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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-09
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS.
Nominations by Legislative Caucus
Last Night.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. S.-The democrats
of the legislature held caucus here to-
night, DR.. Shaw, chairman, on nominations
for treasurer of Maryland and police com
missioner of Baltimore city. Treasurer
Archer and Commissioner Gill were unani-
mously renominated. The caucus ad-
journed to meet tomorrow morning at 10 80
o'clock. 1t was decided that the House
and Senate meet tomorrow in Joint session.
for the purpose Of electing Archer and Gill,
and to hold democratic caucus to no1ni-
nate senator tomorrow. 1t is said Gov.
Jackson's friends have force, but it appears.
nevertheless, that Senator Wilson will be
nominated.
SENATOR WILSON'S CHANCES.
BALTIMORE, Jan. S.-The Sun dndepend-
ent estimates that Senator Wilson win be
reelected by the state legislature on the
first ballot, receiving 45 votes, 80 being
necessary to choice. The Sun estimates
that in the Senate and House OF Delegates
there is but one Hill democrat, as against
fifty CloYeland democratic,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-09
NEW YoRKs SOUTHERN SOCIETY.
The President Resigns Because of
Tuesday Nights Action.

~ ASoAANhb AkGSlknb because OF
Tuesday Nights Action.
NEW YORK, Jan. S-William P. St
John, president Of the Mercantile National
Bank and president of the Southern Society,
tonight rendered his resignation as a men,
Der of that society because of its action last
night on the death of Jefferson Davis. The
letter is addressed to the secretary Of the
society, and reads as follows:
THE LETTER.
New YORK, Jan. g, 1890.
4. Aslby BedH, Esq, Secretary:
DEAR SIR-In the absence of the president, I
louSe S with you my resignation as an officer and
member of the New York Southern Society. l
thus resent the call for last nights meeting
and the motion of the society as an implied
censnre OF the executive committee. holding
myself responsible in part for the silence OF the
committee upon the annouuo Sment OF the death
OF Hon. Jefferson Davis
The sole test of eligibility to membership
hsing birth, long residence, parentage or
ancestry SOUTH all shades of political opinion
are necessarily entertained and welcomed in the
society. The eX-coufederate element could not
De IN question for need OF any public demon
stration OF their regard for the memory of Mr.
Davis. while another clement important In
numbers and influence, were certain to feel ag-
grieved by the adoption Of any resolution in
eulogY OF hitn put forth, as in this instance,
as tne general expression of tine society. The
rights or this element in the membership the
committee felt called upon to respect. Not
without consulting my associates of tho COM
mittee, respectfully decline to be a party Co
the action of a society in which these rights
are willingly ignored. / think them bold
indeed. who assume this TO be the time and
place, themselves men of this generation, in
which to write the epitaph of Jefferson Davis
In terms alike acceptable to all Americans Ac-
cordingly, look upon the call for last nights
meeting, because unnecessary, as utterly out of
taste.
Differing then, as 1 evidently do, from the
gentlemen answerable for last nights proceed
ings, cannot honorably allow myself TO be ac-
counted by them and others as any longer part
OF the control and conduct OF the society.
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they are made to represent the people who
make them. The doll Of the fat-headed In
dian has fiat head, and one from Southern
Alaska will have hole through its lower
lip with an ivory pin in it to represent the
custom of the ladies of Alaska, who pierce
their lips in this way. These dolls of the
Indians ore of both sexes, and not few of
them are tattooed. One OF the Alaskan dolls
has ring in his nose, on which are strung
red, white and blue beads, and other dolls
are made of straw or grasses
The prettiest doll in the world, perhaps,
is the Japanese doll, and from the doll you
can study the customs of the country. The
little punches Of hair on the different parts
OF Japanese dolls head enable us to tell
just how old it is, and you can tell jap
anese.child's age by its hair. Some of the
babies have their heads entirely shaved
with the exception Of two little wisps of hair
under the ears. These are very young babies.
After they grow a few months old ring of
hair is allowed to remain about the crown,
and SO they keep on adding until the whole
OF the head is covered.
