Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-04
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comes of a deep pink color, and the same
thing is seen to a less extent on all parts OF
the body.
MOLTKE THE SILENT, as he is called, at 81 is
tall, slender, erect, with sallOw, beardless
face, stony gray eyes and yellow hair, wear
ing cap and a long military coat. Unattend-
ed by even a sirgle servant he walks through
the streets of Berlin slowly and noiselesely.
Saluted by every soldier he meets, he returns
the courtesy, but apparently without noticing
to whom, and everywhere he retains the cold,
absorbed, mysterious manner which ne dld
not allow TO be broken even at Sedan.
THE case of Stephen Whitloek, who died in
Lyons, n. Y, recently, is a curious one. The
deceased during one whole day ate immense
quantities of peanuts, at the same time drink
ing cOpiOus draughts Of ice-cOld water. The
next day he continued eating peanuts and
cherries and drank more ice water. In the
evening he returned home, when he was sud-
denly taken with intense pains in the st0m-
ach, and from that time his case grew more
and more helpless, until death. 1t was found
that his stomach had burst.
THE best dressed woman at Atlantic City is
said to be q Jewess. Her wardrobe is supe-
riOr in quantity and quality to any other at
the seashore, and probably Is not equaled in
the United States. She never puts on the
same dress twice in a season at one resort,
though she will go through with the wardrobe
again as Saratoga. The job ought to bring a
reward 10 Ner vanity IOT certainly IL Is dTuu-
Gus. She rarely rests while on parade, but
walks necessarily on the verandas and through
the corridors of her hotel. She is thus afoOt
four hours without intermissIOn. The taste
shown in her garments is excellent, and all
arc beautiful as well as costly.
According to a writer in the Cincinnati En-
quirer a college for monkeys has been estab-
.ished in London by half dozen evolutionists
and naturalisis Of the very advanced school.
who are attempting to teach the monkeys to
talk, or at least to express their wants. The
method is by letter blocks, and when the pupil
picks out the correct letters and forms word
he is given prize in the shape of something
good TO eat. Thus there is continual incentive
to learn. However, should these animals
learn to pick out the letter forming some word
or series of words it will not prove them to
have been the prOgenItOrs of mankind. Dogs,
and even pigs, have long ago been taught as
much.
TRAVELLING in the south of Germany one
finds, half hidden among the trees, scores of
tiny villages, the straw thatched roofs OF
which crowd round the village church.
Round these villages there is ''a general dirti-
ness and air of shiftlessness." and though the
grapes and wine of the district may be cele-
brated all over the world it is evident that
poverty reigns supreme in these regions.
But the villager in spite of want and dirt, is
well satisfied with his mode of life, which at
the best allows him to get rich enough to give
his daughters a few pieces OF furniture at
their marriage, and to lay up few shillings
for a rainy day. III he succeeds IN doing this
he is considered wealthy.
THE loquat is a fruit about the color of an
apricot, IL inches in length and inch in di-
ameter. The seeds are small and the flavor
like that of a cherry, delicate, sub-acid and
good. a gentleman near New Orleans, who
has trees 20 feet in height on his farm, de-
clares chat for eating fresh. for sauce and for
pies the loquat has no superior. The fruit
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order to ship long distance, the stem must
be cut so as to avoid breaking the pulp. The
lOquat is grown from seeos with the
greatest ease, also from cuttings and layers.
In form it is glObular and l. 4 inches in diane
ter. 1t begins to ripen in April and continues
until the first week in July.
4 CORRESPONDENT in the Catsl<ills says:
''The chief industry up here is producing
wood flour, kind of cousin to wood pulp. 1t
was first manufactured in the Catskills about
nine years ago, and now over twenty mills
are IN full blast. The process is exceedingly
simple. ANY soft-wood tree-poplar is the
favOrIte-is felled and drawn to the mill. The
bark and bOughs are removed and the trunk
put in a machine which is nothing but a lead
pencil sharpener on large scale, with four
or more knife edges instead OF one. The pro-
duct is a soft, fine, yellowish white -four. SINH
lar IN appearance to very ell-ground corn
meal. 1t possesses a slight woody smell and
is almost tasteless. 1t is put up in large bags,
buyer.
