The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| n ANNA7ALs NO., u Al mas kliled JlO squirrels
since June !, but probably he has not done
much OF anything else.
SINCE the tories came into power in 1885 there
have been eighty four BY elections to the Brit
ish House of Commons representing an eighth
| part OF that body. OF these seats twelve have
| been won by the liberals. and one bv the tories
II II tne Mnoie House were at the next election to
| De renewed IN the same fashion, large liberal
| majority would be secured
| OK JAN. 9 NEXT Louis Kossuth will complete
the period of absence from his native country,
| after which, unless he applies for a renewal of
| nls ng1ts. ne VIII lose his Hungarian citizen
snip In Turin, where Kossuth lives. and where
s Two sons nave become Italian citizens there
| Is strong desire that he should permit himself
| 70 become an Italian, But it is said that the
Magyar exile will not consent to this.
CARDINAL SCHIAFFINo who died in Rome on
Sept.s4, was the sixty third member of the sacred
Gonege who passed away since the election of
| rope Leo XIII, Feb. 20 1873. The number of
cardinals now living is IS. Seven are over so
years old, q between 20 and 80 % between 60
| and 20 IL between so and CO. and 4 between 42
ana 49, Cardinal Newman, who was born on
| college
SHOULD ''The Mikado" be produced as is
promised, at the Eden Gheater, Paris, Messr s.
Gilbert and Sullivan or the interpreters of their
mork, at least, may have to look out for squalls
| Inc manager of the Eden has been asked to re-
member that the authors of THE Mikado'
i grossly lnsulted Gallo Jack Tars in the comic
| opera of "Ruddygore NJ Renard. the MAJ
ager IN question, has paid no attention to the
| complaint.
IHE MODERN LAND of babel is Austro-Hungary.
Everybody there wants to speak a different
| language from everybody else new tels-
| Pho e lne mas just been opened between Blu Ia
| RESIN ana Prague, and the employees could not
agree what language to use to each other Some
| wanted to speak German, some Polish vet
others Magyar or Czech. At last Tie difficulty
| mas been got over by an ordinance that French
shall be used.
| TYPHOID FEVER is particularly prominent in
Paris in the Seventh reimbursement, although
this ward contains the fine streets and
| spienu1d spaces of the fashionable Faubourg
Saint Germain. The death rate from this cause
| Is attributed to the numerous barracks and mil
ltary institutions, such the higher school of
war, which are TO be found in the district
| strangely enough, the Twentieth ward, which
IS the poorest In the capital is tolerably free
from this malady.
Col. OLcorT, president of the theosophcal
society, lectured the other night in Dublin on
| the subject, Have we lived on this earth be
foreY' At the close of the lecture one of the
audience arose and asked, ''Why should
CHRISTIAN Irishmen, Protestant or Catholic
in. 70 public liar and basphemer coming
INTO Duohn! The chairman invited some one
| 10 move vote of thanks but there was no
response, and the chairman then proposed it
ilinseH The vote was not put to the meeting,
put the colonel acknowledged it.
ALL DOUBT as to the intention of the Chinese
government to proceed with the construction
OF railways has been set at rest by the pubica-
Ulon OF an Imperial decree SanctiOning the con-
structlon of line from Picking to holhow 1t is
10 De commenced at both ends, Ii Hung Chang
0elng entrusted with the north part and Chang
CM Iung with the southern part 1.-The SOW
ereign is of the opinion" saws the edict. thai
| 10 make country powerful, railways are essen
| tlal Inc chief cause of this great revolution
Ii Ine poncy OF the Chinese Empire is said to be
| growing dread of invasion. The line is to be
| oullt In sections, and the money for it will be
| raised IN small loans as the work progresses.
1T is REPORTED from Japan that it is in COM
| temptation to erect bronze statue on an open
space Immediately outside the imperial palace
| In Toxic, and artists were invited to send in de-
signs. One of the latter represented the EN-
peror seated on his favorite charger the horse
being SO placed that its feet should rest on
either side of the entrance bridge This ia said
10 nave been much admired by the officials of
| the imperial household; but when it was sub
mltted TO The emperor it was immediately
vetoed, on the ground that it was not in accord
ance with the principles of hospitality and
pol1teness that foreign princes and personages
| of distinction who came to visit him sho1ld
have to pass under the feet of horse bestrid.
den by him.
| Il READ that professional spanker has come
| from England to try her slipper upon Young
America" says writer in the New York Press
There is no doubt that there is plenty of work
| for this woman II she could only get il 10 do
| She says that her sister is busy enough shank
| ing the youth OF England, but somehow or
Otner American mothers do not take kindly tn
her slipper The woman is willing to foraeo
| the actual spanking, if that is distasteful and
| VIII hire herself out as a boo-ga-bo If a
child is naughty the mother has but To saw Il
will send FOR Miss - if you don't behave vonr
self, and she guarantees that, after once seeing
her, this will bring the child to its senses If al
| else fails' L 40 no not recommend this idea
far from it-but do think that Ii title more
discipline would be good for American children
| 1t should come from the parents, however and
not from professional boo-ga-boo''
THEATRICAL PEOPLE, as a rule are very sinner.
stitious. One of their pet superstitions has been
that it was sure 'hoodoo'' to move a plav
from one theater 10 another during an engage
ment. No matter how successful a nav
might be In one theater, they have believed that
it would fall fiat if transferred to another honsa
The experiences of the past seem to confirm this
theory. but 1t has been pretty we'll exploded
now. Facts are very useful things in destrov
| ing superstition The ''Old Homestead ;, altar
its transfer from the Fourteenth street theater
TO the Academy OF Music in New York has
| been even greater success than in its original
starting place. SHENANDOAH furnishes an
| other instance. 1t is just as popular in its new
nome IN PROCTOR Iwenty-third street theater
as 1t was at the Star theater The natural in
ference is that the theater has very little to do
with the success of play. If a plav has real
merit Ine puplIc Will follow 1t to any frSt-class
theater. ~
A GENTLEMAN who admires Samuel ]. Randall
while differing with him In matters political
learns from one of Mr.. Randall's physicians that
the great protectionist has gone to Washington
because his only home is there, and not because
ne or his medical advisers think he ought to re-
turn to public work. Mr.. Randall has borne
with great fortltude q series of operations for
nstula, disease scarcely more painful and ter
rlole than the remedies which the surgeons find
necessary to C )mbat it. 1t is this disease and
these operations which have cost this man of
rugged frame so much of that vigor which
right or wrong, made him always SO formidable
figure on the floor of the House of Represent
atlves. 1t is acknowledged that there is no emf
nent protection democrat" in PENNSYLVANIA to
take Mr.. Randalls place, much less one In Phila-
delphla who could b elected to his seat from a
district that Will be republican whenever the
bosses want it to be- However men differ as to
his public course, any Philadelphia of either
party will poiut with feeling akin to munich
| pal pride to Samuel j. Randall's poverty as the
| highest tribute to his integrity Here was a
man who represented at Washington one of the
richest congressional districts on the continent.
yet he lived all summer at Wallipgforj in q
borrowed house. close by Col. A. K Mcclure of
the Times, and in the midst of cluster of rich
men 8 houses-men nearly all his interiors in
brains and OPP ortunities. Mr.. Randall has no
homo in Philadelphia, and no law practice
SPEAKING of Ward McAllister's coming hall
the New York World saws: SIT will occur ~,