Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-28
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feet IN stopping bleeding from tfeSn wounds.
The rice powder is sprmkled upon lint, which
Is then applied as compress.
TIE Swedish Parliament has voted duty
on living flowers. fruits and vegetables, the
majority being prompted TO that course by the
idea OF bringing money into the treasury Dy
taxing supposed Injuries.
CALIFORNIA is to print, and sell at cost, the
text books used by the 100000 school children
in that State. one hundred and fifty thous-
and dollars Is appropriated for the plant of
the state printing Office.
The assessment for local taxation in Nor
way shows for SSi a property of 1900 coo 0C0
crowns. of which Zoo. 600 900 are for the coun-
try and 5O0.000.000 are for the cities. ms
SHOWS a property average OF $50 crowns per
head against 496 for 1872.
TIE Junior class of Newton College lately
carried through an entire mock Jewish SER
vice, having al the officials Of the synagogue,
with robes Of Office ant q Book of the Law
which had been often used in jewish worship.
The Official robes had been purchased of a
converted Jewish rabbi in Germany by lib
eral friend, VINO was present at the service.
IN filming cabman 20 shlllings for demand
ing more than his legal fare and shillings
for not producing his fare book when re-
questei to do so. London magistrate said
mat cabmen were obliged by law to hand a
ticket to person entering cab. and il was
a great pity the public did not insist on this.
ONE of the most attractive objects exhibited
at Turin during the late exposition was a
burgh Of the medlpval age, together with its
little town. constructed with the most pains
taking fidelity. All the buildings and rooms
were, down to the smallest details, con
5 lUctci according to historical account, and
cXhiulted nestle life and trades Of the tf-
teenth century.
AN outbreak Of the Japanese volcano Fiji
yama is feared, and a government commits
sion has been sent to ascertain the facts. The
people living in the neighborhood believed an
erup ION imminent because, while the snow
on rle mountain had begun to melt two
months before the usual time, all the wells at
the fort became dry, and difficulty was eXpe-
rlcuced IN procuring water.
CLFRGYMEN and other citizens of Massachu-
sets have pettioncd the grand jury to indict
the Boston ana Albany Railroad for running
trains on Sunday. and there is some proba-
biity that an Indictment will be found. The
corporation claims to operate only the through
u e6tern tram. destined for Boston. and one
express cacn way between Boston and New
ork, and such freight trains as are under
necessity OF beng moved.
OIL or PEPPERMINT is a favorite article of
speculation in Wayne county, N. y, and a
recent and unusual shrinkage in price mas
filled many people with alarm. A few weeks
ago the price was 81 65tG4 SIS a pound, and
now it is worth only S3 80 TO SO 60. Scores of
people IN the county purchased large quantl-
lies Of the oil as speculation, expecting
rise TO IS or $40 pound before the year 1855
was over.
FRANCES +. TOWNSLEY was ordained by
council OF Baptist churches in Nebraska.
This is The first instance, in modern times at
least. OF the formal setting apart of a woman
To The office and work Of the evangelical MIN
lstry. The Methodist Church, though it per-
mits women to speak IN its pulpiGs has de-
clined to Ordain them. There have been few
women preachers like Miss Anna oliver and
Bible readers like Miss smiley. but none
of them have obtained ordination. This Ne
braska case is distinctly new thing.
THE diversions of the old Kaiser William
have always been manly and in striking con-
trast to those OF his Bavarian neighbor, which
are taken in solitude and in as much gloom as
Is compatible with their enjoyment. Perhaps
there are few Odder figures IN history than
that of the strange monarch, who mayor,
strictly speaking, may nOt-be seen occasion
ally IN the Munich Opera House having one
OF Nagner's lyric dramas all to himself. This
pOtenJdUe Is the Jack HOrncf' OF royalty,
who takes his Christmas pie into the corner
and eats it by himself.
TENS of thousands of plovers eggs are every
May consumed in London alone, and the cpl
cures of the great provincial cities are ready
to buy at a handsome price all that find their
way into their towns. Vast quantities come
from the heaths of Brittany, from the wolds
Of Yorkshire. from the lonely moors of Corn
wall and Devon, or from the Doggy uplands of
Wales; and the Scottish moOrs are searched as
keenly as the interests OF grouse and other
nObler game VIII permit. But the principal
ground where the plOver egg crop is harvested
Is ia the lar north and the remoter Hebrides.
AT present the Rothschild family control
80,
mine has now been found at Schupplastena,
near Belgrade. There are only few quick
silver mines known, the two largest being in
Spain and California. Both are owned by
the house of ROthschild, who only permit
supply, but never glut of the market TO issue
from their mines, and thus they control an
immense and very profitable monopoly. The
yearly consumption of quicksilver Is cut down
10 100000 bottles. the larger part of which
comes from California, while Spain furnishes
about 10000 bottles.
VERY remarkable series Of natural history
observations, entitled indications of Spring."
has been kept by the Alarsham family at
Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, which was COM
menced in 1876, and continued to the present
year. In it the date of leding of both the ash
and the oak Is recorded for elghty-five years.
during which time the oak came into leaf first
on hity-tWO occasions. the ash on twenty
seven. and on six occasions the leafing of both
tItto - IttOlAtA AhA tit sans tldNs 1 ne mean
time for the leafng of the oak for lO5 annual
observations Is April 25. and that of the ASH
for eighty live observations April %.
1T is said that upon Admiral Upshur's re-
turn from the Pacific squadron he will salts
factorily explain the reports that he com
PEELED paymasters to purchase supplies from
other than the lowest bidders. The eyplana-
ton which is credited by naval officials is
that five shin chambers at Calla0 made a
corner in naval supplies and ran the prices
agreed 10 furnlshsupp les at the market rates
Thereupon Admiral Upshur directed that
purchases be made from that firm. Suisse
qucntly he went 10 sea and the other firms in
self-defense lowered their prices even be o,v
those OF the firm that broke the corner. Ad-
miral Upshur'5 order was still valid, and pur-
chases were made in accordance with IL.
directed purchases to be made from firm
which was not the lowest bidder.
EVERYWHERE in Europe the women do n
heavy share OF The labor. often the toughest
and most burdcns0mc, while the wages are
one-third ant one-half smaller than for male
labor. At the same time that the number of
women working go agriculture. manufacture
etc, is smaller in the United States than I'M
Europe, the number engaged in superior in
uu7lrlai occupations arc more hume ~ous in
America than anywhere else, Oftte 30. 900
women engaged in various occupations sos
lOj MAINLY COlured women m the SOUTH are
engaged in agriculture, 632,0)1 IN mauufac-
ture, $4,000 are mIliner-, and $1,000 are
talors Daring the past decade women have
crowded into the learned professions. There
years ago; IS lawyers. us against Z, ana i85
'iprgVtueu. as against &c. In other words