Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-26

poor substitute for wa'r-, lor i'ssa the
capsicum it contains irritates the lining
of the stomach and produces dangerous
Inflammation.
THE AustrO-Hungarian bill for work
mems insurance against sickness
renders insurance obligatory on all man
ual labOrers, at cost OF l y TO per cent.
of the wages. Employers also pay some
thing.
TRE MILITARY telegraph lines have
been sold at San Antonio. Seven hundred
and thirty-fve miles Of line was sold,
realizing a total amount of 81, IA 80. The
Erie Telegraph Company was the princl-
pal purchaser.
THE Wilmington n. c. Reriele comes
to the front with the prize spider. 1t says:
"A spider has been found in Bladen coun-
tv half as large as an ordinary teacup and
strong enough TO draw chicken week
old into its den.'
4 NUMBER of citizens of Oxford, Miss,
have engaged in the business of buying
and shipping cattle. The cattle are
shipped to Arkansas, Texas and Missouri.
The business seems very profitable, and
should encourage stock raising.
Rev. THOMAS j. NORRIS, pastor of the
Nazareth Primitive Baptist Church, in
Tuscaloosa county, Ala, a short time
ago went to his church in Frustrated
and feeble condition, and presided over
conference meeting lying in bed. which
had been provided for the occasion.
WILLIAM WHITE, of Louisville, has
bull terrier dog that has been in the habit
of catching hold of car wheels while in
motion, and revolving with the wheel,
and seemed to enjoy the sport. He did
this so often that all his teeth were pulled
out. and at last his jaw-bone was broken.
The poor dog is now helpless.
GREAT EXCITEMENT prevails in Rus
sci. Ark, over the discovery of gold
mine a few miles west of that place,
which assays $40 % in silver and S11 03
in gold per ton. Ii is thought the ore eX-
tends all along the divide between Red
and White rivers. 1t crops out at Saledo,
Greenbrier, and near Buck Horn.
THE SINK of the Carson river is a great
place for pelicans, which are caught by
the sage-brushers for their feathers and
skins. Lines some 800 feet in length,
strung with hooks and baited with min
nows, are stretched between buoys on
the lake, and the pelicans there catch
themselves. The carcasses are fed to
hogs.
A MICHIGAN cyclone swept through
streak of timber, gathered up several
cords of wood, carried it six miles across
a prairie, and deposited it on the premises
of poor widow who was too poor to buy
a stick and unable to carry it from the
timber. There were at least ten cords
deposited within easy reach of her home.
Clever cyclone.
THE MOVEMENT has certainly been
moving in Great Britain. There are now
in England and Wales between 100000
and 400. 600 women who possess the fran
chise-that is to say, one woman to every
seven men. More than 100000 women
possess, as hOusehOlders. the municipal
franchise. The number of women land
owners in England and Wales is 1896.
ACURIoUs CASE of sensitive skin has
been observed in a female patient at one
of the Berlin hospitals. 1t was found
that if a name was written upon it with
nail or a blunt piece Of wood the flesh
rose at once over the marked track to the
height of several millimetres, showing
the writing very plainly. After awhile it
vanished. so many persons have thus
written their names on her body that she
is called the autograph woman.
ACCORDING to the reports of the New
York fire insurance companies, received
by Superintendent Mccall for the six
months ending June so. a remarkable
excess of expenditures over income is
shown. and this, too, in an excessive
manner among the largest of the compa-
MES. This is certainly a matter of con-
sideraiion, although it is explained at the
department that it indicates nothing seri-
ously detrimental to the business ability
of the companies.
WAGES in Germany are rapidly advanc
Ing. Thus the Krup coal mines in West
phalia employ at present 1856 labOrers,
whose actual wages per month are 1892
marks, or about $155 year per head. A
statistician has calculated the wages paid
in 80 Westphalia mining establishments,
and finds from the companies books that
in 1873 a total of 13, 500 hands received, in
actual wages. 1I.S60,000 marks, while in
1882 the same works employed 1876
hands. who received is, 100000 marks.
The annual wages thus increased from
about $2O4 per head to $227. Compared
with the wages as reported by the Ameri-
can census of 1880, the above numbers
are quite high, especially if it be true that
rents. food and clothing in Germany are
much cheaper than in this country.