The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

THE STORY is told that while the young Ger
man kaiser was watching a sham battle between
some Russian cavalry he asked the car for
permission to take charge of one side. 1t was
granted and the kaiser proposed to show the
Russians what a real soldier who was not a
shopkeeper nor tailor could no. While he
was following rule 33 in his book on tactics the
Russians surrendered his supposed army and
he was captured 1t is said he went to his tent
and would not come out for the rest of the
day.
THERE is talk among literary people to the
effect that Andrew Lang is publishing too
much, His work commands large pay, and he
does an enormous amount Of il. But he liz
practically compelled to publish for in the po-
stion he holds among men of letters in Eng
land his expenses are enormous He is great
lion socially, and large income is required to
entertain as he is expected to entertain. For
the same reason Mr.. Gladstone has recourse to
his pen. For every article he writes Gladstone
receives 900. His receipts from his literary
ventures enable him to crafty certain tastes
which otherwise could not be INDUCED. He is
comparatively poor man.
MARSHALL P. WILDER, the little comic dwarf
who amuses the British aristocrats at dinners
by his funny stories, astonished and amused a
dinner party in London recently by telling this
story when Timothy Heay was a boy his
father was in doubt whether to make him
lawyer, a parsnn or merchant So he placed
Nli JhOLo u DlOle, a SlApSuCS ana an apple ana
called the boy in, determining to name the pro-
fession according to his sons choice Young
Tim came IN aud saw the articles the table.
Without hesitation he put the slxpence be-
tween the leaves of the Bible, tucked the Bible
under his arm, and began to eat the apple.
That settles it, exclaimed Healy the elder. If
he is such hog as that will make politician
Of him."
| s-RUMoR states that the health of Prince Bis
marck is much broken, and that in the course
| NJ ba In fsix ha hos a.,
way. His figure, once so celebrated for its SOL
| dierly bearing. has become bowed when he
walks, and he frequently complains of weak
ness of both sight and hearing His wife and
| family are seriously alarmed at his condition,
and it is even added that the princess has been
warned by his physicians that her husband is
liable to drop dead from heart failure. The
doctors further add that, if possible, all the
should be studiously averted from his atten-
ton and that politics, in particular, should for
time be rehgiously tabooed
HENRY WILLARD is one of the famous men in
the world of financial operations 1t is not that
he is always successful; no man in financial
speculation ever is. His popularity consists in
maintaining himself in the faith of his friends
and supporters in the faith of his reverses. He
has had great defeats in the fields of spAcula-
ton; nevertheless, he is there still, and with
possibilities in his future at least in the estima-
ton of his followers He has by all accounts
lost millions, but he is with us still, and his
hackers still believe in his powers of recupera at
ing himself and lifting them out of the slough
of past reverseS. 1t is a curious illustration of
/ faith that seems almost a superstition. They
I believe in him, not SO much for what he has
done in the past, but for what they think he
can do in the future.
LORD LoRNE and his wife Princess Louise,
says the New York Recorder seem to have
been, with the Grand Duke of Hesse, the only
members of the English oval family who failed
-,
visit of the Emperor of Germany. This was
only to be expected For the marquis retains
an unpleasant recollection of Berlin, where, at
a grand court reception, ne was debarred by
the chamberlain from following his wife into
the room where the royal and imperial person
ages were assembled. Moreover, the emperor
dslikes him quite as much as do the others of
frncesS Louise $ relatives. These unfriendly
feelings toward the marquis are due not so
much to the fact of his being of non.royaI
blood as to his personal character and manner.
The former of these is eXasperatng, while the
latter is offensive, and whereas he makes
enemies wherever he goes, his clever, charming
and captivating wife las nothing but friends
and admirers
IF The Lord loveth q cheerful giver," he
| doesn't seem to find him at Ocean Grove where
| Brother Stokes is forever dunning the dear
brothers and sisters and complaining that
| there are too many pennies and nickels in the
| collection baskets. Brother Stokes ought to
| tell his people the experience of an old New
! York colored preacher on Staten Island, who,
/ before taking up the collection, said there were
/ three things TO be borne in mind by the
/ brethren-they must give cheerfuly, give &C
1 cordlng to their means aud give to the Lord.
/ Then Brother Johnson stepped TO the front and
| chuc6ed a uarter into the old hat that stood
/ on tie altar. Take dat out. bruder," said the
| preacher. You amt done none of dom con-
/ dit.ons, The quarter was taken out, and pres
! emily, with protruding lips and q big frown.
/ Brother Johnson stepped out and threw half
! dollar in. Once more he was requested to take
/ the money out as he had only complied with
/ the command to give according to his means.
! third time he came humby forward, put
| down his half dollar softly, and hoped that de
| Lord would Dress his offerin'." All, Brudder
| johnson, said the patriarch, dat de way to
/ give, and OATS de Kind oh money de good Lord
/ likes. 50
LADY BOUGHEY Miss Thornewill and maids, of
England, registered at the Richelieu yesterday,
| says the Chicago Herald, and went out to the
| stock yards before the ink Of their names had
! dried. Lady Boughey is q prepossessing. anna
/ Bile lady. she has been travelling around the
! world and is especially devoted to botany
4 Talking about her pet subject she sad: DO
/ you know that plants can see? Well, they can.
| Darwin in his book on plants ventures an opiu-
! ion that plants have eyes, and have proved to
my own satisfaction that he is correct. When
] in Japan a few weeks ago, was sitting under
! a shady tree looking at bright convulvulus
/ Its teQdrils were leading in a direction
! opposite to me. While dreaming l was
/ startled to see tnaI they were turning
| toward my tree. l remained quiet In an hour
! the tendrils had all turned so they faced me-
| THIS was early. After breakfast / told Miss
| Thornewlll of my discovery, and we went out in
the yard TO further inspect the plants and their
! movements. To my disgust the tendrils had
/ turned their backs upon my tree. We got a
little stick and placed 1t foot from the nearest
branch of the plant. In quarter of an hour
the tendrils began to sQuirm. The upper ten
drills bent down and the side ones curved their
tiny necks until they reached the stick In two
hours they had completely entwined it. Il was
on the side away from the light and il the
plants had not the faculty of sight they never
would have seen the stick aud moved toward