Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-02

"a eon,narad with under 5000 in webster
mo statisticlsns connected with the project
have calculated that the work will contain
nearly 200, 900 entries; and that the quotations
will reach more than million N NUMBER.
THE London Nesss reports that "very low
necked dresses are no longer the fashion IN
England, and that the straps that formerly
were an apology for the total lack Of sleeves
would. if worn by woman IN that country,
at once condemn her as belonging 10 the last
contingent" This settles 1t. NO woman VINO
lays claim to being fashionable WOulu uar I5 70
anything I'M English SleeVeless, uecoieIe
dresses must go.
THE passenger rates on some railroads IN
this country are undoubtedly eXorbitant in
some cases, but the average rate for all the
lines-S2 80 for one hundred miles-ls much
less than the average for similar accOmmoda-
tiOns in Europe, where first elass rare ranges
from 81 "a in Norway and Belgium 10 - IN
Roumania In Great Britain it is So II; III
France, 50 IS: in Germany and SWltZeflanu,
So H. or more; in Italy, So so; in Greece, " -,
and in Turkey, 50 90.
ARTIFICIAL oysters are the latest things IN
receptions. and numbers of manufactured
bvalyesv are said to be passed off on the
Paris public. Hitherto, although the oyster
itself could be well initiated. II had Deen
found impossible to make the substance au-
here to the shell like nature, but an ingenious
parsonage has invented glue Whlch over
comes all ouCI uluGullgs IHt CAdCb bbil4 Po1A
ton of the imitation is not stated, but copper
is prominent ingredient.
81 WAS yesterday asking a well-informed
friend of mine where the slaves Of the Soudan
were TAKEN" says Labouchere, in London
Truth. ''He tells me that few are sent over
the Desert to Trlp0lI and Tunis, but that the
far greater number are taken down TO the
coast, put on board a dhoW which Is lying
ready, and shipped across in the night to Ara
bia. Thence they are conveyed TO all parts OF
the Turkish Empire. The Turks, therefore,
as usual in Eastern Europe, wherever there
is an abuse, are at the bottom oil thls pad pusi-
ness
IT is proposed by a company to sprinkle the
terribly dusty streets of st. Louis by laying
small pipe along the street just inside the
curbstOne, the pipe being buried about three
inches beneath the pavement and having
small perforated nOZZles, at intervals OF about
two feet, so placed that when the water Is
turned on a small mist-like spray VIII be
thrown over the entire street. The water sup
ply is to be obtained from the city mains, and
the only pressure required is that ordinarily
upon the mains. The proposition of the com
pany is TO charge the city cents loot Tor
yearly service.
The Rochester Democrat will eXult over the
following from an English correspondent in
Cannes, which agrees with its theory of sun
pots, sunsets and snow storms: think that
| have just brought the sun-spot question to
the issue OF a great discovery. TINS eNtfaor-
binary il, aston OF cold and the still more SIN
gular appearances of the fore and after sky
glow of the last ten days were concldent with
the disappearance of sun-spots, partial and
progressive before, complete on Wednesday
last. after having been more or less numerous
throughout the summer and autumn, ever
since, in fact, that bitter second week in
March, when they were away for week or
ten days.
An ARCHITECT, writing lately to the Lon
don BujIding Nelos, lays emphasis on the over
stocked state of the profession: "The few
busy months were soon over, and | again left
and for three years was seeking employment,
at the same time doing what / could for
living, perhaps under value. l had my bread
to earn, as my parents thought that, when
paying my premium and maintaining me
through my five years apprenticeship, they
were going a good way toward setting me up
in business; but. to my cost, too late, | found
they were mistaken, and that the market was
already oveTstocked." There is natural
tendency on the part of Pecksniffs to disguise
the adverse prospects of their profession, in
order to get the premiums OF pupils. An
other writer says that the colonies offer no
better field. Here it is fluctuating vocation.