Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-08

mothers who once owned dolls themselves
and whose babies own dolls now, Will be
interested In these facts CLEANED from the
driest public documents. Even TO a man
of the world the figures may AFFORD satls-
faction. 1t is not an utterly prosalc ma
ton that spends nearly $SOO,OOO year on
dolls for Its little girls.
Before the present Divorce Court, with
its especial Judge. was established, the
London divorce suits, says Vdaity Far,
were brought before a committee of the
House of Lords, of which LordPenzance
was President. A lady well known 10
the fashionable world at that time was
heard TO say to relation OF Lady fen-
zance: SHow l envy Lady PenZance! l
wish that were in her place" why
exclaimed her listener, good deal aston
ished at this wish. "Oh," replied the
lady, because she must hear so many
delightfully."- interesting stories!
The robust health of the English in gen.
eral is said to be due to their diet. They
are good and substantial eaters. They
like plain, solid food, well cooked, and do
not, as a rule, demand variety. Meat,
vegetables and pudding are their staple
dishes, and thin soups and foreign KICK
shaws find no favor in their eyes. 1hey
despise alike French dishes as rich ana
unwholesome and Germany cookery as
coarse and unpalatable. The roast beef of
Old England is their staff of life, and ham
and eggs come next in their good graces.
Ice water is a rarity among the mass OF
the population, who look on 1t almost
as poison,
Mr.. Gladstone at seventy-three Is the
oldest of the British Ministers, and Sir
Charles w. Dixie at thirty-nine the
youngest; Mr.. Henley at eighty-nine is
the oldest Privy Councillor, and Prince
Leopold at twenty-nine the youngest; Mr..
Bass at eighty-three is the oldest NJ. p,
and Mr.. Kenney, of Ennis, at twenty-five
the youngest: Vice-Chancellor Bacon at
eighty-four is the'oldest, and Judge Bowen
at forty-siX is the youngest of the judges;
the Bishop of Chichester at eighty is the
oldest, and SodOr and Man the youngest
of the bishops; Sir Moses Montetore at
ninety-eight is the oldest, and Sir Thomas
Neaye at eight the youngest OF British
barOnets.
English physicians claim to have dis
covered an antidOte for alcohol in the
KOla nut, a product of Tropical Africa,
1t contains more caffeine than coffee, and
! has also the active principles of cocoa
without its fatty matter. The negroes of
! Jamaica use it as a remedy for intOXica-
| ton, and believe that a single nut, ground
| into paste, will sober drunken man in
! half an hour. Still more, and this is the
most wonderful property which this Won
derful nut is said to possess, chewing the
nut appeases the craving for liquor, and
produces an actual distate for alcoholic
drinks. Add to this that it is a valuable
tonic and stimulant, and it seems q tax
on human credulity to believe that this
remarkable vegetable product can possess
all the virtues aScribed to it.
When Thackery, Lemon and Tom Tay.
lor wrote for the London PHnoh, it was a
satirical organ, which set London and the
world agog. Mr.. Burnand, the present
editor, Is less witty, but quite as pugna-
cious. His last squabble was with the
Income Tax Commissioners when they
made their annual assessment upon his
handsome revenue. He declared that his
income was much less than they had
credited him with. produce your ledger
and prove your statements" LEDGER? l
haven't any" Sir" cried stern Com
missioner, no trifipgY YOU must keep
books of some kind" mo, l don't;
l write 'em." swell. you must keep ac-
counts" ''Oh, yes, yesv' said Burnand,
Frightening up and quickly drawing a lot
of papers from his pockets; Il keep lots
of accounts and sometimes | keep 'em
long time too" He handed the papers to
the Commissioners, and 10! they were
unpaid bills for meat, groceries, boots and
clothes,