Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ABOUT IO.O5O Jewish immigrants land at
our ports yearly, and they have been coming
at that rate for ten years.
IT'S SAID that the largest grape vine in
/ California Is at Ventura, and is 40 inches in
the trunk, though only 25 years old.
ONLY oNE-sEvESTH of the inhabitants Of
| the 10000 COO square miles over which Britain's
I nag fl oats in triumph are Christians.
1 TIE cooperative store system has been in
! operation in England for nearly quarter Of
a century. The "army and navy" stores
alone now do a business Of 100000 an
/ nually.
JOHN BROXEN. of Germantown. o., is dig
/ glng for seven barrels Of gold which a gypsy
I fortune-teller assured him-as another assur-
\ ed his father 80 years ago-ls buried on his
I farm.
THE first instance Of the cremation Of a
| priest in Italy occurred the other day in
Milan. The Rev. Don Giovanni Sartorio had
left instructions By his VIII that his body
shOuld be burned. As soon as this became
known the eleven priests who had been re-
tanned 10 perform the funeral service return
ell their fees. and the priests remains were
committed 10 the flames unaccOmpanied by
any Christian rite.
To THE list Of novel inventions from the
land Of wooden nutmegs must now be added
paper cigars, large quantities Of which have
been imported into the Australian colonies.
4 correspondent describes these as being such
an exact imitation Of the natural leaf Of the
nicotian herb, AID 10 be 50 well Favored that
Il takes a magnifying glass TO detect the de-
ception. He adds. too, that they burn wei,
and hold their white ash firmly.
The Paris newspapers announce the demo
Iition Of the old Cafe de Ia RotOnde. one Of the
most celebrated Of the resorts for ParIsian
Ioungers. Il was in the Palais Royal, and in
the DAYS Of the Old revolution. Dant0n showed
his head there every evening until be was
called upou 70 take IL 70 the scafOld. Robe
SPHERE often went there to admire the beauty
OF Nine. Cuisinier, the wife Of the proprietor.
who was renowned for her fair looks, and
even the young B0naparte was one Of its hab-
itues.
Elk. CARPENTER has on the common in
Lexington. Mass, boulder weighing 20 tons.
on which he is having engraved a iint-lOek
gun and powder horn and the words Of Capt.
Parker: ''Stand your ground. Don't fire
unless fred upon: out II they mean 10 have
war. let il begin here" He Is also getting out
= stone cannon. mounted on wheels, which
viii bear the following inscription: ION this
spot Earl Percy, with reinfOrcements,
planted field piece to cover the British re-
treat
TEE simple making and selling OF mems
clothing is the greatest local industry in New
York city. Il employs nearly double as many
II
takinr into account the workmen who manu-
farture ana finish the cloth. Inside the city
limits about SO establishments are devoted TO
the business. with an aggregate capital Of
nearly 81. OcO. 900, employing 5000 operatives
and paving out $500 600 year IN wages.
Coats and trousers made in New l ork are
wern BY wOrkingmen in every state ana Ter
ritOry in the Union.
A RECENT observer says that Denver Is not
prosperous. The mining industry is not at
aood tide. Comparatively few mining camps
are booming. The day Of speculative mining
i gone also. A hole in the ground can no
IoTlrar l,a centralized for $4,000, GOO and East
ern gudgeons found TO invest in the stock.
There are mines in Colorado producing. ana
abundantly The yield Of LeadvIlle last year
was greater than that Of any other ioeaIlty IN
the state. Some of its mines VIII continue to
yield rich ore for years to come. but hard pan
has been reached. and only legitimate mining
viii pay.
4 NEw FORM OF paving has been in use in
Berlin since last year, which seems 10 offer
some advantages over wood. Layers Of bricks
After a short period they lose any air and
water that they may contain, and absorb
from Is TO 20 per cent. Of the bitumlnous mat
ter, becoming remarkably elastic, and capa-
bic Of resisting pressure and damp. The
traffic in the Berlin main thOrOughfares is of
a heavy character, AMI II has been found that
the new paving lasts much longer than any of
the other systems, added TO which It offers
sure foOthold to horses Occasionally II Is
found that after three months wear some of
the bricks crumble into dust, but this is be-
lieved to arise from faulty impregnation
with asphalt, and not from any real defect in
| the system.