Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-14
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES.
Maine has had one hundred continuous
days Of sleighing.
Central Asia draws its books from In
dia, history and poetry being in most de-
mand.
Four barrels Of water from the Great
salt lake, after evaporation, will leave a
barrel Of salt.
over two tons of hair pins are made
daily by the factories IN this country.
What becomes Of them:
New Zealand has introduced the Ameri-
can common school system, and has $50
schools and Gi,4oG scholars.
Columbia College, which was started in
1913, on the proceeds Of lottery, now has
an endowment of $5,OO0,O 600, and ], S57 stu
dents.
The Irish prosecutions have so far cost
S630,000, a considerable portion of which
has been in retainers to lawyers to pre-
vent their engagement by the defense.
A number Of capitalists at Portland,
Oregon, are talking about building a COW
cred half mile track, so that horses can
get the needed exercise during the long
winters.
The severity Of the winter in Russia has
produced some remarkable results. The
village OF Rajewski, an isolated spot, has,
during a whole week, been bcsieged by
wolves.
Professor Volt, a German authority, has
ascertained by a series Of experiments
that meat and rice furnish a larger share
Of nutriment to the body than any other
common food.
Rats have been making sad havoc with
the cotton seed in South Carolina, and Or
ders for large numbers Of cats have been
sent to North Carolina, the home supply
proving insufficient.
4 Manchester, England, bankrupt who
failed in 1869 for { IS, 900 and paid los. in
the pound, has suddenly appeared on
Change and given cheques for the re-
mainder OF his indebtedness.
Another prominent member of the
Salvation Army at Macclesfcld, England,
has just succeeded in earning two months
with hard labor, for stealing twenty-three
pounds Of lead from house top.
4 bull in the old tariff is that it care
fully required that animals supported for
breeding purposes should be olive ami
mails" The new tariff strikes out olive"
and leaves that to be understood.
The tunnel under the English Channel
has been flnished-to a mile and a quarter
from tire French shore, and the engineers
say they can advance 1872 feet day. At
this rate the tunnel could be completed to
Dover in a year and half
The four hundred and fifty girls who
left Galway, Ireland, last week for New
Hampshire, are under years engage
ment with mill owners there, who pay
their expenses over. Several hundred
other girls wanted to come,
If the Nihilists allow the Emperor OF
Russia to sit on the throne, he will carry
a sceptre worth 32,0O0,OO0 rubles. which
was made for his ancestor Paul /. 1t is
tipped with the OrlOff diamond, which
alone is valued at 5000 900 rubles.
Colonel Thompson, Of the Washington
Pension Office, owns what he thinks is
the last will and testament of George
Washington. He snatched it from the
hands of a soldier who, with others dur
ing the war, was pillaging Fairfax Court
House. He intends presenting it TO the
Mount Vernon Association.
A number of French gOurmets have
tested the edible qualities of the common
earth worm. The worms were first put
into vinegar and made to dissorge the
vegetable mold. Then they were rolled
in batter and baked, acquiring golden
tint and a most appetiZing odOr. They
We're pronounced to be better than snails.
A strange affair is reported from Hull,
England, A girl Of fourteen was chased
up stairs Of her own residence by strange
man. y married sister Of the girl, in a hit
Of terror, jumped out Of the window, and
the intruder threw the girl after her. Both
were badly hurt. and it is feared the girl
Will not recover. The man is still at
large.
Every round fired by the new eighty-tOn
guns of the English navy cost England
1927. The twenty-fye-ton guns, OF which
the Alexandra carried two, the Monarch
four and the Temeraire four, cost E Der
round per gun. The eighteen-tOn guns. of
the Alexandra ten, the Sultan eight the
superb sixteen and the Temeraire four.
each cost S26 per shot,
The city Of San Francisco was in total
for several days last week, the
gas company refusing to light their lamps.
The company even went so far as TO re-
move the tops Of the lamp-pOsts and plug
the pipes. This proved costly expert
ment, however, for many of the plugs
were pulled during the night and the gas
allowed TO escape.
The canons of the Episcopal church re-
quire the pastor to devote the aims re-
ceived at the communion service to the
Door OF the parish according to his own
A Western rector about to
retire FROM his parish was requested to
make a report Of these funds. He reported
that, as he considered himself the most
needy person in the parish, he had judi
ciously appropriated the money to his
own needs.
Probably the largest kite in the world
was recently made near Rochester, n. Y.
The frame was of lumber two inches wide
By half an inch in thickness, and was
covered with MANILA papers The surface
nearly $50 square feet. The
string by which the kite was flown was
Of three-eighth inch rope, and 5000 feet in
length. 1t shot into the air like balloon,
and after floating n mile high for two
hours was only brought down by means
Of a pulley and team.
A spectator in a Benwood (O.) theatre
recently took occasion to express his dis
approval of one of the actresses by hiss
ing, although the rest Of the audience
applauded. Shortly afterward he repeated
the sound, whereupon he was arrested on
a charge of disorderly conduct. When
brought into court he stOutlg defended
himself, and claimed that, having paid his
money ne had as much right to hiss as the
other spectators had TO applaud, The
Judge took the same ground and dis
charged the prisoner.
A marine who was dangerously wound
ed by splinter of a shell at Tel-el-Kebir |
was left on the battle field for dead. He |
was subsequently attended to by the Army /