Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-04
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obiigeI 70 Withdraw, owing to the opposition
of her Faculty.
BOTTLE OF BROMIDE left in a closed room
all night with the stopper out destroys all in-
iecton and insect life. II has cleared places
Which were Infested with vermin many times,
IL is Tar more effectual than the vapor of
burning sulphur.
The LARGEST PROFIT by German railroad
in 1883 was 9. SO per cant by the Right Bank
OF oder railroad. Four German roads earned
more than per cent, two more than per
cent, but no Other earned as much az h ter
CENT Whlle fourteen earned less than 3 per
cent.
SoMR Of the queerest names hail from the
BASQUE provinces of Spain. Two officials in
the Treasury Department at Madrid, who
old'm Basque descent, call themselves fespee-
i've Don Mlrurzururdundua y ZenROtide
anu Don Juan NepOmueCenO de Burisnagou-
orecaSOceAceoceha.
ATTENTION has been called to two races of
men that must soon become extinct. At the
present rate OF decrease the Maoris Of New
Aealand-nOw reduced Co 5000 men from TO-
geo IN Captain Cooks day-must nave disap-
peared by the year 1000. The Laplanders are
estimated not TO exceed 3O, 900 in mum ber and
are gradually becoming fe ger.
FOUR AMERICAN TELEGRAPHERs, who went
to siam ON contracts guaranteeing them $l2O
month, make an unhattering report Of the
y
month are transmitted. The Americans
have not yet had any, and one Of their prede-
ce'sors declares that in three years all the
business ne did was to sign vouchers for his
pay.
ONE LERoUx. 86, a cooper, was brought M
recently III Paris at the Correctional Court
and sentenced TO eight days imprisonment
for lettering in the Champs Elysees at ] In
the morning. On hearing the sentence
LerouN made use of a favorte French word"
are you sorry TOR using such an expressiun?"
asked the Judge. Prlsoner-''NO; ! have
spoken the lruth J" He was sentenced to an
additional two years hard labor for contempt
Of court.
THE NUMBER of prisoners sentenced for life
IN Illinois since it became State is 1872 men
and one woman. FOrty-twO were pardoned
after one to thirteen years, tventy-one COM
pieted their sentences by dying in their cells
one was stabbed TO death by fellow convict,
three committed suicide, seven became in
sane, one escaped. and twelve had their terms
committed. There are now ffty-fve serv-
ing life sentences. Peter Zower has been in
PRISON the longest. and will com plete his tbir-
teenth year soon. This is the greatest period
ever served IN Illinois.
In SOME of the villages in South Germany
there are number of employment offices
where children are engaged to sew on but
tons. The children are taught, almost in in
fancy, TO sew on the tiny white buttons to
shirts, an industry which is generally farmed
out TO agents, who, In turn. employ poor fami-
lies TO do the work, whose children are allow
Ell for every gross (l4i Of bu tons the astound-
ing sum of one pfenning (2% mills United
states currency. which is not even paid in
coin, but-the agents, for the most part being
country grocers-in coffee, sugar or other CO.
lonlal produce.
ZONE EXQUISITE TRINKET," saws a Paris
correspondent, 'ls worth description. and the
watch it contained is of sufficient size 10 rem
der some service. 1t is formed in the shane of
bell-like flower, with calyX of wrought
goa, Dy which 1t may he worn pendant to the
neck ribbon or chatelan; the under ide ia a
crystal bottle or vlnaigret. The outer is COW
eFed Win SurVed rows OF stOnes-alternately
mDles and MISUNDERSTANDING, as il were
the edges Of the folded petal. aud set upou
convex gold case, which opens in the centre
on spring being touched, and diseloses a
watch face to vIew."
THE MAGISTRATES of JeGersonviIle, Ind.
reap rich harvest from the clipping couples.
There is considerable competition IN the bust
ness. Each Magistrate has his runner" or
agent, who waits at the ferryboat. and who
by long experience and close observation can
tell an clipping couple at a glance. One agent
more enterprislng than the rest, has stationed
himself at the short line station in Louisville
and catches them before they come over
These fellows usually stand in with the
Magistrates for half the fee. Sometimes the
q
a clear profit for The runner" He procures
the license. finds Magistrate, swears to the
girls age, and. in fact, does everything but
marry the giIl himself.
LORD RONALD COVER says that Americans
have little of that disgusting patronage or
manner that prevails in England among the
richer classes" and none Of the mo less dis
gushing cringiness that az greatly distin-
gulshes English merchants " On the CON
traIy, the New York shOpkeeper receives Won
with civIlity, but without any Of that manner
wdIch seems TO Lord Ronald lit lie less in .rlr-
ing than actual insOlence. He viii he eoualiv
civil II you purchase orr you do not; but if
you Affect to look down on hiHn as being ..Onlv
q tradesman," he will probably show Won
says this tourist, something more in being n
citizen of great republic than mere sound.
and might be able To Prove to you that one
man IS as good as another
SIR HENRY THOMPSON and English phvs,
clans who understand the thing say that all
lnterc levers, such as typhus, cholera and !
the Oriental plague itself, are due 10 positive /
pollution in the arr and water HistorIo- !
graphers of disease tell us that the cholera |
comes from the mouth of the Gauges, the yell |
low feVer from the mouth OF the Mississippi !
ana the plague from the mouth of the Nile /
Now the Mediterranean is an obvious foeu4
ana hotoed OF interic poison, ana has been so !
ever since the days OF the Anthenlan plague
which Thucydidos chrOnicCd. Its tjdeless /
waters accumulate unspeakabie Nth aud gar
mage. The present cholera commenced and
found It's chief seat in Marseiles which ia
perhaps, the most pestilental port in She
world.
FLATS IN PARIS are OF cheaper rent than in
New York. A gentleman just returned had
four good rooms, n tiny kitchen, and a large
closet OF lumber room, for which the rent WAS
Dnly 500 francs a year Besides this there was
q tax OF about 90 francs, and further sum of /
about 10 francs for insurance Altogether
rent and taxes did not cost him go a wear
The Paris system is decidedly in favor OF the !
andOrd, rs by means OF the concierge h, can
Keep a day watch over the habits of his ten !
lnis and eliminate those who do not please
nm. ire Nta OF January, April. July. amt
october IL the day on which The landlord de-
hands his rent from the poorer tenants: those
FhO pay higher rates are permitted 70 wait
intll the 10Th. This is realDv tie dav when
enantces In Paris beg'n and end, although
he first day Of each Of the months named is
he beginning OF the quarter.
lr IS STATED As a fac that during the pro-.
.ress Of the Adirondack survey. when some
II the most delicate Instruments had been
'rought 10 an island in Lake Champlain. three
niles from the Burlington bre. kwa:er. the
Iwelcrs on The island asked the director ~
ne survey That they might look through his
most powerful glass NJ certain hour. The
equest was granted. a. tho glass was All
listed 40 a. to cover particular farmhouse
nat was pointed out. II the anp0inte.i time
he ISLANDERS assembled. wearing an expres-
len OF woe. One OF their lumber peered
through the glass, and forthwith became
eeply agtated. The others took ont thor
audkefchiefs. The observer callQd ont. I