Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-04
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mea' ured three feet in width above the ewes,
and the ey 8, judging from the sockets, must
nave been rs large as basebalis.
A PRETTY GIRL looks well with short hair,
and her plump, rosy cheeks, round, full. soft
white neck and jauntily poised head on pair
OF good strs ght shoulders are brought into
the more striking contrast by the rakish cut
OF to-day. I he thin. scrawny, scraggN -necked
girl, however, looks thinner, scraWnier and
scraggier than ever.
HoT BLOOD burns in the heart of the italian
student. He has been forbidden membership
In political societies At Rome the other day
the university boys, who have the spleen of
the old Cesars in hem still, Kissed the Minis
Ter OF Education IL was the cackling OF geese
that saved Rome, and by angry bllation they
hope to preserve their liberty again.
JUDGE PARKER, of the Supreme Court of
Connecticut, has decided in the case Of E. NJ.
Beardsly against the selectmen of Bridge
port, Conn, which relates to the will of Aaron
Somers. who bequeathed his entire estate OF
nearly SIC 900 to the 'wOrthy. deserving, poor,
white, American, Protestant, Democratic
widows and orphans residing in that city," to
the effect that the will is valid.
RUTLAND PAPERS tell the story of farmer
In that neighborhood, a widower and well-to-
do. who not long ago wrote to woman near
by whom he had never seen, describing his
circumstances. He told her that if he did not
hear from her TO the contrary Oithin two
weeks he would call with minister and
marry her. No letter came, and he carried
out his threat at the appointed time.
THERE is a remarkable lul in the English
real estate market. The fact is that so many
who have tried to sell have found the attempt
hopeless. except at an enormous sacrifice,
that others are deferred from it. SO people
live on in big houses with a few servants,
awaiting events. In some cases half the
house j. shut up. and the kitchen gardens,
hothouses, etc., are leased to the gardener.
AT A RECENT MARRIAGE In Ohio the bride,
Miss Morris, wore dress that was imported
from Paris in l742 for wedding, and has been
in the family ever since, being used only on
such occasions. 1t was worn again in l776 as
Il wedding dress, but not again till the 9th
day, when Miss NJ iris dOnned it. Not
stitch has been altered or added to IT., and 1t
is in most as good condition as when new.
THE Crown Prince Of Austria has contri-
buted preface and two chapters to the first
volume of the work on "Austro- Hungary"
which he is editing. The most distinguished
writers and artists If the tn o countries have
heen engaged upon the work, all contributions
having heen paid for on fixed scale. The
Crown Princess Stephanie offered a few land
scape drawings for the WORK. aud these were
accepted, her payment being given to her In
the shape of deposit in the savings bank for
her baby daughter.
ONE DAY Houssaye was at breakfast with
Alexander Dumas at Monte Cristo, when an
actors wife, poorly attired, but too timid to
ask for assistance, called upon Dumas. The
latter understood the situation at once. "My
poor chi d." said he "the sun is very fierce
just now. How can you wax without sun
shade|' And he clipped a 500 franc note into
the young womsn's hand. adding: go and
huv yOurse a fan" 70 she moved of h" con-
cluded, merrily ''If you will come and see
me on a rainy day | will give you enough to
purchase an umbrella
EXPERTS, who with pick and sapde have
scratched the rough crust of the earth in the
line of the Blue Ridge, in the county of Rock
bridge. Va. report he discovery of most vaiu-
able veins If tin ore. THIS tin ore is large,
and many tracts of land have lately been
bonded to miners, but the best veins appear
to be along The waters of Irish creek, in the
northeastern corner of the county. The
veins are generally less than a foot thick. but
some are three or four feet thick, and the I'm
stone occurs IN crystals, in nodules and in
strings.
A COMPOSITION has been invented by an
English engineer which is claimed to effectu-
ally preserve iron from rust, being also use
fully applicable to other materials, such as
stone ami wood, used in conf notion with
metal. This com position consists OF TO- parts
virgin wax, 1875 of Galiiijo, 200 OF Norw, gian
pitch, 100 OF gre Sc. leo bItumen OF Judea, 235
OF gutta percha. l2O of red lead, 20 of white
lead, these Ingredients beng mixed together
In the order named in boiler. the gutta per-
cha being cut up IN small piece or risped.
he mixture is stirred at each adj ion. and
poured into mOulds. For iron it is melted and
laid on with brush; for stopping holes it is
used as paste.
MRS. CASH. OF Coventry. gossips entertain
ingly of George Eliot" OF shakespeare the
novelist said that she would be content we're
she allowed no other book; and in educating
child his works would be the first book she
would place in its hands Her dislike 10
crowds was always pr"verbal She said. Il
should never press through one, unless it were
to zee a second Jesus" Even wears before
"Danet DerUndan was latent idea her svm-
patty for the Jewish race was market. She
would say: Don't talk TO me of the Jews! To
think hat they were deluded into expecta-
tiOns OF a TEN oral deiverer, and then pun
ished because they couldn't understand that
it was spiritual deliverer that was in
tendedH
MUsURUs PASTA, who has been the Turk
ish Minister or Ambassador at the court of
st. James since 1851, Is about to retire. owing
to his great age. as he Is now rs. He is a ma
tive Of Crete, belonging to an old family in
that island, b. rae a Greek. and member
OF the Greek Church. Christian renreseb-
tativ" of a MOhammedan power in a Christian
country, he has discharged his high functions
In manner perfectly satisfactory to the sue
CeoelNe > illdns VINO nave employed him. a.
Is Il man of he highest literary cultivation
speaking several modern languages, and a
good classical s hOlar His trars alton of
Dante INTO m"de"J Greek attests the soliditv
of his acQuiremedis. He Will be succeeded in
England by HUSTON Pasha, al o Christi n
ARE the offspring of short parents short.
and do the children of tall persons grow TO be
unusually tall9 Such question a Scotch sci
enlist recently asked himself, and h. set to
work to g ,ther some statistics Of stature Hi
data consists OF the heights OF $50 adu Is and
OF their re peetive parons 205 Of each sex in
number, or Altogether. OF l,s40 observations
IL was shown that difference between the
heights OF The two parents might be disre-
gardet. aving on the whole an lnconsidera-
bic effect IN the height OF the offspring IL
was also shown that marriage selection lakes
little or no account OF shOrtness or tAllness ;
The general result wasshat where the mean
height of the two parents was greater than
medlocrity, their children tend TO be shorter
than they.
KIRBY. the seat Of the bankrupt Earl OF
Winchelsea and Nottingham. one OF the most
magnificent mansions in England, has, by the
neglect and wastefuness Of its owner, BEEN
reduced to the con ition OF a rooaess min
ihe walls OF fine white stone and beautifu'
imneys are iutact, aud the stone carving h |
IN perfect condition. Twtnty-fye thoreapi
dollars might yet keep the pace in decent on
DER, rtnuering restoration cOmparatigei
easy, but Lord WincheseA cannot nut bi
hand readily on $3.50 No such de lOrahe cas-
OF lts Kind " known In England. Kirby
only TWO hpure from London, and would IL /
terest many Americans. a. was built h
tlizabeih's dancing Chancellor. SIR Christi
pher HattOn, whose armorial bsaiings ovr
the granl entrance are as fresh TO-DAY z
when put up.