The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-29
NATURAL FRUIT FLEVoRS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIE STOCK of paid notes in the Bank of
England for five years is about 7T7I5, 900 in
number, and they will i'll 1900 boxes, which,
If placed side by side would reach pa miles, Ii
the notes were placed in a pile they would
reach to the height of SO miles. or if joined end
10 end would form q ribbon 12,455 miles long.
The superficial extent is rather less than that
OF HYDE Park. Their original value was
over fl,95Q 626, COO, and their weight over 9055
TONS
IT IS SAID that the ingenious Mr. Nayemura
SakusaborO, the japanese druggist, has made
excellent success of bis experiment of convert
ing wild hemp into textile impossible to dis
tinGuish from silk. Many trials were made at
first OF the hempen thread at various silk
weaving manufactures in kioto and elsewhere,
and the reports were that THE web had lus-
ter, beauty, and softness, and more than the
durability Of silk. while the plant as it grows is
much cheaper than the slow and expensive
product of the silk worm"
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL told story once on
! Horace Greeley to the effect that the editors
proverbisl slouchiness was affected. Once
when Lowell and Greeley were de utei as
committee to receive distinguished visitors
from abroad, just before the arri-al of the
guest Lowell, VINO was without fault as TO
attire, noted that one leg of the edito. Ureeches
was Jauntily atop of his boot. The poet de-
scendssd on one knee and arranged matters as
they should be, not without feeling OF amused
horror at the figure Greeley would have cut
Greeley seemed grateful and the guest came.
| Lowell CHANGED again 10 look at Greeley and
what was his establishment to find the recreant
| nreeches leg again on its perch. There was no
other conclusion. 1t could not go there of itself.
The sly old sage of the Tribune had arranged it
there himself to make striking effect.
The WILD WOMAN who roamed over South
mountain, near Womelsdorf this state, years
ago, is reported to have made her appearance
there again, says the Philadelphia LEDGER.
One OF party from Womelsdorf, while pick
p 10 arrsa ha har |, fIa
going through 8 ravine lie says, cur atten-
| ton was drawn to a peculiar noise on the in
cline above. We ventured near the spot, aud
saw To our am6Zement a woman with long hair
growing over her face and body and one arm
and leg shorter than the others She was hang
lnR from vine suspended from large tree,
swinging 70 and fro, and as if humming a
lullaby Upon seeing us she leaped from tree
70 tree, and was soon lost to sight chattering
TO herself as she disappeared. " Tho affair has
caused considerable talk at Womelsdorf, and
the matter is to be further investigated.
A RUsTY-APPEARING New York farmer drifted
into Buffalo brokers Office not long since. and
approaching the manager, said that he wished
to make an Investment, and that he wanted to
| buy something good How does silver strike
| your" quered the broker. TOO gel darn hikh, ="
| said the farmer. Well. said the broker, IF
you want something cheap buy lead " II don't
| Have ye some good ~? he contiuued mo,
| tin was busted some months ago" why
| don't you Try Consolidated gaSg" continued the
broker. Consolidated gas" exclaimed tt }
| farmer. I've bern tell on pals made of papers
/ q spoze they use old ones they kin buy cheap
but I'll be dinxed if they air now maxim on 'em
OF gas What do you want in here anyhow"
| ro9red Ihe oroKer came in TO buy some
| milk pals, replied the farmer "a Teller down
here says as how this was bucket-shop"
( Dr.. THOMSON owed his elevation to Prince
! Albert, on whom and the queen his imposing
appearance and eloquent preaching had made
| an impression, says writer in the September
| North amer can ReUtsu. He was not how
| ever, the only candidate In the field as appears
| in letter from the late Lord Houghton TO his
| wife, published in the latter's memoirs.
Heughton writes; The dean of Windsor told
| us that the sharpest bishop-making the queen
| ever had was when she rejected Waldgrave for
| York, and Lord Palmerston told her she knew
| nothing about it, and she answered. No more
| do you and she named your Ebor." There is
an amusing story in this connection, which. as
! coming from Mrs. Thomson herself is WORTH
repeating, even if it has already ap-
bishop 81 print Of Wh ouoe DR. he rh0msS1
| occasionally a sufferer from toothache
and resorted. by medical advice, to narcotics to
relieve the pain. One morning. after a ngnt of
great suffering. he left the house to consult the
| doctor, Mrs Thompson entreating him not to
allow the latter TO prescribe a narcotic as it
affected his brain for some hours afterward
| On his way the bishop met the postman, who
hanIed him a large official envelope. He
o9ened it in the street and read, TO his surprise
and qualification, his appointment to the see of
York. He FASTENED back to communicate to
| his wife the exciting news 'Zoe-Zoe," he
exclaimed. what do you think has happened
am archbishop of York; There there" she
rejoined; what did l tell you? You've been
taxing that horrid narcoticlagdin and are quite
out OF your head. "
SOMEBODY has at last discovered solution of
the theater hat problem. The Elvira is pre-
eminently theater bonnet. 1t was designed
by a New York gentleman OF high standing,
who, for various reasons, does not wish his
anne to appear in connection with his chef
d'oeuvre. You see. y he explained in course of
an interview with an Evening sun man, ''if it
were anything but a bonnet l wouldn't mind
| I'm no second Worth, you know. but do think
| II succeed in placing this bonnet upon a solid
footing that l shall have some real claim to
philanthropy. Men without exception will rise
up and call me blessed. It's really a very sim
pie affair once you get the hang of it. All
you've got to do is TO pull the string" AS he
spoke the old gentleman pulled the string and
/ Immediately the bonnet. which up to that mo-
meDt had been a most intricate maze of lace
and bows, subsidized into very unob
trusive little article. IT'S rather
I nautical IN it's general workman
sallor IN my younger day, you know. But of
late years I've turned landlubber and have
taken TO theater- going to keep up spirits. o,
the tortures that have suffered from these
aoominable hats stood it as patiently as pos
sible until the end of last season, and then
came to the conclusion that something must be
done. So made away with one Of my wites
second lest bonnets and have been experiment
ing with ii in my study ever since My wife has
hunted for that bonnet high and low. but |
have kept mum about it. shall tell her moth
ing until my handiwork is on the market aud
every fshonable womans head at the same
time. Then shall make a clean breast OF il
and hetray the bonnet's whereabouts. have
called my masterpiece after her-the Elvira-so
I'm in hopes that will bring her round II In
doesn't, well"-and the old gentleman shrugged
his shoulders II can comfort myself with the