The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-10
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ABDUL HAND, the present sultan, is the son
of slave.
SARA BERNHARDT's LATEST PETS are a pair of
young aliigators,
PoPE LEO Kill will be so years old March .
should he live Till then,
Mrs. LANGTRY is slowly recovering from her
sudden and severe illness.
CAPT. TRIvIER, the French explorer, SAYS that
the natives of Central Africa cannot be civilized
for centuries.
CHARLOTTE NJ. YoNGE is one of the most pro-
life of boo6-makerS she has written and
compiled a hundred historical works and
novels
MRs. HUMPHREY WARD is a notably bright
convefsatiln dis and at her fathers receptions
in Dublin frequently gives rein to the philosophy
cal turn OF her mind
Rev. DIR. GEORGE w. PEPPER, who is going TO
Milan. Italy, consul is one of the spicest
lrish-Amerlcan polite Al orators of his day. He
was on the stump in 1884 and 1888 for the repub-
lean national committee.
JOHN D RocKEFELLER's wealth is estimated
at Sl35, 000.000 lie devotes two hours daily
from until O'Clock in the morning-to the
examination of the lie of letters ad iressed to
MIN, Soliciting money for various purposes.
Mas. WALKER, late OF Kingston, Ont. has
b. ap' olnted matron of an English school at
Cocanda, Madras Presidency, India, in place Of
Mrs. Folsom, aunt of Mrs Grover Cleveland
who. after nine years service, returns to the
United States on visit.
THE Prince OF NAPLES, heir-apparent to the
Italian throne. has reached his 10Th year but he
Still slares the quiet fam ly life of his parents
ana always accompanies the queen on her
visits to different parts of Italy and to her
mother, who resides at Saresa.
". H. MALLoCK, author of SIS Life Worth
Iivng?' has estaol shed a bureau in London
whers men who have no enga ements for an
ming fhpr1SalVa az 4
diners, and there may be sought by hostesses
VINO have ted fourteen, but whom an I'M
lucky chance has set a-trembling through fear
of having thirteen at table.
SAYS the Pail Maj Gazette: ut is well known
that Mr. Gladstone is a voraciouS reader of cur
rent periodical literature. His zeal in reading
ma gaines is equaled only by his industry in
writ X for them, and it seems, acc riding to a
London correspondent that, unlike m st of us
he endeaVors to let his survey include not only
their literary contents, but even their advertise
meats. He expressly Subscroes for the Ameri-
can edition of certain Amercan-English ma "a
zines order that he may OBJ ain from their
advertising pages any new ideas to be CLEANED
therefrom as to American industries and enter
priSes."
THE German emperor and empress have been
busy Of late in unpacking and arranging the
inIumerable and magnificent gifts presented to
them by the sultan. correspondent at the
Berlin court writes that those of the emperor
inc.ude q splendid sword, valued at not less
imam StouU e Inc OiaQe Is an Ola Damascus
one, of remarkable beau-y, being engraved with
sentences from the Koran. TIE hilt is studd I'd
with meralds and diamonds. There are also
whole carloads Of the finest Turkish CT arettes
which were specially made for his majesty and
a quantity of smoking necessaries. of which
MAJ be mentioned a cneoook of amber, covered
with precious StOn 5, and a TOBACCO casket with
the sultan'S initials in Turkish. The presents of
the empress Include a pair of agraffes, COM
posed of the most superb diamonds, from
which hang strin4s of pearls and diamonds
whicn can be formed into a CO lar The value
of this gift acne is said to be S125000 Her
maj Asty has also received quantity of costly
silks, fine Oriental carpets, fans, shaws, EN-
brJdered slip )ers, and other art ces too numer-
GUS TO mention. Perhaps, however, the most
graceful act of the sultan has been to send her
majesty a portrait of her cousort, painted
specially for the sultan by an Italian master,
which was hung. with great TACT, in her males
TVS bedroom at Yidiz Kiosk. Finally his
majesty has sent the emperor, empress and
Prince Henry of Prussia each a magnificent
horse OF pure Syrian breed