The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

FIELDING, the novelist received $1,000 for
Amelia and S11,O0O for Tom Jones"
HIS publishers gave Byron S15 for Don
Juan and $40 600 for 'Childe Harold"
GEORGE ELIOT was paid $4,000 for 'Romola,"
and never less than SIS, 900 for any novel
ROBERT Burns received only 800 for the first
edition of his works, and $500 for the last.
Tom MooRE's ''Lalla Rookh" brought the poet
5000 guineas, and his Irish Melodies" $4,000.
WHITTIER got $500 for the copyright of his
works, which he afterward bought back for
OLIVER GOLDSMITH received 800 for 1.-THE
| Traveller" $500 for THE Vicar of Wakefield"
and $500 for The Deserted Village"
WALTER SCOTT received $500 for the first
| Waverleys and large sums for later Ones with
| $4,000 for Woodstock and $4,000 for the
Life Of Napoleon"
LONDON HOSTESS in search of novelty has
given dinner with green velvet table cloth,
with wreaths of Alpine poppies" Another
| used a white satin cloth, on which were placed
! large sacks Of white satin tied with silver
| cord, from which a wealth of white flowers was
| tumbling out
LAST WEEK man In Nashville, Tenn, began
to think himself bewitched, and to stand in
danger of arrest as a counterfeiter as we'll. The
| trouble was that silver money would go into
his pocket all right, and come out unmistake-
ably bad, and there was pretty how'd 'ye-do
till he recalled that shortly before he had peck
eted the broken bulb of Thermometer and
| the quicksilver from it was what allied his CON-
AN improved method Of oiling the waters has
been patented in Germany A rocket, to which
| is attached a cylinder filled with oil, can be
fired with accuracy from the ship, and when it
| eXplodes the oil is scattered just where it liz
wanted. By the explosion of five rockets at
distance Of from 1890 to 1900 feet from a ship
| space Of 800 to 1000 square feet of water
was covered with oil, and the waves were at
! once smoothed
| Two sPASIEIs descendants of the famous dogs
| of Frederick the Great have just been brought to
| Paris by the Countess Marie de Munster daueh-
| ter OF the German Ambassador to France They
| we're given to her by the will of the late EN-
peror Frederick Ill, which, according to the
Gdtiois, contained the following bequest: Il
| leave my favorite dogs to the Countess Marie
de Munster, hoping that they will cure her of
her aversion for the canine race"
AT O'CLOCK Wednesday evening the
water in the harbor at Marquette, Mich, fell &c
inches in a few minutes. The fall was so rapid
that vessels ct anchor were to sink The
| wind was light off shore at the time and the
| lake calm. dense cloud swept out and over
| the lake a short time before and is believed to
| have been gigantic waterspout or tornado,
which drove the water before il in such Quanti-
| ties as TO cause the strange phenomenon.
|
up housekeeping in the same shrub in a front
yard in Canton, Me- The robins were first to
put brood abroad, and some difficulty with
| crow resulted in tho death of the young ones
and their father. The mother robin. after
| mourning bitterly for day or two, discovered
| the young sparrows, and Immediately adopted
them. and was found brooding them carefully
while the parent sparrowS brought worms and
guarded the home.
WHEN the banks Of Bangor, Me, decided not
to take Canadian coin except at a discount of 20
per cent. a granger in O neighboring town had
quite a stock of the deprecated lucre His
| daughters lover. however, was clerk in a
grocery store, and the girl was depuUed to buy
the family groceries. For this purpose she was
supplied with the tabood coin, and her lover
| being too tender hearted to enforce the dis
| count, accepted it at face value In this way
the shrevd native soon relieved himself of the
outlawed currency.
THE Buffalo Courier tells a remarkable story
Of remarkable man. He was well-dressed, large,
selfpossessed- evidently man of the world.
He strolled into a commission house at the Elk
| street market, where stood a bushel basket full
| of eggs. The stranger looked at them while
and then deliberately stepped into the basket.
| The crash that followed brought out the pro-
| prietor. See here! what in the name of the
seven devils are you doing?" "Oh, l only
wanted to see how it would seem to stand on
this basket OF eggs" said the man, calmly
| You'll settle for this before you leave here"
was the reply Of the irate merchant 81 haven't
any objection" be said, producing a well filled
| wallet, and paying In full for the damage Then
| he strolled out as calmly as he had strolIed in.
CHINESE GRAvEDIGGERs from San Francisco
are disnterring the remains of fellow Cinnamon
buried in Evergreen cemetery, New York, pre-
paratory to shipping them to China The work
| has attracted many curiOusly inclined persons
to the scene, but the diggers now complain of
the onlookers presence, arguing that it makes
| them nervous, and, therefore, interfereS with
| the work, which one Celestial says needs much
care and attention, because if a single Joint or
finger nail o the deceased is carelessly left be
| hind he might be unable to rest in his grave in
China. We do not take the hair or clothing of
| these dead. but the bones, etc as they are
really the flesh and blood of their parents
| There are yet about half a dozen to be taken
out and then we will go to Boston to get some
| thore"
QUEEN VICToRIA's COURIER. KANHE who died
a few weeks ago, was. 1t seems, very rich in
gifts given him at various times by the various
members of the royal family as well as by for
| eign royalty whom he had met in his journeys
These articles, consisting chiefly of iewelry aud
pieces OF plate, viii be sold present week
and curiosity to see what they will bring is quite
| rife in London, the more so as the disposal bv
| auction of things thus collected can hardly be
pleasing TO the donors. Commenting upon this
| sale, London Truth says: John Brown who
| probably received more presents than any
other mental in the history of the English court
| was shrewd enough to anticipate the embarrass-
| ment which would be caused to his friends if he
died possessing the gifts themselves, 50 it was
the prudent custom of that domestic to sell
nearly everything that he received within few
| weeks John Brown was constantly being com
| plimented with costly gifts, but he wisely pre-
ferred TO possess their value in cash and i'm
| several cases the Bond street ieweler, who had
sold the present to the royal donor, bought it
| back within short time from the recipient ut
| very nearly the cost price" In this curious
| rivalry OF present receiving between the Scotch
and the German mental, the Scot seems to have
| proved himself the cannier of the two
! A FRENCH WRITER, Albert Wolff, complains
in Figaro against the favor shown by the French
government 10 artists above musicians. The
productions of the former are crowned with
! public honors and even purchased by the state.
! and pecuniary encouragement such as the prix
| de Rome and the prix de SALON. is given to
meritOrous students of art. COMPOSERS mu-
| sicians and writer's allowed to waste them
| selves in trying to exc out a bare subsistence
| All the encouragement they receive is that a
| few directors Of opera houses are Obliged 10
| produce a certain number of compositions bv
| young musicians, but the assistance this affords
! is insignificant. Wolf thinks that the fact that
! Sardou was once private teacher, lola a book
| sellers clerk, and Nassenet a kettledrlm PLAYER
| ought to weigh little against til. misery and
| despair OF the many who succumb TO circum.
| stance He suggests that the Socete des Gems
| de Lettres and the Societe des Auteurs be EN-.
| powered TO designate annually certain number
OF young authors entitled to pecuniary assist