Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-14
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FoRTY-FOUR COUNTIES in Tennessee have
iron deposits in them.
EFFORTS are being made to make Meridian
the capital Of Mississippi.
DURING the past year there was, through
out the country, decrease in the manufac-
ture Of stoves amounting to per cent.
A LARGE PARTY of cowboys in Moray coun-
ty, New Mexico, have organized themselves
for the purpose Of driving the thieving Utes
from the country.
AMONG the blank books used in the Treas
ury in New ork is one nineteen inches long.
thirteen inches wide, and containing 1850
pages. 1t is used by the Assistant Treasurer
who fills it every year.
GEN. LORING considers Gen. Gordon a very
brave man, but thinks he viii disappoint the
English people, as ne knows nothing of hand
ling Egyptian troops The only way to handle
Egyptian troops in battle is to put some
Englishmen behind them with sharp
bayOnets.
THE French schOOlbOys have been grievousTv
disguised at the reduction of their Christmas
holidays by the present Minister Of Public
instruction. At Montpelier an outbreak took
place, but a caution from the Minister that
the malcOntents would be excluded from ex-
aminatiOns for year suiliced TO suppress it.
AN idea of the depth of interest felt in Biz
mingham, England, in the sports practiced by
its citizens, may be formed from the fact that
the recent defeat at the Aston Villa football
team, by Queens Park, Glasgow, in their tie
for the association cup, was described in one
local paper inside black mourning border
THE "fad" Of spending the winter in the
Mediterranean yachting is increasing. and
there are just now about fifty yachts there
cruising. Among the English ''swells" who
are enjoying this pleasant way of wintering
are the Marquis of Butte, the Marquis of Aisa,
the Earl of Caithness, Lord WOlverton. Lord
AshburtOn and Lord \. Paget.
THR girl who, at New Lisbon, Ohio. an
nounced herself as the prize in raiie-a
hundred chances at dollar apiece-was
taken at first as a joker, but she afirms her
sincere Willingness to marry the winner, pro-
vided he Is under forty years of age. and
bears good reputation. She is described as
pretty, intelligent, and heretofore unassailed
by adverse criticism.
\ FEW WEEKS AGO a French nobeman shot
himself in the Hotel de Paris at Monte Carlo.
Before, however, committing the trash act"
he paid a graceful tribute to his female
friends. Some twenty ladies, both of the
grGnde and the demj-nt0nde, received a hand
some bouquet with the Comte de IS COM
pliments, and regrets that unavoidable cir
cumstances prevented him from further con
tinuing their charming acquaintance
A RECENT SUGGESTION that the French
Chamber Of Deputies should vote money to
take out Of pawn the various articles pledged
at the Paris Monte de Piete for small sums
resulted in the appointment of a committee to
inquire into the matter who reported that
among the articles which would thus be re-
claimed would be some 5,0O0Opera glasses and
$1,000 gold rings. besides numerous meer-
schaum pipes, umbrellas, and prayer books.
"HAvE you noticed in the papers" said a
1 Chicago lady to her husband, an extensive
pork packer, 'that MessOner has sued Mrs.
Mackay for $4,000, the price he demanded for
painting her portralty' WHO'S Meiss-
what's his name:n HE is the celebrated
painting one picture:" 'Yes!' ''H'm,"
gTunted the husband, turning to his paper,
Il don't wonder he Is obliged to sue her. Why,
there are painters in this city, and good ones,
too, who would be glad to paint a whole
block of ten-story buildings for half that
amount Of money
A maggie has seriously interfered with tele-
graphic communication between Kapunda
and Freezing, in South Australia, not far from
! Adelaide. For some time the line worked
! badly, and at last a telegraph operator was
I sent to examine the wires. After searching
/ for a few miles the clerk found at the top Of
one OF the posts a magpie's nest most inge-
/ niously constructed. The bird, so saws the
! Kapunda HeraJd, had wrGpched away with
\ its beak the wire which bound the line to the
/ insulatOr, and after twisting the wire in a
/ suitable position built its home there.
THE practice of carrying of the heads from
monuments in Westminster Abbey began
! early, and even Kings were not spared. The
solid silver head Of Henry V. was wrenched
! of and stolen in 1916. on the 30th of January.
"Some Wing I'll warrant yOu," said SIR Roger
/ de COyerly, during his famous walk round the
Abbey; "you ought to lock up your Kings bet
/ ter; they'll carry OF the body, too, if YOU
don't take care The heads of both Wash
! ing;On and Major Andre have been repeatedly
! carried OIL from the monument of the latter.
/ "tne wantOn mischief" says Lamb. ''of some
schOOlbOy, fired, perhaps, with raw notions Of
/ transatlantic freedom" The Abbey is a large
I place, and any kind of mutilation might be
/ perpetrated successfully, provided only that
! it did not make too much noise,
Mrs. LASGTRY has, it is SAID, purchased
from the Society of Associated Art SITS. the
famous rose curtains which formed part of
4 the embroidery exhibit in New York for the
I Bartholdi fund. The embroidery is executed
on gold tapestry, and consists of roses of
I every conceivable kind massed in vases upon
] a solid ground. The drawing, the tintng the
shading, are all perfect and the absolute cor
rectness and marvellous grouping of so great
/ and varied a collection render the designs
! unique. The studies for the work were made
/ in st. Augustine by Mrs. G. Wheeler. who
! painted every seperate leaf and flower IN oil,
so that each one is a portrait. Five months
| were occupied in executing the embroidery
only two experts being competent to the task.
The rose curtains are, therefore, not likely
/ to be duplicated very soon. Mrs. Langtry
has, however, ordered rose panels to match.
for room in her London house which she in
tends to fit up as a rose room, and which is to
surpass anything yet seen in the way Of art s.
| tic decoration.