Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-02

AaA@ns
Prince Bismarck's title, a German
newspaper announces, will be Duke Of
Lauenburg.
King Kalakaua's ''aTmy' Is reported 10
number forty-nine soldiers, exclusive Of
bands and attendants.
France makes more and more silk UNI
breIlas every year. The value Of those
sold abroad last year was over six mil
/ lions.
A young lady at Bamberg, Germany,
has been punished with a fine and costs
| for the offense Of playing the piano at
/ night at an open window.
The card players Of a New York club
were a good deal surprised by having
/ former member rush into the card room
I and begin praying for the players. Inc
/ club was cOlOred.
When Michel. Sieur de MOntaigne, was
/ PLAYING with his cat he could never rid
| himself OF the idea that, while he was
| laughing at the cat, the cat might De
I equally amused at him.
/ Minnesota. like older states, is begin
ming to replace wheat growing by dairy
/ flrning. and only p per cent. Of its farm
I lands against IS per cent. in 1873, VIII be
/ given 10 wheat this year.
| Bi-sulphide Of carbon is attracting at
/ tention in England as new motor. In
/ ventors have been experimenting with II
/ for years here, but no one has yet made it
work. easy as it looks in theory.
In san Francisco, owing 10 the spring
| fogs, winter rains, earthquakes and dam
/ ger Of fire. the houses are built, detached
from other buildings, Of the Se4UOiQ. OF
( redwood tree. which burns slowly.
! The courts Of Arkansas have decided
/ that a man who burns his own house can
/ not be punished for arson. The Offense 10
! be criminal. according 10 the state law.
must be committed on the property OF an
| other.
The Chinese have certain festival days
/ and birthdays Of their gods and gOddesses,
/ when large crowds throng the temples,
4 but no congregational worship. >trag-
/ Cling worshipers may he found in the
/ JOSS houses at all hours Of the day.
/ \ remarkable instance Of the ingenuity
! developed by necessity is afforded by a
! convict in a Louisiana prison, who made
/ a saw out Of the buckle on his trousers
! and constructed a key from a splinter d
I wood. with which he unlocked the chain
I that bound him to the floor.
! More than half a million people are en-
ployed in the coal mines Of Great Britain,
/ and last year more than a thousand were
/ killed IN them, the average Of accidents
4 being about three Cor every working day
/ in the year. The annual product is over
10000. 900 tons, or more than twice that
I Of the United states.
4 Connecticut man, jealous Of Mary
/ lands monopoly Of the DELICIOUS canvas
/ hack duck. tried 10 acclimatiZe it TO the
] Cf af rix II L r.1a oil olT
! cry along the banks, he brought multi
/ tHdes OF live ducks to the spot, but it was
/ Of no use. There's the river" he used
TO say: there's the celery a-grOwin Wild,
there's the ducks; but - them. they
won't eat it,
Mr.. Gladstone, accompanied by his
| daughter. presented himself at the Casey
street entrance Of the Royal Courts Of
Justice last month with the intention Of
! hearing Sir Robert PhillimOre take his
farewell Of the bar, but the dOOrkeeper in
attendance, not being familiar with the
features Of the Premier, refused him adj
mission. and even when made acquainted
/ with his name, seemed dubious as to the
advisability Of admitting him.
4 grade Of wheat, known as goose
wheat in Oregon. is sO-called because all
the wheat of that kind grown in the State
came from the craw Of a wild goose. 1t
has a very hard coarse shell. and makes a
peculiar grade Of flour. No wheat like it
| j. known in this country. The people Of
/ Oregon have wondered from whence it
came The wonder is explained. From
samples Of foreign wheat at the Agri-
/ cultural Department the exact duplicate
! Of the goose wheat OF Oregon has been
I found. This wheat comes from a small
1 province in Spain, the only place where
! il has been grown.
/ ColonelT. W. HigginsOn SAYS: when
i remember the utter dismay with which
I certain most estimable ladies in Cam
bridge spoke only four years ago Of the
! probable results of the ''anneX'' TO Har-
/ ward and then see it peacefully advanc-
/ ing toward its proposed hundred thOus-
! and dollar endowment, | feel the value Of
any one who still stands stoutly by the
[ old landmarks. ! cling with satisfaction
I 10 a living witness like DIR. Dix, who still
is willing to put himself on record as a
/ survival of the old prejudices. and is
/ perfectly confident that the demand of
/ women for higher education is based es-
I sentiallv on the atheistic tendencies Of
| the age and has strong leaning toward
/ socialism and all immortality"
! OF the late remarkable historian, Green.
| Truth says: up to the last day Of his
/ life at Mentone he was busy giving the
| most minute directions about his history.
| and his wife. who acted as his Secretary
and amanuensis. is left in a position to
! edit and see it through the press. 1t viii
! probably be published before the close Of
/ the year. Mr.. Green has also left great
many fragments, and he was YOluminOus
| correspondent at times, and to chosen in
/ diYiduals: but. after Carlyle's and WILDE
/ forces remains hope that an extremely
! iudiciOus selectiGn-if selection we are to
| have-will be made. Mr.. Green was a
/ free lance; he had a ready tongue, and
/ welded caustic pen.
! An ingenious clock has just been COM
/ pleted by a poor Jewish matchmaker in
Russia. after two years Of hard labor. At
/ certain hours Of the day it plays the ma
tional anthem and gives a mimic repre-
! sentation Of the coronation ceremony.
/ When the hour arrives two doors fiy open
| disclosing model If the Cathedral of the
I Assumption, at Moscow, where the Cars
/ are crowned. Then the gates Of the Cattle
/ dral swing back, and within appears the
/ Metropolitan Of Moscow, surrounded by
| dignitaries of the church in gorgeous
robes. The Emperor and Empress enter
1 and are sprinkled with hOfy water; there
upon the Emperor takes a golden crown
/ from the Metropolitan and places it on his
/ own head and a second crown upon the
/ head Of the Empress, and the doors of the
/ cathedral close. The maker Of this in
/ genious toy will present it to their Impe-
rial Majesties Immediately after the cOrO-
nation. provided, of course, that the police
are sure it contains no dynamite.
Nothing is more curious in the history
/ Of pocket handkerchiefs than the period
when French women were supposed to be
/ innocent Of the existence of such an ar
/ ticle, is now being tabOOed in polite con-
yersati0n, while it was beyond the daring
! Of an actor or actress to exhibit a hand
/ kerchief on the stage, however fearful the
| dramatic situation might be. Mile.
! DuchenOis was brave enough to break
I the rule by carrying handkerchief in
/ her hand, but when the eXigencies
! of the scene compelled an allusion to
I the obnoxious piece of cambria. she
spoke of it as eight tissue;"
| and years afterWard cries Of indig-
! nation saluted the utterance of the awful
/ word in one Of DeNigne's adaptations of
/ Shakespeare. Josephine, the Empress,
| brought this TO an end. She had bad teeth,
/ and to hide them, adopted the custom of
/ carving a small square handkerchief
/ bordered with costly lace, which she was
/ constantly raising to her lips. The ladies
\ Of the court initiated this, and the hand
/ kerchief was elevated to the important
1 position it has ever since maintained in
| the feminine toilette.