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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-02
Notice.

Neither the Captain nor Consigneos OF the
British steamship Lancaster" Sleeves, Mas
ter, will be responsible for any debts con
tracted by the crew.
A. MINIS q SONS. Consiguecs.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-02
NOfice.

The Mutual Life Insurance Company. OF
Sew York. has issued q new form Of Policy
IN which all restrictions on rcEidcrcc, travel
and occupation are removed. Dividends paw
able N CASH every i've ycarg, which will be
larger than thlee uf any other company.
JOHNSTON y DOUGLASS.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-02

Notice.
Neither the Captain nor Consignees of the
British steamship "Anerloy," Cox, Master,
will be responsible FOR any debts contracted
by the crew.
q. MINIS & Sons. Con.lgnees.
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Mistakes OF Embarr.sed Bridegrooms


Most people the moment they enter a par
sonage to get marriel become so embar.
rasssd they really ara hardly conscious OF
what they are doing. One fellow heard Of
was dreadfully afii ct,d in this way and
without realizing his act pullel a cigar
from his pocked AMI twirleI it around in
his hands When that portion OF the cere-
mony was feachei in which tire lady aud
gentleman join hani, he happened to have
the cigar in his right hanL What to do
with that cigar he evidently didn't know.
The clergyman pausel for a momelt and
then repeated the instruction that tley join
hands. BY this Tins ths porr fellows en-
barrasement had increased 30 that it was
painful to beholi II, gave aas agonzsi
look at the minister AM thsa stuck the cigar
In his mouth. Before the ceremony could
be conclu led the minister had to take the
cigar from between his lip.
Another prospective groom was in the
same dire condition OF mi III He was max
ing great effort to regaii his composure
by whirling around On bis out.tretched
finger silk hat wh n the minister an.
noun cei his readines, t begin the service.
The fellow Immediately jumpel up For a
second he did not know what to do with his
hat, but only for a second. for he solved the
problem by sticking tbs castor between his
knees. The clergyman toll me- he could
hardly refrain from laughter as he married
that man standing in the rsIiculous position
he was forcsd to take.
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I-you will pardon my saying 1t, the re-
tort; ara arranged quite ON the plan Of a
Dutch bake oven. There is level floor Of
fire clay, srchet over with thick wall OF
the sa no material The arch is pepper
Eoxsi full of oles. This i; TO let the gases
from the consuming boiy escape into the
flames wiich pay aroun the oven. Coke
is usal as tle firing material, and an In
tense heat is produced. The body IS not
burned, in the ordinary sense. 1t Is what
tie pr5siient o; thu COMPANY calls 'fn-
cIneratsl by dry distillatiol." 1h, flesh
aai soft parts are converted by the terrific
heat into gases and pass through the pep
per-hox holes into the fimes where they
are consumed. The bone; are calcined and
form light ash, all that is left,
There is nothing repulsive about the pro-
cess On the contrary, there is somethiny
classic and poetic in Ii. intend to be Gre
mated. 1t is like this: The hearse drives
to the rear door, with the body in a box.
It is carried inside to an snte-room, There
it is llftsd from the box AMI wrapped in
saowy clothes steep,d in alum water, so its
drapery will not take fire too soon. It looks,
thus shrouied, quite ike the beautiful
marol. figures that are somstimes foun
scu ptured upon tn, lids OF cinerary urns
thousands of years old. In Greece, in
Etruria and at Rome tney are found among
tho rare old ruins. Ths corpse is then
placed upon an iron bier. which is wheeled
into ths audience room. The bier slides
forward from its frame into ths retort, and
the door is clapped to.
At the end of an hour nothing Is left but
little pile of white ashes The bodies are
consumed at the rate of 100 pounds every
thirty min utes One with Large bones win
be longer in consuming than Others At
the end from three pints to two quarts Of
ashes are left. The cost OF cremation will be
e25 for the incineration, IS for funeral
urn and $50 for a niche in the colum-
barium. This is the building in which fu-
neral uTus will be deposited. TIE fir I
corpse to BE- crematsd will be that of j. c.
Collins, secretary OF the New York Crema-
tion society.
The crematorium is great curiosity to
the common people thereabouts. While we
were there a German woman with little
snippY black ewes cams in and peerei in
gu sitively into tn, Dutch oven
That" said the superintendent, sis tn,
re:ortn
The little snappy blacx-eyed woman
strted back in horror.
II like it not, no, nor she said S.
Sha had been stiilned with a wo-d.
ELIZA ARcHApD
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Frelh Pond il a sort of stopping place for
pleasure seekers from Brooklyn AMI Long
I,iaI City. But the principal source OF
revenue to the be;r halls is the funerals
Tho graveyard business is very lively here
about A birds eye view suggests that the
VIII 10 re- zion IL burying ground. Tomb
S ones to right OF you, tombstones to left.
The hearses that come bowling briskly up
on the various roads every few minutes
confirm that impression. In fact, You are
near Mt Olivet, the common people bury
ing ground Their isn't anything melan.
choly or sorrowful about this, however. You
are reminded Of the undertaken who took
Davy Copperfleld upon the jolly hearse to his
mothers funeral On tho Who'll, the effect
Is rather brisk, busnesslike and pleasing.
in the midst OF these suburban burial
grounds, the United States Cremation COM
pany, limited, have located their building.
Il is now sufficiently flashed to begin opera
tons. 1t is upon bill which gives com.
manding view of the region roun1 about.
To the west, the buildings OF New York
and the great bridge towers loom up. The
crematorium Is very simple as far
as 1t has PROGRESSED. The aesthetic sur
rcundings will be brought up as the
exoeriment becomes successful The struc-
lufe at preSSut uCluueS DLseueut, VIII
on, floor above it, The retorts are In the
rear part of the above ground floor, occu-
pyIng the space within the last three win
dows seen in the picture. In front of this,
facin; the re:crt doors through which
bottle, are passed. is the audiencs room,
which holds about 200 Under the retorts,
with the fire doors opening behind, at the
eni opposite that through which bodies
ausar ara th. F.. furnaces
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Postal Curiosities,
Youths Companion !


