Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

MEDICAL journal states that the average
Chinese baby weighs but i've pounds.
HUNDREDS Of young women work for forty
five cents q day making shirts in New York
city.
THERE were $3.50 houses built in London
and the suburbs in 1858, forming 50s new
streets ana one new square, and covering a
distance Of 81 miles.
WILD dogs are terrorizing the country about
Cedarville. Kansas. They are more ferocious
and more difficult 10 kill than wolves. They
have recently killed two large steers, nearly
wiped out three hOcks Of sheep. and eaten
two litters Of pigs.
AMONG the new enterprises in the south
spoken Of are q blast furnace at Roanoke.
Va; wooden factory at Colorado. Tex;
$4,000 wooden goods mill at Durham. \. g;
a $4,000 cotton mill II Shreveport, La; a
wooden mill at Lexington. Va, and $4,000
cotton mil at Rome, Ga.
TEE German hospital in New York, the gift
of the editor Of the Stats Zeit,Hg and his wife,
l. now approaching completion. Itsreading-
rooms and library viii be a distinctive feature
Of the institution. and these are TO be free not
only TO Germans, but TO all who choose TO
avail themselves Of the privilege.
AT Meadowbank. Edinburgh, a block Of
buildings is 50 arranged and divided as 10
qualify forty-fve 'faggot" vOters-none Of
whom reside there. Several are rich men.
living in London. y Liberal. residing near
this block, has had it photographed, and 1t Is
likely to become famous IN electoral annals.
Tx owner Of some house property in Paris,
seeing a fellow on the roof Of one of his houses
lately, inquired from the street what he was
doing. .'Sent by the owner to inspect the
roof" came the ready reply. 50 there was
policeman to receive him when he had finish
ed the inspection, which was by no means the
first he had made, much 70 his own profit.
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increase. Mems lives are prolonged two, and
women's three and one-third years beyond
the limit thirty years ago. The change Is
ascribed to various causes. prominent among
which are the influence Of the Public Health
act. the progress Of the temperance movement
and the diminishing vlrulence Of epldemlcs.
ATTEMPTS were made in Baltimore a few
days ago to put the incandescent electric light
INTO a cake Of artificial made ice and success
fully light it. Several failures were made be-
fore a result was attained satisfactory to the
agent Of the Electric Light Company making
the experiment. The lamp IN which the car
BOMBED bamboo Is lighted was gradually in
closed in the ice as it became frozen around
it. The light burned for some time IN this
novel form OF lamp.
4 BILL has been introduced into the House
Of Commons which is designed to remove
grievance Of which visitors 10 the Highlands
have frequently complained. Its OBJECT is 10
prevent visitors, who 60 IN search Of holiday
recreation to the glens and mountains Of scot
land, being interfered with by glllles and
gamekeepers without reasonable ground be
ing shown. The passage Of the bill Is doubt
ful. but an interesting debate anent 1t is an
ticipated. Mr.. Winans Is likely to be among
its most vehement opponents.
\ WRITER in the Chicago Sanitary Ne,es de-
scribes the Moorish room in Mr.. J. II.
Jowett's house Of that city. Il is very luXu-
ri0us, with its geOmetrical ceiling. broad
0rTer fol
space on one side is filed by a genuine Cairo
lattice window, brought here after a service
Of 200 years IN the picturesque Egyptian city.
The lattlced panels swing outward, ana It's
spindles. circles, and squares are as perfect as
they were two centuries ago. The cedar
wood is dark with age. but still retains its
delicate spicy fragrance.
THERE will be an interesting book sale in
London during the latter part Of this month,
when the library Of the late Mr.. Francis Bed
ford. ths famous bOekblnder, viii be put up
for auction. Among the numerous rarltles
included in the collection Will be found copies
of the ''Breeches' and II nri ghteOus' Bibles.
and of Gyraldi CinthiO's excessively rare
"Heeatommithi." About $500 volumes are
OF the collectors own binding, the finest eX-
ample being the two volumes Of Rogers
Italy which have several times figured at
international exhibitions. The sale Will last
over Eve days.
BRITISH statesmen have yielded to the
l.
The reform bill for 1892 gave the middle classes
a voice in the choice Of members Of the House
Of Commons, which had previously been under
the control Of the aristOcracy: Disraelis bill
in 1861 gave the voting power TO househOlders
who paid poor rates IN the towns, tenants
who pay rental of $50 in the counties and
dodgers paying $50 year rent. GladstOne's
bill makes the elections EQUALIZATION uniform
in the United Kingdom. the borough gualif-
cation Of $50 rental being extended to the
counties and agricultural labOrers and people
in service living in the employers houses are
also admitted. France, Germany, Denmark,
Greece and Switzerland have no restrictions
on voting, except with reference TO age; ROu-
mania requires the voter TO be 25 years old and
able to read and write.
EVEN if the exhibition now being held in
Calcutta results IN no commercial advantage
to India, it will have done one good thing-it
has struck good hard blow against female
seclusiOn and the pUrdH veil system, so rig
idly adhered to throughout that country. or
the 10000 people who daily visit the grounds,
the most noteworthy feature is the female
portion. most Of whom, unaccustOmed to ap-
pearing in public and only after having their
faces studlOusly covered, now suddenly find
themselves in jOstling crowd, surrounded By
sights and scenes 10 them most extraordinary.
In their bewilderment their wells are dis
carded. their features are disclosed land these
are certainly not the most symmetrical or
very attractive either and, with a sort of
and gaze at the show cases very much like a
child suddenly confronted with lot Of new
toys. Many Of them VIII never don their wells