Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-25

RUSSIAN efforts to evangelize the world
through the medium of the Greek Church are
futile, says the Cleveland Herald. Some years
since a church was established, with a few
members, in New York city. The parent
organization after a time became discouraged
and cut OF supplies. The resident pastor then
became Presbyterian. Later mission was
started, which last week shared the fate Of its
predecessor, and now no Greek Church exists
on American soil.
THE President of a Cleveland horse rail-
road company is satisfied with the practical
succe of the electric system in operation on
a portion of his line. He estimates that with
an expenditure Of $4,000 for the plant
engines, boilers, dynamos, motors and con-
duIts-a saving of over $4,000 year can be
effected over the present cost of operation by
horses, besides securing to the company ana
the public the benefit of rapid transit. The
one car now in operation runs on schedule
time, but il can be driven at the rate OF ten
miles an hour.
SOME successful explorations have been
made In the central and western part of Asia
Minor by Ramsay, the Scotch traveller, and
DIR. Sterrett, of the American school in
Athens. They made an expedition with
special reference to the ruins of the cities Of
ancient Phrygia, Pisi1ia, and Lycaonia, in
Guiding the points to which interest is given
by the travels of the Apostle Paul. They
have brought back observations on the re-
mains and position of more than ten Greek
towns, of which no other modern explorer has
given any account.
PENNSYLVANIA has new law under which
is given to the Board of Public Charities
supervision of all places in which any person
of unsound mind is detained and compensa-
ton is paid, and of all places where two or
more such persons are detained, with or with
out compensation. This excerpts the single
family idiot or lunatic, and it appears, from
n Tp1
which have appeared in the Philadelphia
Times and Press, that the care of lunatlc IS
a dangerous power to trust to relatives unless
subject to official oversight. A change in the
statute is demanded.
JOSEPH EDGAR CHAMBERLIN speculates on
the tendency of immigrants to mass in GER
tain States, and thus give to those sections a
specially foreign character. As to the Ameri-
can of the future, he thinks that, supposing
present forces to continue, and all white ele-
ments to fuse equally, he would be almost as
much an anglo Saxon" as the American of
1920. But the races are not distributed even
ly, and certain types are likely to be locally
predominant. The Wisconsin man of the
near future, for instance, is to be almost a
German, " lille the New Highlander, still sup
posing all clements to combine-will be at
least half an Irishman.
THE horse mackerel is a magnificent fish in
| appearance, being, in fact, gigantic mack
erel, resembling the European funny. They
have wide geographical range. Specimens
have been caught twenty feet in length, with
a weight of about half ton, and so powerful
that even large vessels have been tOwed by
them. Like the swOrdfsh, they do not breed
on this side of the water, but undoubtedly
emlgrate to the European shores for this pur-
pose, unless, perhaps, the eggs are deposited
IN mid Atlantic, which Is hardly probable,
/ The fish prey upon their smaller relatives, and
20 South or out to sea in the winter, appear
ing on the Massachusetts, coast about June l.
A WILLOW European charge d'affares paid
his addresses to a Brazilian lady having for
| tune of about $4,000, and the lady smiled
upon his suit. When the question of settle
ment arose she found that the diplomat ex-
pected to have the disposal of all her money,
while her family insisted on settling it on her
| self and children. AS he made this a sine qua
non of the marriage, she broke off the engage
ment, thinking that it was the cash and not
| the lady that the diplomat coveted. He soon
| afterwards returned to Europe, but recently
the lady has been surprised by demand,
! through his legation, for a fulfllment of the
marriage promise or for compensation to his
injured diplomatic feelings.
SEWER GAS is a very insidious poison and
generally one has to rely upon the sense of
smell, but this, as general thing, is not acute
enough to make a certain test. The only me-
chanical test is made by saturating unglazed
paper with solution of an ounce of pure lead
1 w
is partly dry expose it where sewer gas is ex-
pected, and, if there Is gas in any consider
able quantity, the fact is made known by the
dark hue that comes over the paper. \ tiny
bit of pure air coming steadily into an apart
ment renders sewer gas comparatively harm
less. 1t beats all of the sanitary plumbing
that usually makes one house so fitted up a
vent for the sewer of the vicinity.
IL lecture on the Olympic Festival, DR..
A. Emerson, at Johns Hopkins University,
stated that in the Olympic games uniform
training, early registration and fair play
were required Of the athletes, under penalty
of exclusion, or, If fraud was discovered too
late, of heavy fines. DIR. Emerson gave the
following as the ancient and modern records
of running and leapingl
Days run: Good Greek record. $50 KIM;
Good modern record, l6S KIN.
Long running jump: Best Greek record. S. It. !;
Best modern record 40 #. !;
(Engl.) 3 inches.
As the vct0rs in the horse races, DR.. Emer-
son stated, were the registered owners of the
animals, such victories could be and often
were won by women.