Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-10
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tongues are said to be remarkable for their
accuracy.
REALISM is extending its domain from lit
erature and the drama into the realm of song,
and the only consolation in sight is the grow
ing necessity that the line should be drawn
somewhere. The latest popular song in Aus
tralla is said to be 'tStraighten the Toes of My
Buried Leg" -r
HENRY j. TERRY. of the class OF go of Yale
College, and for seven years Professor OF Law
in the University of Toxic, Japan, has been
elected Professor of Municipal and Interna-
tonal Law at Yale, to I'll the place vacated
by Prof. E. j. Phelps, now Minister to Great
Britain. Edward @. Bourne, of the class of
Ss, was appointed instructor in medieval his
tory,
SENATOR Tom BOWEN, of Colorado, is on his
way to Washington. He has been, since the
adjournment, at Summttvllle, mining town
about 5000 feet above sea level. in Rio Grande
county, where he has been personally super
intending his mining interests. He was
broken bonanzlst on entering the Senate, but
has sold the GOloonda mine quite recently for
snug half million or more.
THE ANDRE MONUMENT affair has had the
effect of putting Mr. Field before the British
public in light he may not relish. The Lon
don Echo writes of him as ian able, pushing
man of business, not too scrupulous 10
Jeopardlze success. but on the other hand, eX-
ceedlngly vain and fond of associating his
name WIN persons or emlnence ana rank,
more especially in this country"
IN the memoirs of Gustave Dore some inter-
estng statistics are given with regard to his
earnings. 1t is estimated that between 1850
and 1870 his illustrations brought him 81. 4OO,-
900. A mornings work has been known to
realize $4,000. But it was the number of his
works. quite as much as the unprecedentedly
high rate of remuneration which he COM
manded. that made his earnings so large.
r tn m
Dante to an almanac. He was not actuated
by greed of gain. but by the desire to estab-
llsh monopoly OF talent in his own person.
About the age OF % he conceived the plan OF
illustrating some forty Of the great MASTER
pieces of literature, from Homer downward
and by 1865 he had executed seven.
HARD DRINKERS will be pleased to know
that their pracJice is considered by some
scientific writer's 10 be, on the whole, benefit
to the community. In recent paper on
The Economy of Vice and Crime,' DR..
Brigham said: 1.-THE alcoholic road to self
determination is one of the most speedy ways
of destroying the weak and inferior, and
although some who select this road are brill
liant specimens Of mental power, yet, as
whole, they are weak ana unworthy Of pre-
servation, lntemperance, though doing much
harm, also does great good. The certainty
and celebrity with which intemperance de-
strOys the weak and wicked classes of So
ciety favorably recommends 1t over the ordi-
nary methods OF to-day in the administering
of Justice"
REV. Mr.. HAGEMAN complains that he has
been three times cast out from the Presby
terrain church; also, that he was cast out
'headlong.' This suggests inquiry as to how
after having been once CAST out headlong he
80 far found his way back into the Presby-
terrain fold as to be cast out second and a
third time. In order to proclaim his views as
to the errors of his former brethren on hell
and eternal punishment, Mr.. Hageman has
prepared very lengthy and otherwise re-
markable poem on hell. Having read this TO
select company of gentlemen in the house of
well-knOwn fnancier, Mr.. Hageman an
nounces his intention of letting the world
know more OF it and of himself. His plan Is to
read it through the land, wherever he can OBJ
tain an audience.
In Chilli and Peru the men and women in
the churches sit in different parts of the con-
gregatiOn, as was formerly the custom in the
Methodist churches of this country. The
women far outnumber the men. Each lady
worshiper brings a little carpet on which she
kneels or sits during the celebration of the
mass. The women are specially devout the
men are not as much so. The women wear to
church the manic, which has long been the
fav0rite dress Of the CHILEAN and Peruvian
women. peculiar custom prevails in the
churches of these countries as to the bell
ringing. The bells from the towers announce
to those who are without as well as to the
congregation within the elevation of the host
and other portions of the mass where the de-
vout Catholic is expected TO kneel and TO
cross himself.
on TIE OCCASION Of the opening Of the Jaf-
fray Hospital, at Birmingham, by the Prince
of W ales, his Royal Highness was presented
with key which is believed to be the finest
ever made in England. 1t is in the style of
the Queen Anne period, and is full of marvel
GUS designs, The leading figure being that OF
Charity extending one hand to the needy,
while the other holds the scroll of benefac-
tons to the hospital. The Princes arms and
those of the borough Of Birmingham, togeth-
er with Mr.. Jaffrays crest, are duly exhib-
lied; but what is. perhaps, most rem arkable
is that so very wonderful and unique an in
strument should really be capable Of fulfilling
the ordinary and commonplace function of
turning lock, and, in fact, of unlocking the
hospital door. A reduced copy of the KEY in
gold. arranged as brooch, was presented to
Mrs. Jaf1ray.
AN IGNORANT and pretty village maid Of II
was lately led TO the witness box in a French
court room. and advanced, with some confu-
sion and timidity, to answer the questions put
to her. On being requested to stretch out her
hand she hesitatingy complied without re-
moving her glove, quite unaware that it is
necessary to be sworn with glOveless hand
RETIRE. votre CANT" SAID the presiding mag
lstrGtc. Increased confusion and tendency
TO cry was the effect produced on the witness
by this order. 'Retirez Yotre CANT" reitera-
ted the magistrate, at loss 70 account for the
ElIl > StiduEG udnntTs Win lUe IenuenEY to
cry yet more pronounced, the witness closed
her eyes, threw back her head, and exhibited
in all its length her tongue to the court. In
her confusion she had understood the magis-
trate to say: "Tirez la langue," instead of
Retire. votre CANT"
1T is, perhaps, somewhat hard that the
Duke Of Edinburgh should be chaffed on his
fddling at time when, we learn on high au-
thority, H. r. H., while supposed to be car
rying on high jinks with a select shooting par
ty at Eastwell, WAS in reality sitting with
ashes on his head and sackc 9th on his back
bemoaning the loss OF his dear old Mrs. Nc
Boskey his children's Scotch nurse. But
there IS story so aprOpos that il ought TO be
of Wales, desired to learn the violin. and en-
gagged preceptor. After some months Of
practice he asded the maestro what proRrees
he had made. "Sir," said the Italian, "there
are three kinds Of violin-players- those who
cannot play at all, those who play badly and
those VINO play well. Your Royal Hghness
has arrived at the second stage" The Duke
Of Edinburgh arrived there years ago.
ana there ne has remained.
THE Providence journal says: George
Lewis Cover Esq, returned to this city last
Monday evening from Europe, where he has
been engaged in fruitless endeayor to ascer-
tain the fate OF his brother, MFR, Frederic A.
Cover, the missing aeronaut. Mr. Cover
met and interviewed everybody in Europe
who was able TO give any information In re-
gard u the matter, and so traced his brother
up TO the very last moment when II il known
that he was seen bv human ewes aud AZ fhts