The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

TIE largest barometer yet made ID ii feet
and inches high. It has lately been put in
working order at the St. Jacques tower in
Paris.
Mrs MACBETH, an English woman and the
wife Of a member OF the Royal Academy, prac-
tees riding after fox hounds astride Of her
horse, cad in knee breeches CATERS and d.
vided skirt.
THERE is choice recipe in which the owl
figures, TO make anyone that sleepeth answer
TO whatsoever thou ask" given in" Physick for
the Poor" published in London in 1887, says
All the Year Round. It says that you are
to take the heart of an owl and his left leg,
and put that upon the breast of one that
sleepeth and they shall reveal whatsoever thou
shalt ask them" The Hindus, however, de-
clare that the flesh and blood of an owl will
make person insane who eats or drinks it. On
this account men who are devoured by jealousy
of a rival or hatred of an enemy come furtively
TO the market and purchase an owl. In silence
they carry 1t home and secretly prepare a de
coction, which an accomplice will put into the
food or drink OF the object of their malignant
designs.
MANY years ago, when sailing ships we're the
only means of communication between the diff
ferent countries, superstition was more rife
among sailors than at the present time, says
Hdrper's Young People. These absurd fancies
we're not confined to Jack alone, but they we're
shared in to a greater or less extent by ship
masters and owners. Friday was considered
day Of evil, and the most malignant results were
supposed 10 attend a voyage commenced on
this day of the week. In those times he
would indeed have been reckless skipper who
would have attempted TO sail on this i'll omened
day, for the crew would have broken out in
open rebellion, rather than lift the anchor from
the bottom or cast off shore moorings. Since
! the advent of steam many OF these preiudcsS
have become as dereict as the ships on which
they were once entertained A true story is told
| OF a sceptical Massachusetts captain who, way
back in the early years OF the republic, deter
min d to exhibit the fallacy of this particular
superstition. He contracted on certain Fri
day for the building OF ship, and 1t was ar
ranged that the keel Of this vessel was laid
on Friday. that she was launched
commenced loading ON Friday. and hauled
| into the stream on the same day Of the week.
| To add to the possibilities Of disaster q ne
| gro cook named Friday was engaged: and thus
| fully freighted with the sinister name, the
| Friday sailed on a Friday, bound to port in
, the West Indies. From that day TO this no
| Jidings of the ill-condtioned craft have been
! received. But those Of rs who like Friday for
! various reasons but chiefly because it leads up
| to saturday, upon which day schools are closed,
will be pleased to hear that It Is not half SO
| unlucky day as Monday, the day school opens
| again. German statisticiau, feeling that
Friday had been a much maligned day, deter
mined to mako scientific investigation OF the
! matter, and found that 1t Is not Friday but
| Monday that is the most unfortunate OF the
| week days. According to his investigations
| 10 "a per cent. OF all accidents occur on Mon
| uhyG 10 OI PER Cchb ON lu6Sudyt 10 oil per cent.
on Wednesday. l6.47 per cent on Thursday,
1853 per cent. Friday, 10 3S per cent on Sat.
urday, and only 2,69 per cent. on Sunday.
AT meeting of the Archaeological Insti-
tute. says the London Globe, Miss Isabella Bird
MRS BishoDA the well-known traveller, read an
interesting paper on the Amos of Japan, that
singular race Of 'hairy men" who are chiefly
found in the Island Of Yesso. Miss Bird spent
some time in village Of Amos, near Volcano
bay, studying their manners and customs and
she illustrated her lecture with specimens of
dresses, utensils and weapons. AZ well as with
lantern Illustrations. some drawn by herself
and others taken from Japanese artists who
however, have cartcatured the types Of the
people to certain extent. Miss Bird cannot
decide, whether or not the Amos were the orig
inal inhabitants Of Japan. They themselves
say that they conquered and exterminated an
earlier race of cave jewellers. There is no
doubt, however, that they were conquered
inches to feet inches in hight are
strongly built and muscular, and In some
instances. especially among the mountain
Amos, are thickly covered all over. except their
feet and hands and one or two other parts of
| the body with short black hair. Even children
show thick brown fell. The women are not
hairy like the men, and have soft. brown skins
where it is not scaled by dirt" for according
| to Miss Bird, these people never wash except
for feasts or festivals, and then only the hands
or feet: The men have fine, high foreheads, but
Miss Bird wonders what they contain. for she
has never met stupider people. The average
weight of their brains is about forty-dve
ounces. They are hunters of the bear and other
| wild animals and are rude gardeners. They live
on almost everything that is not poisonous
vegetable or animal from sugs to beef aud
! their favorite dish is a broth OF abominable
| things to me-" the phrase OF Miss Bird. who
was forced to eat It from courtesy. The list of
Ingredients reminded her auditors OF
Shakespeare's description of the witches'
caldron. The Amos live in wooden houses all
| of the same construction, and sleep on plat
forms made private by curtains Until the a 20
OF O. children of both sexes live naked but after
that they are completely clothed in dress of
dark cloth and Japanese cotton. The women
are remarkable for their modesty, and only
change their clothes when alone and in the
, dark. They are also very laborious, working
all day long, kind TO their children. gentle and
| afectionste. The men are also very obiging
and gentle with q sinsuarly sweet smile but
| very little head outside their own business and
| in general they have . sad and pathetic bear
| ing. They are religious, believing in many
gods, to which they offer libations OF 'saki"-
that is, rice wine. 'Saki" is like to prove their
ruin. They are dying out in spite of the
! humane efforts Of the Japanese government to
prasArya than