Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-08
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days,-without lacking.
THE greatest marriage of the year in France
is to take place at the Madeleine this month
between Count Charles de la Rochefoucauld,
the elder, son of the Due de Blsaccia, and the
Prlncess Charlotte de la Tremoille, daughter
OF inc DUO de IremOilie, who is also Due de
Talmont.
ONE Of the English railway companies has
supplied all its employees with red neck cloths,
the wearing of which is to be compulsory.
The object of this regulation is to furnish por-
tefss guards or switchmen with red flags that
are always at hand and can be employed in
Jhe event OF any sudden accident, or the de-
rangement of the regular signals.
RED SQUIRRELS lose no time in picking out
the toothsome mushroo mfrom the tempting
toadstool The cute little creatures never
touch the latter, but the mushroom is nuts"
to them, and no doubt they make merry when
they read daily in the papers of some poison
ing case of the sort. ''What fools these NOR
tails be who eat toadstoOls," chuckles the red
squirrel.
For years prior to his death the fourth Duke
of Marlborough lived in complete seclusion in
corner of Blenheim palace, where he died
In 1870, "a melancholy instance" observes a
contemporary writer, ''of the results of ex-
travagance." Since that Dukes day no
money has come into the family save by tine
has gone out OF it.
THE large beer breweries of Munich have
finally succeeded in obtaining permission
from the Bavarian railway administration
and the Ministry of Finance to run daily ex-
ira beer trains to Hof, Aschahenburg and
Ulm The first of these trains left Munich
lately with sixteen cases of different brew
cries. The chief shipments were TO Paris,
Havre and Treves.
SINCE the claws on the Canadian foot of the
big world bestriding British lion seized upon
Poundmaker that wild chieftan of the lakes
has protested time and again that he would
rather die than go to jail. But POundmaker
has changed his mind. nor does he think his
imprisonment will be so hard since the keep
ers have promised not to cut his long, fine
locks of raven hue.
The oyster beds on the Hudson, which ex-
tend from New York to Sing Sing, and which
have been productive ever since the country
was settled, are likely soon to be abandoned.
increasing population is so polluting the
waters of the river that the lower portions
OF the beds have already been destroyed.
from those that remain the young oysters are
removed TO purer waters where they can de-
Velop their natural size aud flavor.
In Greenland attempts have been made to
raise some of the common plants of our gar
dens. At the Danish station of Godihaab
latitude ga deg.,l close to the open sea,
turnips, radishes, lettuces and parsley are
almost the only plants that can be cultivated
with any success. Attempts have been made
10 cultivate potatoes, but the tubers never at
tain size larger than marbles and are only
grown and eaten as curiosities. Under the
most favorable circumstances. green peas
only produce shells, IN which the peas are
barely recognizable.
CAEADIAN papers contain some narrowing
details Of cruel evictions in that country. irish
I've, -
present in the Dominion. Poor tenants have
been thlown out on the wsyside. houseless
and homeless. in the orthodox Irisa fashion
before the coming Of the Land League. Thes =
imltators Of the old school Of landlords are
the Hudson Bay Company, who are, says the
Winnipeg TtHss, ut present engaged in tear
ing down the shantles on their property IN
pursuance of notice to Yacate served on the
squatters some time ago.
I'm Prince Canyon, as you ascend the Wa
satch," says a Salt Lake City letter writer.
there is a remarkable formation of rock
called Castle Gate. It is the most notable
single formation along the whole route. Two
huge lodges OF rocks advance from the cliffs.
On the southern side the great projection, 500
feet high. is crowned on the top by a round
turreE. On the northern side a thin promon-
tory OF equal height advances its rose red
wall. which Is no thicker in proportion to Its
height than CleOpatra's needle, or any other
monument shaft. 1t is a weird and striking
picture"
THE merry little mosquito has arrived in
Dublin. The interesting tourist from this
side had already turned up in London, evil
IDENTIFY with the notion of staying. He is re-
ported at opposite outskirts. Ever since the
memorable day, some seven years since, when
the FIRST intruder of his race waylaid al Irish
NJ. p. in Piccadilly, the boOdthlrsty insect
has not only lurked around London, but has
considerably increased and multiplied,
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prove formidable. His development there
promises to form curious chapter Of natural
history.
CHICAGO proposes to build a memorial arch
over one of the entrances to Lincoln park, in
stead Of a monument to Gen. Grant. The
Philadelphia Times encourages the idea after
this fashion: IL would probably be inpOssi-
ble to make an arch.of this kind which will
nO' he better than the best statue the people
of Chicago could get for their money. But it
is still possible TO get a very bad and ridlcu-
lous structure # this kind, even by the eX-
penditure of $4,000. As there are not many
of these, however, Chicago is almost sure to
get something altogether unique for Its
MONEY, SO that IL will have mOnstrOsity ut
terly unlike the mOnstrosIties of other cities.
MRS. CUSTER, writing from Coney Island
to the Chicago Tribune, thus tells of the cast
iron COW: Il confess to lingering longest over
the cast-iron COW. She stands sererely under
Il hlNilly ueuetkeu awning etluenUy renlded
and retalled for this summers campaign
There Is just one thing lacking to complete
the delusion OF her genuineness. There
should be invented internal machinery that
would switch round her well-crimped tail
As It is, the cardinal ribbon that ties us exu-
berant wavelets is without hutter. even
when the Impairment iles buzz round in
swarns." A merry maiden milks this cast
iron cow ana sells the beverage to thirsty
wayfarers.
A GERMAN OFFICER offered his services
with an enormously long sword, to Jeff Davis
during the war, and was assigned TO Jeb
Stewards cavalry. He thus narrated his re-
ception in the field: 81 come to Gen Stewart
and he tel me, Major Won ----, have more
f'reipners know " hat Go do with: they are
al sent TO me and are no account. 1 have no
place on my stat for you. StOp-there is n
regiment about 10 chsrge. Charge with it,
charge with tn regiment. ard when 1 come
back Gen. stewart say, Major Won
Keep YOU with me ON nv staff" Prince
Frederick Charles, on a visit to this officers
ancestral seat. near Berlin, discovering his
own portrait above that OF Stewart on the
wall, took HE down and placed il below, with
the remark that he considered Stewart the
ADLER Of the two cavalry generals.
Az uptown musician in New York visited
william street lawyer Thursday to ask If he
couldn't get out an injunction to compel a
certain piano player in his neighborhood to
desist from her daily and nightly steeplechases
over the keys OF a worn out instrument. ut
IL an extraordinary caee,n said the musician
asaf.a nj ansns faHsr