Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-02
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| ginning of fresh reckoning.
ITEMS oF INTEREST.
A SOCIETY BELLE in New York is said to
have recently paid $500 for a pair Of shoes.
They were of white satin, and embroidered
with pearls.
SUN FONG LOWS new Chinese restaurant in
san Francisco is receiving such gorgeous de-
coratiOn that it Is said that when the decOra-
ton IS completed and the house is furnished,
the total expense Will approach $4,000.
At leberwurst party given in New York
last week in honor Of Cleyeland's election q
sausage IS feetlong and 25-fo0t loaf Of bread
( were among me dainties consumed. The
former weighed IS pounds. and the lstter I00
BOAR's OUTLETS are the latest novelties at
London dinner tables, and they are said to
have a flavor Of the medieval banquets at
which roast peacocks were their accompani-
ment. The Wild boars are shot IN the forests
of Belgium and France. The outlets are
served on a round dish with sauce made of
broth, white wine and spices.
CREMATION continues to win favor in Ger
many. Thus the 20Oth case has just been re-
gistered at Coburg. where 81 people have been
cremated this year alone. These 200 crema-
ton- have occurred since 1878, when the fur
mace was first erected in COburg. and The
c~ses include % inhabitants OF the duchy and
laS forelgners-lz6 men, 50 women, and chill
dren.
TIE Fish Commission steamer Albatroys
viii winter in Southern waters. special
subject Of investigation viii be the cause of
the strange malady which for few wears
past has rendered the fish in and about Mo-
bile Bay unfit for food. The first part OF the
cruise Of the Albatross will be along the coast
Of Texas and Louisiana, and explorations Of
the waters OF the Gulf Of Mexico viii be care
fully made.
EVEN the stamp collectors have TO suffer
from forgery. 4 wholesale factory of old
issues has just been broken up in Zurich The
old Swiss patterns are rare, and the forgers
are said to have cleared about $500 before they
were discovered. The work was already done
and mounted on bits Of old envelopes bearing
post marks from 1913 to 1850. so "a to deceive
the unwary. and now many a schOolbOv is
mourning the loss Of his misspent pocket
money.
4 NOTE on distilled water used for drinking
purposes was recently read before the Paris
\ ademy by NJ. \. Hureau de Villeneuve, in
which the author argues the Importance Of
the use of distilled water, and that the price
might b. greatly red ICED bV obtaining il from
steam engines at work in mills He cousid-
crs it is neither unpalatable nor Diff ult TO di-
gest, that it generally contains a sufficient
quantity OF air, and that the absence Of cal
careous salts is rather an advantage than q
drawback.
AMONG the English "reminiscences Of the
late Postmaster General Fawcett is the fol-
lowing: 1T was my fortune to accompany
HIM on the first real walk he ever took after
his blindness had been declared incurable
Onleaving the house he struck out at once with
the long. quick stride Of his Old walking era,
and stumbled naturally almost ut he first step
One of our party caught him by the arm. and
begged him to pick his steps more carefully
Leave me alone was the reply; 4 have got
to learn t. walk without seeing. and / mean
70 begin at once; only tell me when l am 60
ing of the road ~
ENIGRANTs are pouring into California at
the rate Of 1900 to 1850 a week. Most of
them settle in the southern part Of the State
aud engage in fruit and wine growing.
Many Of the emgrants are men Of means,
who 90 to the country IN search OF health and
are led to devote themselves to con2enIaI
business The poorer classes go TO the north
err counties and engage in agricultural pur
suits. A lille about 80 per cent of the whole
number push up north 10 Oregon and W ash
ingtOn Territory. The population Of Cali
fOTnia is now about 100000.
