Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

aries, are the talleSt race on the globe, &C
cording to the report Of the French mission to
Cape Horn, presented to the Academy of Sci
ence, Faris, by DR.. Han. In stock and speech
these tall people appear closely related TO the
Fatagonlans of the Continent.
CARRYING building material around the
globe is uncommon, but that is what Is beng
done with the stone for the Flood mansion in
a Francisco. One Of the papers there re-
Gently noticed the arrival of 'the ship st.
Paul, $50 days from New York, with ISL pack
ages OF cut brown stone for the Flood man
Sion; These stones are all cut, dressed, and
msahG IN the quarry in Connecticut; ana
When landed are placed directly III the struc-
ture as marked by the architect.
The J~OIsALFARER. Norwegian bark, from
Portland, Oregon, has arrived at Falmouth,
IN England, and reports having touched at
the famous Pitcairn Island on July p, where
she was boarded by James Russell McCOy,
the principal inhabitant Of the place. Mccoy
stated tnat there were $50 inhabitants then on
me Island, that they were all well. and wished
their respects to be conveyed to the people OF
England. They were in want Of nothing at
present, but would be glad to receive news
papers.
" the past thirty years the average Of
mans life has improved 5 per cent.-from 40
to 1873 years; and Of wOman's life S per cent,
from 4l.9 to As ,. OF every thousand males
born at the present day a more will attain
the age Of 80 than used to be the case previous
70 1911, ana every thousand persons born since
1870 VIII live 400 wears longer than before.
rms Is due to civilization, and especially to
improved sanitary methods, which IS adding
to the average of human life at the rate Of
nearly ten years in every century.
To produce an artificial sea air for sick
rooms a contemporary suggests the use of a
solution Of peroxide of hydrogen ten volumes
of strength) containing I per cent. of ozonic
ether, iodine to saturation, and $50 per cent.
OF sea salt. The solution placed III a steam
or hand spray difuser can be distributed in
the finest spray in the sick room at the rate
of two fluid ounces in a quarter of an hour.
1t communicates a pleasant sea Odor, and is
probably the best purifier of the air of the
SICK room ever used. 1t IS a powerful diSin-
f~ectant, as well as deodOrIzer, acting briskly
on ozonlzed test solutions and papers.
THE wild mustard in Southern California is
like that spoken of in the New Testament, in
the branches of which the birds of the air may
rest. Coming up out of the earth, so slender
a stem that dozens can find starting point in
an inch, it darts up a slender, straight shoot.
i've. ten, twenty feet, with hundreds of fine
feathery branches, locking and interlOcking
with all the hundreds around it, till it is an
lneXtrlcable network like lace. Then it bursts
into yellow bloom still finer. more feathery
and lace-like. At times it looks like golden
dust. With a clear blue sky behind it, as it is
OFTEN seen, 1t looks like a golden snow storm.
WHETHER an uprooted larch tree is real or
personal property involves a difference of
thousands of pounds to the heir Of entail and
members of the second family of the late Mon
tague Ainslie, owner of the WelI-knOwn
Grizedale alley, between the English lakes
Of COnistOn and Windermere. When Mr..
Ainslie died at the beginning Of February
last, the larch plantations which cover the
greater part of the estate were scenes Of sad
havoc. some 1000 of the full-grown trees
had been more or less uprOOted bV the ire
mendOus gales of December and January. If
the trees are still real estate they go to the
heir Of entail.
TIE New Orleans Picaa me says: ''The
ladies of the Southern Art Union propose add
ing to the social brilliancy of the winters sea-
son by giving q series of grand balls, after the
style of the celebrated society or charity balls
OF New York and Philadelphia. The ladies of
the Art Union are eminently qualified for
such an undertaking, and whatever they nav
do in the way of charity balls is sure to re-
ceivc the sanction and patronage of the best
social circles. The first ball of that series is
to be given early in the season, so as to catch
the charming costumes of the ladies in all
their crisp freshness, and the date. very short
" to be announced, will certainly be early in
December"
THE success Of the Montreal Ice Palace has
led a number of New Norkers to project asim-
liar establishment in their city, and meetings
have been held in furtherance of the plan.
The difficulty has been to secure a suitable
site, but a committee is making inquiries into
the feasibility of utilizing the lawn at Central
Park Tor this purpose. If the Park Commits
siOners assent. arrangements will be made
with several ice companies to furnish blocks
for the building. 1t is proposed to light the
structure with electricity, to provide il with
restaurants and bars, and in fact make a road
house Of it for winter gayeties. The patron
age of sleighers and skaters is reckOned as an
important nightly source of profit.
THE price of Meissonier's wonderful little
picture, "The Vedette,' is stated to be 500, 800.
Fifty years ago MeIssonier's inimitable draw
ings fetched from 81 to IS apiece. In order to
finish them he had to spend half the day in
the "BibliOthedUe Rationale at Paris. stidv-
ing Indian engravings, which afforded sub
jects suited to the taste of the dealer whose
orders the great French artist-then unknown
TO fame-was executing. Meissonier has HIM
self left it on record that his lunch then con-
sisted of q raw apple, and his dinner when
he could afford one of soup. fried potatoes
and a bit Of bread. He could only afford to
claims to have lived on a sum of so francs.
THE London Truth says: Several of the
papers state that the late Duke of Brunswick
langulshed all his life under a hopeless pas
sion for Queen Victoria. This is rubbish. The
Duke entertained q yery strong opinion in
1888 that he was the proper person to marry
the Queen, and he was very wrOth at teing
passed over, as he considered himself to be
superior in rank to Prince Albert. and, more
over, he enjoyed a large fortune, while the
selected Prince possessed nothing whatever.
The Duke manifested his resentment in vari-
Gus ways, and repealed the numerous and
earnest attempts made by the English royal
family to cOnciliate him. as. although the
Queen would never have dreamed of marry
ing him, yet she would naturally have had no
objection to find his fortune bequeathed to
her family"
When it became known that Miss Tyler had
been granted a special dlspensation to be
married in the Cathedral to a Protestant,
says a Richmond, Va, special of last Friday,
which IS contrary to the established rules of
the church, another lady, who is a prominent
and leading member of the church, made an
application for a similar dispensation in favor
of her daughter. who is also to be married to
a gentleman of the Protestant faith. The
Bishop stated to this lady that it was only
done IN exceptional cases. He said that Rome
granted such dispensations in Europe to per-
sons of high position and of royal blood; that
in the present case he considered Miss
Tyler, as being daughter Of a Presi-
dent, entitled to the same privileges
ton were in Europe. The lady, who is enti-
tied to the highest consideration in the Cath
ole Church here, told the Bishop in reply that
this was a renublic- and that his decision was
I'm American. She asked for a direct decls-
ION as to her daughter. The Bishop did not
give a direct refusal at the time, but stated
that, as he was going to Baltimore to attend
the Plenary Council, he would consult the
Archbishop in relation to the matter. Soon
afterwards the lady, receiving no reply, wrote
to the Bishop, asking for a definite answer,
and Friday a letter was received from the
Bishop, in which, after apOlOgizing for delay.
hn nfapDaa hnn that hnr onTvaa could not 10