Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-17
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II the East the husband calls HIS wife after
her first son, and the wife the husband after
the same manner. II their first born lle named
Z Joseph, theg address each other as Mother of
Joseph and Father Of Joseph" respect
, lively.
Co6NEcTICUT leads in longevity in this
country. The majority Of very old people
are women. Among men, soldiers and farm
/ ere are the longest lived. a recent investi-
gator found 100 ministers who had passed the
. century limit but ne found only 30 doctors, 10
lawyers and 10 actors
THE German Emperor has presented to the
Sultan Of Turkey fine team Of four horses.
They VIII be taken to Constantinople by Gen.
Won Hobe Pasha, master Of the horse to the
sultan. The General mas been some time IN
/ Germany purchasing horses for the imperial
stud in COnstantinOple.
MISS BRADDON, the novelist, is a pleasant,
matron-like woman, above the medium
height; fair. with complexion that suggests
more OF morse exercise and the arr generally
than pens and INK and hard work n a library.
I Her eyes are small. her mouth large and char
acterisuc; lbs firm and chin strong.
A. i. FARIs, of Franklin county, Tenn,
wears beard which is feet inches in
/ length. He is Obliged, for convenience, to
keep about four -ffths Of 1t wound about q
4 cardboard, which he deposits in one of his
| inside coat pockets. The owner of the longest
beard ia the country paid a yIsit tn y Nashville
recently, ard created quite sensation by
allo e ing II to flow out in its unconfned con-
diuon.
"GATH" crossed the ocean with Senator
Edmunds, and says: Gle had his wife with
him, and the old fellow took his dram like
man. He had hia bottle of wine at every meal
he took, his breakfast as well as his dinner,
and his supper required the soothing basam.
was rather astonished to see such a Yanhee
| so inveterate Tor his liquor. Ia the smoking
room ne would come up and have his drink,
and he did not read much. but devoted him
self to the creature comforts.
A FEW DAYS AGO the wife OF a convict
who is IN penal servitude at Ports
mouth, Eng, appeared at the prison
10 see her husband, it being the
| day appointed for him to receive a visitor.
She saw him for half an hour, and subse-
/ queutly it transpired that, being without
means, she had wax, d all the way from Biz
| mlpghum expressly for this Interview, and
( had conveyed her child "a cripple Of III IN q
pcrambudtor. The journey had occupied
/ twenty-One days.
Tactic ACID is one Of the chief agents that
give acdity to the gastric juice of the stomach
IN health. This is the acid of sour milk, and,
therefore one of the best summer diet drinks
that we can use Is buttermlk It satiefles the
/ craving for acids by giving to the stomach
| natural supply and at the same time furnish
| ing IN its cheesv matter a good sup ~ of
| wholesome nutrition. A man viii endure
| fat que IN hot weather better on buttermilk
than on any diet drink he can use.
ONE of the neatest retorts ever made in
Cambridge, Mass.-not bad soil for good
thngs-was brief response lately given by
| Young lady to an undergraduate who offered
/ her, with some hesitation, his seat in the horse
/ car. She got in with an Older companion.
/ The car was crowded, and two young men sat
I near. One gave his seat at once to the elder
| lady; the other kept his place. His friend
I asked hlm-dlsgulsng 1t, however, IN Ger
I m8n--wby he did not give his place to the
[ young lady. He answered, in the same
language: Because she IS not pretty
/ enough After little reflection. however,
he. too, rose and surrendered his seat. The
Young lady took 1t, and thanked HMM
German.
THERE is a paper in Texas called the Yam
guard. It's motto is Radical in Holiness"
and It's protested object is the promotion Of
holiness" Speaking of a minister who has
| said something il does not like. and of paper
| that contained an article it did not approve,
| it calls them ''rationalisiic, holiness hating,
| hcTesy- hunting prelates." their words having
/ the hiss Of the serpent charges one OF them
/ with having "a morbid and wOlfsh SPIRIT
calls minister "a brazen bigot," "Phari-
see" "fourshing ignorance and conceir;"
and says in one of the articles that physicians
are a ''merCenary class of men, most of whom
| are blasphemOus foes of Christ, who will for
1 pay pT0long the needless Affections Of their
I fello w-men," and closes the article by profess
sing entire sanctihcation.
MISS CHAMBERLAIN is said to have deter
mined to dIsembarrass herself to the Prince
of Wales preference, which, from a distinc-
ton, grew into positive source Of ennui both
TO herself and to her mother. But it was diff
cult to ria themselves of the royal favor, so
/ runs the London story. The Prince was so
! completely captivated that he always en-
deavOrei. if possible, that they should be In
vited to meet him when he dlned out aud,
| moreover, WIS 20 disposed 10 be Jealous that
! he uniformly struck of from the list submit
| ted to him any attractive man who might
be proposed as one Of the guests. Poor Miss
Chamberlain had dull time Of it, and her
only relief was to depart for some continental
resort where his Royal II ghness could not
follow. ''Slr," she is reported to have said to
| him one day. in desperation. you keep better
men away from me-"
NEW STORIES constantly appear of girl far
mers who are making fortunes in Dakota.
These stories are not lies, but when they get
into print there is a halo of romance about
them which does not exist in Dakota. These
girl farmers are not from among p. DOMAINS
| importatious of Boston blue-stOckings, but
were of the pioneers who went into the Terri
tory SIX or eight years ago, and they are Ia
dies who offer no lnducement to the fortune
| hunter. The girl who has developed In Da-
kOta is q creature by herself: there is come
thing in the climate which gives her a special
!
she raes a sweetheart As she would horse.
! When young man has followed her on a
reaper half day around lO0-acre wheat
field he doesn't quote any Tennyson at lunch,
and after he has helped her break in yoke Of
steers, he'd rather have arnicl than caresses.
That is the reason we hear so much of girl
| farmers IA Dakota who remain slngle-theY
are 80 practical and so severe.
THERE is a story in circulation among
Treasury officials aboat the difficulty they
have had IN finding Gov. Kincaid, Of Alaska,
so as to notify him that he has been succeeded
by MIR. SwinefOrd, Of Michigan, the newly
! appointed Governor of Alaska. u was over
q month ago when Mr.. kncAid was removed
At that time IL was thought he was az his
home in Nevada. telegram was sent 10
Nevada notifying him of the appointment OF
! Mr.. Swneford. In reply a Telegram was re-
ccived from Nevada saying that Mr..
| Kincaid was i'm San Francisco. a telegram
was then sent 10 san Francisco notifying
him of hls removal GOV. Kincaid man
aged to avoid receiving the telegram. whether
| accidentally Or Intentionally 10 is not known,
| but she next thing the Treasury Department
| learned of HIM was that he had sailed for
! Alaska. a letter was mailed from san Fran
cisco notifying him that Mr. Swineford had
been appointed Governor. When 10 reached
SitkA, Alaska, MIR. Kincaid had, it IA said,
/ sailed for the northern part Of that Territory.
SO far o. the Treasury Department has been
| informed Go kncaid's letter NJ recall has