The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-29
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A VERY BEAUTIFUL copy of the Bible and
prayer-book presented to Queen Elizabeth in
1884 has been executed for the committee of
the school as a silver wedding present for Prin
cess Christian. The date of the original COPY,
now in the Bodein library at Oxford is 1910,
and the present volume is an exact reproduc-
ton of it. A beautifully embroidered cover is
being prepared for it.
RICHMOND. Me-. is the home of a clown goat
which is source of much amusement all along
the Kennebec. He is a great pet among the
steamooatmen and regular visitor to the
wharf when steamers arrive or depart. One
Gay last week Bllly'S owner missed him: but on
SATURDAY, when the steamer kennebec arrived
the goat walked calmly down the gang-plank
dressed In a pair of old trousers, swali ow-tail
coat and stovepipe hat. He had been to Boston
with his friends, the deck hands, and came
home with an increased dignity of bearing
naturally consequent upon visit to that
learned town.
THE late Archbishop TAFT of Canterbury once
made an effective use of a sermon Driving
down Holloway hill, ne was confronted bv a
runaway horse with a heavy dray, making
straight for his carriage. He threw a sermon
In its face. The horse was SO bewildered by the
tiuttering of the leaves that il swerved and
paused, the driver regained control, the sermon
was picked up and the bishop proceeded on his
way. y don't know, he said TO his compan-
ion, the present Archbishop of York, whether
my sermon did any good TO the congregation,
but 1t was Of considerable service to me-
The QUEEN OF CHINA is greatly to be pitied
At least, SO say the Chinese correspondents
As the very young wife of her boy husband she
Is entitled TO very large slice of royal good
times. But the empress dowager is a strong
minded lady, and rules with an iron hand She
is woman of powerful physique strikingly
handsome and of so firm and strong a disposi-
ton that all other wills must bend TO hers
When the iuS NIL
thing 20 dtspleaSe her he is made to regret it,
and as for hls poor little WIFE she has nothing
TO say az all. She isn't even allowed to have a
good time, as she might have if she were left
alone.
"A HALE. hearty and lively old gentleman. "
say the Boston Gazette, who has Just passed
his Slst birthday, Is George Penniman. who is
known to hundreds of our citizens especially
those of the elderly class. For many years he
was manager and treasurer of the Quincy Gram
tie Company, and in that capacity he furnished
the material for constructing many buildings
conspicuous at the present day. Among them
were the custom house, the court house on
Court square The old city hall, the Aston house
OF New Iork-havlng made the contract with
old John Jacob AstOr-and other structures too
numerous to mentiol' i'll this paragraph He
is a native of Dedhatn. and is very familiar with
the history of the ancient Fairbanks hOnse in
toat place, yet standing and with one or two
exceptions the oldest house in Massachusetts -
WOULD like to tell you what saw from nv
window on huntington avenue, says a Boston
writer in our Dumb AnimaLs handsome
team OF borses stopped near our door, where
the grass looked temptingly green The near
horse munched the grass contentedly, which the
of horse tried in vain 10 reach. Suddenly 10
my establishment. the near horse raised his
head with his mouth full of grass and held n
near his companions mouth. The off horse ac-
cepted the apparent invitation to eat and took
the grass from the other ones mouth After
turning and eating while on mis- own account
he repeated this maneuver, and then called in
the other members of my family to watch them.
There could BE- no mistake about it; the horse
who could reach the grass fed his companion
at short intervals as long they stood before
the door.
A DISH OF MACARoNI served in Italian STYLE ia
one of the most delicious we have Genuine
Italian tomato sauce may be purchased of deal
ers i'll Italian delicacieS. 1t comes in tiny porce-
LAIN cans, md is made Of a tomato which is
grown especially for the purpose in Italy. Boil
half pound Of spaghetti or small macaroni in
abundance of water for twenty five minutes
then pour off the water, shake the macaroni to
make II perfectly dry, as you would potatoes.
ana turn il into a hot dish. Sprinkle three
tabiespoonfus of grated Parmesan cheese over
1t, pour little hot tomato sauce over this and
serve the whole with dish of grated cheese
accompanying it. Though the genuine tomato
sauce is believed by Italians to be a speciality of
their country, equally delicious sauce is made
from small tomato grown here, which, like
the Italian tomato used for this purpose has n
large proportion of pulp to seed.
A NEW STORY about Jack Astor's exDeriences
in Havana while on his wedding trip, was told
by New Yorker who was stopping at the same
hotel with the young man and his bride and
corroborates the reports that came up from
Florida about the parsimonious habits of this
over rich young man. He had sent word tn the
hotel $50 the story goeSl to reserve apartments
Tor him TO occupy on his arrival and when
shown to them they were perfect hover of
roses. The nrODr0tOr aNOapta6 70 ba
Inented on this delicate greeting to the newly
married couple. What was the hotel mans
surprise TO have Mr.. Aston turn on him with the
demand for information as to who ordered the
flowers, coupled with the excited and elnDhatic
assertion: i won't pay for them. | won t nav
for them. l didn't order them. | don't want
them" The astounded landlord FASTENED m
explain that the flowers would not be charged
IN the bill, and l am told that he had the conr
age to send servants to remove every vestize
OF tna flowers, except one fine bouquet for the
lady'S dresser.
The DISCOVERY is reported from Bokars Of a
subterrsnean city on the bank of the river
Amoolaris near the town of Karki Silver coins
and Inscriptions of the time of Gapora I have
been found in the place, which reaches over a
distance of half mile. with streets. lanes and
squares. In places the superhcumb bent earth
has caved in, but the largest part of the city can
be traversed without difficulty. By the light of
the miners lamps the place presents a quaint.
fantastic appearances. There are houses 10
mgh, with a pretense of architectural
elegance, aud filled with furniture
ana various domestic utensils. The
ceiling or upper covering of the streets is con-
etructed of blocks of alabaster and granite.
Inc natives of the Bokara knew Of the place
long ago, and carried away many silver and
gold coins. ornaments and utensils of great
Intrinsic value and of still greater archaeological
Importance. The Russian authorities Of Bokara
nave made arrangements to take care of the
antiquities of the place. and sent notice of its
discovery to the Archaeological Society at
Moscow. The society has sent commission
OF experts to make explorations during the
summer