Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-11
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/ the temple to their places This temple is to
I De Mecca for the faithful all over the En-
/ pre-.
FERDINAND VII, of Spain, when "hard up"
in 1922, was loaned 100000 reals by Seuor
] Uzade, repayment not to be made unless de-
/ manded. The munihcent senior never made
/ demand, but his descendants have now
/ brought suit against Queen Isabella and her
sister, the uchess Of MOntpensier, who resist
/ payment on the ground thai the money was
/ GIT ana that repayment is at any rate barred
/ by prescription.
MRS. ANNA WooD SLOAN, wife of Robert
L. Sloan, Esq, of Cass county, Mo-, was bit
recently by spider on the forehnger of the
left hand. Not much attention was paid to
the oite at the time, but gradually a purpiish
swelling extended up the left arm. across the
breast anu down the right az m. On the fol-
lowing sunday her condition was considered
alarming. Additional med cal skill was then
sought about noon. but before the physicians
arrived at the house she was dead.
A CORRESPONDENT of a Boston newspaper
says that Mr.. Nast's wife is the original Of
Columbia, the tall, beautiful woman, with the
classic face, who has beeu 50 prominent in the
1 categorical pictures during aud since the war.
! These pictures first gave Mast his national
Iame: In beauty of conception and execution
/ they have never been excelled, and are chap
! ters OF the history of the nations mind-pho-
! tographed moods. as it were. COlumb a, let
1 II De noticed, Il altogether a different figure
! AlOul tue 6OuQeas OF Liberty. she Is \ asst 8
l special creation in the world of art.
DIR. GEORGE R. ELLIOTT. the specialist,
/ whose mIcroscopical investigations revealed
the tTue nature of Gen. Grants disease, and
who pronounced it cancer and incurable, is
younger even than either of the other two.
lie is not more that p. but began his stodies
at such an early age as 10 be veteran sur
9eon before reaching the prime of life. Only
rev years ago the popular prejudice die
tated, SO to speak, the exclusive consultation
/ OF old physicians. The fash on ~ has changed
I decidedly Ia my time. The young men are
coming to the front IN all the professions.
| IN physics. as in politics, young men are
coming to the front with credit to themselves.
DR.. Thomas H. Allen, the specialist who re-
Gently removed cancer from the abdomen
I of woman in the Charity hospital, is not
over 20, believe. | am told that the opera
ton was, OF itself, successful and was un-
/ doubtedly delicately and skillfully performed,
/ thougn the woman died some hours after
! from the shock. An eye witness tells me that
a Drawer woman never faced death. The doc
/ tor told her that her chances of life under the
| knife were not more than one in a hundred,
| while without ne operation death was GER
tain, though lingering. Without a percepti-
! Bile change in color or pulse, size said: II
would rather die now than live longer this
| way" and calmly lay down on the table for
the terrible operation.
4 YES" said Adolph sutro, millionaire, to
!
free scientific library right here in San Fran
cisco. have gentleman in London, a regu-
| lar boOkworm, whose sole duty it is to pur-
| chase all scientific works that are offered for
/ sale, especially those in the English language.
( Inc library shall be essentially one open 10
| the benefit Of English readers. Yes, / have
1 made up my mind what to do. / intend to
| build suitable house for the reception of the
/ books. endow it with sufficient land to yield
| an income, and then deed it to a CORPORATION
/ for the benefit of the city. But the library is
not nearly completed yet. There are still
many books neutrality-suspicious. 1 receive
! every quarter-an when, to my thinking, the
! library Is complete l will do as l say"
LORD HoUGHroN was fond of showing a
letter from a certain well-known American,
in which that gentleman told him that, as he
sailed down the Mississippi one evening, he
heard the slaves on the banks of the great
river singing his cong. "The beating of my
| own heart was the only sound heard" and
/ keeping time TO the refrain with their feet, as
| they worked among the ridges Of the cotton
| fields. In speaking of this song which was
| his favorite, and perhaps sweetest bit of SEN
| timent as be often did, he always described
| how he had composed it while riding on an
| Irish outside car from the railway station to
Carton, the residence OF ireland's then only
| strawberry, the Duke of Leinster. When he
arrived he committed the verses to paper,
and after dinnor read them 70 the host and
other guests. The advice given to him was
to destroy the trihe as not being worthy of
his reputation.
SECRETARY WHITNEY since he took the
navy porholio is said to have found himself
greatly hampered by the large number Of
clerks in the department who have outlived
their efficiency. He now desires to secure a
younger and more efficient corps Of assistants.
To accomplish this he appointed a board Of
naval officers, who have been on duty in the
Navy Department, in order to thoroughly ac-
quaint themselves with the merits of the ndi-
vidual members of the clerical force to reOr-
ganize the Navy Department. The officers
who were appointed are com paratively Young
men. The Secret airy selected Young men to
avoid the cOnsequl nee OF the influence his old
clerks might be supposed to have with board
composed of officers whom they had known in
their younger DAYS. The board is holding
daily sessions at the Navy Department. and
will have its report ready for Secretary Whit
ney soon after his return. 1t will probably
recommend that good many designations be
requested.
II AM TOLD" says a London correspondent
of the Philadelphia Telegraph, ''that Lord
Randolph Churchill has a son who is qualify
ing to succeed him. The little fellow is only
10 years OF age, but those who have come
across him say that he can use billinsgate
quite as well as his papa, and is only a little
less select IA his use of adjectves. Some time
ssince an electrical engineer was engaged al
the town house fitting up an electric light,
when young Randolph interfered with some
of the machinery, and told the engineer he
would Sc hlm-well, blessed before he left of.
The appearance of a wel-grown club in the
hands OF the Aforesaid engineer caused the
young Churchill to fly. but he took up a safe
pest Cd the stairs, and from that coigne Of
vantage began to compliment the en- gineer in
terms more rnrcihle than polite. In the middle
ot the discus ion Lady Randolph came upOn
The scene aud fetched young hopeful good
ulted states spank on the bead which nOOred
The bone Of the Churchills, who, considerably
scomfted ana surprised at the muscle his
American mamma had developed for b is etli-
hcatIon, skunk away very quietly"
A NUMBER OF newspapers in this country
publish sermons delivered abroad by Rev. DR.
ralmage. Under special arrangement the
sermons are furnished in advance to these
newspapers, so that they appear regularly on
the day after they are preached. The public
has been led 10 believe IN some cases he .er-
mons 20 published were cabled to America
and this belief caused them to be read with
great interest. But when 10 was found ont
that they were sent by mail in advance of da-
livery "A cons ders bic hue and crv wac raised
in same quarters, and MANY readers cons der
ed themselves Imposed upon. The " heenng
I.feHigsHcar rem inds such people that the SER
mons would not BE- improved in quality by
passing under the water There IRE many
perrons,p 10 says. "Who find pleasure IN me
INmage sermOns; who would take them as
gladly 10y freight train as by cable: who are
even willing to take them marre4 by some
very remarkable pictures intended 10 aery-
the purpose OF iliu trAtlOn. The Talnage
sermons are not made better or worse by sete