The collection of toys in the National
Museum constantly increases, and the lesson
that is ever before you in going through its
wonders is that the Indians and the Chinese,
the Siamese and the Egyptians, the African
and the South American are much the same
as we are. Miss GRUNDY, JR.
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the Esquimaux put the infant as soon as it
is born on layer of moss in Q bag made Of
leather and lined with hair skin. The bag
is then laced up. 1t fastens the body of the
child SO that 1t cannot move and makes it
look like an Egyptian mummy. Another
class of the Esquimaux puts the child in
bag and wraps it up SO that it looks like a
cocoon. They do not wash 1t nor give it
anything to eat until three days after 1t is
born, and it is never given any water to
drink until it is old enough to help ITSELF
The Indians of Northern California make
a very pretty basket cradle. 1t is shaped
like q slipper, with square toe, and it
looks as soft and pretty as any baby basket
you have ever seen. There is Modoc
cradle here which is also of willow work. 1t
is as round as a telegraph pole and the little
baby is wrapped around like a mummy and
stuck in ii. He sleeps standing and his
head is often tied back with bandage.
This gives him fat head.
CARRYING THE BABIES.
There are number of illustrations in the
Museum as to how women carry their
babies. All of the Indians cart them around
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PRETTY WHITE HANDS.
How New York's Fair are Going Mad Over
Beau BrummePs Beauties.

How New York's Fair are Going Mad Over
Beau BrummePs Beauties.
New York world,l
Fashion has gone quite wild over the beau
tiful white hands that Mr.. Mansfield wears
in the character of Beau Brummel. Letters
and cards are pouring in on the talented ac-
tor begging for points. 1t keeps Manager
Augustus Hartz inky fingered sending re-
plies, which are to this effect:
DEAR MADAME: Mr.. Mansfield desires me
to tell you that his beautiful white hands are
the result of white powder, cherry rouge and
footlight, and to add that you would perhaps
be disappointed could you see them in hard
daylight.
There is no mistaking the stage beauty of
these useful and graceful members. From
the orchestra they are as white and as soft
as marshmaIlow drops; the finger tips curl
back and reflect the delicate pink OF the
coral-like nails. When before the toilet
table he raises them overhead and shakes
them in the air until all the redness runs
down, a great ooh" of admiration is heard.
And they are beautiful, there is no mis-
take about it,
But girls, dear, don't be foolish, don't
waste your postage. In private the beauti-
full white hands are big, strong, brown paws.
just exactly like the dear, helping, generous
hands OF your husband or brother. They
are buckled to a pair OF ironlike wrists, Or
namented with a couple of scars won in
those stirring days when the actor loved a
dog and a baseball as he has never loved
ANYTHING human or inanimate since. The
nails are beautifully kept, but In manly
way, not a trace of CHEEKY rouge or mani
cure powder being visible.
OF all the display of hands that have been
seen above the footlights of late, the Beau's
are certainly the whitest and most beauti-
full. Young Salvini never succeeded in
getting his a good color, and Margaret
Mather complained bitterly of their condI-
ton. Even the peerless Patti has cried be-
cause her little hands looked so awful. She
has tried everything but white lead, but do
what she will they always have the appear
ance of being painted white.
Emma Abbott's small plump hands gave
her more trouble than her wigs, and she was
obliged to lave them in glycerine and then
run them into box of powder just before
going on the stage. 1t was always under
stood by her tenor that every caressing touch
of her oily palm meant a big grease spot on
his lapel or coat sleeve that the cleaner
would charge 30 cents to remove.
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up more room under the corset. and nothing
is so ugly as the lines of the corset showing
through light dress bodice either across the
back or the chest.
DREAMS IN PETTIcoArs.
There is much variety as usual In the
make of the petticoats, but one rule remains
the same-they should be hooked round the
hips on to the corset or have very deep
shaped waistband SO as not to thicken the
waist. For out of doors the pretty short silk
petticoats with pinked out founees are great
favorites-the color ought to match the
dress under which it is worn. Under tea
gowns long petticoats of fine white cambria
or cream silk, heavily trimmed either with
line embroidery or lace around the hounces,
or innumerable rows of tucks with insertion
let in between them at intervals are also
worn. Nothing is prettier than Valen-
ciennes lace Tor these, but torchon is also
very much worn and more durable. Long
trained petticoats for the evening are also
made of fine white cambric, silk not being
used in full evening dress.
