Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-09
GENERAL NOTES.

The aggregate value Of the new revenue
stamps will foot up to about $7,0OO,0OO.
Jim Fisk, the London Standard says,
is 1.-THE only perfectly vulgar man Of
genius it can recall.
The spruce trees CT AroostOok county.
in Maine, are dying, and chewing gum is
likely TO rise in price.
Western blind man has patented a
fire escape for hotels. 1t is especially
adapted for rescuing invalids.
The richest gold mine in the world is in
Transvaal, South Africa. A ton Of ore
gives in some cases 1000 ounces Of metal
There is a fashion in canes, and the
mode of carrying them. which varies with
dudes and snObs about as often as the
style OF Spring bOnnets.
Hey. Rube!' is a slogan Of circus men
to call all hands TO the rescue when
threatened by q mob. 1t is only used when
the danger is imminent.
The largest man in the British service
is Lieutenant Switzerland. of the j6th Re-
giment. He is six feet four inches high,
and weighs about 364 pounds.
Quinine at an auction sale last week
brought 81 81 an ounce for foreign and 81
90 for American. This leaves a living pro-
HI VI 0tt pei tEul ~ lAlt III AZl5l al lllc
usual price Of quinine pills.
At the meeting Of the Salvation Army
in Exeter, England, fortnight ago, Gen.
Booth reported i, 491 corps and an income
of t121. loo. At the close of the meeting
it was announced that 10000 had been
collected during the day, including some
gifts of $1,000 each.
Paris. for 2,226,0OO inhabitants, has
sfr iyb a1 ~ mud
three circuses: Vienna. for 1.204, 900 in
habitants, has seven theatres, one circus
and six music halls; Berlin, with 1900
900 inhabitants, has thirteen theatres, one
circus and>fye music halls.
Workmen engaged in painting Trinity
Church in Newport, r. l.. last week took
down the vane which was placed on the
spire in Queen Anne's reign. 1t was six
feet four inches across and four feet high.
and surmounted by crown, which is be-
lieyed 10 be the last yestige OF regal rule
in America.
\ man in Chester, Conn.,. found one Of
the old George Washington buttons while
digging near a factory a few days ago.
The button is of copper, a little larger
than an old fashioned cent, and bears in
the centre the letters &c. w with
God Bless Our President" around the
outer edge. 1t is valuable relic.
Apropos Of the saying Of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, ''You might almost say Salyini's
body thought" another remarks, lit cannot
be said of many of our actors, but. worse
than that, some of their heads never think
either. and as for the regulation star
actress. if you cannot say ''heT body
thought it will not be denied it is much
thought about.
\ London society journal relates that
when one of the daughters of the match
making Duchess of Gordon eloped it be-
came necessary TO apprise her mother OF
the fact. Her daughter had run away
| with Young Lord with whom she had
/ been dancing at ball given by the Duke
of Deyonshire. ''Oh, heavens" cried the
poor mother. ION such a cold night. too.
and without her flannel petticOat! And
TO think that it is all my fault, because l
wanted TO set off the delicacySf her shape
to catch the Duke Of Bedford"
The largest steamship in the world, the
/ Great Eastern, earned last year $50,
while 5000 were spent in keeping her in
repair. The company having this man.
moth white elephant on its hand is unable
TO wind up" for, besides the original
mortgage debt. not a shilling is due to any
3
/ ing proposal for employment" which
will at least save the cost circumference;
and it is hoped. in the meantime, that the
Increased size Of the ships which are
now being built is in favor of the Great
/ Eastern"
An instance OF the fear that comes over
the average British mind at the mention
Of the word dynamite. in the light OF re-
cent events, is shown by the action Of
London police officer who. when on the
point of arresting a respectfully dressed
man for behaving in a drunken and dis
| orderly fashion on the Strand, was solemn
Is warned by that individual Of the dam
ger incurred by touching him. you had
BETTER he said, mot interfere with me.
have twenty pounds Of dynamite in my
pocket, and l shall blow myself and you
/ up if you approach step nearer The
| officer, after getting assistance, trans
I ported the man to the station house with
I the utmost tenderness" and there found
/ his pockets filed with waste paper.
Russian florists have arrived at san
Reno and Ventimiglia, and are contract
/ ing for the purchase Of all the flowers IN
1 the principal gardens for the festivities in
/ Moscow. The flowers, which will be for
warded every morning to Moscow by a
/ special train Of refrigerating cars, are
| destined in great part for che decoration
/ of the Kremlin. There is something very
/ picturesque in this decoration Of the an
cient palace of the Cars Of MuscOYy with
| the flowers of the gardens Of Italy, but
] after all il is no stranger than the daily
arrival in London of the floral spoils Of
| the shores OF the Mediterranean. The
| international flower trade is becoming
one of the most lOurishing industries Of
Europe.
The average weight of 10000 men and
women weighed at Boston in 1864 was
Men, 14112 pounds; women, 12415 pounds.
At the recent Cincinnati Industrial Elk
position, the Department Of Scientific and
Educational Appliances detailed a clerk
! to record the weights of Western men and
women. The number weighed was -, II ,,
! and the total weight was 1902, 306 pounds,
! The men weighed numbered 7,467.
weighing 1,150,10S pounds. The women
| weighed numbered 1865, weighing
/ 1,922, 1873 pounds. The average weight of
/ each man was 154.O2. The average weight
of each woman was 1907. The average
weight of al men from Ohio was 1j7 .3S:
the average weight of 179 women was
1926. The average weight Of l24 men
from Southern Indiana and Illinois was
1882 pounds; the average weight of 1913
women was 1880. The average weight
OF ia men from Kentucky was 1882
pounds; the average weight Of 1SS women
was 1876.
The Civil Service Rules.