Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-09
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Ihls beats even London sDobbishness.
1T IS gossip in London that Bancroft the
actor. has been offered the honor OF knight
hood, and that in Mr. Henry Irving's case
the similar tender made by Mr.. Gladstone,
ana deClned with thanks, will be increased
by LORD Sa lsbury to the rank of baronet.
A NOTE for those interested in pictures is
from GaJi0nant's Messenger. just at hand
"Charles Haseltine, of Philadelphia, is GER
tainly munidcent patron of art. for in g
Visit OF few days to Paris he purchased pic
lures from the best modern French artists to
the value Of 1000, 900 francs"
sTARFIsH have appeared on the oyster
grounds about Norwalk, Conn, in great mum
beers, and the owners of deep-water beds in
that locality are greatly alarmed fir the flu
bushels OF these destructive pests from his
grounds IN single day recently.
YOUNG DUAL. who squandered a fortune
on Cora Pearl, is son Of the founder of favor
lite cheap Paris restaurants, and is now
settled down, prosperous and happily mar
fled. He long since recovered from his pas
sion Ior Cora, whose present deplorable state
mas furnished the occasion for so many SYM
palmetto articles in the Paris press. She be-
come year ago a hdeOus wreck, and has
now FALLEN into utter poverty.
AT Gastien. when the Emperor and Empress
OF Austria took leave of Kaiser Wilhelm, the
latter wished to accom- pany them some dis
tance from the Badeschloss. They begged him
TO spare himself that fatigue. But he Insisted
on gong. Then Franz Josef, with dignihed
pleasantry, said: "When you are wearing my
uniform you should obey my orders" Where
upon Kaiser Wilhelm, who was in the dress
OF an Austrian Colonel drew himself up,
graVely saluted, and replied: 4 must, of
course, obey your Majesty's commando
A
says that, Notwithstanding the cholera
stricken condition of Spain, the next few
months will see several thousand packages of
fruit consigned from that country to the
United Kingdom every week. notably nuts
from Barcelona. lemons from Valencia, and
grapes from Almeria, these last being packed
IN barrels filed with cork dust. Thousands
OF packages of Spanish fruits and nuts will
also reach our ports during the next few
months, and there is no way of discovering
now many cholera germs may come here in
this manner.
For several successive days visitors at
Block Island. r. l., had numerous examples
Of the phenomena of refraction. Vessels have
seemed to sail in the air, headlands have
appeared to float above the ocean, which
could apparently be seen extending directly
under them. CLASSY rivers seemingly ran sea-
ward through the solid wall of the mainland
horizon, clusters of small buildings have been
magnlhed into large villages with stately
blocks, and all other distant objects have been
seen distorted and unreal At night the
lighthouse fires along the coast have seemed
TO blaze from points far above their true
position.
AMONG the prospective speakers at the
Iroquois banquet in Chicago on Nov. are
Vice President Hendricks, Secretaries Lamar
and Whitney. John G. Carlisle and Luke
Blackburn, of Kentucky; J. G. jenkins, of
Wisconsin; Senators Hampton and Vance.
John III. Reagan, A. q. Curtin. of Pennsvl-
yania; J. W. Daniels, of Virginia; Allen G.
Thurman, of Ohio; Daniel W. Voorhees,, OF
Indiana, and Melville w. Fuller of Illinois,
OF course 1t is expected that President Cleve-
land and his entire official family will honor
the banquet with their presence. the banquet
beng in fact, intended as an ovation to Mr.
Cleveland and in cOmmemoratlon of his cleo
ton to the Presidency.
A MAN died the other day at Montrouge, IN
France, after a strange reverse of fortune
He was known in the humble society IN which
he ended his days as LIE Pere Fallais, but
under the empire, less than twenty years ago
he lived in great luxury. He was the con-
tractor who undertook the work for opening
the Boulevard st, Michael, in which millions
passed through his hands. He afterwsrd be-
came utterly ruined in unfortunate specula-
lions, ana lived for time on the oh arity Of an
old beggar woman, whom he had promised to
remuDerate when he came into a fortune he
expected, but as the fortune did not come she
lost patience and turned him into the street.
where he was found lying deae on a heap OF
rubbish.
THE KOh-i-noor, the Queens celebrated
diamond, was committed by the East India
Board to the care of John, afterward Lord,
Lawrence. lie dropped it iato ais wastcoat
pocket and thought no more about it. He
went home. changed his clothes for dinner
and threw the walstcoat aside. Some time
after message came from the Queen to the
Governor General. Lord DalhOusie. ordering
the diamond to be at once sent home Law
renee turned to his brother Henry at the
board and sBid: "Send it at once" "Whv
you have it." said his brother. Lawrence
was terror stricken. 1t was fortunately
found still in the pocket. 1t is now preserved
at Windsor Castle, but model of the gem is
kept in the jewelry room Of the Tower.
"a TABLET marks the house in which Peter
the Great dwelt here in I'LL ami l7l2.~ writes
Carlsbad correspondent of the London
Times. "The Gar came to drink the waters
A record is preserved showing that he took "a
many as twenty three glasses at time
After arriving he was ordered by his physi-
clan to begin by taking three glasses. Owing
to Misunderstanding he thought that three
pitchers were meant. He had swallowed the
contents OF one pitcher, and was trying to
finish second when the physician entered
the room and was told by the Car: Il think
! shall empty the second pitcher, but I can
not possibly manage to get down the cnntenta
of the third The mistake was explained.
and board was provided on which the mum.
Der of glasses to be taken was noted"
1T is not generally known that the sponge
fishers OF Florida make considerable use of oil
for the purpose of calming the surface of the
water. During the greater part of the year
tn slight ripple on the water is easily over
come by that time hOnored device the water
telescope. by the ard OF that instrument the
fishers easily discern the sponges and hook
them up from the bottom. But IL sometimes
happens In the spring thst the roughnf "A of
the sea prevents the handling OF both hooks
and telescopes. Then the sponger throws n
spoonful of oil upon the waves which Dro
duces a calm about his boat az long as he cares
to drift about with IL. The oil preferred by
the spOnGers for this purpose is obtained from
the liver of the ''purae" shark So efTective is
this OIL considered that as much as 81 a gallon
is paid for it.
AT MERTaYR TYDFrL, WALES, the sewage
of 10000 people passes from the town, three
miles Distant by the action of gravitation.
On Its way it passes or nows through strain
ing tank flled with refuse Stag from the iron
works, by which the coarse parts are inter-
cepten, and 1t rs finally distributed through
covered ehrthenMaro pipes upon a field of
twenty acres, divided into four plots of equal
sne, each OF which is uaed SIX hours at
time. with eighteen hours OF rest for aeration
The sewage noWs uniformly over each plot,
with fall OF one foot In 100 from the conduit
TO the man under drain, where IL is arrested
by an embankment. THIS main under drain
is six feet deep, aud serves to carry of the
tHuent TO the river; the lateral deep drains
are OF the same depth, and placed only tyyelve