Mr.. Charles Field, formerly attached tc
the street services department OF the post
Office, in an address to the Ma sachusstts
club. gave few specimens of the SUPER
scriptions with which the @blini reader" Of
the Boston Office is daily annoyed and
amused:
Augusta-Aagosta, EyhoSt, Ouigustia.
Annisquam Annie squam. Hanuisquaim.
Hsnnasquam.
Bston-Bo. Town, Bawston, Bloston,
Bosting.
Bllerica Billurikee. Bluke, Belleri Ka.
Brighton-Bryngton, Brithou. Brittint
Cambridge-Hamb breach, Ksim Bridge
HUNDREDS. Campriche.
c nnecticut - Connetquequette, Canat-
ketse. Kenickticut.
Dorchester Dart Shester,
Dsster. Doctaer.
Gloucester -Goschsster, Glue Cester.
Goucherst, Klashyastsr
Holyoke Yoke, Holioack, Holy be
Y ,ke Houlock Holiout
Ipswich -Eapetchuich, Alb Suitch, L p.
Suica, Whipsuich.
Jamaica Plain-Jimmy Capilane.
Newburyport-New Beary Pourte
Quincy-Guenza.
San Francisco Can Fran Sys ska
United States-Nsw Night SteatS
Wind Saw Kstt
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Old Libraries.

The three Oldest consulting libraries In
the United States are those of Harvard,
Yale, and the New York society, Harvard
college began its career with q library
which was a part nf the bequest from John
Harvard. but in l76i fire totally destroyed
its accumulations OF l26 year. Yale col
lego be san It, collections in 1700, and was
aided thirty. three years later by the beque't
Of 200 volumes from Bishop Berkeley; yet
In i764 II amounted to only 1000 volumes.
The Now York socisty's library, now con
tanning 1000 volumes, was founded Ia 100.
but did not take this name until 1854.
The fourth oldest library is that in Phila-
delphia, founded by Benjamin Franklin and
his friends In 1881. The library has now
over l3), 600 volumes, and In some respects
Is unsurpas ell by any other collection OF
books In the eouGtry. It's income Is about
sc. 900 year, Il which Q third only is
available for the purchase OF new book,
yet 1t attempts. with much success, to do
the same kind Of public service that Is ac-
complished by the Boston public library,
wboaa incoma IL Sl15 600
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A Peculiar Fighting Fowl.
IRaturday Beyiey


