Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-05
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GEN. GRANTS old regiment, the Twenty
1rst Illinois. will enjoy reunion at NJ attoon,
~, Sept. %.
LOVERS OF imported fancy cheeses will
IND food for thought in the statement that
nearly one-half of the oleomargarinee exported
from this country returns again as foreign
cheese.
AN ingenious Maplewood tMass.) boy sent
up some lanterns on The tail of his kite re-
Gently, and many Of the inhabitants turned
out to view what they supposed was a fine
meteorlc display.
A POINT to be remembered is that if large
hewer pots are used there will be more leaves
than flowers. Often plants have refused to
blossom simply because, having so much
space, their energies were bent upon forming
rootlets and leaves.
On the piazza of one Of the mountain hotels
little girl stood looking with wondering eyes
toward Mount Lafayette. ''Have you ever
8, en- any mountains before?" asked a guest.
Inc child looked up, ana In an apologize
tone replied: only the Rockies"
A CARLOAD of bituminous coal from the
Warrior (Ala.) mines was recently placed on
the United States warship Swatara for trial.
The commanding officer and chief engineer of
that vessel have made report Of the test. in
winch they state that the trial indicated that
the Alabama coal twas just as economical, if
not more so, than the same quantity of Kama :
wha and New River coal from the mines of
virginia and the average anthracite of Penn
sylVanla, with which they have had eXpe-
rlence Tor steaming purposes"
A NICE old Boston lady has a certain
test which she applies to all young
men who pay attention TO any
OF her granddaughters. After GER
tain time she offers him some OF her home
made cake. II he eats 1t with avidity. che
mutely gives cansent:if not, she instantly be-
gins to oppose the match-not. as some might
suppose, from wounded vanity, but because
she has theory that man who like cake
never drink to excess or live dtssfpated lives
Of any sort. Give me-" she says, "a man
that loves ginger bread; it's 8 sure sign he
isn't fond of whisky"
THE Saratogs walk is said to be the latest
fashionable gait for women. One who de-
scrioes 1t says that 1.-The first requisite is to
throw your shoulders back. the chest for
ward. chin up and stomS in, and then walk.
WriSgEng head. limbs, body, and especially
bustle. The aim Is to secure a series Of revO-
buttons which shall be simultaneous. but OPP
Hosite. In simple hrevtty, II your head moves
gus your body must move to the LEFT, and
before your foot reaches the ground you must
describe circle with the entire limb The
gait is practiced in q night dress before the
mirror. The part of the business most DIM
cult to master is the proper position Of the
stomach"
LORD ST. LEoNARDS Is in trouble again.
His effects were recently sold at auction at
Melbourne to satisfy a debt of fl9. There
was much merriment while his Lordship's
wardrobe was knocked off at auction to an
IMPLYING crowd of dealers. The. liveliest
competition was for his shirts, both white and
Crlmean, Lord St. Leonards is the man who
suffered imprisonment for inherently assault
ing servant girl. He has frequently been
before magistrates for drunkenness, He
IN p no Loot will Of h. 80
predecessor, Lord Chancellor st. Leonards
Altogether, his Lordship is a bad man and
seems to be gathering in az much of the W ges
or SIN as he can without paying the debt Of
nature.
THE officers of the British steamship AL
bano, Capt. Murray. at Baltimore, from New
castle. report that on the night of Aug. %, in
1884 north, 64.4S west, the ship trembled all
over for a short while. the feeling being ex-
actly like the motion when the propeller is out
Of water and the engines '.racIng' The sea-
was perfectly smooth at the time. No one
could account for the shaking up. On Aug.
10 the Albano encountered a heavy west
southwest gale, during W hich amidship steer
ing gear was carried away. On Aug. 81 an
other was encountered, in which foresaiI, top
galantsatl. fore and main staysail were torn
to pieces and the cargo shifted, much of which
was destroyed. Some of the hold stanchions
were also broken. During the gale the glass
dropped suddenly from 30 TO 1880.
WASHINGTON IRvING's indebtedness to the
government of three cents, which was found
to be unpaid, was Thursday liquldated n full
by an old lady whose home is at Kittanning,
Pa. She wrote that she had observed in a
published report that W ashington Irving was
represented as a debtor to the government in
the sum Of three cents left over from his occu-
pancy of he post of Minister to Spain IN is4S
she represented herself as relative of Irving.
snd inclos ed three cents, saying she wanted
the account closed up. as she was certain Mr.
Irving could not have been aware of It, In
conclusion she wrote: "And furthermore
honored sir, | wish you to understand that
Mr. irving was scrupulOusly honest man."
The sccount has been formally closed and The
receipt of the three cents acknowledged.
A BOSTON lady who has just returned from
a long Western trip says that the most enter
taini g feature of the whole excursion WAS
Lord X, distinguished elderly Engllshman.
and his baby blue nlghtgowns. Lord X. tray-
eled with a valet, of course. He retired to
bed on the palace car quite early. ami every
night wlthdrew to the masculine preserves At
the END OF the car and bad his valet updress
him and rig him for the night. When all was
done he marched down through the aisle to
bis section at the other end of the car. mag
nifcently arraycd in a baby-blue flannel
nightgown that hung to his feet and had a
beautiful fr'l at the neck Upon his head
was white knitted njghtcap, and his ROSY
countenance and his yellow sidewhiskers
his lordship's day clothes on his arm, to make
up picture never to be forgotten,
AN excellent and humane arrangement has
been introduced into the elementary schools
of Brunswick. All the children who are found
to stammer or stutter are examined bv A
specialist physician, DIR. Berkhan, who re-
ports upon the cause and degree of their in
trinity. They are then arranged in distinct
classes, apart from the other scholars where
lpEa0nG utUnn frnr r.
deaf and dumb school. Four such classes
were formed last year. with an average of ten
scholars in each class. After years patient
and useful training, most Of the Chi dren were
declared to be completely cured of the mala-
dy, while an improvement was reported in
the speech of all of them. DIR. Berkhan saws
that the malady occurs far more frequently
among poor families than among the well. to-
do. and that unless 1t 10 dealt wit h in the pub
lie schools, there is small likelihood OF the
sufferers being healed in later years.
on Tuesday morning, at Bell, Tex, Mrs.
Eudocia Estill died at the residence of her
son, Col. William II Estlll. after an illness Of
some weeks. She was the daughter OF Col.
sam Henderson. q revolutionary soldier, and
Miss Elizabeth Galloway, who was onesof the
three Young & rls who were carried away by
Indians from the Daniel Boone settlement in
Kentucky and were rescued by a company in
command Of Col. Henderson. She
shortly after married him. and this
marriage was the first wedding that
ever took place in Kentucky. The young peo-
pie moved TO Rockingham. n. C. where Eu-
docis, the eldest child. was born. They after