Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-23
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low ed HIM, ami the other day met him on the
street In 81. Paul. He roughly repused her
ana she fell dead at his feet.
THE first pictures of Christ were probab'N
the work of some of His own disciples, ant
gradually, as hose who loved Him desired L
| see HIS face with be eye of sen Q, the les
| scrupulOus Ono tics, with their ruder form o
| Oreek art, repeated again and again SOM
prototype wen known to them, but unknown
| TO us.
ACCORDING to a medical report just pub
llshed, the cattle plague continues to ravag
various parts Of Russia. Within q period o
! five years, from 1876 to 1880. the loss is esti
mated at no les than 1908 500 head of horned
/ cattle; but even these figures, based upol
! official inform alton, are considered far below
| The real value.
A YOUNG WIFE in Portland, Me-, was TOLD
! by her brother that her husband gambled
She couldn't believe it, and to convince hel
the brother took her, DIRE sed in suit of hil
clothing, to a gambling house, where she sa "
her husband lose $500. Then she made herself
known and marched her astonished husband
home by the arm.
AN April fool exploit of one of the New Or
leans papers took the shape of tampering
with an artesian well in which there is much
local interest. connection was secretly
made between THIS well and the city
wafer work, and a stream of water 40 feet
OF the water works sold out before the trick
was discovered.
TIE WILL Of Kate Rowsand, the little dwarf
that was known all over Europe as "Mad dame
la Marquise," contains a novel feature. AT
ter she had disposed of all of her property,
there remained her wardrobe. 'Well," said
she, my dresses and linen and eveTythin g
mat wore must be far o small for the lit
TEST child; but in order that some poor little
girl may be happy, desire that the sum OF
tn pounds sterling may be applied to the
purchase OF twenty dolls of my size. which
sna all be dressed from my wardrobe and
given to orphans"
The woman Astie de vasayre, who came
into notoriety by fighting a duel on the field
of Waterloo with another woman who had
very properly called her a fool. first wanted
Pasteur to experiment on her instead of on
rabbi with his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lnocula-
ton; but he refused. Then she wanted DR..
Grusd Oach TO try On her his plan Of free zing
a person solid and thawing the subject out
again after year or Two in as good vital con-
dltion as ever; but he also declined. Now she
wants 10 go to the Congo country to help De
Brazza clviize the blacks.
AMHURsT students on Friday night tried to
break up the performance OF a theatrical
troupe in that village. They guJed the ac-
tors, threw beans on the stage, blew fish horns,
and yelled in chorus. The manager ordered
apollceman to arrest student. This was
attempted, and the students made a rush TO
rescue their fellow. The manager sailed in
with chair and club. n old negro took a
hand. yelling, Pm over sixty year old, but
L take care of any four Of you" several
citizens also took par, and when the fight
was over the students were so badly used up
that they didn't even dare to give genuine APP
plause.
THE YELLOW, or Hoangho river, IS a source
OF trouble to the millions who inhabt the cen
trail plain of China. Nine instances are on
record OF Its making a complete change of
course. 1t has moved its mouth from south to
north over four degrees of latitu le leaving
many sandy wastes and shallow lak IS where
populous pains had existed. Western en-
gneers have been much interested in the
question whether these disastrous overfiows
and changes of the river bed can be checked.
they have been convinced for some years
OF the feasibility Of keeping the rivers
erratic tendencies within limits, and in
the course of human progress "ChIna's
sorrow" may some day be robbed of its terrors.
AN enterprislng firm which sells a large
number of Holsters in the Boston market has
entered upon a new scheme for keeping up
the supply and making handsome profits. In
the fall and latter part of the summer good
sized Holsters may be bought along the Goa
OF Maine and the provinces for 3 or cents
each. When the Holsters are so cheap they
buy up all they can get and put them in q
| lobster pound that they have at Vinal Haven.
Me. This pound covers about forty acres
and Is situated IN cove, the entrance to
which they have wired across similar to a
| fishing weir. Here the Holsters are kept
through the winter, and they are fed on fish
heads and similar food. man taking several
barrels in a boat and spreading it over the
/ surface of the whole pound In that manner
thev Ike p thousands of l"bsters, which when
| spring arrives can be sold in this market for
$40 100 pounds, and each one will weigh from
| to pounds.
| IT Is LONG since there has been more m ag-
nificent AID solemn ceremony than the funeral
of the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. On the
arrival of the coffin at Arundel asst week it was
| conveyed from the station to the Roman Cath
ollc church with much state. The procession,
| with the coffin covered by a sumptuous pail of
! back and gold the numerous priests in their
| vestments, The chOriSers in their SUPPLIES
! chanting funeral hymns, the coronet, the
/ quaint and splendid escu che II, the torches
and the long train of mourners, made alto
! gether such picturesque sight as IS not often
/ seen in England, and II created a profound
/ Impression among the crowds who witnessed
! it, The church was wholly draped in black
! which, in accordance with the old custom, Is
| to be distributed among the poor of the town;
| and there were four watchers by the coffin
day and night. with numerous candles Of i'm
mense size constantly burning. Vespers for
\ the dead were sungOn the arrival Of the coffin,
and there was a requiem mass next day.
on March Is the daughter of an official OF
the Austro- Hungarian railway. named Irma
Szercenyi, handsome girl OF II, and well
known in the best middle class society of
Pesth, died there. Sus lcions having been
aroused, pOst-mortem examination of the
body was made. which made it clear that the
unfortunate girl had been poisoned by DhOs-
phorua. Tie body remained in the town hos
pltal during tho pOlice investigation, which
lasted about 4 week, and eventually servant
confessed that on March Is lrma mad had a
! quarrel with her stepmother, aud poisoned
herself in go sequence. 1t appears that about
! II in the forenoon she took the poison in her
room, where she was left nattended. scream
ing IN the most heartrendng manner All dav
and night until the next morning. when she
! died. Neither father Dor stepmother entered
her room during all these II hours Of fearful
torture. the latter f0rbidding the servants TO
enter until the screams had ceased, after
Wht'h tho doctor was sent for. The father
was former officer IN the army, aged SO, and
the siepmother - years Of age.
HENRY DALRYMPLE WHITE who died few
DAYS ago in England. commanded the Innes-
killings nragnous IN that m ,st terrible cavalry
fight on Oct %. lsj at the battle OF Rala-
klava. About the first blow struck in that
action cleft Col Whites lmet fr m the crest
nearly TO the skull, but his antagonist hadn't
time to make the second cut before his mead
wa. severed from his body ON dashed the
inneski lings. or he wv DRAGONS, cutting
their way through five times their num-
Der OF one Of the greatest military powerg
OF Europe as n they were made OF ate
board. His rcgm mt was IN !he highest