Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-15
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or all countries Germany is the one where
suicide Is most frequent; and in Germany,
again, Saxony takes the lead, though the
people are considered remarkable for good
spirits.
AFTER careful inquiry, the Moravians OF
Bethlehem. Pa, have decided that the Es-
quimaux Of Alaska present greater obstacles
70 conversion than any other people on earth,
and therefore have sent missionaries to them.
1T is no joke that the Mayor Of Brainerd,
Mimi, has issued an order prohibiting Mother
Hubbard costumes in the street. The girls
wore them scant and thin, he says, and as
guardian of public morals, he felt bound to
interfere.
RENT was not paid by the widow who lived
in a small matched cottage at Shrewsbury,
Ensland, and the landlady locked her in, fas-
tened the windows on the outside, ana set nre
to the intiammabe roof. The prisoner
screams brought help barely in time, and the
house was destroyed.
THE newly found Hebrew MSS. Of several
books OF the Old Testament have been care
fully examined and deciphered by DIR. Har-
kavv. OF St. Petersburg, who declares them
genuine. He was at FIRST inclined to be skep-
teal as to their genuineness, having the frauds
Of the Shapiro manuscripts in mind.
AN interesting archaeological discovery has
been made in France. at Tulette, in the De-
partment of the Drome. small bronze she
wolf, which had evidently formed part or q
Roman military ensign, was found IN gravel
pit. Her head is turned as II to look at the
Roman twins, who are, however, missing.
THE Russian government has sought, thus
far in vain, to bring about the general use Of
coal in that country instead of wood, in order
to save the forests. As though no such thing
as a good stove or heater was known, prize
has been offered for the best apparatus Tor
utilizing coal in government ohces.
THE old question of a speedler means fotii'
ciaI killing than the blade or the moose is again
being discussed in England. The Lancet not
only thinks that decapitatlon does not cause
instant death, and that hanging If torturlngly
slow. but that neither prussic acid nor cleo
tricity would be quick enough in fatal effect.
WARNER WILSON deliberately got drunk
when about to die, at Vernon, Mich, because
he had observed, throughout his religious ex-
perience, that intoxicarlon always aroused
him to especial fervOr. His acquaintance
saw that he was sincere in this, as he was
deeply impressed with the solemnity of the
occasion.
SHAW. a Colorado surveyor, reports that he
and his party of surveyors have found almost
a solid mountain Of alum over mile square,
some oLthe cliffs of which rise to an elevation
OF 200 feet above the bed OF the eliza river.
Most of the alum is in an impure state, tasting
very strongly of sulphurie acid. some OF the
cliffs show immense quantities OF almost pure
marketable alum.
A FEW YEARS AGO what is now the great
onion tract of Chester, in Orange county, \.
Y, was a worthless piece of land. To-day 1t
would bring readily $1,000 an acre. Last sea-
son on these meadows l20, coo bushels of onions
were grown, which were sold for more than
sl25,000. This seasons crop will be even
larger There are no other equally large
onion tracts in the country.
A DUTCHMAN lately bought kitchen stove
in Paris at an enormous price. When the
stove had to be fixed, after long journey to
Rotterdam. the manufacturer who was en-
trusted with that task declared the stove 70
he one that had been made in his own factory.
The Dutchman. nothing daunted, pointed 70
the French trade mark. but was undecelved
when. after removing the little iron mask,
the metal trade mark of the Dutch manufac-
turer appeared.
NJ. PAsTKUR sucks up the liquid containing
the microbes of rabies through glass tube
to in0culate the unfortunate animals who