Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-03
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YALE COLLEGE has, in the way of trophies
sixtv-nine baseballs, won from her various
adversaries. Each ball is painted the color o.
the stockings of the vanquished nlne' auo 10
lettered to Indicate the time and place Oh VIII
ming.
THE Queen OF England never wears, ON
ciallv, any state robes, excepting only at heI
coronation when she goes to Westminster
Abbey in GRIM son, and is there invested WIN
purple and when she visits Parliament, Wheh
She is attired in red
IN a tree felled in Westchester county, n.
y. the other day, were found severai flying
squirrels that had made their nest in the cen
ire of the supply Of honey lald up by swarm
Of wild bees. They had devOured the money,
thereby causing the bees to starve to DEATH
The importance of wholesome, potable
water for cities is shown in Vienna. Since
the introduction into that city of water drawn
from the tyrisn Alps a constant ana very
considerable decrease has been observed IN
stomach and Intestinal troubles, ana Cases Vi
typhus fever have become rare.
A CLEVER DODGE is that praeticed by a
weu-dressed and glib-talking female swim
dler in the West, who, representing that she
is a worker in hair secures switches" ana
..hanEsn from the ladies of the household
which she promises to renoYate az very rta-
sonable prices. She never returns win the
goods.
THE honor Of naming newly dlscoNereu
planet may now be bought for ESQ. The we'll
known Viennese astronomer, NJ. Palsa, who
last wear discovered six fresh small planets,
offers to name the latest found after any one
WHO will give him $50 toward the expenses OF
an eXuedition he wants to lit out Tor ooserN-
ing the eclipse of the sun in August, 1851
il London Police Court the other day a
poor lad who stole a pocket handkerchief
worth stxpence was sentenced to sixty days
Imprisonment. Next day in the same court
two highly connected young men stoou
charged with taking from in front OF shop
where they were on sale TWO SILK umnrelIas
but in both cases they were allowed TO go
free, because they SAID their nulsctetIons
were due to absence Of mind.
THE city of Guatemala has recently been
placed IN direct communication with the port
Of san Jose on the Pacific coast by the open
ing of a new line of railway. The total length
of line is seventy-two miles-sngle TRACK and
the narrow three-feet gauge. Between Escu-
iutla and Palm. distance of nineteen miles,
the road rises over 5000 feet; the total rise
between san Jose and Guatemala is within
few feet of 5000 The entire rolling STOCK was
imported from the United States.
W.B. BAssErT, Chicago drummer, tells
of a remarkable adventure in a remote dis
SATURDAYS storm. He was on the way from
jacksonville to Gadsden, accompanied 10y a
livery man and driving two horses, when
they got into what seemed TO be slough IN
the woods, but was really discharge from
terspout. The water rose so rapidly mat
the horses were drowned in spite of The efforts
of he men, who had to do good swimming to
save themselves.
WHEN the iremen battered in the doors o.
No 80 West tourteenth street. New ork,
| Tuesday morning the horriGed firemen saw
through the curling smoke and dancing red
light several smiling skeletons. Some of them
were already charred. The more cODserVa-
tive firemeu fell back, considering that if a
man was reduced to mere bones rescue was
hardly worth while. One of the skeletons
was dragged down stairs where it was dis
covered it had brass joints. Ramsdell "
Whit0ck, dealers in Mas nic goods, keep a
stock OF skeletons for the use of kni ghts
rempar. Knights of Pythias, the Most
Venera le Or er of the stuffed Club and
other secret societies.
ALL the ladies to be presented in Dublin to
the Princess of Wales are, by a court order,
TO wear white. Hence, many tears. over 35
years have gone by since the last royal draw
ipg-room was held in Dublin Castle. COnse-
quently, several ladies who have been wait
ing this long time to be presented to royalty
find that their charms have matured some
what too much for being suitably and becom-
in ly set in white. Royal Chamherlains
should have compassion on these mature deb
utantes Another trouble is that aspiring
~nobs lind it difficult to get any one to present
them, owing to so few OF the Dublin aristoc-
race having en- pre- ented a 81, James. a
presentation to the Lord Lieutenant does not
entitle to this privilege, as 1t does not count as
pr sentation at court.
THE water ways of Holland are utilized for
the defense of the country after fashion pc
81 b. a ri characteristics of txr
In time of danger, by opening certain dams
and barriers and flooding various lands, Hol
! nd can surround herself by water line OF
sixty mi es in length and from five to ten miles
wide, efectuaiiy blocking all advance from
Germany on the East. A few narrow roads
guarded by fortificati0ns, viii intersect the
foundations, which, though kept shallow tC
avoid hostile vessels approaching. will con-
ceal numerous deep trenches to prevent the
enemy from wading through the stream
4 In winter when the water freeze, the depth
/ of the foundations will be increased. auC
/ after the surface has frozen the waters below
4 Will be drained n, leaving a thin ice crust
/ ready to give wag under the weight o
troops and plunge them into the trenches
/ below.
PEOPLE that knew Mr.. Pendletons famil,
well believe that the German mission is par
ticularly suited to him. The whole famil.
speak German 1uently, and Mrs. Pendletol
ness of living in Berlin to the costly show o
! Paris. While IN Cincinnati the Senator an,
/ his family lived In elegant simplicity. Mr.
I PendletOn ana her daughters attended littl
/ sort OF mission church near their Libert
+ street residence. The residence has bee
! turned into German club house, wher
members OF the club meet. Law CHI S.. smOk
+ mceIschaums, discuss politics ana drink beer
Inc Clifton residence was sold on Saturday
NJ arch y. That of itself indicated TO Cincin
uatians that Mr. Pendlcton had been care
for by President Cleveland, and that he ha
given up all aspirations for prclerment al tn
hands oil his party in ohio. That residence
&c ebrated for being the nucleus OF Chftor
1t was built by Mr.. X. j. b lwler, Mr. Pendle
tons br0ther-in law, and there Mr. Bowie
entertained the Prince OF Wales for an after
J. on when that distinguished person yislte
Cincinnati.
LIEUT. GREEDY, who remains in Washing
lngton, is still quite figure in society clrclt
on account of his Arctic experiences. II
wears his hair slightly long and cultivates
general air Of affected in Inference to the al
tention which Is paid him. The general opir
ion with regard 10 Greedy among naval on
GERS is that he failed utterly as Il leader In IN
eNpedit on and that he yielded supinel /,
{ wards the last, while he should have bee
, supporting and encouraging his men. If i
o-sessed the qualities of a real leader Il
would have gotten his men TO a place OF s fet
and would have reached the lpwCr dcuot {
; supplies. There is a cloud which hangs owe
hun an1 his associates on account I the car
niball~m connected with their frigh}ful stof
of endurance aud because Of the execution
the private, Henry, who was hot for stealth
proVsiOns. There is no doubt that Lieu
Grcely was tecm cally correct in urdnrit
THIS execution. but have heard many vetera