Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

No WOMAN without male escort ventures
ont after dark in Naples or Rome, such has
been the increased license given to crime OF
late.
NINE-TENTHS Of European counterfeiters
are from Italy. They are more skillful in
making and passing false money than crimi-
mails of any other nationality, their artistic
perceptions quite predomlnatlng over love OF
hard work.
LADIES of religious tendencies are at pres
ent engaged in reading tracts to the Partisan
washerwomen. They go daily TO the Seine,
and relieve the mOnOtOnOus noise OF the
humping of the linen by the muTmur of their
well-tone tvolces.
FEGGEKLIT, on the island of Mors, Den
mark, the reputed birthplace of Hamlet, is
for sale by private treaty. On the hillside
that forms part of the estate will be found the
grave of King Fegge, who was the Identical
person slain by the young Prince to avenge
the ''mOst foul murder" of his father.
There will be displayed in the New Orleans
Exposition a silk map Of the state of Missis-
sippi, wrought by hand. A large map Of the
state of Louisiana. also in silk, the ladies of
the several parishes have worked, each
square" representing a parish. The colOrs
used have been selected with taste, and each
parish will have motto or a device charac-
terisJic of the locality represented.
ACCORDING to the latest reports indigo pros
poets in Lower Bengal are not so favorable.
The season is late, the plants generally are
small, and the insect blight has done much
damage. The reports fiom Behar are still
less favorable. As regards the general crop
prospects in India. rain is still urgently
wanted in many parts of the Northwest Prov
inces, and although some has fallen in the
Punjab more would be welcome. Prospects
are doubtful in the RajpOotana; while IN Mar
war the prolonged long drought is causing
anxiety.
STATISTICS show that the tendency to sui
eide is much greater among regular gamblers
from losses than among business men. The
sharp strain of the gaming table, short though
it NAV be, spoils the nerves and weakens for
titude more than the strain of business. Ca
YOUR. one of the most serene of men, was
within an ace on one great gambling night
of throwing half his fortune away rather
than call a card, and only called 1t, as he re-
lates himself, because drop of preparation
rose on his opponents forehead.
A NEW HAVEN, CONN, justice recently in
We ted a novel method of determining the
guilt or innocence of a prisoner. 1t seems
that a seamstress was arraigned before HIM
charged with having stolen three gold coins
from her employer. She blamed the theft on
her baby In order to find out the truth of
her story, the baby, which was eleven months
old, was brought into the court room and the
three coins were placed on a table near its
mothers chair. Inc DaDy looked at the coins
for a moment, and then clutched them with a
miser's eagerness, refusing TO give them up.
The seamstress was allowed to go free.
THE prevalent toy of the girl at the summer
resorts is a scent bottle. 1t is an inch thick,
and from to 10 inches long. The material is
glass. deliberately cut, and sometimes trimmed
with gold or silver. 1t gives its possessor
TO do with her hands, and in that
way serves the purpose Of cane or crush
hat in the grip Of a dandy. She carries Il
with her at the dinner table, IN the SURF Dath
and in the ball room. She hirts with 1t as
with fan; she shifts daintily at its unscreW-