ONE hundred thousand United States SOL
diers were massed under Gen. Sheridan in the
Southwest just after the war to induce Louis
NAPOLEON to let Mexico alone. Gen. Grant was
in favor of force. Secretary Seward couched
a diplomatic request to the French Emperor
IN the politest terms. This aDgered Grant.
Gen. Ayres says he took dinner with Gen.
Grant that day, and he said hardly word
a. 4 n rr-1nn as
over they went out together to smoke, and
sat down on the parapet. Gen. Ayres gave
Gen. Grant a long black cigar, and he sat
down and pulled away, still silent. Finally
Grant blurted out single remark: "l'm
down on LOUIS Napoleon and Bill Seward"
and this was the sum of his conversation for
that day.
A REMARKABLE SERVICE was held at Chi
chester, England, recently. In November
last, during heavy thunder storm, the light
ming conductor to the Cathedral splre wasshat-
tered the building escaping with out injury.
The dangerous work of replacing the cOnduc-
tor has Just been completed without accident,
and at the close of the afternoon service the
Bishop of Chichester, Dean BurgOn, Arch
deacon Walker and other clergy, followed by
the choir, proceeded from the Cathedral to the
SPOT at which the conductor enters well.
Here the choir chanted a psalm and sang a
hymn. and the Archdeacon, Dean and Bishop
offered prayer. An address, founded on the
37th chapter of Job, was delivered by the
Bishop. and at the close a peal was rung on
the Cathedral bells.
ONE Of the four spacious hanging stairways
that will afford access to the new Philadelphia
CITY Hall from the corners Of the vast struct-
ure is ready for the massive bronze balustrade
of handsome design which will be placed on
the outer edge of the steps. The stairway is
built entirely of Cape Ann granite. 1t has 1855
steps and 20 platforms, the average size of the
latter being 24Xl2 feet, which project from the
wall without apg aren't support. The steps
are firmly fixed IN the wall a distance of foot
& inches and each block has a bearing Of 1S<
inches on the step below. The first steps are
cut solIdlv from one block of granite. The
OctagOnal form OF the stairway permits OF
the greatest strength and security being
attained 1t is estimated that the cost of the
stairway viii be about 100000. Similar
structures will be built in the other three
corners of the building.
RATHER an interesting case against NJ.
Munkacsy, the great Hungarian painter, is
pending in one of the Paris courts. Six years
ago NJ. Munkacsy was building himself a
house. and the tradesman who did the fur
nishing asked TO be paid the $4,000 due to him
by a picture instead in cash. NJ. Munkacsy
took long credit, and only dellvere the pic
ture in the winter of lSS2-s3; and the furnI-
ture dealer has now brought an action on the
ground that the article is not up to warranty.
IL seems in fact, to be a mere sketch, as its
owner discovered when, hoping to realize
some of the enormous prices winch ne knew
were now given for Munkacsys," he took it
to a dealer the other day. The furniture in
the picture has no legs, and the features of
the figures are not indicated. An "impres-
sion" by Munkacsy is, unfortunately, not
worth as much as one of his pictures.
LORD VAUDEVILLE is quoted as saying that
he observed a marked difference between the
gamblers at Saratoga and at European re-
sorts. "On the other side" he explained,
s'the dealers only are imperturbable. Few Of
the amateur gamblers make any effort to hide
their anxiety. Besides the tremulOusness and
high color, which can only be prevented by
self control, they don't try. rule,
to hold their tongues or steady their nerves.
Round the roulette and black and-white
tables at Baden Baden l have seen quite
hubbub. There's no such thing here. There
il iust about as much stOlidity IN front OF this
table as behind it. The heavy loser over there
mas red hair; he's naturally excitable in tenn
but he doesn't let a muscle culver,
though he's dropped over $500 IN about as
many minutes. 1t is characteristic OF
Americans, at least of your city men, to keep
cool. You are a nation OF Sir Charles Cold
treams."
TIE history of the famous Eddystone light
house is a convenient epitome of the progress