Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-18
GENERAL NOTES.

opened In Mississippi.
Rubbing warts night and morning with
a moistened piece Of muriate Of ammonia
is said TO cause their disappearance with
out pain or scar.
The ''FOmarina," the portrait Of Ra-
phaePs mistress, was the picture by him
most visited by the crowd on the four
hundredth anniversary Of his birth.
4 newspaper has been established IN
Moscow called IIs Friend Of Women.
The name is suggestive, for its editor and
managers are all members Of the gentler
sex.
French policemen in Paris are paid re-
wards Of from 81 to s. for making arrests
and capturing offenders, and the Minister
Of Justice has decided 10 increase these by
One-third.
The champagne crop for 1882 has proved
a dead failure. as last fall was too cold
for the grapes to get sweet; but the cham
payne cellars hold 60,000,000 bottles OF
earlier vintage to supply the lack.
An impecuniOus English BarOnet has
found employment as clerk in the Bank Of
England. another in the Oriental Bank,
and a third gains a livelihood in Ireland,
policeman.
Vincenzo RObandi, an Italian soldier. Is
the poet Of single song. He wrote both
the words and music Of La Stella Conf
dente." 4 song which achieved both i'm
mediate and immense popularity, and mas
become the national song of Italy
The new Married WOman's Property
Act in England encourages woman 10
lend money 10 anybody except her hus-
band. ii enables her 10 sue him and 10 be
witness against him. Ii also renders her
liable to maintain both her husband and
her children.
The sword Of Hampden. who was killed
while waving il to cheer his men FOR a
charge against Prince Rupert, has re-
Gently been sold az auction for 800. IL Is
a rapier Of steel, with cross hilt and scroll
guard. and i thirty-eight inches long
from the hand plate,
A. soon as 4 young man and Young
woman are engaged in Norway no matter
in what rank Of life. betrothal rings are
exchanged. The rings are worn ever
afterWard by the men as well as the
women. The consequence l. that one
can always tell = married. or AZ least an
engaged man in Norway.
The French authOreSs Ouida. whose
real name is Louise de la Rance, spends
most Of her time in her villa near Flor
ence. Before her novel Granville de
Nigne' she was an unknown magazine
writer. That novel brought her lame and
popularity. and she now receives 5000
and S1.e0 for q single work.
The chief seaport OF Madagascar, SAYS
Mr.. Cameron, the British Consul at that
port. is ruined By rum. "The inferior and
poisonous rum Of the Mauritius sugar
estates is shipped to Madagascar, where
it is retailed at fOurpence the quart bottle.
To stroll through the native quarter Of
the town is 10 stroll amidst a host Of rum
casks and among an intoxicated pOpula-
ton
\ few society people Of London have
formed Popular Ballad Concert Com
mittee" to make Emusic the universal re-
creation Of those who work, and to bring
within the reach Of all enjOyments which
have hitherto been the exclusive privilege.
of the wealthy" At present they provide
Monday evening ballad and instrumental
concerts in BermOndSey, ShOreditch and
Clerkenwell.
EFrOm statistics preserved at the Office
Of the Troy steamboat line, it appears
that there has been no colder season along
the Hudson than the one just finished
since 1913. This year the river has been
closed 10 days. During the winter Of
1886 it was closed 125 days, and in 1872
IS for 1876 days. The winter Of 1S73-74 was
an exceptionally mild one, 81 days being
the period during which the Hudson was
closed.
The New Zealand Government, in their
anxiety TO secure the complete pacifica-
tion of the MaOris, have promised a free
pardon even to TIE kOOti, the blOOdthirsty
convict who massacred the white popula-
ton Of Poverty Bay in 1868. For nearly
two wears after this outrage he kept the
North Island in a state OF disturbance.
and then made his escape into the King
country, where he has been protected by
TawhiaO ever since.
y Cabinet minister's declaration that
England is still determined Ito do justice
to Ireland" reminds some people of a
little story told Of Lord COckburn. He
had defended a man on capital charge
the verdict was guilty, and the sentence
hanging on a day named. As COckburn
left the court the condemned prisoner
called him TO the edge of the dock and
complained to him, saving, 'Mr. Cock
burn. haven't got Justice NO. said
the advocale. mot yet; you'll get that
next Monday morning"
A wagon frightfully painted in the most
gaudy colors. and intended TO force tardy
debtors to pay their bills, is in use in
Cleveland. on the sides are painted the
words, ''Dead-Beat Wagon" and the vehi-
Gle is halted before a debtors door, there
to remain a month or more, or until the
bill is paid. \ short time ago the driver
stopped the wagon before a large house
while he went in search Of horses lost
shoe. The lady. who always promptly
pays her bills, was so indignant that she
has sued the prOprietOrs Of the wagon for
$4,000 damages.
The Queen wrote with her own hand for
the Court Circular this remarkable trib-
ute to John Brown: ITO Her Majesty the
loss is irreparable, and the death of this
truly faithful and devoted servant has
been a grieyOus shock to the Queen. An
honest, faithful and devoted follower, a
trustworthy, discreet and straightfOr-
ward man, and possessed of strong sense,
he filled a position of great and anxious
responsibility, the duties of which he per-
formed with such constant and unceasing
care as to secure for himself the real
friendship Of the Queen" Victoria has
never before spoken publicly Of her "real
friendship for anybody.
The way in which the prOfaHe term
'printer's deyiP' originated is this: Print
ing used to be called the black art, and
the boys who assisted the pressmen We're
called the imps. According to legend,
AIdus Manutius, a printer of Venice. took
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chant vessel to assist him in his business.
1t soon got wind that Aldus was assisted
by little black imp, and to dispel the
rumor he showed the boy to the assem-
bled crowd. and said: "Be il known to
Venice, that l. Aldus Manutius, printer
to the Holy Church and the DOge, have
this day made public exposure of the
printers DEVIL All who think he is not
flesh and blood may come and pinch him."
The people were satisfied, and no longer
the negro lad.
A pretty young German girl recently
presented herself at a clinic in one Of the
Vienna hospitals for examination, eX-
planning that she had suddenly and unac-
become deaf i'm one ear. One
of the faculty began to question her as to
the circumstances Immediately attending
the appearance of her deafness. After
much hesitation and with many bushes,
the girl at last confessed that when her
lover returned after a long absence he
took her in his arms, and, pressing his
mouth to her ear, conferred upon that
organ a most intense and vigorous kiss.
At that instant she felt a sharp pain, and
had been deaf ever since. The professor
made an examination and found that the
drum of the ear had actually been rup-
tured. and there is no reason to doubt that
the kiss did it.
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