IT may be interesting to know what the
Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon thinks OF Raleigh's de-
light. In a discourse at the Tabernacle he
declared that if an body could show him in
the Bible the command, Thou shalt not
smoke he was ready to Keep it. Il find" he
said, ten commandments, and it's as
much As / can do to keep them; and I've no
desire to make them into eleven or twelve.
why, man may think IL a sin to have his
boots BACKED. Well, then, let him give il up
and have them whitewashed. / wish TO say
that am not ashamed of anything whatever
that / do: / don't think smoking makes me
ashamed, and therefore L mean to smoke"
ONE of the richest amateur collectors Of
pictures and rare brio -a-brac has Just died in
London, Christopher Beckett Denison. His
house was a museum Of art treasures. which
oyer1owed from the drawing rooms into the
-tair cases and even the attirs, which were
| lined with china, brass work and pictures.
Among his paintings were works by sir Peer
| Lely, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Wi'kie, Lawrence
q q GrcuZe. Mr.. DenisOn was the largest
! prOfessiOna purchaser at the Duke OF IIamil
| toms collection. where, among other trea-
| SURGE. he bought Ruben's great picture Of
/ "Daniel in the Lions DEM which hangs in
/ his London house He was also a collectO~ OF
rare jewels and had a string Of pearls Of uni
/ que value.
THE last new fact in character reading is
/ the study of the fHZernais, which are CLASH
fed according to their shape and their color.
< If they are long and slender they show mag
/ nation and poetic feeling. artistic feeling
/ and laziness. If they are long and nat they
4 indicate good sense, gravity and prudence. If
/ wide and short they prove anger, obstinacy,
! rudepess and love of controversy. A healthy
color means cOura ge, liberality, health. hap
! piness and virtue. Dry and brittle texture is
J a sign OF anger. cruelty and bitter quarrel
( someone's. Inc ENTNGu ana CiGMlikG EIIDe
/ proves hypocrisy and WicEeGness SOftness
/ shows a corresponding feebleness of body and
! mind, and a bitten nail means dissipation and
/ folly. II this becomes generally known, life
/ will have new terrOr5 for the small boy.
CHICAGO has just lost an alleged centcna-
rian, whose age IS stated az 1903. He was
Frenchman named Maurice NJ. Depres, and
had passed his life as a school teacher. He is
said to have wildly recalled the scenes Of the
! Reign of Terror anu NapOleOns rise and
downfall, and the restoration of the BOurbons,
as well as the overthrow of Charles y. and
! Louis Philippe. His arrival in America was
after the close OF the Fra" CO. Prussan war,
! and he resided in Michigan 10 years, reaching
| Chicago in 1852. At SO his chief pleasure was
fishing in the lake, and at "a he gave French
/ lessons to several pupils. Besides leaving two
| sons in this country. aged respectively IS and
g. he left daughter in Paris, aged s.. a
| grandson, aged AZ, and many great-grand-
children from to IS wears or age complete
( this remarkable record Of longevity.
ONE piece Of news that finds place in the
/ Maine newspapers this week looks as if 1t had
strayed from Georgia or the Carolinas and
lost its way among the winding roads Of
Maine. 1t IS that man in Cumberland coun-
tY has recently given an order to a marble
| worker for monument to be erected over the
| grave OF former slave OF the family, who
lies buried under Maine soil. The slave was
! owned by one Of the early settlers of Maine,
ran away from his m aster, enlisted, and, Ter
serving in the army. retired in the enjoyment
! of a pension and his freedom. and died many
! years ago. having attained the good old age
| of over a hundred years. IT is only an act Of
| poetic justice that this poor slave should be
| remembered after so many years by descend
| ant of his former N aster, but il is an act lit
/ tie out OF the common course. The effects Of
| slavery in Maine and the other Northern
| States have so entirely passed away II at 1t Is
/ difficult to realize that it ever existed there.
A TEN-TOS TANK WAGON of creosote oil was
| despatched from Newcastle, England, to the
north. While it was passing along the Gale
DOMAIN line at Blackford 1t was discovered
that brass plug, 8 inches in diameter, in the
! bottom of the tank, and used for emutying it..
| had fallen out. The leakage was 50 great
that the ground between the rails for 90
| yards was covered with oil fully inches
! in depth The station master at Blackford
I and the porters underworld to plug the hole
I with waste, but before the leakage was
stopped the tank was nearly empty. BY this