Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE Prussian House of Lords numbers
nominally Si8 members, OF of whom are hered-
| ltary, while PIG are appointed for life.
GRoLL, the well known historical painter
! at Vienna, has been commissioned by Queen
! Victoria TO paint her ife-size portrait Of
Prince Alexander, of Battenberg, and he goes
TO Darmstadt for the purpose.
ARMY PEOPLE say that Mrs. Crawford.
widow Of Capt. Crawford, United States
Army, the gallant officer who, it is believed,
was needlessly sacrificed on the Mexican bor
der, is the original of Capt. Kings Mrs.
Stannard," who has become well-known
through the pages OF "Marion's Faith" and
1.-The Colonel's Daughter"
ACCORDING to the London Spectator there
are thousands Of middle-clas women in that
city, who are almost in despair for money,
who rush in hundreds for any vacancy, who
| inundate advertisers with letters, and who, If
| they can only keep their caste and not do
| manual labor. Will take any wages and &C
| cept any kind of situation. An offer OF a
'companionship' and 500 a year brings hum
| dreds of applicants, while $40 is a common
! salary: and many apply for situations where
only Il christian home, is offered.
S. FL. PULEsTON, the millionaire member Of
Parliament, who is about to purchase $1,000
COO worth of Pennsylvania coal lands, was
twenty years ago reporter on a small paper
| ut Pittston, Pa. He took an active interest
| in local politics there, and ultimately got
| good position in Washington, ID. G. He never
was natura'ized as an American citizen. 1t
| Is said that there is a venerable aud unsatis-
| hed Judgment standing against him at Wilkes
! barre, Pa. for 500, the amount of store bill
| contracted in his poverty stricken rep0rtorlal
| days.
DR.. JERUB DYER, the last of one of the
most noted families in northern New Hamp-
| shire, died recently in Lebanon, aged 80
years. HIS parents became members of the
| Enfield Shakers and had six sons. who be-
! came leading men of the sect. Caleb. the
| eldest, was murdered July Is, 1863, while
| mead OF the Shakers, by Thomas Wler. The
| deceased, Jerub. was educated at the Dart
mouth Medical School. but was not allowed
to receive the degree of NJ. d. because Shaker
rules deemed it u worldly honor. He prac-
Shakers. but left his peculiar sect long time
ago and had since lived in Lebanon.
The Utica Observer and Albany journal are
Dragging about their aged composltors. The
oldest typesetter on the Observer has worked
at the case forty nine wears, and for thirty
| years in the Observer Office. Two others have
| been sticking type thirty-sIX and thirty-two
| years, and two Others have been in the OBJ
| server office twenty-siX and twenty-fOur
years. The Journal says that 1t can beat
that easily, Its oldest composltor has bee n
| at the case fitty-nine years, and for forty
| wears on the Journal. Another has been on
| the journal since 1910, and for a quarter Of a
| century was foreman of the composing room /;
| his brother has been steadily employed on
| the Journal for thirty five wears. and fourth
| has had thlrty-twO years service in the same
office.
CONNECTICUT has just lost, in the death of
Carlo, a dog of Farmer Tucker, of Oxford
one OF her most intelligent residents. 1t is
said that it was common for Mrs. Tucker to
send dinner by Carlo to men at work about
a la from ha Nhn a
send him home with pail for water, and he
would return with it. Two of the men, after
cutting wood on one side of the mountain.
went over on to the other side. Carlo finding
an axe, and thinking 1t left by mistake.
brought it home, a half mile or more. He
would lead horse by the halter. He knew
different tools by their names. He knew a
few families by name. MIR. Tucker one day.
holding letter in his hand and saying, II
wish Mrs. Chatfield could see this letter."
Carlo, unbldden, advanced, TOOK 1T In his
mouth, and carried it past several houses TO
the house of the person named, and presented
it to her. r-ts. -.ree
On recent Sunday, when fifty new mem
bers joined the Fourth Street Method s.
Episcopal Church in East Washington, the
pastor, when he read that part of the disci-
pline where dancing is objected to. said that
if young man and youngtwoman attended a
parlor dance and were CONSCIENTIOUS about il
| that is, were not condemned by their own
conference.-the would not church them
Then Mr.. Samuel Mahoney, an old member
Of the church, spoke right. out and said
brother Rice, would Jesus Christ go to a
| dancer" The pastor as well as the cOngrega-
| tlon were taken by surprise, but the former
replied by another question: DO you pre-
tend to say that Baptists, Prespyterians,
| Episcopalians and others who attend dances
VIII hot go to heaven? 1t is preEosterous for
anyone to presume such a thing. 1t is the
abuse which constitutes the sin, and time and
place have also something to do with it"
| Then rpnPatpd WOni6 i'm
a lady and gentleman for innocent enjoyment
in dancing at parlor party.
THE cost of the royal theatres in Berlin, iu-
GLIDING the opera house, during the past
twelve months has reached the sum of
100000 marks. The Emperor's
yearly contribution out of his privy purse is
100000 marks, but in addition to this he also
pays the deficit, which is very considerable.
The non remunerative portions OF the royal
theatre system are the opera and the ballet
The legitimate stage always yields a hand
some surplus and the members of the rOval
family have their boxes. for which they regu-
larry pay the due annual rent although some
of them do not once enter the theatres during
the season. For every special imperial per-
Torrance the Emperor invariably paws the
whole cost. These performances take place
at the visits of foreign princes to Berlin, great
parades and public celebrations. The failure
of the opera to pay its way Is due in great
part to the tremendous wages of singing fol K
Herr Niemann. the tenor, has to appear for
forty eight ,enings during six months and
for each evening he has an honorarium of $50
m arks. This equals $4,000 marks year.
MRS. SHERWOOD says that in New York TO
conquer the position Of a belle girH must
have, presumably, wealth, good clothes.
agreeable manners. and il possible, good
looks, although beauty is not indispensable.
She must have health and robust endurance.
and either a father and mother or r powerful
friend to act as chaperon. 1.-The New York
Oellc is very chic. Her hat and waking
dress, her dinner costume. are all of the high
est excellence She is graceful and brave
when driving her ponies. At Newport she ia
admirable in her London habits. riding IN the
park. She rides like nj Vernon and must have
a groom behind her. But she is most enchaut-
ing in evening dress, when, with her arms
full of bouquets she goes, arrayed for war
prepared for conquest like the Greek generalj
to the opera, or in lovely pink stockings and
slippers to the Junior Patriarchs. She
changes her costumes nine times day! Her
| Abigail has tough time of it. The business
Of her life is TO be beautiful To receive COM
piments. to look pretty, TO amuse herself
| Her perfect future Is to be engaged Young to
an excellent match good match according
to the worlds showing, TO sail from the sunny
sea OF beliedom into the quiet harbor of a
happy marriage"
1.-THE late Charles Francis Adams" SAYS a
correspondent of the Cleveland Leader, was
| prn n tho fact hat ha tbn 4