Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-31

arid land half dozen years ago Il now occu-
pied By thriving farm settlements FopuAa-
fi0n e6rtinues 70 TOW TITO rhe Southern conn
ties ed bv the genial climate as well As
bT the more solid argument OF prontADle re-
turns for money and labor invested
\ CHINESE pamphlet against Europeans has
been published in Hong Kong. Il asserts that
the Europeans are not human beings at all,
but wild animals descended from monkeys.
They worship neither the heavens nor the
earth. They do not honor their parents nor
ancestors. They come into China pretending
70 preach a religion which they do lot prac-
tice themselves. and f0rcibly introduce vice
and crime into that country.
KIDD, an attache Of the japanese Legation
at Berlin, recently embarked at Marseilles
for Yokohama. To make sure that il he died
at sea his BODY would not be consigned 70 the
deep. he took with him beautiful coffin and
everything necessary for embalmment. All
his papers. and his VIII in such an event. are
to remain IN a box which has been placed IN
the hands OF the CAPTAIN OF the steamer SInQn-
Gen. kaWeggl. the japanese Project Of Police,
who was II Paris four years ago, took SIM
liar prccautiOn and died at sea
JEAS PAUL RICHTERs daughter died
lately. aeed -. st Munich German journals
recall the eircums' auce that r chter selected
as godm0ther f5r his daughter the Duchess
Annette Of SAKE WeiDar. and for gOdfathers
the philosopher Herler, and jew broker,
who ALWAYS supplied hun on credit with any
thing he needed. Richter's regard for this
most accommodating Hebrew was 50 great
that he wished his child 70 be named Emman-
uela. Neither the royal Duchess nor the Of
ficiating clergyman offered any objection 10
the Jews holding the infant al the Daptlsmal
/ font.
CHANDA SINGH. 8 blind student at an India
college, cannot re2d or write, but possesses
such q strong memory as to be able to repeat
| all his text books-English, Persian OF Urdu
/ by rote. and TO WORK out sums IN arithmetic
/ " it'll remarkable rapidly Inc unusual IN
/ tcnsity Of his mental powers L shown oy MS
ability TO multiply any number OF figures Dy
another equally large. Memory, a. Is wen
/ known. Is wonderfully developed IN Orlentals,
/ owing to the system Of education which has
| obtained among them; but cases ike Chanda
| Singh are very rare, even N the East
ABATHKR can lie on the surface Of the water
| Of the Great salt Lake with little exertiOn;
/ or By passing a towel under his knees and
| holding the two ends he can remain in any
/ depth Of water kneeling, with the mead anu
| shoulders out Of the water; or, by shifting II
/ under the s0les Of the feet, he can SIT on the
| water. The one exertiOn, in fact. Is 10 keep
/ ones balance; none whatever Is required %
! keen ah0at The only danger, therefore,
/ arises from choking by accidentally swallow
/ ing some OF the water. for the st GIN Of the
/ brine is 50 intense that the muscles Of the
/ throat are CONFUSED, and straDguiallOn en-
/ sues.
! a LETTER purpOrting to give a description
I by an e-witness Of the execution Of Mary
! Queen Of Scots, viii be published at the end
/ OF the present year. 1t has been found in a
/ manuscript book among the papers Of Lord
| EliOck. tue Judge, who died IN I193. Inc
/ book Is all written in one hand, apparently IN
I the first half Of the eighteenth century. anu
/ the account Of the execution Is copy q a lei
/ ter sent by special desire. Lord EhOcE s
/ fatler managed the affairs Of the Duke OF
/ Perth and OF other families devoted 70 the
! Stuart cause, ana II IS conJectured Jnat tue
| document is a copy OF letter written Dg Z.
/ member Of one Of these families.
\ MOST CURIOUS PAPER is the official Chi
| nese paper. called King Pan, which claims 10
| have been started as early as 9l1. and to have
| appeared at irregular intervals till 1851, when
/ IL came out regularly every week. Al the
| commencement Of the present century IL De
| came a daily" at the price Of kehs-a6out
I'd. BY q decree Of the Emperor, snort
time back. il was ordered that three editions
were to be printed every day-the nrst or
morning edition. on yellow paper, Is devoted
/ to commercial intelligence: the second or
afternoon edition contains Official anu general
news: ana the third. on red paper, Is q sum
mary Of the two earlier editions, with the al .
/ diti0n Of political and social articles. me
| editorial duties are performed by SIX mem
| bers Of the Scientific Academy, VINO are dp-
| pointed by government. The circulation Is
| about l4,O00 daily.
EVERY NOW AND THEN facts come to light,
/ saws the Pail Man Gazette, which seem 10 con-
dict strangely with the theories Of the doctors.
For instance. at Howdon, dirty, desOlate
village on Tyneside. hey was born who, az
the time Of his birth. had four grandparents
and five great grandparents alive, each OF
whom was IN active work. earning his or her
own livelihood. Yet the village where these
hale and hearty grandslres ana grdnualnes
live and flourish is one Of the most unsanltary
in England. open sewers run down the cen
ire Of some Of the streets. Until few wears
d HHf. ono = a ~
wei. Onlyone solitary scavenger Is employed
on half time for cleansing, repairing ana
maintaining all the streets. Houses have been
condemned wholesale as unfit for human hab-
itation, TO the intense disgust Of the people.
Yet. Notwithstanding all these adverse condl-
tions. these families live and thrive vigorously.