Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-27
hrdrated nhosphate Of alumlna, wlth ,

paniOns through the head while they were
asleep. The camp was aroused and the
lunatic was killed after mortally wound
ing another man.
Lord Norbury was celebrated equally
for his wit and for his severity as crimi-
nal Judge. At one time, as special COM
missioner appointed TO try the culprits in
one of the Irish rebellions, he had in the
course of his sittings convicted great
many. 'YOu are going on swimmlngly
here, my lord" said counsel for the
prisoner. E1es." answered his lordship,
'.seven knots an hour"
China possesses the longest bridge in
the world. 1t is at Lagang, over an arm
of the China Sea, and is five miles long,
built entirely of stone, is seventy feet
! high, with roadway seventy feet wide,
and has 800 arches. The parapet is
balustrade and each Of the pillars, which
| are seYenty-hye feet apart, supports
| pedestal on which is placed lion twenty
| five feet long, made OF one block OF mar
BILE.
The new disease, aphasia, from which
Emerson suffered during the last days Of
his life, and with which Alcott, the Con-
cord sage, is reported as laboring, is the
inability to remember the names of famil-
| lar objects or persons. Thus the aphasia
patient will call for his cane when he
wants his hat, will forget the name of his
| coat. and be utterly unable to recall the
names of the members of his own family,
although he knows each one of them per-
fectly.
Louis Michel, the French petrOleuse,
says that Englishmen treat working Wo-
men far better than the Ere nchmen do.
Women laborers at Lille work fourteen
hours day for franc and half about
| thirty cents. In the south of Italy mat
| tens are far worse. There may be seen
gangs of women, half naked, dragging the
| pillow in place of oxen, and urged on by
| the farmers gOad, whilst for payment
| they receive a few bronze coins and
| handful of lentils. Yet they have no
| slaves in Europe!
The Davy safety lamp is evidently not
| regarded as altogether satisfactory IN
England. and Mr.. Ellis Lever, of BOwdon,
| Cheshire, has promised to hand over to
| the Central Board of the Miners National
| Union the sum of $500. to be paid as re-
! ward to any person, either in or out OF the
| United Kingdom, who shall invent an
! electric or other safety lamp satisfying
! certain conditions. The lamp must be
perfectly portable and incapable under
! any circumstances of causing an eXplo-
sion of gas.
Hang All Duck, a Chinese murderer at
! San Rafael, Cal, anticipated his hanging
1 with the utmost satisfaction. He inn
| plOred the Judges to fix an early day for
the execution, believing that after death
| he would be in purgatOry for period OF
not less than one year nor more than
| twenty, during which period he would be
/ able TO return to the earth and torment
/ L Thfc Hoafrinn OQnGQ6 him IN
| look forward with so much pleasure to his
death that he attempted suicide, and when
| taken TO the scaffOld literally jumped for
joy.
James Carey, the Dublin witness, was
| formerly Town Councillor, and was ar
rested for completely in the Phoenix Park
murders. When the Councillor was
| brought before the Governor of Kilmain-
ham prison he rushed forward and struck
| him with his clinched fist in the face.
] He was with difficulty restrained by the
warders from committing more aggra-
| waited assault, and ultimately he was re-
moved to solitary confinement, from
which he emerged a witness for the gov
eminent against his associates.
a London woman recently set an ex-
! ample to the rest of the world. Her peck
! etbOok was stolen in a crowd, and, in
stead of calling policeman, she called
! cab, drove to the nearest telegraph office,
stopped payment of check for $40,
| which, with some small change was all
! that the purse contained, and drove at
| once to the bank. When she arrived
there she found policeman explaining
to an astOnished looking young man that
| he must wait while, as they expected
| lady. He will wait for three years in
! prison.
| Il have heard of men gently bred and
well educated" says the editor of London
| Truth, ''whO mix in the world with re-
| fined and graceful women, having
| strange liking for the pursuit of hanging
| about stage doors. They tell me that
| they CALAMITY escort ieweled beauties to
| neat brOughams, that they rush forward
! to give their arms to dainty creatures
| clad in Russian sables, that diamond
| rings sparkle in the gaslight, and that the
\ hall doors of Park Lane and Mayfair,
| after a ball in the season, are nothing to
| the stage doors of our fashionable thea
| tres"
Morocco has contracted with the Paris
Mint for coins of various denominations,
representing a total value of about $5,00O,-
600. On one side of the coin will be
| stamped a verse from the Koran, and on
/ the other the date according to the Hegira.
| The Paris Mint frequently accepts con-
| tracts of this sort from abroad, 1t is also
under contract at the present time to sup
! ply 100000 coins of 8 and 10 liptas l
| cent and cents) to the Hellenic govern
| ment within the next three years. There
are - presses in the mint, and they are
said to be capable Of manufacturing $685.
| 900 coins per day.
! With the exception of restraints laid
! upon the Jews, freedom of religion is the
law of the Russian empire. All forms
may exist, and are tolerated, What is
not allowed is that Russian shall give
up connection with the orthodox Catholic
| faith for any other. In the case of mixed
marriages the children must be brought
| up as members of that church. Abandon
| ing the Gr9cO-Russian religion entails
| prosecution by the Holy Synod, depriya-
| ton of children, and the handing over of
| the property of the apOState to managers
appointed by the civil authorities. The
| GOlOS points out how injurious these
seventies are, and advocates full relig-
| iOus freedom after the manner of England
and Germany.
The following is a letter written by
Franz List from Budapest, January %,
in reply to a request that he would play in
Paris for the benefit of inundated Alsace-
Lorraine: ''Mr. Director: SIN my dis
patch of this morning have told you with
regret that | cannot take part in your con-
cert. 1t would be pleasant to play, and |
cannot forget what owe to Paris, where
have passed my earlier days. But sew
enty-twO years of age disable me as a
pianist. For years l have not practlced,
and could not try my ten fingers in pub
lie without suffering a defeat. On this
there is no doubt, and in consequence of
my advanced age l have decided not to
appear as a public concert player in any
country. Receive, ETC., FRANZ LIST"
The apportionment of California into
six Congressional districts, as determined
by the Democrats, makes two Republican
and four Democratic, on the basis of the
Presidential vote in 1880, but on the basis
of the SLOVENIAN tidal wave in 1882 all
would be Democratic. 1t is the general
Impression among we'll informed pOliti-
clans that it will be next to impossible
for the Republicans to wrest California
from the Democrats in 1884, The party is
using its opportunities wisely and the adj
ministratiOn is making new friends daily.
The Republicans are demoralized.
Bread Preparations
IL