There wers at least thirty reoognissl
varieties OF game fowl in Great Britain, of
which the Knowsley breed was on tho
whole the most celebrated. The cocks were
black breasted. with red hackles; the hens
partrid ge- colored, and the legs Of both were
white. Another famous bresd. known as
the black breasted birchins, had grey
hackles and red wings Then there were duns
OF various hues, whites 1pilss," cuckoos,
.blotch- breasted reds" and many othsrs
There was also curious varsity known
as the hen cock. The popularity Of the hon
cock was that his feathers, which were OF .
very sober color, rssembled those Of hen;
and his feminine appearance often induced
other game cocks to imagine him to bs OF
the female sex When, therefore, he was
nut down upon the mat Of the cock pit his
adversary, in-tead OF prsparing to fight,
would sometimes proceed to make thoS
gallant Lows. scrapes and pirouettes foT
which cocks are SO justly famous Not SO,
however, the hen cock. Watching for his
enemy's politsst moment that willy biri
gave him blow which thoroughly unie-
csived him M TO tho question OF sex an
tiis blow was delivered under such singular
advantages that IL often decided the battie
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Watching the French Bathers-


The most entertaining part of Frascai
life /: watching the bathsrs French men
an wumen do everything for show They
are an exhibition or rehearsal unto them
selves when there are no other spectators,
but they are never of the boards by no
mean, condemn this any more than I en-
tirely praise an utter disregard Of what
people think. Either carried out to perfec-
tion would make US behave ourselves How
ever, people who live like potatoes, entirely
by one another's eyes, can not fail to make
the most of beach bathing One can dress
dramatically for it, and they do dress-or
uniress-vith q vengeance. There are
women, not q few, who change their bath
ing costumes twice day and exhaust inge-
nuity In devising toilets de mer.
The French who bathe all swim because
1t looks we'll 1t Is amusing to see the men
wrapped in haiks with bournus,' or some
other mantle. going down smoking. OF
course) to the beach, and then being di-
vested of their wraps as IL they were the
most delicate kind Of $50, 900 horses about
to race. It IL not less moving to see them
come out Of the water, and be enveloped
again, the delicate dearsi for fear of CATCH
ing cold. A foot bath OF hot water invaria-
bly, awaits them in their bath house. When
this was brought me / said ! preferred 1t
cold. 1The English all do,' remarked the
attendant
It Is worth noting that, though multi
todes In France battle before the world in
stylish dresses, one very seldom sees men on
the beaches taking baths for nothing at any
early hour or In retired places. II ono Is at
an English bathing town and will 60 down
to the shore before 8 o'clock he may see
scores of poor young men and boys taking
their swims and enjoying them with all
their hsartsL The reason. as said before,
lies in this: that Frenchman washes to
look clean and the Englishmsn to be clean
or to grow strong
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Ornaments Made from Stag.


"What is slag9' asked reporter Of a
dealer in that city.
at Is the refuse matter which remains
from the goll and silver after the ores have
been run through the Smelter," answered the
iealer. You see, it is an imitation Of
irish glass. aud a very good imitation. too.
The lea was that Stag, proiucet as it
was from refuse ores, would contain
various colorA The principle used in max
ing slaS. ware is the same as that employed
In making plate glass. The foundation Of
plate gla,s j. lead, and the foundation Of
slag-ware Is Stag and glass. We take the
Stag AMI prepare 1t so it will fuse or melt
with glass at the same Temperature. Stag
in itself require, greater heat to melt it than
does ordinary glass. The secret Of fusing
Stag and glass together consists in melting
Stag AMI running 1t while hot into an agi-
tated water charged with chemicals, This
process produces Stag sand. We take this
sand and mix 1t with ordinary glass, after
which II is melted and into various shapes.
We have copied antique 'hapes entirely so
far. but IL the rage for 1t continues i shall
introduce more modern shape: to diversity
the styles"
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A Kobber Robbed.

A friend OF mine was travelling through
Missouri last week. As all travellers know,
the railway eating houses in Missouri are
not exactly up to the standard OF those
along the Penn sylvania road, and one place
where they stopped for dinner was particu-
larry atrocious They didn't even give the
diners napkins, and when one Of them ven
tured to ask for q clean fork for his pie the
water looked at him full OF savage inquiry.
However. when they came to settle they
found that they were charged rs cents
@That Is too much" protested one indig.
nant traveller. "Many times have had far
better meals for % cents. and 80 cents is
enough, and more than enough"
But the dining-room keeper was obstin-
ami forced him 10 pay rs cents. The trav.
sler protested and protested, but all In vain.
He was bound to get even, however. and at
the next station he got out and sent q dis
patch to the extortioner. 1t was sent scol-
lsct," AM read;
al still think I was charged 25 cents too
much"
1t cost the dining-room robber 10 cents
TO get this dispatch, and his feelings on
reading it can be better imagined than de-
scribed
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STUDENTS AS WATERS.
Swift, Light Footed, Low-yoiced and In
teIlIgent-Ch Charming Mattresses.

