Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-06

umeS. Taking the smaller number, ana
giving the room twenty shelves and ac-
cOrding TO each volume an inch Of she'll,
the Pail Mall Gazette finds that there
must have been 1000 feet Of wall space,
OF that the room measured so by 40 feet
Ia large room for TyrOlese castle.
The san Francisco Chronicle thus esti-
mates the Pacific timber supply: The
average yearly cut Of timber in Oregon
and Washington for the last thirty-five
years has been in round numbers LOW
900 feet. Let Us assume that for the next
thirt wears il viii be three times as much.
or 216. 000. 600 feet a year. At that rate OF
forest destruction. il would take 40 years
TO exhaust the timber now growing from
the Columbia 10 the Fraser and from the
sea backward 70 the eastern slopes OF the
Cascade mountains. At an average lum-
bel. consumption Of 500. 900. 900 feet a year.
there is forest sufficient 10 last $40 years,
and in that time the timber irst cut
would be reproduced.
THE DEMOLITION Of the old fOrtinca-
tons Of Calais and the filling in OF the
deep fOsses that surround the town Is
going forward actively. the expenditure
involved in the undertaking being esti-
mated at 100000 francs. Ii is believed
that this work. along with the harbOr i'm
prOYements now making at Dover, VIII
result in important changes for the benent
/ Of Calais. which promises 10 become one
/ Of the most notable commercial ports on
/ the northern coast Of France. Ii is also
I likely that Calais will be united with the
{ adjoining manufacturing town OF II.
( Pierre. which would make the new city
I the largest in the department, with a
population Of nearly50,000.
/ The following are the titles Of several
/ books which We're IN circulation in the
/ time Of Cromwell: "A most delectable,
I sweet-perfumed no segay, for Gods saints
/ TO smell att "A pair Of bellows. TO blow
4 OF the dust cast upon John Fry" THE
/ SHUTTERS Of Divine Love-" ''High-heeled
Shoes for Dwarfs in Holiness; "a Shot
aimed at the DEVILS headquarters.
I through the tube Of the Cannon Of the
/ Covenants" "A Reaping Hook well tenn
! pered for the stubborn Ears of the Com
Ing crop. or Biscuits baked in the oven
/ Chickens Of the Church, SparrOws of the
| Spirit and the Sweet Swallows OF saliva
/ tom" seven S0bs of a SOrrOwful soul
for Sin. or seven Penitential Psalms OF
| the Princely Prophet David"
\ DETERMINED warfare on the pet dog
has been inaugurated by the hotel pro-
prietors at Long Branch, the latest re-
cruit in the ranks of the pOOdle's enemies
being Mr.. Hildreth, proprietor Of the West
End Hotel. Within the past few days be
has posted notices throughout his hotel
/ warning his guests with canine pets not
| 10 allow them 10 roam at large, and
I putting such other restrictions on the
! liberty Of poor doggy as Will make his lite
[ in the great hotel a very miserable one,
Mr. Hildreth has not gone as far in his
warfare on the pet dog as some Of his
fellow prOpriet0rs. Mr.. Barry. Of the
Rowland, made up his mind at the be.
| ginning Of the season that ''the dog must
20. and has 50 far stuck resolutely to the
I rule. lie has refused persistently TO rent
rooms to any who wished 10 keep dog in
I the house with them.