1872 by 81 per cent. in til
army at home, and by 81 per cent. in tn
army abroad, and in the same period tn
number of men tried for being drunk 0
duty has more than doubled.