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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
MUSIC OF BONNIE SCOTLAND.
The Effect it Has ON the Ladies who
Wear the Plaid.
GILL; AMnnsnnn


'erH tell you what,o said a Scotch fd-
dler, "Pn Jay you a bet of 60 that if a
party Of Scotchmen a be got together,
Pll make them shed tears one minute,
sing the next, and dance the third"
"'Done," says an Exeter professor, whose
name 1 do not give, "and if your music is
capable of that l will not only pay the 60
with pleasure, but will be convinced that
it is the most enlivening, pathetic and
best music in the world"
The difficulty arose as to getting an OPP
portunity for a trial, but being informed
that a number of young ScOtsmen were to
dine at a certain hotel ON the anniverSa-
ry of Burns birthday, it was considered a
capital opportunity by the fiddler, for
these young men, being principally raw
boned, oVergrown Scotch lads, who had
recently left their own country to carry
tea in the neighborhoOd, were the very
one upon whom he was sure to make a
hit.
All being now arranged, n the utmost
secrecy being agreed upon, the fiddler q
the professor got an invitation to the din
ner. There were twelve altogether who
sat down, and merry they soon became,
for the whisky toddy was not spared
when tle memory Of any of Scotia bards
was proposed. The fiddler was not long
in p%erceiving that he had got among a
musical set, and he awaited patiently UNI
til they were fit for anything. At length
he gave a wink to the professor, VINO at
once proposed that his friend should favor
them with a Scotch u n on the violin.
Capital! capital!' cried the whole
party.
The violin was brought, and all were in
breathless anxiety. The fiddler chose for
his first tune, "Here's a Health to Them
That's Awa'," and played it in the most
solemn and pathetic manner.
''Thats a WOful tune" said q great
big, raw-boned youth to his next neighbOr.
at is that, Sandy. There's mickle in
that tune, mon. 1t reminds me o. ane
that's game" said Jamie, at the same time
giving a deep sigh and drawing his hand
over his long, gaunt face to hide the tears
which were trickling down his cheeks.
The fiddler with his keen eye soOn
perceived that before he got through the
second part of the tune he would have
them all in the same mood. He therefore
threw his whole soul into the instrument,
played the June as he had never done be-
fore, and as the last fOur bars of the tune
died away like the distant echo there was
not a dry cheek among the company.
Snow is the time," thought the fiddler,
and without stopping a moment he struck
up in a bold, vigorous style, "Willie
Brew'd a Peck o. Maui" In went the
handkerchiefs, away went the tears.
"Chorusl" cried the fiddler, and in IN
instant all struck up:
For we are nae fou, were nae that fou,
But just a drapple in our e'e,
The cock may craw, the day may daw'.
But aye Wen taste the barley bree!
The song ended, up struck the fiddler in
his best style the reel of "Jenny Dang the
Weaver"
Scotland forever!" cried Jamie, and in
IN instant tables, chairs and glasses were
scattered in all directions and the whole
party were dancing and jumping like
admen
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
PREHISTORIC STATUES.
Interesting Discoveries in the sOut
Pacific.

