Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-13

IT Is BELIEVED that the politics Of the
Republic will not fairly get down to run
ming order until after the base ball sea-
son. The American mind j. totally una
be 70 grappIe with more than one great
issue at once.
THAT Minneapolis toast, which claimed
for the city "the seat Of empire Of the
world reminds one that he is not very
far from Duluth. II may be the seat %
empire; but perhaps the empire may de-
cline 70 sit in II.
TIE smallpox hospital Of san Fran
cisco is filed with lepers. The papers Of
that civ advocate the building BY the
Government. on an island 81 lazarett0
where all cases Of IepTCsy throughout the
country might be removed
WITH the exception u a few Years,
Madagascar's rulers since 1928 have been
women. A niece Of the late Queen has
lust succeeded her 70 the throne. making
the fifth Queen since that year, and the
fourth in an unbroken line.
4 CONNECIICUT NAN passed through
Laramie the other day, bound for the
head waters Of the Yellowstone, in Mon
tana. whence he viii start for New Dr.
leans in a skif The distance from the
starting point 70 destination Is over 3,eyV
miles.
A WOMAN WHO died Ia Lebanon. Conn.,.
a few DAYS ago. at the age Of seventy
eight years. had lived with her husband
Tor fftv-eight years on the place where he
was born and spent his childhood. Con-
Decticut still clinzs 10 its title Of the land
Of steady habits.
The newest nicely as TO perjury Is
found in san Francisco. One Perazz0
had been convicted OF the crime, but the
supreme Court reversed the conviction on
the ground that the point that the Otfen-
der was sworn 10 testify 10 was not mate
rial in the proceedings. and therefore his
testimony could not be perjury.
A MAN in Judge Geddes' district, IN
Ohio. was in the habit Of visiting neigh
boring town and getting drunk. One
night on his return home, with several
sheets in the wind. he approached his
house. saw no light, and suspected that
his wife had gone to bed. NOW, Mary
has gone to bed he said, land hasn't
ANYTHING for me to eat. I'll make it warm
for her. But in moment he saw
light and then said: "Ill be blessed II the
eXtrayagant thing isn't sitting up till this
hour Of the night burning out my OIL
Now. darn me if | don't make it not for
her.
4 DEAF and dumb newsman on the
Long Island Railroad, known for years to
residents Of the island, and usually called
by the train hands dummy. had been
suffering from an aching tooth. \ day
or two ago at Jamaica he tied a string
around the tooth. and, just before train
left the station. he tied the other end Of
the string 10 the rear car. When the
train started he ran along behind it until
it had gathered Roadway, when he
dropped on his knees. The train carried
the tooth 10 Long Island City. An eX-
preston Of pain on his face was followed
by one Of delight when he knew the cause
Of his trouble was gone.
EX-GoVERNOR BOOKwALTER. Of Ohio.
who lately returned from a trip around
the world, in recent interview, said:
1T "a remarkable fact that the enduring
races on the globe do not eat meat. The
scotch. the Italians and the HindOOs are
yegetarians. The scotch eat oats. the
Italians eat paste and the HindOOs eat
rice. The latter are forbidden by their
religion 10 eat meat. The japanese are
not meat-eaters, vet | was carried in the
only vehicle they have in Japan, a kind Of
twO-wheeled car or barrow pulled by
men. tor distance OF hundreds Of miles,
over mountains, too, and they sometimes
took me fifty miles a day without a horse"