Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-18
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TIE ballet of the arts opera costs $1,000

N tANNON udS Jpb pOOh eNA 49, 49, 49,
William Armstrons factory which is forty
four feet long, siSeen and half inches IN
diameter and its aclal weight PAT, Ts5 pounds.
THE ancient citybf Damascus is in pros
porous condition. Its trade with foreign
countries is rapid increasing. The narrow
thoroughfares an bazars are disappearing
ana giving place wider streets.
A HUSBAND reaing, while his wife near him
at embroiderlng pair of slippers, remarked:
"What surprlsefthere are in statistics. A
German physicin affirms and proves by hg,
ures that half o the female sex are toncneu
with insanity" "He is right" replied the
wife, dryly, ''fo more than half the women
prove 1t by getting married"
PROF. HARD. the author of the remark
ably successfuhovel, 1.-THE Wind of Destiny"
is not only a WEALTHY man and an exceeding
ly popular instructor of mathematics at DAFT
mouth college but he is keen sportsman
ana thorouh man OF the world. lie is
graduate of West Point, and was for several
years Lieutenant of artillery.
/ A BOSToNiAN, seeking TO be free-and-easy
and to keep cool, thrust his celluloid cuffs into
us coat POCKET and spread the coat upon q
nnch thatthe coat might serve as a cushion.
ut In thls sitting he rubbed a match that
happened to be In the same pocket against
thecaffs, which took fire. When he got up
andQow he is without SO much as scrap OF
a pes coat.
1T viii be news to many that the Pope as
pres be printer and publisher. For long
Time Hs Holiness, who is weakening himself
| by oVehyork, has been engaged in bringing
| out reilspuswOrks. and the business has grow n
| 10 sucn DIMENSIONS that larger premises nave
purchasedthe Palace Mignanelli for some
thlng IKE 800. 900 and Is fitting itup as print
| ing ana publishing office.
VISITORS , the Markisches Museum, in
Berlin, are Always attracted by curious
collection OF Nxecutioners' swords. In old
times 1t was Customary for these instruments
OF punlshment bear inscriptions, and most
OF the swords the museum are inscribed.
| The Oldest is "a ,entmetres (37 inches) long
and centimetrs q 2-5 inches) wide. and 1T
| pears the lnscrirhon: If thou act in the SER
| vice OF virtue tbs sword shall not strike
thee" The dates 1924,
| MEISsoNIER's Atest work, which has only
left the easel abut two months, is now on
view for short tine at the HaymarKes, Lon
don. 1t is called II Voyageur," and is a bril-
liant study of smile flgure-a man on horse
| back making his Aow way against a violent
wind across the plahs of France. The period
| chosen s that whiclMeissonier since he sue
| ceeded so well wlthlthe Napoleon pictures,
| has preferred to allothers, the period OF the
| first empire, the perld of BOnaparte hats, top
| boots and ample clocks.
| THE cable told several years ago how Glad
stone, in the House of Parliament, went up
and shook hands with Chamberlain. IL was
| taken as proof that The friendship between
| the two men was unbrken. Later news puts
| new Interpretation UPON the act Says Ed
mund Yates in the L.ndon World: ''Glad-
| stone shook hands with him in the coolest
dryest, stlffest panner possible. He did it, in
| hA nnnlH MT holto nj n
it was performed in such a way as 10 convey
to all who saw it that the PERSONAL relations OF
! the two men were very stained"
THE city of Paris has laely come into the
possession Of a series Of grim curiosltles
which formerly belonged to Samson, the
| headsman of the revolution. 1t is a collection
of death warrants extending from April Z,
| 1908, to Dec. 8, 1882, and making nineteen large
volumes, to each of which he has prefiXed q
| summary of the contents 1t appears from
| these documents that during twenty-five
| years he executed 7.l43 capital sentences
| being an average of 2l7 year.
| The heads and fronts OF his offending
Had this eXtent-n0 more.
| THE tin ore that is now being shipped East
| from the Black Hills is looked upon as a fore
runner of an important development of the
mineral resources OF the country. All thu
other leading metals in use in the civilized
| ply of, but If tin Is to be added to the number
| it will materially increase economic indie
pendence. 1t Is claimed that this tin ore il
| richer than that OF Cornwall, Australia OF
Sumatra, whence the supply has hitherto beer
| mainly derived. IL ia stated that there il
| practically no limit 10 he deposits. This coun
| try imported nearly 100000 worth of blocl
or pig tin last year, and over $l7, 000, 900 worth
| OF tin plates or taggers tin.
For the past two or three years the CONT
nent has been deluged with Bank of England
notes executed in a style defying detection
| even by the most eXperiepced. From Paris
| Copenhagen, Vienna. Berlin, Milan, Rome
| ali the towns of the south of France, frequent
complaints have been made by the victims o.
! these frauds. 1t ie evident that the forger
have either access to the bank paper or have
| found means of copying il exactly, for tn,
| strictest comparison between the real an
| forged notes fails to show any difference II
| the water mark or quality of the paper; and
in fact, high authorities in the Bank of Eng
| land say that it IS impossible to detect tn,
difference except by signs and numbers known
only to Themselves.
a METHOD of sending picture by telegraph
has been invented by a Scotchman, W. Gem
mill, by which photograph taken at one enc
of wire is transmitted ana reproduced a.
the other. The picture is primarily projected
on selenium cell placed in the telegraphi(
circuit, which, according to the degree OF in.
tenslty OF the light received. acts upon the
current, and through it q number Of subsldi.
airy currents connected with an ncandescent
lamp, Illuminating it with varied degrees O
intensity cOnsOnant with the strength of th1
current. "These successive Nominations
according to the Photographic Times "wolllC
give images of corresponding brightness tf
the points In the picture thrown upon The ae.
lenium cell, and the final picture, of course
would consist of a series of theBe points il
various depths of shade"
MILLIoNAIREs who have no cause to regret
their expenses may, perhaps, find pleasure in
| filing their bills, but the majority OF mankind
views the subject in an entirely different man
ner. Christine Nilsson, who is coming over tc
us In the fall, Is species of second Glass mil
lionalre, and consequently bills have no ter.
rors Tor her. In fact, she loves them AND
shows her love in he following way: She has
papered the walls of her house in Madrid
with the hotel bills collected during her yari
Gus tours through the world, including those
of the Clarendon and numerous American
hotels, while her bed chamber is decorated
with leaves Of music from all the operas in
which she has warbed. These interestIno
mementoes of travel might be aptly termed
'Records of song and supper" The bills
would afford pleasant reading for an out
slider.
THERE is much discussion in England over
the new money that is to be issued next year
in honor of the Queens jubilee, and there are
multitudes Of suggestions. All the dear old
pet coins that have done service for manv
years are doomed to be melted down and fur
nlsh materials for a new face The form If
objected TO not only because IL clashes with
the halt crown but because the Queen is rep
resented "A WEARING haf i