The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-27
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A GLASS FACTORY at Liverpool. England, has
glass Journal boxes for all OF its machinery, a
glass floor, glass shingles on its roof. and
smokestack l05 feet high built wholly Of glass
bricks each q foot square.
WHEN the railroad first made it's advent into
Mexico it at once attracted the attention of the
bandits of that fair land and train robbers be-
came very fashionable among them. AT last
the line from Vera Cruz to Mexico was forced to
employ an armed escort of from ten to twenty
nve sharpshooters. The first encounter Of the
bandits with a guarded train had the effect of
making train robbing very unpopular.
IL THESE DAYS, says Chambers journal,
royalty does not seem to concern itself so
much about such magnificent sleeping couohes
1t is well known that our gracious sovereign
always includes a bed among the travelling be-
longinRs. which is sent from Windsor castle
whenever her majesty goes anywhere. It is
said to be perfectly simple bedstesd OF maple
wood, with plain hangings arranged as a tent,
muslin curtains and hair mattress. Two beds
were manufactured at the castle works, one of
which was placed in the queens cabin on board
the Osborne, and the other sent In advance to
the Schloss occupied by her majesty In Darn
stadt. The royal visitor is said sometimes to
leave her bed as sort OF souvenir. One, we
are told. is at Dunkeld and others at Baden and
Coburg.
As FATHER, John Chinaman idolizes his
boys, but feels keenly the disgrace brought by
her worthy OF a name, but calls her No. 1, 2, or
3, as the case may be. He ignores her entirely
in telling the number of his children, counting
only the boys He considers her as without
mind or soul, and denies her the advantages of
education which her brother receives. AS she
grows up she is a slave in her own and her hus-
bands house; and not till she is old does she
ceve love and reverence. II a child ts taken
sick, both John and his wife think the soul has
wandered away, and steps ara taken TO recall IL.
The mother calls at the open door, Soul, come
homer The father goes out to seek it. usually
searching about the nearest bridge. At his cry
OF Coming, coming" the mother looks care
fully about her floor and secures the first thing
OF life she sees This may be flea. or beetle, or
other insect, but is supposed to have within IL
the missing spirit. It is wrapped up and joy
fully placed under the pillow Of the sick one,
who is now expected to recover forthwith. II
death comes instead, the child is buried sum-
mariy ana with scant ceremony. John consid-
ers his own coffin one OF the most valued and
most necessary pieces of furniture for his best
room, and his highest ambition is TO have an
elaborate funeral He and the older members
Of his household have this ambition gretifed In
proportion to their wealth and the number of
their descendants
CAPT. LEO VoGEL, now In the service OF the
Clyde Steamship Company. thus described to
New York Sun writer his experience at sea
during the Charleston earthquake: Il was
going southwark In charge of a double screw
steamer. 300 feet long, and was twenty-five
miles south and fifty east of Charleston. 1t was
the ugliest sky that, l think, l had ever seen
during the afternoon and l was really expect
ing cyclone Tho sky was OF q salmon color,
with clouds OF sulphurous green. IL was close
and hot. aud there was . sense of something
| being wrong. We were on the fRthom line
| that night, when suddenly the engines stopped.
We were shaken from side TO side, then the
ship seemed to SETTLE and 1t was as though the
bottom were rubbing against something. The
| first officer rushed on deck, shouting, We're
I aground ran for the chronometer 70 record,
| as nearly possible. the time of the occur
renee, and from that estimate that il took only
about five seconds for the shock to reach
| Charleston. My people were in Charleston
| then, and my first impulse was to go back, but
| remembered that was responsible for ships
cargo and people On arriving in port found
that the earthquake had really occurred, and it
| lifted great load from my mind on the return
| trip when l saw one Of my children The dock
and beard him shout, We're all right The
| shook came distinctly from the southeast and
I believe when the ship seemed TO settle that
| either the sea was followed for a great area al.
| lowing us to reach the bottom or else that the
bottom was heaved up 70 within couple OF
| fathomS of the surface"
"SU1cIDE is a disease" said John (. Dunn
OF ALBANY, n. Y, 20 . st. Louis Republic
writer, land I believe that 1t Is an infectious
disease. conveyed from person to person by
germs. just as typhoid fever, cholera and small
pox are. Three times in my life have been
tempted to make away with myself, and even
by the exercise of the greatest will power have
have for time controlled me- This great beard
Of mine is q living remembrance Of my first
temptation, which came 20 me over twenty
years ago, and here Mr.. Dunn stroked fondly
| the great mass Of hair which enveloped his
| face. Nv hen was young man shaved my
self. One day the impulse to cut my throat came
over me while was placing the lsther on
| my face wanted TO use the razor, which was
| lying on the bureau, and it was only after a
hard struggle with myself that did not do So
i Tired and exhausted with the mental strain
3 u1aa rNo1r.
the room. The next day believing had over
come my temptation. again tried to complete
the work l had attempted the day before
Hardly had gotten my razor out Of its case
before the idea came into my head strong or
than ever. lnstinctvely / reached out and
picked the weapon up, and despite my efforts
to resist, opened it and lifted its keen edge to-
ward my throat. would probably not be
here now to tell this story but for a fortunate
interruption at that minute Ny mother
opened the door, impelled, as she afterward
look upon my face uttered a Shrek That
broke the spell and the weapon fell from NV
hands upon the floor. My mother then threw
! 1t into the fire. The next day won't to a bar
Der to be shaved, and no sooner had he COM
enced work around my throat tnan the inn
pulse to force the man to cut me seized me
Toe barber noticed that something was wrong
and stopped. / told him what was the matter
and he refused to complete the work. Since that
day have never been shaved. Another time
was in high building and looked out Of the
window. Had | not been seized l certainly
would have jumped, the old feeling was so
strong don't look out OF the windows Of
high buildings any more. Once saw a bottle
Of medicine marked poison So strong was
the impulse that picked 1t up and drained il TO
the dregs. Fortunately my act was witnessed
and was pumped out and my life was saved
Now, there is absolutely no reason why should
want TO kill myself-my business affairs have
always been in excellent shape; / have a de-
voted wife and family; in fact everything to
make man happy. can only attribute my
desire to disease which have acquired by
contact. BY the way, II you ever hear of nv
suicide you will know that did not commit the
deed Intentionally"