Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-14
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/ days.
THR new colcrs in Paris this season are to
be atlantic Ocean" and serpent" the
/ lightest and darkest of greens, and Par
/ fridge" and Bum Nlebee," hghtesT and dark
/ est OF browns.
THE recent celebration of the eightieth
birthday of Herr Fritz Metzler, at Frankfort
| on Nam, recalls that the oldest banking house
in that city is the Mertens, ablished in 1905
/ the Metzlers, in 1874, while the famous house
Of Rothschild was not founded till III.
ONE of the things demanded by the en-
| plOyes of a Boston horse railroad is that no
passenger be allowed to complain Of an en-
ploe unless he deposits a sum of money suffi-
Client to pay the wages of the emplOye during
exam nation in case he Is found innocent OF
! the charge.
THE most frequent cause of failure in the
case of flower seeds is that they are covered
i too deeply with soil, in which case they either
rot, owing to the excess of water or want of
! air, or the feeble germ is unable to overcome
/ the weight of soil it has to move before reach
! ing the light.
THE fine gold medal given by the Gear to
! Mr.. Alvan Clark, the telescope maker, is OF
solid gold, 3-l6 of an inch thick and S5s inches
! in diameter on one side a handsomely en-
graved wreath OF oak leaves encircles the
words "Praemia digno." and on the other side
is a profile likeness OF the Emperor surround
Ell by the inscription, Alexander Ill. Totlus
Russia Imperator."
A MAINE FISHERMAN, who used to sail the
Southern seas, reports that he saw sea SER
pent the other day of Wells. 1t was like one
/ he once saw in the Caribbean Sea, EXCEPT that
! it hes grown considerably. 1t held its head,
| the size of a barrel high in the air; its eyes
| as big as saucers, cleaned with marvellous
| light, and its huge open mouth was armed
with triple rows of teeth.
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Southern Pacific narrow gauge railway ex-
tension that Is being pushed at Almaden, and
the owner asked about 5000 for the tree. Ex-
perts were appointed, and he then showed
| that it had for years yielded him crops, each
| OF which sold for sums equivalent to the IN
| tcrest on the amount named. They finally
| agreed to award him 5000, and the tree had to
! go.
MISS IsOLA VAN DIEsT, NJ. D., the first
woman to take a medical degree in Belgium,
| after years of struggle has at last obtained the
| necessary legal authorization to practice her
profession, and she especially rejOices that she
! has surmounted all obstacles because there
| are many young women now studying in Bel
GUM with view to entering the same pro-
| fessIon to which DIR. Van Diest has now
| opened the door.
NOT long ago a bill was passed changing
| the name of the historic little village of
| Households into North Elmira. Now the
! village has by an election and majority of
/ nine, decided that it prefers the old name,
| which commentaries Gen. Sullivans victory,
| and Assembly man Bush will introduce new
! bill changing the name back to Households.
! There is no doubt that Gov. Hill will promptly
| sign the bill as soon as it passes.
AN ALABAMA NEWSPAPER seriously tells its
readers that four ear-old Ollie Welsh and
a small Jersey calf are great friends. One
day Dillie went to an unused well and peeped
over the low curb. The calf saw her, and
seized her dress in its mouth. The little girl
lost her balance and fell over the curb, but
the calf hung on, and for half an hour held
her thus suspended until the child was res
cued, Then the calf was very happy.
WHEN Hannibal Hamln was boy n Paris,
Me, seven persons were baptized in the stream
north of Paris hill. Hamlin was one of a
party of boys who, hearing of the approach
ing ceremony. struggled an old cannon and
seven cartridges into the woods near the
stream. AS the dripping converts. one by
one. were led oaS of the stream. one of the
/ cartridges doomed in the old cannon. The
unholy salute caused great CONSERVATION and
anger, but the mlschievous youngsters were
\ not caught,
THERE are certain diseases which Chinese
physicians declare to be incurable save by a
decocton of which the principal ingredient Is
warm human flesh. cut from the arm or thigh
/ of a son or daughter of the patient. To sup
| ply this piece Ot flesh is esteemed ore of the
! nOblest acts of flial devotion, and there are
| numerous instances on record in quite recent
! years in which the generous offering has been
made to save the life of parent; and the
/ worst OF 10 was, that the sacrlfclal remedy
/ didn't cure, as the parent almost invariably
/ debut the superstition continued to live.
EX-GOv. JARVIS has written another letter
/ home, IN which ne says: I'm reference to my
/ SELF am glad to say am in fine health and
Mrs, Jarvis Is much better. We have found
| the climate, country and people all we could
| desire. The Emperor Empress, of Brazil,
| and, in fat. all the royal family and govern
ment officers we have found to be plain sen
/ sibe, free rom any foolish Ostentaton, earn
! est in their efforts for the advancement and
pros perty of their country, and always eX-
| tending hearty welcome TO those entitled to
| it. Being sent away from home at all, /
could not be sent to a more pleasant place."
UNCLE DAVID GRAY. of Marcy, an old
schoolmate and lifelong neighbor of Horatio
Seymour, says that the published statement
that the Sage of Deerfeld "earned his man
ners" at Capt. Partridge's military school is
not true. Uncle David says that the future
Governor of New \ Ork went to the Utica
Academy, where one Of the teachers was
Capt. Charles Stewart, a Scotch Highlander
and retired British army officer. HIS man
ners were fautless, and he taught the boys
the importance of proper personal appear
aDce. HisinstructlOn IN department was cor
rect, though severe. and IL was here that Mr..
seymour learned his graceful and courtly
manners.
IT is learned at the government printing
Office that there is a greater demand for
speeches on the silver question than for the
speeches thar have been made in the Senate
on political issues. The largest order received
this session was for william l.. Scott's speech
in support OF a compromise on the silver ques-
ton. The next largest order was for Becks
speech attacking the financial policy OF the
administration, which was called for by mem
bers of both parties. Ingalls, speech on the
Edmunds resolutions is ordered in large
numbers by both Democrats and Republi-
cans, and there is pretty good demand for
kenna's able presentation OF tine Democratic
side Of the case. SpoOner's eulogy on Vice
President He bricks is also a popular docu-
ment with members Of both parties, and there
have been some very large orders for IIender-
sons speech on the pension bill and Burrows
speech on ocean mail TRANSPORTATION.
THE REMAINS Of Nelson NJ. Barlow, who
died in New York recently, were buried in
his native city, New Haven, on Tuesday. At
his request, no religious services whatever
were held, but his Old friend, r. G. Bronson.
read paper, in which were these words:
His mind was too broad TO he occupied en-
tirely with mundane subjects. II went out
through space TO the contemplation OF eternal
questions. He was not blind 10 the errors
taught In the name Of religion. He could
sympathize with the troubles OF others and he
was always ready 20 assist man in distress
As 10 his companiOn,hip, 10 is said truly that
a man may be known by the company he
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