Interesting Discoveries in the South
Pacific.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-An official
communication received at the Navy De-
partment announces the discovery on Ra-
panni or Easter Island, on the charts IN
longitude 10 degrees west and latitude
81 degrees south, buried in the depths of
the vast wilderness Of waters Of the South
Pacific, of colossal statues and images
rudeIy carved in stone. This remarkable
find of archaeological remains on a small
island hundreds of miles away from any
continent puzzles the learned scientists
of the Smithsonian Institution and the
National Museum. Prof. Baird says on
the subjects: Gin the present advanced
state of chronological science these monu-
ments are of the highest importance.
They will throw light on the somewhat
mysterious in which this island
received its population"
The discoveries of these remarkable re-
mains Of a prehistoric n an advanced
people in a part of the world synonymous
with cannibalIsm and savage lite, were
the officers of the German gunboat Hyena,
while IN a trip from Valparaiso to the
Samoan Islands. The commander Of this
vessel, while thus cruising in the South
Pacific, subsequently received orders
from his government to visit Easter Island
and to secure these specimens. The ac-
counts received by u government indi-
cate that the vessel remained at the
island but a few days, but during that
time the German officers made a consider
able collection and cOpiOuS notes. The
results of their preliminary labors have
been embraced IN a pamphlet, which
is reported at the Smithsonian Institution
to contain a large amount of valuable in
formation. The German Government, it
is understood, arc making preparations to
send an expedition to Easter Island with
a corps of scientists and engineers to
sketch the island, survey the ground, and
to make plans and sections of the pre-
historic buildings and ruins.
Our W government has also taken
steps to secure some Of these valuable re-
mains for its own large and valuable
chronological collections representing the
prehistoric and known races of this hem-
isphere. Instructions have already been
sent to Admiral Upshur, in command of
the South Pacific squadron, to send one
of his vessels on a cruise in the direction
of Easter Island and to make such eXplO-
T~atiOns, collections, and reports as he
may think important in the interests Of
his government. 1t is understood that
the government of France is also turning
its attention to this island with a view to
the establishment of a protectorate.
1t is reported in the accounts given by
the German vessel that the Island, which
is small, is st ewn with large stone ina
ges and sculptured tablets. The Smith
sonian has offered 81 each for prehistoric
skulls with the lower jaw. The few peo-
pie, of P0lynesIan extraction, who inhabit
the island know nothing about the sculp-
tured remains found, and even tradition
gives no account of a people living there
when their ancestors arrived.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
BREAD AS A LUXURY.
The High Prices Whic the Baker De-
mand and Why.
Neu YORK. N0rning Journal.

XeU York Morning Journal.
"What's the reason flour and bread are
still so high?"
"Wen, l can't tell you. They're high
without any reason, and there's no reason
why they should be so high.
~ have just returned from a tour of the
Northwest continued the wheat opera
tor, ''and made a minute inspection of the
celebrated Dalrympie wheat farm of TO-
600 acres in Fargo, Dakota, and know for
a fac that millions of bushels of wheat
have been sold this fall for less than the
cost of production. Why, you can't give
it away in the market. 1t never was so
low in the memory of living man, and yet
you tell me the poor are taxed as much
as ever for flour and bread. It's a mon
strOus shame and a gross injustice, but l
don't pretend to tell the reason, for, as l
said, there is no reason for such a state of
things, except the u-naccOuntable SUI
pIneness of those why pay the price
asked"
~ like to see Mr.. Kimball giving away
food to the poor, and his efforts to ale
viate suffering are deserving of all praise"
said a well informed workman as the sub
ject was preached on a Fulton Ferry boat
last evening; E'but 1 declare l think he
would be doing a greater work of mercy
if he would start a crusade to get the
bakers to lower their prices or make their
lOaves bigger"
"Well, suppose flour has gone down."
said q baker, ''dO you suppose we're going
to lower our price so long as we have no
trouble in getting the prices We now ask?
lt amt reasonable to suppose so. / hope
you newspaper fellows amt agoing to
play the same trick on us here as was
played in England some time ago. Why,
the London papers showed up the bakers
fearful. They said that though break
stuffs was low, bread was high; the
country papers followed suit, and Lord
bless you! the bakers had to give in. So
viii we ii il comes to the tug"
A f1Our merchant who was asked what
solution he would give for the high price
of bread said:
i see no just and fair way out Of the
matter except the adoption of a uniform
price for a specified weight of bread. In
Paris l was surprised last summer to see
how admirably that system works there.
There the law compels all bakers to make
their lOaVes Of a uniform weight, and the
people know what they are buying and
how much a pound they are paying"
'If l was to buy bakers bread for my
family of seven" said a thrifty housewife
to the reporter, sit would be simple rob-
berry. can bake my own bread and have
a far better article than 1 get from the
baker, at about half the cost"
"Pye just paid my own and my wife's
passage home 10 England" said a brick
layer whom the reporter had occasion to
meet during the recent strikes.
whats that for? Tired Of the coun-
tryY"
"Not a bit of it; but Pm tired of paying
two prices for almost anything a man
eats over here. 1 shan't have much work
here till next spring, and l a save my
passage moving over n back and see
the old folks in the bargain by going home
for the winter. / can live over there for
hall what it costs me here.n
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
PoMPEn LIKE MODERN CITIES.
Esthetic Tastes of the People of the
Ancient City.


