Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-24

placed by ordinary male and female at |
tendantS, This step has been forced upon |
the administration of Public Assistance |
by the Paris Municipal Council, who have
made the continuation of their annual en-
dowment Of seventeen millions OF francs
conditional upon its execution.
''lightning train" is to be introduced
on the LIST Of May on the railroad between
Vienna and Paris. 1t is to be run twice
a week. and will make the distance in p
hours. The train will stop only at a few
of the most important stations. II TINS
experiment proves successful, similar
train will be started TO make the trip
between Paris and COnstantinOple. For
this distance 81 hours are TO be allowed.
NJ. Fallieres, the recent French Premier,
who has just been succeeded by jules
Ferry, owes his success in life largely to
his pleasant manners. He has disarmed
many q foe by honeyed words, and made
either friend of him or a sympathetic
adversary. But underneath caresslng
WAYS there is the astuteness OF the law
yer. and although he is all things TO all
men he takes care to be the dupe OF
nobody.
A German naval officer has obtained
leave of absence for year, in order that
he may proceed to China to instruct the
Chinese officers in the use of the Schwartz
kopf fish torpedo. The Chinese Govern.
ment has just ordered half a dozen tor
pedO boats at Stettin. Their navy now
includes two ironclads, one monitor, TWO
| frigates, twelve speedy cOrYettes, ana
thirty gunboats, besides paddle steamers
and transports.
A closely contested election in England
| costs about $4,000. The recent contest
| 80 D,,+ Q G-O. Mr. IOQf-
| rymple paid at the rate of 93 LIS. 4d. for
| every vote he received, and Mr.. Russell at
| the rate of So. rs. Cd. WigtOwn Burghs
! cost f2.176. Sir John Hays votes cost
| him 81 Us. Cd. each, and Mr.. McMicking's
were obtained for FL los. I'd. per head.
| Belfast's election cost over Ell 900; Wall
! ingford &2,392, or nearly 92fOr every voter
in this agricultural borough.
The Public Prosecutor, Mouravieff, who
played a prominent part, in the Nihilists'
trials of last year, has gone to Germany,
| France and Italy to collect information
| concerning the Nihilist movement. In
! the meantime the cOnspiratOrs at home
| were not idle. On the day of his depart
ure from st. Petersburg a revolutionary
proclamation was placarded in one of the
| bubble gardens. a fashionable afternoon
| resort. 1t enjoined the population to
| keep clear of such places as might be fire.
| quented by the court, so that in case any
thing happened no outsider should be
| hurt.
A physician in Paterson, Nj, has pre-
scented the following bill to the city: $40
breaking up the ravages of diphtheria by
showing it to consist Of few ounces of
foreign matter in the blood which can only
escape through the pores, 1880; to lower
ing the death rate Of the city to the extent
of 53S lives in two years by means of cir
culars, letters, cards and tracts, showing
what fever consists of, $1,000; to stopping
ravages of smallpox by showing that 100
cases of it can be expelled from the blood
by the vigorous action of the pores, pro-
! duced by hot tea, 1900. Total, $4,000"