Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-04

llcC among Caucaslh1S
PARIS contains 10, 600 children Of both sexes,
waits and straye, who are in neee OF help
from The benevolent societies.
AlocK1NG BIRDS are being trapped and
shipped by hundreds by a party of Indians
encamped near Anahelm, Cal.
THE largest prune orchard in the world is
situated one nile from Saratoga, Gala, and
contains l6,OO0trees. 1t was recently sold for
$1,000.
THAT iron passenger and freight cars will
before long, come into general use on Amerl-
can railways is n almost universal belief
among railway engineers.
is scME German cities bell is placed above
the publ recel acles for the dead, and the
hand of the corpse fastened to the rope, SO
hat it Il be RUG by the chance vlctim Oh
b rial before death.
ELGzABETHrowN, IN Carter county, Tenn,
ia conf rtothef at with byrita boom. 1t
i, saiu that Lynn Mountain, near that town,
is fun OF the abrve named mineral, ana guam
titles Of it are being shirped TO Northern
markets.
ART. FICIAL CHEFsE, made OF one part oleo-
margarine and two parts mined mhk'
mixed to tn, consis .ency Of cream and sub
iected TO the usual processes OF maLuIactur-
irG Re genuine article, the latest cube
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world.
CHILDREN Of school age must be remrrka-
bly, scarce II some sections Of NV Hamp-
shire, .dgis frcu the following, taken from
a Boston aper: In Warner there IS one
school list ct which contains but one pupil.
four districts have but tive pupils each, and
two have onl- Six between tnem.
THE Italian members of Parliament are
treated with far more consideration than the
British NJ. P.'s. Every ItaLan NJ. p. Il
heads it all over Italy, and, wonderful % re,
late. is entitled TO a compartment TO himself!
Consequently, if several are IN a tram there
is ant to be a officially about seas. Italian
Parhaments are never proroSueaa-On!y ad-
j0urned.
ONE OF the leading articles which the Poly
neslau Islands send to this country is cOpIa,
which is simply the dried meat Of cocoanuts.
The natives break the nuts into small pieces,
which, after exposure to the tropical sun,
turn TO a dark brown color. COpra IS used IN
the manufacture of candles to large extent.
Besides FOmades and ,ocoanut oil, copra fur
ui.hcd volatile oil which IS used IN the man
uidcjure of perfumer0. The importation OIL
copra into the United states Is yearly lncreas-
rng.
THERE was a laughable incident at the
White House the other day during the call of
Congressman Thomas Ferret and party Of
the latter was James Allen. of WoodstOwn,
salem comfy. \. j., who is y years of age.
A lmOst rs soon AS presented TO the President
the old gentla man slapped HIM on the should
err remarking AS he did SO that he was glad TO
see Democratic President before he died
and shake him by the hand. The President
took the matter IN good part, and laughed
heartily at the experiences Of the aged visitor
as he detailed them at length TO those IN the
private office.
on one occasion a rather cheeky individual
was Fostering Gen. Grant with questions
about some Of his campaigns and the results
not being to his taste, finally told the General
that it was a common criticism passed upon
him that he had the soldiers, the money, and
the power. ana that any man of ordinary
capabilities would have succeeded with the
same opportunities. Grant slowly rolled his
cigar from one side of his mouth to the other,
and replied quietly: Il have heard of these
or t.Cisms before. There is only one answer
that | can make. Gen. Lee surrendered to
me. lie dldu't surrender to any o her Union
General, Though / believe that there were
several efforts made in that direction before l
assumed command of the army"
BY the last Victoria (Australa) census there
are shown to be in that province 1875 single
women to every 10000 single men, a remark
able circumstance for a new country. It is
also curious, but true, that in New South
W lies. Tasmania and Western Australia, the
three colonies 10 which criminals were form
erly transported. crime is more common than
in colonies free from the faint IN Australia
the number Of PR 0ners per 10000 pOpula-
ton is: Roman Catholics, 2S.2S per cent;
Professionals, 1929; Hebrew. 1885. and all
others 1871 per cent. Not much to the credit
of Great Britain are the figures showing that
native Australians and Chinese contributed
far below their proportion of inmates of pri-
sons. scotland contributed slightly more,
while England furnished so and Ireland Us
per cent. more.
The current OF emigration, especially from
the Mediterranean countries, would seem to
be turning from Castle Garden to the coun
tries on the River Platte, the special induce
ment there being the payment Of part OF the
passage money by the government, and the
assignment of farm lands TO be paid for by in
staiments at future day. There ara also
climatic conditions that have an adva ntage
At the port of BuenOs Ayres alone the arrI-
walls during January last were upwards If
la,09O chiefly Italians, whereas the t. tal OF all
nauonalltles during the last two months was
but $500, or 30 per cent. less than we CORES
pondlng months last year. One steamer, the
Queen Margaret at BuenOs Ayres, on March
20, IS reported to have brought 1909, the
largest living cargo ever received in the Ar
gentlne Republic.
A CLEVELAND 90 man writes: 81 heard a
pretty girl say once that she had been de-
years She was fond of him and admired
him for many excellent qualities, but she
finally let him 90 because, as she put it, he
never once had the courage TO even squeeze
her hand. To my knowledge there never was
purer or better girl than that one, but she
wa too full OF mercury TO ever wed man
who lacked the spirit TO at least squeeze her
hand IN lOveaDle way. Real women. pro-
test care nothing for mllk-and-water men.
nor 90 they always worship heroes; but, rs /
nave sad. n any intelligent man. with cleaa
linen and clean teeth. will make judicious
combination or hattery and ardent devotion
he can win any woman IN the world who
doesn't hate him for a cause in the beginning
OF the affair"
THE FUNERAL Of the Chinese Prince Lau-
Fu, the cousin Of The Emperor Quaug Su, has
been conducted with al the pOmp and cere-
monies due TO the exalted station Of the de-
ceased. The procession which accompanied
the remains Of the Prince to his last resting.
place was headed by SO slaves, clad in
garments Of green cloth. and bearing a huge
wooden cage, representing the funeral OF the
soul. These were followed by 100 slaves
dressed in red and carrying tablets inscribed
with the Titles, honOrs and virtues Of the
dead. Next came % sporismen leading the
A0 hounds once belonging TO Lau. Flu. the
camels, mules, horses, sedan chairs, and IT. Z
private carriage drawn by a mule: 10 SCI wants
dressed in green Bilk bore an armchair COW
cred with tiger skin, reg ment ~ cavalry
and Infantry followed, then the body servants
and cunnels, - priest with temple music,
and finally the COnin. borne by ~ servants and
covered with n Hiik pail. The Emperor waA
repT sented - s empty carriages. behind
which walked the grandeea Prince Lau-
Fu's arms, carriages, clothes. tents, etc l., were
all burned as ? windiog up OF the festivities.