Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-15
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VINO hdu made ingenious arrangements Tor
suicide. He dug gave and placed coffin
IN IL with springs solrranged that any one
lying down in the cfin could pull cord
winch would remove retaining board, when
the earth would caven and fill up the grave.
ONE of the most intresting features Of the
"Women's Section athe Edinburgh Interna-
tlonal EXhl bitiOn is Eat little pamphlet IS
sued by the ladies-th,Duchess Of BuccleucE
ana others-Who form he committee OF that
section. 1t is entitled WOmen's Industries"
ana Ii Itself a specimen of women's work.
The type has been set. he proofs have been
read and the cover his been designed by
women.
THE portion of the Lori ard estate sold
Thursday was the inhedtan'e of George L.
Lorillard. who died last yearat Nice. When
Pierre Lorlllard, the elder, died his estate
was divided into parcels nd distributed
among his children by lot. The share hen
considered the most valuaRe fell to Mrs.
Lawrence Kip, who was MissEva Lorillard.
Among the property disposed of Thursday
was one of the houses which brmerly consti-
tuted the northward eXtenion OF the st.
Nicholas Hotel. The sum relied from the
sale, $b4S, 900, is considered a mir price.
AT n public meeting Of thu principal citi-
zens of Glasgow recently. 1t vas unanimously
resolved to hold an exhibition IN that city in
1883. The grounds of Kelvin Grove park, at
site. the entire area to beutillzed extends
tn about thirty-nine acres, and the covered
space 10 about eight aud ol;-half acres. A
motion WAS submitted to tie effect that the
exhibition should be exclusively Scottish, but
by IF five votes to seve it was resolved
that it should be international. The guar
antee fund, 1t was stated, aready amounted
to upward Of f70,000.
REV. FATHER ANTOINE JOURDAN, whose
funeral ceremonies took place in the Jesuit
church at New Orleans on Saturday, had been
priest in that city for for6 years. He was
born in France in 1909, and took part in the
memorable siege of Antwerp in 1882 as an
officer under NJ arshal Gerard. Ia 1874 he be-
came priest. and was sent t the Louisiana
missions. During the terrible yellow fever
epidemic of 1913 he was nntirint in his minis
tratlOns to the sick and dying until Frustrated
by the disease. He attended the first Plenary
Council in Baltimore while Superior OF the
Southern Province of Jesuits.
IT isn't the man who makes the m ost money
who saves the most, as was shown IN the case
of the Boston salesman who once received a
salary of s. 800 per year and wasrecently sent
to the poOrhOusc. Two brothers worked In
the same store. One was the head porter,
with yearly salary OF $1,000, and the other
was q salesman who received 5000 per an
mum. The l. st mentioned had only himself
and wife to support, yet he was avs poor
owing to expensive habits. while the first.
gradually rich, and lent his extravagant
brother $1,000, which he found hard TO get
back. This is practical illustration of the
old fable of the hare and the tortoise.
Two interesting MSS. have lately been pre-
scented to the British Museum by Mr.. Bourne,
British Consul at Chungking, in China. The
larger Of the two. which fills seventv-three
folos. is in the Lolo character, and ia written
In poetry Of i've characters to a line. The
smaller one Uhirteen foios) is in the writing
of the Shut-kia, a Shan tribe living in the
southern portion of the province of kwel-
chow. This ID the first specimen of the writ
ing OF this tribe which has reached Europe,
The characters are plainly adaptations of
contracted forms of an early kind OF Chinese
writing with an admiXture of pictorial signs.
! he work is on myination, each sentence end
ing with words of good or evil augury.
A CURIOUS CUSTOM Of the natives of Java
in the neighborhood of the Bromo volcano is
recorded IN the Straits Times OF Singapore.
1t is said that whenever an eruption takes
place, the natives, as soon as the fire (the
molten lava no DOUBT is neantI comes down
the mountain, kindle at IL the wood they use
as fuel for cooking. They keep in the fire
thus made for gears. I'D whenever it goes
out through neglect or for any other reason
they never kindle it anew from m atche, but
they get a Light from their nearest neighbors
whose fire was originally obtained from the
volcano. The fires in use, up to the late out
obtained from the Bromo eruption of 1882.
ONE of the heroines of famous historical
escape from prison has just died in Paris-the
Baroness de Forget, formerly Josephine de
Lavalette, who heipfd to rescue her father
on me eve Of his execution. Few episodes in
French history are more familiar than the
pathetic story of Nine, Lavalette Disgusting
the condemned Bonapartist in her own clothes
and sending him out of the COnciergerle on
the arm of young Josephine. then girl of 49,
In her nervousness Josephine forgot her in =
structiOns to keep on her fathers right, SO as
to prevent the turnkey from handing out the
supposed Nine. LaVaieite, anu thus ran great
risk Of the ian failing. Josephine nursed
both her father and mother until their death
and mas now followed them at the age of IS.
ADOLPH BUSCH, of st. Louis, is in New York.
He is known as prince Busch" because he
is prince among men. lie is probably the
richest man in st. Louis and his brewery
gives employment to more men than apv
other establishment west of the MississiDDi
river. He has the science OF living down to a
very fine point. A few months ago he en-
gagged a special train. and, with a partv ri
friends. made tour to the Pacific coast Just
previous TO that he engaged half the state
rooms IN one OF the German steamers and
took party OF friends over to Germany, and
afterward made tour Of Europe. He is a
most extraordinary man in his likes and
dislikes. If he takes fancy to r man he
cannot do too much for him, and he mas
made a number of people in st. Louis
wealthy.
A CLERK in the Pension Office said recently
that few people had any idea of the colossal
cheek of some people who apply for pensions
81 viii give YOU" he said, 1.-TWO or three ex.
amples of cases that have passed through nv
own hands. One man with nice set of from
teeth claimed that all his back teeth haC
been shot out by n musket ball, which how.
ever, dld not wound his cheeks or flesh in any
way. One man wanted pension for wound
received N battle which never occurred
One claimant sadly relates that when at I
place cal ed Pony Creek mule kicked him ii
the mouth aud knocked ont all his teeth. An
other wanted pension because when solder
Ing in tirginia lie went foraging' and a rebe
took club aud broke his skull. The wOrs
Gaze was that OF fellow who was in Balti
more on July q. 1861 Cthe day OF the Bull Rui
panic), and was seized with an ague which
had lasted ever slnce.n
"THE Duke OF Cumberland's state q
health" remarks LONDON TrHth, sis causing
much anxiety TO his friends. He is subject tC
fits Of nervous depression which now occur
with increasing frequency, and IL is feare
that he may sink into state of melan choiia
The Duke's physical health il excellent ant
he 10 out bunting every fine day, ana walk
ana ride5 with all the vigor OF bis great
grandslre, George III. The loss Of The ,hrone
Of Hanover and Brunswick Is the oriyiu O
the Dukes low spirits, and il is much to TX
regretted Tor all reasons, both public and pri
vate, that ne should have absolutely refuseC
to hear Of reconciliation with Berlin, for
which the Emperor William and the Crown
Prince were most anxious; and ne was earn.
CsUy advised To come to terms with the Ger
man government by tho Emperor Of RUSSIA