Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-03

| Holy ORANGES from Palestine are among
the delicacies of the New York markets. They
1 are bright yellow, shaped like a gillyfower
! apple, and the skin is medium fine, the flavor
is rich. but they are not so sweet as the Florida
| orange. They cost 80 cents dozen.
WHEN the Kansas Legislature assembled,
enthusiastic granger members had huge
banner up behind the Speakers desk, with a
| legend thus: Praise God from whom all bles-
| sings flow. Corn, 100 s70,S66 bushels wheat
$685. 43l bushels: cattle, lS5S,925; fruit, 3d.
| rs acres; hay, ,lOb,369 tons.
THE day before Christmas some friends Of
the Rev. c. L. Mel, of Oakland, Cal, went
| to his house during the absence of his family
and left suudrv presents. But before the re-
| turn of Mr.. Met some burglars had carried
| away the presents, leaving nothing but the
| paper and Irvine with which they were
| wrapped.
| INDIANS at the Duck Valley reservation in
Nevada raised last season wheat enough to
! last them two years. Quite number of the
| rcd men on the reservation are IN good cir
| cumstances, possessing considerable stock ana
! having on hand good amounts of grain. .Sley
team their produce to Mountain City, where
| they dispose of it for cash and store supphes.
| They live in comfortable houses, ana Their
| larders arc better supplied with allmentary
comforts and Injuries than many families IN
| the exclusively white settlements.
| CAPITALISTS have organized a company to
| bmld monster artificial lake in the town of
| Mortified, ;. |. The lake Will cover 1000
| acres of land and hold 100000 gallons of
water. 1t will receive watershed from ten
miles Of woodland. Hundreds of brooks and
| springs Will empty INTO II. Inc proprllietoIs
| propose TO supply drinking water TO villages
| and cities in New Jersey through large iron
| aqueducts that will be laid across Staten
| Island Sound, which at one point Is quite
narrow. The dam will be AGO feet long and
y feet high.
VICTORIEN SARDOU is firm believer in
spiritualism and declares that he is often
under supernatural guidance. He shows
plate Of copper on which is engraved with
minute eXactness and marvellous skill pic
ture of Moliere's house. Seated one day at
my table," he says. Il fell into revere. Un-
consciously took up the graver and lmpelled
by secret influence let my hand follow its own
direction over that plate. The engraving you
see is the result of several hours OF purely
mechanical toll. | could not of my own VIII
make such picture to save my lie"
THE very low neck ball toilet worn at
Washington parties was the su' ject of special
comment often last winter, and this season 1t
Is even more noticeable than then. a Wash
ington gentleman who has well stored mind
quoted in rega q to such custom verse
written in the first half of the last century by
an English gentleman, who commended
very Young lady to Initials an older one In
these lines:
Then learn with her virtues, to copy her ar,
Not tnD many beauties reveal
Our fancIes viii paint what You cover Win
care.
And double each charm you conceal.
THE entries for the Fanciers' show at Mad
ison Square Garden New York, which closed on
Saturday, numbered nearly 400. Such a show
was never before attempted in this country.
It is a combination of poultry, pigeon. dog
cat, goat pony and pit show all IN one. Dur
ing the show the American Poultry Associa-
tiOn will meet in the Garden Some OF the
finest fox terriers in the country VIII be on
exhibition IN the dog department, which will
contain several curiOsltes in the line OF sma |
CANNES besides blue blOOded pugs, spSniels,
terriers and pOOdles. Among the entries OF
cats is a swan white no tailed cat, with five
LITTLE white kittens. A fOur-in- hand team of
tiny shetland ponies will be shown by Will
liam Simpson. of West Farms. a dainty little
steed will be a shetland stallion IS inches
high, and weighing only 80 pounds.
on Wednesday evening President Arthur
gave his last polyglOt dinner to the Diplo-
matte Corps. At these entertainments great
many of the guests never open their mouths
except TO put something in them. The Presi-
dent himself is no lingulst, and Mrs McElroy
can command nothing except SOOd pam
English. Many of the Diplomatic Corps I'M
derstand no language except their own, put
they attack the difficulties OF the Englsh
tongue with a breezy confidence worthy o.
the author of English As She Is spoke.
The Spanish Minister once upon tlme-not
the present Spanish Minister-prlded himself
upon speaking English in its most idiomatc
and cOlIOquial form. One night he appeared
at a state dinner with a badge of mourning.
and explained that he had lately sustained
severe domestic afliietion, his mother ln-law
having "kicked the bucket" On Wednesday
night however, no such verbal bunder occur
red although the mother tongue was shame
fully but unavoidably abused