Savannah morning news., 1886-05-09
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MISS CLEVELAND has a set venIF for all
of her lunches. She gives nSinners, you
know. OILY lunches to tile oficAadies. Her
| souvenir consists Of yard or re of broad
satin ribbon, with picture the White
| House engraved on it, the dabf the lunch
anu the gues . name. At hest luncheon
the Ice cream was served little PAPER
mache cups, and nearly eve one Of the
guests kept the cup "as montum," as he
present Mrs. Maiaprop of WaAgtJn society
would say.
THE PRESIDENT went on a htseeing ex-
cursion Friday afternSon, smpanied by
the secretary of War aAd Mrshdicott, Col.
Lamont and Co. Casey. Hwent to the
W ashlngton Monument, a she walk from
the Wmte House, and afterspect ng the
| grounds ana hearing an eXplaliOn of the
manner IN which the mOnumeEas hung up
In the air while a new founion was put
under II, he and his companioBOt into the
elevator and were carrie d 10 tFtop of the
SHAFT. The Interior was illumiJed by cleo
trio lights. bat there were ocr anal periods
OF total dtrkne and frequent iuiries about
the sec ct OF the lifting apparatl At the top
Jhe windows were thrown Openld the Pres
ldent with the aid Of Il q Geldhss, enjoyed
the BIRDS eye view of WashlnIu, the Po-
t!mac river, and the country win radius
of 30 miles.
WITHOUT any previous mott the Signal
Service Bureau has began theompilation
and publication OF its weather bdictions on
new plan, which. it is believI ill meet
with general favor Instead announcing
what the weather is likely TO be the various
geographical divisions of the cntry. as the
New England states. the Sdh Atlaptic
states, ETC., the predictions wihereafter be
maue tor each tate, gro ping Beiher, from
day to LAY, such States as are key TO have
the same weather. Wheneser rcesary, pre-
dictlons VIII be made for dIfler1t portions of
the same state. The 81 Snal tHvice officers
say nat the average man WI more readily
understand and appreciate fpTedletlon ap-
pied to his state tuan Que JcerniIg group
OF o' aLes, anu the new planwlll, they think,
rove popular.
THERE is no question aDut the general
niggardness Of Russell Sag 1t is extraordi-
nary that man of his mions should have
so vast and deep regar r a dime. But he
Is eternally and perenniiy close. 1t isn't
true that he waits for the cent time on the
elevated road, for he has pass which takes
MN up amt down town Z nothing. While
Gould Is spending his $lQ0O0 a year for his
yacht anu iully as much nre on his country
place up the Hudson, MrSage travels on a
free pass down to litb village on Long
Island named Quogue. I'D liveo in a small
D 'ar'iing house on $l2 wek. His fortune is
$1,000 900 or $40, 600 100. al there Is not an
office boy in hio ehploy rho doesn't spend
more money on luxurIe than old Russell
Sage himself. He is of bout as much con.
sequence in New York ,Ioci ally and politi.
cdily, AS Cha ham sire. pawn broker. bu
he is wOrshipe in the sighbOrhood of the
Stock Exchange.
81 WAS AMUSED" write correspondent il
the PGu Man Gazette, ''tolotice the other da,
remark concerning the operative necessit,
for a simple, moral, and pactical Limitation
ali IF ha rraao
race. The doctrine is nota popular one il
London. The other day l nt man who toll
me with an air of pride ths he had no fewe
than twenty one children but justice
must be admitted that h1had been twic
married. lie was wOrklg painter, abou
50 years of age, and seemd fairly happy
But this is nothing to tW' other cases tina
came to my knowledge tbs week. One
that OF poor woman. liviU IN two rooms
the East End, who had bee safely delivere
of her twenty fourth chiC; and the othe
that OF well-to do lady iIChe north OF Lon
don who is now cheerfnlly preparing for tn
arrival Of her thirtIeth! o the twenty min
already born seventeen arstill alive. Thes
are English families indee."
A matter which is attrsting much atten
tion in England is the raTd diminution Of tn
number of brewers. Sixeen years ago tn
brewers of the United Kingdom numbere
$4,000, Between 1870 and 1880 they grey
fewer at the rate of thnsabd year, and a
| the last mentioned date only mustered som
| Y. 900. In 1881 they had become reduced {
| 5000. Since then the lecline has been les
rapid, but still they are yearly losing groun
to a surprising extern. They number at tn
present time only B.000, or 1900 les
| than sixteen years ago. Were there
corresponding decrease in the consumption O
beer it would be caus of great rejoicing t
| temperance advocates but such is not th
case, though the Temperance movement ha
had a perceptible efed upon the business
| and 1t is expected to still further curtail il
The great cause is the leying of a duty upo
beer instead Of upon NAL, which has had tn
effect of concentrating he business in fewe
hands.
AN INCIDENT, thrilling n its consequence
to the Leisure and Hack families in tn
West End Louisville, KY, occurred in th
City Court on Friday last. ClarenC
and Fred Leisure and Frank and jaime
Hack, four small boys, were arrested for beat
ing tin cans and blowing horns under In
windows of a neighbor named Shaw. MI:
Shaw had beau, amt the racket was so NJ
roariOus that they could not hear each Othe
speak. II turned out upon examinatio
that there had been a law suiG betwee
the Hack and Shaw families, and tn
tin can heating was done to annoy the latter
Judge Thompson said II will find thes
boys $40 each, but the fire will be remitted
their fathers will take Them into the Mar
shal's Office and whip Them soundly, in th
discretion of Deputy McCorkhIll." Bot
fathers arose instantly and agreed to Oh
proposition. The boys were led into the Onicl
double strap was taken, the Young Grim
mails laid across the table, and the fur beea
to fly. Deputy McCorkhlll was not satisfe
with the inaugural darh, and aske Ell the fatht
if he was not cOnsumptlye. Before the ana
was over the pant alOOns of the young Offend
ers had been lathered in severe style. an
when they went out OF court after the Jud.
had co firmed the Conn misslOner's repor
they waddled with great difficulty and pail
AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG LAWYER received
pointed lesson from a countryman recent
The latter. who was a dealer IN milk, was il
jured by butchers cart colliding with h
wagon His vehicle was wrecXeo; MS mi
| was spilled ON the street, and he was carrie
| in a bruised condition into r neighbour
/ drug store. The young disciple OF BlackstOH
| happening to pass at the time of the accider
| did the good Samaritan act for The Tarme
aud after healing ointment had been pour,
/ on the wounds, remarked as he was about
| depart: The butcher ought 10 pay for thi
Here's my name, am lawyer al
| for you" A day or two later ii
! lawyer was delighted to see the milkma
enter his office. Warmly greeting him al
/ Offering him comfortable chair the barri
| ter expressed pleasure that he had dec ded
4 sue the man who I'd injured him. ''Wh,
/ do you know about the accidentY' asked d
/ milkman. "Oh. / know every hing" enthl
4 sasiic liy replied the lawyer, AID then
| proceeded 10 state in detail all the circur
stances OF the accident. 81 am very mn,
o 'llg q you.n said the farmer; "Mr, II "
subpoena you as a witness Tor the proeecutio
Good morAing." As shouts VI laughter can
from his partners room, the brilliant youl
lawyer grabbed his hat and was not Sc,
again for nearly week.
"PRoBABLY the richest city for its size
the world is Cheyenne CITY. wy, the hon