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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
A FISH ACROBAT.
How Pike Caught Birds For Its Din
ner.


One warm afternoon stroller, coming
to the borders of a small pond, threw him.
self down beside a little tree that leaned
over the water, so that its lowest branches
were but few feet above the surface.
While reclining in the shade and idly
watching the leaves that fell upon the
water and sailed away, the stroller sud-
denly heard a chirping overhead and,
looking up, saw on long limb two small
sparrOws. Near them, futtering in the
air, rising, falling and now alighting be-
side them, was the mother bird. She was
evidently engaged in giving the fledge-
lings their first lesson in flying. But the
young birds could not be induced to leave
their support; they merely raised their
little wings and followed their mother out
from the tree by edging along side by side
on the limb. AS she renewed her efforte
the faster they went, until finally they
were out out on the very tip of the branch
oyerhanging the water, which reflected
their every movement.
For some time these motions of the
mother and young were kept up, and per-
haps our observer sank into a doZe, for he
suddenly became aware that one of the
birds had disappeared, that great splash
had occurred under the limb, and that the
mother bird had changed her cries to those
of alarm. But it was evident from the
mother birds actions that the little bird
had not flown away. The stroller con-
cluded that it had fallen into the water
and he rose to see if he could recover it,
when there shot up from the water long,
slender fish, that quickly darted through
the air and snatched the remaining bird
from the limb, falling back into the pond
with a splash and whisk Of its tail. This
startling leap astOnished the observer, but
it also fully explained to him the disap-
pearance Of the other young bird.
The pike was evidently out hunting and,
spying the birds upon the limb, it had
carefully measured the distance and by
two vigorous jumps had captured them
both. The mother bird was both grieved
and dazed by the sudden calamity that
flew away.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
Guessed Her Age.

Miss Makeup, the new Sunday-school
teacher, had been telling little Sammie
that when she was a wee, tiny girl, she
used to play with a little mamie who
looked just like him.
The superintendent bell rang and the
school came to order.
The lesson hour was soon reached.
"JOhnny," said Miss Makeup, ''who
was the first man?'
"George Washington-first in war, first
in"
"There, that will do"
swell, he was; l heard it at the min
strels."
s'Sammie, my little mamie, I'll war
rant you can tell who was the first man."
Sammie looked ashamed, and only gig
gled.
'sCome, sammie, don't you know?"
ssYeth'm."
swell, then, tell me like little man
ME-"
at wath that little boy you nth to play
with, walnut itS'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
Careful What she Ate.

''Will you have plate of cream, dear ?''
he asked.
''No, thank you; very rarely eat it,
she sweetly replied.
swell, do try dish of strawberries,
won't you, pet?" he continued.
'tNo, Alfred, they are so high-priced,
and really care but little for Them" she
answered.
Ppm so Sorry" he said, with an insane
desire to plunge his head into a butter
tub. 'Now, you must, indeed, you shall,
take glass Of soda.o
'tYou'll have to excuse me, but | only
care to saunter along with you, my DEAR .
she replied.
He could resist no longer.
evil you-will you-be my darling,
ducky, wiley, my sweetest % he ex-
claimed.
They were married that month. Late in
August, when she had bankrupted him on
ice cream and 10-cent California pears, he
sadly remarked:
81 thought you did not care for these
things, Maud? You didn't appear to be-
fore we were married.
sOh, yes, | remember the time you re-
fer to, Mr.. Smith. / was a trifie careful
what l ate just then, " she answered, and
Mr., Smith buried himself in reflection.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
A CHINESE BELLE.
A Rard Avis Even in the Land of the
Heather Chinee.

