The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-01
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11EMS VI 4hLE7ESLs
The Hon. ". W. Thomas. ex-min.ster
20 Sweden and Norway says fhat, reld-
tive 10 its size and population the ra-l-
road system Of Sweden IS the most COM
plete in the world
The late Mr. John Walter was the ori-
ginal OF the EetOn boy MiIlDank in Con
ingsby,' described by Lord BeaconsfleId
as the son of ''AIillbank of Millbank. a
great Lancashire manufacturer' an9
politician Of somewhat chaotic views. but
with decidedly radical tendencies
Ibsen. the writer. has brought suit
against Norwegian paper Tor printing
facts about his new work before II was
published. Ibsen saws he is under con-
tract with his English and German pub
fishers 10 tell nothing about his books
until they have left the printing press
Flora is the name Of white mule
which belongs to Alexander Tay Tor, near
Mona Springs, Macon county. Tex fora
Is 81 years old has made th.rty-f0ur
CROPS. L In eooi health. lively as a cricket
and will make the trip from home to.t0Wn
and return, sixteen miles, as quick as
any Of her kind not half her age.
Says the New York sun. The blanket
Of v.olets thai almost hid from view the
Casket Of a prominent banker who dted
last week cost 1910 1t is not ~ az IN
common 70 hear Of 500 pad for pillow
cf v-Olets, but this order Is believed 70
be the largest single order for v.Olets ever
given in this town. The demand Tor eX-
pens-ve flowers this year IS unprecedeliteu-
way window yesterday, carefully guarded
by TWO negro boys. cost $3.50 II was sad
TO be a present from young man 70 MS
girl who had just betrothed herself 10
him"
The Shiloh Battlefield Association de-
sires the name and postOfiice address OF
all the survivors of that battle. The sec
rotary has now over 1900 names. When
all are in a complete roster viii be printed.
The Shiloh bill, which has just passed
congress, provides for making the battle
SOL * 81 4f~aH Nc
association is composed Of the Blue ana
the Gray. and will hold a grand reunion
on the battlefield April to Z. 1895, and
VIII mark the various positions held by
them during the battle. Send ali names
to James Williams, assistant secretary,
Savannah, Tenn.
Philaletic circles in Europe wonder what
may become of the valuable collection of
postage stamps Of the late Gar Alexan-
der Ill. for his successor is anything but
an amateur IN th-s line. Some think that
s.onate philalet.st, will inherit 1t. A good
story is told of a Wisconsin boy who
sent 20 Car Alexander a complete set of
uncancelled Columbian stamps. The Rus
sian emperor upon receiving them was
highly pleased, and in return for this
boys attention and polite letter ordered
complete set of uncancelled Russian
stamps from the hrst 10 the last issue
an acquisition which very few, even of
rich collectors, can. boast of.
Bartram Hiles, the armless artist of
BRISTOL. England, whose pictures. sketches
and designs have won for him several
prizes, IS only IS years old, and though
he grasTfs his brush between his teeth
and paints with much deXterity. he was
not born armless. HIS arms were am
putated above the elbow in consequence
of a tramcar accident when he was S
years old. Instead, however Of sitting
down and beWail!ng his cruel fate. he de-
termined to make the most of his innate
artistic talent only two years after his
accident he had so far mastered the con-
HaraN faF IL
he was placed IN the first class division Of
the second grade Of free-hand drawing
of the National School of Bristol, and he
was only sixteen when he exhibited
wOrk-a study of a sycamore Ieaf-at the
local academy of pictures. For the next
Few years he studied, both in London and
Paris, so assiduously and successfully
that in 1880 he won a scholarship, open to
competition throughout the United King
DOM of a 100 guineas, and tenable for two
years. offered by the National Art de-
scum. Since then further hOnOrs have
been won by him on equal terms with
other competitors. He IS CHEEKY good
looking and lntelligent young man. and
seems to suffer little Inconvenience on
account of his misfortune
Hoops We're worn in the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth and with interregnums down
to the early portion of George Ills reign.
though, of course, in all that Ions pc
riod they much altered their appearance
ana their construction ana also their size.
Sometimes they are made of whale
bone sometimes they are merely a
corded petticoat and it was with
these the dresses We're disteneded in the
middle of the seventeenth century. In
1880 they were oval in form, while the
pocket hoop was in fact two hoops
one worn on each hip, united with a
tape which passed around the waist.
They We're often advertised as being made
of cane, and Fairholt tells us that in 1877
a folding hoop was introduced, so that
Sedan chairs and carriages might be en-
tered easily. The dress of the ladies'
in the reign of James ]. could be worn
over hoops. or n French lady's dress in
in the reign of Henry !. would also be suit
able. When crinolines We're last worn,
thirty or forty years ago, the skirts
were made very full and quite plain,
with tight-fitting bodcies, tight sleeves
at the shoulder and wider at the wrist
Some had a belt and others small points
at the back and front of the bod ICES; :
the skirts were not then gored. Lace
collars and wide lace sleeves or under
the sleeves of white muslin or lace made
full and confined with band at the wrist
were also fashionable at that time.