Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-05
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CLAIMANTS Of the authorship of the SAKE
Holm stories are now confronted by the posi-
tive assertion that they were written to Mrs.
Helen Hunt jackson, who recently died, and
VINO preferred to rest her reputation on more
solid WORKS.
Tom HUGHES visited the house in New York
formerly occupied by Peter Cooper last Mon
day. lie is writing the life of Mr.. Cooper,
anu was SHOWN over the house, which is No. y
Lexington avenue, by Abram S. Hewitt, the
present occupant.
LONDON writers on sports are lamenting
THESE degenerate days, hen hunters on Eng
lish moors and IN the forests follow those
methods which bag the most game with the
smallest eNertlOn, aud which are rapidly ex-
terminating the grouse and the deer.
AT this time of the year almost every forest
aDounds with the rattlesnake plantain, the
delcately white-vened streaks showing
ualntlly out of the dark green OF the body
lear. Theu there is the purple fringed vein
orcnis, and the white twisted, sO-called
ladies' tresses."
DR. BELL, who accompanied the Hudson
bay expedition In 1854, says that from what he
saw Of the situations which the EsqnimauX
IN Hudson bay and'the Strait choose for their
camps, there can be little doubt that they
iVed there when the sea level was so feet
higher than 1t Is at present.
A STUDENT at Yale, twenty years ago,
wrote letter to a New Haven girl proposing
marriage, and in reply received her wedding
cards, showing that MS wooing was too late,
Dut giving no lntlmatiOn of what m ght have
been II ne had acted more promptly. These
Two met by chauee at n New Orleans Motel
table the other day. He had become Il Louisl-
ana Judge, and she widow. Their Detrothal
immediately ensued.
Hon. SAMUEL j. RANDALL went driving at
Long Branch with William M. Singerly, of
the Philadelphia Record, who is politically
opposed to Mr.. Randall. Somebody spoke to
Ir Randall about 1t. when my enemy
drives the fastest pair of horses in the place,
and tells me they are liable to trot the best
road mile on record almost any day" was the
reply, Il can sit very comfortably with him
In the same wagon"
The denial is made for Edwin Booth that
he was ever negro minstrel, save In the
sense that he may also have been a circus per-
former. When a lad in Baltimore he and
other boys played circus, minstrelsy, tragedy,
and other Capers IN cellar. He entered the
dramatic profession when he " as not more
than IS, and ther after Travelled with his
rather almost up 10 the latter's death. II is
TACT, however. that Forrest was once a rider
ana acrobat in n circus.
Now that the oyster trade is opening in
earnest the usual descriptions of how it Is
managed are IN order. The work'of the oys-
ter planter begins in the spring, when he
places the small oysters in mud beds in the
bays. Here the oysters lie two or three years,
and then, IN the spring agaia, are shifted to
hdrd bottom beds, where they fatten. They
are then raked up, taken to fresh water
creeks, and lett over one tide. Here they
drink, get plump, and cleanse themselves Of
any muddy liquid that may have found its
way within their shel :. They are next as
sorted and sent to market.
The distinguished President of Princeton
College, DR.. McCOsh, has two daughters who
are great walkers. They are in the habit of
walking to Trenton and back, a distance of
about % miles, where they do their shopping
One uaY a dude acCosted Miss Bridget MeCosh
on the road and SAID IN the usual manner:
Beg pardon, but may walk with your" She
replied: Certainly" and let herself out q
little. After the first half mile the masher
began TO gasp. and then. as she passed on with
smile, he sat down painting on a nile stone
and mopped the perspiration from his brow.
OUIpA cites as causes which have cOntribut-
ed to produce the decay in fction:" The
circulating libraries, which induce hasty and
undigested reading of as many volumes as 1t
is possible to obtain in a short space of time;
the absurd practice of three-volume form of
novel publication, which tempts writer's to
spin out thin thread of interest into moth
ingness; the absolute ignorance of publ shers,
who INK taat fiction may be woven by the
hour and sold by the yard; the utter ineffi-
cheney OF criticism, which drags into mo-
mentary distinction work that should never
even nave found printer.
THE castle at Kremsier, which has again
been the scene of q remarkable eve0t in his
tory, is built in the Italian style. The front
is two and the back three stories high. it
contains library OF over $1,000 volumes and
is rich in archives. 1t stands in magnif-
cent park, with shady avenues pleasant
strawberries, artificial fountains, and large
fish ponds, as well as numerous summer
houses and large conserVstor IS. The flower
gardens are in the old French style. There is
a celebrate aharynt tn in the grounds. which
are adorned with numerous statues, repre-
sentlng my biological ana historical person.
ages.
LONDON Life says Of the marriage of Lord
Colerdge: "Miss Mary Anderson is very
sorry, but says that she cannot cry. Lady
Coleridge has been described variously az a
native Of many countries, and one imaxina-
TIVE London correspondent has circulated A
story TO the effect that The acquaintance be-
tween Lord Coierldge and his bride began
with their meeting on board the steamer ia
which he returned from New York This is
pure romance; as matter 0f fact. Lori
COieridge did not choose mis- wife haphazZard.
He first met her in New York. soon after his
arrival, and before he left the States they
were engaged to be married. Lady Cole
ridge brings good round fortune TO her hus-
band.
ROBERT G.. INGERsOLL has a mastiff. An
other visitor at the same hotel, the Rev.
Henry Wadley, was accompanied by dog OF
the same breed as Ingersoll's pet. A waiter
says: "The two gentlemen was a dining to-
gether, out onto the veranda. They got to
Ja!king pretty fact and loud, and not waiting
for one 10 stop b fore the other commence"
This seems to prove that arel giOus argument
had sprung up. THE gentlemen smiled All
the time, or else I'd thought they WAS mad
the waiter adds. "The dogs guessed quar-
rel was going on between their masters.
Pretty soon Mr. Inger-0H said he'd got to 20,
and Mr.. n adley SAID he had to too, ana they
stood up kind Of sudden, sticking out their
hands 10 shake for good-by, Well. the dogs
mist0ok 10 for putting up OF fists for a fight, l
suppose. for they pitched in like bulldogs in a
pit The inndefs dog was whipped.
THIS years campmeeting at Ocean Grove
was marked by fashionable apathy during the
first week. The exercises were not largely
attended, and there was not hallelujah once
an hour to break the decorum. love feast
was held. Nearly , 0 ministers were present,
The songs OF reyiValism were led by a ella
riOuet. which drew together an assemblage of
fully 5000 persons. Eloquent addresses and
lmpassloned prayers aroused p degree OF en-
tnusiasm unknown during the previous week
sun, the desired height OF fervor was not
reached. suddenly. the Rev. Albert Wallace
bounded to his feet on q bench, aud gave
loud and long shout Of GLORY 10 God.n and
impulsively waved his handkerchief above
his head. Instantly Thousands OF handker-
chiefs were whitening the air ike 80 many
spread wings OF doves. The spectacle was
curioualv lmuressiye IL had "A wonderful