The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-05
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coffin of young girl is red. In Spain the poorer
classes use no collins. A mule with the dead
body thrown across it, or often two cprpses,
may be frequently met on the way to burial,
and, though to us such a funeral seems insult
ing to the departed the natives reverently I'M
cover their heads as it passes.
AMONG the natives of Finke river Australia.
il one falls sick or dies they at once conclude
he must have been bewitched or bitten, or hurt
by the devil--e1 inca. AT the same time they
can bewitch others, the old ones and the medi-
cine men fostering that belief. For
this purpose they employ q variety of
agencies as charms, including implements
OF wood and bone, which are
thrown by the sorcerers in the direction of their
enemy to make him sick or kill him. tufts OF
feathers of the emu and the eagle to give the
wearers strength to kill their enemies, and a
little implement, about six inches long. Of bone
or wood. worn through the septum of the nose.
by means of which they also think they can
hurt others.
TT COSTS just 10 cents to stop a train" says a
conductor in the Cincinnati Tinles-Star. And
for that reason the average commuter train
does not pay running expenses. Take our line
out as far as Sharon, for instance. 1t is just
about sixteen miles from the city and Is the
sixteenth stop for commuter train. That
makes the cost of stopping trains 20 cents a
mile. The average commuter rate is two thirds
OF a cent a mile. SO you see to pay the cost of
stopping trains alone we must carry about 100
passengers over every mile Then there are the
other regular running expenses. The engine
consumes an extra half ton Of coal every time
we stop at Gano or the grade above Sharon
tell you, when fl zure up the running expenses
of one of these trains congratulate myself that
l am on salary and do not own a railroad"
Miss A. J. ANDERSON matron Of the Door of
Hope, O charitable institution for girls, found 1
cent in the street, says the New York World.
At that time the Door of Hope was contem
plating buy ng q cemetery lot in which to bury
the girls who died while 10 its care, and Miss
Anderson declared that she would consecrate
the cent to this cause She bought an egg aud
sold the chicken that was hatched from it for
81. The dollar was invested in silk, ribbons,
cardboard and fancy articles Out of the card
board were cut scripJural texts, and the silk
was crocheted into little rings, which with
satin sash ribbon, made good Photograph
holders, The fancy articles were sold at good
profits. Now Miss Anderson has nearly sic.
and she hopes to have at the expiration Of the
year enough money to pay for a centerpiece in
the cemetery lot which has been purchased.
THE New York Herald is going to build a
palatial home for itself away uptown, in fact,
at the junction OF Broadway Sixth avenue and
Thirty sixth street. 1t viii be modelled after the
palaces of Verona, Padua and Venice, and In It's
highest part be out ffty-tOur feet high The
presses will be seen through plate glass win
dows The Broadway side of the building Will
be 212 feet, There will be deeply recessed
arcades on three sioes behind columns OF
polished granite. The rest OF the fronts will
consist of artificial stone, inlaid with marbles
and richly ornamented generally. The clock,
bell and chimes in the clock tower OF the Pizza
San Maria in Venice will be reproduced as
nearly as possible' and will surmount the facade
| of the building facing the square. On either
side Of the clock will stand two colossal figures
representing typesetters with uplifted maces to
strike the hours. the quarters and half hours.
| Statue OF Minerva Will surnount the cornIce at
and uear the { IN RS. Figures of owls will take
| the placa o. lnnervas at all other points Elec-
ti-rIf .sil ha HNa6i in ha of
The MACHINERY for making paper barrels &C
| cording to the English method differs con-
| sideraby from the American, says a writer in
| the New York sun. In the former case the
| pulp is transformed, in a tank, from a s,mi-
| fluid to a solid mass by impinging with an end
less travelling blanket, which picks up the pulp
and allows the water to drain Off through its
pores and on the upper side of this blanket
and in contact with IL are placed at intervals
the cylinders upon which the barrel bodies are
formed. These cylinders are provided with
sheet metal cores. arranged with allowance for
expansion and contraction, and upon the sur
face Of these cores the pulp is deposited
from the blanket: as the pulp accumuates upon
the upper cylinder, it is compressed by means
of a pressure roller under the blanket, and in
direct line with each cylinder. After lapse of
on an average. four minutes, q sufficient accu-
mu latiOn OF pulp has been made on the cylinder
aud the latter is withdrawn, metal core and all,
leaving the barrel body ready for drying. Hot
air prevails in the drying room and is circulated
by a blower, ana IN tnlS room the barrel re-
mains fer day, then damped and shaped under
hyd aulic pressure, and. on attaining the de-
sired form, it is dried and finished.
SOCIETY in Honolulu presents some curious
phases-I allude TO the upper tendom," re-
marked W. NJ. Camille Of Hawaii to a reporter
of the Chicago Herald The elite circles of
Honolulu do not take their inspirations from
the throne in the least except in so far as 1t re-
laCes to evening dress The voting population
of Oahu, for instance, is 1900 men, owning -
900 dress coats. Men dress in evening costume
on the slightest provocation. A prize fight, a
circus, a prayer meeting or coronation alike
calls forth the dress coats Social life there is
hard to classify. There is the missionary ele-
! ment. 1t is divided by denominational lines
which are seldom crossed. Cons picuous among
| the missionaries was Father Damon, who came
to Honolulu years ago. when it was the depot
for the whole Pacific whaling fleet. The little
harbor was then crowded with ships from New
Bedford, Nantucket and the whaling ports
of New England. They stopped there
to clean bottoms. Their crews were a
goddess set, and among these Father Damon
Innistered. But 1t appears Father Damon
saved great pile of dollars while he was saving
souls The crews and masters Of the whaling
vessels wers asked for barrel OF OIL for Gods
sake, and Father Damon stored the oil in the
cellar of bis gospel ship on shore. At the be-
ginning OF the civil war in America whale oil
jumped suddenly 10 high price. Father Da-
mon sent out a shpload of OIL which safely
passed the dangers of the confederate cruisers
and the cargo was unloaded at a dock at Bos-
ton. That cargo of oil, given by poor sailors
for Gods sake, made Father Damon rich. He
travelled extensively in Asia and Europe, pub
lished his religious paper and died at a ripe old
age and blessed with honors, His brother
Frank, natve-born, is one of the most profound
Chinese scholars in the world having received
high honors in many European universities
Another brother represents Bishops banking
house, of which Father Damon was principal
stockholder at the time of his death, and which