Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-28

A FINE bronze statue OF Hercules, in
perfect state of preservation excepting clean
fracture across the legs, has been discovered
in the course of the works connected with the
bIildlng Of new theatre in the Via NaZlon-
ale. Immediately adjoining the Gardens OF
the Colonna Palace. Rome. 1t Is therefore
probable that II belonged either to the Baths
Of Constantine or to Hadrian's Temple OF the
sun, which stood near each other at that cor
ner OF the Quirinal Hill. The statue measures
upward OF SIX feet in height.
LARGE numbers of people, many of them
old soldiers, are now making pilgrimages to
the site of Andersonville prison. veteran
recalls the scene at the hanging of six prison.
ers by their comrades after they had tried
them by court martial within the stockade-
the same rope, ne says, was used Tor theTn
all, but it broke with the last man. lie
struck the ground unhurt and, spri nging up,
ran around the prison with the rope dangling
from his neck. and all the crowd of prisoners
after him. They caught him and led him
back to the gallows. got new rope ana
hanged him.
PROFESSOR in Vassar College says that the
managers are really alarmed by the steady
falling of in pupils during the past five years.
The number now is only little more than
half that of SIS. 1.-THE cause isn't in any de-
terioration of the college ITSELF said the pro-
lessor, ''for 1t Is the same noble school as ever
The trouble is that Nassar has become thing
TO poke fun at. Half the new jokes about
girls are put upon Vassar students. Their
dOlngs are rldlculeu, exaggerated. lalslheu,
and the very name of Vassar IL a synonym Tor
feminine foOlishness. The consequence is that
girls are beginning to dislike to go there.
wouldn't be surprised to see the doors OF the
college shut in five years more. The news
/ paper photographers viii have done II"
THE number of plants used by man at the
present time does not exceed 5000. OF these
aoout $500 are cultivated in America. The
varieties used for food do not exceed 500. OF
edible fruits and seeds there are 100 classCd as
vegetables. l0j as roots and bulbs, 20 varieties
Of grain, about 20 of " hich produce sugar and
syrup. In addition to this, perhaps 30 kinds
Will yield Oil, and 8 kinds wine. The number
Of medicine supplying plants is nearly double
I that of the fruit yielding, amounting to LAO,
about $50 Of which are employed IN the yari-
Gus branches Of industry. Ofthe latter i6fur
Eish dyestuffs, wax. Is salt, and more than
40 supply food for cattle. There are no fewer
/ than 80 kinds OF poisonous plants cultivated,
among which are only 66 of narcotic sort,
the remainder being classed as deadly poisons.
4 NEAPoLITAN correspondent writes:
'Wine at Naples is dear for Italy, because it
has to pay an octroI duty of ten centimcs the
htre; but have brought to my house, all bot
tied and nicely cOrked, most excellent wine
( at II cen per bottle. OF course return the
bottles. | buy very good table wine in the
wood, but not equal TO the above, for 20 cents
a bottle. | only wish that of the many million
/ gallonA purchased annually by France from
. went to the wood in New York. There is a
! considerable quantity exported in bottles, but
/ for private use. Italian wines within the
/ last few years have found great favor at the
| London clubs, the Chianti, from Tuscany,
/ being especially liked. The first six months
of this year have seen large increase IN the
| exports OF Italian wines to foreign countries
/ besides France.
FLORENCE MARRYAT has been on lecture
tour in this country, and she is used up by it.
! ssD I 70 i.a sha W.
| urged TO wear my prettest dresses, because
| Americans appreciated things of that kind
/ Those beautiful gowns have been ruined,
| sEeeping the dirty stages Of the little concert
halls through the oil regions and mining towns
/ of the West OF Canada l cannot complain,
/ but since l entered the United states my tour
! has been one continual round of hardships. l
/ would get of the train in the evening TO be
| driven through the rain or snow to the hall.
! Then | would frequently be obliged to change
my traVeiing dress in cold dresslng-room,
and then. after steady two hours of talking
/ and singing, would be Obliged to hurry on my
/ travelling costume again and drive IN the open
| carriage either to another train or to some
dingy country hotel.
THE receivership of the Hotel Brunswick,
New York has started talk about the reason
why such hotel can hardly be made to pay.
One reason, of course, is high rent 1t was
question of rent that closed the st. Nicholas.
| The property was worth more for business
| purposes than to a hotel manager. The rents
| paid for hotel property in some cases are en-
| ormous. Hitchcock, Darling Co.'S lease OF
! the Fifth Avenue Hotel costs them $4,000
| annually. They sublet the Broadway stores
| and Twenty third street Easements to good
| advantage. Their newsstand brings them
| about 5000. They run the bar themselves.
| The Hoffman House rents, II Is sad, with its
| new additions. for $4,000. But | have
heard also that Reed x Stokes manage it
| under partnership arrangement for eX-Sena-
tor Joha w. Mackay. The Hoffman House
! bar has become the most widely known in the
| country. with its paintings, statues, tapes
tries, curiOs and rich appointments.
"WIlH all his faults, said London club
footman of Lord Aylesford, he was a very
fine gentleman, and we all-that is, all the
servapts-lked him very much about here
/ He's given it to me hot and heavy many a
time, but | forge! all that now, r. Why,
| one Of the last nights he was over at tn" club
/ he exploded at me because didn't help HIM
on with his Overcoat fast enough, But you
! won't stand steady. sir ] sand to him, for he
| was a bit 'squifiy' that night. DO you mean
t. say I'm drunk:' he said to me. getting
| terribly excited, and the more excited he got
| the harder it was for HIM TO keep his feet. |
| begged his pardon, but he seemed to get more
! angry every moment. lie raised MS arm as
if to strike me, and in doing SO he fell on the
| marble floor. He couldn't get up, so |
| thought he was hurt and called to one OF the
| walters from the cafe to help me put him on
/ his feet. The waiter put his arm under Lord
| AVlesfOrds shoulder and was beginning TO
raise him when His LOrdship turned on the
waiter and repeated the question he had put
/ to me: DO you think I'm drunk Poor fell
/ low! Presently one OF his friends came
along and helped us get HIM into the hanson.
/ The last thing he did as he got into the cab
/ was to shake his fist at US and say: III nave
! you both discharged in the morning. Did he
/ make complaint against us? Oh, dear, no!
A kinder gentleman never lived, and If he had
! come to the club in tho morning he would
have apoiogized for his rudeness Of that
/ night, as he had often done before"