Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25
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AN English angler explains his devotion to
! the sport by saying 1t is 'the only amuse-
/ ment fishes ever have"
| THE tomb of Mordecai and Queen Esther is
still visited by Hebrew pilgrims and is well
| preserved in the centre Of the town Of Hama
| dan, in Persia.
A REGULARITY OF the jury before which
the Chicago anarchists are being tried is the
youth of its members. The oldest ID only 40
years OF age, and eight of them are under 40,
SIN being under 80. The mean average of
their ages is but "a.
Two boys living near st. Joseph, Mo-, saw
large bnllsnake in the act of swallowing a
rabbit. One of the lads struck the snake
with hoe, Whereupon Il second rabbit popped
out of the reptiles mouth and sat up. look ing
bewlldered. The snake was killed. 1t meas
ured seven feet in length.
HAIL STORM in Benton county, Ind, drove
hen from her nest in the grass, and smashed
the eggs. The hen went back as soon rs the
storm was over and began trying to hatch the
hallstones that filled the nest. She didn't find
out her mistake until her feet were very cold
and her feathers very wet
FRANKFORT hotel keeper, Herr Theooor
Drexel, has a unique collection of books on
cooking, beautifully printed catalogue of
which he has just published. The collection
numbers POI works, the oldest dating fro IN
1881. There are books i'll German. French,
English, Latin, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Dam
ish andSwedlsh.
MEXICAN tobacco has not vet achieved the
| reputation in foreign markets that the Cuban
product has, hut there is an earnest improve
| ment in the shipments and its quality is such
| that 1t is believed it can successfully compete
| with that of any other region. There is no
| other product which will contribute more
! speedily to the wealth of Mexico.
| Mr.. STOCKwBLL, who owns the almost I'M
| known island of Anticosti, has been interest
| ing London people in it, and hopes to have it
colonzcd. Contrary to current opinion, he
| says II is not altogether bleak and inhos-
| pltable, but fertile in soil and genial in Gil
mate, and able to support a population Of
| 100000 instead of only 2,O00 as at present.
| MACKEREL with collar on was a novelty
! caught in the black bass trap at Gloucester.
| Mass. Around the fish was rubper band
| such as used on preserve jars, and probably
| was put on there by some fisherman when the
| mackerel was a small tinker. The rubber
| band cut through the fish on the back, and if
| the mackerel had continued to grow the head
would have been cut off by its rubber guillo-
| tine.
WHO introduced pink hunting coats for
ladies' wear is a topic of the day in London.
Mr.. Yates World gives the credit to Lady
| Hesketh but Life dates it away back to Lady
I Madeline Palmer, sister of the then Duchess
of Bedford, and one of the daughters OF the
| celebrated Duchess of Gordon, who brlbed
| Charles James FoX's constituents by the offer
| of guinea between her lips, and marched
| into Aberdeen &C the head OF her husbands
! regiment ia a kilt.
| ACCORDING to a French paper, an odd use
! for the stereoscope has been revived A
| l00f. note, suspected to be forged, was
| submitted to the experts of the Bank OF
| France for their opinion. A close examina-
ton was made, but no difference between the
| suspected note and genuine one could be
dH9a aFTs0H fharN a
| the two notes should be placed side by side in
| a stereoscope, when it was found that the
| loop of one of the letters in the supposed false
note did not exactly cover that Of the genuine
| one, showing that they had not been printed
| from the same plate.
| OLD UNCLE ISAAC PARKER, one of the beat
and largest human beings in Kentucky, who
measures seven feet in his socks, died an easy
death at DR. .Standiford' s farm near Louisville.
| Tuesday. He was an old servant in the fami-
| ly of DR.. Standiford's father, aud was very
| popular with everybody on the farm, but
| owing to his advanced age did only the very
| light est work about the place. Uncle Ike at
| an early hour that morning seated himself in
| doorway and everybody thought he was
taking nap, but when he rolled over stiff it
| was found that he had died suddenly and
| quietly, probably of heart disease.
AMONG the assets of Grant 6 Ward that
| passed into the custody of Receiver Julien T.
| Davies were l7,023 shares of the capital stock
of the Ward Consolidated Mining Company
| Many of the shares stood in the name of Fer
| dinand Ward. The others were IN the names
| of other persons, but were ACCOMPANIED nv
| regular certificates of transfer AS no ont
| side person put in a claim for any OF the shares
| Receiver Dawes got a certificate for all of
them in his own name. But the Ward Con-
| solidated Mining Company Is insolvent and
| Its stock is not quoted. The par value of its
| shares is $40. The other day the firm of Domi-
| nick & Dickerman offered Receiver Davies Sc
1 1hpr 10 MI nd n hn
| for leave to accept the offer, and Judge Bar
| rett gave it TO him.
| MRS. J. W. THOMAS, sister of the sculn-
| tor, j. Q. A, Ward, has a curious statuette
in alabaster, about six inches high, under a
| glass case in the drawing room of her hand
some country seat near Newburgh, on the
| Hudson. 1t is the figure of an Irish
man who used to do chores for her
family thlrty-fve years ago in Brooklyn,
and is wonderfully life-like and faith
| full, even to the patches in his trousers
| the rent in his coat, and the creases in his
| narrOw-brimmed stovepipe hat. The work
was executed with Denknife by her brother,
! then IN his teens, while on a visit to her
house. 1t so pleased her that she took it to
| the sculptor, III. X Brown. Madame" said
| he, admiring It, this boy has something in
| him" For six years afterwards Mr.. Ward
| was pupil in Browns studio, laying the
| foundations of the most prosperous career vet
| achieved by an American sculptor.
SOME extensive alterations having been nm
| dertaken at Clumber Park, the magnificent
| country seat of the Duke OF Newcastle, it was
resolved to drain the great lake in the grounds.
| and for this purpose the fish were all taken or
| driven into the adjoining dams that usually
regulate the water supply. The lake was
| deepened, and the fish have now been care
| fully restored to their old quarters. Ahont
| $4,000 pike were put back anu several thou
sand carp and cells. Many of the pike were
| very large, some of them weighing 40 pounds
| There were shoals of tench and perch and Inc
| carp were alsoOf immense size Cum her Lake
| has not been disturbed for 300 years, SO il ia
! probable that many of the pike and earn have
| attained a patrlarchal age. The biggest 0sh
| were carried by the Keepers in their arms
! and those under 30 pounds were conveved i'm
tanks. Some magnificent specimens were nrn-
sented by theDuke to the principal aouariums
OF the United Kingdom.
CAPT. UEBERwHG of the Red Star steamshin
Wacsland, which arrived at New York Thurs
day from Antwerp, reports that during a re-
cent passage his vessel had a strange experi-
fence with whale. AT p, m. on July 4
when about $50 miles west of the ScIllv
Islands the officer in charge OF the deck oh
served that the vessel was not making her
usual speed, although the wind was fair and
the sea smooth. The lookout soon afterward
discovered tEat an immense fish was living
across the vessels stem and impeChng her
progress. Capt, Ueberwcg ordered the shin
To be stopped. She then backed awnv
and great brown mass, evidently n