The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST,".

" d n6fo ACdTu6 great Q06l OF strong Ians
guage against the wire fence. says SdIG's Jour
nal, especially by those who have nothing to do
with the expense of enclosing land. Certainly it
is not picturesque. and we should lament its sub
stltption for the hedge rows which are so lovely
a feature in English landscape But it has its ad
vantages. 1t is cheap; it takes up little ROOM aud
an ingenious land owner at Melbourne has dis
covered an additional benefit connected with it's
use; he employs the top wire OF the fences as
telepnone, by which means every part of large
estate Is connected with the farm buildings and
a considerable saving of time effected. Austria
ha is rlvallng America in smartness.
WHAT is the correct method to pursue in pre-
pairing for trip into dresmland. for there is q
right as we'll as wrong way7 The Milton
says the business Of disrobng should be so sys-
tematlzed that attending to all the little nice
ties included in the process will become after
awhile second nature. There is something more
to be done. be assured, besides putting
your hair up in curl papers and dabbing bit of
cold cream on your face il you would wake up
IN the morning looking as fresh as rose In
the first place. do not put OFF these important
preparations until you are so heavy lidded that
you are ready to omit everything belonging TO
the toilet. And now for the first step. Early
IN the evening your sleeping apartment
should be thoroughly aired by dropping
ing IT at the bottom. Ten minutes will be quite
sufficient for clearing the atmosphere Now
close the windows and allow the room to be
come thoroughly warmed, that you may not
Prepare big bowl Of tepid water, into which
you bcsprinkle a small quantity OF ammonia or
ooraS Take Turkish towel which Is much
better than sponge, wiring it out as dry as
possible and, gra ping corner in each band,
give the spine a vigorous rubbing. Have at
hand another Turkish towel, and as you battle
the body in sections, dry as quickly as pos
sible. How vour smooth white skin will glow
as you start into action the sluggish circulation
THE goblet out of which the emperor drank
at the banquet the other day at WittenberR
and to which he alluded. both at the be ginning
and at the end Of his speech, is AT present n
which bought it for 40 thalers (e21l from the
family OF professor named Brockmann, in
July, 1901. Il Is a goblet of silver. with lid :.
gilt all over, and its Gothic form and decora
tons are in pretty close harmony with the sty'
usual in Germany aoout the year 1870, accord
ing TO the Berlin letter to the London Standard,
II Is 40 centImetres uf.7 inchesl nigh, and IS
centlmetres (aoout Ii inches) in diameter. The
part OF the goblet intended for the LIQUOR is
hammered in knobs, arranged In rows Of eight
KNOBS Knot each. is twisted il at the md
is less than above and below The
lid is also hammered in knobs, t. @
tops OF which are bound together aud taper
into slender twig crowned by pomeg-aut.te
Inc nigh base shows renaissance features the
chief OF which is the wreath of 6canthus leaves
The goblet must have been made at Augsburg
Tor It bears the silver stamp OF that city, the
pine cone. On the edge of the foot plate is en-
graved the dedication: The honorable UniYer.
sity of the Electoral town OF Wittenberg pre-
sents this wedding gift TO DR.. Martin Luther
and his bride, Kettle Won Bore. Ammo 1895 Die
Martis post festum Johannis Baptistae. A
silver medal in honor of Luther, dated 1880, was
afterward fastened to the inner side of the lid
Al That is known OF the history of the goblet
after Luthers death Is that IL belonged TO an
ecclesiastical dignitary, Supt-Gen. Mayer of
Hamburg in 1704; that it was in the possession
of his heirs at Griefswald, in 1882 and that it
was bequeathed by them to Prof. Brockmann.
II NOTICED a suggestion some time ago that
science might yet make 1t possible for a man to
20 to sleep in the first quarter OF one century
and wake up In the last quarter of the next i"
said Col. JEFF McLemore TO st. Louis Globe
democrat reporter. THE writer probably got
MS idea from the account given by Sir Claude
Wade, who relates that while residing at the
court of Loodhiana he saw fakir resuscitated
after being walled up for six weeks in a brick
vault without the possibility of receiving
breath or air. was inclined to doubt Sir
Claude's story until witnessed a feat fully as
remarkable among the Yaqui Indians in Mexico
a few weeks ago, An old widowed squaw had a
daughter, a rather comedy girl of IL, who had
an unpleasant habit of going into frances
whenever she counted her beads. mother and
daughter being devout Catholics The girl
would lie like one dead until her mother nlIIt-
tered some cabaltstic words over her and ap-
piled cruci1x to her lips. when she would re-
we on the instant. apparently none the worse
Tor the lapse into state Of coma. The mother
LOOK service IN 6 family quite distance re-
moved and left her daughter with the tribe
The latter soon passed into a trance and Ali
efforts to resuscitate her were unavaling A
messenger was posted Off for the mother but
returned with the answer that she had accom-
panied her mistress to Monterey. The girl Law
for several days motionless and was at last pro.
nounced dead and consigned to the grave. A
month later the mother returned, aud, learning
what had been done, proceeded to dig her child
up. The body had not changed in the least
since being confined TO the grave, and when the
caoalistic words were repeated and tho crucifix
applied to the lips the girl started up and.
after partaking OF a cup OF water, accompanied
her mother home. Water, ] said Yes. but I'll
take 1t on the side. Here's hopin'."