The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-16
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he return.
The newspaper business in and from the
capital Of the German empire is some
| thing stupendous as it appears from the fol
| lowing figures, which are furnished by the
newspaper department Of the Berlin post
ONCE. Last month there were published
nearly forty political journals and the
total daily issues Of these passing through
the postOfnCe amounted in round mum
herS to $4,000 copies. There are T20 non
political papers published in the city. and
thelr total postoh1ce circulation amounted
to more than 100000 a day. Upward of
lUOJ small bags and $50 clerks are emploved
IN the newspaper traffic alone. The number
OF newspapers and other periodicals that
were puDllsed in the German empire at the
beginning of the present year was 1886 OF
| these 1850 we're printed in the German Ian
guage, and the other 9l6 in some thirty diff
1erent languages.
The streets of Naples are always densey
! crowded says a Chicago times writer. In
deed, there are twenty points in it which
from dawn until midnight present the same
| appearance as the corner of State and Madi-
son streets. and in some OF the streets which
are great cenJerS a carriage can never 90
raster than walk The number Of fine turn
outs Is very great, Tor NeapOlltons will nearly
starve and freeze themselves ana resort to
an manner or severe economies in order to be
able to AFFORD fine equipage and drive out in
the afternoon. Italians very rarely receive
or entertain at home. They see their friends
IN their opera boxes or on the carriage drive
The promenades are filled with pid-looking
young men, draped in the hight of fashion.
VINO are mostly clerks IN some government
| once, where by going without tdeir dinner,
| they can save money enough to dress them
sewer up for clothes are cheap.
W. H. Preece, an English electrician lately
| in this country is of the'opinion that teIcg-
raphy here is practically unprogressive and
that telephony is making rapid strides. The
| telephone, remarks the electrical engineer by
way OF comment. Is to tplpg ranlV whit he n
candeScent amp is to the are light. 1 he key
! ana the arc nave necessarily limited sphere,
| while the telephone and the incaudeste nt
! nave a range so wide and universal that no
| frontier has yet ceen discovered for them.
| And this is true also of the technical side of
| the art, explaining why in telegraphy and arc
| lighting there is such little room for the en-.
gneer, while in telephony, as Mr. Preece
notes and in incandeSCent work, abundant
| opportunity is Afforded for all the very Lest
training and ingenuity that can be found.
FoT this reason, we think the telephone is
even now dominating in the field OF trans
hitting intelligence, and Will at no distant
date give further evidence of its inevitable
mastery.
Says the Philadelphia Record: Probably no
city in the country is burdened with street
names which are so meaningless as Phtladel-
phia s. Many Of them are absolutely silly
and upward Of hundred bear the Christian
names of women. In fact, there are few
women 5 names which have not been immor.
talized in the name of street. There are no
less than five Ann streets in PHILADELPHIA in
addition there is an Ann Place and an Anna
street. There are three Mary streets three
Rose streets and three Elizabeth streets with
an Elizat eth Place thrown in for good meas
ure. Not content with two Ella streets the
city fathers have named two streets after
Ellen. with an Ellen Place In addition to
these there are two Florence streets and as
many Florence avenues, and two OF III the
following streets; Caroline. Emiline, Isabella
Leutla, Lydia, Margaretta, May. Minerva.
Pearl. Sarah and Victoria. From among
the other street names may culled the 1o-
lowing: Abigail Agnes Bertha. Carrie Clara
Eliza, Emma, Evalina, Grace Helen Jane
Julia. Laura, Lena, Lily, Lucy, Martha
Maud, Pris lila, Susanna, Viola, Virginia and
ZenoDia.
The secrets of snake-charming are much
simpler than most people imagine says Lip.
pincott's. The snakes to be handled are
gQrg ed with food until they become drowsy
q. else they are drugged so that their senses
are daZed. Sometimes they are kept in ice
boxes and the cCld puts them in a semi-torpid
cen 1itiOn. IN either case the snakes are
only half alive In handling the reptile the.
| hand r1ust always graspit at certain places
where the head can Re guided and held from
the body. This is the hardest thing to learn.
| but, like everything else, it comes with prac-
| tice BY dint of deXterty and strength the
| snake is easily passed from one hand to the
other and is allowed to coil about the body
| The snake-charmer. however. must lie on the
| alert When the snake becomes too lively. it
| is put back into the ice box. In handling a
| reptile with the fangs in--which ought to be
| prohibited by law-one requires great
strength. as the strain on the system during
the performance is very great. The grasp
and movements must be precise and accur-
ate There is no room FOR heSitancy or I'M
certainty. Most of the snakes handled how
ever, are harmless 50 far as poisoning is con
cerned.
BY the overwhelming evidence of the Die
tionary of Biographical Reference" says
Pearson Weekly, the credit Of having be-
longed to the greatest number Of distin-
guiShed persons must he assigned to the Silr.
name of Smith. In the list given in that
work mention is made of no fewer tLan ~
bearers OF this well-knOwn name including
statesmen, PA poets and men of letters IL
bishops, lord mayors naval and military
commanders 20 painters sCu ptO ard en-
graverS. and arOLS of the eXcneQuer. Com
pared with this he familiar cognomina of
Brown and Jones are numerically ilsignif-
cant. being respectively represe lted by Ill
and 93; whereas no other surname, accOrling
TO the above mentioned lthOcity, is able o
lay claim TO more. In connection with this
subject it Is, however. interesting to note Ger
tain Surnames which have been rendered il.
llstrous by the pre- eminent abilities of rep
resentatives Of them throughout many cen
turleS, and quite apart from hereditary RANK
An excellent example OF this class is to lie
found in the family name Of Scrope. But
when the test OF number Is applied the pre-
eminent must necessarily staud on one side
and the distinguished take their place
When was last in Naples visited won
derful Carthusian mOnastry called St Mar
tin ;. on the very brow of the hill which over
looks the ely, says a writer in the CHICAGO
Times. No woman was allowed even to pass
the outer gate. The monks had got the idea
that where they came mischief was sure to
follow, and so they sternly kept them out
remember our merriment over and our Ditv
for a very handsome young monk, al out IS.
who told us he had Eeen there ever since he
was Is, and had never seen woman. We
said; My friend, you have lost a great deal "
but he shook his head and evidently thought
US most tritling l remembered the church of
the convent as extremely splendid and the
view as wonderful. l had not been many
days in Naples before I drove out there. but
everything was changed. The monks had
been driven out and women were all over the
place. The whole convent has been
turned into a museum of antique brio a -brac.
and among other things was shown
the state carriage in which Victor Emman.
uel and Carl adj entered Naples together
Nothing remained intact except the view
which is ravishine, and the suuerb church n
perfect treasure OF carved marble Of different
cOlOrs, with glorious inlaid floor The ac-
COmPanying photograph of the cloisters viii
give an idea Of the former grandeur The
balustrade seen in the picture is ornamented
every few few feet in a cheerful way with a
skull Of carved marble. There are pictures
but it is not the intention of the writer of
these letters to treat at all on pictures For
that subject and the gush about them prouer
TO be shown by every well educated person. |