Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-18

IN cary October, just before the leaSes
changeeolors every Aorweeiap farmer fills
e&o otstrselof his parns will small branches
cut fnen tlis alder siia asa trees; with this
Sod the COWS have tpfbe content, for all the
fhRy isfequined FOR the horses. Tire work Of
seQleefl6 afti storing these is enirusteG To old
tSoIneTFand ouuger girls, the latter climbing
up into the trees when necessary.
IT Is believed that the first clock which APP
peared in Europe was that sent by the King
Of Persia to Charlemagne, whose secretary
describes it as "a hOrologe Of brass. wonder
fully constructed for the course of twelve
hours. answered to the hour glass with as
many little braZen balls, which drop down on
a set OF ba Is underneath. and sounded each
other" The Nenetians had clocks in So
PALMER. Of Michigan; Pike, of New Hamp-
SHIRE; Henderson. OF Nebraska, and Bowen,
of Colorado. sit in the four seats which form
the outer row on the Republican side of the
United states Senate. This row is elevated
trife. Palmer, MandersOn and Bowen have
named il Pixies Peak in honor of the New
Hampshire senator. Like the men who sat
on the mountain in the first French Assem-
bly,, the statesmen OF Pike'sCeak are leagued
aud vote alike on all questions.
\ RECENT WRITER explodes the theory that
the human race is ) 900 years old BY showing
that when the present population Of the worli
I,iOO. 100000, is taken, the known ratio of in
crease figured backwards thereirOm and the
loss from pestilence and wars taken into ac-
count. it will readily be found that even the
Genesis figure of 6,000 years is entirely beyond
the correct age Of the human family. Four
! thousand four hundred years he puts down as
she more probable time since Adam first saw
light in the Garden of Eden.
Is Norway hotels cigars, cigarettes, sta
tionery, setzer water, VINE and similar arti-
cies are placed accessible to guests at all
times, and when Sc citing time comes the land
lord takes the word of the guest as TO how
| much Of each he has eaten or drank. To lock
| a house door and remain inside is deemed alb
| suri. At theatres and other public places
| wraps are left outside without being checked
| or even watched by an attendant, and the
| people are so honest that none are ever lost or
stolen. Indeed, NOrWegians are so honest
| that umbrellas even can be kept for weeks
| and often months,
| SUSPICION arose that a Brazilian visiting in
| Washington was something or other to be
hunted down and revealed in all his duplicty
| There was a kind Of conference on the subject
| and one man volunteered to write to friend
| in BuenOs Ayres. who had signed letter OF
| nitro uction, demanding explicit information
| as to the mans status at home. The answer
| has come. 1t says that he is exemplary IN
| every respect, except that he is a millionaire
| several times over. Being accused point
| blank of deception-Or at least of hiding the
| interesting fact of his great wealth-he con-
| fessed that he dsliked to be regarded simply
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1 in the United States on his personal merits
THE paper money issued by the Republic OF
| Hayti IS so much reduced in value as almost
| to recall the French assignats in the time OF
the Directory, when it took an unheard OF
1 quantity Of the flimsy bits OF paper to repre-
| sent twenty franc piece IN gold. Depfe-
| ciated as the Hayden paper currency Is, one
| would hardly suppose that people would find
| it worth their while TO forge 1t; but, accord
| iuu 40 a trial " Inch occurred q few DAYS ago
at the Paris Palais de Justice, two young a
| tives of Hayti proposed 10 issue a quantity of
| spurious Hayten bank notes. Inc counsel
| for the defendants showed what seemed, IN
| deed. highly probable, that they had pro-
| posed to have these notes uttered Tor the pur-
| pose of undermining the power Of the prese nj
| President Solomon. The defendants being
| wealthy. there seems little Likelihood OF Their
| having fabr Gated false notes from any pecu-
| mary motive The jury, accordingly,
| promptly acquitted him.
PRINCE DEMIDOFF's gambling exploits have
| furnished the matter OF more than one para
| graph to the Partisan chroniquers during the
last few days. He once played match at
| ecarte with Khalil Bey. another inveterate
| gamcster, the stake being $4,000 each game
| and II was agreed between the parties thar
| they We're to go on playing till one OF them
| had lost "a million to the other. They
| PLAYED all night in private room in the Cafe
| Anelais, khalIl Bey winning 100000 in the
| first hour or two; but his luck then turned:
| and at 9 O'Clock next morning the Prince had
| won f6000. Fatgued with so long g
| struggle, the players lay down on the sofas ID
| the room for a sicsta, and slept TIL midday,
| when after light breakfast, theT sat down
| TO the card table again. They broke on Tor n
| hour in the evening for dinner, resumed their
| game, played through the whole of the sec0nd
| night. and at 1870 next morning hhalll Bey,
| who was favored by second run q luck'
| won the match and pocketed the Princes
/ check for 100000.