The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-24
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| Mr.. OSWALD s said to be the only man at thu
London Chancery Bar capable of approaching
a Joke, and he has many time avenged Vict
Chancellor Bacon's score OF himself by hitting
other judges right to the boundary For in
stance, Justice Kay, irritated by counselt
tediousnesS, at last got a chance TO correct hin
IN his law. So be- said, Il must teach you law
Mr.. Oswald as | can't teach YOU manners
Exactly SO, if your ludshp pleaseS," was Mr.
Oswald's merciless retort.
AMERICAN PAPERS often speak of 'disgruntled'
men, meaning those who suffer under a sense O
injury. or otherwise dissatisfied There is a
derogatory undertOne in the ugly word saws
| London paper. Some danger existed awhile
ago that 1t would be reintroduced into English
/ usage Out that seems now TO be happily past
! reJntroduced, not adopted, because It is origi
| nally English. ike so many other American
| lsms. In The Weekly Racquet of Advice
| from Rome, " vol. iv., No. 10, Feb "a 1851 '82
occurs the phrase, But you may remember
| that Hodge was little disgrunted "
HE PRINCESS LAETITIA is represe nted as be
| ing madly in love with the young Duke OF
Aosta It will be remembered that only three
| or tour years ago she Tilted the young Duke OF
| Aosta IN order to marry his father. Now that
the old duke is dead. the Princess Laettia
| would gladly marry the present duke VINO viii
| succeed TO the throne of Italy at the death oil
| the present occupant However, there is the
| slightest prospect of a scandal should the young
| widowed stepmother marry her handsome
| young stepson, aud though the Princess Laetitjs
Is quite Bonapartist in carelessness with re
| gard to the conventionallties of life il NAV he
| 1hat the church and the STATE would not raise
| objections to the match.
BEER is absolutely indispensable to our bus
ness nowadays" said fashionable New York
| dresSmaker the other day as she noticed INV
| glance OF inquiry at a basketful of empty bot
Ties That a servant was taking out. 80, dear
no, never drink 1t. nor the girls either, with my
| PERMISSION. but We use a good many bottles
| every day, nevertheless How tSRhv to
WASH silk in. 1t gives old silk a luster and a new
look, almost ike goods fresh from the loom
Then, too, IL gives it little body which lasts
Tor awhile, long enough for our purpose, any
| way At least half my trade is in making over
| dresses, and so much better does the silk look
aIter gong through the beering that my bust
ness is increasing wonderfully. 1t was a dis
| coVery of my own and it has been worth good
many thousand dollars to me Already
| MANY of the white men in Singapore keep
bachelor quarters, and one description of a
bachelors bungalow will suffice for all. Two
young EngIlshmen have one-story, rambling
mouse among some cocoanut palms, covering a
lou OF ground and open on every side. Enter in
ana slt' leave your pith helmet at the door
ana one OF The bachelors says: Now, gouidu' (
you take gin fizz? It's very nice'' And be-
iore the visitor can answer he calls out: Bow"
Wheh, from some unforeseen screen or crack a.
emma boy appears and gets the order In a few
minutes ne returns with long glass filled with
gin flzz and powdered ice, and then the host
}
anQ port and sherry and cognac and a iulep
and can't go on; there we're more, but I
reaIly forget the names. This is hospitality in
the Orient. There are sixteen server MS for
these two white bows, and such attendance and
obSequousness spoil them, let alone the CUES
tlon OF running their stomachs by SO many
liquor connections.