A great Paris milliner often puts long
separate train under the train of the dress,
which prevents the necessity of long
trained petticoat. If the latter is worn it
should be tied TO the train of the dress In
three places to prevent its being separated
from the dress. The petticoats should be
founced all up the back, but only one
hounce, and that not very full, should be
put across the front. There are also some
pretty things in pale tints of blue, gray and
pink silk or cambric for indoor petticoats,
but striped or dark colors are not possible.
MIRACLES OF COMFORT.
As for dressing gowns and dressing jack
cts, they are so richly trimmed and so fasci-
mating that they are really more becoming
than dresses, and pretty woman never
looks so bewitching as when she comes in to
break fast, fresh from her bath, arrayed in
one of these miracles of softness and COM
fort. The difference between a pretty morn
ing gown and tea gown is now very diff
cult to detect. The morning gown rivals
the tea gown both in color and make, but is
perhaps somewhat less gorgeous and rich in
material.
For hot weather and for young women
nothing looks fresher than pure white
robe de chambre well trimmed with the
finest white embroidery or lace, and tied
round the waist with pale pink or blue rib
bons. For rather older ladies fine cashmere
or soft silks, richly trimmed with handsome
lace and long bows of ribbon, are always
becoming and fashionable. The princess
shape at the back still prevails, but in the
front thousand different drapings are used
with the one rule at present, that the lines
of the figure must be brought out and not
hidden, and very good rule it is, if the fig
ure be good. SILHoNTA.
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II Consists of Pulverized Roots Mixed Up
With Crushed Ants.
New York Tribune.l
Talking Of centipedes," said one of a
party of travellers yesterday, reminds me of
dish ate once in Brazil. went away
up the Amazon one winter among the
wretched Indians there, buying up raw rub
Der. Several of US left the boat one day and
made our way into the dense forest to see if
could shoot any toucans. We got lost in
short order, and wandered about for day
and a night before we found the little creek
in which our boat lay, and we were only
brought back then by some Indians whom
we met carrying rubber to the river to sell.
We met them just as they were about to
camp for the night, and as they promised to
show us the way out of the forest,we camped
with them.
"We had some timed beef left and some
whisky, but as had lived on timed beef
and fresh fish for some time and was mighty
tired of them both, was looking about for
the Indians had some native food with
them. This consisted of some sort of gray
isb-white paste, that looked like mixture
of suet and 'grits.' I asked them what it
was, but could not understand what they
said. and our interpreter had gone off for
water. 1t did not taste at all bad, and the
flavor was unlike anything I had ever eaten,
so had swallowed bit Of it about as big
as your fist before the interpreter returned
and told me that the dish was made of some
sort of dried root, pulverized and mixed
with the crushed bodies of white ants.
aI did not eat any more"
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upon their backs, and this seems to be the
method of more than half the world. The
Gipsies carry their babies in the packs in
which they carry their goods, and the
Chinese bostwoman has her baby strapped
upon her back, and it bobs up and down as
she sculls over the water. The japanese
woman ties her baby to her with string.
1t has no support for its head, and this bobs
up and down under the rays of the hot sun.
The African woman CARRIES her baby in
part of her dress, and Mr.. Rockhill, the
Thibet explorer. tells me that the people of
that country put their babies into the bag
formed by making the dress full in front
and thus carry them next to their skin.
In Siam the babies are carried on the
shoulders or hips of the mother and it is
not an uncommon thing to see a child
couple OF years old sitting astride Of its
fathers shoulder smoking cigarette. The
babies of the California peninsula are
Graded in turtle shells and they go to sleep
by the rocking of this quite as well as our
babies do. One of the curious things in
cradles shown in the National Museum is
the Siberian baby jumper. It is a sort of
skin basket, which is furnished with springs
at each corner, and which is tied by these
to an elastic pole set In the walls OF the
cabin. As the baby moves back and forth
this pole dances pand down and its mother
thus gives it ride with little labor.
