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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
A SCIENCE OF MEMORY.
How a Washington Professor Cures Pu
pills of ForgetfuIness.

How Washington Professor Cures Pu-
pills of ForgetfuIness.
Washington has teacher of mem
Ory," who says: ''In a few lessons ] ena-
bic one to memorize the most difficult
things without an effort"
''How can that be done?" asked a Star
man.
''Oh, it's matter of association ac-
cOrding to a system | have worked upon
for p years. 1t is all based upon the al
phabet and numbers. l take a person
and in few hours get them so that they
can repeat or reproduce a long poem
which have read to them twice, or, at
most, three times. They can repeat it
backward or forward or give you any line
you call for by number. l had IA boy
about II years old, who, after learn
ing the system, vent to hear Beecher
and Cook lecture and atterward repeated
the lectures to an audience without hav-
ing taken a note. He repeated Beecner's
lecture at the Young Mems Christian
Association rooms on New York avenue.
OF course he did not give every word the
lecturer used, but he covered every point
in its regular order, just as the speaker
had done, curtailing it sufficiently to be
able to give in half hour what it took an
hour to deliver originally.
do many come to you to have their
faculties cultiYatedP
t'Yes, a great many of all classes. Some
students, epOrters-mOre particularly
official reporters of the Senate and House
lawyers and preachers. Preachers and
lawyers particularly; the former to ac-
qulre an aptness in memOrizing their SER
mons and the latter to memorize author
tiles and dates. Orators also, who men,
oriZe their speeches.
"Then there is another class-the de-
partment clerks and persons preparing
for civil service examinations. Before
going in for an examination many of
them come to me TO learn to memOriZe
dates and events, location OF rivers, his
tOrical, statistical and practical facts,
etc.
II had a navy officer here not long ago
who was preparing for an examination
for promotion, and he perfected himself
in the system so that he could without
difficulty remember anything he desired.
"There is an old lady, between 20 and
80years Id, who, with her daughter, has
taken instructions, and she says that she
finds no difficulty in remembering and re-
peating all that she reads. She says she
can take two poems she has read and re-
peat them alternately, line from EACH
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
An ii. P.,s Mmden speech.

A laughable anecdote is told of the late
Mr. James Johnston, NJ. p. for Sandwich,
who was in Parliament at the commence
ment of the present century. On first
taking his seat in the House he is said to
have framed maiden" speech, in the
course of which he expected to rival
DemOsthenes; but it so happened that,
though the speech was transferred from
his hand to the lining of his hat. yet the
perspicuity of utterauce fed. He rose,
essayed to speak, but in vain, and he
reseated himself in silent dismay, without
articulating a word. The members of the
Eccentrics' Club. of which Mark Simple
was the chairman, taking advantage of
this unfortunate failure, caused papers to
be printed, circulated, and, as was then
the fashion in London, carried through
the streets of Westminster and the city,
on the top of which appeared in large
type, "The maiden speech of James
Johnston, Esq, NJ. p. for Sandwich, as
delivered yesterday in Parliament" The
rest of the paper was blank. The wife Of
the honorable gentleman heard the cutlery
as she sat at her window in Great George
street, and eXulting in the consequence
and popularity of her husband, instantly
called for her footman, and desired he
would purchase some of the papers OF the
poor man in the street. He having
obeyed her commands, Immediately pre-
scented them to the lady, who, on viewing
the blank paper, exclaimed with great
violence. "Wby, Richard, you are fool /;
you have brought nOthingw "No, my
lady" dryly replied the servant, ''It is
nv master. for he said nothing"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
CAhHOUN's REMAINS.
The Removal of the Old Tomb TO Make
Way for Handsome SarcOphagus.

