Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-20

A RIGHT WHALE, the second captured along
the Long Island coast, between MOntauk
Point and southampton. since Thursday,
went ashore Saturday on ShinnecOck Point.
1t is one of the largest ever taken in that latl-
tude, measuring A. feet long, Il feet across us
hukes. and IS feet through the centre OF llS
body; length OF WhalebOne. 1eet. IL VIII
Weld more than 20 b irrels of clean oil. Inc
bone is valued at $500. The total value OF
the whale is -, 200. 1t lies high and dry on
the beach, imbedded in the sand nine feet.
Hundreds of persons visited the beach, some
OF whom came in wagons more than 20 M Is.
Il was al first chased more than 10 miles TO
sea on Amaugasett on Thursday. and mar
pooned by the life saving and whaling crews;
IL escaped from its pursuers, but drlited
ashore, nearly 80 miles. The first whale was
captured on Thursday by the Bridgehampton
crew of MecOX Point. Whales have been
sighted during the week running closer TO the
shore than has been known in years. Othef
captures are expected.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN was a wonderful man
in ways OF which the public have never heard.
Joshua Bell, of Kentucky had a rich eXpe-
rience with him. Bell was sent at the head
of a delegation from the Kentucky Legisla-
ture to represent certain facts to Lincoln anu
secure some desired action from the EXecu-
tive. The committee was admitted to the
White House, where Bell, who was an aDle
man and strong speaker, made powerful
representation OF his case. At its close LIN
coin got up and came among the hentucklahs.
He began to talk with one and the other about
old Kentucky friends. Then he linked arms
with Bel and walked back and forth with
him for an hour, chatting and taking ana
especially telling funny stories. Finally 0ther
visitors pressed for his attention, and the
kcntuckians withdrew and started IOr nome.
| They got as far as Cincinnati before IL oc-
CURED to bell that they had not secured
single expression from Lincoln concerning
| the object of their visit.
AN industrious hotel chambermaid who has
| charge of large number of rooms can col
| lect from two to six toOthbrushes a day, for
| no article of common use. not even an UNI
brella is forgotten with such ease as a tooth
brush. OF course, the larger the MOTEL the
greater the collection of toothbrushes, and
many economical chambermalds ada from "
| cents to 81 per week to their salary by the sale
| Of seconds" When the dealer IN SECONDS
| secures large bundle of brushes he returns
| to his little ''repairing'' room and begins
operations. Each brush is plunged into a
| strong solution of chlOrate of lime, which In
| an hour or two makes it as white as snow
| Every blotch and dark line on the bone nan
| die has disappeared, the brlstles become as
| bright and glistening as when they were new,
ana the brush is in fact completely reJuYe-
| mated. Then the brush is thoroughly washed
| in clean. cold water and carefully DRIED.
| Within a week afterward 1t has probably been
| resOld and is again in use, perhaps IN new
| Y ork city, perhaps IN chicago.
"How does my name get into the papers?"
| some public man often asks in New YOrk. For
about Is years one man in New York has made
a business of visiting all the hotels nightly to
| look over the registers and pick out the names
of prominent visitors for publication. His
| name is Joseph d, Lennon. He IS a short,
| round-faced, jolly young man whose eye,
| glasses and black mOustache are known to all
| the hotel men, with whom he Is favorite by
reason of his good nature and long acqualnt-
ance. He began this work when the Metro
| politan Hotel was "way uptown" Originally
| he gathered the names for the Tribune only.
| Now he supplies all the papers. His nightly
round begins about o'clock at the Hotel
| Buckingham, Fifty third street and Fifth
avenue, and it is nearly midnight when he
reaches Printing House Square, so numerous
are the hotels he must visit, and so widely
distributed over the city. In the 10 years that
| he has been doing this work he has become IA
mihar with the names of nearly every Con-
| gresham, Governor, Senator or public man
| of any kind in the country. lie Is In iact a
walls ing directory of public men. sometimes
an effort is made to evade public mention of
the arrival there of noted personages, but Mr..
| Lennon has ready means for discovering any
such attempt, and it rarely succeeds.