The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-10
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Sunnyside Day Nursery and two at tbs Babies
Shelter, New York. Poor. sick and crippled
children appeal strongly to her synpethies-
The word chess" is said to be corruption
Of the Arabic word ''sheizh," meaning chief or
king, says the Churchman. The game came
westward by way of Persia, where the word
sheikh became shah. 1t was the game Of the
king. The term check" is merely to give
notice that the king is attacked, and "check-
mate" means the king is dad; the verb mata
being from the same root as tbs Spanish nats-
dor, the slayer of the bull The word check.
whether verb or noun. may be traced through
several curious ramiflcations back 70 the Per-
sian and Archie. Even the word excheouer is
curiously tangled up in this verbal network.
IT seems rather incredible TO speak of the
candle power Of search lights as in the millions
aud hundreds Of millions, but according to the
btectrtcdt World this IS warranted by facts.
The lamp itself does not give very high candle
power when measured in any one direction but
when a magnifyiug lens is used. which collects
all the light, as it were and throws il in one d-
recJion, the intensity of the light is increased.
For instance, IN the search light which is being
experimental with upon the worlds fair
grounds, the candle power Of the arc light alone
is only 10000 candles the carbons being II
inches long and Si6 inches in diameter. When
tnls is surrounded by a reflector feet in di-
ameter the candle power is multiplied 10 the
somewhat startling figure of 10000 candles.
They are trying what they call good will
farm in Maine, with a considerable degree of
success. Bad boys are sent to it instead of to
reform schools. On the farm they are seoa-
rated as far as possible into groups in a number
OF cottages that have been erected. The idea is
that in this way the boys may be subject to the
beneficial influences of home life. The house
hold work in each of these families is divided
up among the boys, who also work upon the
farm or 10 shops he same thing is to be tried
in Massachusetts, also. A farm has been
bought in Danvers. on which it is proposed to
care for 800 homeless and destitute children
Its distinctive feature, the cottage system,
might well be tried on a larger scale in other
states in place Of the great institutions in which
so many boys and girls are huddlsd together.
The following prospectus of a gifted barber
Of Nuremberg. who tiourished in the year 1910,
is published by German newspaper: Isaac
Makerl, barber, maker of perruQues surgeon
dyer. school master, blacksmith and accouch.
eur, SLAVES fer kTeutzer. cuts hair for two
kreutzerS, including pomade for pretty girls,
cleans stoves, instructs noble young persons
without difficulty, in tins principles OF grammar
and teachss them fine manners as well as the
alphabet. He puts on heels in u mastery man
ner, repairs boots and shoes, teaches the haut-
boy and the flute let's blood, lends on wages
gives lessons in the cotillon and other dances
sells cosmetics of all kinds, paper, wax, salt
behring's, brushes mouse traps, various pre-
serves, STRENGTHENING herbs, potatoes sausages
and vegetables. N. B.-Teaches also chog-
raphy - and foreign products every Wednes-
day and Saturday"
A CORRESPONDENT says that the good citizens
Of Kempen, in Holland where Thomas aKem-
pis was born, do some droI things. AT one
time fire broke out, and much damage was
done because the engines were out OF repair
The council met, and after much argument il
was voted that on the eve preceding every FIRE
| the town officers should carefully examine the
| engines. pumps, etc. One of the greatest profits
OF the town was the toll exacted at the gates.
| The council wished 10 increase the income, aud
instead of increasing the toll it voted to double
ha ale
| ordered the sun-dial TO BE- taken from the court
house common and placed under cover where
| It would be protected from the weather. But
/ of all the queer things that are told OF kempen
| aud its people nothing is so absurd as this:
| Grass grew on the top of very high tower and
/ the only way these drOll Dutchmen could think
| of to set it oil was to hoist cow up and let her
/ eat Il.
THE pencils they are making now are better
| than they used to be, " said R. G.. johnson to a
Washington Post writer. as he sharpened q
| Faber at Wizards. "Millioes of dollars are in
vested in the industry and the American prod
uct is the finest in the world. The durability of
/ the writing is remarkable. | remember that
when in Vicksburg once steam ooat explosion
! occurred about 100 miles up the river
! The vessel was called the Morning Star
! and was shattered and several people
were drowned. In day or two afterward some
! of her drift came dowu, cotton bales, cabin
| chairs. doors, blinds, etc. Among the debris
were a good many papers from the clerks of.
/
water had almost obliterated the writing in In K
and that traced by lead pencil was as plain as
when put on the paper. Irecolect particu-
| larly the body of Jewish merchant named
| Solomon. Gehr which was not recovered until
I some days after. In his coat pocket was a bun.
die Of notes from his wife written in lead pencil
| and not word missing"
AS HAS been limited by the Philadelphia Press,
several long articles. if not whole volumes
! could be written under the general title of
"Curosities About Teeth" At Yakadama,
Japan, there is costly temple built for the sole
| purpose of affording a shelter for one Of the
| grinders of an ancient god of certain Hindoo
sect This palace is known by the high sound
| ing title of the palace Of the sacred tooth -
> and is a costly and elegant structure in every
sense Of the word. According to the mythology
] of India the god who formerly owned the tooth
! pulled it out TO hur it at gigantic cobra when
| the irreverent serpent had been so indscreet
| as to make an attack upon his god
| ship In the latter part of the last century Eu-
ropeans captured Yakadama and partially de-
| sfroyed the tooth palace. The tooth itself,
| which had been an object of heather alteration
| for centuries, was ground to powder and
| thrown in the river. But the particles came to-
| geUher so the Hiudoo priests say, and again
! formed themselves into q perfect tooth, which
| was found after the siege quietly reposing in
| the bed Of the stream. The temple has been
| rebuilt, aud the tooth, more reyered than ever
since the attempted destruction, is again en-
| shrined as en- object of alteration. 1t is kept in
! a gold box, wrapped in films from the sacred
| white spiders web the first gold box being in
eight athers of the same precious metal