The Removal of the Old Tomb to Make
Way for a Handsome SarcOphagus.
4 solemn and impressive event occurred
yesterday in the west cemetery Of St.
Philips Church, says the Charleston NelcS
and Courier of Nov. II, where a group Of
gentlemen gathered around the last rest
ing place of the remains of the great
South Carolina statesman, John G. Cal
houn. and reverently placed them in the
tomb where they will lie in future. The
sarcOphagus, which was ordered by the
State of South Carolina, has arrived in
the city and is now in process Of erection
in st. Philips cemetery. At 10 O'Clock
Yesterday morning, all the arrangements
having been made, the temporary brick
structure in which the remains have been
deposited since March, 1850, was opened
and the casket removed. The brick vault
was then removed and the work of placing
the new tomb on the old foundation was
begun. The casket was found to be in
good preservation, and on it was found in
perfect form a wreath of cypress and
laurel leaves.
There were present at the removal OF
the remains, by appointment. eX-GoY. n.
G. Magrath, who was marshal of the day,
and who arranged the imposing funeral
procession in this city in 1850, Mayor
Courtenay, Charles Inglesby, Esq, who
introduced in the House of Representa-
tives of South Carolina the resolution
making an appropriation for the work
now being done, Robert n. GOurdin, Esq,
J. J. Pringle Smith, Esq, Gen. Edward
McCrady, Gen. Huguenin, Major Thomas
Frost and others. In the course of ten
DAYS the whole work will be completed
and the last resting place Of the great
Carolina statesman Will be designated
by handsome and most substantial
tOOlb
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
ALONE SOUTH CARoLINIAN
Who is Found Among the COWBOYS al


Who is Found Among the COWBOYS at
st. LOUIS.
A St. Louis Republican reporter learned
that a gentleman representing South
Carolina in the Cattlemen's Convention
had reported for duty, and concluding
that delegates from the old cotton States
were as much Of rarity as human
charity, made break for We South Caro-
linian to inquire wherefore South Caro-
lima would be representedin cattlemen'S
convention. In answer to his queries, the
gentleman said his name was a. NJ.
Speights, and that the live, progressive
Governor Of South Carolina has seen
proper TO take interest in this great
convention on general principles,
the principal one being that South
Carolina should not be left in any
thing. He said that South Carolina
prided herself upon her manufactures of
cotton, which hal made greater strides
than in any other State, North or South;
that the increase in the past three years
in cotton manufactures had been over
1I5 per cent, which laid over Georgia
and discounted the New England States.
And on this subject Mr.. Speights talked
VOluminously ana intelligently of the adj
vantages Of the South for manufacturing
cotton over New or Old England, claim
ing over New England a profit OF over
$25 per bale and $50 over England.
the gentleman said that the coast Of
South Carolina, from the Savannah river
to Georgetown { or Peedee river J, with the
innumerable cane swamps that pierce
the State for many miles, afforded the
finest pastures IN North America for
cattle Said he: ssThe cane is always
green and succulent, and the grasses in
the swamps are rich food for cattle, and
there is sufficient for untold numbers of
81 &la,.r fc a.10
market at Charleston and Savannah and
Port Royal, with steamers north and to
the West India Islands" Continued the
gentleman: "SOuth Carolina came out
of the war with her Undiscovered
phosphate beds as a GOd-giVen payment
for her slaves. Her magnificent climate
induced Northern and New England
capitalists to come down and in
vest in cotton spinning, and the
gallant little State is waltZing
german to the tune of prosperity in that
line. Her agricultural interests have
grown beyond the expectations of even
the noble Wade Hampton, and her educa-
tiOnal privileges, thanks TO the broad
views the present Governor set on foot
when he was school commissioner four
years ago. is just a little ahead of any
'Otber man State, or will be in a few
years. Having succeeded in all these
things, South Carolina is now at the front
offering practical cattlemen the best pas
turage on earth for a million head of cat
tie, and she expects to succeed as well as
she has in manufactures and agriculture.
Excelsior is her motto now; perched on
the tassel of the palmetto.
Chow will South Carolina vote on the
great traiP question? represent State
rights community myself and can't recog-
niZe the right OF the government to make
a trail through a State, but no doubt it
would be a good scheme if the States
wOuld hermit ito
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
a slngular EzecntIon In ,pt.


