The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

the assessed values of real and personal prop
erty of the colored people in the sixteen cities
of Virginia, are 50, 234,542 The sixteen cities
| probably represent fully half of the wealth of
the colored people of the whole state.
VERA SAssULIrcH has been the cause of more
alarm to the car than all the other Russian an
archists combined. In her early years she was
pretty governess in a little country village of
Russia, and she still possesses traces of beauty.
She is a woman of iron will and stern resolu-
ton At one time, finding it impossible TO con-
quer her. the Russian government is said to
have offered her bride of 10000, 900
roubes to quit the cause of anarchy and quit
the country.
THE largest single stone ever
quarried in the big Westerly, (R. L.
granite quarry was taken out one day
last week. 1t was billed to Philadelphia but
the car into which 1t had been loaded was not
staunch enough for the great stone. The shaft
was thirty feet long and four feet square; its
car was only twenty tons, so it was drawn on
sidetrack of the railroad, to be left there until
car sufficiently strong might be built to order
or borrowed elsewhere. The granite is fine
and flawless The shaft is to be used for
tombstone.
A LONDON CORRESPONDENT hears a pretty
story. which has the advantage of being true.
lady, who last season for the first time made
her appearance in certain London drawing
rooms, and established great success as ballad
SINGER, was laSG August 10 &C"
company some neignbors of the queen on a
visit to Bslmoral ''She sang several Scotch
ballads, which greatly pleased the queen. Then
she sangE' The Wearing of the GREEN and as
the words and air of that beautiful song rose
and fell every one noticed with wonder that her
majesty was weeping. What this may portend
l do not know. l tell the story as it was told
me by one of the guests at Balmoral during the
queens autumnal stay"
ANTHONY HAMILTON, the colored jockey who
| has won great fame and a fortune riding for
Haggin, Belmont and other great turf men, is
| to be married in st. Louis Jan 20 to Miss Annie
| l.. MesSey, the step-daughter of Frank Esteu a
wealthy and well known colored man. Nearly
| 200 Invitations have been issued, and many
guests from New York and other cities are
| coming. Isaac Murphy is coming to act as best
| man. and the bride and groom will, after the
| wedding, accompany him back to his home in
| Lexington, KY. Hamilton is said to be wealthy
| and it is known that ne has spent 81, 900 in one
| jewelry house here for presents. The wedding
and reception will surpass anything In grandeur
ever before attempted there in colored society
A ST. LOUIS MAN has for several years been
annoyed by a curious circumstances; one side of
his mustache grows about twice as fast as
the other, and if it is neglected for few weeks
he will suddenly notice that it is from half an
inch to an inch longer on the left than on the
right He is obi ged to keep cutting it off from
| time to time to make things even. He had not
the faintest idea what caused the greater lux
| uriance on the left until some days ago he
asked barber about 1t, and the man asked
him how his desk stood in relation to the Ii hit.
He replied that for years he had occupied desk
with a window mis- left which at once ex-
planned the difficulty. Hair, like vegetables,
grows best In the liyht and ascert aiming the
fact my friend at once had his desk changed to
the other side of the window in order to give
the right side Of mis- muStache q chance to de-
velop. He is awaiting the result with interest,
and il the change in growth shifts with the
light, he is going to face the window.
LIKE the Chinese, and, in fact, every other
Asiatic race, the Japanese entertain no re
spect for women, whom they regard as Great
ures of inferior intelligence, resembling
brutes in being without soul Thus it is
almost impossible to bring any untraveled
Japanese to comprehend the Difference which
the of civilized nations pay to women.
The latter, in his eyes, are solely fitted to act
as the servantS-Day, even as the slaveS-of
| the stronger sex Seldom, if ever is the wife
permitted to sit at table with her husband,
| no matter how high her rank may be. aud
when admitted to his presence, she Is forced
by etiquette to approach in the same manner
as the domestics, namely, on all fours, with
repeated prostrations. Imagine young
and delicately nurtured American girl. such as,
for instance, the fair 1akeress of Philadelphia,
who has always been accustomed to the most
thorough Difference and courtesy, thrown for
the first time among a set of men such as the
uutraveled friends OF her japanese husband
men who are devoid of every feeling, not alone
of civilized respect for her sex, but even of the
most elementary notions of civilized decency.
| ANY 00Qy VINO mas llVoQ among the japanese, as
l tave-not as mere tourist under the tutelage
of an interpreter. but in direct contact and un-
Outstanding their language-will bear me out
when l assert that it is impossible for white
woman to live among the natives in Japan
without having every fee ing of womanly re-
spect and delcacy outraged, and in course OF
time, completely ounted.
ACCEPTING the directory as guide, says the
Washington Post, we find that there are exactly
twelve southern ''brigadiers.' so-called, holding
I G,-N
the State of Alabama contributes three, Nor
| gan, Wheeler and Forney; Georgia one, Col
quit: Florida one Bullock; South Carolina two
Hampton and Butler; North Carolina one, Ran.
som: Virginia one, Lee; Tennessee one, Bate
Louisiana one, Gibson, and Mississippi one
Walthall. The list of coionels is hardly SO
long. Herbert and Oates OF Alabama, were
officers of this grade aud Pool of Arkansas
. Hooker of Mississippi. Gambler of Georgia
Mills and pCulberson of Texas and
o'Ferral of Virginia. Houk com
see unionists for brief period. Five members
constitute the whole number of lieutenant
colonies who cast their fortunes with the con
federacy-Davidson of Florida, Blount of Geor
gia, McCreary of Kentucky, Stockdale Of MIS-
sissippi and Cowles of North Carolina. Stock
dale is q Pennsylvania by birth and emigrateC
to Mississippi In 1856 just five years prior tt
the beginning of the war-yet he seems to nave
made an admirable military record 1t wa!
often remarked during the progress of the wal
that northern men domiciled in the southern
states, and owning property there, not only
espoused the cause of that section, but werI
counted among the bravest soldiers who Tough
on the confederate side. Two names represent
the quota of majors-Daniel of Virginia anC
McClammy of North Carolina-one of The
two pronounced alliancemen in thi
congress who hold the fort as an advance guard
of those who are to follow. Carlton and Stew
art Of Georgia were captains, the first having
, reputation as an artilleryman. Hatch of Mis-
souri, was entitled to wear three bars anC
r Cothran Of South Carolina, Coke and Hare O.
; Texas were also OF this rank, and Mr.. Martin O.
| the same state, the inimit&ble major of thi
day and generation. Congressional lieutenant
l are likewise few as to number. Clarke anC
, Cobb Of Alabama come first in the directory
followed by Berry Of Arkansas and Rogers o
I the same state. Judge Crisp won renowr. il
! this subaltern rank and so did Anderson of Mis-
sissippi Dibble of South Carolina and Richard
. son of Tennessee. Abbott of Texas completes
I this roster.