Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-13
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horses than the mosquito. He says that he
has spent SIX hours out of the eight one is sup
posed to sleep IN lighting the pests. The bull
uog fly Possesses pair of animated pincers,
and MS soon as they strike they take out n
piece OF flesh. Ordinarily they do not trouble
men, but on horses and cattle they are per
feet devils.
~ hear says Mr. Labouchere, shat Mile.
d'lrnecourt, the heiress of a we'll known Le-
gitimist family, is to be betrothed to a Ger
man noble. This lady eloped few years ago
under very romantic circumstances, with the
eldest son Of Musurus Pasha, They were
married and lived together for some weeks,
1u', having lmprudently ventured into
france, the bride was carried Of by her
mother, and was forthwith Incarcerated in a
convent, where she was kept in close confine-
ment until the Pope had declared the mar
rage null and void"
AFTER twelve months OF experiments in all
kinds of weather, at the South Foreland, the
Trinity House committee, which has charge
OF the lighthouses on the English coast. has
maie It's report upon the relative merits Of
electricity, oil and gas as lighthouse illum-
nants. IL has been found that for the ordl-
nary necessities of lighthouse illumina ton
mineral oil is the most suitable and ecOnomi-
Cal illumlnant, and that for salient headlands,
important landtslls, and places where very
powerful light is required, electricity offers
the greatest advantages.
Mr.. SMALLEY tells this story, illustrating
Lord Houghton's good fellowship, which Hay
ward, Houghton's social rival, used to tell.
Carlyle was once storming away in his usual
fashion against the decay of everything. and,
IN particular, of reverence for great men.
And as he could never long discuss "a subject
without bringing in an illustration, he pres
entity observed that If Jesus Christ were to re-
turn TO earth and come to London, nobody
would pay him the least attention. Then, in
terrupting himself, he added: "Yes, | think
LORD Houghton would ask him to breakfast
THE English girl is a subject of newspaper
discussion In critical Paris just now. 1t is
gravely set forth that the fine physique of
the English is produced artifcially by means
OF baths soap and milk during infancy, and
that the English girl owes her healthy con
stltutlon to diet of underdone "beef
soned with cayenne pepper, and to the ID
sOrptOn Of quantity of strong malt liquors"
Inc same writer finds two types of faces
among the English girls-the nose OF the one
is wedge shaped. =" and OF the other slightly
retrO1sse, and he ADDS their ewes are ''uni-
formly blue" and their feet long and square
toed."
ARoACHON is a favorite French seaside re-
sort. Pine forests approach il from the east,
while on the north aud west it lies open to the
bay, and when it turns to the southwest looks
out TO the Atlantic. The bay has the general
appearance OF an inland lake: the heavy surf,
which merclessly wears the coast of France,
Is excluded from II by narrow strait con
ueCbiug IL Win LDS ocean. by Inab channel
the tides come IN with gentle swell and ebD
almost imperceptib!e. The bottom consists of
hne sand, firmly compacted, and deepens so
gradually that even children are trusted
freely to battle in high water. Although Of
recent choice rs summer resort, the place
has already permanent population Of 5000.
THE father of Sir Richsrd Sutton, the owner
of the Genesta, was one of the best sports
men in England, though he had not the same
tastes as his son. lie was celebrated as a
shot and an aogler. Every winter for many
years he visited the west of ireland for the
woodcock shootinR-he always shot on pony,
being lame-9nd his exploits with the rod in
catching sal mon from the Long Wall in Gal
way used to attract crowds. Mr.. William
Levlnge, his brOther-in-laW who accOmpa-
MED him, IL brother of Sir Henry Levinge,
OF kn0ckdri nCaetle, in the county Of West
meath, Ireland, but is not entitled to the DIS
tinction Of sir" which the reporters with
their usual prodigality in that respect have
bestowed on him.
RUssIA's RAILROAD from the Caspian sea
to Saracus and her projected line through
Bokhara, connecting samarcand with the
Oxus, are not the only large enterprises she
has now on foot in Central Asia. Letters from
Samarcuud announces that Russsa is about to
build new city on the right bank of the
OXus Houses viii be built for Russian colo
nists who VIII receive government aid until
they can be self-suppOrting. The town will
he opposite Balkh, the largest Atghauist an
town which now controls most Of the COM
merce betweeu India and Central Asla. Rus
STA expects to attract this trade to her new
town. 1t will be called lskenderich, and
Russian steamers on the Oxus, 1t is said, will
make frequent trlps TO the place.
AN English writer says: "a woman who
looks passably young in cream color may pos
siby look quite middle-aged in white When
the years have been throwing white roses,
to use the Autocrat of the Breakfast Tables
pretty phrase, at face, however charming
the owner would do well to avoid the unfail-
ing test offered by the proximity of a mass of
white. Occasionally, however, the addition
OF a velvet collar, and similar admixture Ia
the bonnet has a modifying effect. But these
do not commend themselves as cool additions
TO any toilet. The very high, semi military
collars worn this season, though theF have a
certain style OF their own, are always un-
suited to the round white neck of girl. and
in hot weather they have a painfully throt-
Ting aspect"
ONE Of the Justices of the Maine Supreme
Court, says the Lewiston journal, occasion
ally amuses himself. when ne is alone, by tax
ing down an old fiddle and playing on it. The
Judge used to be an expert performer of iigs
on the fiddle, but since his boyhood has not
devoted much time 10 the violin. He was
born and raised in poverty, and the story Of
his life Is almost a romance. His father was
the fiddler Of the village, nOmadc and 10
vial soul. Said an old neighbor the other day:
"When / went to muster, sixty wears ago /
used TO see the Judge and his father playing
the fiddle for dances at sIXpence per tune
That was the regular price in those DAYS.
None Of the dancers ever supposed that their
little fiddler would become a Judge of the
Supreme Court"
OLD ENGLISH REYELs were heldon day re-
Gently at LOckinge Park, near Vantage. In
vitations were issued to most of the leading
families IN the county, and several hundred
ladies and gentlemen responded, attired in
the richest costumes. Even the cOttagers on
the estate appeared in medieval garb. Alb
o'clock q procession was formed. II took a
CrcuitOus rou through the park to a shady
spot, where, beneath the wide-spreadinQ
branches of a stately elm, the ladies in cos
tune were seated on dais, and the general
body Of visitors formed a circ e, in which the
play Of "Robin Hood and His Merrie Men"
was performed. the adjacent plantations af-
fOrdng ready retreat for Robin Hoods
band. This performance was followed By a
succession Of old English sports.
AKANsAE by the name Of c. c. Rich. who
has been attempting to predict the weather
with more or less success for several years,
has started a paper known az the Future.
Each number will foreteu the weather for the
next thirty days, but the editor prom ses that
will block out the weather a year or two IN
advance. Indeed he adds, III there should
be sufficient demand. | Will undertake To cal
culate the general nature Of the weather for
the North American continent for the next 10
or 20 years, az 1 can calculate 20 years In ad-
vance a. easily az | can 20 years n the past,
and have repeatedlv calculated backwards