Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-07
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Tomake shoe pegs enough for American
use consumes annually loo.0o0 cords Of tim
ler. and 70 make Iucitcr matches, $1,000
cubic feet Of the best pine are required every
year.
TIE Texas Commissioner Of statistics, FRI N
the County Judges returns Of is counties
snd comparative estimates q the other coun-
ties. makes the population q Texas, ---9'-
80. an increase OF 6-i.lO3 IN Tour years
TIE French authorities have undertaken 10
levy q duty Of franc ariece on every passen-
ger conveyed TO OF frem Calais Boulosne or
Dieppe. The companies dong the trans ports
tton have levied the tax In their iuTn On the
passengers, and they are kicking
ANITALIAS Admiral has invented shrap-
mel shell for the l05-ton guns: at % yards
from the lannon's mouth IL bursts. throwing
forward - smaller projecilles. which IN turn
burst strewing IN fan shape thick shower OF
balls and fragments with terribly destructive
ezecs,
TIE government oflcers have reported very
favorably on the gardner gun. The gun rs
light. compact and simple in its structure,
and compares favorably wish toe Calling gun
m everything but rapiditv.' IS an extreme
experiment the gun was tried al a nile ranse,
and 81 shots ont Of - were marked on the
target.
TIE number Of Freshmen at Cambridge.
year. being so. against SO in October Of last
wear. At oxford the number Of Freshmen Is
= The most popular college apparently being
New which has 3 recruits. against y al
Christ Church and Il ST Bailiol.
WHATEvEE may be his other lighting mer-
its. the Afghan laOuntaiBeer does not shire IN
craftsmanship. The SepOys have proved to
De vastly superior in shooting 81 target. II
i bv no means certain. however, that in
-a1a-l r-flrT nT
would not redress the difference.
SIR Moses MoNTEFIORE, the aged Jewish
philanthropist. Is hale and hearty. and is not
afraid 10 LOOK time full IN the face. 1t s said
that he has engaged his private secretary for
another term OF i've years. Though changed
Of late he possesses every faculty as acutely
a. ever. He said the other day; a man Of
nv age Oughtn't to grumble, but feel my
r.esirht isn't as good 81 IL wSs- Always
after dimes h. drin the Queens health
FRESH INTEREST has been gwen &c the sub
iect Of pouring oil on the troubled waters in
case Of danger 70 vessels from shipwreck. by
the results Of q series Of experiments which
have been conducted by Capt. JhetWynd OF
the British navy. His eonciust9n 5 thal Wnlie
Oil can often be adyantaEeously Used IN the
case OF fishing vessels. and especially 20 pre-
vent the loss Of ships II the open sea. IL i
practically OF NJ adj LntaSe 70 lie boats nav
ing 10 pass through the largest oreas6Fs. OH
bulent ''c0m oeTs,
4 NUMBEE Of towns IN the province Of Cru-
gayana. in Brazil, have lately liberated all
their slaves. Il c1mmemo-ati0n Of the sUrren-
der OF ne ruling FaragHag ans 70 lie govern
menr Of Dom Pedro. There has been q gen
eral interest in this movement throughou the
province. and Il j expected that the enamel
patton policy viii be fully effected By Jan. l.
The condition attached 10 the liberation OF
most Of the slaves viii prevent them from
abusing their newly acquired freedom. They
aEree 10 a term OF service usually not exceed
ing years.
TIE most popular actress IL Paris possesses
3 wealth Of auburn hair, and would lot part
with lock OF il for less than duchy. II Is
related that two Russian noblemen were
among her suitors. and each had hair OF the
same golden hue IS their inam0Fata. Each
be-red for lock Of her hair IN exchange for
one Of his Owl. 70 VII ch the lady readily as
sented, but she deity managed, Wltnout
touching her own hair. 70 change the parcels.
that each gentleman received nls nv al :
curl. Il i said that the Count nov wears the
Baron hair next 10 his heart. and the BarOn
sleeps vita he Counts scalp lock under his
pillow
II his Interesting work on France and for
elm competition N. Thierry Meg writes: -
few wears ago met st hotel in Munich two
Commissioners Of tie University Of France,
rhohad been intrusted VITA a mission il GER
mauT. One Of them. unable TO explain him
self 70 ceilarmsn. told MIN 70 call the waiter.
who smoke French. Then be sddeds j don't
see why every waiter II Allnle1 s1olla not
speak French As for me. reTnar IL Meg
1 mentally reflected that iailea 70 see the
reason WHY two high fuuctlOnarles OF the Pub
lie Education Department snoula not speak
German. AM be surprised thar tLeEe aEe rover
class folk in Germany whe do not SPEAK
French
sIyCK the beginning OF The trouble between
the French ana Chinese Iiere are lnanlaeF-
able instances given OF the desire Of the
Chinese 70 avoid annoying the foreign settle
mepr Ii was told by the commander OF the
Trenton that when the battle Of Foo Crow
occurred there was a sma French war craft
lying IN the harbOr al shanghai. several
Chinese gunbOats were in the harbor, and her
capture would have been easy Inst ad OF
this. AlEever- the polite Mandarin gave her
80 many nOaFs 20 iCaTe. and when she saw 1t
TO depart escorted her IOWA the siEeE, lest she
should be fired on By the fort There = a.
something IN this act that Chesterfield would
hardly have exceeded
AFEW nights ago the head Of the elaque Tor
occult applauding force at q French theatre
complained to the manager that the seats set
apart for his force had been invaded for sew
eFsl nights BY .sclsquers- Of the gentle sex.
Tneir snail. gl0ved hands, he stated, were far
from producing the elaiSer he huge hands
Of his brigade we're atls y give 4n inquiry
IL wzs found that al the =hopZirls and young
women Of tie S6utler. ST Martin and St Denis
quarter. unzbls 70 afford three OF four francs
necessary 70 gain Gdmittanee 70 the theatre
hit upon the idea Of enrolling themselves
among the s.claque" 70 see the popular pieces;
and. usbon payment Of one franc head, were
duIv sfmfffed-tbe other consideration beng
to applaud At the gwen signal from their
chief-