Swift, Light Footed, Low-yoiced and Kn-
telligent- Charming Mattresses.
Elizabeth b. Custer In Chicago Tribune.l
It was sons tims before / realized that at
the Summit house. Fabyan's, Crawford's,
and here at the Profile We were waited on
by students and teachers from all over Now
England i noticed that they were swift
lightfo low-voiced, and that they
noiselessly steered their way down the long
dining-room without colllding with each
other; but when / learned who they were
began to ask questions, and lost no face that
passed me.
The proprietor Of one OF the hotels told me
that his father had first employed them
thirty years before; that they never
made any trouble, and were in that
respect in marked contrast to the Gbiddies"
he employed in the laundry. This
very prJsaic man sighei when he said,
"The worst of it is, after the second year.
they will marry" 1 tried to convince him
that in a country whose census proves the
unmarried women far outnumber the men
he ought to consider himself public bene-
factor for acting as tho fairy god mother
and furnishing the prince TO tho forlorn
maiden.
The very bouquets on the dining room
table gave evidence OF refined taste. The
dining room ceilings were hung with gar
lands OF evergreen and rustic brskets Of
fsathery ferns. This made delicate can
opy over the heads of the waiteressss, who
were DIRE sod in white gowns, and our din
ners. thus served. seemed doubly attractive.
When gentle-voiced girl leaned over me
and asked IL would have Irish or sweet
potatoes not only forgot to answer, but
fell TO thinking it was no wonder men pro-
posed TO such girls the second year. In spite
OF the opposition Of the proprietor,
II they sit in the halls in the afternoon or
evening on duty as waiting g-chambermaids
they read, embroidered. or wrote. A few
college men were scattere through the dim
ing room as waitera | thought what
strength of mind it required to take q
menial position TO earn money for an edu-
cation, and felt that, IL | were a man.
would rather pound stones on highway
than don a walters apron and fetch and
carry. Still, the wages-S5 week Il the
lowest-and the "tps" send them home with
goodly sum-. Another proof that II one re-
spects himself it Is very apt to command
respect in others Is tbs fact that they are
rarely spoken to roughly. One Of the wait
re,ses toli me she was always treated with
cOurtASy
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Lord Byron's Oak Tree.
lForeign Letter.l

The oak tre, planted by Lord Byron at
Newstsad abbey is large and flourishing,
although the alder on which he cut the
names Of "Byron and Augusta" long since
died. The portion Of the tree on which the
names were carved IL preserved among the
treasnpsi msmsntos OF the pet. in the
abbey. The tree planted by DIR. Living
stone Is on the lawn, as we'll as the one
planted by Stanley. The present owner Of
Newstsad was the one white friend aud
bosom companion OF Livingstone during his
years of wonderful work in Africa This
Col Webb. who bought the abbey Of Col.
Wildman, the wealthy West Indian planter
who bought 1t Of Lord Byron, Is the man
who saved Livinzstons's life by shooting the
the lion, which, after fearfully mutilating
him, still stood over his PROSTATE body.
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There Is what may be called rage or q
craze for artistic doorways AMI windows
nov. A few years ago, when a man built q
house on Fifth or Madison avenue he was
content to have the regular vestibule door,
way of hard wood polished and decorated
with mouldings Nothing Of that sort viii
10 nowadays. As much money is now often
spent on doorways as was formerly spsnt on
the windows of whole house. and there is
apparently no limit to thu expense to which
house building will 60 In the matter Of door
way decorations The whole movement Is
the result OF an effort to get rii Of the tirs.
,oms similarity and everlasting saEenes, OF
the houses of New York.
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An English traveller proposei to make
walking tour In the nsiyhborhooi Of Vichy.
Upon inquiry he found that the only fool
he could expect TO flLd at the village inns
was pottage male of cabbage. few
slices OF breai. an onion or two. and piece
of lari. This was the habitual food Of the
peasants. an I thers was nothing else TO bs
had except black ireal. The intended
Journey was not taksn
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wanted |. House With Sides.

A little girl. whose parents have recently
come to the city TO live, Is greatly excited
because there are only windows at the back
and front OF the housa She had always en-
joyed tho privilege in the country where
every side o. the houe hai Windows The
oshsr day she said to her mother, SMamma,
d.ar. / wish we could live In houss again
vith aides I do not like 10 live WHARF there
ara no Il les to the house, for there are 70
few windowSn
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His Family Physician.