Indeed, the whole Pompeian household
seemed pervaded by high art, from the
frescoes in the bedrooms to the crockory
in the kitchens and the statues in the
hall.
Nor was art adapted only to the uses of
the rich. Even the butcher used a steel
yard with a handsome head of bronze to
serve by way of weight, and the vintner
poured his wine into a drinking-cup
adorned with a bas-relief of Bacchus.
Verify. there is nothing new under the
sun. The bread baked yesterday at
Naples is precisely the same shape as the
lOaVes found at POmpeii which were put
into the oven two thousand years ago.
The coinage of that period differs little
from u own, except that it surpasses
ours in quality of workmanship. A gam
ing-table then was furnished with a pair
of dice, and a lady's toilette-table with a
mirror and a rouge-pOt. Small boys
scrubbed on the walls, and played with
balls and knuckle-bones and whipping
tops and marbles in the streets of old
POmpeii, as they do in modern Paris,
Naples, London, or Berlin. The printing
press had not then been invented, it is
true, and newspapers were wanting for
the purpose of advertisement. But
electors were appealed to very much as
they are now, as is proved by many mural
AUoCllDbAOnS III VIC lldCGs 10y lICoC JnCJ
were adjured to "VOte for BlObbius, the
True Friend of the People," or to go and
hear Bugginsius, the famous platform
orator, who was noted fer his pluck in
pitching into the patricians, as speakers
may be lowadays who abuse the House Of
Lords. Excepting books and news
papers, whose presence some may fancy
a not wholly UnmiXed blessing, there are
traces at Pcmpeii of all sorts Of London
shop things and ways and means of liv-
ing. There even are the pass-checks
which were current at the theatre, where
the people were assembled at the time of
the eruption, and the figs and other fruit
which were prepared for their r~efreshment
upon that fatal afternoon. One other
exception, however, must be made.
Among the myriad of articles preserved
in the museum, / vainly strained my
eyes to see a classic corkscrew. But a
moments thought explained the absence
of this interesting instrument. There
were no corks used when Horace, that
delightful diner-out, begged his host to let
him taste that famous f~Our-year-old Faler-
MAN, the SAVIOR Of which still sweetly
fingered in his memory, while, to keep the
wintry cold out, a few more logs were
heaped upon the hOspitable hearth.
TIE MetronoIitan Trndarground Railway of
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
THE ACTRESS, BEAU IDEAL.
Strange Choice of the Charmers Who
Have Many to Chose From.

Strange Choice Of the Charmers Who
Have Many to Chose From.
Actor Dixey and Manager DOnnelly,
a V the Buffalo Express, have had blows
over the question whether privileged es-
corts should be afforded special facilities
tor admiring the burlesquers; the stage
doorkeeper at NiblO's has been assaulted
because he shut out a ballet girls escort.
At the same time, the proof is easily with
in sight that these girls, as a rule, care
nothing for the fools beyond the good sup
pers and jewelry to be obtained from
them. l am assured by an expert that
the merest scene-shifter is likelier to get
at the heart of the ballet girl than is the
dangler in a swallow-tail coat. Here is an
illustration of the anne principle higher
in dramatic life.
You may have seen Annie Russell, the
slimmest, youngest and sweetest of the
stHazel Kirkes." 1t has possibly i'm
pressed you that the breath of old "Daddy
Dunstan's" curses might blow her clear
off the stage, so ethereal is she. The idea
that she eats anything more wholesome
than rose leaves seems preposterous. A
story came to me that she was plnlng
away for hopeless love of an artist; that
in her own experience h was duplicat-
ing the SORROWS Ofthe parentally oppressed
''HaZel;" that l could, if l wished, see the
sweetheart for whom she languished. l
embraced the opportunity. Romance is
all too scarce in this wOrk-a-day world Of
ours. The artist, with a beauteous actress
for his chosen but forbidden wife, is not to
be neglected, for he is a rare object. My
conductor led me through the empty audi
torium and pointed up to the dim rear Of
the stage.
"That's the young man." he said.
A figure set astride a suspended board.
His garments were smeared. On his head,
where long hair ought to have been, was
a close-crOpped surface and a paper cap.
This artist was at work. He was swab-
bling the ground color on a canvas scene
with a whitewash brush. He was a scene
Daiuter'S apprentice.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
HE HAD A SMART WIFE,
And She Enticed a Swapping Bug from
His Ear II the Nick of Time.

