The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

! IIEAdO Of INTEREST.
THE most unhappy period of marriage, &C
cording to French divorce statistics, is for the
| period extending from the fifth to the tenth
| year. After that the figures drop rapidly.
Only IS per cent of couples seek divorce be-
tween the tenth and twentieth years of unions.
| Only one pair in a hundred seeks to cut the
knot after the period of over thirty and under
! forty years.
| TIE splendid Mozart centenary festival at
| Salzburg recalls to the memory how the great
composer died in December, 1891 He finished
his days in the top fiat OF house in one of the
| poorest streets of the city. He left 90 horius in
| money, and the sale of his effects realized 20
| 1orins, or about IS shlings. He was laid in q
| pauper'S grave marked by plain wooden
| cross. and nobody knows now where that
! grave is.
THE PEOPLE Of the United States have, gener
ally speaking but vague idea of what it an
nualy costs the people of Europe to maintain
their respective sovereigns. The German en-
peror heads the list with a yearly stipend of
42OO0,OOO francs which means in other words.
that every man, woman and child, of AZ DOC. 600
of Germans, who inhabit the Fatherland, must
pay annual tribute of about IS cents to sustain
the dignity of the imperial crown. The czar OF
Russia comes next, with q civil list of 36, 600 900
francs or head taxation of nearly cents for
each one of his 81 .000, 900 of subjects The En-
peror of Austria, who rules over 100000 of
people, has an snnual income OF 23O00O0O
sonal taxation of 81 cents. Queen Victoria re-
ceiveS from the 31 900 900 of people which COM
prise the population of the United Kingdom,
royal tribute of 10 cents per head, or $3,700,0O0.
THE OLD SAYING that there is honor even
among thieves seems to lead many persons to
believe that a higher sense of honor prevails
among crooks than Is Possessed by other peo-
pie, remarked the acting superintendent of
one of the leading Chicago detective agencies.
Now, thatiS a sad mistake. Thieves are the
best friends we have in our line of work. We
get more assistance from crooks than from any
other source, aud believe would be warranted
in saying all other sources combined. We make
one thief catch another That's the whole sys-
we get crook into a very tight place,
when, in order to help himself, he is
willing to help US. 1t is a very common thing
for prisoners to turn states evidence. Ofcourse
there is good reason for this sort OF display
OF virtue; but it Is almost a daily occurrence for
crooks TO come to us with tips and iuforma-
ton that they want to sell when there is moth
ing to induce them to do SO except laudable
desire to earn a few dollars. Jealousy-profes-
sional Jealousy, IL you please often figures in
such cases, too. But it may safely be set down
as fact that the average crook is about as dis
honest in dealing with men Of his own ilk as he
is in his intercourse with his betters.
"a SUCCESSFUL COMEDIAN usually is very
different person from the man that popular
opinion pictures" said well known Chicago
theatrical manager between the acts. The
most popular laOgh-prOdUCer on the stage often
is very cross, grabbed, surly, disagreeable sort
of fellow in real life. There are exceptions TO
this rule, of courSs; but generally speaking,
the comedian Of the footlghts is not come
dian in daylight, by long shot. During my
experience have been brought In contact with
a great many popular favortes, and have per
sonally managed some of them and have
learned to know their ways pretty we'll ALI of
is rule that is never sus
pended and has no exceptions; Praise be-
hind the curtain often is looked for Just as
| regularly as applause before the footlights. For
the last two seasons l have managed a very
successful funmaker, but have been Obliged TO
humor his caprices constantly and have had to
| pat him on the back and coidle him under the
| chin and sing his praises just as a mother man
| ages willful. headstrong child. He expects
praise from me as well as applause from the
| audience, and when he does not get it he grows
| sulAy and morose. At such time a hearty
slap on the shoulder, with You're SURPRISING
yourself to night, old boy will do more for him
than anything else in the world"
A RATHER REMARKABLE ECCLESIASTICAL EVENT
marked last Sunday in Hoboken, N. j. A new
church has been builssfo the oldest Catholic
! it were transferred from the former place of
| worship, with much pomp and pageantry.
some relics of St. Quietus. These relics are
| bones ana a vase of blood. They were found
in the cemetery of st. Prolextatus of Rome in
| January, 1849. and some time after were given
to Father Cauvin, pastor of the church of Our
| Iduy OIL NfTdCe, WIN authority expose JDem
for public veneration. The bones of st.
| Quietus were in the Catacombs and his epitaph
showed him to have died at the age of 8. He
was presumed to have been one of the Christian
martyrs who sought escape from pagan per
secution in the dreary underground crypts
and persisted there How his blood was pre-
served does not appear, but Father Cauvin is
said to have worked miracles with the relics
after they were enshrined in Hoboken. His
successor, Father Corrigan, has never attempted
any supernaturaism in connection with them.
Another cherished ornament of the altar Of
Our Lady of Grace is copy Of Rafael 8
madonna" G50g) painted by order of Felix,
King of Sardinia and by him presented TO the
| Duke of Genoa, his successor on the throne.
This painting the Duke Of Genoa personally
presented to Father Cauvin, who Is now enjoy.
ing ripe old age in Nice, bis native city.
THE Portuguese are very conservative in their
ideas of the position of women in society. and
they got their ideas from their Moorish masters
In bygone centuries Consequently girls lead a
very shut-in life; they go regularly TO mass Sun
day mornings and take occasional walks during
the week. always accompanied by one or two
chaperons. Young men never call at the house
and II they did would not be admitted except
on business" This strictness leaves but one
way open for an Interchange of sentiments, and
that is the window, and it Is quite the thing tC
make use of it. Ii is not considered il-bred to
girl " he does not know ms ~ i ione al
he likes; he must not do somto a cir
he has been introduced to unless she gives him
some encouragement by returning his glances
A girl will sit at her window all the afternoon
looking into the street, and her adorer from the
street looks at her, and this is so much the GUS
tom that IL attracts no attention from the
| paSsers-by. From looks they proceed to bows,
| TO smiles, to a few words, then he follows her
to church, finds out if she is going TO the the
. ater, and goes. too, serenades her with his
/ guitar on moonlight nights, and finally makes
| an offer to her father. He is then received by
] the family, and allowed TO come TO the house in
| quiet way till the wedding. and after that the
| young couple usually live either with her par
ents or with his, and the tenor Of their life
| continues.