Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-01
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ice suddenly broke under them and the emu ~
company, with one exception, was drowheo'
THE state lottery in saxony is an lmpor-
tant source of revenue for that country az II
Yields an annual surplus Of sl,O2i,0O9, a AFTER
deducting an outlay of S225,0OO In the nj III
perial Assembly it was lately urged Lhat a.
gambling enterprises were immoral, put 'He
vote was against abolition.
THE mania for voting at church fairs in or
der to determine the popularity Of Ponce
Captains, politicians, or cleTgymen, reacheu
its climax in New York recently, Wheh d
c0lored congregation voted as to VINO wa M !
most popular undertaken. ana the Suece794ui
candidate received 6hroud.
THE Boston bird show embraces nearly 25VO
entries. 1t contains Brazilian macaw mat
can repeat the first thirty lines Of the Deelar-
alton of Independence. a canary that whistles
yankee Doodle" the only Irish wren anu
African tourako in this country, and an eagle
with wings that spread nine 1eeL%
THE lady who recently left s2,o0OooO to the
Pope had several near relatives living ana
they remain in extremely poor circumstance.
1t is said that Plus TX, when he had been IeIt
a large sum in similar circumstances rem eIin-
pushed $780, 000for the benefit OF the poor rela-
tives. Pope Leo, it is suggested, might 10 the
same thing.
DR.. c. c. GRAHAM, at the age Of 100 years.
writes forcibly on the cause of the floods IN
the Ohio Valley. Fifty years ago he wrote IN
the Frankfort XVI Argus thaJ Jue Iechl0oS
telling Of trees would ruin the valley before
the end of the century DR.. Graham, sun
vigorous in mind and body, lives in retirement
at Louisville.
ADUKE and a baroness of Paris have taken
up the cause Of poor and deserving rag
pickers. They have given lately 10000 francs
for their relief 1t will be remembered that
recent legislation has taken away from the
rag pickers some of their privileges, ana mace
it hard for the veterans, who cannot learn a
new profession.
MALE education and female education in
India, when compared with each other, pre-
/ sent a striking contrast. The total female
population is SO. SOC. 900, and the total male
population lO3, 600 600 but only 127, 900 females
| are under instruction at school, as against
| 2.5I7 629 males. In one case the percentage al
! school is "a, in the other it is 1928.
! 1T is said that the pillow in general use II
Mexico nowadays is the same the EgyptiaD'
used 5000 years ago. 1t consists OF crooked
| stick with an iron point nailed 10 IL OF Iieu II
/ it with piece of rawhide, small handle Iol
| the plOWman to steer with and pole TO hlJci
a yoke of oxen to. This so called ploW VII
scratch a furrOW in the soil three inches deep
THE Pope has given orders for the remOva
of the body of Innocent III. from Perugia t.
Rome, where a splendid monument will be
erected to him. The remains Of Gregory vi!
I VIII also DC Drought rum DdlCA ho e1At bt'A
next to Alexander III, the author of the
Lombard League, So the three Popes who
have fought most for the church will be al
buried together in the grand Basilica.
AN Indian Prince has had made at Bir-
mingham a remarkable throne of cut glass
! which is believed to be the most important
example Of cut glass work in existence
| Every portion of its surface has been cut
The peni shaped finals that surmount the arms
have no fewer than 324 facets. The dome
shaped canopy is surmounted by large star,
| and when lighted by electricity ii presents q
very striking appearance.
WHILE some men were at work at bridge
over the Truckee river, in Nevada, recently, q
piece Of casting weighing four tons was being
hoisted, by means of a derrick, to be placed IL
position. By some means the mass Of iron slip
! ped and fell when at considerable elevation
! and struck the end of a platform on which
! five men were standing, throwing them into
the air to the height Of fifty feet and landing
! them at distance Of eighty feet from theiI
| starting point. They fell where the snow was
very deep, which saved them from instant
/ DEATH but three Of them were seriously In
| ured.