DOLLS OF THE WORLD.
Very near some of these cradle cases of the
National Museum are hundreds of dolls, and
see that the children of all the world are
alike in their love for toys. Some of the
finest dolls come from Alaska, and nearly
every tribe has its different kind of doll.
Many of them are carved from ivory, and
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caps among the peasants are yellow. Pur-
pie and violet, to express royalty, is the
mourning for Cardinals. Violet color is the
mourning for Turkey. The Bokhara
mourning is deep blue. the significance of
which is not known. For Persia, the pale
brown is used representing withered leaves,
and grayish brown-earth-is used in
Abyssinia and Ethiopia.
In olden times the people were wont to
clothe themselves in sack cloth and ashes,
in some of the barbaric countries the widow
is burned at the death of her husband and
in others they blacken their teeth and ab-
stain from food for given length of time
At tie present time, the royal family OF
Germany is in mourning, likewise the royal
families Of Austria. Spain and Portugal.
In materials Tor dresses we have the nuns
yelling, Henriettas, grapes, crepe-de -chire,
cSshmeres and gros grain and arnure silks.
And with the exception of the Henrietta, cash
mere and armure silk, the same materials
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he PUT HER TO FLIGHT.

An Inquisitive Youngsters Attack on 4 Fine
Lady's Gorgeous Hat.
New York Herald.l
Her hat was regular sumner, and no
mistake. 1t looked something like minia-
ture tropical garden, but nature never pro-
duced anything half so gorgeous. A couple
of artificial butterflies, whose wings pre-
sented dazzling assortment of colors, were
poised upon invisible wires over two imita-
tion orchids. They were obviously designed
to supply the crowning touch of realism
When she entered the 81" car she knew that
that hat would create o sensation. There
were plenty of vacant seats around, but she
walked nearly the whole length of the car
before King one, and when she sat down
it was with the proud consciousness that all
ewes were fixed upon her-or rather upon
her hat.
But nobody stared at that hat half as hard
as a bright, chubby little youngster, who
was sitting alongside of his mother, right
opposite the owner of the triumph OF mil
linery.
"Oh, mamma, mamma |" exclaimed the
little fellow, gleeiully, II see two butterflies
on that lady's hat"
"Hush, hush, Willie" said the mother;
"you mustn't make remarks"
But Willie was at that age when the mind
refuses to be satisfied with dogmatic asser-
tions and demands reasons.
"Did she stick pins through them and
kill them?"
"Hush--no; they are made up butter
flies"
Willie meditated upon this for minute
and then, to the intense delight Of everybody
within earshot, excepting, of course, his
mother and the proprietor Of the wondrous
hat, he broke out afresh.
'Did you ever see any live butterflies like
those butterflies, mamma. 1 never did"
"Do be quiet; don't ask foolish questions"
But Willie was not to be suppressed in
that fashion.
mamma, why is 1t that other ladies don't
put butterflies in their. hats2"
'1 don't know. Dopbe quiet"
"Mamma, if you put butterflies on your
hat would you put butterflies on your hat
like that?"
By this time the snicker had developed
into an audible litter and threatened to be-
come downright laugh soon.
The conductor suddenly opened the door
and shouted out something that sounded like
'Drenthenth streetr'
Whstever the street might be it seemed
suddenly to occur to the proprietor of the hat
that it was the street she wanted and she
rushed precipitatsly out of the car.
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are used in fashionable millinery. The same
certain styles and richness OF design is be-
slowed on fine mourning as it is on the most
dainty opera bonnet and, great care should
be exercised In its selection. No lady can
be said to be dressed in deep mourning un-
less she adopts and wears for given length
of time the veil of Grape, nuns yelling or
crepe-de-ehine. These should be TWO yards
in length with a hem six or eight inches
wide at each end.
