Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-24
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THERE 10 great distress among lhe chinese
laborers in British Columbia.
EIGHTY newspapers have suspended publ
cation in Maine during the last twelve
months.
LA SCALA, the great theatre in Milan, is
now lighted by electricity. Two thousand
Edison lights are used.
ENGLISH cHoP-HOUsEs" are springing up
all over New York. In these places nothing
is sold but chops, steaks, potatoes, beer ana
ale.
THE total income OF the Salvation Army for
1889 is reported at 81, $1,000 The army Is now
publishing sixteen war cries" in various
countries.
THE total number of actions brought in the
High Court of Justice in England last year
was 100. 600. one-third commenced in the dis
trict registries and two-thirds in London.
RIJUTEI a Corean nobleman, has trans
lated the Bible into his native language, and
the American Bible Society has appropriated
funds for publishing and circulating his
version.
THE extensive repairs and reservations at
Versailles are progressing very slowly. 1t is
said that the basin OF Neptune will not be
ready till the end OF 1887, and that. therefore,
the s'grdnde8 edus' will not play till 1888.
1T is now being found out that the terrible
volcanic eruptions which took place recently
in Java were not an unmixed evil, as the
enormous masses Of ashes hurled out OF the
craters are excellent fertilizers, which, win
proper treatment, may make Java bloom
again.
AT recent private ball in New York
new figure was introduced at the close Of the
german. The dancers were harnessed by
silken ribbons in groups Of three abreast-On
one side three ladies driven by man, and on
the other three men driven by lady-and
thus to polka music they danced from one emu
Of the large ball room to the other.
WHAT Gen. Neal Dow recently noticed in
Illinois, Vermont clergyman, who writes to
the Burlington Free Press, saw also in Iowa,
namely, small aad cheap houses and mere
apologies for barns. The farmers are sober
and Industrious. but the wives and sons and
daughters are not " lEclad. and the "homes"
are cheerless. They are rented"
IT Is claimed that $4,000 has been spent at
Tieonderoga, New York, IN arranging for
melting iron by a new process devised by
French inventor. The iron, instead Of being
melted and run of into pigs is heated to what
is called 4 sponge heat, and all impurities are
then extracted, leaving the refined product
so soft that il may be cut with knife. III Is
said that BY this new process saving OF $z4
ton is effected.
THE late NJ. Gambetta's house at Vile
d'Avry, which was visiteS on the first ami
versary Of his death by many admirers, re-
mains empty, dismantled and dreary. The
pavilion where he died has been stripped OF
all its furniture, and the windows are opened
wide on the neglected garden, where the hedge
has been broken down, and the only sound ia
the barking OF two old dogs, formerly belong
ing to the statesman.
1T Is now proposed to consolidate, in a
measure, the Denver Exposition with the
Worlds Fair to be held in New Orleans next
winter. The idea is to secure the cotton and
of NOV Orleans GhnW
for the summer exposition IN Denver, which
begins early in the summer and continues
until early in the fall-a6out three months
The mineral, agricultural and stock eNhlDlts
of that city will thea be removed to New Or
leans, there to remain until the exposition
closes.
ACCORDING to the returns of vital Stats
ties for 1882 recently published, France is
rapidly reaching the condition in which the
births are only just sufficient TO supply the
waste caused bv death. In 1897, as compared
with 1881 there were 10000 more deaths, and
/ 500 fewer marriages. Sixty years ago. under |
the Restoration, France would have doubled
its population in liz years; at the present rate
the doubling would occupy POI years, but Tor |
the steady immigration Of an enormous body |
of foreigners into the country every year
THE smallest savings bank in the world, the
directors Of which are the smallest directors |
in the world, is the Irving Penny Savings |
Bank, Of Brooklyn, established in Public |
school No. 9. 1t has, according to its last an
nual report, Il. accounts ana the total
amount in bank on Decs mber was 1907 80. |
The bank paws ( pc cent. interest on sums |
over IS. Each depositor has tiny bank
book. The officers OF the bank are boys ana |
girls. The accounts OF the bank are AUDITED |
quarterly by the trustees of the school, The I
bank receives l cent deposits.
LAST AUTUMN, among the guests at a shoot
ing lodge IN Scotland, was young and beau
tiful Australian lady, with the additional at
traction of $4,000 a year of her own. She |
moved about good deal with the shooting |
parties. and in doing so had many opportunl- |
ties OF observing a rather good-lOoklng young /
CONDITIONER OF~eryat.OT begat fancy, and /
fancy love. We arc told il there is one thing |
which distinguishes Australians from Amerl-
cans and English it is decision OF character
and promptness of action. So, when she re-
allied her feelings, she at once took quick ac-
ton, proposed, was accepted, and started IN
week for Australia.
MEzzoFANTTs hitherto unique position
among linguists, says the Moscow Gdsette, IS
threatened by a young Russian officer, who at
the age Of 26 years has mastered the French,
German. English, Danish, swedish, italian,
Polish, Finnish. Serbian, Czech, japanese,
Chinese and Malay languages. Besides these
he il acquainted with three different Japan
csc, one South African, ana Two Chinese ula-
lects and is at present occupied with the
studv of Hebrew. NJ. Pakoyltch mas, with
the exception of French, English, and Ger
man, acquired the knowledge OF THESE IAN
guages without any help, after his own meth
cd. MezzOfanti lived till he was %, ana De
fore he died he spoke ffty-eight tongues.
A WONDERFUL BEDsTEAD, made for an East
Indian Prince, is on show in Paris. tits made
partly Of silver. At each corner stands a
beautifully modelled female figure life sizel,
holding a dehcately constructed fan, and
wearing wig OF real hair. This is to be reg
ularly dressed by the court barber once
week. On the great potentate getting to bed
he weight of his body sets certain machinery
nj mntinn. the eject OF which is that the silver