Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-24
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VI AsVVJ lSu6ss
THE cut in OVERLAP rates has brought
about biz rush of entrants to the Pacific
| coast.
| RITIsH war ships o the Chinese station
/ are to be painted gra. because that Is the
most durable and least conspicuous color.
! TIE ma -sive iron Chef in which the manu-
/ script Of the DOmesday Book was TO- merly
| KEPT is still preserved iIthe British Office of
! Public Records, amt 1t will be an object or
curiosity at the comm celebration Of the
| 8OOth D0mesday anniversary.
AN Alabama cotton gil manufacturer has
just shipped ten OF the most improved ma
chimes TO Russia. Thy are consigned to
Moscow, and It is though thot the Russian
government wants Their to experiment IN
| cotton culture in the Blak Sea provinces.
FIVE years ago the two daughters OF Paul
Goeser, of Sheboygan comfy. Wis, married
and moved to Milwaukee. On Wed esday
MIR GOe.er asked the Milwaukee police 10
helm him find his girls He SAID that be had
quite forgotten the names o. their husbands,
AMI had been looking vain for them Tor
two weeks.
THEosoPHE, "a mrniter of the Holies," and
Flora "a seeress of he Sanctuary" have
cen looking into the uture and have seen
some wonderful things. The time is rapidly
coming, they say, whenman will be enabled
to live with great comfrt At the bottom of the
sea, ami the CultivatOnOf the ocean bed VIII
be matter of ease andprOft.
PERSONS who have nperstitious dread of
FRIDAY will not he pleased to learn that this
is a thoroughly Friday Jear. 1t came in on
a Friday, will 20 out on a Friday, and will
have 53 Fridays. Thee are four mon MS in
the year that have five Fridays each changes
of the moon occur fvetimes on a Friday. and
he longest and shOrtea day of the year each
falls on Friday.
RUFUS FILLOw, of Cranberry Plains, Conn.
being troubled by hen thieves, SGT big steel
trap before the door o. his hen house and
covered it with straw. After several days
had passed and no thief mad been caught. Mr..
FillOw endeavOred to Tearrange the straw
over the trap. It caught him by the hand,
am ne was held prisoner until nelghbors
came to his aid.
CHRISTIAN GLAUsER, of Reading, Pa, Is
one of the few dealers. il not the only dealer,
IN dogs meat in this country He keeps it on
hand to sell to D reons who think it may be
good for their health, and also tries out the
fat and cells it as a cure for COLTS, rneEmR-
tlsm and troubles of the chest. He says that
the meat of a fat dog has a rich. delicate ma
vOr that everybody relishes who tastes 1t, and
there is no hner-l00king meat than dressed
dog.
THERE is a stir among musicians in Europe
at lit lie story from Naples, When BeIlIni
died his brother Carmelo came into possession
! OF all of Bellinps autographs. Carmelo kept
! the writ mrs shut up in a chest and never
even unto the day of his death. last year, 90
much AS lifted the lid. But the other day
| chest and there found the original of err
nanT'-a priceless gem in the eyes OF the
famous musicians admirers.
ONE of Washington eity's leading bibulous
resorts, place greatly patronized by govern
meBt officials and department officers and
clerks, has been always heretofore distin-
guished for it's lunch table with it's vase"
fu / Of Clipped smoked beef. Last week the
patrons were surprised TO find smoked herring
had taken the place OF the rare, raw old beef.
Disguised and indignant inquiries brought
out the explanation that the chang to
fish had been made in observance of Lent.
This is considered the most piOus demOnstra-
ton yet.
MANY well-kuOwn society ladies are iden-
tilted with the management of the flower
show in the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York, including Mrs. August Belmont. Miss
Catharine Wolfe. Mrs. John Jay, Mrs. Robert
G. Remsen, Mrs. Louis G. HammersIey, Mrs.
Ward McAllister. Mrs. AGrian Iselin, Mrs.
John Jacob Aston and Mrs. L. Z. Morton. The
fee, it expected, will surpass anything of
the kind ever with ssed there. A novel fea-
ture Will be tropical collection Of 800 rare
ecimens from Central America. including
p0lms over 40 feet high and (supp1sed) up
ward Of 1000 years old. Anoth-r VIII be Her
Majesty" alleged 10 be the largest rose in the
word. The exhibition will continue until
the end Of the week.
THE dancing of Mrs. Cecil Clay, formerly
Miss Rosina Vokes, who, with her company Of
English amateurs, has been giving very ex-
cellent dramatic performances in this coun-
try, has been much admired. 1t combines
audacity and modesty in a remarkable degree.
and one who sees her wonders how she does
| it. A Chicago newspaper has found out and
EXPLAINS that sne wears no petticoats. Her
clinglng ira are lined with silk and Dor
dered wit lace. Underneath these, silken
| trousers fall TO the ankle. These, too. are
/ edged with lace, and cling to and conceal the
limbs a. every movement, having to the au-
dlence the appearance Of deliberately trimmed
! skirts. In these Miss Vokes feels secure, and
her dancing becomes at once a revelation of
abandon and modesty."
tn RE is a good story told of a certain pop.
ular soprano sOloist of New York who never
can sing anything new or particularly good
more than once or twice because all tine other
singers and wOuld-be singers speedily appro-
| pirate her song to themselves, and in few
weeks 1t is old and commonplace. On one
occasion she wae to sing some hing particular
| ly new and good at public concert. The
programme would be advertised long before
! the time. How should she preserve her song2
| AT last she hit on plan. She would disguise
| lt-give il new name and composer The
programmes we're printed in this fashion. No
/ one, much less the music dealers, had ever
| heard of that composition or that composer
| Imagine, then. the disgust and chagrin of the
| imita ors, robins and hullfinches, W o wished
/ to steal the notes of the lark. The music
could not be unearthed: all inquiry was fruit
! less. and the best OF it is that they have not
| found out yet the true name OF the comuosi.
ton and the artist. Well, she hasn't sung the
song yet.
THE thunder storm that visited the Eastern
States with such disastrous resu Is on Friday
apparently began its work on "wednesday in
the Northwest. At st. Paul at 10 AS on that
day vivid fash Of lightning illumined the
sky, followed by a crash of thunder that
startled every boi y and frightened horses 60
that they went madly tearing down the
streets. So sudden did the crash come hat
half the population was frightened out of its
wits and the other half thought The end of the
world had come. The girls at work in the
Central telephone were slightly stunned, and,
dropping their Instruments. ran screaming
about the room. The lines outside were so
bahly demoraliz that tho service was prac-
tcally useless the remainder of the dav At
the Western Union tclegraphic office the
operating room w.stllled with blue light and
four Instruments we're burned out. The fire.
alarm gong at the city Hall struck several
times Violently. ana the room was brilliantly
Illuminated. telegraph messenger boy wa,
Knocked clear acrOes he lobby. The ice palace
received its full share OF attention, the CON
cu=sion causing the front wall to tOtter and
fall. leaving an ugly gan. The nUmber OF
run ways was legion. 20 having been re-
ported up 20 O'Clock The thunder was fol-
r. a L. krHuN al.