A Chinese belle is a curiosity to China
men. as we'll as to Christians. Even her
own cOuntry-wOmen look upon her with
as much wonder as admiration. One
reason of this is her rarity. Belle IN
China are rare birds of rare plumage. NO
ordinary community can afford the lux.
ury of possessing more than one or two
such dazzling charmers. AS speech with
the male sex is of course forbidden her,
her features. eyes, cheeks and silent lips
must all be eloquent. Her skin must
have great firmness of texture to endure
the continual coatings of white paste and
yermillion paint which the law OF her
being enioin. Her feet must not exceed
three inches in length, or one inch In
breadth. The finger-nailso of her last three
fingers must be as long as their nngers.
These last two points are the especial
glory OF Chinese fashion. Her daily life
does not differ much from that of lady OF
fashion in the days of Pepys or the
Younger Walpole. Suspicious OF the
| morning mists, she never rises before
noon. Breakfast is served in her OWE
room by her servants. This languld meal
over, she begins the serious business OF
her life. Hair by hair, supported by three
| or four hair-dressers, she attacks the
| tangled locks in whose adornment she
finds her chief pride. Both mistress and
maids labor for three or four hours, with
snatches of rest, and, thoroughly ex-
| hausted by their task at 6 O'Clock, sit
| down to their dinner. Each province has
| it's separate method of dressing the hair,
eighteen in all, and the fashion of wo-
mans hair betrays her residence. The
handsomest couture is worn by the women
of Khan Lu, that boasts the beautiful
! cities of 500 Chow and Shanghai
Strangely enough, the belle is the only
woman in China who has shadow Of
freedom. She is allowed to go to theatres
and even to pay visits, with far less
surveillance than her less favored sisters
There is something in the black patel
that she wears next her left temple, or BY
the corner of her mouth, that checks any
attempt at improperly. A belle, o
course, never walks, and rarely waddles
but is almost always borne in sedan
chair. She is an adept in the language o
the eyes, and through those silent win
dows can signal more persuasive argu
ments than fame with her hundred
tongues,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
A New Haven Sunday Eighty Years Ago.
Manhattan for Au0ast

Manhattan for august.
Thus sense of duty induced them to
violate the law themselves in order to
compel its observance by others. The
death, like dullness and absolute privation
of sound which prevailed throughout the
day can hardly be imagined. The labor
of eating dinners, prepared on the pre-
vIous Saturday, seemed to be looked
ON as alamentable necessity, and, though
such noises as coughing and sneezing
were excused if quite spontaneous, it was
directly forbidden to induce them by TAX
ing snuff, or carelessly letting your liquor
go the wrong way. | know not whether
the chattering of mans teeth in an ague
fit would have been considered reprehensi-
BILE, but in the case of your hands becom-
ing dirty, am persuaded that it would
have been held more correct to let them re-
main so than to resort to the labor of using
soap, water and towel. Under the influ-
ence of this mournful contrast to the
pleasurable tranquility or the light
hearted, innocent gaiety of a European
Sunday l really conceive myself alb
stracted from the world, or rather like the
parsonage in one of the Arabian tales who
wandered into petrifed city and in the
midst of human habitations beheld no
sign of life. But while every noise was
totally suppressed indoors, what does my
reader suppose he would hear or OBJ
serve were he to take his seat
with me at one of the inn windows
and survey the streets? For the
most part he would hear nothing, for when
the inhabitants were allowed to issue
from their doors they stole about the high
ways like so many sprites or like the mys-
FERROUS heroes in Mrs. Radcliff's romances,
so light were their movements and their
steps so inaudIble. The principal object
in sight would be those guardians of the
peace already mentioned, looking like a
detachment of CrOmwelPs body-guard
as they marched to and fro with the
utmost precision and solemnity, arrayed
in the square-cut garments which be-
tOkened their office. Perhaps, at last,
some luckless pig would waddle forth
from an avenue upon muddy research.
Alas, his first grunt of triumph, as he
lighted upon some spoil, would serve as a
signal to his enemies, one of whom
would secure him on the in
slant, drive him ANONYMOUSLY home
to his sly and there execute retrlbutiye
justice for his pagan disregard of sacred
ordinances by forthwith dispatching him.
Or should some caitiff dog, or even
thoughtless puppy, in profligate contempt
of the law, begin frOlicking and barking
in the road, he would be summarily shot
upon the spot. Or perhaps some gentle
man cat, amorOusly disposed, would
be so unfortunR& as to commence
an ill-timed fel serenade under the
gutter of his ad VI tabby, the vigilant
street-keepers, attracted by the sound,
would rush to the place, and at the mo-
ment perhaps when a tender response was
awakening in the bosom and throat of
Grimalkin, and the passionate duetto of
the hapless pair rising to a climax, both
would be assaulted with battery of staff
and stones to the interruption of their
loves and great peril of their lives.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27

Miss Lolita, who held a mortgage on the
Park Theatre, Boston, has foreclosed,
owing to the present impecuniosity of
Messrs. Abbey and Scboeffel, and the
property is now absolutely hers. The
managers named will be permitted to
lease the theatre and take charge Of the
entertainments
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27

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Connecticut western news., 1884-08-13
Her Embarrassing Mistake.

