Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-03
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AN odd dinner decoration was q feature Of,
the last Glover Club dinner in Philadelphia.
Cooked animals and birds were Ilaced upon
The table in most lifelike attitudes.a Young
pigs were running round, guinea hens scratch
ing rooblns hopping about, and there was
even a cooked bear on the rampHge.
TIE suez canal is 80 miles long and 2s feet
deep, the construction having covered a Pc
rod of thirteen years and the capital en-
pl"yed amounted to $685. coo 600 in round num-
hers. OF the tonnage between she East and
the West, the prOrortiOns are IO4 voyages by
the canal and 60 by the Cape OF Good Hope.
A VERY INTERESTING CONGRESS Peniten-
tiary Discipline and Administration has been
IN session at Rome An extremely curious
exhibition had been prepared for the mem-
bers, consisting of fac smile prison cells from
most all European countries. Persons ere
employed and dressed TO play at prisoners and
Jailers. aa@
IN AN oRAToRIcAL Journey Through the
canyons of Colorado with few hundred
school teachers, Prof Bickmore said, quite
prettlly, that the whole region was grand
highway provided by nature for men to learn
her lnnermost secrets; "a great book contain
Ing the history of the earth for any one who
wished to turn its leaves and read"
TRUST the fine feminine mind for ingenious
devices in adornment. The very latest fancy
is the use of real fish scales in embroidery.
Out of the scales of perch the fair workers
:. axe sprays of forget me-nots, single brar-
roses, and even butterflies and hummng
birds Goldfish scales are much used, but
the prettlest scales in the world are those
ia en- from the sides of the Schuylkin sun
perch.
THE question whether a firm was justified
in ,missing a clerk who was discovered to
be speculatrg on the Stock Exchange was
raised in an action brought by Mr.. Pearce
against Messrs. Foster, commission agents in
Moorgate street, Loalon, by whom he had been
engaged for ten years at salary of f2,00O per
annum. Mr.. Justice Grove said the point was
Oh hcult one, and he would take time 10 con-
slider it.
KING LUDWIG. of Bavaria, was taking SOL
itary walk the other day in the Bavaran Alps,
when his passage through field was sudden
iy mpeded by an angry OK. The King waited
patiently Tor some time for the beat to move
on. and then seized a rail and charged the OK,
bayonet fashion. ana with success. THIS
pleased the romantic monarch so much that
he I'd himself photographed in the same DO
stiOn of attack.
Engineering describes, under the name of
Mystery gold" an alloy resembling gold in
appearance, weight. and in withstandlng the
jewelers. test of strong acids. It's analy sis is
given as follows: Silver, 2 49,; platinum, 30.
o.; copper. by difference, $3.50. Strong boil
ing in nitric acid. even when an article made
of 1t IS lef' in it for some time, has apparently
no effect upon the alloy, which is coming eX'
tenslyely into use.
WHEN WAR was declared by France against
Germany, Won Moltke was seriously i'll. The
King got the news late IN the evening, and
went TO consult the Count, whom he found
as eep Inc Count was aroused, when the
| hlng informed him that war was declared.
| with whom2" asked the General. with
France" was the reply. THE third portfolio
on the left" was all the Count vouchsafed to
say, and ne fell asleep Immediately.
THE famous silver gilt dinner service which
was presented to the late Lord Enenborough
when he resigned the Office Of Governor GEN
eral in India, has been purchased by the
Maharajah of JhOroe, and it is to be Dispatch
ed to India in few days. The service con.
s'sts of thirteen decorative pieces, all profuse
| ~ ornameoted and admirably executed.
There are also two candelabra. flower vases,
dessert stands, and plumber of plates.
THE OTHER DAY a Santa Cruz (Cal.) minis
ter was rowed into the ocean in company with
an clipping couple whom he was to marry
without the form alitv of license. He turn
ed TO the boatman and asked if he could swim.
Pistola Perez answered: "Oh, yes" For
moment the man of God was lost in a reverie,
but shortly ne r arhed over and whispered to
Pts ola. In case this boat ehoud upset. nv
dear man, will you save me first? l cannot
swim "
The proposed ship canal across Ireland
would be 127 miles IN length, and would con-
tain 30 locks, For ships of l.5O0 tons he cost
would be S40,0O0,0aO; for ships of 1000 tons
$4,000 coo; for ships of 5000 tons ana upward
SlnouOO, 90. II built on this scale he canal
would be 30 feet wide on the surf4ce and 100
feet at the noi tom. The passage through the
canal would be effected by system Of towage
and VI j. estimated that the passage of a shin
! from Galway bay to Kingstown would occupv
| between "A and 36 hours.
THE New York churches are engaged in
the agitation of continuation of the half
holiday that was generally adopted by the
! business men of that city during the summer
mon hs The Rev. DR.. r. 8. Nc Arthur said
tina he favored it because it aims at The re
ligous improvement of men. One object con-
templated by he Saturday half holiday is to
induce larger mum bers to attend the house of
God on the Lords day. Those who have
carefully looked into the matter affirm that
since TINS movement began this result has
been secured.
TINE out of mind big white stone at
Woodstock, in Talbot, down on the Eastern
shore Of Maryland, has been used as car
riage block in front of a moss covered dwell
ling. The other day along came a geologist.
played tune OF joy Hpon the stone with his
mslet, and astonished the townsreople Inv
telling them that Agassz would have gone
into ecstaSies over the prize. For, indeed. as
the SeOlOSlNb salu Ine stone is piece of white
rock picked mp by an iceberg in the Patapsco
river and carried clear across the Chesapeake
TO the nat lands Of tidewster Talbot.
THE oxford HdOasine prints a list OF O xford
men who are candidates at the general cleo
ton. The total is no less than 1893. of whom
Jos are Liberals and IS CONSERVATIVES. II ia
Interesting 10 find that, Of those who took frat
class hon0rs "a are Liberals and 25 Conserva-
tiyes; OF those who took fret class bonors
in the final classical school, 25 are
Liberals and Conservatives; and of those
who took double first class s. all are Liberia
m same proportion seems 10 hold good 81
Cambridge, where out Of the candidate who
tonf first classes, 25 are Liberals and Is Con-
servatives fr
A BEGINNING OF the hanging Of Sir John
Millas' wor at the Grosvenor Gallery. Lon.
don. mas been made. The exhibition win he a
prolific one. especially with regard 10 the
early works ~ the artist There are 10 he al
least some little studies IN the water color
rooms. POriralture will also be fully repre-
sented. Among the pictures shown will be
II. Thompson. SirJ. pagei SIR Sterndale'B n
nett, Lord Tennyson, The Duke OF Westmin-
ster, Mr.. Gladstone. Eady Gresham Countess
Grosvenor. the Msrfh Holiness OF Ormonde. and
the Duchess OF Westminster,
ROBERT GARRETT has a. Mount Clare. near
Baltimore, a school or thetraining Of appren-
tees IN the employ OF the Baltimore ana Ohio
Railway Company. Ofihe 200 apprentices ON
me Inc forty are now IN The school. These
pupils are tauGht abe common English
branches algebra geomFty, physics, draw
Ing, the chemis ry Of ole, mechanics and in
dttu, every thiuI needle to di,ciDline thetr