Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06

tcNc IN universal peace. he went on 10 re-
mark that "he found every nation in Europe
vas armi1g, and most sensible people-not
hose carried away by warlike or party poll
,ics-must feel that there was coming over the
world some terrible war"
Ice on the Kenuebec river is now eight
inches thick. The heavy SHOWS which have
fallen have been seraped of the surface of the
e fields, AID much planning was found to be
necessary because OF sawdH-t that accumu
ated from The saw mills above. The gather
ng OF the crop Will not begin before ten or
Twelve inches are formed. which promises 10
be very soon, as the weather on tn kennebec
Is very cold.
A RESIDENT of the " abash valley frave'ing
in California was astonished Nhen he ii 81 saw
corn thriving in the dry and seemingly barren
soil OF Los Angeles county; but the farmer
explained that beneath the e corn fields is he
suuterranean outlet of some stream, and that
they are watered from below. by digging
down ten or twelve feet almost snyW here
over the he you will find the river, which re-
ap. ears on the surface again in two different
beds some miles further down. and then again
sinks beneath the surface.
NJ. AxEL LAMN OF Stockholm, has sent to
the Academy of Science note relating to
copper ana cholera, in which he SAYS that in
1883 small disks of copper were worn over the
pit of the stomach, but with doubtful advat
tage. Cholera has ragged several times al
) ockholm, but has never Travelled SO far as
Faiun, where the copper ores are smeted.
He, however. evidently thinks that it Is the
5Iphurous vapOrs, which sometimes are dis
charged IN nI0lerable quantities. that gives
TO Falun Its immunity from cholera.
1T is reported that Immediately broad
gauge railroad will be built from Bluff
Springs, in Escambia county, Fla, to the
SizemOre river in Alabama, and that this road
will speedily be extended SO as to cut the
lead ng timber streams of Monroe, Wilcox.
Clarke. MarengO and other counties ada ent.
IL Is To be timber road from Bluff rings,
hearing north AMI west into the best
portion of the State of Alabama.
ID. +. Sullivan, OF Pensacola, is the protector.
THE portable oil mill which has just been
invented will end the disputes between the
planters and the milIers in the South. IN
81 cad of growing about the cost of transpOrta-
ton, the planter will ere long express his own
cotton seed oil, and have this meal and hulls
right on his land in the best possible condition
for fertiiizine. and there will be inei sased
production of the oil, which has come 10 be
accepted as invaluable in cooking. A pOrta-
Bile mil that has been tested took the seed as
il came from the gin and extracted 45ls gal
Ions OF oil from 1000 pounds OF seed.
GROUSE SHOOTING has come to an end in
Scotland. The outlook at the opening Of the
season was most unpromising, and in Perth
shire, the most prolific grouse county in the
the con eLts of the general bag
brace. In spite of this, owing 10 the absence
of all disease on the mOOrs and the continuous
steady shooting. the contribution of Scotland
to the English markets has been quite as large
as IN any former year. The annual rental OF
the grouse mOors last year amounted to $780,
600 (Si,750,O00l, ant these are calculated to
yield 100000 Drsce of birds.
THE census returns of India show an ag-
gregate of over 1900 professional acrobats in
the northwest provinces of Oudh. There are
!, 100 actors, 5000 ballad singers I46 curers BY
incantations, SO gamblers, OF snake charmers,
so mai chmakers, 4 poets. 10000 singers and
dancers, 4 story tellers. thieves mot Including
some professionals whose ancestors ~ ere prob
ably among the Catilinarian retinues. Three
CLASSES OF persons are worth a separate M
merlcll quotation. There are over $50 200
cultiYaiors of the soil. The landholiers num-
Der nearly 10000. The number Of money
lenders is nearly 10000
MARYLAND's marriage laws have been 90
poorly framed by the State Legislature, that,
if, put to the test in court, hardly any OF them
would be found legally binding. Persons
even as the law directs are married
Or not rs long as they choose to consider them
selves 70; not even mutual consent 10 necgs-
5iry for its dissolution. Boys and girls Oh
Twelve can marry, without the con ent of their
parent, and the law recognizes the ties
legal and binding; while relationship need not
w bOiotuIAtNA VA lltbul tAOullkdDlc ~ bbuClG 70
y, edlock. OF course, there are legislative en-
actments covering all these points, and pro-
vidl"g penalties; but the disregard of certain
provisions IN the law results in nudity.
