The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-18
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who is now making the heart of American girls
at st. Augustine go pit-a-pat Is Gaspard, Lord
Romilly, who is considered as much a beauty
man IN London as Lady Brooke is q beauty
Sir Samuel Romilly, the grandson of Lord
Romllly who was master of the rolls and son
OF that Lord Romilly who was burned to death
IN his own house in London last winter His
mourning was too deep for any gayety ia town,
so he went on to Florida to bask in sun and
smiles.
The learned In scents claim that they can dis
tinguish and name each element of any com
pound odor, just as the musician can discrirni-
nate and trace the sound of the various instru
msnts that are rendering the crowded
symphony says HGrper's Bazaar. Doubtless
these learned ones could distinguish, on coming
into ladys drawing room, all the various
oreaths imprisoned in the potpourri jar-the
the orris root, the vanilla, the benzoni and Gin.
namon and musk and alcohol, and all the in
numeraole rest. But to the ignorant in such
nne points the pleasure is perhaps Just as keen.
let the learned deny it as they may Yet many
think themselves accomplished in this branch
whose education is still very far
from finished. We remember, at the time of a
famous Oriental exhibition in this country, when
people were possessed with the delights of the
altar or roses TO be brought there, that the
oriental stock Of altar ran out, and it was re-
plenished from yankee dealers stock of oil of
geranium, and the sale continued Just as be-
fore, entirely undminished, and with warm
aduatlon OF the strange rich sweetness of
the real Turkish and Persian altar of roses
And, although the oil of gsranium is undoubt-
edIy rich perfume. yet the crafty Orientals
must have laughed In their loose sleeves at the
way In which it took the place of the at once far
richer and more delicate, and four times more
costly, object of the bulbul's worship.
SPEAKING of the Significant sayings of notable
men, happened to quote Lord Plunket's phrase.
that.to the unthinking history was only an old
almanac, says Sir G.. Gavan Duffy in the Com
tempo airy Revieo. Carlyle said the phrase. if
anybody cared to know. was not Lord PIupket's
az an, but Jimmy Boswel's who said Co john
son that somebody or other would reduce all
history TO the condition of an old almanac a
mere chronological series of events Ianswered.
laughing, tnat the currency of Jimmy Boswelrs
pehsable basis for any theory that called in
question Piunket's originality Speaking of
The difficulties foreigners find in
mastering eolloquial English. he
mentioned blunder of Mazziui'S who called
Scotch paupers Scotch poors" l told him
kindred story which a friend of mine who
visited DR.. Dollinger brought home with him
There is prodgious multitude of infidels in
Germany, fear" said nv friend Yes" re-
Piled the professor, 'inhde are numerous, but
there are good many fidels aIso." He had
been smosiDg all day, anu l suggested that one
VINO suffered so much from Sleeplessness aud
indigestion ought not to smoke, or at any rate
ID smoke so constantly. He replied that hs
pro0aoly did himself some slight injury, but
entire year at the instance of a doctor who
assured him at period when he suffered much
tnat his only aiiment was too much tobacco At
the end of the year he was walking one evening
In The country, so weak that he was hardly able
70 crawl from tree to tree, when he suddenly
determined that whatever was amiss with him
that fellow at least did not understand it, and
he returned TO tobacco and smoked since with
out let or hindrance. In latter days he bad got
in London a number OF Dr. peal pines as thrv
were called, which were by far the best he had
ever met with; but he could not get further
supply in Dublin. though he had made careful
inquiries. laughingly assured hin that these
excellent repeal pipes .were strictly reserved
for true believers, and would get him supply
II he qualified in the ordinary manner.
Swiss CAPTAIN, at the end of a sanguinary
and prolonged battle. caused the dead and
dying to be thrown alike into the pits and
buried together. Some one pointed out to him
that many of tue bodies still showed signs of
animation. My good SIR" replied the Swiss,
If a MAJ were once to pay attention to the
signs theyshow, there would not be a dead
body among them" similar power of pre-
venting the mind being turned aside bv trifinp
considerations appears to have characterized a
certain kazi in the city of Cairo, Mansur Bin
Musia by name. To him is attributed among
others, the celebrated pound of flesh Judgment
given in favor OF the Jew creditor His de-
cisious we're usually rather extraordinary but
every now and then they wero so remarkable as
Coattract attention fr m diSintereste outsiders
On one occasion the. inhabitants of Cairo
were shocked to see living man borne through
the streets tied fast to a bier, and hurried
toward the cemetery to be buried alive. His
lamentable shrieks were entirely disregarded nv
the b arerS, VINO remorseiessly carried out their
duty to its bitter end. 1t was soon ascertained
that the Kazi Mansur was responsible for this
atrocty; and although Orientals are not easily
shocked where the administration of justice $50
calledl is concerned yet in this case it was felt
that some inquiries should be made Accord
ingly the kazi was interviewed and he was
asked why it was that he had caused a living
man to be buried alive, Like Mr., Gilherts
young lady in the "Mikade," it was doubtless
pointed out to him that burial alive is too
"stuify" death to be agreeable.
They found the knzi quite ready to satisfy
their doubts. You WISH" he said ito
know why this man had been buried alive.
Well, bis burial had been ordered by me in due
form. because six years ago his wife was mar
ried TO another man according to the decree of
the law. two witnesses OF very respectable
character having e-titied his death at Bagdad
The man, however, came before the court this
morning, pleading that he was not dead, and
advancing claim to recover his wife, ordered
the two witnesses to reappear and they proved
beyond doubt by fresh evidence that they had
attended his funeral at Bagdad, where he was
buried in their presence From this circum-
stance it is easy to conclude that the man can
not be real one but the ghost of the former.
and must therefore be laid, in order TO put an
end to all future disputes respecting the
woman" The bystanders thereupon, as we
are told, "diSsemoled their nisgvings, praised