And She Enticed a Bug from
His Ear in the Nick of Time.
HoRNELLsvILLE, n. Y, Nov. Co.
James Knowles, OF AvOca, awoke a few
nights ago. He felt a violent humping in
his right ear, followed by sharp twinges
of pain, as though the lining of his ear was
being seized and tore away. Almost
crazed, he woke up his wife and told her
something had crawled into his ear and
was eating its way through his head.
Mrs. Knowles lighted a lamp and fshed
for the foreign occupant of her husbands
ear with a hairpin and a knitting needle.
She was unable to draw it out. Mr..
Knowles then dressed himself to go to the
doctors. Then his wife happened to think
that certain insects were generally fascin-
ated by a light, and she had her husband
wait until she tried an experiment. She
held the lamp close to his ear.
'If it's a swapping bug" she said, cor
a miller it will see the light and come out
to it,
In less than a minute Mrs. Knowles
saw the head of a formidable looking bug
thrust out Of her husbands ear. The
head was quickly followed by a body half
an inch long. The bug crept out and Mrs.
Knowles knocked it OF the floor. A
stream Of blood followed the exit of the
bug from Mr.. Knowles ear. Mrs.
Knowles stepped on the bug and killed it.
1t was one Of those big swapping bugs
that have their heads hung on hinges at
the middle of the back, and work them
UP and down like pile drivers when on
duty. Thanks TO his wife's knowledge of
insect habits, MI. Knowles was rescued
from the bug in time to prevent serious
-ouSpOuenceS
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
His wife Was Too Busy,
Arkdnsd10 TrdUelel


"Look here" said a Judge to juryman,
81 do not desire to wound your feelings,
but why don't you put on a clean shirt?'
because my wife has been very busy
for several days and / have had no one to
sew on buttons"
"Hasn't your wife had time to sew on a
button ?"
ono, sir"
"What's the matter, children sick"
HNO, sir; children somewhat dirty, but
in good health"
"What is your wife doing that keeps her
so constantly e~mployed?"
"Wen, you see, several days ago our
minister came around and said that by
such a time he had to have 200 pairs Of
breeches to send to the heather, and my
wife has been busy ever since. Just wait,
Judge, till she gets through and then PH
come around and dazzle this court with
the whitest shirt you yer seed"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
A Confding Tailor.

49,
A couple of merchant travellers went
into a tailor shop on Vine street, where
they were both known, and called for the
proprietor.
"We've got a bet" said the first one,
ssas follows: We are to order two suits
of clothes, one apiece, and the man the
bet goes against is to pay the whole bill"
"a very nice plan, indeed" smiled the
tailor, rubbing his hands and thinking of
his profits on two $50 suits.
CHATS what we thought, and now, if
you will trust us till the bet is decided,
you can take our measures at once"
"Of course | will. bows, of course.
You've been too good customers of mine
not to do that. I'll have them ready next
week."
The boys left their measures, picked out
the goods, and started off.
"By the way, boys" said the tailor at
parting, "would you mind telling me what
the bet is? Pve got a number of suits
on my books on election bets, and Pm get.
ting posted in politics. How is it, on
Cleveland or Blaine?"
Neither"
"NO. Butler or St. John?'
"Thunder! you amt betting on Belva
dear, are youf'
ssNo.v
"You've agreed to trust us till the bet is
decidedF"
"Of course"
"Wel you see, 1 bet my friend here
that he'd pay for the clothes, and he bet I'd
pay for them"
The boss yelled for the police, bat the
boys got away in ample time.
DRAINS may be thoroughly cleansed by
pouring arD0li acid into them,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
A MEDDING IN NORWAY.
Peculiar Ceremonies Performed at thu
NuptiaIs of the Mortimer.

