The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

LIE NOr"eBlans MAKE OF goats milk q
brown cheese, called "mysost," which does not
look very inviting to a foreigner A native. DR..
Jun9s Nlcholyson, was sending some Nor
Weglan delicaces to a friend in Germany and
among other things he put in q piece OF nv
spst. hls friend wrote and thanked him for
the salmon, etc. and then continues: THE
soap 10 very nice; but we find great difficulty in
making the lather." This was the cheese!
TIE books OF to-day will fall to pieces before
the middle of the next century, say the experts.
The paper in the books that have survived two
OF three Centuries was made By hand of honest
rags ana without the use of strong chemicals
while the ink was made of nut gals To-day
much OF the paper for books is made at least
IN part or wood pulp treated with powerful
acids, while the ink is compound of various
substances naturally at with the fimsy
paper upon which it is laid. The printing of
Two centuries ago has improved with age; that
OF to-day It is feared, will within fifty years eat
lts way through the pager.
The Liberty Tree" frequently alluded TO in
the history of New England was in Boston. In
l766 the Sons of Liberty" were organized under
Widespreading, beautiful elm, which stood in
'front.' OF a grocery, near what what is now the
corner or Essex and Washington streets. Boston,
taoIet on the present building marking the
spot. Here were exposed the efagies OF those
men VINO had favored the passage OF the odious
stamp act. In the excited period which followed
nearly al the political meetings of the "Sons of
Liberty" called together by the hoisting of a
nag on the staff, extending through the
branches OF the tree, were held under it's waving
boughs and in the square about it. During the
serge OF Boston, August, IT'S. the tree was cut
GOWN oy gang In the pay Of the British SOL
diers and the tories
AMOS CUMMINGS is one OF the 1olliest of con-
gressmen. He was telling Senator Sanders,
Hon. G. Broadwater OF Montana, Tom Murray
OF New York, aud other friends at the ArlinG-
ton the other night why he came TO take snch n
special interest IN the election Of Mr. Crisp IL
seems that the journalist statesman had the
fehcitous experence Of marching through
georgia as tramp printer in 1857. He landed
In Macon with % cents in his pocket, but had
the good luck to get Job of type-sett
on Sne local local paper the very next day. The
night before he had heard Alex Stephens de-
liver great political speech breathing strong
devotion to the Union. 1t caught the heart OF
the bright young peripatetic printer and so
when, while sticking type" the Dext day, he
heard his employer bewall the fact that they
had no report OF Little Alexis" speech.
Amos volunteered to write an account of it,
lie ala 50 TO the extent Of three columns. and
the editor praised him to the skies 1t was the
recollection OF those by gone DAYS of his YOUTH
and the kind treatment Of the people OF the
Goober state" that first inclined Cummings
TO favor Crisp.
THERE are thousands of bald -headed women
running round New York city in wigs. toques
and wells These bare-headed beauties vary
from II 20 70 years OF age. Some of them have
been Ill, but the great majority are the victims
OF ayes, oleaches or washes One barber, whose
Murray Hill, has book showing sixty appoint
nents fortnight for the last two months with
ladies' or social Importance. No questions were
asked and no information volunteered The
customers merely wished to make arrangements
Tor having their heads shaved every two weeks
to get their hair started growing. All the en-
gaRements were for morning hours. And In no
instance, strangely enough, was there a request
LOT the shorn tresses. Another remark
able thing about these elegant
customers was the preference shown
curly wigs Each, on her first appearances
came provided with a curly wig Most of them
were the same color as the eyebrows, showing
that natures taste was RECON- ized at last W hile
q few were either blonde or black These excep-
lions were due to economy The wigs were in
the family; they had cost from SIS to S26, and
were Thought good enough for the short time
they would be worn. Many Of these ladies took
their nrSt shave when Lent began, and by repeat
ing the operation every ten days or so hoped to
have new crop Of hair by the time Easter fes-
Invites BEGIN At home. in the bosom OF their
families and with then intimate friends these
foolish and fashionable danes and bellies are
unslghtly enough, but for the sake of ehminat-
ing the straw treSses and sere and coppery
locks even shaved heads can be endured for
eight or ten weeks.
PEKrN. the capital of the Chinese empire and
of the province of Chilli on the Tunghui river.
has Q population estimated at 1,5O0. 900. Il
stands on an extensive sandy plain and consists
or Kln-Ching the prohibited city, containing
only the palaces OF the emperor and the dwell
the imperial city, with large number OF court
officials; Nul-Ching, the Tartar city, comprising
twelve square miles, and Watching, the Chi.
nese city With fifteen square miles OF area The
Tartar city il surrounded by a wall 80 feet high
and 80 feet thick, the Chinese city by one 80 fact
high and Is feet thick. They are built of stona
and brick and filed with earth The suburbs
include an area of twenty-five miles The pro-
hlblted city, two miles in circumference is en-
tered by four gates, each surmounted by a
tower. The buildings are superior to any
n he mir Tba Ne.
TO the imperial buildings, aud is reserved for
the emperor solely. Five marble bridges
spanning little stream. lead to a marble-
paved court and the Gate of Extensive Peace
at which the emperor receives the HOMAGE of
| his courtiers on great state days Ascending
the stairway the Tranquil Palace of Heaven IL
reached into which none can venture without
spec al royal permission. The number OF people
within the prohibited city is small, most being
Mantchoos. The Imperial City, surrounding
the PROMPTED city, has wall twenty feet
nigh pierced by four gates through which no
one can enter save by special permission II
contains the tables of the deceased eTnDerors
and empresses and the affairs Of the gods. There
is also the Russian college, military stores AID
King shan, the artificial mountain with each
OF its five SUBMITS crowned by a pavilion.
The Tartar City surrounds the Imperial CITY
ana contains the principal government offices
and the hail OF science erected In 1880 Near
by Is the Russian church Of the Assumption and
the temple where his majesty and princes yor-
shlped their ancestors on the first day of every
month The city is in control of the general Of
the Nine Gates, near whose headquarters IL the
high tower in which is the immense drum and
bell that proclaim the hour OF midnight Not
far away is the white pagoda with its obelisk
erected by Kublai Khan in the thirteenth CEN
fury, about which, upon 10S pillars lamps burn
continuously in Buddhas honor. The Chinese
city Is the most populous, but It's structures are
poorly built The houses are of brick, one-story
high, with roofs of tiles. IL contains the affairs
to heaven, to winter, to agriculture, and the
pool dedicated to the spirits of the waters, where
his majesty performs special supplications