Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-06
GENERAL NOTES.

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eggs that have been buried for years, that
their flavor may, like wine, be improved.
A similar custom prevails at Manila,
where ducks eggs are brOOded until the
Young is formed. and then are boiled and
sold in special stalls, as are oysters here.
The Bishop of Exeter has issued a spe-
cial appeal to his clergy, urging them to
pay greater attention to the religious edu-
cation of the young. The present time he
req ards as especially critical, and says he
is sure that the character and position of
the Church for generations to come will
depend upon what they now do for reli-
giOn.
The bicycle convention in New York
has called attention to the fact that tail
Ors favor the re-intrCductiOn of knee
breeches. Its bound to come" said one
tailor, Il tell you the lOng-legged trOuser
business has hal its day." they will bag
at the knees, he says. and not one man in
ten has foot on which trousers VIII fall
and bend gracefully.
y correspondent of the Ell Paso Times
describes the discovery of silver near
Prescott. \. T., and states that the pay
streak in this new lode is from two to
three feet in width, and nearly solid sill
yer. for miles in extent, and that assays
have been made that run all the way from
5000 to $4,000 per ton, and surrounded
by all the appliances for successful
mining.
The New York Sun saws that on the
opening of the New York and Brooklyn
bridge the ''green flag of Erin" floated
proudly from the window of the SUMS
SdRctum SdRctOrun. To be critical, the
national flag of Erin is not green, but
blue, as it appears in the royal standard
of the United Kingdom. The green was
adopted by the rebels of '9S. The blue and
orange were mingled to make the green.
The English receipts on account of
revenue from the LIST of April, 1888, to
May II, 1888, were go, 70S, GS7, against
f9, ,942 in the corresponding period of
the preceding financial year. The net
expenditure was ell, 400, S97, against ELL
l22,6S1 to the same date in the previous
year. The Treasury balances on May II
amounted to E5,6lS,042, and at the same
date in 1882 to f4,3C0,662.
busting is perfect mania in Germany;
room is busted twOOr three times day,
even where no particle of dust can be
seen, and the German housewife prides
herself on her eXactness, or accuracy"
as they call it here, in all her household
duties. Every hOusemaid is provided
with a collection of little brushes-lOng,
short, round, fiat, etc.-that she may,
every day, brush out every crack and
crevice in the furniture.
This years anniversary of the London
Sunday School Union was the eighteth in
the history of that body. The number of
schools now in connection with the union
is j,2S6, with total membership of |, 1S2,-
1879 scholars and 123, 599 teachers. This
represents a gain of All schools, 5,059
teachers, and 6j,507 scholars. The atten-
dance at the morning Sunday schools has
fractiOnally declined.
Every one who has watched the rain
clouds in Florida on summer day must
have been struck by the fact that they do
some other region, and scuTry across the
sky. and over the earth, accompanied by
devastating winds, but on the contrary
they gather i'm the clear sky with little
movement except an expansion on every
side, and pour out their rain, and disap-
pear as they came, in the dark blue sky.
Lime juice is the expressed juice of the
fruit of citrus limettd, a member of the
orange tribe (Aurdntidceg). The tree is
a thOrny, bushy evergreen, with hand
some dark foliage of exquisite fragrance.
The flowers are white, resembling orange
blossoms. and their perfume Is equally de-
liciOus. The tree flOurishes best in light
sandy soil near the sea, and comes into
full bearing i'm about seven years after the
seed is set. 1t grows wild in nearly all
tropical countries.
Astoria, the Oregon town founded by
the Astor family and which Washington
Irving celebrated in book, is situated on
the south bank of the Columbia river, and
its mouth, and is growing at the present
time probably faster than any other place
i'm the Northwest, excepting Portland.
Residents of Seattle may possibly take eX-
ceptiOn to this statement, but neither
place has any reason to complain. This
growth is due in part to the con-
centratiOn Of the salmOn-packing bust |
ness at this point. There are
now twenty-fOnr salmon canning
within the limits of the |
city of AstOria-an increase of five since |
last season. These canneries employ near
ly 5000 white men and Cinnamon, INCLUDE /
ing the fishermen. Besides this, Astoria is |
the business centre of some fourteen other |
situated on the Columbia river, |
near here. The value of the canned sal !
mon of last years catch was about So, O00,- |
900. Another great cause OF AstOria's |
rapid growth is the increased capacity of |
the saw mills i'm this vicinity and conse- /
quent increase of the logging business. |
There is now total of some 10000 feet /
Of lumber cut per day at three saw mills
in Astoria.