Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-26
GENERAL NOTES.

Inc Naluc Oh Tic NuAlOuH NAbBob VI wv
gia the past year foot up round $780,
100000.
Baltimore claims a population of AGO.
600; 100000 within the city limits and
100000 in the suburbs.
Things have come to such pass IN
Chicago that the Boston Herald expects
to see the burglar able to replevin his kit
of tools and the cOunterfeiter his plate.
The United States is now regarded as
the richest country in the world. Inc
value of its property is estimated at $780,
O00 OO0. 600; England possesses $44, lOO, OOO,-
600 worth of property, and France S5i,-
300 0O0,0O
Josephine Gallmeyer, the German ac-
tress, who is making a starring tour in
this country, is able to write interestingly
about what she sees. She sends two let
tiers week to a Vienna newspaper, ana
gets $50 apiece for them.
The output of anthracite coal mines in
Pennsylvania during 1882 amounted to
%. 800 900 tons. Forty years ago the to-
tai output was 1,00O,00O tons. In 1877 II
had increased to 20OOO,OOO. Millions OF
capital are invested in the industry, and
numerous railroads look to it almost eX-
clusiyely for their revenue.
The Mexican city of Chihuahua is
rapidly becoming AmericaniZed through
its situation on the line of the Mexican
Central Railroad, which has attracted
many citizens from the United States.
| Flour mills. breweries, sugar rehner1es,
street railroads, numerous stores, ana all
the hotels are in the hands of Americans.
Nine members of the present Congress
have died since their electiOn-OCOnnor
of South Carolina, Allen of Missouri,
| Hawk of Illinois. Smith of Alabama, Lowe
| of Alabama, Hill of Georgia, Updegrai1
| of Ohio, Orth of Indiana, and Shackelford
| of North Carolina. HerndOn o. Alabama
! is reported as nearly dead Of consumption
| There are about 600 creameries in the
/ State of Iowa, and the yield of butter IS
estimated at 1OO,OOO,OOO pounds per an
mum, which at % cents per pound, amounts
! to S25. OOO.0 00 The cheese product is val
ued at $2,000,000, making total OF $2',-
| DOC. 900 from that branch Ofindustry alone.
| Iowa has One-thirtieth of all the milch
| cows in the United States.
/ In the Dru0gists' Circular a simple test
is given for ascertaining the presence of
| cotton seed oil in olive oil. An aqueous
solution of acetate of lead is stirred up
/ with the oil and the mixture put aside for
/ twelve hours. If there be present even so
/ a
| seed oil the mixture will have reddish
/ color. This reaction is said to be peculiar
! to cotton seed oil.
! DR.. Siemens, President of the British
| Association, said in a recent lecture on
Waste" The burning of raw coal for
/ domestic purposes is very wasteful. Coal
| should be reduced to gas and coke; gas
can be burned more economically than
| coal, while coke and other sO-called waste
! products resulting from the manufacture
| of gas are of more money value than the
/ coal originally used"
| A song was very badly sung in New
! Orleans concert, and when an undiscrimi-
| mating part of the audience demanded a
/ repetition, young man protested with a
! loud and long hiss. He was elected by a
| policeman by the direction of the mama
| ger. In suit for damages he Will en-
| deavOr to establish his right to express
| disapprObatiOn of a performance, so long
as applause is allowed.
| 1t is stated that the contract for the
completion Of the railway bridge to span
the Forth in Scotland, has been settled
after much competition. The successful
| firms are jointly Sir Thomas Selby Lau-
renee. {. F., London, and William ArrOl
! q Co.. DalmarnOck Iron Works, Glasgow
| Some $1,000 tons of steel Will be used up
| in the work, which is to be completed in
! five years. This is the largest contract
awarded in that country for many years.
The attendance at the German universe
ties has been increasing Oflate years to an
extent which causes alarm IN some quar-
tiers. The number of students has gone
up from 15,113 in the summer of 1872 to
%. S;}4 i'm the summer of 1882. This in
| crease amounts to no less than $40 per
cent. That the demand of modern life for
men Ofaeducation has increased to such an
! extent as this is regarded as more than
! doubtful by many authorities. An official
warning has just been issued against stu
dents taking up the law as a profession, as
its ranks are already hopelessly over
| crowded.
The Revue ScieR6fqUe records some inn
pOrtant experiments which have been
made to show the effects of various cOndi-
tions upon the vitality of seeds. 1t APP
pears that farmers had been in the habit
| of keeping seeds Theoretically sealed, The
| experiments showed that but 45 per cent.
of the peas and per cent. of the beans
! kept in confined air terminated when
| planted. On the other hand, of peas and
| beans exposed freely to the air, 30 per
cent. of the former and 9S per cent of the
latter proved fruitful. The experiments
were made for the benefit of farmers, and
covered a period of about three years.