Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-19
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DURING the last twenty years H#F&H. ER ne
relatiS G. Of peers in England hafs ff'9 fnce
as follows Dukes 500, ma'quh#A M e&rls
$500, vlHcounLs 3, farons 4sZ; Enz#A S'A
A FRENCH woMA confesses toShasieE A.
tended 722 balls 10 Che efforts to ealel > s.lss-
band, and only TO have caught ifl&teNN 0rop-
chiis fourteen umS, pleurisy thf1ee and TO
colds in the head.
An ENGLISH meeorologist has traced the
career of the Manila typhoon of September,
1882 and found that 1t crossed the Pac .fc
ocean, America, ami the Atlantic ocean, and
arrived 10 the BaltE in the following Novem-
Der, making Journey OF 1900 miles IN thirty
six days.
A BOOK of some historical interest will
shortly be publishedin Loadon. 1t is an ac-
count Of the 5 ottisi expedition to Norway
in 1872, lea by Col. George Sinclair, OF Stir
koAe: Cathness, whose army Of 400 men was
totally destroyed in IN ambush by the NorWe-
gian peasantry.
AN ASYLUM for thirty old maidens, daugh-
tiers OF deceased civil officers or private cti-
zens, is to be erected atstettin by reason Of
bequest Of $4,000 made by Architect From
mann. Applicants for admission to the lnstl,
tuition must DC at lea- 40 wears OF age ana
unable TO earn their own living.
DESPITE the fact thatthe propretOrs of the
gaming tables at Monte Carlo have odds in
their favor, the public won recently in seven
days a balance of 10000. The run OF i'll luck
was commented on in the French papers, and
Parlsians Hooked to the tables there being as
many as six hundred playing in the room on
single night.
A DRAMA on the strife between the Pope
and the German empire has just been pro-
hbted by the Berlin censure. THE New
COMMANDMENT Is a sorry of the Middle
Ages, where the Papacy gets the worst Of the
CONNECT ana the German government thinks
1t iLeXpedlent to moot any such subject dur
the present state Ofthe kulturkampf.
IN FRANCE the government is experiment
ing with carrier pigeons as messengers. Let
te s are reduced and photographed on very
thin films of collodlon Each OF these films or
pellicles can be made to hold 2. 500 dispatches.
pigeon which arrived in Paris from B0r-
dedaX on Feb. carried Is pellices, which
contained 10000 MESSAGES. most Of them pri-
vate. This was the largest number carried.
Col. PREJEvALsKY's FACTS throw Jules
Verne's fancies into the shade. This famous
Russian traveller has fought his way through
Mongolia and Thibet with party of II soldires
and host of other attendants. sp mt $4,000
rOubles Nj led 100 people who barred his way.
gwen number OF Russian names % places
n0mlualy n the dOminiOns of the Emperor of
CHINA, a shown the portrait of the White
Gar TO enraptured crowds of MOngOlIans
longing to be taken Ander his protection.
KINGSTON on the Hudson is a weIl-known
town to theatrical people. for it is very often
selected as the place where new plays are
first brought out. The sctor- call this trying
IL on dog" Here it was that Aimee MADE
her debut in an English-spe liking part, nd
plays like George HOey's "Rizpah," Summer
Boar iers. The Girl Love-" and Partners
IN Crime" were first tried 10 Kingston.
Kings on isn't proud on this account;
on the contrary, it is inclined to grumble at
It's peculiar distinct on.
AN ErERf STING STUDY on the MAR
seliaise," by NJ. VIgfusson, the Icelandic
scholar, appears in the De6atS. The writer's
ject is to show that several of the lines in
Rougetde Li>le's song. including some of the
best and most Characteristic of them, are
taken. with very little alteration, from RAJ
cine's two sacred dramas, ESTHER" and
'Athalie.' He places the parallel passages
side by side, and 1t is said to be difficult to
resist he inference that the modern poet
copied directly from his predecessor.
A CANDIDATE for a Scottish borough in
Parliam mt, on asking an intelligent elector
for his vote. was met by an emphatic refusal.
and the reason given was that beng a rich
man already he conld not possibly need more
But Why" asked the candidate. at makes
me no richer 1 don't get paid for It," Don't
yOu?" asked the voter I know better. |
read my paper regularly, and every day it is
the same ola story, DIVIDE! dIvlder anu YOU
no uANltt-lNb fdlE~DhyGIb money. No: II l
must give my vote will give it to poor
man."
AT the approaching centenary Of the Uni
versity of Heidelberg there will be process
sion of twelve groups representing the chief
stages of the ugiversity's existence during
four centuries, The central group will repre-
sent the entry Of the English Princess Eliza
beth. daughter of James |. This grOuD. which
will consist Of 10 persons. will comprise rep
resentatives ofAhe Princess and her husband,
the Elector. anu OF many celebrated English
persOnages of TIE period. The costumes will
be wonderfully luxurious and correct some
Of them costing several hundred pounds. All
the twelve groups Will consist Of about 1880
persons.
NV. R. CHANDLER, of Philadelphia" saws
Ben: Perleyf PoOre, "when a member of the
House Of Representatives, made humorous
reply to Col. Polk, afterwards President of
the Usiied States. who then represented
Tennessee district. and who advocated Young
America. Mr.. Chandler begged Col. Pol ~
remember the trouble createt by young Israel
when AIS lDm melted 1t to rebel against that
ola fnngy, King David. Absatom went in for a
dissolution OF the union Of Israel. Had he
waited he would have become king hut the
result Of the secession and rebellion was hat
he young man got hung by the hair in one of
the trees in his fathers forest, and was there
SIAM"
INV cOAih " ALES possesses q valuable
kerosene mine in the centre of the Blue
Mountains, BIS feet above the sea levi. The
kerosene shale found there is said to be the
richest In the world. Considerable quantities
of it used in the lar cities Of the coloni es
for the purpose of eoriching gas. 1t isaso
exported for the same purposes to Holland
Java, and the States on the Pacific slope OF The
United states. Only the better quality of the
mineral is exported. the scraps and inferior
portions being retained for the extraction Of
oil. The seams are from one TO { to two and
a half feet in thickness. Ii is much more diff
hcult to mine than coal, and is usually got out
with iron picks and pointed rods 1t does not
separated piece by piece and snlintered OF
into sharp. thin pieces. IL j. easily lighted
with ma oh, and burns with a steady Fl nae
like candle, and emits strong odor Of kero-
sene.
AT MANDwA, near Bhaouagar, India. there
is a red Mahades stone which marks where
La Gohi. the Rajpoot, rode into the sea 10
please his lord The Rajah sidhraj had visited
the seacoast and come among other places 10
Mandwa. On a certain day the waves were
very violent and the eea much agtated AZ
which time sidhraj had gone down Co the sea-
shore attended by several horsemen Tine
King aid: "lie would be a brave m an who
would ride a hundred yards into the sea on a
dav Ike this" One Of the horsemen replied.
There Il no race so loyal and gallant a. the
GOhl one OF them might do IT, but no ope
THE Gohl race Is brave in talk, but their
bravery show itself by boasting. in the mar.
ket place: there Is no RAipoot who wouid
throw away his M for such CHALLENGE y