A singularly primitive way of carrying
out sentence of capital punishment was
witnessed few days ago at keneh, the
capital of the province between this and
AssiOut. According to the law here the
sentence can be RENTED at the desire of
the murdered mans family, their rgive-
ness being probably purchased. In this
instance the prisoners family had sub
scribed $50 toward 9100, which would
have been accepted had the balance been
forthcoming from his friends. However,
it was not, so at a. N. the condemned
man was led to some very rude gallOWs,
under which ne sat down in the most I'M
concerned way, drinking water, and alto
gether behaving as if be was merely
spectator instead of the principal actor in
the tragedy. He put the rope around his
own neck, the knot being exactly at the
back. An English officer in the Egyp-
tian army suggested that it would be
much better under the ear, but his inter-
ference was rejected.
The family Of the unfortunate man
then advanced and implored his liberation
at the feet of the mother and brother of
the victim. The latter was inclined to
clemency, but the former was quite Obdu-
rate, shouting loudly that as he had killed
her son he must die for it. These parleys
lasted over an hour. 1t is the custom
that the nearest male relative of the MUIR
dered man performs the Office of execu-
toner; so at last the prisoner quietly
stepped on TO a stool not two feet high,
which the brother pushed away from
under him. Of course this only caused
him TO be strangled. his legs dragging on
the ground, so a bystander took hold Of
them and lifted them up, while the eXecu-
toner, amid the bowls and groans OF the
crowd, shortened the rope and then had
to escape as best he could.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
FOR THE NECK OR WRIST.
Deg Collars That May Also Masquerade
as Ladies' Bracelets.

"What pretty silver bracelets" chat
tered one of three young ladies looking
into the show window of a Chestnut
street store on Saturday afternoon: "but
they are so large"
''Gracious me, they are dog collars,
Suew
s.So-they-are" exclaimed Sue, in as
constituent. Lets so inside and look at
them"
There has been a new departure in dog
collars" said the clerk, after the young
ladies had satisfied their curiosity and
gone out. "a fashionable lady can also
use her dogs collar as a bracelet, as the
new collar has sliding arrangement that
allows of its being made small enough to
fit the wrist. The idea was brought out
by very wealthy widow, one of our GUS
toners, who dotes upon her Italian
hound. She has had about a dozen COM
binatiOn collar bracelets made. both in
gold and silver. The diamonds in one Of
them are valued at 5000. When she is pre-
pairing TO go out with the dog she gener-
orally lays the collar bracelets in a row
before the animal, and he selects the one
he is to wear. He is a very intelligent
hound. Dog jewelry is becoming more
elaborate and costly than ever, with gold
plated leading chains, solid gold anklets
and blanket mOnograms.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
BIRDS STRIKING LIGHTHOUSES.
OrnithOIOgists Giving Different Expla-
nation For This.

