Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11

and they promise to be Of greater productive
ness aud value than those Of Peru, which
gave rise to the war between that country and
Chill. and are now possessed By the latter. The
nitre beds of Nevada are far better situated
for the development Of the nitre deposits than
is the nItre region Of South America, which is
n desert devoid OF water and all vegetable
life. The development of its nitre beds can
therefore only be accomplished by surmount-
ing difficulties. Provisions Of all kinds must
be furnished from distant countries; the
water supplies for all purposes must be con-
densed from ocean water and carried 70 the
nitre fields at great expense, and fuel mas 70
be procured from the mountains in the south
of Chill at great cost, while here the nltfe
beds are in the vicinity of a rleh IarhlhS
country. with wood and water right al manu.
THE KolaiscAs Zeitung publishes long ac-
count of the present position of the German
and French manufacturing industries. II
SAYS that Berlin has completely supplanted
Paris in cheap articles in copper. of which
considerable quantities are exported from
Germany To France. On the other hand, Pa
ris has a monopoly of the trade In artistc
bronZes. In cheap lamps Berlin has the con-
troll of the international market, but Paris eX-
GELS in the more expensive articles. As re-
CARDS porcelain and glass, Germany completes
successfully-with Paris; but she cannot rival
Lyons in certain qualities Of silks and YelVets
etc. In cheap cloth, Germany has the superb
orlty; but France, on the other hanu, mas
MONOPOLY in the lace manufacture. The Ger
petition of Germany with France TO the supe-
rior industry of German wOrkmen ana lhelf
willingness TO work at lower rates than French
artisans.
TIE Garden Of Eden. the Land of Canaan,
Atlantis, and the island of Gree being now
things of the past, perhaps the only thing Of
the kind left is the island of Herm, which viii
be disposed of at the end of this month TO the
highest bidder. Herm is a Channel island.
20 re of or IL
are rich and arabic, and comprise the largest
farm in the Channel Islands. The rest OF the
island consists of picturesque broken ground,
clad in gorse and heather. TO use the language
Of the auctiOneer. who has never achieved
greater heights than in the connection OF the
advertisement from which we quote. FAR
tridges, pheasants, wild geese and rabbits
abound, and the amount OF grapes and early
potatoes which are or might be produced are
quite marvellous. There are no government
taxes in Herm and no parish rates, and the
place would have been emlnently adapted 70
the late Alexander Selkirk had he happened
to be living.
THE Holiness Band was founded on the
Pacific coast by Rev. George Newton, formerly
a Methodist preacher, and more lately of the
Salvation Army. Those who Join the band
are supposed to be sanctifed for the work,
and then they are permitted to do as they
please IN order to attract attention and make
proselytes. One man Enthusiastically appar-
eled carries in San Francisco a pole on
which is "a banner with a strange device. "
He is numerously followed by idlers and
hOodums, and when he takes his stand on an
eligible corner and shows the sign by which
he cOnquers, although he says nothing, pO-
liceman advises him to move on. He is obedi-
ent, and the multitude follow him. He says
the pole and banner tactics are very effective,
and always lead some sinful souls INTO camp.
Others of the band clothe themselves with
pastebOard arks and all airs with piOus inscrip-
lions. They go sounding cymbals, beating
| drums and CARRYING torches.