FRENCH doctors almost invariably prescribe
red wine rather than white, and Llebig bears
them cut, as the following passage, found
among his writings proves: The white wines
are hurtfui to the nervous system, causing
trembli"g, confusion of language, aud con-
missions. The stronger wines, such as cham
pagne, rise quickly to the head, but their ef-
fects are only of short duration. Sherry
and strong cider are. more quickly intOXica-
ting than the generality OF wines, and they
have peculiar influence on the gastric juices
of the stomach The intoXicatiOu of heer is
heavy and dUl', but its use does not hinder the
drihker from gaining flesh The drinkers OF
whisky and brandy are going TO certain death.
Red wine Is the least hurlfui, and. in some
cases really beneficial"
"SARAH BARNUN,"," the much. discussed
book Of Mile. ColOmbier, is reviewed by New
York paper. Nile. Marie ,lOmhier begins
with Sarah Bernhardt in the cradle; and after
having dragged her through the mire, ends
with sort Of sol djSdnt prophecy, here Nile.
Sarah Bernhardt ends her career in an dcceS Of
t,saaens. The lock was burst Speu
and the poor Barnum found lying at the foot
of her ed with her head covered with blood.
A half empty hottie Of absinthe stood near
the bed, which was in disorder. The physi-
clans who had been summoned examined the
wound, and thus explained the srene. sarah,
in 4 complete tate of intOXicatiOn. had fal en-
frOiu her bed, amt during the fall her head
struck the corner of the table dc NUT and open
Cd her skull" After this fashion this monu-
ment OF fury and hatred is brought to an end.
IN recent debate in the Hungarian Diet on
legalizng marriages between Christians and
Jews, Baron Rosner, lay professor of the
can0nical law, showed that marriages be-
tween Christians and Jews were not con-
1a IF fba absrrsa n i'm frsoI
tions Of Hungary, for In the thirteenth CEN
fury unions between Christians and Ishmael-
ties and between Christians and Jews were
valid in Hungary. The speaker pointed out
that in the early centuries the church had no
aversion to marriages with nom Christians.
and that the greatest Christian eaints had
pagan husbands, and that their children were
afterward saints in their turn. Archbishop
Samessa of Eriau Numbered against the in
tended secularization of marriage. "Civil
he exclaimed, comes from the
Socialists (nOne remarked the obvious
anachrOnism) who want to destroy the
family-the basis of society," The question
was not decided.
TREATING or Mexieo's anti nickel war, a cor
OF the New Orleans Times Dem0crdt
says: "F0r "a foreigner to learn the names
aud value of Mexican coins is almost equal
to becoming familiar with the nomenclature
of tho streets, and this latter is feat worthy
to be ranked with the acquisition of the Chi
nese language. Imagine having to cucumber
YOUR memory with the following denOmina-
tiOns and their inHumerable combinations: a
dIo-centavo, or half cent; a centavO, or
cent; q tlacO. or IL cents; a Quartilla, or
cents; medic, or 81 cents; a real, or 1919
cents; peseta, or Is cents; a medic peso, or
so cents; a peso, or dollar, etc. The main OBJ
jecliOn seems to be that the Introduction of
the new currency was made awkwardly, and.
many say, unfairly. Instead of allowing the
people to become gradually accustomed to the
new CONS, and establishing them upon as firm
Hot ho hf,lr
has been flooded with nickel; in the course Of
a few months it has rained down about $4,000,
900 worth OF this base metal, which has been
made the object Of such Ubiquitous specula-
ton that its value has deprecated TO almost
nothing"
SUCH alarming tales have been told of the
beverage made from raisins and sold the
juice of the ape, that il is cOnsolatory to
learn that the WINE made from the raisins is
by no means injurious to health. The writer
of an article entitled "What to Drink" IN the
RepH6ligue Fran 1jse, states that most of the
houses which make this wine get their fruit
direct from the Greclan Archipelago or Asia
Minor in bags OF about 1870 pounds weight.
The frnit is placed in large wooden tubs,
holding about 800 gallons, together with water
heated by steam pipes. The fermentation
commences almost as rapidly as with fresh
fruit, and lasts from eight TO ten days. 1t is
then pumped ont into watts. At this stage of
OF the process il is of light color like MOselle,
and good deal Of it is sent into the French
departments Of the Meurthe and the VOsges,
where, after having simply been filtered, it is
sold Is the wine OF the country. At the next
stage of manufacture IL is passed through q