Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-27

time to show his {, eth.n Russia, OF course, is
the burglar under the Afghan caves. Anotnsr
belffcose refrain has the ambling chorus; we ne
plant our foot, nor bulge an inch; we ten
them England will not finch" Inc JingO
music of Lord BeacOnsfeld's time had a long
run and coined word for English polltles;
This combination OF bulldog. burglar ana
bulge seems to be more alliteratlve than IN
spring.
THE other evening, during the performance
of the spectacle of the Zulu war at Cookies
circus in Liverpool, Mr.. Cottle, who imper-
sonates Lieut.. Melville, had a hand-to-hand
combat with Zulu chief, the combat lasting
for some minutes. This encounter was 700
realistic for one of the spectators, Tor after
watching the combat for a time with interest
and suppressed excitement, the man, EVIDENT
ly thinking that his countryn an was being
OverpOWered by his savage Zoe, leapeu ihto
the arena and at once grappled win the Lulu
chief. The onslaught was so sudden and so
vigorous that the Zulu chief was quite taken
aback, and before his assailant could be Drawn
off the unfortunate impersonator OF the saw
age chief had received a somewhat severe
pummeling, one of the blows leaving me-
mentO in the shape of a not very presentaDle
or ornamental black eye.
IT is perhaps not generally known that Il
( large ruby is of more value than large dis
mond. Mr.. Streeter, who wrote book about
\ Jewels, states that "the ruby ranks for price
/ and beauty above all other stones. When
perfect ruby of five karats is brought into the
| market a sum will be offered for IL ten times
/ the price given for amOnd OF the same
weight but should it reach the weight OF ten
/ karats it is almost invaluable" with re-
\ spect to the romance of precious stones the
/ author just quoted tells curious story about
/ sapphiTes. native of India loaded 100 goats
/ with these gems, and reached SlmIa after
/ ten days journey Arriving at Slmla, ne
| tried to dispose of them, but, their value not
/ being recognized, he could not even obtain
/ rupee a tOlla for them, which he would gladly
| have taken. being in state OF semi-starva-
/ ton. lie then proceeded to Delhi. where the
| jewelers., knowing them to be sapphlres, gave
/ him their full value.
AN unappreciative Englishman thinks that
! Handel IN 1.-THE Messiah" treated the Scrip
lures irreverently. He says:
| take the following from the score:
For unto us a child is
| boWwOw wowwow wOWwOw wowWoW wow
| WOW wOwwow
bowwow wOwwow wowwow wOwwOw wow
| WOW wOwwOw worn.
| Then, after awhile, IN Jerky way:
| And the-gOvern-ment shall be upon his
| Show-Oh on Oh-oh-Oh-tO prolonged note)
| Oh-Oh oh oh-oh-Oulder
And his name shall be called
! (fddles 90 frantic)
| Wonderful fiddle diddle diddle dunn
| Counsellor (twiddle diddle diddle)
| The ev-va- lasting
fiddle diddle diddle diddle
| diddle diddle diddle diddle DUN.
Isn't it like pack of prOfaneDess from be-
| ginning TO endy l imagine that II the prophet
Isaiah had foreknOwn The work Of Handel he
would have been moved to say or sing in the
words of the Psalmist, ''OssG ejUs per fran
GAM"
Two hundred men and women paid quar-
| ter a head Monday night to get into the West
Forty-fourth Street Presbyterian Church,
New York, and hear DIR. Burchard. who
knocked out Brother Blaine nv a dose of al
liberation. lecture on people We Meet" DR..
| Burchard got of a sick bed to deliver the lee
| ture and he had headache and pain in the
| back. He did not mention meeting Blaine,
| but tcld the story of his interview with Pope
| Plus and&hs celebrated adventure Of sitting
on the Pope's throne by mistake. He said he
used to 20 to Sunday school with Bob lnger-
| soil in the church BOb's father was minister
! of. DR.. Burchard said he was taken for heat
waiter when he went to Venice, was taken
| for a blacksmith on another occasion, and only
| last week he was mistaken for a plumber by
. man who answered his ring at door bell.
| He laughingly recalled all the names he had
| been called after the electiO'. Here are the
nanes: "a religious slouch." IAN ecclesi-
! astical dude" IAN old fool" "a long cared
| donkey" 1--WE also been called bigOt," he
exclaimed. "but I'm not bigot A bigot is 2
| man who stands on a segment of truth, and
| won't look around to see anything else. Ppm
| not that sort of man."