Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-01
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CHOLERA is spreading With peat rapidity
and deadliness in Southern japan.

maran fashion. He propels with his feet
large wheel which by gearing OPERATES little
screw at the stern of the craft rev trials
show the bicycle to be fast and easily man
aged.
TIE report received by the Hawaiian Con-
sui in San Francisco on the subject Of leprosy
in the islands has an appendix rom Rev. j.
! Damien, Catholic priest at halawoa, the
! island set apart for the residence OF lepers,
| who mas himself contracted the incuraoie ana
! dread disease "a the prosecution Of MS labors
! for the moral and physical comiorI OF TINS
/ isolated population.
| AN American lady who ATTENDED Remains
last lecture of this season at the college de
| France describes him as "a little man, very
| stout, who looked when he walked IN as II ne
| rolled in. His head is large and rather hne,
| but his Whole aspect is not pleasant nelther
! is his delivery pleasing. His audience num-
| bered about twenty; the subject of bis ecture
was the ll9th Psalm"
MRS. ROBERT SKEoCH, of Coral, Mich, after
bending over the wash tub until tired, sat
down to rest, taking her baby boy on her lap
at the time. She felt faint, rose 10 90 10
another room, tainted dead away, dropping
the baby into tub Of water as she fell Her
| husband, coming in soon after, found the
mother unconscious on the floor and the little
one drowned in the tub.
| wELL-KNowN COMEDIAN for the past two
years has carefully clipped and pasted IN
scrap books all the reported misdeeds Of cler
| gymen that he saw. Now when he hears of a
! sermon on the immortality of the stage he at
! once sends the preacher a letter filled with
! STATISTICS as to the number of preachers In
jan, inc number that he thinks ought TO be In
! jail, the nature of their sins and crimes, and
! like pleasing facts.
| FUTILE ATTEMPTS have been made to m
prove the defective acoustics of the new
| building Of the Austrian Parliament. TIE
! latest device was the hanging OF heavy velvet
| carpets around the Presidents table. This
| mas resulted in considerable expense, but IN
| no improvement. and the Vienna papers ask
why the Austrian Parliament cannot nave
trlbunes for the speakers, like the French
Chamber Of Deputies.
ON her death bed three months ago Eva
Hebron. of Bound Brook n. j., warned her
husband Edwin if he valued his peace of mind
not to marry again. He promised soemnly
that he would live and die widower, and his
wife passed away contented. A short time
ago he married widow, and afterward con-
stantly believed that he was haunted by the
spirit OF his dead wife; his dreams we're hide
GUS and his Wakefnl moments frightful. One
morning asst week he was found dead in bed.
and his nelghbOrs and friends believe that his
death was caused by sheer fright.
JAKE BECKER, Louisville fireman, bought
two swapping turtles, and was carrying them
to the engine house, where they were to be
converted into turtle soup. AS he passed a
negro one of the turtles snapped at him and
grabbed his coat. Jake tried to tear the turtle
from his hold, and while doing this the other
turf e grabbed his hand. In the struggle that
followed turtle No. / grabbed Jake's free
hand, and there he was. He ran to the en-
CINE house, turtle dangling from each hand,
ana their heads were cut off. Still they chung,
ana theY were torn away with great difficulty.
Jake's hands were SO lacerated that he was
laid of from duty.
A SEARCH is at present being made in
Austria and Hungary for the shield of Attila.
The antiquary Thaly, a Hungarian, has found
that in the seventeenth century there was
preserved a shield said to be that Of Attila
Lately he has found in the archives at Zips a
hitherto unknown register enumerating the
treasures weapons, etc. which Hona Zrinyi
left at Munkacs IN 1858, when she went to
Vienna. In the list occurs the entry, mo. "a.
Attila paizsa. acelbO valo' (''The shield of At
tia, of stcel.") Where the relic has got to is
as y ct unknown. 1t is believed that the shield
would, with the other weapons named in the
register, find its way to Vienna ultimately,
and 1t is hoped that trace may be found BY
consulting the E1chequer archives.
PROF. H. A. ROWLAND of Johns Hopkins
University, said in a lecture the other dav:
But for myself value in a scientific mind
most of all that love of truth, that care in its
pursuit, and that humility of mind whic b
maze the POSSIBILITY OF error always present
more than any other quality. This is the
mind which has built up modern science to
its present perfection, which has laid one
stone upon the other with such care that il
to-day offers to the world the most complete
monument to human reason. This is the MIND
which is destined TO govern the world in the
future. and to solve problems pertaining 1,
politics ana humanity, as well as to IMAM
mate nature. 1t the only mind which al
preciates the imperfectons of the human
reason, and IS thus careful to guard against
them. 1t is the only mind that values tle
truth as it should be valued, and ignores all
personal feeling IN its pursuit"
AMONG the issues of postage stamps by for
eign countries there is none more curious
within recent years than the new Issue Of
Madagascar-aA inches long by ~
inches wide--and none that Win
tors There are eight in all, ranginq in
value from Id. to Is They are used by Eng.
land, for letters naileu at the British consul
ate in Antananarioo, aud gummed only in the
corner. The letters are sent to Mautius
where the Malagassy stamp is removes and
kept for voucher and the Mauritius stamp
substituted. The Peruvian government an
nounces its intention to redeem all ut,Jand.
ing surcharged stamps, and use only the new
issue q purple, green, so rem. l sol Dr. to
which a ? blue is to be added. Paraguay is
having u green and vermillion. sim ar to
1884, printed in Buenos ASres. The United
States Of Columbia have Issued a hIdeous 10
yellow, with the head of President Nunez.
complete new issue is announced. Anto-
quia has issued a new set green. ~ bl. on
vel. and blue-similar to last years Sbang-
hal rejOices IN new issue, 40, so and 100 cash.
The first reached this country last week To-
bago has suIcharged its pad. blue with I'D
in black, and st. kits the I'd. green with Id.
black.
A VERY interesting experiment in emigra-
ton, which owes its origin to Mr.. Arnold
White, of London, is just now being attempt
ed. Eighty emigrants, all total abstainers,
are being sent out to Kafrraria. Each Of the
number ls TO nave 100 acres of land and other
help, and the little band has been selected
with the greatest care. If one OF the most
beautiful and richly gifted por lions of south
Africa b. any aid TO the success OF this enter
prise, the prospects of the expedition are yir-
tually assured. kaffraria IS beyond question
the most favored spot in Englands vast South
African dependencies. 1t abounds in wood
grass and wafer, and Is emlnently adapt-
ed for the raising OF stock, as well a. Tor 40
ricrlture. Fruits OF al kinds flourish in
its Congenial climate The previous history
of aided emigration to South Africa. brief
though II rs, augurs well for the snccess of tho
present scheme. In 1920 a large number of
settlers, principally Scotch, were dispatched bv
the government to Algoa Bay then but sandy
aud deserted beach. These settlers quickly
spread over the eastern province of the Cape
Colony, and have transformed il into
the moot enterprisng and most suc-
cessful portion Of the colony. Port Eliza
BETH on the shores OF Algoa Bay, the most
thriving business town in South Africa, Ora
jamestown, aud other places sufficiently attest