Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-02

The panorama of all nations seen ON
the Suez canal is equaled by any emil
grant train on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Norman Lockyer, of the London Nature,
was surprised at seeing Franciscan
monk at a little station in the Rocky
Mountains. He asked how he came TO be
there. sit is simple,- the monk replied;
81 am admiring Gods work. l am only
on a journey around the world"
Sir Godfrey Kneller, the painter, was,
like some living artists, very eoneeited.
He lived next TO DIR. Radcliffe, and there
was door between their two gardens;
and, as the painters servants stole the
doctors flowers. he sent word that he
would close the gate. t'Do anything with
1t but paint II. said the doctor. Il
would take anything from you" replied
Sir Godfrey, ''but your physlc."
There is a dark red line on the mating
of the House of Commons ruled about
pace from the benches. Its origin is
almost contemporaneous with the estaD-
lishment of Parliament. 1t was for the
purpose of preventing members from
drawing their swords on each other. Inc
old use of the line is, of course, abrogat-
ed, but it is still considered out OF order
for any member in debate TO outstep 1t by
SIX inches.
A Kentucky boy of intelligence, who
talks as well as other children, eight
years old, has never spoken to his father.
All manner of ingenious devices have
been used to get the child TO do so, but he
Is just as ingenious in avoiding the traps
set for him. He has great respect for his
father, and follows him about over the
farm all day. Once il was determined 10
give him no shoes until he should ask his
father for them. The boy went barefooted
through the snow until the father yielded.
A singular accident betell German
laundress, Cordine Bernhenner, in New
York on Monday. She was leaning out Of
a third-stOry window to dry her clothes.
The sash was low and she lost her balance,
falling to the glass roof of a machine shop
below. The poor woman crashed through
this obstacle, and ended her career on
circular saw which was making 5000
revolutions minute. 1t was some seconds
before the machinery could be stopped,
but the woman survived the shock and
died in the hospital an hour afterward.
Eating ON wagers being the fashion just
now, the story of Marshal Villars' Swiss
soldier is apropos: allow many rounds Of
beef can you eat?' the Marshal asked
one day. ''Ah, MOnseigneur, can eat
great many-fiye or six, at least ''And
how many legs of muttOn?'' LEGS of
mutton? Not many-seven or eight"
''And ducks?" sob, ducks? Not many
Dozen" "And pigeOns:" ''Oh, as re-
CARDS pigeons, Monseigneur. not many
forty, perhaps fifty, according to appe-
tite.' ''And larks; how many of them
can you eatt'' ''Larks, MOnseigneur,
larks-foreyer."
1.-The number of guests at a model din
ner party should not exceed twelve or
fourteen" says Mr.. Thomas Hankey, a
well-known and wealthy London diner
out. ?. Keep the dining room cool and
we'll ventilated. 3. Sit down to dinner at
S:15, without waiting for guests who may
be absent. i. Return to the drawing room
at $3.50 to 9:45. 3. Reduce the present
number of dishes. If this were done, Mr..
Hankey SAYS. London dinners might be
what they ought to be-from the materials
to be collected in London sOciety-the
most agreeable reunions in the world.
The silver wedding Of the Crown Prince
and Princess of Germany brings out many
"reminiscences in the English journals.
The present leader of the House of Lords,
held the same position at the time of the
marriage, as it was his duty to convey TO
the Peers the message of the Queen an
nOuncing the intended marriage. CrinO-
line. at that period, was at the height of
its ascendancy. The door through which
the bridal procession had to pass into the
Chapel ROYAL, and which had sufficed for
the wedding party of Queen Anne and
George I'LL, had to be enlarged TO make
room for the dresses.