Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-25

plished Of what we call the highest classes
here in Boston. have seen more grace and
beauty and more 'savoIr' among the LADIES OF
the Rio Grande del NOrte than l have ever
seen in Boston"
J. c. STEWART, chief Of the department at
Ottawa, in a recent paper before the British
Association at Montreal, shows that the sys-
TEN of postal savings banks in Ontario ana
Quebec, where it has been tried, has proved
success, and has not realized any OF Ihe pre-
dictIOns that were made against II. A Al
the limit to deposits is as high as $l,OOO th5se
banks have attracted mainly class o. ue-
Dositors who would not have gone to the char-
tered banks.
THE statistics of tobacco consumption for
1883 in Great Britain show an increase In un-
manufactured tobacco of 100000 pounds over
the previous year, but decrease in cigars of
1000 pounds. To explain this curious fact
any one of three suggestions Is onered-elther
the predOminance OF the "masher" element,
for whose exhausted constitution only the
mild cigarette is suitable. or the depression
which makes cigar smoking too expensive for
many, or else the increasing manufacture OF
s'foreign cigars within the United Kingdom.
Mr.. JACKSON has a villa on the shore of
Lake Huron. He had small boat built after
the model Of a Venetian gondola. The trial
trip was in the evening. There was the music
of a guitar aboard to increase the illusion.
Near by lives Mr.. Schratt, who is somewhat
daft, and when he saw the strange craft and
heard its noise he thought it was dreadful
marine monster, and lost no time In firing at
1t. The bullet seemed to enllVen the party
aboard, but did no serious damage except
Indirectly to Schratt by getting him soundly
whipped by the irate Jackson.
WHILE in England the occurrence of the
Queens birthday passes almost unnOticed by
the general public, and sgnalized only by
few official receptions and military spectacles,
il was, according to the Australian papers,
kept everywhere throughout the colonies in
the Southern Seas as a general holiday and
celebrated with hearty and loyal demonstra-
tOns. Every town in the colonies had Us les
tIvities; cricket matches and boat races, great
picnics, banquets and balls marked the day.
Bicycling has taken a firm hold in Australia,
and several great meetings were held on the
day. Among the contests was match be-
tween bicyclists holding an umbrella.
NEW YORK is sometimes called the City Of
the FOrgotten-sO many once notable people
crawl into corners and are forgotten until
accident or death brings them to light. Old
politicians like Fremont; ancient inventors,
such as Ericsson; Wall street millionaires
like TObey, who have lost their grip; dIylnes
by the dozen who have lost their silver tongue,
and women whose sway n society has ceased
there are scores and scores Of them, laid
away here, the forgotten lumber OF life. II
would be invIdiOus to complete the list. put II
would be an astonishing one ana utterly pa
thetic. They crawl out once in while
among the later generation, and only then
does the world remember that they still live.
1T is a curious fact that the centres of Ger
man colonial policy do not, as might be eX-
pected, lie in the large seaport towns, but in
places such as Frankfort-On-theM Main, Dus-
seldorf and Barmen, each of which is at least
twelve hours by rail from the nearest North
German port. Frankfort, especially, is
centre where for some years past the colonial
ton mania has been very strong. The Deut-
scher KOlonialverein, founded at the end of
1882, numbered 2,4O0 members only twelve
month later, and has now branches IN all
associations, however, have done little else
than draw up pompous programmes ana
make good deal of noise, the only exception
being the Berlin Central Society Qor the
DEVELOPMENT of German interests abrOad),
which is chiefly occupied with commercial
0upstiOns.