OrnithOIOgists Giving Different Expla-
nation For This.
Enthusiastic young students Of orni-
thOlogy, says the New York Times of
NOV. y, We're gathered in the rooms of
the Linneau Society Of New York, at No.
II West Twenty street, last evening,
to listen to papers prepared by Mr.. L. s.
Foster on "1he Correlation of Birds and
Lighthouses in Spanish America" Mr..
Foster announced the method by which
he had obtained his material. On April p
last he had sent a letter to each one of the
253 lighthouses on the Spanish Ameri-
can coast, requesting all possible Informal
ton concerning the birds which struck
against them. The lighthouse keepers
went to work with such enthusiasm and
answered his inquiries with such willing
ness and accuracy that blank circulars
were sent on July % to be filed out with
the measurements of birds, the time of
day, night, and year Of their striking,
and the conditions of the weather and
heights OF lighthouses.
Most of the keepers agree that the lights
attracted birds to them, especially the
tallest lighthouses, like st. Vincent's,
which is $40 feet in height; Santa Maria,
3SS feet. and one in San Lorenzo, at Pert
Callao, $50. One keeper in his report men
toned that il was not an unusual thing
for as many as 500 or 600 birds to be
killed in single night. From the posi-
ton of the lighthouses which were struck
most frequently Mr.. Foster drew the con-
clusion that in migrating san enormous
wave of birds reaches the Cuban shores
from Florida and the Bahama Islands, so
great as to render Insignificant the
longitudinal migration from Florida west
ward along the northern coast of the
Gulf of Mexico"
In the discussion which followed DR..
Merriam said that the opinion expressed
by the keepers that birds struck the
highest lighthouses most was contrary 20
the experiments abroad, especially those
made by the Germans. Birds, said he, in
fair weather fly from mile to a mile and
a half high, and never strike except dur
ing storms or in fOggy weather, when they
fly so low as, indeed, to strike rather the
lighthouses which are least in height.
he thought it q mistake to say that birds
fly in waves; rather they follow certain
definite lines. To ascertain the position
and direction of these lines was the diff
Guilty.
Mr.. William butcher had observed the
Fire Island Lighthouse. The weather
nad been fair this year, and as con-
sequence only about 40 birds had struck.
These had no food in their stomachs, and
for that reason he supposed them to be
migrating from a distant country. The
light. he said. at a certain distance looked
like star, and he thought it impossible
that it would attract birds down, because
it would be unseen by them unless they
were flying low and the lighthouse should
happen to be in their line of flight. The
latter supposition he believed the only
reason tor their striking at all.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
How Marriages Are Made in Brittany.

One of the causes of Strauss remarka-
bic popularity in Vienna, as lately shown
on the occasion Of his anniversary festi-
val. is the Indictment which his waltZes
have contributed to the formation of fire.
quent dancing parties, with the result of
bringing young people together and, as a
consequence, of promoting matrimony.
The Viannese say that he is the greatest
match maker in Vienna. lit was to the
sound of one of your waltZes," Count
O'SuIlivan. the husband of Charlotte Wot-
ter. the distinguished actress, wrote to
him on the occasion of his tete, "that /
first placed my hand in that of my wife,
and the composer has had hundreds of
similar letters.
The Bretons of Penze and the adjoin-
ing parishes have, according to one OF
the French papers, Michaelmas custom
which renders them quite Independent
of the musical and terpsichorean aids to
matrimony found so useful in Vienna.
On Michaelmas Day all the young women
in the district who desire to enter the
married state assemble on particular
bridge, tficked out in all their tinery, and
take their seat on the parapet. The ellgl-
BILE young men from PenZe and the neigh
boring parishes presently make their APP
pearance on the scene. They scan the
features of the seated damsels, tender
chances are eXchanged; and when at
length a swain has fixed his choice on
particular nymph, he approaches her and
offers her his hand TO help her to the
ground. If she accepts his hand for this
particular service, she accepts 1t for life.
The parents are never very far off on these
occasions, and il they raise no objection,
the young couple shake hands and the
wedding soon follows,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
THIRTY-sIx YEARS IN CHAINS.
An Aged Insane Man Manacled for
Generation.

An Aged Insane Man Manacled for a
Generation.
4 startling discovery was made near
this city to-day, says a Reading, Pa, spe-
cfaI of Nov. -, when it was learned that a
man IS years Of age and insane, had been
chained in a small log hut and fed by his
one-armed nephew for a period Of about
thir:y-six years. The unfortunate man is
Nicholas Seidel, who, at one time, was a
noted giant in the mountains about three
miles south Of Reading. Seiders mind be-
came affected sixty years ago. When %
wears of age he drew a circle in a large
room in his house and tramped around in
a beaten path day after day. II any one
accidentally got in MS way the intruder
was fOrcibiv elected. Thirty-siX years ago
he became very violent, and rather than
take him TO an insane asylum, his family
cared for him at home. Finally log hut
was built in the backyard where he was
kept alive. To prevent him IRON upset
ting the stove OF escaping at night he was
fastened by a chain.
The matter was brought TO the atten-
ton Of the officials here representing the
state Board Of Charities. A visit was
paid 10 the premises, but the man in
charge Of the insane person would not al
low him TO be seen. The visitor was told
10 call during the Christmas holidays,
and by that period they would have
plenty Of time to give him a presentable
appearance. The keeper Of the insane
man admitted that the old man was in
the hut and chained, but that he was
kept comfortable; that a few years ago
be was violent and tore his clothes off,
but that now he was too weak to do any
thing Ofthat sort.
II is probable that the case viii be re-
ported 10 the State officials, who will
have the unfortunate taken TO an insane
asylum. There is a farm OF eighty acres
in the family, AMI some say the insane
man owns il, but the present proprietor
claims possession, as it was given hin bl
a deceased uncle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
HIS WINTER WARDROBE.
How John Maloney Utilized the Recent
Presidential Contest.
Ee1o York Herald.