As lady opened the door of Second street residence to a ring Monday, 8 neatly dressed individual bowed politely and inserted one foot in the doorway far enough to guarantee that proceedings would not be brought to too summary a close. The lady concluded he was an agent and remarked in vigorous tones: "I don't want anything p at the same time giving undeniable indications that she desired to shut the door.
 "I beg your pardon, madam, I am not offering you anything" said he with an injured and dignifed air.
 "Pray excuse me-" she answered, "my mistake arose from the fact that have been greatly annoyed by agents. Whom did you wish to see2"
 Without noticing her inquiry he said: Madam, it is difficult to reconcile your reception of me with what gentleman would naturally expect at tbe hands of @ lady. Such brusqueness is chilling to refined and sensitive natures accustomed to the usages of polite society,""
 Again apologizing, she was about to ask him in, when he drew from his coat pocket little box and opening it, ex- plained: "Madam, have for sale here an invaluable -"
 The feat of extracting his foot from that doorway before the door slammed with noise that could be heard two blocks so distracted his attention that he left the sentence uncompleted.
 M OuAn
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-13
A City Dude.

A somewhat familiar parsonage in
 New York is the young man of good
 family who lives without any visible
 means of support and goes in the best
 society. He is probably the most mys-
 terious man in New York, and few if
 any of his friends understand how he
 manages to- get along. After little study this apparent secret begins to
 come out and assume distinct form. It
 will be seen that the expenses of young
 unmarried man with good common sense are but nominal, and that very small sum will suffice to keep his head above
 water. With economical but not par habits $1, ,000 or $1, 800 8 year will keep one of these society swells $10, 900 year if he were married. Say he is a clerk ill Q brokers office in Wall street, where he manages to eke out $15 or $20 week. That is supposed to be an occupation not incompatible with the habits of gentleman. He boards per haps with some married friend and pays therefor $10 a week; or he may have room in some mysterious place for which his income suffers to the extent of $4 of $5 week. He may belong to club, where his dues are but nominal, and the price at which he gets his din aers and wines there will save him enough to pay his club expenses. Then he is we'll known among the club men, and by assiduously cultivating their ac- quaintance he manages to be asked out to dinner four or five times a week. But the tailor. An, there's the rub To this interesting individual he is in- sroduced by some wealthy friend and orders 8 dress suit, for which he pays or promises to pay $40 or $6O. That ob- 5ained, together with an opera hat, a cane and pair of patent leather shoes, he walks into society like Aladdin into the caves of the genii. Such little ne- that follow, as flowers for his
 ady friends, cigars, car fare, a carriage now and then and an occasional box at the opera, he can make up by cool head at game of cards or perhaps writing the club gossip or society news 'or some weekly paper, and thus, well with easy hours and plenty of invitations out, he manages to make both ends meet without compromising lis standing as Ca gentleman"
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-13
Stone Cutting.

As an illustration of possible improve ment and discovery, the working of stone may be instanced. This is one of the earliest forms of industry. The first tools were made of stone, and it is among the earliest materials which men began to work upon. Yet the methods and tools are substantially the same as they were 4000years ago, when the monoliths of Egypt were hewn from the real granite, when the vast blocks of the pyramids were quarried, and the mighty ruins of vast antiquity were new. There have been certain improvements in machinery, such as channeling machines, steam drills, etc., but these are only the handles of the tools; the bulk of the granite working is still done with mallet and chisel, as it was thousands of years ago. The time will come when some fortunate inventor will discover methods aud tools by which granite shall be wrought with as much facility as iron.
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-13
Building and PaVements in Mexico.

While there are no History, or even five-story, buildings in Mexico, writes correspondent, stone structures two, three and even four stories high prevail in the central business quarters. Most Americans coming here will he sur prised, I fancy, to find that there are streets as handsome, as substantially built and as full of wealth as the aver age thoroughfares of commerce in large cities at home. Mexico is no mushroom growth. Its universal stone is hand some and its air of solidity is extremely pleasing. Humboldt's admiration for the breadth of Mexican streets, how ever, seems odd. Compared with Amer ican urban thoroughfares, save those of the older parts of Boston, they are very narrow. A railway track and two car riages will fill the space from curb to curb in more streets than one. The sidewalks are ludicrously narrow. It is sometimes impossible for two persons to walk abreast, and four arm -in-arm would monopolize the breadth of most of them. But the pavement of the driveways is generally clean, and no one hesitates to go in the road if there is no room on the walk.
 The central streets are paved with stone blocks. not quite cobble stones, nor yet of comfortable size. They are ill-laid, and it is rough riding on them. Indians water the streets by hand, as we'll as sweep them with little whisk- brooms, the brush tied in the middle without handle, so that both sides are available. It is a wonder that street sweepers survive hour of their back aching work. The Indian endurance Is deservedly famous. It is comical sight, this sweeping and sprinkling by hand, with basin full of water at a time. On the broader drives one. will see half dozen stout fellows laboring at all old-fashioned hand fire-engine pumping water through hose upon the thoroughfare. There are modern water carts in town, but, judging from the ap- pearance of things to-day, they will not be universally employed for an age.
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-13
The New Army Step.

