Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-25
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4 TIE story OF the Morey letter is soon to be
Z issued in book form. 1t Is not expected that
+ il will contain an authentic likeness Of the
/ author.
Two-THIRDs Of the crime in the British
army IN India is due to drink. The soldiers
were recently given YIN ordinaire in eanteenss
bat preferred whisky and water.
OVER 100 bushels Of grasshoppers have been
captured this summer on one farm in Ply
mouth, y. H., by the owner. for which he re-
eeiYed a bounty OF 81 per bushel.
MARION HARLAND's cook book is made to
supply the literature for one Of the new
calendars. The slip for each day will give,
besides the date, q recipe for connecting some
beEulling dish.
\ REMARKABLE CASE Of the sudden and IN
expected return of eyesight after fifty years
81 total blindness Is reported from Buffalo.
Philip Eiusteiu. the person referred 10, lost
his eyesight by sickness when years Of age.
-FOUR SALMON taken this season in Scotch
waters have been respectively of the weights
OF GO. So. 50 and A pounds, giving for the
quartette total weight Of 20 pounds; while
q good many fish have been captured when
turned the scale at "a pounds.
A Story Is on the rounds to the effect that
the MAYOR OF Boston sent two packages ex-
actly alike in weight and contents by mail
few DAYS ago. One OF them was bound TO
Paris, France. 500 niles or 90 away. and the
postage on II was - cents. The other was
destined for Worcester, % miles distant, ana
the postage was > cents
THERE Is small chance OF 3 Brazilian book
maker getting away without paying the WIN
uers when he trausacts business on his native
turf. AT all races. the professional 0etters
are locked up in a large 0ne-story building.
with grated windows Ike those of a cell.
Through these windows they bet with the
r~rTH ha- mnf II liberty uUrHL
eFeryOne has left the racing grounds.
TIE srRANGER in Germany, unless well
versed in the language Of the country, is puz-
zled at seeing the word s.lager'' on signs over
4 great variety Of shops evidently having no
connection with beer selling. On inquiry. he
viii discover that lager means stOreh0use,
OF storage. and that the beer derives us name
from being stored. As in ice. aad from being
brewed in 4 military camp, 70 which the word
lager also seems TO apply.
THAT kind OF tea called No-yune. 90 highly
prized IN England. comes from Hui Chou-Fu.
Il owes much Of its excellence to careful
manipulation when firing. The firing pans
are always laid with their edges horizontal.
20 that thew are heated on all sizes uniformly.
the rreRest heat being. Of course. az the
bottom. nearest the fire. whence IL radiates
equally all around. An expert person can IRE
in proper manner only three or four pounds
OF tea daily.
SIR WILLIAM HEWITT has given an expla-
nation Of the origin Of his proclamation for
the capture OF Osuaan Digna. He sent let
ter to Osman by two native boys, believing
that with the message Of peace their safety
could not be endanZer but Osman Digna
not only returned defiant ausWeT but cut IL
TIE POOR bows hands tied them round their
necks. and sent them back 70 the Admiral
The mangled messengers died soon after they
arrived at Suakin.
A NEW CONVENIENCE for the benefit Of
families suddenly left in the lurch by the de-
parture Of their cooks has been recently sup
piled in New York. The temporary sGspen-
sion OF the culinary operations j. provided for
By 3 travelling caterer. who supplies meals
from his ingentously arranged cart. The bill |
u fare j. varied and vel served, and costs
SIS 70 SIS . week portion. or enough Tor two /
Ferzous. When the family Is tired OF the ca /
ferer's provision. the housekeeping plan y re-
zorfed 70. And thus servant Ealls5Ll" Is 1
rubbed Of one OF its greatest terrors-
ARCTIC ExFLoRERs usually have one re-
ward for their labors, that OF giving their /
names 10 the sounds. bays Or headlancs Of that /
fri.isI rezlon: and a noted French cook once /
said a. the highest praise Ct Bechamel, that 1
- vrould be a. well known By his sauce as 4
Ram was By his bay. The North POLE Il
though still barred to adventurous explorers
Il better understood than is vas 70 the crOWDs 1
WHO focked on the return q Parry, tne L
English navigator. from one OF MS nrst t0t-
aees 81 discovery. 70 the pictorial eAnloi-
ton OF . Snowman, who announced a tie4 Il
Of Capt. Parry climbing up ne CREST Noftn
Pole. !