George, who Is your family physicianr
sDr Smoothman," awhat, that numbskullrs
it's some OF my wife's dongx She went to
ses him about cold in hsr heal, and he
recommended that she wecr another styis
Of bounet Since that shs won't have any
nther doctorn
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THE NEW YORK csEMAToRY.
You May Now BE Cheaply Incinerated
20 on Long Island. 4s ...af --

Especial Correspondencai s.rs'
new YoRK. Oct 2L-Fresh Pond, Long
island. is little country station ten min
utes' ride out Of either Brooklyn or Long
Islani City. You pass a good many fresh
penis on the way. In fact the whole dis
tance to your destination seems to be one
deal level of stagnant water. Malariai
Taere is doctor cut in those parts who ia
ready to swear Ee knows of pig that has
the shakes" regularly every ether day.
Aroand Fresh Pond, however the ground
is more elevated, and there they say the
psst OF the country is not so prevalent.
A iol Y newspaper wom IN and l went out
on lite lark to see the Lui ding where
corosos are to be consumed yesterday.
"W i'll vou kindly tell us where the cEem-
atCr5 il" We asked a young man. We
rath,r r del ourselves on tie fine touch
W, gave cur pronunciation of the word, the
first syliab'e, ''crem," to rhy me with gen."
strictly tcrorling to the rules Of high art.
Int th5 young man said:
''The -atorys It's right up there on
the hill
Fresh Poni Is a hamlet of 800 people more
or less. Thsre is not doctor or a grocer
in the village. But it has fourteen beer
saloons, and their owners are ge; ting rich.
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4 Friend ~ Is . Friend.


Hoststtsr McGinnis Is q man who promptly
takes up for his friends He has got into
innumerable fights by championing the
cause Of men with whom he was On friendly
term Nothing plsases him SO much as
chance to d .ht for friend. One day No
Ginnis frieni Swipes, who is an inebriate,
experienced feeling OF remorse, and he
sail to McGinnis:
aDo you know. Hoststter, what I think
about myselfP
Il have no idea" replied McGinnia
swell, think that ! am . miserable
drunken sot who doos not deserve to live"
aLook tsre, Swipes," said McGinnis,
threateningiy, Il am your friend. and you
must not talk that way about yourself or
I'll hold you personally responsible
After that Swipss always spoke Of him
self ia McGinuis' pressncs as psrfsct gen
tle eman
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A Make Believe Actress


A new AMI more vicious sort of fal'c grs-
tender has just been developed in thi' city.
Sue takes shrewl advantage of tho sinsu-
lar fact that, to soma men, az actre s Is
more admirable than the same woman
would be were she in private life. I first
saw this operator a week ago, and she has
been industriously employed every day and
evening since. She is young and fair In
stead Of dressing richly or carefully. she Is
adroitly clothed in the slouchy carelessness
formerly characteristic Of actresses, and
still practical by many. Thus costumsd
for her role, she saunters to the vsstibule OF
the theatre, and pretends to be looking at
the photographs there displayed. but she Is
all the while watching for probable VIC
tim among the passers !,
When a promising man comes along, shs
slips quickly out in front Of him, with
quick glance up and down the street. and
hasty drawing rounl her shoulders of her
wrap, by that act disclosing yellow play.
book in one hand. The spectators guess Is
that she is an actress employed in that
theatre. She will tell him SO II he accepts
her covert invitation to companionship,
and he will 60 home believing that he has
made tho acquaintance Of stage charmer.
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Gr.ef. of the Bellies,
New York Letter.l

And these belle. have their grisfs, too /
heard one tell hers TO q friend
@you ara looking quite bad to-day, do
declare" sold tae sympsthixsr; awhat In
goodness name Is tho rnatterF
70, I've had to Civ. up my pug. and IL al.
most breaks my h,art.' was the reply. II
kept him teyoni tae fashion. / was 80
awfully fun OF him; but one. can't quite bo
left away beiint in tne style,. you know,
and nai 10 DIP acs him with q spaniel
have b m seniar.y crs.l Tor, II curse. aui
he'll DO happy enou.i ~ life. but that
dossn't as-".gs my own grief q, this ire
qi nj e.ln, ia; IL o1o'sdog Il enough to
cru.n -s..itiys a,.',f,,