The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! iSon avenue. seized an acquaintance
by the arm and said: "C5ne. let
US eat hearty luncheon with bottle of claret
and then let's drive over 70 New Jersey and
( ride uEtl da-k / have Just turned a novel
over Do yo1 know what tRat means: Il means
thas. having finished the last Of f20,e00 words, l
I have taken the bale OF paper with those words
upon &. and nave turned 1t upsids down so that
t,, can begin and copy 4 all over again, care
is frightfuL but l DO IL two or three times
year. Why don't copy chapter at q time:
BECAUSE the last chapter contradlcts the third
| tne plot changes, th- names OF the characters
change-tne whole thing works out differently
from what it was plannsd as it goes along"
a LETTER from Washington. D. c., conveys
the news that Miss Halle voorhees,, the only
| daughter OF Senator voorhees,. has been re-
I ceived into the Roman Catholic faith, her
baptlsm occurring recently at the Roman
| Catholic church Of st. Matthew in Washington
OF which the Rev. DR.. Chappslle IL pastor
senator voorhees, is greatly attached TO Miss
| Mrs Voorhees,. The senator has three sons
! Charles s., who was in congress Few years
! ago; James P. who il an actor. and Reese H,
/ who Is a physician in New York city. James 2.
| VOORHEES, became q Roman Catholic several
| years ago. The announcement csmpastely sar-
/ prises Miss Hal.ie's friends in Indiana, who
| wero not aware that she leaned toward the
Catholic faith. She has been an Episcopahan.
THE YOUNGEST BROTHER of the Princess q
Wales, Prince Valdsmar. is a naval officer. He
I
! Duo de Chatres some years ago Prince Valde-
mar, who las earned the rank of captain. work
1 ing his way upward, and mad to go out with his
shlp on tour that would last for a considerable
time. While away Princess Marie got the idea
| 10 let an anchor De tattoed on her arm to show
| her husband on his return that she was true
sailors bride By the aid Of young officer,
friend of Prince Vaiemir, a tsttooer was found.
! aad IN the deepest secrecy the feat was accom
! pushed. On the upper part Of the arm pretty
blue ancaor showed distinctly At the next
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self with this new adornment, but her mother
lH-iaw, Queen Louise was not exactly pleased
TO SEES her aaughterin-law thus adorned.
On SOME OF the New York ferryboats big
| mirrors are placed at the broad ends OF the
cabins against the sides Of the paddle wheel
boxes. As one walks through from the rear TO
the forward cabin he may view himself in the
mirror OF the cabin first entered, but to do this
70 the best advantage be must make a slight
uenection from the straight path to the passage.
way between the cabins OF the passengers
who take n look at themselves the men out
nuInb the women. Usually If a woman hap
pens to find herself in front OF the mirror her
glance at 1t is apparently such as she might give
TO any obstruct on from which she must turn
aside. The man who has taken slightly longer
course with the object OF seeing himself in the
mirror almost always shows his purpose plainly.
10 Is not unusual 10 see a man walk up to a
mirror aad take a square look at himself. and
whether he be old or Young he seems to be
pleased with his appearance.
1T IS a TRITE REMARK to say that Gen. Bou-
LANCER is OF the ordinary material of which all
our generals are made. neither superior nor in
ferior TO his colleagues, and that there was
nothing peculiar ia him, airing q certain i'm
patlence with diSclplne-a very grave defect for
soldier. and one almost without example in
the high personnel of the army. AS general
he proved himself a bunger in Paris. As min
iSter he sought popularity with the army by
some imprudent measures and with the public
oy somewhat dangerous and rather ridiculous
with the radicals which is no sign of a very sa-
gacioUs mind. This was Gen. BouIanger as he
was known before the revelations OF VI. Mer-
MEX. His party had staff not very reassllr-
ing from an Intellectual pont of view, and very
disgusting from a moral point OF view. AS for
his opinions, no one knew them, and, to say the
truth, one scarcely knew the opinions of the
party. IC d fined them badly and changed them
from time totime.
SINCE the new World building in New York
assumed its full proportions the squatty, square
built Sun building has appeared more squatty
than ever. The tall tower Of the Tribune
dwarfs it on the other side, and so, bstween
these two immense buildings, the Suns modest
edifce seems quite shabby. Matters VIII re-
main as they are for about a wear and then
that hole will be filed w. The Suns building
fund IS now mounting steadily. Amos j. Cum
Inings gets good amount on the pay roll for
his Washington letters, but he receives less in
dividends Mr.. Dana has just been over to
Europs on his regular bric-a-brac hunt, but be
to pay for brick. iron and stone for the new
structure, which is TO contain Just as many, and
3 few more square feet than the Worlds build
Ing but will have in hight lust what il LACKS in
breadth and length Compared with its neigh
boFs, the new sun building will be reedls-like,
with top that viii come TO sharp point, like
the editors blue pencils
The interest in the sale of Mr. Belmonts
stable continues TO grow as the date of the sale
draws near. II is no secret that II Mr. Belmont.
hoA gr,no tirad irftIr Of
will that his horses should be sold after his
death, the stable would have been continued by
his two eldest sons, Perry and August, Jr. 1t is
ex pect6d that some Of the horses Will be BID
in by the Belmont family, though there is 10
doubt that the wishes of the dead millionaire
will be followed out. Mr.. Belmont took more
pride in his racing bic than he did in his bank
ing house, and he believed that the best service
he could render the turf would be to distribute
his horses through the various breeding stables
by means of auction after his death. The
influence of the get of such horses as the Derby
winner st. Blaise and his phenomenal son Poto-
mac it will be impossible to exaggerate. The
bidding for these wonderful animals and such
notable cracks as Prince Royal and LIS Tosca
viii make the Belmont sale historical. tt. will
take place the second day after Christmas
THE SENTIMENTAL and superstitious, who are
given to tracing the laws Of coinc dences, will
fad an interesting subj ect for their attention in
the recent death of jeweler in Bucyrus o.
For MAJ years it has been the Office OF skill
full German Matchmaker, named Frank Kehrer,
| to attend to the town clock, which lis in the
steeple of the court house. During the past
| few months the health OF Mr.. Kebrer has been
poor, and the clock, deprived of his careful at
| tenton has been keeping Indifferent time. On
| Monday morning of this week the timepiece
struck 5, and q few moments later it stopped.
| Early rsers who heard the chime. affirm that
| there something indescribably we I'd and
| peculiar about it. Later risers, noticing the
| clock hands pointing to sos, commented upon
the subject and its aged guardian. Later in the
| day the news spread that Mr. Kehrers condition
1 had suddenly became worse and that he had died
| at 5:05 O'Clock that morning. The hands of the
old town clock still point to the identical time
when the active mind and skilled hand of its
| master were aralyzed in death
| THERE was funny incident connected with
| Henry N. SANKEY'S visit to Buffalo, New York
| Quarters were engaged at the Niagara hotel for
| Mr.. Stanley, his bride, her mother and their
| servants. 1t was Thought fitting to give the ex.
| plorer the bridal suite of rooms, In the hotel
10 side several fashionable families including
| That of Hepry W. Box. the millionaire street
| railway lawyer. The ladies' literally stripped
| their own apartments of bEic a brac, rlTs and
furniture to enhance the beauty of the bridal
| apartments, believing that it was worry court
| eous aud proper thing to co and thinking that
\ they would not miss ther household ornaments
| for the few hours the Stanley party had ar
/ ranged to stay in Buffalo. So delighted were
/ Mrs. Stanley and her mother with their splen-
| did quarters that they remained several DAYS
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