The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ALABAMA's OLDEST CITIZEN died at his home
near Talladega on Saturday. He was William
Mcpherson, and he was 106 years old. He was
born in Albany, and claimed to have seen Full
tons steamboat He was noted for his temper
ate habits and perfect health. He had lived
where he died for seventy years. and now leaves
his aged wife, five children, seventeen grand
children, and five t-grandchidren. Mr..
Mcpherson was democrat. On the same day
one OF his neighbors, Mrs. William Thompson,
died at the age of 93.
THE STATEMENT that about one hundred uni
forms of the Virginia Volunteer regulation
make are in the custody of a Richmond pawn
broker is astonishing. Whether or not the men
who put them in soak with their uncle" are
active members is not known, but they are
probably ex-members. When the First regi
ment was organized the men bought their own
uniforms, which were, therefore. their own per
sOnal property. When they resigned member
ship the uniforms were generally sold TO re-
cruits or given to the company. Upon a sud
den call to arms, the soldier would be put to
some inconvenience If he had to redeem his
military suit. The men who operate such i'm
posing spheres as cannon balls should beware
OF the three balls.
THE EARL OF CLANCARTY is just now in a state
of great exhaustion, consequent upon the
mental exertion required in an examination of
his late fathers affairs Had it not been for
the help rendered by his keen-witted wife
(Bele Bilton), it is probable that the noble earl
would have collapsed completely. The countess
is rapidly acquiring the airs of the grand dame,
and is anxious. ii the world will permit to ban
iSh the past. If polite society should fiout her.
she is equally prepared to defy the world; to
have a good time with her old friends, aud to
install her father, the Woolwich gunner, and
her other relatives in her husband's ancestral
hall. Her interesting sister, Flo Billion, has
been promoted on the musical bulletins from
sister to Lady Dunlo" to Sister to the Count
ess Clancarty," and her money value has risen
so per cent.
THE London Pail Mall Gazette devotes a
wrathy article to The Cosmopolitan magazine
and f. j. Lawler because an article, entitled
THE Diamond Fields of South Africa" in
the July number of that magazine is stolen, il
Illustrations and all, from the Pail Mall Budget
of a year ago. From this circumstance. in
which The Cosmopolitan is probably entirely
innocent. the Pail Nal draws the conclusion
that the ethics of the American press, like
those of American politics, have long been
placed among the commodities with which we
do not wish to exchange and which we would
gladly see kept out of the country with more
than McKinlan jealousy" Indeed" SAYS the
Gazette, with genuine British superiority, If
The Cosropottan were just an ordinary
yankee newspaper we would never dream of
taking it to task for even the grossest and most
pretentious piece of pilferng."
TABLET TEA is manufactured at Hankow in
factories belonging to Russian firms there. It
| is made of the finest tea dust procurable The
| selection of the dust is the work of skilled
| experts; the cost of the dust varies from 1Od Il
pound upward. This dust is manufactured
| into tablets by steam machinery. About two
| ounces and AID half OF dust are poured into
steel mold on steel cylinder. The dust is
| poured IN dry without steaming, and the pres
| sure brought to bear Is two tons per tablet
| Great care is required in the manufacture and
packing of tablet tea, and the cost is compare
| lively high. The tablets are wrapped first in
tinfoll, then in expensive and attractive paper
! tvra Ar1o1 Cd
| for export to Russia The tea 1t is stated. loses
none of its flavor by being pressed into tablets,
and, as tablet tea is only one-sixUh of the bulk
of leaf tea, it is most convenient for travellers
and also for importing into the remoter regions
of Russia.
| Mrs. FRANK LESLIE and her diamonds, &C.
cording to all newspapers, formed the most
striking feature of the third annual Literary
ladies dinner at the Criterion on Wednesday
| The dinner was great success in other respects
as well. Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton made
| an address, Mrs. Leslie delivered a poem and
the English literary ladies RESPONDED to toasts
read articles and reclted poetry likewise Mrs
| Emily Crawford, the Paris correspondent of the
Dailu Ae~s, who presided at the dinner. sug
Rested that the title of Literary Ladies' 3" with
| its reminisce ices of Mary Worthley Moutagu
| and the ''precieuses ridicu!es," be abandoned
and the title The Scribblers'' be ado ted Mrs
Leslie dl5approved, however, and suggested
"Sorosls, but no decision arrived at. II
may interest the literary ladies of America tC
know that cigarettes were passed with the
coffee, aud that several of the diners smoked
after the walters had left the room and the
intellectual part of the entertainment began.
JUDGE BOND, of the United States circuit
court, signed a decree affirming a decision o.
the board of general appraisers that Mr.. Rober
CARROTS portrait of the Duchesse du Crozt
should be admitted free of duty. The classi1.
cation OF the board of general appraisers il
ratified, and Collector Marine of Baltimore il
directed to hqudate the entry and deliver tn,
portrait to Matthew Robsons Son & Co., who
imported it, The picture was, it is said painted
| by Ruoens, and was purchased by Mr. Garrett
IN London from Thomas Agnew & Sons Col
lector Marine assessed the picture for duty
which was paid under protest. Mr. Garrett
commended that portrait by Rubens was al
antique, and that having a collection Of
portraits by the old masters at his house il
Baltimore this particular painting was to b;
added TO it, and should De admitted free Tn,
local board Of appraisers so held, and Collector
Marine appeae1 TO the board of genera ap
pTalsers at New 7 Ork. They also decided thai
no duty should be charged, whereuoon Colec
tor Marine appealed to the United States circuit
court.
WOMEN do not have pockets in their dresses
but they must appreciate pockets for they pu
, them into their travelling cushions Moreover
women are known to like closets, and what is ;
closet but the pocket of house? The new
cusnlons Tor summer journeying are made II
various shapes-some round. some square anC
some oblong-some are made in shape O
hearts and some are quaftered like melons, bu
all are of small size. They are useful to fiji III
spaces and corners in the backs or arms of un
comfortable chairs and benches or to pu
under the head when a rest is needed They
are stuffed with the finest down. which makes
them very light, and covered with almost any
material which suits the fancy. Those which
have silk or embroidered covers are usual,
! protected from dust by an outer covering o
linen in white or colors, plainly made. A loot
is always attached to one corner for ease O.
carriage, and the pockets alluded to are mad,
with buttoned flap in one corner to hold tn,
| handkerchief, salts or any article that woul,
go into the dress pocketif dress pockets existed
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