Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-05
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will be soon issued IN bright coin OF the
United States.
THE Paris "societe de Muslque pour Instru-
mcnts Vent" whose members are among
the most prominent professors at the Conser-
vatorV. and whose repertory consists almost
exclusively OF German works. will give this
autumn series of chamber music perform
ances In Berlin. 1t conceded by German mu-
slclans that the French have of late attained
great mastery in the treatment of wind In
| struments.
A BED Of asphalt has been discovered near
Cullmsn, Ala about forty feet across on the
surface and OF considerable depth, the as
nhalt becoming thinner and of lighter color
| the deeper down 1T is examined. The bed or
| lake ls apparently led by springs at the bot
TOM but whether the supply is sufficiently
great to make this discovery Of commercial
| importance Is not yet known. as tests or
thoTougn examinations have been made.
THE Princess Wilhelmine, heir to the throne
OF Holland. has lately celebrated her sixth
birthday anniversary. On that occasion the
Queen invited 10 the royal pa ace all children
norn on the same dag as the Princess and
treated them to banquet and present of
| toys. A surprising number responded to the
| call, and though the Queen welcomed them
All. she was heard to remark that Aug. 81,
| 1850, must have been the greatest day for
births on record!
PRoF. ALLAN MARQUAND, of Princeton Col
lege, is having made in London a new instru-
ment for illustrating his art lectures. Four
| oNy- hydrogen burners W II be used with large
| condeneers to illuminate the object, which
will be projected on the screen by the reflect
| Ell hight passing through Tense of ~ inches
diameter. With This instrument paintings
| cnlnred plates. and even objects themselves
may be magnlned upon the screen without
loss of color.
GRANDMA susanna Rowland lives near
Jucketham Furnace, in FreetowE. Mass.
with her son. who is 10 years old. She is "a
! wears old, and is a tireess worker in the
heids and woods, in the farmhouse and kitch-
Gu; noelng, digging. chopping wood, berry
| ing In the swamp and doing every other kind
OF manual labor that you would expect She
is sharp and smart, and never willing to be
| idle. In the last few years she has made hun
oreds OF carpets and 1900 yards OF cloth.
THEY loved each other at X alish. in Poland.
Her parents objected to a marriage because
the young man was without fortune; his pa
| rents objected because he had means OF
| supporting a family. In this dilemma the
| The desk Of her mamma, drove to her 10 er's
| residence, and. finding his mother absent,
| carried him off in triumph. The two soon
| afierwsrd crossed the frontier, and are now
spending thelr honeymoon In western Europe.
A COMPANY with which Gen. Van Manning.
the ex-Mississippi Congressman, Is associa ted
ts about to put on the market new cotton
gin. which they claim will revolutionize the
| work and add TO the price of prIdnct nv str p
| ping the flores entire and uncut from the
sced. Tho saw GIN tears the cotton 10 pieces,
| and the roller gin is regarded as entirely too
| slow by the pr gressive planter. The new
| machine Is automatic. and the principle is
| simple, 1t acts upon the seed cotton simulta-
| neOusly in opposite directions, loasening the
| hbre and removing it unimpaired from the
| seed AMI free from nap. Satisfac Dry expert
| ments have been made with the machine
Mr.. Morton TouImin, OF Alabama. is the IN
| ventor.
SATURDAY lady boarded a Philadelphia
street car, one side of which was occupied al
most exclusively by ladies'. Some were sit
tins sidewise. some with their skirts thrown
out to the side. There was in reality room
| for more than enc other, but no effort to move
closer was made. In fact. only one Of those
| ladies seated seemed to be conscious of the
| woman hanging to the strap. She glanced
| down the line and then at a business looking
man across the way. The instant their eyes
met lie blur ed right out: How can you ex-
| pect gentlemen to trouble them selves to make
| the ladies comfortable when they show such
| fragrant ind ference to the comfort of one of
| their own seX?" In an instant the lady had
seat, but the plain-spoken man received
manv unfavoraole glances from the other side
| of the car.
IN a town just outside of Boston, where the
people generally live to a good old age there
is a man of SO summers who peddles out his
own crop of apples around the country every
| Ial. On one OF the peudllng trips last week
the old gcntlem q was invited to take dinner
| and had just seated himself at the table when
| ne suddenly jumped up. Forgot TO hitch my
boss, by hockey" said he. He skipped out Of
| the room like an S-year-od boy playing hop
| scotch, and IN another minute or two skipped
back again in the same lively manner, and re-
sumed his seat at the table. "Why, Uncle
-" said his host, you act as though You
! were 30 years old instead of S4." "Oh, YES"
said the old man. leaning back in his chair,
Ppm jest as Young as ever was. Why ken
inn an iasf AL.
| light quite so easy"
CRUEL Virgins HOAX was successfully
engineered In Harlem. n. Z , one day last
week. During the day a wild rumor was
started among the elevated road brakemen
that q tidal wave had swept over Harlem. but
| 1t faIei to cause any excitement. Very ear y
yesterday morning a practical joker who had
| obtained some telegraph blanks pasted some
! bogus bulletins on the front W ndOws OF James
! MctJowan's saloon, at No. ll20 Third avenue.
one OF which reported that $50 0 people HAD
| been swallowed up and 5000 houses demol-
iShed at Charleston. 5. c., while the other
gave later particulars, describing a hole in
the ground mile IN circun ference. with the
! white and black survivors of the swallow com
hining in prayer. When the barkeeper ar
| rived to o en- up the place he read the tele-
! grams and tore them down.
A BOSTON PAPER relates the following
story: "A lady was visiting friends at the
seaside, where there was a fine dog whose
master was In the habit OF giving him money
every day to buy meat for his dinner from the
| butchers cart. The adv. adm iring the hand
some, intelligent animal, called him to her as
che sat at breakfast and fed him from her
! plate. The dog at once went to hs m aster
! and, standing on his mind legs, paved and
! scratched at the gentlemans breast pocket
! At 6rst the master failed to understand and
/ ordered him away; but the creature per .ist-
| ing. he finally saih 'Well, ] do believe he
| want his money! and offered him a coin.
/ winch the dog instantly took, and trottinr up
/ To the friendly visitor deposited it in her Ian
| with wag of his tail and look which seemed
to say Il always pay the butcher, and why
not you""
| LADY RANDOLPH is certainly very clever
woman. Writing to friend at Girton Col
! lcge. the o her day, she said: "In spite of the
scientific influences now brought to bear on
women, we still like admiration, for which
thank unchanginE Mother Nature. For what
would he be without admiration, Irritation
and love? Why should poor human nature,
e-neciaily its tenderer portion, be worried
and worn nv this ever asting race after cul-
ture, display and efect2 After all, we are
nothing but poor mort4ls. and If we become
dissatisfied with nature and human nature,
a. thousands OF us are. we shall indeed have
10 a. knowledge our wretchedness. there is
! am sorry 70 say, terrible straining after
the emotional. while natures simplicity is
forgotten. We are not satisfied with our
'lves, lots OF us want TO be other people, and