The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-06
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fit in Paris, and, Of course, necessarily every.
where, Is the ''corssge a sanglots." French COS
tuners have found that 10 Is very uncomfort-
able for mourner TO sob unrestrainedly. as "a
very proper at q funeral Ia stiff unYieldIng
stays, beside that it Is detrimental TO her toilet
and they met these difficulties by providing a
corset which permits her TO indulge comfort
ably in the widest excuses OF grief compatible
oangertng her costume. These ends are accom-
phshed by letting a piece OF elastic into each
sioe OF the corset This gives, OF course, with
eAcn outDurst OF grief. and no harm is done.
The Princess Victoria Mary Of Teck, who.
through her alliance with Prince collars and
Cuffs, ;" may some day be Queen of England. is
the pretty daughter Of prettier mother; for
the Duchess OF Teck, as the Princess Mary of
Cambridge, was one of the most attractive
royal girls in Europe generation ago. Her
beauty and amiability made her the idol Of the
people, much to the dlSpleasure OF Queen Vic
torla, &c IS said, whose popularity was not so
great then as 1t is to-day. AS the belle Of the
British royal family, says Hdrper's Weekly,
Princess Mary had troop OF titled suffers Ia
her train; but she was content to choose the
Duke Of ''Tick," es he was called because OF his
impecuniosty. Now she has grown very stout.
weighing nearly 200 pounds. but she Is still
fine looking woman.
GEoeRAPHERs claim that there are twenty
five rivers on the globe which have total
length Of over 900 miles. OF these, two-the
mississippi, from the source of the Missouri in
the Rocky mountains to the Eads Jetties and
the Amazon, from the source OF the BENZ to the
Isle OF Marsjo-are over 1000 miles In length;
TO be exact, the former is 4, 800 and the latter
4,O29 miles from the source TO the places where
their waters are mingled with those of the
ocean. -Four claim a total length of over 5000
ana under 1900. They are the Yenesei. 10 ASIA
length $3.50 miles; the Kiang. also In Asia,
s. 900 mikes; the Nile, Africa 1880, and the Ho
Hang Ho the third monster Asian stream, which
is $3.50 miles from source to mouth. Seven
streams on the globe are under 1900 and
over 1000 miles In length the Volgs, In Russia,
and the AmOor, in Asia, each being 9 500 miles
10 length; two are 1850 miles long, viz: the
Mackenzie, in British America. and the Patte
in South America The Rio Bravo. in North
America, the Rio Aederia in South America
and the Niger, in Africa, are each 3 800 miles
from end TO end. Tho Arkansas river Just
comes inside Of this 2000-mile limit with a
length Of 5000 miles. Ton of the great rivers
of the world ore over / 900 and under 1000 miles
In length. Three Of these are in North America
VIZ; the Red river, 1920; Ohio, i,4S0, and the
st. Lawrence, 1850. South America has also
three In this list. the Rio Negro, 1850;
or000noco. 1000; and the Uruguay,
in the same list, the Euphrates, 1900 miles in
length, and the T1gris and the Ganges each Of
which " about 800 miles in length. Ia the
group Of great rivers the st. Lawrence is the
most remarkable. IL constitutes by far the
largest body or fresh water in the world. In
GLIDING lakes and streams the b. Lawrence
covers about rs 900 square miles; the aggregate.
1t u estimated, represents not less than 1900
solid miles Of water. The upthinkante sizs OF
this moss may be better ooLnprshepNed il not
fully realized, whom wa consider the figures Of
Prof. Cyrus Q. Dinwiddie, who says that it,
would take over forty yoarS for the aggregate
or this entire mass to pour ovor Niagara at shs
computed rate Of 900 900 cubic feet bcT second
The Butler family of South Carolina fur
nshes one Of the best illustrations OF the trans
mission of talent Of which know. II has now
been celebrated during three generations be-
ginning with Gen. William Butler, who served
With distinction throughout the revelation and
arCerward In congress and IN the war Of 1919
one Of his sons, Andrew PfeEens Butiar WAS a
United States senator from 1885 until his death
in 1887. Another son, Pierce Mason Butler, a
distinguished soldier, was killed at Cherubusco
His third son, William Butler was a represent
alive in congress. The present senator Mat
thew Oelbraith Butler, is son of the second
William Butler. This is record almost equal
to the Adams or Harrison families. But the
fact sot out to relate is the ROMANCE attending
the courtship ana marriage Of Gen. VIII am
Butler. His wife was Miss Beheshland
Moore, young lady living during the revolu-
ton with her mother and step-fsther in Edge
field district, 8. =. She was q high-spirltyd
courageous girl. In 1710, when but Is years
old, intelligence reached her family OF great
danger threatening a small body Of American
troops some miles distant. There was no man
to conway the message. Miss Moore volunteered
to do 80 herself Accordingly al midnight she
set out In canoe, accompanied by her little
brother ard girl friend Their course Law IN
the river. AS rapidly possible they made
their way toward the distant camp, Ii was an
| hour when marauding parties Of Tories were
about and the party was In real danger, for
neither their youth or sax would have saved
them had shey fallen into the hands of those
white savsges. At last the camp was reached
the message delivered, and the soldiers were put
on their guard sgaidst surprise. Then the
little party returned home, arriving there
in safety about daybreak. The next
day a young and handsome American Off
Ger rode up to the house and asked TO see the
young lady who he'd borne the message to the
camp the night before. Miss Moore appeared
Her youth and beauty were SO striking that the
impreSsonable young dragon nearly forgot
what he was there for Finally he pulled him
self together asked his questions, received the
answers, and reluctantly departed, the young
lady blushing beneath his ardent and admirin2
gaze He soon found q pretext for renewing
his visit and then as lin and again, until he be.
come the young ladys accepted sutton The
step-father. however, opposed the match. but
the young couple we're IN love, and In the lovers
lexicon was no such word as fail OF course
the step-father had finally to Yield and in 174S
five years after their first meeSng and when
the groom 25 and the bride 20, Capt VIII
lam Butler, grandfather OF the senator from
South Carolina, and Miss Behethland Moore
were united in marriage.
Mrs WILLIAM c. WHITNEY and Mrs Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt have received $as 600 from con-
tributions fer the purpose of establishing an In
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