Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-02

0AlJlmOIS OIuluduCCs
OF Webster, the English actor, who died
recently, it is related that one day, when at
the point of death, two Of his old friends
had called to see him. The end, they
thought, had come, SO they reverently Gov
cred his face with a sheet, and went down
stairs to console themselves. They found
out his whisky and cigars, and had sat down
to make a night Of It under the dead mans
roof, when suddenly the door opened.
There stood Benjamin Webster In his wind
ing sheet. 81 am not dead yet" chuckled
the invincible old man, 'but see you know
how to enjoy yourselves"
AS absurd a story as was ever printed has
been put into circulation by the Se'1tS1'eIte al
Midi Fanfitlla, an official Italian newspaper.
The story is that the italian nation has been
for years wasting its worship upon sham
Garibaldi, the real hero having been Killed
st Aspromonte. Various circumstances are
mentioned in support Of this fanciful tale;
for.instance the supposed fact that the gen
uipe Garibaldi had small hands and feet,
and wrote clumsily and with difficulty,
whereas the impersOnator Of the dead hero
had large and unshapely hands, but welded
the pen Of ready writer.
The chief field for the efforts of Mormon
missionaries would appear to be Scandina-
via. The last Mormon cargo landed at Cas-
tie Garden, about 500 In number, came di-
rect from Gothenburg to Hull, England,
where they were met by several Mormon
elders from Liverpool, now the centre Of
MoTmonism in England, Scotland and Ire
land being unrepresented. They were
brought by special train to the latter port
tor embarkatfOn. Many young married
couples were to + e found In company with
aged men and women, with their families Of
grown up sons and daughters.
The natural conclusion, on reading in the
papers three weeks ago that George Foulty,
of Bellefontaine, Ohio, had fired a bullet
into his brain directly through the centre of
his forehead, was that this was the last Of
George Foulty. But that young man seems
to have been strangely organized. So far
from dying on the spot, he did not even
lose consciousness, nor has ne since suffered
any pain, although 1t has been something OF
a nuisance to keep wiping away the brains
which have constantly oozed out. bis
friends even go so far as to say that George g
faculties have improved since the bullet en-
tered his head. He is now in comfortable
health, and takes much satisfaction in pos
ing as doctors puzzle.
The late Friedrich Vetterli, inventor of
the Vetterli gun, was by birth Swiss, but
it was during long residence In England that
he brought out his important ideas Of gun
merry. He first exhibited in England, in
1S49, model Of the breeeh-lOading cannon
that has since been in principle widely
adopted. In 1865 he returned to his native
land, as manager of a great gun factory al
Neuhausen, and there he remained until his
death, few weeks ago. He watched the
fate of his inventions with the close interest
OF parent who has sent his children out
into the world, and his satisfaction was
supreme when his favorite "Elnlader" was
proven superior to its competitors and was
adopted for the Italian army.
There is one nickel mine in this country
which lies in Lancaster county, Pa, and is
owned by Philadelphia. To protect it,
the government has placed a duty Of thirty
cents a pound on foreign nickel, and even
with that advantage the owner says 1t does
not pay, and he only runs it to keep his three
hundred men in employment. II these per
sons can do nothing else for living, 1t
would certainly pay better for the govern
ment to assume their support, or perhaps
the Meriden Britannia company, which had
to start factory in Cans0a to get nickel
free OF duty, might feel disposed to go bail
that these three hundred shall not suffer.
So far as the government is concerned, it
has lust as much right to take care Of nickel
miners directly as to tax the people, so that
they are thereby forced to do so indirectly.
The Keuwood Convent, near the Hudson
river, about two miles below Albany, has
recently been supplied with the telephone.
One of the Sisters invited the superioress to
test 1t. After persuasion the Superioress
A..11 49, H. -
"Hello," and put the handphone to her ear.
Turning to the Sister, she remarked: 81
am surprised to hear you make use Of such
a word" "But it is necessary, Mother; it is
the one used in calling up the central Office. "
No sooner had the SupeTioress uttered the
word than she turned to the Sister with
fear and said "Why, a man is talking
with me-" The young fellow in the central
office heard the exclamation, and was ready
with the reply: Eyes, madam, 1t is man,
but he is two miles away" The answer was
too good to keep, and the Superioress told
it to the Sisters, who all Joined in hearty
laugh.
The Hon. w. j. Hendricks, of Frankfort,
Ky., oncs undertook to give lesson in po-
likeness, and this, according to his story,
was the result: He was sitting in his Office
one day, when his colored Office boy
entered, with his hat on, singing, "Dar's one
mo- ri6ber to cross" Mr.. Hendricks was
impressed with the boys want of politeness
and said "Look here, sir ; that's no way
to enter my office. You need lesson In be-
haviOr Now, you take a seat in my chair
and act Just as though you were proprietor
lust as do, aud l will go out and come In
lust as you should" whereupon he laid
down his cigar and went out Of the door.
In moment he returned, and there sat the
boy with his feet perched upon the table, a
copy of the Revised statutes OF the United
States open in his lap and the half-smoked
cigar in his mouth, and his hat cooked
down over one eye. The teacher of man
ners entered quietly, with his hat in his
hand, but had not fairly gotten into the
room before the darkey looked up and said:
"Jack, you id rascal, pick up that spit
toon, clean it quick, and then come in heah,
SIR, and black my boots--do you heah gn
Jack was kicked out, but was soon Teinsta-
ted.
The old case of Burnsnd VS.. Rodocanachi,
Sons 81 Co., which is somewhat famous in
the Alabama claims controversy, has just
been finally decided by the British House of
Lords. The Rodocanachis shipped a cargo
of tobacco during our civil war, valued at
421. $50. 1t was insured Win Mr.. Burnand
and others for 1000, which was paid
mon the capture and destruction of the
vessel and cargo by the Alabama. Under
the act OF. 1874 the shippers recovered the
difference between the insurance paid and
the true value OF the cargo. Thereupon Mr..
Burnand sued the Rodocanachis for the
amount recovered, upon the principle OF
subrogation, the payment OF insurance hay
ing been made as for total loss. On the
first trial Lord Chief Justice Coleridge
gave judgment for the underwriters,
but this was reversed by the Court OF APP
peals, in decision which has been much
used In opposition to the claims Of insur-
ance companies in the debates In Congress.
The underwriters appealed to the House Of
Lords, and the appeal has now been dis
missed, but without touching upon the ques-
tions decided at the former trials. The
Lords held that the valuation of the cargo
In the policy had reference merely to the
contract between the underwriters and the