Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

\ WASHINGTON boarding house mlstress
created considerable excitement in one of the
bureaus Of the Treasury Department on Mon
day by publicly cOwhidlng young clerk VINO
had failed to pay his board bill.
CHICAGO hotel keepers say they will not
reap such a rich harvest from the two conven-
tions az many people may suppose. "When
YOU take into consideration said one OF them
the other day, "the carpet spoiled, furniture
broken and chnaware smashed by the dele
gates, we won't have very large balance on
the credit side OF our ledgers."
THOSE enterprisng London publishers,
Smith. Elder 4 Co.. are said to be sadly dis
appointed at the result of their venture in the
Queens book. Out Of an edition of 10000 they
were shrewd enough to pre-engage TO libra
ries and dealers about 5000 copies, but the
rest of the edition is still on their shelves, ana
no need or prospect of printing more. Inc
publishers, not the book were sold.
NEW YoRK's new water supply will cost
from $25 COO 900 to $50, 600, 900. The works will
be located in Westchester county, thirty
miles from the city. A dam $50 feet high will
form reservoir of fifty eight billion gallons
capacity New York city daily consumes
100, 900 600 gallons of water, and when the new
reservoir is completed the capacity Tor storage
viii reach 40O0O0,OOO gallons daily.
BASE BALL making is one of those quiet in
dustries which attract little or no attention
from the busy world, but prove unusually re
munerative to those engaged in them. Last
year over 1000, 900 balls were manufactured
in this country; and as the makers now have
a larger number Of orders than ever before II
is estimated that 100000 base balls will be
knocked into the great nowhere the coming
season.
4 yERITABLE natural curiosity is in the
possession Of a st. Louis editor. It's the head
of a year-Old rattlesnake preserved in
spirits, the lines and tracings on the back of
which formed very well defined picture OF
the head and bust OF woman. The genJle-
man states that he and a party Of friends
were resting under an apple tree in Cleburne,
johnson county, Tex, when they perceived
| the reptile on branch above them, and,
/ knocking it down with whip, killed 1T.
APRoPos of the club gambling scandal in
Paris a correspondent writes: Louis NV.
himself was not free from the vice of cheat
ing. One day he was playing with the Mar
quis de Rohan, his first valet dc chambre. 4
| have got four kings said Louis. The Marquis
| suspected a trick. as he held a king himself,
and the heather Chinee was not yet invented.
/ Il have got five knavcs. capped the Marquis.
| How can that be = 'On the same principle of
| your Majesty, who includes himself. Four
/ knaves in hand and myself make five A
| knaYe is called valet In French"
THE French Economic Investigation Com
mission received on February l6 the testimo
| ny of delegates of the Paris stone masOns.
| They deposed that five years ago there were
| $1,000 stone masOns in Paris Now there are
| only 9,000 of whom, during the last sixteen
| months. not more than 1900 had been en-
| plOved. and those earned only so to 50 centlmes
/ an hour. Piece work was generally fixed at
| 90 per cent below the tariff, with y to II Ia
| Dor hours a day. In the spring, when hands
| who are engaged beforehand come back from
the provinces, there would be 5000 of the Paris
| trade out of employment.
A FIRE has recently wholly destroyed the
j
| IO7 houses, with the outbuildings, which COM
posed the village, were built so closely togeth
| er that there was really nothing which conld
be called a street or lane between them.
| Built almost wholly OF wood, with straw and
wood stored up in every corner the walls
| hung finger deep with SCOT because the smoke
| finds its exit only by the door ana WINDOWS
| it is not surprising that the fire once started
/ in these houses the whole village lay in ashes.
| The inhabitants, consisting principally Of
! women, children and old men, the younger
men being away working, barely escaped
Swith their lives, and are IN the greatest state
| of restitution.
A FAT ladies' ball was given at Baltimore
on last Friday night. 1t was leap year en-
tertainment, and conducted on the strictest
rules governing such affairs. Ladies tipping
the beam at 200 pounds and over tripped
around as gayly and seemed to enjoy them
selves as much as if they only weighed 100. At
the entrance scales were stationed, and each
lady was given card certifying to their
avoirdupOis. The lightest weight allowed in
the promenade was 200pounds. The fat ladies
did not dance the entire evening, but preferred
to sit at the little tables along the sides OF the
room and partake of refreshments. However,
when the band played the kiss Waltz"
"COme Fly with Me-" "Free as a Bird"
''Gently on Tiptoe Stealing" and kindred
melodies. it would entice them from their
seats. There were over 200 people present, and
over 100 of the ladies were fat.
THERE is a considerable amount of scandal
in Herr Busch's book about Prince Bismarck.
The Chancellor is made to say that his son
will never be able to accuse Inn of enriching
himself by using his information on the
Bourses, as ''some foreign Ministers" have
done. Prince Bismarck goes on to name two
of them-bOth French, of course. One, who is
described as NJ. Or, managed, said the Prince,
to double his fortune in a very short time;
while the other, NJ. de Moustier, specialized,
not for himself but for his mistress, and fin
ished by taking poison. According to The
Chancellor. every Minister of Foreign Affairs.
is surrounded by temptations to utilize his
knowledge for his own benefit, and Ambassa-
doris have even been Known to abuse their
privileges by doing little smuggling. Prince
Bismarck tells a story of the Duke de MOrny,
who made very good thing out of his Am
bassadOral privileges. When he went to st.
Petersburg as Ambassador from Napoleon
ILL.,, he took with him wagon loads of boxes
and packing cases containing laces, silks and
other dutable articles. Being the personal
luggage of an Ambassador, everything
passed the Russian frontier uneXamlned.
Once at st. Petersburg, however, the Duke de
Mornv sold his silks and laces at net profit
of 100000 roubles.