The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-14
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AT the time Shakespeare wrote his plays there
were not in all the world Is ma ny English
speaking people as there are now in New York
and New Jersey.
The population Of Greenland has increased S
per cent In the last ten years. IL is a curious
fact that the women outnumber the men very
greatly. especially in South Greenland.
WITH subscriptions which aggregate $40, 900
at bis command, Henry P. White Of Kansas
City. Kan. a member Of the board of trade. has
bought 1000 acres Of land near that city, on
which he proposes to colonize all of the desti-
tuIe negroes Of the town into a self supporting
village
DIPHTHERIrIo symptoms, manifested on the
part Of William O. Bulmsr, plaintiff and prin.
cipal witness in Flatbush H. L. lsvsuit
cleared the court room of spectators in less
Than minute on Thursday: Bulmer told tho
court what allied him. and added that three of
his children had died very recently of the
disease.
THE most important parsonage In Martin,
Tenn, lsa ia-year-old boy named Cleveland
Stevenson. according to the Charleston Nesc.
and Courier. His father, W. W, Stevenson
named him Cleveland at the suggestion OF the
physician present at his birth. This physician
had just returned from q visit to Buffalo N Y
and he knew Grover Cleveland we'll Name
MIN Cleveland. said he to Mr.. Stevenson, "be-
cause Grover Cleveland, IL he lives will be Presi-
dent Of the United States" This was done
and now the boy has the name OF both Presiden
and Vice President-eect. The boy ID 70 attend
the Inauguration on March 4, and his father NAV
get the postofhce at Martin
AT Mrs Gould's death her fortune, which was
considerable, was still invested as ID was left
her by her father. In no vicissitude was Mr.,
Gould ever tempted to touch IL. He abhorred
all business dealings with women. This dates
from an experience early In his career on the
mafket: Two maiden aunts up in the country
them In stocks. He did so and lost It, Tho
money was strictly returned to them and at NO
Inconvenience 30 Mr.. Gould. But this was not
business; 1t seemed TO open depths which might
become deeper He was frequently entreated
afterward by women who were near to him as
by women outside, but his dealings thenceforth
were with men.
A COOKING CLUB in Washington was broken
up by matrimony in less than q year. Each
member in turn ordered, cooked and served a
olnner Zach one had the privilege of inviting
man to judge the cooking. Every man invited
fell in love with a cook. One girl was a raging
oeIe She knew the secret OF cooking good
Deels1eeo. instead OF broiling it over the fire
she cooked 1t under. The slide the broier was
put In was not unlike drawer with the Goals
on top. This is the proper way to cook beef
STEAK The juice, instead of being drawn down,
as IL is when steak Is oroiled over the GOALS is
drawn up and the meat Is unctuous and palata-
BILE. To win q sweetheart with beefsteak ia
not poetic. but the aftermath is.
The latest Boston science is oekology, The
derivation Of che term is evident. II is from
the Greek oikos. meaning q house, and the
mar. 'e sbS1 iSsX from Iosos Here
housekeeping, with les various departments
lifted among the learned pursuits. Il viii rank
hereafter with Philology. mineralogy, ,physioI-
establishment of chair Of oekology In Yale,
with lectures on such subjects as History OF
the Flapjack, How to Make Bed" Early
or Taa Al
Applied to Flats, etc. Graduates of the course
will be known as o. b., o. M or o. d., bachelor
master or doctor of oekology, as the case may
. De; II IL Is strongly suspected that the new
England 30 create matrimonial boom, II DOS
| sible.
THERE is curious typographical error in
Harper's Magazine for the month Of Decsm-
Der. just issued. By which Charles Dudley
Warner is made 10 say in his Editors Study
| no longer believed" This would be startIine
assertion, indeed, were 1t not evidently BY the
context that what Mr.. Warner wrote was that
the great mass Of Christmas literature q no
| longer believed. 10 10 doubtful IL anything but
the irreverent or the incorrigibly cynical or the
| followers of Col Ingerxol would have taken
the types literally In any event. The magazines
OF the country are stngularly free nom typo
graphical blundsrs and Harpsr's d behind none
OF them In this respect. Il used 10 be said that
q mistake in printing was absolutely unknown
IN Harpers. BINS We are none Of as quite perfect
in this world, and mans products cannot be
supposed to be superior to himself
The Boston Post DOESN'T like the English
names given 70 many Boston streets and hotels
in the Back Bay, as, for instance, Arlington.
Berkeley, Dartmouth, Exeter, Arundel Bristol
Grosvenor, and Earlscourt '"rhe people who
live In these houses. and in most all the others,
too" il says, wear their clothes after q dis
tinctly English fashion; their ooachmen sit up
on their boxes arrsyed In distinctly English
liveries; they address them and all their serv.
ants, male ana female. by their last name
since that Is how it is done in London. Won
know. The turnouts are all English the horses
are docked, because ii is English, and IL there
is anything that is English that is not In vogue
in the Back bay, It is beoause-but there is not
The Boston Plot says that the English names
given to the Back bay streets were evolved by a
couple OF lrish-Americans on the board of sur
vey, aided by a copy OF the British peerage.
Two LITTLE ragged urchins had their noses
hsttened against the window of large toy
store on Chestnut street above Tenth, Phila-
delphis, the other day, Their eyes were big
with wonder as they Razed upon the manifold
delights within. stopped TO watch their en-
joyment of what, to them, was unattainable
They moved around the big bulk window scan
ming every object, and audibly wishing they
were she possessors. Finally they anchored
near the door of the store, and there they were
rooted by the sight Of a Punch and Judy show
Suddenly the door opened and q big gary
WnlShohSA iAAoh obOppoN quiChiJ Oub. ne was
minus hat and evidently one Of the attaches
of the store With one step he was behind the
urchins and laid hand on the shoulder of each
With the ready aggressiveness OF the street
arab they turned to fight. expecting Co be
chased away, but their looks OF defiance soon
changed TO wondering incredulity as the gentIe-
man said; "Now il you little men will behave
like gentlemen and promise not to handle any
thing you may come inside and look at all our
stock" Broad grins overspread their faces, and
as they went into the store l walked away,
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mas action.