For summer the wells of very wide
Brussels net with Grape hens are much af-
fected by fashionable women. There is
new style of drapiug these wells known as
the perfect balance drape," which will
popularize these wells to greater extent,
and the change will be hailed with delight
by the votarIes of fashion. So curiously and
wonderfully is this draped as to throw the
weight of the veil on the shoulders, and by
q delt movement of the right hand the wear
er is enabled to draw the veil over the face
without disarranging the veil. Small, close
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is scooped out until there is hole just big
enough to admit the body of the child. The
top of the hole is a little higher than the re-
mainder, and it is upon this that the child s
head must rest. As ii lies there its head
comes just trife above the edge of the
wood, and a board swung on pivots falls
down from the head of the cradle and
presses against the child's forehead.
FORCES IT OUT OF SHAPE.
A spring is attached to this board and
this spring is elastic so that steady pressure
is produced against the head of the child.
This continuous pressure forces the child's
head out of shape and makes it produce its
tribes idea of beauty which is that the face
from the nose to the crown of the head
should go back in straight line. The
baby is put into this cradle az soon as it is
born, and it is kept in it for eight weeks.
The cradle has a strap fastened to its back
and its mother carries both cradle and baby
around with her, resting the burden upon
her shoulders and passing the straps around
her head.
1t is only the strongest babies who can
stand such treatment, and many little
fat-head baby dies in its cradle. When it
does so the cradle becomes its coffin, and it
is laid in it on the water of some pool, which
ing of these babies Is always done with cold
water, and the mother performs the opera
tion in the same way that the Chinese
laundryman dampens his clothes. She fills
her mouth with water, holds it there
moment, and then squirts it out in spray
over the child. Among some of the Indians
babies are bathed as soon as they are born
in cold water, and the Alaskan baby gets
sea bath every day. A number of the tribes
OF the islands of the Pacific fatten the
heads, and the natives of Sumatra fatten
their babies noses as well. They pull out
the ears of the babies to make them stand
at an angle with the head, and in the Caro-
lima Islands it is said that the little girl
babies have their nostrils pressed out in
order to make them beautiful.
BABIES CARRYING BABIES.
Europe and America seem to be the lands
of cradles. The Secretary of the japanese
Legation SAYS that no cradles OF any kind
are used in Japan, and the japanese baby
is never bandaged. 1t is wrapped loosely
in cloth of some kind, and placed on 4
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A WOMAN BULL-FIGHTER.
The Sex Has Pressed Into Another Field of
Usefulness With Success.

The Sex Has Pressed Into Another Field of
Usefulness With Success.
Newcastle, Eng, Chronicle.l
The heroine of the hour jEst now in Lis
bon is a German girl, Fraulein Johanna
Maestrick. Fraulein Maestrick was born
near Berlin, but went with her parents as
child to Portugal. When she was II an
impressario, struck with her size and her
beauty offered to train her as female bull
fighter. The agent sent his pupil, who is
not yet 20, to compete at the show of Female
Beauty, which took place this spring at
Lisbon, where she carried off the first prize.
The advertisement proved an excellent one,
for ever since the impressario has been bonn
barded with letters from all classes, wish
ing to know when the beautiful 'torera'' is
to make her debut
She has not yet appeared in an arena, but
last week she came out in trial fight at
Oporto. A huge crowd collected to see the
unusual sight The young lady quickly
laid two bulls in the sand, and rode off ol.
lowed by band of music, and thunders of
applause. Crowds of people collected be-
lore the windows of the hotel, at which the
.torera" was staying, and far into the night
she was obliged to appear on the balcony in
response to their call lor her.
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fitting capote frames, plainly covered with
nuns yelling and folds of the same or alter
mating with gros grain silk on the brim are
considered most appropriate with wells.
A beautiful mourning bonnet is of black
crepe-de-chine and dull jets The frame is
covered plain with two thicknesses of the
crepe-de-chine and hand embroidered with
let. The veil is three and one-half yards in
length, with eight-inch hens at each end,
and this is laid over the side crown in
narrow folds, each end hanging down the
back. The veil being of the 20-inch black
crepe-de-chine the crown and brim are not
covered with it and the bonnet is the light
est produced and is admirably adapted to
ladies that find the nuns yelling too heavy.
Simplicity lie desired and much sought after
in fine mourning and very simple snd
striking toque Is plainly covered with gros
grain silk and trimmed In butterfly bow