The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

FRANCIS PAREMAE the historian, has taken
to gardening. and is as successful at it as was
Evelyn. He is particularly fond Of roses He
IS writing again; having in great Measure re-
covered nis health
No GUNS were fired in Hartford, Conn, satur-
day. either from Capitol Hill or from Norwich
although it was the anniversary Of the birth of
b nedict Arnold The fact Is, Connecticut
never has felt proud Of that child; and although
ne was born 49, years aEo, the patri tic old
state has never ceased to keep grim silence
about her lost infant.
On the bill of fare Of the Palace, Cincinnati.
one day last week there appeared the rather
unusual dainty. "Ioin Of elephant" It wa. in
| fact. a part Of CHIEF, the vicious elephant who
was shot ia the Cincinnati Geological Garden
and was not bad eating, as some OF the force Of
this ohlce can testify. IL was without ex-
cePtion the b St roast elephant that any Of us
had ever tasted
THE REPORT Of the auditor of Virginia for the
| fiscal year ending Sept 30, 1890, has just been
issueed, a shows the public debt to be-bonds
and certificates landing Oct. l. 1890 S32-
sl5,6 y. Receipts AMI disbursements on ac-
count OF payments of interest on the public
debt were as follows: Amount of receipts from
all sources, S442, 926 Il; amount of disburse.
ments, S439, "a Y; balance in the treasury Oct
/, 1880, 50, n, balance in the treasury cor
responding date, 1889, Sl79 50.
TIE Bon Marco, in Paris, possesses probably
food for all the employees of the house, 1900 in
number The smallest kettle holds seventy five
quarts, and the largest 375 quarts. There are
nfty trilng pans. each of which capable of
cooking 300 outlets at time, or of frying 220
pounds Of potatoes. When there are omelettes
for breakfast 1900 eggs are used. The coffee
machine makes $50 quarts OF coffee daily
There are sixty cooks and 100 kitchen boys en-
ployed.
AT meeting of the Royal Geographical So
cia
ney Lovett Cameron, the distinguished English
naval officer and African traveller, was the re-
cipient of medal from the hands of King
Leopold, who enlogized the commanders work
in the Congo country. The king in the course
of his remarks, criticised Stanley. contrasting
what he calldS that explorers ''pitiless mode of
actioa' with the pacific and gentler policy 9"
which alone he said could gain for civilization
the mastery OF Africa.
IF THE boutonnieres of men grow much larger
they will arrive at the dignity of corsage bou-
quetS A year or so ago the most pretentious
swell considered sthe lapel of his coat suffi.
clently decorated If it bore q small rose or a
spray of fern. Then he increased the size of the
Doutonnlere by an extra rose or bui oh of vio-
lets, and the fashion finally came around to
gardenias and what are known as white pinks
First. men wore two white pinks then three
then four, and now they frequently wear five in
bunch. 1t is the least harmless fashion to
which men are addicted, however, of which no
one complalns-least of all, the florists.
OK the morning of Oct. 81, 1880, Mrs. Char.
lotte L. Chesebrough died at her home in Carey,
o., aged 81 years 8 months and DAYS She
was born in New York state, and in 1893 was
married TO William Chesebrough in her native
state, They moved to Ohio in 1910 Her hus
band died eighteen years ago. She was con
Verted when 10, and remained an earnest
CHRISTIAN. She reared large family all were
members of her church. Her first child was
boy, the second girl, and then alternately boy
and girl until six boys and six girls made m
the family. The first three boys had bue ewes
and the first three girls black eyes, while the
second three boys had black eyes and the Sec
ond three girls blue eyes, and the middle one
George, had, when born, one blue eye and one
black one.
The arrangements for the marriage of Miss
Florence Audenried and Count de Vonne are
complete. The wedding will be solemnized
with high nuptial mass at st, Matthews
church, Washineton, at II q; m. on Wednesday,
FEB: IA. Archbishop Corrigan of New York
godfather OF the bride, will perform the cere.
mony, which will be followed by a wedding
breakfast that will be attended by the Presi-
dent, members Of the cabinet and Diplomatic
corps. with limited number of personal
friends. Secretary Blaine, as the head of the
| diplomatic corps has consented to give the
bride away. The Count and Countess de Vonne
expect TO leave the same afternoon for New
York, whence they will sail for Paris on Satur-
| day, Feb. II. AS Count de Vonne is at present
awaiting promotion, he hopes to be appointed
| couple will spend the winter in Paris and leave
early IN the spring for their chateau on Lake
Geneva.
THERE is a story going the rounds of London
which relates to his royal highness the Prince
| of Wales and a sporting and art exhibition now
gong on at Kings Lynn for the benefit of the
| west Norfolk fox hounds. Among the trophies
exhibited is the skin of lion said TO have been
| shot by the Prince of Wales in India Tue true
story of the lion, as told by a military officer
4 hn NHTac fhAra fa has ~ -.
caught in pit especially prepared for it by
| the natives and kept there until the arrival Of
the prince, who had been specially invited to
administer the coup de grace. This was not
| done as speedily as it might have been
considering that the prince is q patron of the
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. However, as the lion was probably
| unconscious before the prince arrived, his
natural trepidation before tho king of beasts
| even helpless at the bottom Of pit could not
| have added much to its sufferings. Some of
the princes cynical friends have often Expressed
the hope that the British Hon will have fairer
| fighting chance than the unhappy victim of his
proves whose skin is exposed to the OMEN
mouthed rustics of Kings Lynn,
AN ALABAMA MAN has discovered that Presi
dent Harrison used some very bad English in
his last message to congress. The President
| said: There we're 300 less failures reported in
| October 1889, than the same month of the pre
| ceding year" The Alabama man says: Now
| even If we assume that the printer left out the
IN lnaG properly belongs between than and
| the same;' still, what printer would ever have
| printed less if the President had written fewer
| as he ought to have donef" Again. She Presi-
| dent said: Steamships is the first
| consideration of foreign trade Il carries n OF
| only the order Of tbs buyer but ali that Ia
| ordered OF bought" Again, the President said:
| The floods of lawlessness cannot be leyeed
and made to run in one channel" Concerning
this sentence the Alabama man saws: I'VE
recall one sentence that beats this We rnust
admit that leveling foods is good but here is a
sentence taken from composition handed in
by an ambitious cadet at the Virginia Military
Institute some thirty-five years ago This Is
the fountain that Yields the red-hot bolt of
Jupiter, which obscures in eternal night the
principles of liberty, which the American eagle
In It's lofty flight, has planted
A member of New York club caused some
thing of sensation in the smoking room of his
club few nights ago AS he joined group of
gentlemen it was noticed that he wore a UNIQUE
pin In his scarf. 1t was large dogs head made
OF oxidized silver. Its eyes were tiny diamonds
and its mouth was red enamel While the
wearers friends were looking at the pin and
commenting upon it, the red mouth of the
silver dog opened and a succession of sharp
barkS issued therefrom The effect was
startling at first, but as the barking Continued
several members of the club pressed
about the owner of the pin, curious to examine
the new trick" The wearer of the decora-
ton, after enjoying the sensation that
he had created for awhile, unbuttoned his
waistcoat and discovered long rubber tube
attached TO tue pin on the under side of the
scarf The tube extended down into one of the
pockets of the gentleman's trousers Terminal
rFqF rTnh has hrulk