Col. Emmons Clark, of the New York Seventh Regiment, was asked by a Telegram reporter what he thought of the change of tactics prescribed for the United States Army, especially that which effects the length of step and ca- dence for marching. The Colouel said that he was not prepared at present to speak at length in regard to the matter, but he was under the impression that the change had met with general dis favor. In fact he had not heard any fa- vorable opinion of it expressed by mill tary men. The experience of two thou sand years had taught those interested in such matters that the twenty-eight inch step was the best medium that could be arrived at in regiment or body of men varying in height from five feet six inches to six feet two inches or more. Even twenty-eight inches was 8 long stride for a man five feet eight inches and under to keep up for any length of time, and most men of that height had to stretch their legs pretty well in marching. No action would be taken in regard to the matter by the militia of this ciiy till October, when active drilling begins
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-13
Long Lived.

The longest-lived fruit tree known is the orange. It is reported to have at- tained the age of three hundred years, and it is known to have fourished and borne fruit for more than hundred years. No fruit tree will flourish and produce a fruit so we'll under rough treatment. It commences to bear the third or fourth year after budding, and by the fifth year it will. produce an abundant crop, but its yield will increase gradually under favorable circumstances; as the years pass it will become O very productive tree. The early growth of the orange is quite rapid, and by its tenth year it will have increased more than in the next fifty years, so far as breadth and height are concerned, but its age multiplies its fruits stem greatly, and an old tree will sometimes have sev. ernl thousand oranges.
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-13
Result of a Practical Joke.

A paragraph in Cleveland paper not long since told the sad story of hoax practiced by three women upon friend. It seemed harmless to them. It proved almost fatal to the friend, and illustrates a fact that should not be forgotten, that frights may kill, or may craze the brain permanently. Such jokes are criminal, and deserve a serious penalty. The vic tim of this hoax-Mrs. Burns-had gone away for short time, leaving her husband and little ones at home.
 The husband went to work, and the three women thought it would be ex- tremely funny to scare Mrs. Burns. The chairs and tables were upset, and every thing was put "topsey-turvey." A figure was made and clothed in a suit of Burns's clothes, and was laid on the floor, its head, tied with a white bandage, rest ing against the sewing
 Then the women secreted themselves. Mrs. Burns, who is of nervous tenn perament, came home and was struck speechless with horror at the scene. The poor woman, seeing the inanimate form, immediately supposed that her husband had committed suicide. Tot tering to the house of neighbor, she gasped out that her husband was dead, and tainted away.
 A physician was called, but she went from one spasm into another. When she finally revived sufficiently to talk, it was found that her reason had left her. For days she hovered between life and death. Although she is now considered out of danger, the shock has left it's im- pression upon her mind, and she may never fnllY recnYer
Connecticut western news., 1884-08-13
An Odd Custom.

Mir. Webster used to narrate, with great gusto, custom of the New Hamp- shire General Court, called "Shociug the new members" The Legislature held their sessions for ''shoeing the new members" at the "Osgood Tavern" i" about as renowned for frolic and hard drinking as the Boar's Head in East cheap, when it's walls were made to re- sound with "the revel, the laugh and ieer" of Falstaff and his iovial crew. "Shoeiug the new members" consisted in causing men for the first time elected to the general court Co "hring on, as called for, punch, flip, or strong liquors, just as the season or the appctites of the old members prompted. The prelimi- nary business of the Legislature having been accomplished (say just after com meneement of the afternoon session on the second day) n member would rine in his place, and, as grave as an owl, move that 'the House do not adjourn" t was we'll understood. They adjourned accordingly; and the whole body, presi- dent and all, moved over tho way 10 ''shoe the new members, "-Pcrleg's "Reminiscences.