Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

GERMAN papers state that whole trains Of
EN- grants from Siiesia and POsen are passing
through Berlin. intending tO-make their way,
via Hamburg and Bremen, 70 Texas and Cali
fornla.
4 SPANISH dagger, in a fine state Of preser-
walton, was discovered recently in digging the
foundations for q bridge across the Scheldt,
al Client 1t had PROBABLY belonged to one Of
the victims Of the catastrophe IN 1911, when
the old bridge existing on the spot fell IN.
THE German Postal Gazette contains the
intelligence that post Office is about to be
erected on Mount Sinai, the BedOuins Of the
ne ghbOThOOd having agreed to let the mail
carrier pass through their territories IN
molested on condition Of being paid hand
some tribute.
Az opera company organized in London
about a year ago to make a tour Of India,
. Australia and Java stranded recently in the
latter place, and the prima donna, Nine.
Duche. Is now acting as ehambermald IN one
1f the hotels there. while the tenor, NJ. Ire
blanc. has entered the service Of cattle
raiser. The remainder Of the company Is
occupying various positions IN the same
sphere Of life.
APAINFUL episode Of disappointed love has
Just occurred in Paris. Some watermen found
tile bodies OF a young man and woman, tied
together, floating in the Seine. 1t was EVIL
IDENTIFY case Of double suicide, and, from in
formation afterwards acquired, IL appears
that the hapiess couple, who belonged to a
respectable class Of society, had been thwart-
ed in their desires Of union by the father Of
the girl, who had other views for his daugh-
ter.
AMONG the pictures in the Meissonier eXhi-
bition in Paris is his Napoleon l." which
John Ruskin once owned. On one occasion he
exhibited it to his oxford class. telling them
that he had been guilty Of the incredible folly
.Fr sfvs.r fara ftr mot
lO0t square. Two or three years afterwards
he sent 1t TO Christic's, in London, for sale,
and 10 brought close upon 5000. NJ. Depoer,
a rich Partisan, Il the present owner OF the
picture.
THE substitution Of iron sleepers on rail-
WAYS for the old fashioned wooden ones is, &C
cording to paper read before the Iron and
steel Institute in London by Mr.. Jeans,
merely a question Of time. The life Of wooden
seepers is uncertain, but may be taken as
fifteen years. while iron sleepers will last. al
though at the outset more expensive, more
than double the time. On the Bristol ana TX
eter Railway metal sleepers are still In use
which were aid down thirty-one years ago.
Under certain circumstances the use Of
wooden sleepers leads 10 a spreading Of the
distance between the rails, and so to a risk OF
accident. With metal this difficulty IS obvl-
ated. Moreover, the permanent way Is IN
other respects benefited 10y the substitution Of
iron for wood. In Germany the value of the
reform is admitted, and some thousands OF
miles OF railway are laid down with metal
sleepers, representing weight OF some NIL
lions Of tons.
THE wife OF Senator Harrison, OF Indiana,
has decorated eighteen China dinner plates in
a novel manner, which was wholly her own
idea. on each she has painted bird Of diff
ferent species and on the border OF the plate
a verse in old English text Of poetry written
by one OF the best authors about that paftcu-
lar kind Of bird This not OILY has the merit
ssTaH Harsa tics fha inf M
admiration Of those who see the plates, but
has the further advantage, as every verse IS
one " hich has been little quoted, Of suggest
ing topics of conversation at dinner party
when the plates are used. which is always an
inestimable boon on such occasions. Mrs.
Harrison SAYS she was surprised to find how
much good poetry had been written ABOUT
birds which alluded 10 or described 30 many
different species. She says she found verses
enough TO serve for another dozen plates en-
tirely different from those she has finished.
INTELLECTUALLY counts more in the scale
Of wOmanhood in America than il does in
England, says Mr.. HattOn in Irying's book
upon his impressions Of the United States. at
is easier for a clever woman to excite the
| admiration of her sex in America than in
| England. A woman who adorns and lifts the
feminine intellect into notice In America
eXcites the admiration rather than the
| jealousy Of her sisters. American women
seem to make a higher claim upon the respect
and attention Of men than belongs to the
ambitious English women, and when one OF
| them rises to distinction they all 90 up with
her. They share in her fame. They do not
| try to dispOssess her Of the lofty place upon
which she stands. There is a sort Of trades
uniOnism among the women of America in
this respect. They hold together in a ring
against the sO-called lords of creation, and
the men are content to accept what appears
to be a happy form Of petticoat government"
II ZULULASD, apparently, it does not seem
necessary to employ men to set the majesty OF
Britain at defiance; few women will do.
We read that Mr.. Osborn, the British resident,
having attempted to collect taxes, was set
upon by a number of women armed with
sticks, and found it convenient to perform the
strategical operation with which British Off
GERS are BY this time so familiar: that Of beat
ing a hasty retreat. But the advocates Of the
rights Of women in Southeast Africa were not
satisfied with this easy victory over the repre-
sentative of England The late Cetewayo, as
every body knows, was an extensively married
pOtentate Now CetewayO's wives, or such OF
them as have not been slaughtered By Usi-
bepu. show themselves singularly unconscious
of the numerous favOrs heaped upon their de-
ceased husband by England. With true femi-
nine want Of logic, they imagine that the gov
eminent is responsible for the untimely fate
Of the King. Impelled by this sentiment
some twenty Of the ladies entered Mr.. Os-
born's house not long ago, and displayed such
evident hostile intentions that the official
thought it prudent 10 retire very rapidly from
the presence Of the enraged AmaZOns. In fact
if a horse had not been conveniently at hand
the consequences might have been exceed
iunlv serious