Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-23
ITEMS or INTEREST.

No" said Nr. Dash Gutter, 4 can't
afford new suit Of clothes myself;
it has cost me 30 much for liyeries for my
c0achman and i0Otman.'
CALIFORNIA has produced an ear Of
corn that can take rank among the curl
osities. 1t is grown in the exact form Of
a childs hand, all parts being complete
except the little finger, which is double.
The Piute Indians. of Nevada, who
rely upon pine nuts for their winter food,
find few this year. and say. "Heap catch
'em no pinut." They must live on jack
rabbits and charity, one about as nutri-
tious as the other.
NENNOR, the Canadian weather proph-
ct, has a rival in the South in a Professor
Gather, of Alabama, who publishes the
statement that the coming winter VIII be
distinguished by its phenomenal seasons
Of cold. interspersed by parOXysmal spells
Of heat
\ LATE novel marries of its heroine
under the prescription Of the family ply
stefan as the only means Of saving her
from insanity. The diagnosis of the case
was eminentiy correct, for where every
thing else fails. marriage is sure to bring
the loyesick back to their senses.
THERE are souls in my church 50
small" said Mr.. TaImage to reporter:
$50 iHfinitesimal. so mean. that fifty of
them could dance a schottsche on the
point Of a cambria needle without touch
ing each other" We Judged that was
about the sort Of people who'd 20 to hear
Talmage.
The son Of War Governor Andrew is
whirling ahead at good pace. Not long
since he was an humble mechanic in a
small town: then he married girl worth
5000. 900 in her own right. Now he has
been nominated for the state Senate by
the Republicans. 1t might be just as
we'll To pack away that mechanic story
till spring.
The bridesmaids dresses at a recent
fashionable wedding were white lace,
with bodices and waterfall backs of
broche satin. crimson waistcOats of cash
mere embroidery, and hats Of lace with
white feathers. Each wore an arrow
brooch Of cat's-eye and pearls, and car
ried large bouquets of carnations and
stephanOtis, the gifts Of the bridegroom.
SPECTATORS at menagerie in Liver
pool recently witnessed a thrilling spec
tacle. \ Swiss tanner entered the cage Of
a Young Arabian lion for the purpose Of
tanning him, although he had been told not
to do 50. He had no more than entered
when the beast sprang and seized him by
the head With great difficulty the tanner
was rescued by the men, but he had been
saVagely wounded on the head, arm and
side.
BOUQUETS of ochids find the greatest
favor in London society just now. The
rage for them is wonderful. The man
aeement i'm a metropolitan garden Of a
dollhouse which is solely devoted to this
beautiful plant requires no small amount
of experience and skill. Water has con-
stantly to he thrown upon the hot water
pipes below. in order to produce the damp
heat to which the plant is accustomed in
its native habitat.
The tramp king is Il goblin dwarf
named Sandy Moore, who has been va
grant in every State, who has fought
under four fiags-the American, Cuban,
Confederate and English-whO has twice
walked from san Francisco to the Attain
tic. and who is now an inmate OF Wash
ingtou iaiL He is 40 wears old. and al
though he travels from town to town on
freight ears, is rarely without money
enough TO put up" at some cheap hos
telTy.
MosT of the actors doing the leading
business of a theatre to-day are nearly 8
feet high. and, if good actor can get his
weight up to 200 pounds. the Dramatic
Times SAYS that his services readily COM
mand a weekly salary Of just 81 pound.
Ii was Charles Il. ThOrne, Jr., who set
the fashion of large men on the stage.
Leading actors used to be pretty well paid
at S15 or 500 a week. but they were lean
and sometimes short. At present 5000 or
$3.50 a week is considered a merely fair
salary.
THIS pretty story is told Of the founder
of the MendelssOhn family. He was a
humpback, and young Hamburg maiden
rejected his love suit in consequence.
When wishing her adieu, she said, DO you
really think that marriages are made IN
heaven. as they sayp' YES, indeed" he
replied: land something especially
wonderful hap pened to me. At
the birth of child proclamation
is made in heaven that he
or she shall marry such and such a one.
When | was born my future wife was
also named: but at the same time it was
said. Alas, she will have dreadful hump
on her backr oh. God / then said, "a
deformed girl will become embittered,
whereas she should be beautiful. Give
me the hump and let the maiden be well
favored and agreeable Inc sOphlstry
had its reward; they were married, say S
London Society.
REFERRING to a volume from the pen of
Mrs. Clark, the widow Of Southern law
yer. the Chicago Inter- OceaR'S Boston
correspondent says that in early life she
was engaged to be married to General
Burnside. and that she actually went to
the altar with him. but there changed her
mind. The two met only once after that.
Ii was when she was carrying important
dispatches to jefferson Davis. She had
baked painful Of raised biscuits and hid
den the dispatches in them. Having been
arrested on suspicion, and knowing that
General Burnside had command of the
nearest division of the Northern army, she
demanded that she should be taken before
him. He recognized her. She said she
was going 10 Mobile and wanted "A dis
charge and pass. He hesitated a mo-
ment and then wrote out pass in silence
and gave it TO her. Does that contain
your 1uncheOn:" he inquired, pointing TO
a small basket that she carried IN her
hand. Yes" Let me see it, she
opened the basket, displaying the biscuit.
'.WiII YOU try one, General! They're
pretty hard" The General rejected the
proffer, and ordered a good dinner for her,
and then himself put her on the cars.
BRIGHT BITS.