Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-19
GENERAL NOTES.

Most OF the Treasury girls at Washing
ton are said to have their salaries mort
gagged three months ahead.
Five thousand dollars will be spent in
fireworks at tire celebration of the open
ing of the Brooklyn bridge.
NewfOundland's seal season will be the
| best for many years. Already 100000 of
/ the animals, valued at $l,j0O,00O, have
/ been taken.
AT a recent sale in Leipzig, George
WashingtOn's autograph brought $2S -.
Peter the Greats $27 -, Mary Queen of
Scots, $50 -, and Marie AntOinette's
$115 -.
A wealthy citizen of Milwaukee, who
offered to build $4,000 art museum for.
the benefit of the city. has withdraw his
pledge, owing TO a lack of interest on the
part Of the people.
Some $50 pilgrims will set out from
London to visit the shrine Of Our Lady of
Lourdes next Monday. The avowed OBJ
iect of the expedition is said to be that
England may be cleared from the troubles
which now threaten her with regard to
Ireland.
Siberia now ranks only barely below
the United States and Australia as a gold
producing country. The best Russian
authorities think its mines will yield
nearly or quite $25,OO0,O 600 worth of the
metal this year, and the output is steadily
increasing.
Statistics collected in Prussia show
that about two persons in every 1000
stammer. This would make 100000
stammerers in the world. but as stam-
mering among North American Indians
was unknown in Catlin's time, ii is prob
81 Of af1v faft~
only.
4 Decatur justice lately performed
marriage ceremony for which he received
twenty-five cents, all the money the groom
possessed. The bride, however, agreed to
make up the deficiency as soon as her
first baby is born, her father having
promised to give her $50 in honor of that
event.
Vine culture ceases at various points of
attitudes in various countries. In Wur-
temberg at 1000 to 1,500 feet; in Switzer-
land and the Tyrol it reaches LOO, owing
TO heat-attracting, narrow valleys: on the
southern slope of the Alps 1000 feet: in
Sicily 1900 feet: in TeneTiffe 5000 feet; on
the Himalayas 10000 feet.
Telegraphs in China are soon to receive
an important extension. \ line is to be
built from Canton to Shanghai. When
this line is complete the southern port will
then be in direct connection with Tient-
sim Lead ore has been discovered in
QuantOng, where Canton is situated, and
it is proposed to work mines of this metal
Both these movements are Of Chinese
origin.
Some twenty-five years ago lady, now
living in Salem, y. c., then a little girl,
fell into a thorn bush and stuck thorn
in one leg. near the knee. A physician,
in extricating the thorn, broke it of, leav-
ing about a half inch of the sharp point
remaining, being unable to find it. The
wound healed, and nothing more was
thought of the piece OF thorn that re-
manned, as il gave no inconvenience. The
other night, however, the lady discovered
a blush looking pimple on one Of her
ankles, which soon became painful. She
applied a pOultice to the place, and, on
removing il next day, was astOnished to
find the piece of thorn.
Professor Paige returned to Omaha re-
Gently from long visit TO the bad lands
Of Dakota, bringing with him the bones
Of lizard eighty feet long. While there
he conceived the idea that another glacial
epoch is approaching which will entirely
depopulate the earth unless another ark
and says he is able to demonstrate that
there have been siXty-eight of these
epOchs. He expects the next one TO occur
in a little more than 1000 years from this
date. As soon as James Gordon Bennett
returns he will ask him to provide him
with an outfit TO explore the Southern
coast Of Africa in search of other data in
regard to the glacial epOchs.
DR.. JonO Barbosa Rodrigues, who, while
botanizlng in the valley of the Amazon
some years ago, discovered a prehistoric
Amazonic idol, has been informed from
Para Of the finding of a similar idol about
twelve miles from the locality of his own
fnd.- He considers that both are relics of
a very advanced civilization which had
its seat along the Amazon before Column
bus, and that explorations in certain parts |
would probably richly reward the search |
ers. But he says that Brazilian arch9o- /
lOgy has had two enemies; the general in |
difference 10 it, and the pious zeal of the |
missionaries, which led them to burn up /
all the wooden idols they found, and 1
smash or throw into the rivers those OF
clay.