Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-18
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make an income. They have learned that
with pipe in their mouth thoughts not only
come more readily, but in better order. and
that while it is often difficult TO get the proper
word II they are not smoking. it runs to the
point OF the pen the moment they light up"
THE educational influence of Mt. Holyoke
/ Seminary, which is soon to celebrate its semi
centennial. may be appreciated from the fol-
lowing figures: Out of nearly 5000 graduates
thirty have become physicians, l,SO0 teachers,
lSO foreign missionaries, a much larger num-
| per missionaries in the South and West, and
6iO nave married professional men.
THE United States are the chief home of
the English speaking population of the world,
for in all their extent English is the language
of 6O,000,000 people. Canada stretches along
| tnelr border; straight line from England to
| Australia would cross their domain. New
Ioundland, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
| nank them on the east; the Bermudas, and
the Bahamas are anchored near their doors.
AFTER the reading of play of Moliere's
| by Prof. Bocher, of Harvard, in the pretty
little audlence-room which goes by the
metropolitan name of Chickering Hall, an
unexpected shower came up. A lady looked
OUT sereneiy on the fast-falling rain, then
| walked calmly into the music store below
and got large sheet of light brown wrap
| ping paper; She made an old-tashioned
her bonnet, and actually trotted OFF up Ire
mont street with it on.
| A WEEK or two ago biblophile passing
through Edinburgh purchased an interesting
| little volume of pamphlets out Of a box Of
| threepenny books, at a shop in Frederick
street. Among the contents of the volume
were curious COPY of 'ACadenus and Va
nessa" of 1925. the date of the first edition.
and "Dunciad," with rough fore edges. of
| the third issue of the first edition, the &C" of
! Mr.. Thoms' list. Mr.. Crossley's copy of this
issue of the "Dunciad' was sold last year for
1 f5 IS.
THE BOOKS due to the printers and engrav-
ers art are npoint of size headed by copy of
Napoleon's Egypt" which formerly belonged
| to Louis Philippe. When the first Napoleon
| invaded Egypt he took with him body of ar
| tlsts and scientific and literary men, to WIN m
| ne lntrusted the task of compiling this great
| work with practically no restrictions as to its
cost. The result was the thrty-three enor-
nous folio volumes which will soon be offered
| FOR sale Three of them are larger than the
sO-called elephant size and measure nearly
four by three feet.
AN amusing story comes from diocese not
a hundred miles distant from seaport town.
AT a recent ordination the right reverend
prelate in Diminishing the candidates after
their examination gave them an Injunction to
communicate with his chaplain on matters of
business, ahd then proceeded somewhat
| hercely to reprimand them for spelling three
towels in the episcopal lavatory by drying
Lhelr lnky fingers on the articles in question.
brought under his notice by Mrs. Bishop and
the housekeeper, and the trembling candi-
dates were duly cautioned, and, it is to be
hoped, were also duly penftent.
THE baby that was born to Mrs. Grenn
Gum, colored, of Tullahoma, Tenn, a few
nights ago is gradually growing white. At
first it was as black as coal; it is now a light
mulatto in color. There is an impression of a
bullet N the back of the child's head. This
mystery is explained by Mrs. Gum. She
says that on the night of the Burt robbery
neighbor came to the house and insisted on
her husband joining the robbers. Gum re-
fused, whereupon he showed an ugly-looking
revolver into her husbands face and made
him go. She says the fright and fears that
the man would shoot her husband caused the
impression in her then unborn babe's head.
A BELGIAN publisher has just informed me
that Emile Zola's latest novel, "L'Guvre,"
has already reached the enormous circulation
Of $4,000 copies! The other romances of the
same author in his series Of ''Rougon- Mac
quart" have been also highly successful. One
hundred and forty-nine thousand copies of
Mana" were sold, and new editions of the
same story are appearing every year. LAS
somor" reached 900, ''Pot- BOuille" g., 900,
| 'Germinal" $1,000. page d'Amour'' $4,000
and EAU Bonheur DIES Dames'' IS 900. None of
| HugO's or Dumas novels reached the circula-
| tion OF "L'CEuvre." lola is, therefore, the
most popular romancler that France has ever
produced.
EDWIN WEBER, an employe of the wason
car works, at Chattanooga, and his wife had
a narrow escape from being killed last Friday
afternoon. They had been out to their farm
on Missionary Ridge in a buggy, and had
! started back to the city when the accident oc-
| Cured Mr.. Weber was driving slowly down
the steep road, when his horse stumbled and
fell. In attempting to rise, the horse stumbled
| again and the next moment pitched forward
over high embankment. The buggy was
overturned, throwing the occupants far down
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buggy went rolling down the hill, the vehicle
| falling on " eber and his wife. IL was a mir
acle that they were not killed, but fortunately
neither were seriously injured.
BILLIARDS were first invented says a good
authority, by pawnbroker. About the mid
die OF the sixteenth century there was one
William Kew, pawnbroker, who during wet
weather was in the habit of taking down the
three balls. and, with the yard measure, push
ing them, billiard fashion, from the counter
into the stalls. In time the idea Of a board
with side pockets suggested itself. A black
letter Ms. says: master William Kew did
make one boarde whereby a game is PLAYED
with three balls, and all the young men were
greatly recreated thereat. chiefly the younp
clergymen from st. Pawles. hence one of We
strokes was named Canon, having been Nv
one OF We same clergymen invented. This
sane Is nov known 4y ye name Of Bllyard,
with his yard measure. The stick is now
called kew or kue." Tt is easy to cOmDre
] menu now 'Blll ydf0' mas been mOderntZpd
into Billiard, and the trans formation of
Kew" or "kue" into cue is equally apparent.
ExPosTMAsTER GENERAL THOMAS l..
JAMES paid high tribute to the good ouali-
ties of the Catholic priesthood in talk Sat
urday. SAID he: II was brought up with a
feeling that the Catholic priesthood was IN be
distrusted. IL was hard to overcome but
long experience has taught me that thev are
true and honest men. 1t was a Catholic prieat
who came to me several years ago to warn
me Of the Tompkins Square riots. and tbrongh
his warning was enabled TO fOrtify the Post
Office building against the attack. In NV SER
vice in the Post Office there frequently arose
trouble about the payment OF money orders
They were always paid TO the person present
ing them. Sometimes 10 was the wrong nor
son; the order had been lost. With an igno
rant foreigner II was n regular row, of course
We could do nothing, hut could not m pe
them understand 1t. II they were CathoIics
| could always settle the matter bV astins,
them 20 send their priest. He never failed ~
come and never faiied TO settle the matter
have had the same eyperience in banking ana
have come to have high respect for he good
qualities Of the Catholic clergy generallyD
OId-FashiOned POliteness.
From 0e Louisville Commercial.
About noon one day / was in nv favorita
haunt--the bookstore. There was a rustie ~
robes ana the sweet voice OF dear old iad,