IT Is PROBABLE that at the state BANQUET
which the Queen of England gave at Windsor
Castle plate to the value of about ESQ.,, 900 was
used There are two state dinner services-tha
one of gold, which will dine 1870 persons. the
other OF S1Iver-both of which were formed nv
George ". who regarded them as his own
property out William ", made them over to
the crown. The great silver winecooler which
was made for George ", and which WEIGHS
EuUO ounces, was in the room. Ii is incIosad
with plate glass, and the silver is superbly
chased and ornamented The rovaI nlst Of
Windsor is altogether worth about 81 Zen oo1
IhereLare quaint pieces which were taken from
the spanish Armada; a peacock of precious
stones from india, which is valued at $40 900: a
tlger head. talsO from India which has a solid
lngot OF gold for its tongue and crystal teeth
and wonderful collection of splendidlv orna
Inehted gold shields, one of which was made for
George ", out of his snuff boxes and is worth
tlO,OUO. There are 400 plates, which cost 96
guineas each. '' ~
LAST YEAR a monster snake WIS sean in tho
neighborbood of Donnells mill, in North Caro-
lima, and its length was variously estimated nv
several parties who saw it at from to Is feet
An attempt was made to kill it, but it went into
a CnlckeG on the banks OF the creek. Nothing
more was seen of this mo nster snake until lasf
Friday. when Miss Ida L. Robinson saw a cow
the property OF Abner School6eld down and
struggling, and went to see what was the mat
Ter. imagine ner surprise to see cOiled around
the neck of the COW an immense snake soma 4
inches IN diameter and at least 10 feet in length
The COW was being choked to death and tbe
| brave glrl look hold OF the snake with both
handS, and, being strong girl, She with great
dlfncuity, got 1t loose or perhaps frightened IL
until 1t uncoiled itself and ran INTO the thicket
AFTER awhile the COW, with aid from the lady
RoU upon lts feet and was driven home The
snake was of brown color and showed no
signs or striking or biting, as is common 10 ali
our native snakes, hence it is believed to be an
anaconda winch has made its escape from some
menagerie.
For WEEK OR TWO after the college boat
races at New London the humorous incidents of
the occasion came to the surface Here ia one
by Capt. Allen of the Yale varsity eight of
1890 A former captain Of Yale crew. for fun
and 20 while away the time, started out to And
an eight that could be relied upon to look like
the genuine thing. There is a cut about n row.
ing man, and more especially one who has been
IN the varsity elghtS that cannot be initiated
so that the seeker after Drawn and muscle
found his work no light task, and when he has
succeeded in finding material the prospective
crew was found to be composed of mast can
talnS OF Yale exclusively. So there could he no
mlstaklng either of them for a captain of q
barge" IN the wilds of Coventry or Phenix
Centre. After borrowing clothes so as To look
as much like Yale crew as possible the mast
captain crew shot up the river, the stroke call
lng each man IN the boat by the name OF the
real Yale crew. When near the Harvards'
quarters glasses were suddenly found to he
leveled at the dsturbers of the rivers placditv
aud IN wondering tones those on the bank in
dulred of each other if that could possibly hs
the real varsity eight. But the game was Soon
up, as the HarvardS were onto the herculaan
form Of the coxswain.
MAINE LADY says that her hired girl in
Variably put a pin in her mouth when peeling
onions TO prevent her eyes from watering, tits
a practice believed in among the people in New
Brunswick, where is her home, and her mother.
now al anced IN age, thoroughly believes in All
sorts OF signs and SunerStitionS On New Year's
morning she Will on no account allow any Of her
large family Of children to take any article ont
ot the house until they have first brought some
thlng III, a stick of wood, or any object no
matter how valueless. The idea is that if the
new year is thus begun it will be prosperous and
more VIII come into the house than will 90 out,
Inns woman would not, of course. think OF |
oesinhlhS any task on Friday. 1t
would be long and arduous ons if
she dId Neither would she take a broom with
her While moving the household goods from one
pace TO another. Old brooms would be left /
pehlnd and new ones bought A cat also would |
De lelt o9nnd while the goods were being re- |
moved IL would, however, be safe to return |
ana bring the cat alone. To dream of passing |
through dirty water or that train of cars
passed the house is a warning of approaching |
uealh IN the family. An even number would |
never be allowed to sit down to a wedding din |
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