Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-26
NO. 22.

the inside with cambric, put in shelf and whittle fancy piece to put around the l top; then paint and varnish.
 A good mattress is made like 8 comfort CT, only just as large as the bed, and with about seven or eight pounds of cotton in 1t; this is used over a straw tick and is quite comfortable. For curtains use yellow or white muslin, linen thread for lace and ten cents worth Of red tablecloth; stamp something pretty in the corners and mid de of the bottom, and outline it with double thread taken from the tablecloth. l got up four curtains and bought the fix lures for 1.5O. The chairs also can be dispensed with and a very goed substitute made of a box the right size and height: put broad board up for a back then cushion and cover it with cretenne or some plain goods and finish with cords or gimp If you want this to answer two purposes you can leave one side open and put a curtain around it, fulled on a little; this is handy for shoes. Another be made like a large stool with the lid to lift up.
 A stand for the lamp can be made of the lid of cheese-box with three broomsticks crossed and fastened in the middle for legs: paint or bronze the legs and tie ribbon around it; make about four small box pleats in the curtain, and betW cen these loop it up with bows of ribbon; flowers painted or bro1dered on it make it prettier. Make dress1ng-case of large goods box; cover on
 
 with paper or cambric, and put curtain across the front; cover the top with plain goods and put cunning little lambrequin around it.
 Savannah River Frozen over.
 From the Augusta (Ga.) Chrenicle.l
 About quarter to 10 o'clock yesterday morning Chronicle representative accom. panied by photographist and sketch artist repaired to the banks of the usually muddy Savannah to witness different and much more picturesque sight. Hundreds of peo- pie were gathered there to gaze in rapt ad- miration upon what their forefather had never seen-the Savannah frozen over The myriads of ice fees that had been borne down the swollen stream massed themselves into solid sheet, and for the first time in the recollection of any citizen the Savannah for a quarter of mile up the river above the South Carolina railroad bridge was cov- cred with solid ice. The foes were snow covered, and the gorged mass, extending sev- eral hundred yards above the bridge, present ed the appearance of a vast field of snow The scenes at the river were varied and beau tiful
 The crowd attracted to the bridge stood in silent wonder at the first man who had ever attempted to walk across the Savannah and Mir. Patrick H. Hutehins, engineer of the street railroad company, has linked his name
 
 ha ded down to posterity as the first and only man who ever stood in the middle of the Savannah upon it's surface. Whilst there the lens of the camera III the hand of MT. Germany got the picture, wbich will be quite popular subject for our artists to copy. Messrs Tom Henry and Victor Dorr, while not quite as daring as MT. Hutchins, yet still ambitious to stand for once in the middle of the river, climbed down the pier of the South Carolina bridge and waved their hats with an air of satisfaction.
 While the gorge was picturesque, it was but mild in comparison with the breaking up, which occurred at about ten minutes af- ter eleven. Hundreds had collected to view, with silent admiration, the novel spectacle when roaring sound was heard beneath the ice. This lasted but moment, and with mighty crash the ice broke in the middle of the river and went crushing down with stu pendous velocity. The picture beggars de- seription, and the pencil of the artist could but feebly convey an idea of the grandeur and magniicence of the scene. The steady flow of ice continued all day, and men, ladies, boys and girls all gathered to enjoy the novel and beautiful picture. MT. Tom Henry, our rising young artist, will make some sketches for illKstration3 from she fine photographs taken by Mir. Germany.