Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-15
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THE movement to consolidate the Western
Dressed Beef Company, the National Con
sumers' Beef Company of New York apd
Jersey City. and to form alarger and stronger
corporation than ever before. is making
rapid progress. The three companies have an
aggregate Of $6o0,0Q0 capital.
THE gambling in ming stocks in San Fran
cisco Is greater than it has been for ten
years, but it is doubtful if the excitement can
be kept up very long. There are too many
good chanc : on the Pacific slope for peop'e
TO be carried along by the new speculation
craze Tor any length OF time.
TIE men who want to whip the editor are
getting scarce. Two men and a woman went
into the Office NJ Josiah B. Gwin, editor Of the
New Albany Public Press, 90 whip him for an
article that appeared In his paper. Mr. Gwin
kicked the men under the table, took the
cowhlGe from the woman. and then drove the
whole party into the street.
A CENTENARIAN WIDOW is living in New
town, Montgomeryshire, Eng. Mrs. Rebecca
Grosvenor has just kept her lo2d birthday,
and is in excellent health. Indeed, she can
read and thread her needle without specta-
cles. Another centenarlan, Mrs, Elizabeth
Drake. recently died in Manchester at the
age OF lO3. she was born in Shropshire, and
saw some foreign service with heS husband,
trooper under The Duke of Wellington.
Sailing from England in he old BellerOphon.
she was present at Waterloo and assisted
other soldiers wives in tending the wounded.
DR.. ANANDIBAL JOsHEE, who, to study
medicine. left her native country and for
feited her caste as Brahmin, sailed recently
for her native lano to accept an important
position at the solicitation Of the local GOV
ernment OF holhapore. in the Bombay Presl-
dency. India. Three years OF unbrOken study
at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsyl-
wanna and practice i'll the New England Hos
pital for Women, added to the effect of the
Pennsylvanian comparatively rigorous ell
mate, have wrought changes in DIR. JOshpe's
health which made departure to India i'm
peraiive.
THE Crown Princess OF Germany has all Of
the exact business instincts of her illustrious
mother. Recently she discovered that some
one had been piiering her visiting cards and
a str ctinvcst1gatjon was ordered. The Crown
Princess had directed her printer to supply
100 cards, and on the packet being opened
only ninetv-eight were 'ound. The printer
was informed of the deficiency and was asked
to report the result of his inquiry. I'VE are
very curious to know the result" ran the let
ter of the Crown Princess secretary. "for
visiting cards of her imperial highness are
papers of great value. the misuse of which
might be very harmful"
JAMES HENRY PAINE. who died in New
York few days ago, was a descendant Of
Robert Treat Paine, one of the sgners of the
Declaration of Independence. He was a
mi-er. and Is believed to have left a large
sum OF money. He lived at free lunch cOun-
ters ana never paid cent, often eating the
leavlngs of other men. lie stole the illus
trated papers whenever he could, and STOLE
great many napkins. He used them for
handkerchIefs. He wore an oyerceaU and
vest, but 10 undercoat and no SHIRT. He wore
a pair of army shoes, but no cocks. The room
in which he died was very small and looked
as if it had not been swept for years.
THERE is quite a rage In England at present
for young ladies' to go to hospitals to learn
nursing; but after three or six months they
generally tire of 1t and leave, instead of gong
on and qualifying themselves to take an in
dependent position and a well-paId one.
When medical man has daughters and little
to leave them, SAYS an English journal, how
much better it would be to educate one for a
nurse, instead of letting her join the over
crowded ranks of goYernesscs. Only lately
there wa an excellent offer. in a town IN the
north of England, for a we'll edcuated lady
to take post In private lunatc asylum.
where her sole duty would be to sing and
play to the inmates and to see that the nurs S
did their duty at night; and the remuneration
was much more than most ladies receive as
companions.
THOMAS GREENWOOD. the author OF an Eng
lish book on free public libraries, writes on
that subject that, next to this country. France
possesses more popular free libraries than any
other country. having more than 1000. with
over 100000 volumes, while there are II son
schO j libraries containing about 1000, coo
volumes. He SAYS he has visited many of the
free 'lbraries in America. and our cousins
there are far ahead of u.s." Australia leaves
England behind in this matter. and Germany
is already ahead Of her. In thirty six years
from passing the first act England he saws
the modest VI Of
the largest and wealthest city in the world
has two within and four outside the metro
politan area with an aggregate of 5i.O5S VOL
rmes. How long are we 70 be behind other
countries IN this matter of free libraries?"
THE Thimble League, charitable organiza
ton founded and managed By English women,
Is now at work in fourteen different centres
of the poorest parts of London. The league
provides needlework for women at their own
homes. Once week two or three ladies visit
each centre, ana distribute cut-out garments
to as many women as it can afford to employ
who are paid fair price for making them
up. The o hes are sold (alsO at Il fair price
either at these centres (Which are all large
rooms placed gratis at their disposal in each
strict or at the central depot in Kensing-
ton Gardens square. One of the lady mana
gers, writing to an English paper saws: THE
Queen has expressed her sympathy with the
work of the league, and sent q donation
which stamps 1t ut once as worthy nf support.
Hundreds OF he saddest cases of distress are
being relieved. and we have subscriptions
amounting to a few hundreds. We want
many thousands in order to be able to start
many centres well. Those who have expe-
renced the misery of turning awav starving
applicants for work, or Of condemning them
TO the starvation wages of Id. for making n
shirt, breaking their backs, losing their eve
sight. and, In short, killing mselves will
appreciate the earnestness with which we
pray for funds"
PROF. WOODROW, Of the Southern Presby
terrain Church. is learning by experience that
there is a difference between teaching natur-
al science as a religious body understands il
aud teaching the same Thing as he under
sands It. Prof. " Woodrow was Professor of
Natural Science in the Columbia Theological
Seminary. lie seems to have accented Oar
wins theory of the origin OF man in prefer
ence to that of Moses. His views ma private
individual would not have concerned the
PTesbyterans much but when he began to
teach Darwinism as good Presbyterian doc
trine there was q loud protest The
various PRESBYTERIAN bodies under whose
patronage the Columbia Theological
Seminary Is managed, very naturally took
the ground that as Darwlnsm had not been
formally declared to be a tenet OF the Presby-
terrain body Prof. Woodrow should not teach
u as Presbyterianism, and that If he felt he
must teach Darwinsm or nothing he should
resign. The Professor would neither abau-
don his DarwinIan theories nor resign, and.
as result, he was deposed and ms chair de-
clared vacant. The di'missal of'Prof. Wood
row is not the last word that cHr or eii he
ssid as to the relative merits OF Oar win and
Moses. but 1t Is notice 10 all 8 Prestyterian
teaChpra to teach MOsps IL thhv mint To ~,