Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-20
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HE Omaha World. q new Scent news
paper in that city, where heretofore nickel
had been the smallest coin, imported $4,000
cents from the Chicago sub-Treasury and
| put them into circulation that there might be
no trouble in making change.
CHARLES HAGINsHER, a peddler, walked
across vacant lot in the suburbs of Louis
! vile with several gaudv handkerchefs dang
| ling from his pack. A big built saw the gay
! ors. charged upon Charles, and gored him
go badly that he Will probably die.
PINCKNEY ROBERTSON, bright mulatto,
who during reconstruction day in South
Carolina was a power in politics there. and
| while lobbying at the State capital, held four
| different clerkships, each one paying him So
day, is now porter in Atlanta at ST a week.
AN engineer on an Ohio railroad saw a
| flock of turkeys on the track, and, knowing
| their habits, slowed up. blew his whistle and
| got them off without killing any. The owner.
| unobserved, saw the proceedings. ascertained
the engineers name and sent him the latest
hen in the flock for his Sunday dinner.
A BOSTON ARTIST tells this story of Whist
| Ter and Oscar Wilde, who has the reputation
of borrowing Whstler's bright speeches.
Having heard the artist say an unusually
good thing O-car exclaimed, deplOrngly: II
wish | could have said that" "Oh, )" replied
Whist or, derisively, 'but you know you will
say it,"
FRANK DUCkLAND, Wiling on Tue SuDJeCb
of sleeplessnsss said: Everybody knows the
taste of onions. This Is due TO a particular
essential oil contained in this most valuable
and healthy root. This oil has, | am sure.
highly soporifc powers. In my own csse it
never fails. If am much pressed with work,
and feel shall not sleep. eat two or three
small onions, and the effect is magical"
"THE Boston Transcript" relates this as an
example of feminine ''eall:" "a young lady
anti Of wi rs
were occupied on the left side and five on the
right, the six seats al the head OF the right
side being vacant. Seeing an acquaintance
sitting on the rear seat at the right she i'm
perously demanded that the entire line
should slide up to make place for her beside
her friend"
THE Judge of one of the district civil courts
in New ork has administered sharp rebuke
in writing to the attendants of his court. who
have been rude to the poor and ignorant llti-
gants frequently brought there, saying that
1t is the duty of the court attendants, las ofic
ialInstruments ofeven-handed justice to treat
all citizens alike. regardless OF accidental
social conditions. with undlscriminating
| courtesy" and that all inquiries as 10 their
rights should be answered to the best of the
attendants ability.
A WORKMAN in the Merden Britannia Com
pany's works vile securing the inside of sill
yer teapot the other day slipped his hand
through the small neck of the pot. and then
| couldn't withdraw it,. The harder he tried
| the more he didn't succeed, and the hand be-
| gan to swell. Then the company's chemist
! poured strong solution of alum into the pot
| and the workman shook his hand while.
| Then the alum water Vas poured out and a
| pint of oil poured in, and so after an hours
working the hand was released.
IT'S pity that all stout ladies born in or
about 1890 cannot see how the tirewoman of
Queen Isabella arrarges her mistress head
when she is going to church, to flower show,
to drive out, or on journey, 1t seldom looks
mufled up, yet it is nearly always So The
bonnet, or whatever it may be called, is a
drapery of rich blonde lace. sometimes white
and sometimes black. There is Just garniture
enough to show that the wearer does not wish
to be reckoneu an old lady an! is not ambI-
tious to pass for young one. There is always
a touch of the Spanish veil In the way in
which the lace is made to fall, but not more.
MRS. CLARIssA RAYMOND. of Wilton, is the
oldest woman in Connecticut. She will be
los years old April 25. AND. this is her daily
delicate diet: For breakfast she likes to have
weak coffee, bread, cake, and buckwhPat
cakes, and the four items appear on her bill
of fare. Boiled potatoes and a cup of tea make
up her usual dinner but as she Is fond of con-
dlments The potatoes are well seasoned with
salt, pepper and plenty of vinegar. Supper
is her light meal-just bread and butter and
hard cider Mrs. Raymond likes CIDER and
she likes it hard. The beverage warns her
up and puts life into her, and makes her feel
young again.
CABEL SCOTT of Cathey's Creek, Tenn.
died several months ago, and his wife told
the mem bers Of the household that soon after
the beginning of the war he placed money for
safe keeping in an old wheat house on the
premises. The lady being old and Iufrm.
little attention was paid her. but finally the
family concluded TO make the search to quiet
her, and, to their astonishment, thew found
buried in a barrel of ashes in the old wheat
house sl75 in gold and $50 in silver in a COW
horn, and 800 in cloth. They are now look
ing for tea kettle which Mrs. Scott saws is
hidden filed with money somewhere around
the place.
JOHN +. TREBLE, a sea captain, has re-
Gently added himself to the list of strange
dreamers. He wrote letter lately to the
Rev. Ezra Tinker. of Portland, Me-, from
Perth Amboy. n j, asking whether the rev.
erend gentleman and his family were all well
He said he had, IN a nights vision. seen Mr.
rlnEcr's daughter n shining garments, SYM
bolical of heaven. among other strange
dreams about his family. During the month
of November the minister had lost his WIFE
daughter and servant by death. Capt. Tribble
had once been an attendant at MIR. Tinker's
church. hnr had not seen or heard from him
since last fall.
LADY MILES, who has figured 80 promi-
uently in the Colin Campbell case, and prom
ises to figure somewhat unpleasantly again as
the case now stands. is, like Lady Colin
Campbell, of whom she is a cousin, an Irish
woman. the daughter of Sir David Roche of
Carrass, in the county of LImerIck, and IS SIS
years old. Her father. "Davy Roche" as he
was Familiarity styled. wa u miller and made
a large fortune in the milling trade Both
Lady Miles ana Lady Colin Campbell have
always heen regarded as fast, and have never
ueen admitted into society PROPER Their
constant association with the DuEe of MARI
borough would be alone sufficient to forbid
that
THE latest society gossip in Louisville is
about Young and gay Cleveland girl who
went to the theatre the other night after a
dinner at which she had drunk Just a shade
too much champagne. She was in full even
ing costume, and hung far out of the box and
called in loud and flippant tones to persons
whom she recognized in the audience. She
also pelted the musical director with buds
from her bouquet and cuyed the PLAYERS
merci es-ly. She WIS with a thoroughly re
spectacle party, who were mortified almost to
death. but ouldn't stop her, say what thew
miqht. IL was all the wines fault, for every
one says that the girl is just as nice as she can
he.
AN English Clergyman, settled for many
wears in Devonshire, relates the folio wing as
fair illustration of the quaint simplicity of
the Devonshire folk. One very cod dav in
December he was making a visitation OF has
parish. and on coming 10 a small stream bv a
foot bridge was greatly surprised at seeing
below him one OF his flock wading up 10 his
knees In water. for atnarput raaaon btua