Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE agricultural outlook is improving IN
England, the acreage of unoecupied farms
having considerably diminished during the
last three years.
THE Baden Parliament has granted 100000
marks for the celebration of the 5o0th ami
versary Of the foundation OF the University OF
Heidelberg, which falls IN 1886.
TIE hotel-keepers of st. Louis complain be-
cause Mrs. Langtry's bOudOir car affords her
better accommodations and her French cook
gives her more palatable fare than they can
provide.
ST.GEORGE's, Hanover square, is no longer
the ultra fashionable place for London we'd
dings. All those who wish to be among the
leaders in style are now married at West
minister Abbey.
THE German Emperor has given permission
to the trumpeters Of the Seventh CuiTasslers,
the so-called >. Bismarck's Yellow Cuiras
siers." to proceed to London to play at the
Crystal Palace in full uniform. This Is very
exceptional occurrence
AN access to mountains bill" is the title Of
a bill that Mr.. Bryce has recently introduced
in Parliament. Its object is "to establish the
right to the public to enter upon all uncultI-
waited and moor lands in the Highlands for the
purpose of recreation or scientific or artistic
study
PRINCE BISMARCK is no admirer OF elo-
quence. 1T Is with these eloquent gentle
men," he says. las with ladies who have small
feet They wear boots which are much too
tight and always try to show their feet. So
il ANYBODY has the misfortune TO be eloquent
his speeches are too long and too frequent"
THE noted De La Matyr, Greenback con-
gresham and red-hot politician, is now said
to be preaching in Methodist church in st.
Paul He has introduced an orchestra into
the choir, consisting OF two vlollns, bass vol
and three brass pieces. The old fashioned
members have nearly all left the church, but
the house is crowded all the time mostly with
young people.
\ CLOCK at Brussels has been going for
eight months and has not required to be
wound up since it was first set agoing. In
fact. the sun does the winding of this time
piece. \ shaft exposed TO the sun causes an
up-draught of air which sets fan IN motion.
The fan actuates mechanism which raises the
weight OF the clock until 1t reaches the top,
and then puts on a brake on the fan until the
weight has gone down little, when the fan
Is again liberated and proceeds 10 ACT as be-
fore.
THE Paris Court of Cessation has quashed
judgment obtained some time ago by Nine.
Gelyot. the proprietress Of hotel near the
SorbOnue, awarding damages for disturbance
to her trade caused 10y the bowling Of dogs
UNDERGOING VivisectiOn at that institution.
The court holds that the physiological expert
ments in question constitute branch Of in
structiOn given by the State, and that NJ. Paul
Bert against whom the judgment was OBJ
tanned, and other professors of every rank,
accomplish by such experiments public SER
vice.
THE sun Spot Prophet Of the Rochester
Dsrzocraf. reviewing the recent peculiar
weather, says: "The cyclones which occurred
in at least five States on Tuesday, following
the advent of a new and very violent sun
storm, were almost as destructive as those OF
the week before. The great solar storm which
caused the tornadoes Of Tuesday OF last week
now shows the greatest spot which we have
seen during three years. But this immense
spot Is but part Of group Of enormous pro-
portions. No outbreak during the whole maxi
mum period equals this. 1t shows that the
signs OF subsistence of solar storms which we
mentioned some time ago were delusiye. In
deed. the energy Of the solar storms is greater
than il was year ago, as the destruction of