Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-18
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DURING the trial of recent divorce suit in
Detroit the complainant produced the follow
ing as evidence that her husband had agreed
not to drink: ii hEiRBy giys UP the Ticker.
myKe FINN"
THE historic island of st. Helena is reported
to be in a very bad way, the abandonment OF
the Cape route since the opening Of the suez
canal having taken away It's trade In renting
and victualing ships.
AT Naples the other day, steel torpedo
boat was launched, which had been built
there for the Italian Government. In her
trial trip she not only accomplished the stip-
ulated speed 90 miles per hOur), but did PA
miles, which is a long way the best time on
record.
AN advertisement in the Paris Figaro an
nounces that a man OF &c. titled, intelligent
and energetic, would accept any situation,
even one perilous and requiring him to go far
awav or marriage, in return for the payment
OF $4,000 of debt. Anyone who wants him
must write to B. L. H., Poste Restante, Rue
Montaigne, Paris.
TIE photographic Journal reports an inge-
NOUS way to prevent forgery of bank-nOtes.
This is no other than the employment Of an
invisible actinic ink. Of which no trace can be
seen on the paper or upon the image on the
focusing screen. AS soon, however, as you
come to develop your plate, the word "fOr
gerv'' appears in bold letters right across the
negative.
TIE great divorce question in France may
now be regarded as settled. The Senate has
repealed the law passed in 1916, under Louis
XVIII, for the abolition of divorce, which
had been decreed thirteen years previously,
under the Consulate of BOnaparte. On the
Senate dividing. the repeal OF the law was
carried BY 100 to lis. 1t now remains only to
settle the details of the bill.
A GERMAN, now resident in England, says
that. having served for six years in the Ger
man army, he can confidently say that the
military system of that country constitutes
the most cursedly tyrannlcal form OF slavery
that ever disgraced a civilized nation. Is II
any wonder that England and the United
States are completely overrun by Teutons
anxious TO taste abroad the sweets of freedom
which they can never enjoy at homer
A BELGIAN town has just paid a somewhat
doubtful compliment to Sarah Bernhardt. A
street in the Commune of st. Giles has long
been known as the Rue St. Bernard, but a
laicising municipal council has determined to
suppress the st. and TO name u Rue Sarah
Bernhardt. The reason alleged by the coun-
ell for this choice is that the street in question
Is long and very narrow, and Is accordingly in
keeping with the personality OF the great
actress.
QUEEN VICToRIAs rigorous prohibition Of
social festivities among England's nobility
since the death Of the Duke Of Albany, has
excited considerable comment. LabOuchere,
in London Truth, says; sThe royal family is
numerous enough to form small regiment,
and it is rapidly increasing. IL, then, this
sort Of public penance is to be ordered when
ever death takes place, the time will come
when the country VIII be in a state of perma-
nent mourning"
MANY Scotchmen insist that the deerhound
was the original Of all the dogs Of Great Brit
ain. Yet the breed is so neglected now,
through the decadence Of deer chasing and