Peculiar Ceremonies Performed at the
NuptiaIs of the Mortimer.
We had the good luck, says CdSselPS
MagdziRe, to witness a village wedding,
when about fifty persons assembled, all
in holiday cOstume-the women in bright
cOlored petticOats and oOdices, with
beautiful white chimisettes. They were
very pleasant looking grOup-the men
strong, well-knit fellows, but all fair
skinned, with flaxen hair and kind blue
eyes. The bride was a demure young
woman, somewhat Overweighted with
necklaces and bracelets (which we under
stood to be heirlOOms( but more especi-
ally by an immense gilt crown running
up in tail points to a height of about eight
inches, and studded with many cOlOred
crystals. 1t is Il most gorgeous head
dress, and belongs to the village.
Every village is supposed to have one,
which is hired for the occasion by the
parents Of the bride. But, like the plain
ribbon or sno0d Of the Scottish Highland
maid. no Norwegian bride Is entitled to
wear this crown Of honor unless her
character is above suspicion, and, this,
~unhappily. is so very exec ptlCnal that the
hiring of the crow is now considered
almost myidiOus on the part of the few
VINO may certainty Cldlm IL 81 tue CuslOH
is dying out, n we esteemed ourselves
( Ortunate in having witnessed a nuptial
ceremony in which this picturesque bril-
dial decoration was worn.
There was no architectural beauty IN
the very plain, barn-like church, which
mad no pretence at decoration. The
Lutheran service, which was conducted
in Norwegian, seemed to us like that of
the Scotch Presbyterian Church. All the
men sat on one side and TIE women on the
other. according to the usual custom.
The parsOn whose garb is a black gown,
with a very large white fiuted collar
encircling his throat like a Queen Eliza
beth ruff performed the simple service,
in which a wedding-ring shaped like a
double heart did duty in place of our
plain circlet. He then assembled the Dilplt
and delivered a very long eXhOrtatiOn.
There was one feature in the ceremony
in which we recognized a lingering trace
of pre-Christian days. The pulpit stands
in the centre of a large chancel, and, at a
pause in the service. all the wedding
party walked sOlemnly thrice round it, in
StdeICiSe pTOceSSiOn-a pretty survival of
old Morse paganiSm.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
CHRISTMAS

Last night / Oundt the Violets
You sent me once across the sea;
From Gardens that the winter frets,
In Summer lands they came to me-
Stiu fragrant Of the English eartn'
still humid from the frozen lew.
To me they smoke Of Christmas mlrtns
They spokeo Of England, spoke Of you'
The flowers are scentless. black anuseFe'
The perfume long has passed away,
Thc sea whose tides are year by year,
Is set between Us, chill and gray.
But you have reached a MINDLESS age
The haven OF a happy cline;
Tou do not dread the Winters rage,
Although we missed the Summertime
And like the flowers breath Over sea,
Across the gulf Of time and pain,
Tonight returns the memory
OF love that lived not all in vain.
-AHdreaC Lang, in HdrDer's.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
One Effect of ConvaIescence.

sWhy are you so thoughtful - asked a
wife Of her convalescent husband. He
lad been very sick, and for several days
his life was despaired OF, but he was get
ting better very rapidly. 81 am afraid"
he said in response to his wife's question,
fsthat 1 may have committed mys self rather
90 strongly with the minister"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
CocoaIne.

Promotes a Vigorous and Healthy
Growth of the Hair. 1t has been used in
thousands of cases where the hair was
coming out, and has IeVer failed to arrest
its decay.
Use Burnett's Flavoring Extracts-the
hocf
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
HORsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE.

DIR. C.. Roberts, Winchester, H., says:
81 AVE used it with entire satisfaction in
cases Of debility from age or overwork,
and in inebriates and dyspeptics, and am
well pleased with it's effects.v
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
A GREAT

The work continued until this after
noon, when it is supposed every fish was
captured. Every town, from Dennis to
PrOYincetown, was represented in the
slaughter. The number killed is variously
estimated at from 1900 to 1900. The pro-
ceeds are to be divided into 500 shares. The
value will probably amount to $25, 200.
The fish are to be sold at public auction
tomorrow. There were no serious acct
dents, so far as latest accounts show.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30

THE Metropolitan Underground Railway Of
London runs l,21l trains a day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30

DRAINS may be thoroughly cleansed by
pouring carbolic acid into them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
The Busiest HOuSG in the Gin.
B L a n EA. Z 7 - .

low as 5centsa pair, guaranteed fresh, new and perfect. At$ . " sell a wryiss
be matched for less thar 81 So. We nave also excenentb bargains in the veY fine Paeas ant
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-30
Children's Cloaks and H~avelocks.

The most desirable styles quality and cohrs we're purchased by our mr. ICHTENSFFrV
from a falling manufacturer at about onethrd the c@tb ut nc has, yer.docke5 Us; we ave
must make room, and, therefore, W e don't mean to ask big prices, tut work them ma
quickly as possible.