Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE first tapestry panel entirely worked by
Englishmen was recently finished at the Royal
Tapestry Works. Windsor, and was bought
by Queen Victoria. ltis in old Arras style,
and represents Balmoral Castle.
AT THE late payment of the Mile Laos In
dians one chief drew his annuity for the whole
family and returned to his quarters. Pres
emily he returned to the agent with the infOr-
nation that he had just had an increase of
family. and the papOOse was duly entered on
the roll and the annuity paid.
THE Mexico City Improvement Company,
organized more than year ago for the pur-
pose of acquiring lands in the City of Mexico
and improving them by the erection of hotels
and dwelling houses, may now be expected to
commence active operations. The company
have secured $3.50 acres Of building lots, upon
which the Mexican government promises an
exemption from taxes for ten years.
AT the first international congress, to be
held next week at Vienna, ornithologists are
to discuss the project Of an international law
for the protection of birds; the descent of the
domestic fowl and the steps to be taken in
general for the improvement of poultry
breeding. and suggestions for the establish
ment of network of stations for OrnithOlOgi-
cal observations over the habitable globe.
THREE students OF the Harvard Medical
School who last week passed their examina-
tions are not happy. One wrote an excellent
set Of papers, the other two copied them word
for word, and the examiner ranked them at
% per cent. He remarked, however, that as
the three papers were identical this gave the
three but about 30 per cent. each. and as 80
per cent. is required for diploma all three
were plucked
THE Cleveland Ohio Herald is enraptured
by a remarkably generous New Yorker visit
ing that city, who, the other day, threw $50
in silver change for newsboys and bootblacks
o.,,l,1 for xrvau hna
myself, boys" it quotes him as saying, 'tand
know what a hard time you have to get along
l was bootblack in New York when l was a
boy, and got my first start while handling the
brush. Now am rich, and like to help the
poor boys along"
Is the Casino Of Nice new gambling estab-
lishment has been set up with a new game.
The concession has been given by the Prefect
to a lady. The new game is called "Mas-
cotte." At first the chances of the bank were
fixed at l213 per cent; the game soon became
popular and the concern fiOurishng. But the
lady banker, having much, was DESTROYS of
more. Mascotte is now played with posi-
bility of combinations almost equalng those
OF roulette, and the gains Of the bank have adj
vanced from L to 80 per cent.
MR.. GLADSTONE recently gave an illustra-
ton OF the methods Of faggot vote manufac-
turing in Scotland. He said: Il have IN nv
possession photograph of hereditament
of single structure, not very imposing in it.
self, occupied by single person, and con-
ferring one occupation franchise, but held by
forty live owners, every one of whom stands
upon the register in virtue of his forthwith
part of this building, which only qualities
single occupation voter" The building it is
said. is at Parsons Green in Midlothian.
II the old days no woman was allowed to
desecrate the monastery at San Augustin,
Mexico, by so much as putting her foot within
its walls, A noble lady of Spain, wife of the
reigning yiceroy, was bent on visiting it.
Nothing could stop her, and in she came. But
she found only empty clolsters, for each vir-
tuOus monk locked himself securely in his
cell, and afterward every stone in the floor
which her sacrilegious feet had touched was
carefully replaced by new ones fresh from the
mountain top before the pollution of her pres
ence was considered removed. But times are
sadly changed, and the house has been turned
into common hOstelry.
A PROMINENT family at Des Moines. Ia,
is the pOssessor Of one Of the ''curiosities Of
literature" 1t is life of George Washing
ton published in 1874. 1t is written by the
former rector Of Mount Vernon parish, and