Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-28
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THE London lines heads a paragraph on
tho dobts of ruthern states, Debts of the
| Confederofe 5ates of America"
Go tho AN who keeps putting question
n,orl-s on,,site underlined passages in bor-
| rnNed hos be said to speculate in margins?
R1rrs mounting to sl,25O,OOO for damages
dono h the Union armies in the civil war
b9Xe I'm introduced INTO the present Con-
! gress
| WO will wonder at the ravages of slugs
an,snails after learning that large slug has
Ierows OF teeth, with $50 teeth in each row,
! 1,sich cannot be dissolved in acid.
THE Shakers OF South Union, La.-oue of the
thirteen Shaker communities in the United
States-Own 10000 acres in one of the best
parts of Louisiana.
A DETROIT river fisherman says that the
pike of the straits Is a very destructive fish.
One that was recently speared had swallowed
another pike, and that pike had swallowed
perch.
AMONG the stained glass windows that have
arrived from France for st. Johns Church in
the city Of Washington is one ordered by
President Arthur as a memorial to his de-
ceased wife.
UNDER Mississippi law woman is liable to
indictment for assault if she strikes her hus-
band, but the man is not liable for assaulting
his little finger in doing so. 1t is now pro
posed to so amend the statutes as to give the
wife the same immunity that her husband en-
bys.
TUE mourning for the late Queen Of NADIA
gascar lasted two months, and was not so Sc
we're as in Olden days. This time the people
were forbidden only to plat their hair, 10
wear hats. to carry umbrellas, TO Dulid much
and to wear clothes. Fortunately the mourn
ing lasted a year, and eYerybOdy's hair was
shaven close TO the head.
AMONG the new applications of cotton is its
use, in part in the construction of houses, the
material employed for this purpose being the
refuse, which, when ground up with about
equal amount Of straw and asbestos, Is con-
verified into a paste, and this is formed INTO
large slabs or bricks, which acquire, 1t Is said,
the hardness of stone, and furnish really
valuable building stock.
CARDINAL. McCABE writes to the Dublin
branch of the Peace Society that he has no
hope of the success OF its aims. 1.-THE Chris
tian world once recognized such tribunal,
and was prepared to enforce It's decisionsi put
although the arbiter still exists, his authority
is ignored. and hence the sword must settle
the disputes of Christian States, TO the as
grace Of the Christian name and the misery
OF Christian nations
AN old friend of Archbishop Whately, who
was with him at oxford, went. after many
years absence, TO visit him at the palace, IN
Dublin. On entering the grounds he spied an
old man digging, despite a pitlless storm OF
sleet. ~ shall venture to rebuke the Arch
bishop for this.~ said the visitor to himself;
che should show more consideration for his
servants" Presently, on going into the house
he found the decrepit old digger was the
Archbishop himself.
PROF. E. j. JAMES, while on visit to Ger
MANY last summer, asked the professors of II
German universities, ssDo You think that too
many Young men are studying at the unlver-
sItiessh Almost uniformly the answer was,
'sThere is no doubt Of it, Germany, said one