The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

to birch boys under IS for all ofeuses. at the
discretion Of the magistrate. he jndicious
use of the birch it is believed. would not only
have = more salutary effect but would save
the bOys from acquiring the prison faint,
losing their dread Of the prison, and sinking
deeper into crime.
Elaborate preparations are being made TO
raise from the lagoon mud at Venice the long
lost Piazetta column. which has recently been
discovered. after having lam there for eight
centuries. 1t was in 1880 that the Emperor
Alexis Comments, OF Constantinople, pl
sented three Egyptian monoliths to the city
OF Venice. Two of them we're landed safely.
The third. in the course OF Instrumentation,
toppled into the lagoon. all trace Of it having
been lost until a short time ago.
curious trial has been going on at era
COW, in which more than hundred peasants,
men ami women, were charged with lese-
majestic, armed opposition TO the authorities,
rlOtlng and the circulation OF false reports.
On the outbreak of cholera ia 1892 the district
authorities of W.elcza, in Galicia, acting on
the instructions of the stakeholder, ordered
certain preventive measures to be taken by
the municipalities. These measures caused
great discomfort. On the outbreak of the ep-
idemic in Craeow and Podgorze the district
oh1eers appointed a commission to see that
the sanitary precautions referred to were en-
forced. In the meantime the peaSantry de
ctded to offer armed opposition to the commits
sion the movement being instigated in sew
eral instances by the heads of local muntct-
pal bodies. Reports were spread by agi-
tators that the sanitary commission was
about TO destroy the food Of the peasantry
to break their household vessels, and burn
their old clothing. At one Of the meetings
OF the peasantry the secretary of one OF the
municipal councils suggested that-the women
should arm themselves and prevent the en-
trance OF the gendarmes. some of the mu
ni@pal officials threatened peasants who
wished to withdraw from the movement with
lines and other punishments. The commits
sion on beginning their inspection found
0frnDtpd " n M nf
armed with hay-forks and other implements
who compelled them to retreat In the back
ground was crowd OF armed peasants In
one place the gendarmes were almost over
powered by the mutinous country people, be-
ing saved by the appearance of a troop Of
dragroonS. %.
Some figures recently published show the
enormousN extent TO which the frozen meat
trade in England has been developed during
the last thirteen years. 1t appears that In
1893 no fewer than 25l4. SCI carcasses OF frozen
sheep and lamds and 1850 quarters and
pieces Of beef arrived In London from New
Zealand and Australia alone, without count
Ing l,313,72S sheep from the River Plate and
1925 more from the Falkland Islands, The
sheep are mainly brought direct from the
farmers in New Zealand or Australia by rep
resentatives OF the English companies the
amount paid being I'd. per pound tor. animals
not over seventy pounds in weight. The farm
ers also receive the skins. kidneys, and fat. A
Few are sent on cons 1ment, but the other
as under it the farmers know at once what
they are to get, and are saved tedious delays
and possible disappointment here are, al
together, twenty-five meatfreezing work in
New Zealand, OF which Is ar9 in the North
Island and in the South, and these works
can freeze from ~ 900 to IL, 900 sheep in day
or an aggregate OF 100000 year. The cost
OF complete set OF works, capable Of dealing
with lOOQ sheep day, is estimated at from
9l7OOO to 100000. Eighty eight vessels
altogether have now been lifted with refriger-
atlng apparatus. and these nave q maximum
carrying CAPACITY of 6, 100000 carcasses. The
cost for Strengthening, freezing and putting
the sheep on board is from three -ei ghthS of a
penny to halfpenny per pound and the
freight, insurance, and London charges
amount to about three half pence per pound.
making the total cost of the importers 4d. per
pound, or fraction under. he present
market price in London for the best New Zea-
land mutton is 41sd. "a trihe over centsJ per
pound.
Edgar Wakeman, whose life among and
close study OF the Romany entities him 10 be
ranked as highest authority upon gipsies,
furnishes from time to time many interesting
facts in regard to their progress in this coun-
try. He states that in Chicago there is a
clergyman who was born GYPSY, A member
of the Pennsylvania Legislature has the same
origin. In Canada there are nifty eminent
professional people who are of the Bohemian
lace. prominent civil engineer on a south
ern railway Is gypsy. Mr.. Wakeman says
that in New York city are half hundred gip-
sizes, several of whom are worth upward OF
| 100000 apiece Boston lawyer is in GOOD
practice Is gypsy. San Francisco cafe is
owned and conducted by gypsy, who is very
rich. In Indianapolis is a physician in large
| practice, who passes as an Englishman. he
was born in a Yetholm gypsy camp. One
OF the wealthiest residents OF Washing
| ton IS GYPSY Certain business men
| in Richmond and Baltimore have the same
| origin. henry Stanley, Of st, raul owns
| property worth over 1900. The Cooper
| family, Of Eass Somerville Boston, are worth
| S25O,OO9. Uriah Wharton owns $40 O0O OF real
estate in New York. In Canada the amount
| OF property held by Gipsies Is very large.
| Half million dollars worth of property in
| and aroma Dayton o., is owned by Gipsies
In Milwaukee, Elias Brewer owns $4,000
| worth OF property "ln short" says Mr.
Wakeman II make it as sta ement of fact
| that could fill columns with names and ad-
! dresses and property estimates nearly IL
thousand G1psles IN this country whose com
bined wealth would exceed $4,000 Go 4"
| thus 1t is that the Gipsies have become an
| interesting race to the student OF sociology
| their advancement and prosperity are not
| SuppoSltouS. 1 he G1pSies are becoming in
reality an important part OF the community
| AS Mr Wakeman hints, some day the busy
| politician will be scurrying about to catch
the Gypsy vote.
The following sketch OF the man Valiant, S
career, taken from the official indictment. is
an interesting Illustration OF the stuff OF
which anarchists are made: Beginning work
az iAAC aSC VI IL 10 d NOulcCtlO0eF 3 aDDreQ-
tice, later on he vas shoemaker, thermom.
eter-maker, day laborer, and lastly a Jour
neyman in morocco leather factory. In his
i numerous presentations, he has several
times been prosecuted. On May % 1876 he
was fined / y the Dion magistrate for travel
ing in a train without a ticket: on Nav "a
| 1873, at Charleville he had six DAYS innpris.
onment for theft; on 4, &c. IA of the same wear
at MarseilleS he had three DAYS imprison.
ment for begging; on April "a. 1879 at Algiers
he had three months Imprisonment, and
| on April 26. 1881, at MarseiiIes n
month for theft. Ever seeking his fortune
| in 1850 he went to the Argentine Republic
| where he had obtained a concession He
wrote to friend saying that in ten years he
hoped to be well of. In that CORRESPONDENCE
he revealed to his friend that his exodus had
another object-to get rid of his wife by the
help of some chance lover. Disappointed in
his other schemes. he returned to France in
March, 1898. He presented himself to his
wife's family, and almost Immediately
formed relations with one of her cousins the
woman Marchal The outraged hushan left
the house and valiant took his place At
length. icing without resources and having
/ home, he had to think of work In company
with his mistress and his daughter he took
lodgings at Choisy-le Roi, where MN Petit
pont, touched by his poverty and entreaties
ended by taking him into their morocco fac
tory. He lecompensed his masters by ex-
citing difficulties with their men In constant
relations for several years with the so-called
Anarchist Companions. he was secretary at
Choisy-le-hol to the Philosophic Library for
the study and Diffusion Of the Natural Sei
ences, the aim OF which was anarchist nropn-