Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-23
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SCOLiduut INC ObicI No
scene seem, to tickle the optic nerve OF the
TaInce Wales who afterward ate shce OF
'aoquesoor "citizen."
CHARL FARwELL, Of Chicago, relates that
senator ,st attended dinner party In
ashlng', and as the guests drew up their
c cI.t 10 table the host looked over to the
W. , I293u aand said In reyerent tone:
viii Seh1r Vest please ask the blessing r.
Ihere was embarrassing silence for mo-
irent, afteIhch Vest replied, frankly: II
n@Veh goGe cheek" On another occasion
Hest was oiribing dinner party at the
W hlte Housunder the Hayes admlnlstra-
ton, and he Id the .swaser flowed like cham
payne"
YOKE OXEN in Canada. being very
THIRSTY, ran through by a pump and one
was crowded TN the well platform. which
gave way and him into the well. He hung
| by the yoke strlsling for time, and then
his mate was OWN headforemost into the
water IWenty-to' feet below. A crowd COL
lected, line waestened around the body OF
| boy, ana he wa1wered into the well. He
| invoked the cattl1sstenad n logging chain
around the neck olach animal. four horses
| were hltched TO thchains, and one by one
| the oxen were draN from their prison with
| out injury.
THE census Of 1sanade 1t out that &c. 1885,
| 7S3 persons inhabltethe United States. The
increase of populath for the ten years pre-
vious to the takingt the census had been
about per cent. he increase for the ten
| years previous TO IS was a good deal less,
| the civil war havIn@o Frustrated the coun-
| try az to make it nch less inviting to the
INN grant. The TRsury Departments re-
cent statement shQing that the increase
since 1880 has been 900, 60 people proves that
Inc tide of lncomIn residents is as great in
proportion as it evewds, and in actual num-
bers far greater.
LITERARY LoNDd is in state of excite
ment over an articIin the Quarterly Review
| attacking EdmundGosse, and through him
| the system of instrcuon IN English literature
| at the universiti,. The article is from
| the pen of j. CCollins, frequent con-
tributor to the Quaerlv. and is very elabor
| ate alleged expOsu of Prof. Gosse's mac
| curacies, coverlngmany pages. Mr.. Gosse
writes to the tines promising that he
VIII deal in anotH place, meaning prob
! ably In the Athe@um, with the charge,
| and defending hiseif vigorously from the
| charge OF what ha0een dubbed 'Logrolli n
| in English letters In literary circles moth
| ing else is talked o
THE ladies in hin life in Vienna have in
| troduced a new ad not very beautiful in
strument with wioh to torture the unof-
Tending foreigner. 1t as long been the Gus
| tom with well bre women of Europe to level
| eyeglasses at anpefson who may have had
| the good fortune attract their notice, and
| the most indignant glanCes from the ewes OF
| their victims faIlO induce them to desist the
| stare. Now, the requent use OF these lorg-
| nettes proved raner tiresome to the arms OF
| the inquisitive Dimes, and one of these fair
| tormentors hit Jpn the happy idea OF having
| d longer handle laCted to her glasses, thus
enabling the werer to rest the arm and
| bring the glasses the eye at the same time
The result is mOrmoyel than charming.
PAIR of knavs worked an old, old swim
die on simple citizen OF Reading, Pa. One
Of them went intta cigar store carrying 3
| violin, and, after hying cigar, asked to bt
| allowed to leave TIE instrument there for al
| hour or so. His request was granted. Pretty
| soon knave numbeItwo came in and bough
| cigar, saw the violin, admired 1t. praised it
| planned how it hapPned to be in his store
| Then the stranger dfered to give him s. i
| he'a buy 1t when tho owner came back. anC
authorized him to so as high as $50. Then h
| left and the first man came back, refused 81
| for the violin, declined $35, and, finally, will
| great hesitation. accepted $50 for it, becaus
he needed the money. Up to date the secont
man has not called for the fiddle, which /
worth just So.
DEACON AMOS :. KENDALL, of Palmer
Mass, died on Saturday of a curious diseas
that had caused the Heath Of his grandfather
father, and two brdhers. In effect it wa
paralysis. and yet it clme on verv xradual
| without any shock. Less than year ag
| Deacon Kendall noticed lameness in q inge
on his left hand, The disorder develope
gradually, untii about five months ago tn
left hand became helpless and dangled from
the wrist. Next the calves of his legs wer
| attacked, and In a coupe of months more h
| was forced to stop walking, and soon after h
| was unable to move the left leg at all. Hi
| mouth and throat were then approached. IN
muscles controlling the sahvary glands weak
| eDed, which caused q ceaselese flow of saliva
After that the progress o. the disease wa
rapid, and at the time of his death he had los
| his speech save few cultural sounds, wa
| unable to swallow or to move any membe
| save one arm slightly and turn his head some
| what. The paralyzed portions retainer th
sense OF touch and his mind was perfectl
clear to the last.
A RECENT NUMBER of the Japan Week.
Mail contains short account OF a night as
cent of the active volcano Asamayama. TIL
party left KaInisaws in the afternoon, an
commenced the ascent from the eastern sid
about sunset. The sky WAS perfectly cleal
| and the summit was reached an hour befor
midnight. The wind. blowing from th
| South. carried the sulphurous yapor ayav
| the northward, and thus the ascent wa
made less uncomfortable. The party SAY
| quite to the bottom of the crater, which pre-
sented the appearance Of a furnace Fl lie
| with glowing Goals. The sound of the roar
ing, kissing and bubbllng is described as lou
and awful. The walls of the crater are of
light brown color, and are composed Of sue
| cesslVe layers marked out with striking regu
| larlty. like the seats in an amphitheatre. Al
| lowing ten Of these layers TO each interval {
twenty feet, the depth from the surface
| the lncandeseent matter would appear to b
| 200 feet. The periphery of the crater is bou
half mile, although the japanese calculat
| 1t at two miles and half.
THE inhabitants of the East End OF Londo
are now suffering from plague of eels, whic
! comes to them in their water supply. TIL
fish which the East London Company is dis
| tributing to their customers are easily visibl
to the naked eye, for some have been foun
no less than eighteen inches long. and tn
mains abound with them to such an exten
that the local board of West Ham has com
| planned to the Local Government Department
with the view Of having some remed
applied. Eels are, it is true, tooth
| some dainty, whether spatchcocked. stewed
| fried, or in the form known to DINERS 3
| Greenwich as anguilles a la Toulouse, bu
| those in East London, instead OF fulhllin
their destiny by being legitimately caught
| skinned and cooked, have fashion of com
mtting suicide in stopcocks and taps. Thei
they decompose with the result as illustrate
| lately OF causing the water 10 become horri
bly, putrld. and of giving something very lik
| typhoid fever to the unlucky consumers. .
| whole family has just been laid PROSTATE /
this way, and one or two OF its members ar
| still seriously i'll. The company have bee
| appealed to with little result.
A WRITER on India states that in winte
the climate Is pleasant-something like to
erably hot English summer But in summe
the one object OF life is to keep cool. The bei
means OF effecting this is with the punk an
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