''Yerra, Mrs. Maloney, but tits tee foine
wash We have this blessed mornin'. Gods
good to We to have yer man so well pur-
Yided agin the WHITTIER"
And Mrs. McGUirk caught hold of the
hydrant and peered through the opening
il hall filed in the fence between the
front and rear Mott street tenements.
Mrs. Maloney looked up from the clothes
basket and wiped bOtl hands on her ging-
ham apron.
''Deet an yer spakin' the thruth, Mrs.
McGuirk," said she, sam tits little he'd
have aY he hadn't turn politeeshun.
'Twus a month agC-fOr all the wurld the
noight they walked Jerry DOnovan-whin
John KEN home am axed for clane
shurt. Faith he thin hadn't the second
shurt till his back. Twas we'll he
knowed it, too, an ses he, Bridget ses
he, 'Pve an idaiah.' 'HOuld fast till it,
john ses /, fur yer not thrubled wild 'em
offen.' Bridget ses he, as bOuld as liver
a Brigadeer General, i know what
to do. I'll turn out SIS it sojerin'
we'd be at? ses /, 'Divil bit
aV it, ses he. ''Tis a polteeshun I'll
turn An since that he's been doin' lit
tie but paradin' and paradin' till me
heart nearly bruck. But, faith. he didn't
let grass grow till his heels, and niyer a
week passed but he was home wild new
y"
a dozen shurts he have, six av thin
marked b. and L. and the udthers c. and
H.''
Mrs. McGuirk let go the hydrant and
brushed back her hair. She looked mad.
$50 that's it." said she: IAN good for
nothin' nv man is-bad cess till him.
Sure, he's politeeshun, too, and noight
afther noight he KEN home wild his head
full av beer, and he a-shoutin' for Jim
Blaine, the omadhaun. What the divll
did Jim Blaine do for him? And sorra a
stitch did be fetch till the house but a
couple ay ould sojer caps the shape av tin
kittles, and sthroipe av lie cloth about
his neck that wusn't the soize of dure'
mat. It's the poor politeeshun he'll make
at that rate"
Then Mrs. McGuirk went off fuming,
while Mrs. Maloney decorated the clothes
line with campaign uniforms.
Ladies frequently tie bow of ribbon tC
49, -. ,C E.afv
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
NO TEARS.

''No tears to weep And wherefore nOtg
say, Is thy sorrow suchs
And has thK be ri no tender spot
That sympathy may tOuchs
Can no Kind Wurl unlock the springs
And give thy tears their now.
Are human woes such selfish things
That none their depths may know
~ 10 tears 10 weep Nay speak not Lhuss
FOR tesrs can bring relief.
Ard God has sent them unto Us
To wash away our grief.
WHeH earthly EOTr8W, pain and care
Our souls 10 sadness steep.
We pray 10 Him who heareth prayer
To send rs tears to weep.
It's true the world Is sometimes dark
With gloomy clouds that rise.
And trembling Hope. with waning spark.
Fades family Out-and dies
Eut when some heavenly vision fair
steals Ger Is in our sleeD.
We wake with JOY 10 feel that there
There are no tears to weep.
-ChGmbers' journal.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
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