Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-05
FROM LANDS AFFAIR.


The little Republic of Honduras has 1,545
miles OF telegraph.
ALErTER written by the Empress Eugene
when girl was sold in Paris the other day
for twentv-six dollars
A RUSSIAN expedition is to be organized
for the ascent of Mount Ararat to search
for remnants of Noah's ark
In the grand court of the Kremlin at Mos
COW there Is about to be erected monu-
ment in memory of the late Gar which will
cost S650,000
CHINA has to raise So, 500, 900 to repair the
levees on the Yellow river, and the money
is secured by stopping all official salaries for
two years.
THE National Telephone Company OF Scot
land has several submarine cables OF seven,
eight and nine miles In length, which give
perfect satisfaction.
THERE is newspaper museum at Aix-la-
Chapelle, France, containing files or speci-
mems Of more than seventeen thousand
newspapers, half the full press of tho world.
THE depression of the times is severely
felt by the English aristocracy. Many fam.
lilies once opolent are now glad to let their
town residences in London to rich foreign
ers.
AT grand dinners in London the guests
have offered them bears ham from Russia,
sterlets from the Volga, haunch of rein
deer from Lapland and col1ies from Japan.
The fashion of game and fruits from far
countries is the result Of modern facilities
for transport.
THE line of telegraph in Formosa has been
completed from Keeling, in the north, to
Tai-wan-foo in the south end of the island.
AS the cable across the channel is in opera
ton all the Chinese portions of Formosa are
now in close telegraphlc communication
with the outside world.
A DECREE has been issued by the Austrian
Government banishing all grinders of or
gans from the streets of Kaiserstadt. In
future the hale and strong organ-grinders
will be treated as Migrants, while those who
are crippled or otherwise afflicted will be
relegated TO the alms-houses
JAPAN has recently given an evidence Of
how rapidly her ideas are becoming West
ernized by adopting the system of dividing
/ the day into twenty-four hours of equal
/ length. Formerly the day in Japan was di-
! vided into twelve hours-six from the rising
to the setting of the sun and six from sun
set to sunrise.
| UNTIL the last winter not more than
eight consecutive days of snowfall were
ever observed in Berlin, but in the last sea.
son was one period of sixteen consecutive
days on which snow fell. The previous max
imum number of days of snowfall for the
winter, fifty, was greatly exceeded, as was
also previous quantities of snow.
THERE is no city in the world in which SC
much black is worn as Paris, writes CORE
spondent 1t is rule in all large establish
ments that the saleswomen should be clad
in black. Dark colors are made the badge
of responsibility, so that the mother OF 0
family hesltates TO engage teacher or gov
erncss who makes her appearance in any
thing that is not drab, black or brown.
A JERUSALEM correspondent writes that
the Holy City is fast becoming again the
city of the Jews. In 1880 there were moi
more than 5000 Jews there; now there arc
more than 10000. Recent Russian persecu
tions have led thousands to make theil
homes there, and although the Turkish Gov
eminent forbids all Jews who are not resi-
dents of Jerusalem to remain longer thar
thirty days, yet a judicious application o
brides enables them to stay there as long a!
they please without molestation. Wealth.
Jews have built hospitals and founded
homes, and many of the refugees who ar,
poor live from the charity of their brethren