Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-13
The inbab;tants \ Burmab are said %

The inhabitants Of Burmah are said 10
be extravagantly fond Of tobacco and
sugar. The quantity OF tobacco used an
nually amounts to seven pounds for every
man, woman and child Is the kingdom.
AS for sugar, the use Of that is excessive
in proportion. In drinking tea, they take
a sip of tea and a mOuthful Of lump sugar
BY turns, instead Of sweetening the drink
In the usual fashion.
The warden Of Sing Sing prison is op-
posed to the project Of employing teachers
for the conYicts, although he Is 10 favor Of
schools for them. There are, he says, some
Of the best instructors in the country in
the prison. among them two well known
Brooklyn schoOlmasters, and plenty Of
college boys who would be delighted 70
teach their fellow prisoners "It would
be grand thing, - he affrms, ito organize
classes in the chapel and allow these men
10 teach the cOnyicts reading and writ
ing,
The expression she has kissed the Blair
ney stone,s is applied frequently 10 fat
terer with a smooth tongue and ready
speech. This famous stone is in the para
pet Of the large square tower OF castle
Blafney, IA Munster, Ireland men fisl-
tors ask for the identical stone. the guide
points 70 a stone several feet below the
one usually saIuted. The latter may be
kissed without effort. but if man wiSaes
10 kiss the real Barney" he musI get
some strong person 10 hold Riln by the
heels over the wall.
II is calculated thar $4,000 persons en-
tered the United States last year as i'm
migrants. This is the largest total Of any
one year in the history Of the Republic
larger by 1900 even than tbs total for
1881. Nearly 100000 have in this way
been added to the population of the
states siase 1870. "a country so power
fully sustained By new blood. says the
F'au Mall Gazette. cannot hut progress.
however much il may be ioaded by foolish
fetters,v
II Is said that when shooting at
COmplegne. Napoleon III. became tired Of
killing rabbits and squirrels and ehafed
at having only such paltry game. To
satisfy His caprices one of His Maiesty's
cOurtiers imagined something original
After being tanned and trained quantity
Of parrots were iek loose in the open eoun-
/ try to the intense satisfaction Of the En-
peror. who shOuldered his piece. took aim
and fired into the flock. One bird fell TO
the ground, and, in his agony, sereechea
| out: S'Yiye rEmpereur," and died imme-
diately.
4 London journal says: The two great
republics offer 4 reassuring example Of
| stability and comfort. France goes into
Mysteries about an advertising poster
stuck up BY a person who IS supposed to
| be beneath the notice Of serious men:
America is exhibiting all the worst symp-
toms that were seen in Rome before Caesar
marched on the city. The new cultured
| class Of Americans cannot live IN. their
own country. hssErossness, the shabby
/ cheatery, the revolving Yulgarity Of pOliti-
tical and municipal life dwarf the soul Of
a pereeptiye man, and he brings his mel
anchOly and his money 10 Europe, What
. are We to think Of State where a man
/ cannot bear his existencei We know that
! the human race were happier under the
severe rule Of the Roman Emperors than
| they have ever been since. We know that
material welfare was mare general In
England under the TtldOrs than it has
( ever been since we became so free.