Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-08

kindly svmDathy. auarrels with the Health
Department, is fierce and peremptory
with undertakers, and grabbed with peO-
pie whose sad task it is to consult nm III
his business. ssrhe holder of such post
as this should be possessed OF heipiul
courtesy" remarks the clergyman VINO
makes the charges.
Mt. VEsUVIUs is threatening the town
of Tore del Greco, which was once before
submerged by lava from this natural fur
mace. That occurred in June, 1894, when
a stream of molten matter, thought TO con-
tain As 900, 900 cubic feet, swept over the
town and poured into the sea in mass
1.204 feet wide and Is feet high. The loss
of life was by the thousand. Since the
town was rebuilt it has been favorite
resort from Naples, of which it is a sub
urb.
THE SUPREME COURT of Wisconsin de-
cides that condition printed on tele-
graph blank ''that no claim for damages
shall be valid unless presented in writing
within twenty days from sending the mes
sage is reasonable and valid. A delay
in receiving the message, though oc-
casoned by a mistake of the company,
would not modify the condition or extend
the time if a reasonable time was lett,
after knowledge of the mistake, to present
the claim.
A PARTY of California hunters camped
in ravine one night, and, as usual, put
a pot of beans on to cook. While sitting
around the fire telling yarns and weep
ing smoke tears, an immense bear joined
the circle, whipped the cover OFF the pot,
and without so much as by your leave,
thrust his paw into the seething supper.
Roaring with pain and astonlshment, ne
as quickly drew it out again, overturned
the pot with one vigorous blow, ana
throwing the hot beans into the young
mems faces. numbered off growing into
the darkness.
DIR. PRIMEhas found an odd monument
| in northern New York. A good man had
lived happily with an excellent wife until
they were well on in years, when she died.
| He bethOught him of some fitting memo
rial to place over her grave, and the happy
thought struck him that the square stove,
by which they had been comfortable
through many long winters, would be just
what she would like to have if she had
voice in the matter. He had the stove
taken to the churchyard and placed over
the remains Of his companion, who sleeps
| quietly underneath it..
THE simplest post office in the world is
in Magellan Straits, and has been estab-
lished there for many years. 1t consists
of a small cask, which is chained to the
rocks of the extreme cape in the straits,
opposite Terra del FuegO. Each passing
! ship sends a boat to open the cask and
take letters out and place others in 1t.
The post office is self-acting, therefore; it
is under the protection of all the nay1es
of all nations, and up to the present time
there is not single case to report in
which any abuse of the privileges it af-
fOrds has taken place,
AT RIO DE JANEIRO the custom house
officials have seized and contiscated as
dynamite a large shipment of petrolatum.
or petroleum jelly, recently consigned to
the agent of the Pennsylvania Oil Com
panv at that place. The agent was COM
PEELED to pay a heavy fine, although he
protested that the goods were not eXplO-
siVe. He appealed to the Custom House
Inspector. and offered to prove that the
article was purely medicinal prepare
ton but the inspector declined to return
the goods. The agent has been instructed
to appeal to the Emperor for redress.
HERE are some ouriOsities of current
suicides: Magruder killed himself in
Maryland because of grief for his first
wife. though he had taken a second and
entirely worthy one. Marks drowned
himself in a Kansas millpOnd, the dam for
WHICH he udu luhL DNllLs bS bAC Ndttl
proved insufficient to turn the wheel.
Jennie Roberts, Of PennsylvaI ia, flung
herself into stream after being refused
parental permission to 90 to ball. Pick
etts, a member of the Texas bar, had no
desire to live when he had lost a case and
been berated by the client. Mrs. Jones, OF
Maryland, took laudanum because she
could not take money from her husbands
cash drawer. Atkinson, of California,
oil Ixr cfai-pH his lifn his horse and
forfeited on the conclusion OF the race.
PRINCE LUCIEN BoNAPARTE enjoys
pension of 1850 per annum from the Brit
ish Government for his distinguished ser
vices to literature. Prince Lucien is one
of the most distinguished philologlsts.
Defending the grant, Mr.. Gladstone said
in the House of Commons recently that
among the labors oil the Prince, was the
printing of the Gospel of st. Matthew in
twenty-nine different languages, for the
accuracy of every one of which he was
personally responsible; the printing of
the song of the Three Children" in
eleven dialects of the Basque language;
the printing of the parable Of the Sewer
in seVenty-tWO European languages and
dialects. Prince Lucien has passed the
greater part OF his lite in England and has
contributed greatly to current knowledge
of the formation of its language. Mr..
Gladstone's remarks were received with
cheers.
THE ORGANIZATION of the Chinese
army has undergone radical changes dur
ing ten years, The old army of eight
"banners" has almost entirely disap-
peared. Ii Kung Tchang, Governor of
TchiH. organized an army of 10000 men,
whom he equipped with breech-lOaders
and field guns; and Tso Toung Fang,
Governor of kansu, similarly armed 49,
600. This led to general reformation of
troops throughout the Empire. There are
now three well-disciplined armies or co.
600 men each, one in the vicinity of Pekin,
one on the Observation-Disclosures frontier
and the third on the western highlands
leading to Turkestan. Besides these there
is fourth army of 100000 distributed in
the principal ports along the sea coast.
They have about POO krupp siege and
naval guns, while in several important
places powder mills and shell factories
have been erected.