The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-03
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have suffered by his imprisonment. The gov
ernor OF the Galway Jail had the good sense to
treat his guest as a spoiled child rather tEan as
martyr. H let HIM have his Own way about
his clothes, fed him we'll relaxed various prison
rules in his favor, and finally released him in
/ better condition than when he entered the walls
four months age. a-+
THE DIFFICULTY between En- gland and Portu-
gal IS still acute. There has been a lively inter
/ change Of dispatches. but the views of the dis
/ putants are as widely divergent as ever
| Portugal says in effect that she will not sur
render, nor will she consent to refer the matter
/ 10 arbitration. Lord Salisbury is also averse 70
/ arbitration, as England lost Delagoa Bay by
4 that method, AMI has no friends among the
1 possible arbltrators.
! The EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT is seriously con-
! sidering the question of retiring Emin Pasha
! on pension in recognition of his heroic serv-
! ices as governor of the last Egyptian province
| in interior Africa. 1t is thought likely, how
! ever, that he viii be asked by Germany to Co
! operate with Maj. Wssmann in the establish
| ment OF commercial ports in Southeast Africa
! in which case the contemplated action of Egypt
/ VIII be held in abeyance.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT is to supersede gas in
Rome. The motive power will be derived from
the waterfalls at Tivoli, and the station for the
distribution of power will be near Porta Pia.
| Rome does not in this case lose in picturesque
| ness what it gains in modernization, for the few
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| stance, on the Quirinal Hill and in the Piazza
| Colonna-lend singuarIv new and beautiful
| aspect to the Eternal City as seen in the even
| ing from the neighboring hills of Frascati and
| the other "Casteili." The spectacle of Rome
| with its mighty overhangng cupola, illuminated
| by the electric light, across the wide Campagna,
| will be remarkable
! In 1864 CHINA supplied 81 per cent. Of the tea
| consumed in the world and India per cent.
In 1888 she supplied 40 per cent. and India SO
| per cent. This decline is relative aud not real,
| owing to increased consumption. But the India
| growers are prospecting immensely and going
i ahead rapidly. the result of superior intel
| Agence, the introduction of improved ma
| chinery and better methods while China has
| Kept up her old system. 1t is said that promi-
| nent Indian planters have expressed the belief
| that within few years Indian tea can be sold
! III the European and American markets at 10
and 10 cents per pound, equal in quality and
flavor TO Chinese tea now selling at from five to
eight times tn sum-
TT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO." said c. R. H.
Davis to a st. Louis Republic man. THAT 1
saw justice turn from tragedy to farce in a
twlnkling. 1t was in one of those pine-board
court houses of the mining regions that /, as
foreman of jury led my colleagues out and
with long face pronounced the verdict of
guilty of murder in the first degree upon the
prisoner. Then | sat down, my chair tilted
against the window, and listened to the stern
decree of the court: To hang by the neck until
d Just then three pals of the condemned
man walked in with loaded guns, and the
sentence was never flushed. l dropped back
through the window, the court followed, and
the prisoner never has been seen 10 this day
The WOMEN of the Russian telegraph service
are raising great cutlery in the press against
the hardship of the law in force in Russia that
they may only marry telegraphists and that
too, only those who are engaged at the same
station, the official idea being that they there.
by, in case of need, would be able to take the
place of their husbands young Russian
woman writes to Novgorod papsr: Il have,
therefore, if do not choose to forfeit my situa-
ton, first to fall in love with an electrical
swain, then to manage tnat he falls in love with
me; next to arrange that he is transferred to
my station. This is hard task for a girl who
is rveted fourteen hours every dav to her APP
paratus and does not wish to lose her pittance
OF ~ roubleS a year.
MEssRs WHITE AND ELDER, of GridIey,
Mont, went hunting for an eagles nest in the
Buttes. They found it on top of the highest
peak, and three little eaglets were comfortably
domiciled therein. The mother bird was absent
Elder took one of the little birds and began the
descent of the mountain. Ere they had
traverse 200 yards the old bird returned and
attacked them White carried both of the
eaglets while Elder tried to keep off the!mother
by throwing rocks at her. The scheme work ed
very well for while, until the latter, instead
OF swoopng down at them, began pi king up
rocks weighing from five to fifteen pounds and
letting them drop at t1em from an elevation of
80 to IS feet, when the daring sportsmen con-
cluded 'twere better to quit. and dropped the
eagets and fled from the scene.
SUPERINTENDENT of the Census Porter re-
ceived letter, suggesting that statistics be
gathered relative to the chewing gum habit.
A proprietor of a chewing gum factory in
Elkhart, Ind, speaking of his factory, which is
one of the smallest and least Important in the
country, sa d: Thus far this year we have
made and sold 100000 worth of the stuff. We
employ 100 men and girs, and we ship to Job
blng houses in every large city in the country
There are In the United States alone fully
dozen large factories employing many peo-
pie as We do, and in most cases more The an
nual output of these factories will average
S45O,OO0, making a total production of more
than $4,000 and there are enough smaller
confectionery establishments to increase the
annual production to at least Sc, 600, 000''
The FRENCH GOVERNMENT has authorized the
construction by contract of three battle ships
OF 100 tons each, four torpedo vessels ten sea-
going torpedo boats, and thirty ordinary boats
| OF this grant, NJ. Weyl, in lie Yacht SAYS there
IS much question as to the type of the battle
snlps, and many are considering whether more
attention must not be given to the health and
| comfort of the crews than is now bestowed upon
! the subject. SurmiSes are made too that the
| low tree-board at the end, as in English types
Tor the purpose of an extended arc of ire is NOT
! too dearly bought. AS to the force which 1t is
| proper for France to maintain for naval war
| NJ Weyl declares that as England measures her
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| blned. France should measure hers so as to
match those of Italy and Germany combined.
| THE sUBJoINED GOLD STORY comes from Yer
| mont: 1t has long been known that there was
more or less gold in the beds of the brooks in
! Worcester, and in the territory between Mont
| peler and that town. The existence of it has
| been brought to public attention Just now bv a
| curious incident Clement Provost recently
| purchased of Michael Cory a duck, one of
| flock that Mr.. Cory had raised on his farm I'm
| the branch" In preparing the bird for the
| oven the crop was broken. and with the midi
| gested food there rolled out some particles Of
| gravel, and several pieces of some substance
| that shone. Mrs, Provost threw the mass in
the ire, but one of the pieces chung to the inner
coating of the crop and she called the attention
of her husband to it. His curiosity was excited
and close examination disclosed the facr that
the lump, which is about as large as two double
b shot, was nugget of gold. The muscular
action of the crop Of the duck had worn tine
nugget perfectly smooth.
The MOUNTAIN PEOPLE ON Waden's ridee
within fifteen miles of Chattanooga. are CON.
WINGED that specter deer protects the living
ones There are still large number of deer to
be found on the mountains, and parties fra
quenty go from the city on hunting expedi.
tions. Tdey seldom fail to get within sight Of
game, but very frequently return without anv
Inc reason for this is explained by one of the