Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
RIACHUELo is the name Of q steel arnor-
clad turret ship that has recently been built
by Mcssrs. samuda Brothers, England, for the
Brazilian Government.
international exhibition Of gold and silver
smiths work is to be held in Nurcmburg from
June to September, 1855. All exhibitions viii
receive metals from the town authorities. and
other medals Of gold and silver VIII be awarded
for merit by Ia international jury.
The bullion assays at the United states As
say ONCE at Charlotte, y. C.. for the month
of February amounted TO Sl0,2l3 %. This is a
considerable increase on the previous month.
At this rate it is expected that the gold ont
put OF that section viii run up to Sl25,OOo dur
ing the current year.
THERE is a knitting department in the Nor
nal school at Hampton, Va, where negroes
and Indians are educated and trained to in
dustrial pursuits. The equipment Of this de-
partment consists Of twenty-five hand ma
chimes, and the institution has produced as
many a. $1,000 dozen mittens and wristlets IN
one year.
4 NEWSPAPER observer in the SOudan de-
clares that every effort yet made TO repress
the slave trade has only Increased the hard
ships Of the victims, and that a withdrawal
Of Interference, even If unaccOmpanIed by
OLHef measures. NONll DC Il nulldht dtl 4lC
finds reason to hope, however, that recent
events may give a real death blow to the
trade.
THROUGH the destruction Of her trees and
forests during the last quarter Of century
malaria las spread to an alarming extent in
Italy. Only 6 out Of the 60 provinces are com
plctely free from it. Fully 10 per cent. Of the
army suffer yearly from fever, resulting in an
expense to the government Of more than
S20O0,000. To provide against this has now
become a matter Of vital Importance to the
country. and steps have been taken to try. on
q large scale, what has proved so successful a
febrifuge at MISUNDERSTANDING the euca-
lYptus.
The war game lkriegs spiel, which is play
ell on q large board with corresponding
figures has been most industriously played in
Germany during the last few months by the
officers Of the War Academy and the general
stan. The commanders give the general
idea, and choose from among the corps OF Off
GERS those who are TO lead the opposing
armies. These officers choose others, and
make their dispositions as If in actual war
Prince William, now commander OF battal-
ion Of the First Guard Regiment at POtsdam,
is an enthusiastic player Of the war game,
and never fails to appear on the evenings APP
pointed.
THE latest Partisan fashion, or folly, is mon
keys. The Marquise d'AOust has one which
rivals, in the attention it receives from the
leaders Of singh life" the pug dog the Coun-
tess d'Argv. and both have been much more
talked Of than French fortunes in TOnquin
The monkey is magnilicentlY attired in scar
let velvet. embroidered with gold; the pug ap-
pears indispensable at all the receptions Of
the Countess. From receiving to visiting is
but a step, and II is anticipated that apes will
be ObligatO companions in morning calls; not
for old maids, as in the English tradition, but
for gay wives and charming widows, who
make Partisan society.
,,a,,or ,.,1o fos fIof A1t,o,5 ~, ono
occasion finding herself near Como, and learn
ing that Pasta had villa on the lake, pro-
ceeded 10 pay her a visit. dreadful looking
old slatternly bag came to the door, recall
ing in her appearance the compagnOnne in
''Ruy Bias" who conducted the visitor to a
parlOr and said the SignOra would presently
be there. In q few moments she made her
appearance, and AlbOni was startled to rec0g
niZe in her the old slattern she had seen, now
somewhat 'fXed up" Reading her visitors
self Can this be Pasta?' Well, the fact is,
have a horror Of mercenaries, and prefer to
wait upon myself. Still. there are hours when
the old fire lights up in me, and then 1 aban-
don while garden and homework" She
had opened the piano, her fingers began to
wander over the keys, and a moment later a
delicious air from 'Tancredi" filled the COM
mon little room, and as she sang youth seemed
to come back to the old woman.
"AMONG the numerous applications for pen
sions,7 says the Boston journal, sis one sent
the other day by an eX-soldier, who has dis
covered an entirely new ground for relief
He stated that he had no wounds and was
not disabled by disease, but while fighting in
the Union ranks at the battle of Antietam he
lost his coat, vest and one suspender. The
other suspender,' he wrote, was my only stay
and support. Imagine my dismay when a
bullet came along, and slightly scOrching my
skin as it passed, cut that last precious sus-
mn rtfars oil in frrn | n IA
presence Of many thousands Of men. My
emotions cannot be described. You. Mr.. Com
missioner, can imagine them. l am certainly
entitled TO pension for the wounds given to
my feelings on that occasion. Possibly YOU
may not decide that a large pension should
be given me, but, at least, ought 20 have
enough TO keep me in strong, reliable suspen-
ders all my life"
THE oldest town in Texas, and, it is be-
lieved, in the United States is Ysleta, situated
on the Rio Grande, and near FL PasO, the
chief town in the county of that name. 1t has
population of 200 souls. The place is one
of peculiar interest, alike from its age, its
people, its architecture, its agriculture, and
its general products. 1t is n well established
historical fact that c Spanish military eX-
plOrer, names COrandO, visited the town in
1910, and found II then popular and prosper
GUS civilized Indian community. lie was i'm
mediately followed by the Franciscan Frars,
who erected church and established schools.
Ysleta is believed to have been a considerable
centre OF population centuries before the visit
of COrandO. IL is not a little curious, con-
sidering the advance of civilization from
Europe, that the same race Of people exists in
the town to-day that existed $50 years ago,
and that they are engaged in the same agri-
cultural and mechanical pursuits as their
forefathers at that period and for ages pre-
ceding.
THOSE who think there is perfect liberty in
France in the matter OF names should read the
domestic history of Nine. Minck. This emf
nent Socialist lady had son, and, anxious to
accustom the boy to the contemplation Of pure
and ennobling ideas, she determined to give
him name whose mere utterance might
arouse great thoughts. Lucifer Blanqui Yer
cingetOrlX was the appellatiOn she chose. But
there came a difficulty. A clerk at the regis
try Office refused to register the names which
Nine. Mnck wished to give to her first born.
Achilles he knew, and Hippolytus, to say
nothing Of Brutus and Cassus. and the names
OF all the saints in the calendar, but Lucifer
and the rest he cOarsely said were fancy
names and would not be received. SO Nine.
MInck could not register her son, and was
duly fined Discouraged apparently by his
reception in the world, Master Lucifer Blan-
qui VercingetoriX Minck died. But second
child has been vouchsafed to the bereaved
parents, and him the mother would like to
call Spartacus Blanqui Revolution, these
names being held to ''typify the condensation
of human progress